Oct 16, 2015

Typhoon takes aim at northern Philippines

A typhoon was heading straight for the main Philippine island of Luzon on Friday, prompting storm alerts in nearly 20 provinces and placing army and police units on standby. With center winds of 130 kph, Typhoon Koppu was about 585 km east of northeast Aurora ...

NGO helps towns ignored on Leyte

| Nov 22, 2013

NGO helps towns ignored on Leyte

International Children's Action Network, a nonprofit organization based in Nagoya, is providing aid to Leyte Island after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines on Nov. 8. ICAN staff there told the NPO's headquarters in Naka Ward via email that there are heavily damaged towns that ...