Leyte LGUs waste P11-M disaster fund

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:26:00 +0100manilatimes (en)

Was Super Typhoon Yolanda really to blame for the tragedy it brought to Leyte last year or did local officials play a big part in the disaster? This question was raised after the Commission on Audit (COA) found that four local government units (LGUs) in Leyte wasted no less than P11 million of their....

Philippine gov't sets tender for rice imports

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:49:00 +0100xinhuanet_en (en)

MANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government said Wednesday that it will purchase 800,000 metric tons (MT) of imported rice via a tender set on April 15. The Philippines is racing to boost its stockpile to stabilize rice prices and to ensure that the country will have enough stocks during....

Prince arranges vaccines to Philippines

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:59:00 +0100cnn (en)

Prince Charles organizes for delivery of five million doses of measles, rubella vaccines.

Philippines: UNHCR, IOM delivers 100 chainsaws to typhoon survivors in Ormoc City

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:45:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: Government of the Philippines Country: Philippines ORMOC CITY, Leyte, March 24 (PIA) – The UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration, recently delivered 100 chainsaws in Ormoc City, in order to help provide durable and sustainable solutions to thousands of people left homeless by Typhoon Haiyan.

Louisiana's human trafficking reports increased in 2013, study says

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:41:00 +0100nola (en)

Reported incidents of human trafficking in Louisiana nearly doubled in the first half of 2013 compared to the previous year, according to a recent report on trafficking that focused particularly in the New Orleans metro area. In the first six months of 2013, a hotline run by the National Human....

Despite Risks, Cuban Fisher Families Don’t Want To Leave The Sea

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:04:00 +0100caribseek (en)

“If they can’t fish, the people here won’t know how to make a living,” Maricela Pérez, 63, who lives just a few metres from the beach, tells Tierramérica with a look of anguish. “We can’t stand to live anywhere else. We were born and raised here,” says Mayelín Hernández, a homemaker who returned to the coast two years ago.

Despite Risks, Cuban Fisher Families Don’t Want to Leave the Sea

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:14:00 +0100ipsnews (en)

The road to Guanímar, a fishing village on the southern coast of Cuba, is as narrow as the future of its 252 inhabitants, who don’t want to abandon the area despite its vulnerability to hurricanes, storm surges and flooding. “If they can’t fish, the people here won’t know how to make a living,”....

Water distribution after March 31 depends on dams water levels

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:03:00 +0100palestinewater (en)

aired March 5, 2014 A situation on the Columbia River is rapidly unfolding with the damaged Wanapum Dam near Vantage, Washington. Teams of engineers are scrambling to figure out what's gone wrong with part of Wanapum's spillway structure. So the problem with the Wanapum Dam is on a structure called the ogee.

Flights Over Houston Ship Channel to Assess Reopening

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:32:00 +0100bloomberg (en)

U.S. authorities are planning inspection flights over the Houston Ship Channel , home to 11 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, as the waterway remains closed for a fourth day. The flights over of the channel and Galveston Bay, following a 4,000-barrel fuel oil spill, are scheduled today to assess conditions for reopening, Tim Hicks, U.

No Estimate of When Houston Ship Channel Will Reopen

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:28:00 +0100bloomberg (en)

The U.S. Coast Guard has no estimate on when the Houston Ship Channel, home to 11 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, will reopen as crews contain and clean up a 4,000-barrel fuel oil spill. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc also own all or part of refineries on the 52-mile (84-kilometer) shipping lane.

Coast Guard Working to Open Part of Houston Ship Channel

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:22:00 +0100bloomberg (en)

The U.S. Coast Guard is working to open part of the Houston Ship Channel, home to 11 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, today as crews contain and clean up a 4,000-barrel fuel oil spill. said it reduced rates at its 560,500-barrel-a-day refinery in Baytown, Texas, because of the closing caused by the March 22 accident.

Bantayan Island’s main agri-business starts...

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:37:00 +0100sunstar (en)

No, the question isn’t the proverbial one about which came first, but how soon the island’s poultry farms can get back to the number of eggs they were capable of producing each day, before the typhoon came. The Franjora Farms Inc. in Madridejos town is in the midst of rebuilding their chicken....

TACLOBAN CITYThe body of a boy was dug up in this city almost five months after super typhoon “Yolanda” devastated the Eastern Visayas region,...

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:16:00 +0100manilastandardtoday (en)

TACLOBAN CITYThe body of a boy was dug up in this city almost five months after super typhoon “Yolanda” devastated the Eastern Visayas region, but the authorities just left the boy’s cadaver in a body bag literally hanging from a tree branch for two weeks.

Philippines: Planting the seeds of recovery in the Philippines

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:29:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization Country: Philippines Editorial for ReliefWeb by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva During my visit to the Philippines last week, I witnessed the effects of super-typhoon Yolanda, known internationally as Typhoon Haiyan.

Embers of hope flickering as Philippines rebuilds

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:05:00 +0100independent-ie (en)

Four months on and the Filipinos face a long, hard road to recovery after Typhoon Haiyan wiped out the homes and livelihoods of 1.47 million people but hope flickers among the debris.

Philippines: World Water Day 2014

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:18:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: ShelterBox Country: Philippines World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. ShelterBox helps thousands of people each year who are left without access to....

Yolanda survivors in Cebu flown back to Tacloban

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:02:00 +0100abs-cbnnews (en)

CEBU CITY -- Four months after Typhoon Yolanda devastated the province of Eastern Visayas, its survivors are now ready to face a new chapter in their lives.

Fire kills 4 at N.J. motel housing families displaced by Hurricane Sandy

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:34:00 +0100tampabay (en)

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. — A fire Friday destroyed a New Jersey shore motel that was housing people displaced by Hurricane Sandy, killing four people and injuring eight, authorities said.

Lake Borgne surge barrier wins civil engineering award

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 02:03:00 +0100nola (en)

The American Society of Civil Engineers has declared the 1.8-mile-long, 26-foot-high , built for the Army Corps of Engineers by a team of design and construction firms for close to $1.1 billion, to be the 2014 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement, the society’s highest annual honor.

Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:13:00 +0100trust (en)

(Adds death toll rising to four) By Dave Warner. POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J., March 21 (Reuters) - An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.

Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0100sbs (en)

An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.

Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:32:00 +0100reuters (en)

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey (Reuters) - An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.

World Water Day 2014

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:39:00 +0100trust (en)

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

UNDP chief to meet with PNoy on post-Yolanda recovery efforts

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:33:00 +0100gmanews (en)

Tags: Super Typhoon Yolanda The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will meet with President Benigno Aquino III next week on the government's recovery efforts, four months after super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck central Philippines.

Philippines: Philippine Red Cross trains water and sanitation volunteers for the next disaster

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 04:01:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: Philippines By Kate Marshall and Kate Roux Brian Kae Enriquez is only 27 years old, but he is a key staff member for Philippine Red Cross, especially when it comes to the provision of water and sanitation in emergencies.