Typhoon Baby Dies in Makeshift Hospital
A newborn clinging to life through a manual oxygen pump in a Philippines hospital chapel transformed into a neonatal unit died Saturday. Without power and access to proper medical equipment, doctors...
View ArticlePhilippines Typhoon Survivors March To ‘We Shall Overcome’
Dozens of typhoon survivors in the Philippines participated in a march Tuesday to boost spirits, singing songs like “We shall overcome” as they walked through the city of Tacloban that was devastated...
View ArticleWatch: American Rescue Dog Searches for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines
A week and a half after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the Philippines and caused upwards of 4,000 deaths, disaster search and rescue dogs scour mountains of rubble for missing bodies in Tacloban, Philippines....
View ArticlePacquiao Victory Uplifts Supertyphoon Haiyan Survivors
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao unanimously won the WBO international welterweight title on Saturday, serving as a bright spot amid the aftermath for his typhoon-battered nation. Pacquiao delivered...
View Article‘Business as Usual, Without Our Roof’: Rebuilding After Haiyan
The wind thundered in Annabell Coyoca’s ears. It shook the walls and stripped sheets of metal from the roof overhead. She wondered if the world might be coming to an end. Her city, Daanbantayan, had...
View ArticlePhilippines Typhoon Relief Efforts Face Persistent Challenges
Weeks after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the Philippines, more than one million people have received food aid, the United Nations estimates. But logistical hurdles are still obstructing relief efforts across...
View ArticleTeaching Hope
Brother Efren is easy to find. Trace the curve of Manila Bay south, past the skyscrapers, through the urban sprawl. Inch across a jammed highway flanked by fishing huts on flamingo stilts. From there,...
View ArticleSupertyphoon Haiyan: Death Toll Reaches 5,719
The official death toll from Supertyphoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines) hit 5,719 on Wednesday, as the arduous process of counting bodies continues. The Inquirer reports that decomposing...
View ArticlePhilippine Militants Release Bin Laden Interviewer After 18 Months
The Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines has released senior Jordanian TV journalist Baker Atyani, after keeping him captive for a year and a half. Famed for his Osama Bin...
View Article12 Journalists Killed in the Philippines This Year, Says Human Rights Watch
With the murder of a radio journalist in the Philippines Wednesday morning, a total of three journalists have been killed and one wounded in a spate of deadly attacks in the country over the last two...
View ArticlePhilippines Typhoon Death Toll Passes 6,000
The devastating typhoon that struck the Philippines last month killed more than 6,000 people, and about 1,800 are still missing, according to new figures released Friday. About 20 bodies are found...
View ArticleMore Than 20 Dead in Manila After Bus Plunges Off Highway
At least 21 people were killed and another 20 were injured early on Monday morning in Manila after a bus plummeted off a skyway overpass on the outskirts of the city and landed on a van driving below....
View ArticleManila Airport Shooting Leaves Four Dead Including a Provincial Mayor
Four people were shot dead by armed gunmen at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Friday morning, according to Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN. Airport officials confirmed that one of the...
View ArticleChristmas in Tacloban: Filipinos Celebrate Amid the Wreckage
Girlyn Antillon’s savings have run out. She can no longer afford the rent on the temporary housing that her family moved into after Supertyphoon Haiyan cut a deadly and destructive swath through the...
View ArticleFilipina Caregiver Wins the Hearts of Israel With Her Amazing Voice
A 47-year-old Filipina caregiver, Rose Osang Fostanes, has blown Israel away with her vocal performances on the reality show X Factor, garnering hordes of fans while putting a human face to all the...
View ArticleAfter Capturing Israeli Hearts, Filipina Caregiver Bags Competition
Rose Fostanes, the Filipina caregiver whose voice has taken Israel by storm, has won the televised singing competition “X-Factor Israel.” With her renditions of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” Alicia Keys’...
View ArticleGlobal Pedophile Ring Busted for Webcam Scheme
Police in the U.K. announced Thursday a string of arrests in a massive sting operation to break up an international child abuse ring, in which pedophiles paid to watch children molested live on webcams...
View ArticleFilipino Chapel Serves as Hospital for Newborns
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View ArticlePhilippine Military Kills 37 Islamist Rebels Opposed To Mindanao Peace Deal
The Philippine military has killed 37 militants from a splinter group that seeks to scupper a peace deal between the government and the leading rebel organization, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
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