Archbishop urges gov’t leaders to ‘set aside politics’ to help disaster victims
A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines called on the country’s political leaders to “set aside politics” and help those most affected by the recent calamities.
After ‘Ulysses,’ DILG orders crackdown on illegal logging, urges tree planting
Año also directed LGUs and the police to “expedite the planting of trees” in coordination with the DENR.
Luzon-wide state of calamity declared
The state of calamity will remain in place until lifted by Duterte.
Duterte calls for better, ‘stronger than typhoon’ evac centers
Duterte made the statement days after typhoon “Ulysses” barreled through Luzon and forced more than 350,000 people out of their homes in its aftermath.