The United Nations Children’s Fund has appealed for nearly a billion pesos in additional assistance for the Philippines to fund humanitarian emergencies affecting children in Mindanao due to conflict and the aftermath of deadly Typhoon “Pablo.”
The United Nations launched an appeal Friday for more international aid to help nearly a million people in the Philippines as they recover from last year’s deadliest typhoon in the world.
The Chinese government has turned over to the Philippines an additional P8 million in aid to support relief and recovery operations in the wake of Typhoon “Pablo,” showing solidarity despite Beijing’s unresolved dispute with Manila over the West Philippine Sea.
Some flights between Manila and Hong Kong were canceled early Tuesday due to bad weather in China’s special administrative region. According to the Manila International Airport Authority, the early morning flight service of both Cathay Pacific and Cebu Pacific had to be canceled as airline companies cited extremely bad weather in Hong Kong wrought by Typhoon Vicente.
Japan has approved the release of an additional 600 million yen (about P315 million) in fresh development aid to the Philippines, according to the Japanese Embassy in Pasay City.
Teddy bears and assorted stuff animals of all sizes and colors painted Myda Prieto’s living room as collections were brought in by friends, and family. They were all ready to be boxed and shipped to the Philippines for children left homeless and toyless by the devastating Typhoon Sendong.
Militant group Migrante urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to assist the families of what they estimated to be 10,000 overseas workers affected by tropical storm “Sendong” (International name: WASHI) in Northern Mindanao.
A powerful typhoon arrived in southern China on Thursday after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week.
The hitherto impregnable compound of the US Embassy in Manila was submerged Tuesday in waist-deep water, pushing more than 100 construction workers and employees of the world’s superpower to call for help.
President Benigno Aquino, who is still in Japan on a working visit, remains on top of the situation as Typhoon “Pedring” battered Luzon, Malacañang said Tuesday afternoon.
President Benigno Aquino III said he’s confident that disaster management authorities in the Philippines are adequately responding to flooding from a typhoon that has submerged many areas of Metro Manila.
