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Roughly two months after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” caused death and destruction of horrifying proportions to Leyte, Samar and other parts of Central Philippines, the task of rebuilding lives and their land looks daunting.
Roughly two months after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” caused death and destruction of horrifying proportions to Leyte, Samar and other parts of Central Philippines, the task of rebuilding lives and their land looks daunting.
An initial framework for action has been drawn up by foreign and Filipino experts to repair and reconstruct precious heritage churches in Central Visayas, mostly in Bohol, severely damaged during the recent massive earthquake and Supertyphoon “Yolanda.”
Heritage experts and culture-mappers are coming together to help rehabilitate and rebuild several heritage structures damaged by Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” notably the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, one of the oldest churches in the country.
Top abstractionist Raul Isidro’s works are stirring visual comments on climate change.
How Eastern Samar and most of Leyte look like today found a haunting musical equivalent in an Antonio Molina composition, “Oras Mangitngit” (Dark Hours), interpreted by a distinguished soprano from Leyte, Salvacion Oppus Yniguez.
Typhoon “Yolanda” made first landfall at the town of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, devastating the town’s church of La Purisima Concepción, considered one of the finest and most beautiful Spanish colonial structures in the country.
These days, media, both print and broadcast, has done its homework in giving the public a blow-by-blow account of the extent of the damage Supertyphoon “Yolanda” has wrought in the provinces of Leyte, Samar, Capiz, Iloilo and Northern Cebu, as well as other places that unfortunately lay in its path.
About 100 fashion designers, models will come together under the joint direction of Jackie Aquino and Robby Carmona to stage a fashion fundraiser for the devastated provinces of Leyte and Samar.
On the day a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Cebu and Bohol, these islands landed in the Top 5 Islands in Asia list of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will launch Taoid, the National Heritage Month, on July 29 on Capul Island, Samar, in line with the province’s celebration of Saluka festival.
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