Filipino typhoon survivors join 'David and Goliath' climate fight
Greenpeace Philippines aims to build a pioneering community-led legal case against fossil fuel companies.
Sat Nov 11 2023
Sex trafficking plagues Filipino city where typhoon wrought havoc
A humanitarian crisis provided fertile ground for traffickers in the hard-hit Eastern Visayas region.
Fri Nov 10 2023
Philippines orders evacuation as world's strongest 2020 typhoon approaches
Typhoon Goni will make landfall on Sunday as the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Typhoon Haiyan in 2014.
Sat Oct 31 2020
Ceritalah ASEAN - Typhoon Haiyan: Five years later, survivor continues to wait for resettlement
Sitting in the makeshift hut that she calls "home", the sad-eyed single mother can still recall the eerie silence in the hours just before the storm hit the city.
Tue Dec 04 2018
Millions in Philippines on alert for super typhoon
Millions of people in the Philippines were ordered Wednesday to prepare for one of the strongest typhoons to ever hit the disaster-battered country.
Wed Oct 19 2016
Philippines evacuates 700,000 ahead of powerful typhoon
More than 700,000 people fled the central Philippines amid threats of giant waves, floods and landslides as powerful Typhoon Melor approached the archipelago nation.
Mon Dec 14 2015
Philippine couple find love, hope among typhoon misery
Two years after Typhoon Haiyan, Juvelyn Luana found a new partner, a new son and a shack far from the city of Tacloban.
Sat Nov 07 2015
Typhoon Koppu smashes into northern Philippines
No casualties have been reported but about 6,500 people were evacuated from their homes and taken to safer ground.
Sun Oct 18 2015
SEA Games: Flag gaffe puts Filipino-Americans on war footing
A wardrobe malfunction related to their national flags has punctured the joy of two Filipino-American athletes after they won a Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 100m sprint double.
Wed Jun 10 2015
Woman finds pet dog lost in Philippines typhoon a year ago
The nine-year-old mongrel named Bunny survived Super Typhoon Haiyan, but went missing in the upheaval that followed the November 8 tragedy.
Tue Nov 25 2014
Philippines thanks world for typhoon aid with billboards, tweets
The Philippines thanked the global community for its help three months after a devastating typhoon that killed 8,000 people.
Sat Feb 08 2014
Schools reopen in Philippine typhoon zone
Schools reopened on Monday in badly damaged central Philippine towns for the first time since Typhoon Haiyan hit the region.
Mon Jan 06 2014
2013: Top 10 happenings throughout the year
The news and personalities that made international headlines in 2013.
Tue Dec 31 2013
Typhoon Haiyan deaths in Philippines pass 6,000
The total number of those who perished from the typhoon that hit most parts of the central Philippines Nov 8 climbed to 6,009.
Fri Dec 13 2013
Mental trauma haunts Philippines typhoon survivors
Typhoon Haiyan survivors forced to grieve without professional counselling.
Mon Nov 25 2013