Market vendors decry increasing prices

(Bulatlat) MANILA – As a stall owner in one of Manila’s Altura market, Erlinda Dreo said selling fish has been her family’s main source of income for nearly two decades. The market sits near the busy Nagtahan Bridge, where car… Continue Reading →

‘No water. No life. No blue. No green’ 

(BusinessMirror) IN 2013, typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) took the lives of about 6,300 people, displaced over 6 million Filipinos, and in its destructive path left 28,689 injured, and 1.6 million homeless. Yolanda was a global upheaval that gained… Continue Reading →

NDRRMC: ‘Paeng’ death toll now at 158

(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Paeng has reached 158, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Tuesday. In its latest situational report, the NDRRMC confirmed 123 deaths, with the… Continue Reading →