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3 years after Yolanda, beneficiaries of CDRC shelter program still homeless

  NEWS RELEASE Nov. 7, 2016   3 years after Yolanda, beneficiaries of NGO shelter program still homeless   Three years after #supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: #Haiyan) struck the country, a non-government organization lamented it has not completed its shelter program for 1,500 individuals in Jaro, Leyte due to government bureaucracy. The Citizens’ Disaster Response...

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On International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), Yolanda Survivors Still at Risk

October 13, 2016 News Release   ATTENTION: Reporters/ News Desks   Reference: Christie Suyin Ceres G.  Jamoralin, #CDRC Executive Director Office number: 9299820/9299822: Mobile number: 09065861984 (globe)   On International Day for Disaster Reduction (#IDDR), #Yolanda Survivors Still at Risk   As the world celebrates the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), thousands of #Yolanda...

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Surviving Disastrous Disaster Politics

Chaya Ocampo Go August 30, 2016   Disastrous #Disaster Politics There is no such thing as a #natural disaster (see Hartman & Squires 2006). The strongest storms and the fiercest wind speeds could be called cosmic forces of nature, yet intensifying weather conditions brought about by #climate change are linked directly to human activity. The...