Everyone deserves comfort without having to spend a small fortune on hotels when traveling out of town.
Dayaw, the annual festival of indigenous Filipino cultures organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), will open in Tacloban, Leyte, on Nov. 27-30.
It almost feels as if the country’s faith is being tested, with a supertyphoon immediately following a super earthquake, and the casualty statistics hitting not only hundreds but the tens of thousands.
After “Yolanda” tore through Tacloban, Samsung (Sepco) president and managing director CL Lee mobilized employees to help those affected by the supertyphoon. He was also instrumental in the $1-million donation by Samsung Global: $250,000 went to World Vision, $250,000 went to the Philippine National Red Cross while $500,000 was given to the ABS-CBN Foundation.
I’m ready to die,” Miko Jadulang thought to himself as he hung on for dear life that Friday morning in San Jose, Tacloban.
Stores Specialists Inc. (SSI), the company responsible for bringing into the Philippines such foreign brands as Gucci, Prada, Gap, Zara, Banana Republic and Marks & Spencer, among others, is partnering with the Philippine National Red Cross in sending relief packs to affected areas.
The supermarket had announced that it was closed by the time we approached the checkout counter. I braced myself for the look of annoyance on the cashier’s face. I couldn’t blame her.
“I was buying medical stuff in Bambang, Manila, for a friend in Tacloban. As I was waiting for the stuff to be packed, the owner of the store, Triple S, started talking to us about the sad state of Tacloban.
Nov. 14: I just met Tatay Ricardo Artiaga, a taxi driver in Manila who is from Tacloban. He apologized for having swollen eyes.
I was in Tacloban when Supertyphoon “Yolanda” hit. Our house was in San Jose, a kilometer away from the airport. San Jose is a promontory surrounded by the sea.
