Groups dismayed over poor Yolanda rehab

“The P40, 000 per family demand of Abbat is enough for a family of six to their daily subsistence,” Simbajon added He said that, “(I)f this situation will go further and the victims remain victims, they will be the ones calling for Aquino’s ouster.”

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RENAMING DSWD. Residents at Tacloban City express their frustration for not receiving any relief goods from the government even as three months have passed since Typhoon Yolanda swept the city. This picture was taken during a rehabilitation mission by Balsa Mindanao last week. (Earl Condeza/ davaotoday.com)

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Residents at Tacloban City express their frustration for not receiving any relief goods from the government even as three months have passed since Typhoon Yolanda swept the city. This picture was taken during a rehabilitation mission by Balsa Mindanao last week. (Earl Condeza/davaotoday.com)

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LAMPOONED SCHOOL LOGOS. Students protesting tuition fee increases at the CHED office, Monday bring lampooned logos of their schools such as this one, which shows "University of the Privileged" instead of "University of the Philippines," to demonstrate their sentiments against the "commercialization of education" in state-run universities. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

UP Tacloban studes complain of verbal abuse

Students from the Tacloban campus of the University of the Philippines complained of receiving verbal abuse from the UP president after some of them barged into a top-level meeting of campus chancellors to distribute copies of their petition.

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RELIEF MISSION. Balsa Mindanao, a group for disaster response and climate change, distributes relief goods to Sendong victims in Barangay Consolacion, Cagayan de Oro, December 29. (photo contributed by Panday Bulig, Inc.)

Aid group on its 2nd wave assistance for Yolanda survivors

by Earl O. Condeza Davao Today DAVAO CITY—Nuns, students and rights advocates under Balsa Mindanao (Bulig Alang sa Mindanao) left the city at 6am today enroute to Leyte to conduct…

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Lining up for relief. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Groups to Pnoy: prayers not enough, hasten aid in Yolanda areas

A group of Typhoon Yolanda survivors called Tindog (Stand) People’s Network in a statement said prayers are not only needed in Eastern Visayas, and instead called for action.

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