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Relief group finds no improvement in Yolanda wreckage after 3 months

Post author:EARL O. CONDEZA
Post published:February 12, 2014
Post category:Environment Headline
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The Philippine government thanked donors all over the world simultaneously in billboards all over the world during the 3rd month anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda last February 8—a move which a relief group found ironic as they saw the state of poverty and neglect among survivors here.

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)

PHOTO: RENAMING DSWD

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:February 10, 2014
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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)

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

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:February 7, 2014
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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.

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

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:February 4, 2014
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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…