Portal: Games - Wikipilipinas: The Hip 'n Free Philippine Encyclopedia. Recovery and Livelihood Plan FINAL_0.pdf. Philippine Collegian. (This article was first published in print in issue 28 of the Philippine Collegian on 13 March 2013.) by Gloiza Plamenco Artworks by Rosette Abogado Genuine development for the Philippines is a lost cause, at least some people would think.
The dismal state of living conditions in the country could not be any flattering—gross unemployment rates, unjust wages, inadequate social services, underdeveloped industries and infrastructures. Such conditions, coupled with chronic debt burden and a grand scheme of reduced government role in economic and social policies, systematically trap majority of Filipinos in poverty. An economic paradigm primarily hinged on nationalist economics, national industrialization (NI) seeks to build domestic industries that will create a self-sustaining economy free from external control. As national industrialization radically solves a myriad of issues comes the challenge to actively pursue its realization. Strong foundation Fixing loopholes Short URL: A Visit to my HOMETOWN and to our Beautiful Province. My home town is a non-progressive town, situated along the coastline fronting the pacific ocean at the northern part of Samar island, Mondragon, Northern Samar, link to google map about 13 kilometers from Catarman, the capital town of Northern Samar, Philippines.
No water supply (mostly pitcher and jetmatic hand pumps), no public market yet for dry and wet goods merchandise. We have "talipapa only" a small market place along street/national road. The Human Trafficking Project: April 2007. Written by Justin Hakuta Water boils.
Machinery grinds and whirls. Dough is shredded into thin ribbons. I am at a factory in Davao, Mindanao surrounded by piles of pancit, the ubiquitous noodle of the Philippines sold by the kilo, boiled or fried, and devoured by the ton with vegetables and a combination of shrimp, chicken, or pork topped off with a dab of fish sauce and calamansi, the Filipino version of lemon. But this is no ordinary factory—it is an enterprise funded by the heroes of the Philippines, the balikbayans or overseas migrant workers who are single-handedly saving the Filipino economy from plummeting into disarray one foreign dollar at a time (in 2006, remittances totaled between 12-14 billion US).
But this transition from savings to concept, from start-up to self-sustainability did not happen overnight. Migration NationThe Filipino economy is heavily dependent on remittances, or money sent home from workers abroad. Unlad originates from migrant labor roots. Importance of tech response during disasters. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
WFP's Praveen Agrawal and Ericsson's Ellie Hanna, Rima Qureshi, and Brent Carbno discuss the importance of providing technical assistance during disasters.Photo by Sheila Rada GUIUAN, Eastern Samar - In Guiuan, where Yolanda first made landfall, there is no electricity, water is distributed everyday through water tanks, and many people are living in tent cities which serve as temporary shelters – but there is WiFi.
Though intermittent and sometimes slow during a weather disturbance, there is WiFi connectivity that allows the various humanitarian organizations on the ground to coordinate with one another, report back to their Manila headquarters, and send vital status updates that help in avoiding replication and duplication of efforts and maximize resources. “We saw the warnings about the typhoon (coming to the Philippines) and we were on standby to come here. Tech response during disaster “Communication makes a huge difference out in the field. Employee Initiative. 2,500 schools in the Philippines still damaged - NORCAP.
One hundred days after typhoon Haiyan struck, there are still more than 2,500 totally and partially damaged schools in the Philippines.
Helping children back to school - NORCAP. All photos: Eirik Grønvold/ NORCAP More than a million children in the Philippines were left without schooling after Typhoon Haiyan destroyed thousands of buildings and teaching materials.
NORCAP’s Eirik Grønvold is deployed to UNICEF to ensure that children affected by the typhoon get the opportunity to continue their education. The small town of Guiuan is located on a thin slice of land that stretches into the Pacific Ocean on the island of Samar in the eastern part of the Philippines. It was here Typhoon Hayian (known as Yolanda in the Philippines) first struck on 8 November 2013. Many lives were lost and houses and property was destroyed when strong winds and sea swell swept in. YOLANDA: TRAVAILS From Tacloban (Leyte) to Guiuan, (Eastern Samar)
An Account of the Travails of a Three-Man WFA PAPI Team who braved the devastated land of Tacloban and Giporlos and Guiuan in Eastern Samar By Arman C.
MuleemDecember 1, 2013 The three agreed to travel together to Eastern Samar. Evelyn and Dale waited for Arman in Tacloban. He had to buy some items in Manila, including their food. Philippines: A country prone to natural disasters. The Philippines has suffered from an inexhaustible number of deadly typhoons, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and other natural disasters.
This is due to its location along the Ring of Fire, or typhoon belt – a large Pacific Ocean region where many of Earth’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. Annually, approximately 80 typhoons develop above tropical waters, of which 19 enter the Philippine region and six to nine make landfall, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The Philippines is in fact the country most exposed to tropical storms in the world. Violent tropical storms, such as the latest Haiyan typhoon, can generate 10 times as much energy as the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Resilient Structures Design. DepEd assures typhoon/earthquake-resilient school buildings. Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro yesterday assured that the structural integrity of new school buildings to be built this year will be typhoon-and-earthquake resilient, even as classrooms for students in super-typhoon Yolanda-hit areas have yet to be repaired and restored for use when classes in these places resume next week.
