supertyphoon Yolanda

Speed factor in Paul Walker’s crash death – officials

LOS ANGELES – Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker while the 40-year-old actor’s fans erected a makeshift memorial Sunday near where the Porsche he was…

‘Fast and Furious’ co-stars express grief over Paul Walker’s death

MANILA, Philippines — Paul Walker’s co-stars in “The Fast and the Furious” franchise have expressed their sympathies for the actor’s untimely death this Saturday afternoon (California time). Vin Diesel, one of the movie franchise’s main stars, posted…

Paul Walker dies in car crash during charity event for Philippine typhoon victims

“Fast and Furious” star Paul Walker is, indirectly, the latest victim of supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda. According to reports from multiple sources including his official Twitter page, the actor was at Santa Clarita, California, for a car show to…

‘Send my love, prayers to the Filipino people’–Akio Toyoda

He does not forget, and he knows how to pay back kindness.…

DSWD thanks Oplan Hatid volunteers

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…

Number coding, truck ban lifted for relief haulers

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…

‘Oplan Hatid’ organizers: We’re ready when help is needed

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…

Better infrastructure needed for calamity situations

Two days before the start of the Tokyo Motor Show 2013 here, the coverage of the national tragedy caused by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: “Haiyan”) to the Philippines remains top priority for international cable news channels like…

Korean, American, Japanese and European carmakers chip in

As nations rush millions of dollars’ worth of relief supplies, personnel and financial packages to the typhoon-stricken central Philippines via air, sea and land, the world’s automakers have also not let up the “storm” of donations.…

Bridgestone group donates to Red Cross for Yolanda relief

In support of the relief and recovery efforts from the devastation of typhoon Yolanda, Bridgestone Asia Pacific, donated 50,00 Singaporean Dollars or approximately 1.7 million pesos, via the Singapore Red Cross, on 12 November 2013. On the…

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