The provincial government of Davao Oriental and the World Food Program (WFP) have started briefing farmers on the cash-for-work program, in an effort to cover initially 800 hectares of rice farms in Cateel, Baganga and Boston municipalities.
The Filipino expat community here gave President Aquino not just a warm welcome amid wintry weather. They pooled funds to help Filipinos victimized by typhoon Pablo (international name: Bopha) back home.
The Indonesian government on Monday came to the aid of thousands of typhoon “Pablo” (Bopha) victims in the Visayas and Mindanao, donating $1 million and four tons of relief items through the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said they have started efforts to locate the mother of Imee Sayson, the seven-year-old girl from Compostela Valley who survived after being buried in mud for 24 hours.
The head of the Singaporean Red Cross visited the Philippines on Sunday and Monday to help in the Philippine Red Cross’ relief effort for flood-stricken families still sheltered in various evacuation centers.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has received $19.2 million (about P844.8 million) in donations and pledges of support for victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong.”
This was how European Union Ambassador Guy Ledoux described the situation in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities, 18 days after disaster struck on December 17.
Foreign aid continued to pour for victims of storm “Sendong” as the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) handed a $150,000 check to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said.
