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Red Cross seeks P1.6-B funding to aid ‘Pablo’ victims

Homeless flood survivors walk toward the gymnasium in the southern Philippine township of New Bataan in Compostela province on December 5, 2012 after the strongest typhoon Bopha pounded the island on Tuesday, leaving several deaths and and missing. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed for about P1.3 billion (or 30 million Swiss francs) worth of funding to support its aid operations for hundreds of thousands of survivors of typhoon Pablo (international name Bopha), which hit southern Philippines in December last year.

Posted: February 13th, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

S. Korea donates $200k to typhoon victims

By Jerry E. Esplanada

South Korea has come to the aid of thousands of victims of typhoon “Pablo” in the Visayas and Mindanao with a donation of $200,000 (about P8.19 million) coursed through the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Posted: December 11th, 2012 in Features,Latest Global Nation Stories,Philippines | Read More »

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