Becoming Human Again
Six months after super typhoon “Yolanda” ravaged Samar and Leyte with relentless ferocity, the multi-purpose hall in Barangay Sulod, Basey, Samar remains in abject disrepair.
September 7, 2014
Six months after super typhoon “Yolanda” ravaged Samar and Leyte with relentless ferocity, the multi-purpose hall in Barangay Sulod, Basey, Samar remains in abject disrepair.
In Barangay (village) Mabuhay, Eastern Samar, “mother leaders” know wellness best.
The good news is that more Philippine structures and sites are eyed for inscription on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
When super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) tore through Leyte and Samar last year, displacing tens of thousands of people, three high-school friends decided to establish Abre Linea Inc., a social enterprise that aims to create a sustainable livelihood for the region’s weaving communities affected by the disaster.
Making rubber band bracelets may just a hobby for many children but not for two young kids who managed to raise $100,000 for “Yolanda” victims in Leyte.
Fulfill your princess fantasies by running in a pink tutu and, in true royal fashion, supporting an advocacy at the same time.
A few years back, Royal Dutch Shell came out with the advertisement “Don’t Throw Anything Away. There Is No Away.”
The whistle-bait, 53.3-centimeter waistline is gone. But Tetta Agustin, the 1.7-meter-tall, dusky international fashion model who ruled Europe’s catwalks in the 1970s, still turns heads when she walks into a room.
The Consular Corps of the Philippines Cebu chapter held a dinner meeting with Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama at Salon Barcelona of the Casino Español de Cebu. It was a lively gathering with Mayor Rama among the first to arrive.
On Jan. 30, hundreds gathered at the Araneta open grounds in Cubao, Quezon City, for Coca-Cola’s #RebuildPH initiative. This campaign for volunteer round-up and donation drive is to benefit those affected by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Eastern Visayas.
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