Category Archives: Business Resiliency

MILF to gov’t: Freeze gas, oil explorations in Moro areas

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MANILA — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has urged anew the Aquino administration to freeze all gas and oil bidding contracts in areas claimed by the Moros as part of their ancestral domain until the parties in the negotiating …
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Sendong victims to have new homes by April

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Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano “Dinky” Soliman Thursday (January 12) announced intensified government efforts towards providing new homes to all the victims of Sendong by the first week of April. In a statement, Soliman said that aside from …
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Pipe burst in Las Piñas City

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A major water pipe of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. in Las Pinas City has burst after running vehicles unintentionally opened the lid of the manhole covering it, reports said. The burst pipe, situated in Barangay Pamplona Uno, caused a tall …
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PNoy creates task force to look into Mindanao flashfloods

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MANILA — The official tally of those who died from tropical storm Sendong is 1,171, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Monday (December 26) said. In its 6 a.m. update, the NDRRMC also said that 1,079 remain …
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Death toll reaches 976

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The number of dead due to tropical storm Sendong has reached 976, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Wednesday (December 21). As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, the number of missing has dwindled down to 46, those …
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Aquino declares state of national calamity

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President Benigno Aquino III has declared a state of national calamity as the country continues to recover from the devastation wrought by tropical storm Sendong. The President signed Tuesday (December 20) the National State of Calamity in the Palace following …
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Gov’t to review crisis response after Sendong

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MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III wants a review of the government’s disaster response manual to prevent unnecessary loss of lives in the aftermath of the devastation of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. Several government agencies in Camp Aguinaldo on Saturday …
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Sendong death toll: 334

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The number of dead during tropical storm Sendong’s onslaught has reached 334, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. In its 8:00 p.m. report Sunday (December 18), the NDRRMC said 281 people remain missing while 431 were …
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Is Sendong a ‘Perfect Storm’?

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It was not even a typhoon yet but tropical storm ‘Sendong’ (International codename: Washi) wrought havoc to Visayas and Mindanao in epic proportions. Sendong/Washi crept into the night from Bislig to Iligan, cutting off power and flooding the streets. Hundreds …
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