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Five children in traditional Maguindanaon garb swayed to the sound of kulintang (traditional Muslim musical instrument), their hands swinging and heads kept low.
07:30:00 2009-11-19
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The United Nations Wednesday appealed for $144 million to help victims of a series of storms that devastated the Philippines, nearly double its original request.
02:17:40 2009-11-19
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The World Bank said Wednesday it would lend $405 million to help 376,000 households in the poorest parts of the Philippines.
13:17:43 2009-11-18
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The United Nations on Wednesday nearly doubled its appeal for funds to help the Philippines cope with the effects of back-to-back storms that left over 1,100 people dead and 1.7 million homeless.
13:10:59 2009-11-18
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The Swiss government gave 200 temporary housing units to typhoon victims of this town on Saturday, following an agreement with the municipal government.
22:54:44 2009-11-14
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WE ARE WRITING IN REACTION to President Macapagal-Arroyo’s directive requiring that “… donations of food and other goods from abroad will not be taxed by the Bureau of Customs, provided these are consigned to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).”
00:11:51 2009-11-14
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Bearing a $5-million Christmas gift, the lady in red learned to say, “Mabuhay.”
03:19:29 2009-11-13
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The preemptive evacuation efforts by various local government units in Albay will not disrupt classes in elementary and high schools in the province, the head of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) said on Thursday.
22:09:22 2009-11-12
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After visiting a school in Marikina that was damaged by the floods caused by tropical storm Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana), United States State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced an additional $5.2 million (about P245 million) in disaster relief and recovery assistance to the Philippines.
18:11:33 2009-11-12
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Thursday afternoon an additional $5.2 million in disaster relief for the Philippines during her visit at the Malanday National High School in Marikina City, one of the areas worst hit by Typhoon "Ondoy” (international codename: Ketsana).
16:48:47 2009-11-12
