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Philippines' Globe launches in Italy

2013-11-25 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Globe Mobile Italy provides low-cost calls to the Philippines using Vodafone's network.

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End of UN climate talks breaks fast for Philippines envoy

2013-11-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: For Philippines diplomat Yeb Sano, Saturday's close of UN climate talks in Warsaw comes with an unusual prize: he can eat again. The climate envoy had embarked on a tea-and-water only fast on the first day of the talks on November 11, in a symbolic push for a good outcome. "I am famished. I am famished!" the senior climate envoy told AFP at the Warsaw National Stadium where the discussions ended in a number of consensus agreements on Saturday. "My doctor says I should take it slowly, so...

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Philippines: Typhoon-hit towns begin rebuilding

2013-11-24 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Japan Times: A frantic campaign to reach millions of hungry, injured and homeless people in the Philippines following one of the world`s strongest storms is almost over. Now the grinding slog of rebuilding begins. Experts say it will cost billions of dollars and take years to revive communities that were destroyed when Typhoon Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean more than two weeks ago, killing at least 5,200 people. At 315 kph, Haiyan`s winds were the most powerful ever recorded to make landfall. Tsunamilike...

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Philippines 'more & more vulnerable' disasters

2013-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A spate of disasters in the Philippines that has caused substantial damage to agriculture, infrastructure and the economy, as well as a huge loss of lives, has underlined the need for stronger disaster management efforts and action to address climate change, experts said. In the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 5,000 people in the central Philippines and left many thousands more homeless, climate and disaster experts said disaster preparedness need to be scaled down to...

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Support soars for petition, fast by Philippines climate negotiator

2013-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: More than 600,000 people have signed an online petition started last week by Philippines' climate change commissioner Naderev "Yeb" Sao, aimed at pushing governments at the U.N climate talks in Warsaw to ratchet up pollution controls and help poorer communities with funding to cope with climate impacts, the negotiator told journalists on Tuesday. The number of people who have signed the online petition is rising by the minute, and was approaching 655,000 by late afternoon. The Philippines'...

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