Last week, a young twenty-something single mom lost her leg after a taxi rammed into a jeepney while she was boarding along Commonwealth Ave. The driver had allegedly fallen asleep. Aside from losing her leg, she had…
Most people have a synonym for someone who fulfills their wishes for the holidays: Santa. But for some of the survivors of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” who evacuated to Metro Manila, that person might as well be “Kapitan.” Jaworski…
After watching the news and internet reports of what CNN dubbed as the “strongest storm to hit land in recorded history”, we started off as a campaign called SOS Visayas to donate used tarpaulins that we had…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has met with volunteers to synchronize their efforts with that of government agencies extending assistance to “Yolanda” victims arriving in Metro Manila. During the meeting, DSWD-National Capital Region director…
To speed up the delivery of donations from Metro Manila to typhoon-battered areas in the Visayas region, trucks being used for relief operations will be exempted from the number coding scheme and truck ban. In a memorandum…
MANILA, Philippines—A bus company has filed a petition to ply additional buses to carry relief goods to the battered provinces of Samar and Leyte for free. Narciso O. Morales, chairman of the board and president of Del…
MANILA, Philippines–Even as organizers of Oplan Hatid have turned over to the government the job of transporting victims of Supertyphoon Yolanda from the Villamor Airbase to their point of destination in other parts of the country for…
Korean auto giant, Hyundai Motor Group and its Philippine distributor Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI) provided a total of Php50 million (M) in financial assistance to support disaster recovery efforts in the Philippines. HARI donated Php25M…
Dump trucks, payloaders, graders and other road-clearing equipment belonging to private contractors outnumber those deployed by the government in areas devastated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda.” This was disclosed to the Inquirer by a top official of the Department…
MANILA, Philippines- Actress Angel Locsin has donated her vintage muscle car to add funds for various relief efforts for the survivors of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan). Locsin made the announcement on a recent episode of “Kris…
