With her three puppies around her, this girl is at peace at the Surigao City Auditorium on Thursday, 7 Nov 2013, a day before super typhoon Yolanda is expected to hit landfall in the Visayas area. MindaNews photo by Roel N.
Local government workers help out in packing food items for those who would be affected by super typhoon Yolanda, which is expected to hit Visayas and the northern part of Mindanao on Friday, 8 Nov 2013. MindaNews photo by Erwin
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 7 Nov) – With fire trucks blaring their sirens, hundreds of residents here and the province of Misamis Oriental trooped on Thursday to the safety of evacuation centers ahead of the expected landfall of
A fisherman in Barangay Macabalan in Cagayan de Oro City ties his boat on Thursday (7 Nov 2013) in preparation for the arrival of super typhoon “Yolanda”. Cagayan de Oro suffered the most during typhoon Sendong almost two years ago.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/07 November) — Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago started by training her guns at alleged pork barrel scam Janet Lim-Napoles, but ended up hitting her colleague, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, during the televised hearing Thursday by the Senate blue ribbon
Despite the threat of Super Typhoon Yolanda, a street vendor armed with an umbrella continues to sell lanterns along the national highway in Butuan City Thursday (7 Nov 2013) afternoon. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 November) – Obviously learning lessons from the disasters wrought by typhoon Sendong in 2011 and super typhoon Pablo in 2012, local government units in Mindanao, particularly in Northern Mindanao, the Caraga and Davao regions, are
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 7 Nov) – Police authorities have tagged an alleged terrorist cell operating in various parts of Mindanao as behind the foiled bombing attempt on a gasoline station here last Sunday night. Chief Supt. Charles Calima
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 7 Nov) – The provincial government of South Cotabato is seeking an additional grant of P60 million from the Department of Health (DOH) to facilitate the completion of its provincial hospital annex in Surallah town.
In Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has placed the province of Dinagat Islands and Siargao Island (part of Surigao del Norte) under Signal No. 3 while Agusan del Norte, Camiguin and Surigao del Norte are
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 Nov) – Residents here have already heeded the call to safety as families started evacuating to safer areas starting Wednesday night as super typhoon Yolanda approaches.[] Classes in all levels across the whole province of
Although Davao City is not on the path of super typhoon Yolanda, advertising firms are not taking any chances. Billboard ads such as this one along Matina highway have been rolled until Yolanda passes. Last year, they made the same
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 7 Nov) – The Valdehueza family, with seven members, is the first family to respond to preemptive evacuation ordered by Mayor Osmundo dela Rosa of Malitbog town in Bukidnon’s first district, bordering Misamis Oriental. Delia Cabilla,
ang advance party ni Yolanda ania na dag-om, ngitngit, ulan pero hangin wala pa classes suspended na yeess! singgit sa mga bata sa computeran nag-linya lgu, dilg ready na evacuation centers andamon pa pray lang gyud ta atup sa evacuation
Here’s a friendly reminder to all of you as Super Typhoon Yolanda approaches, from all of us in MindaNews. Infographics by Keith Bacongco
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/ 07 Nov) — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) here said the possibility that super typhoon Yolanda might change course and make landfall in Caraga region should
At 4:00 am today, the eye of Typhoon “YOLANDA”was located based on all available data at 822 km East of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur (08.4°N, 133.8°E) with maximum sustained winds of 215 kph near the center and gustiness of up
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/07 November) — As of 6:00 a.m. Thursday, the eye of Typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) was located based on all available data at 767 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical
AMAS, Kidapawan City (MindaNews/07 November) — Around 2,500 barangay health workers (BHWs) from the 17 municipalities of Cotabato will convene for a two-day congress at the Cotabato Provincial Capitol Gymnasium on Nov. 11-12. The congress, which is held annually, aims
