Friends remember Nestor Sarmiento, a Tarlac boy who served the Lumad

Friends and colleagues held an online tribute a week ago for Nestor Burt Sarmiento who died on October 31 from complications of pneumonia that is not COVID-19 related. Sarmiento had worked in various projects for the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines Northern Mindanao (RMP-NMR).

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Davao City orgs, institutions mobilize relief drives for typhoon victims in Luzon

With nearly a millions Filipinos in Luzon affected in the aftermath of three successive typhoons (Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses), organizations and institutions in Davao City are organizing relief drives and calling out Davawenyos to help.

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Aftermath of Supertyphoon Rolly in Tiwi, Albay (Used with permission / Photo by Bro. Ciriaco Santiago III)

Typhoon after typhoon, Bicol’s poor suffer the most

Due to the typhoon, Bicol farmers have lost yet another opportunity to make ends meet. They were supposed to harvest their produce in the months of October and November only to find their palay buried deep in flood waters.

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