Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Nov. 21 (PNA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to implement its Quick Recovery Program (QRP) in Pangasinan to help farmers affected by the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov. 20 (PNA) -– The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional (BFAR) Region 2 has started the provision of rehabilitation assistance to fisherfolk in Cagayan Valley region affected by the recent typhoon "Pepeng."
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Nov. 6 (PNA) - Australian and New Zealand doctors are set to arrive here next week to perform reconstructive surgery on children with cleft palate, harelip and other facial deformities which were either inborn or sustained during the calamitous typhoon "Pepeng".
Echoing Green Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The following post was written by 2007 Echoing Green Fellows Kevin Lee and Gemma Bulos in response to the recent typhoons in the Philippines. September 26th 2009 , Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) made landfall in Luzon dumping over 12” of rain in 6 hrs on Manila and other parts of the National Capital Region. This caused massive urban flooding, 280+ deaths, destroyed homes and shelters of millions of...
From On High (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Frigid temperatures? Unseasonably cold weather? Why, it's global warming! My God: Sudden temperature drop jolts Mountain Province town By Delmar Cariño, Philippine Daily Inquirer Sarah Umayat, medical technologist of the town's rural health center, was forced to bring a vaccine thermometer to find out of it could be used to gauge the temperature. Umayat said she hoped the thermometer could give...
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
A joint preliminary assessment by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Filipino agricultural authorities estimates that between 100,000 and 120,000 farming households lost all of their production and assets as a result of tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.” (..) The UN World Food Program is also using the joint agricultural assessment to determine...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 29 (PNA) — No worry, folks! There are still enough milkfish (bangus) being sold in the markets here despite the fact that the city’s aquaculture industry absorbed major setback from the flood that occurred here two weeks ago that was spawned by Typhoon “Pepeng”.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
LOAKAN AIRPORT, Baguio City, Oct. 28 (PNA) - A United Nations (UN) helicopter airlifted Tuesday more relief goods to Tadian, Mountain Province to assist more than 50 surviving families from Barangay Kayang where a big landslide due to recent typhoon "Pepeng" wiped-out a community and killed more than 30 persons.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
CHA-AM, HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct. 26 (PNA) -- The National Public-Private Reconstruction Commission may avail itself of the $ 15 billion commercial credit from the People’s Republic of China to repair infrastructure projects damaged by typhoons Ondoy in Metro Manila and typhoon Pepeng in Northern Luzon.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
MANILA, Oct. 25 (PNA)-- Only one transmission line structure in Luzon that was damaged by typhoon Pepeng remained disconnected from the grid, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
BENITO SOLIVEN, Isabela, Oct. 24 (PNA) - The local chief executive here is seeking the intervention of Isabela provincial officials for the rehabilitation of roads that were destroyed by recent typhoon "Pepeng" when it made three landfalls in Northern Luzon.
New Philippine Revolution (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
I just visited the North, austensibly to assess the damage to lives and property there and I can confidently say that the situation is normal. Yet, the possibility of an administration defeat in this region looms in the horizon. People, especially in Pangasinan faces twin calamities: their losses due to Typhoon Pepeng and high fuel prices. Gasoline and diesel prices in the province have shoot up, almost...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
MANILA, Oct. 21 (PNA) -- Calling it "the highest form of ingratitude," House Speaker Prospero Nograles on Tuesday scored the decision of two major oil companies to increase their prices anew even as the country is still reeling from the massive devastation caused by tropical storm 'Ondoy' and typhoon 'Pepeng.'
Piercing Pens (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
We are reposting AGHAM’s urgent appeal for support for the victims of typhoon Pepeng in Cordillera and Central Luzon. Dear Friends, In behalf of the affected people of typhoon Pepeng in the Cordilleras and Central Luzon, we humbly appeal for any form of relief assistance from you, your school, office, neighborhood, institution or organization. We are attaching in [...]
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
MANILA, October 20 (PNA) -The Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday honored two teenagers for their heroism in saving their fellow townsfolk in San Jacinto, Pangasinan during the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng last October 3.
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