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After Typhoons Devastation, a Philippine Town Is Losing Those Who Could Rebuild It
2014-02-03 19:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As Jesse Siozon waited for his grandfather's funeral to begin, beneath the orange and blue tarps that serve as the roof for the storm-damaged Santo Nio Church, he spoke of a double loss. His grandfather may well have been the last person in this bedraggled city to succumb to injuries and illnesses brought on by Typhoon Haiyan. And now Mr. Siozon, a 30-year-old nurse, is being forced to leave Tacloban, his family's hometown for four generations, because efforts to rebuild have stalled and jobs...
Philippine climate change envoy leads new protest fast
2014-01-31 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A Philippine diplomat who went without food for 14 days last year will lead another fast on Saturday in a bid to pressure world leaders over climate change, AFP reported. Naderev "Yeb" Sano, the Philippines' lead negotiator at United Nations climate talks, drank only tea and water throughout the last meeting in Poland in November, garnering world headlines and praise from developing nations. Sano's latest symbolic one-day hunger strike is an attempt to maintain pressure ahead of the next UN talks...
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Philippine Long Distance Telephone launches TVolution IPTV STB
2014-01-14 07:00:33| Digital TV News
Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) has announced the launch of TVolution, a small device that can turn an ordinary TV to an Internet TV. The device allows streaming of movies and series straight from the Internet to televisions.
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New Slaughterhouses for Four Philippine Provinces
2013-12-31 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
PHILIPPINES - Livestock farmers in Tarlac, Batangas, Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur provinces are to have four new slaughterhouses to process meat for local and international markets in the New Year.
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UN Urges More Aid for Philippine Typhoon Recovery
2013-12-22 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community Sunday to ramp up aid for the Philippines' typhoon reconstruction, saying "we must not allow this to be another forgotten crisis." Ban met with key ambassadors stationed in Manila at the end of his three-day visit and urged donor countries to provide more aid in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the central Philippines on Nov. 8, killing at least 6,100 people and leaving nearly 1,800 others missing. Entire villages were...
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