Posts Under davao oriental Tag
ADVOCACY MINDANOW: A Day in Baganga and Cateel
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/2 April)–Last Monday, I joined retired Archbishop (Emeritus) NANDING CAPALLA together with retired publisher NILO CLAUDIO and visited “Typhoon Pablo’s” whacked areas Baganga and Cateel in Davao… »
Caraga Bridge: Destroyed
Strong river currents on Sunday destroyed destroyed Caraga bridge, which connects Manay and Caraga towns in Davao Oriental. Typhoon Pablo on December 4 destroyed the Teodoro Palma Gil Bridge linking… »
DSWD yields to protesters’ demand for 10,000 sacks of rice for Pablo victims
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has responded to protesters’ call in Montevista, Compostela Valley that the government should supply Typhoon Pablo… »
Opening Classes
Teachers conduct their classes inside tents in Baganga Central Elementary School in Baganga town on January 3, 2012 , after typhoon Pablo destroyed most of the schools in Davao Oriental.… »
Teachers, children go back to school for psychosocial classes inside tents
BAGANGA, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 4 Jan) – Almost a month after typhoon “Pablo” hit the province last December 4, teachers and children have gone back to schools for psychosocial… »
Cheerful Reunion
Students have a cheerful reunion, for some, their first since typhoon Pablo , at the Baganga Central Elementary School in Baganga town in Davao Oriental during the opening of classes… »
In Cateel, typhoon survivors start anew, hope for prosperity
CATEEL, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 4 Jan) – Resilience is eminent among town people as they slowly restore their lives back to normal from the devastations of typhoon “Pablo” and… »
“We don’t have to sit back and wait for the next storm”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 January) – For a couple of years now, astrogeophysicist Fr. Daniel McNamara, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences of the Ateneo de Davao University, had… »
Baganga, Cateel, Boston not accessible (again) by land trip via Mati
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 January) – The three towns hardest hit by super typhoon Pablo – Baganga, Cateel and Boston – were already accessible by land travel via Mati, Davao Oriental… »
Baganga village bounces back
BAGANGA, Davao Oriental- Days after typhoon Pablo inundated their village, Barangay Ban-ao chair Mera Adlawan Ching thought the community and the life they knew would cease to exist. The National… »
In the town where ‘Pablo’ made landfall, children list wishes for 2013
BAGANGA, Davao Oriental (MindaNews/29 December)- The children here noisily flocked together on chairs or any flat surface to draw on pieces of white paper what they wanted for the coming… »
‘Pablo’ to exact P9.6B value losses in 2013–MinDA
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/ 23 December)—Typhoon “Pablo” would exact an estimated value losses of P9.6 billion for 2013 in areas hardest hit by the disaster, according to the Mindanao Development Authority… »
POETRY: 3 X Pablo. by Ricardo M. de Ungria
3 X Pablo by Ricardo M. de Ungria [Ricardo M. de Ungria teaches at the University of the Philippine-Mindanao in Davao City. He was Chancellor at UP Mindanao (2001-07) and… »
New Fields, New Hope
Less than a month after typhoon Pablo destroyed agricultural lands in Davao Oriental, farmers plant rice in Cateel town on Dec. 21, 2012. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More
Aliwagwag Falls after Pablo
Aliwagwag Falls, one of the top tourist destinations in Davao Orietal, had crystal clear waters and lush surroundings before super typhoon Pablo hit Cateel town and neighboring coastal towns of … »
Changing Lives and Landscapes
Almost a year after Typhoon Sendong ( Washi) struck the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in the northern part of Mindanao on December 16-17, 2011, another disaster hit… »
Tents for students whose classrooms were destroyed by Pablo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 December) — Students in elementary and high school whose classrooms were destroyed by Typhoon Pablo on December 4 will be holding classes in tents, soon, the Department… »
BISAG UNSA: Singil sa Kinaiyahan
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (MindaNews/16 Disyembre) — Naningil na ang kinaiyahan,” komento ni Melot mahitungod sa paglampurnas sa Bagyong Pablo sa New Bataan, Compostela Valley. Wala pa gani mabalita nga grabe… »
Scene of Destruction
Vehicles cruise the highway littered with debris and felled coconut trees in Barangay Sauquigi, Baganga town in Davao Oriental on Dec. 11, 2012. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
Fit of Anger
An angry resident uses a fallen tree to block a highway in Barangay San Antonio, Cateel town, Davao Oriental. On Dec. 11, 2012. Residents are resorting to blocking the highway… »
Typhoon Pablo Aftermath: Baganga
Typhoon Pablo almost wiped out the entire town of Baganga in Davao Oriental when it made landfall on December 4, 2012. As of 5 a.m. December 9, the National Disaster… »
Pablo hits Mati City
PABLO HITS MATI CITY. Barbecue stalls clutter the Baywalk area in Mati City, Davao Oriental onTuesday morning, as Typhoon Pablo makes landfall in Banganga town at 4:45 a.m. Baganga is… »
Typhoon Pablo
At 4:00 a.m. today, 04 December 2012, Typhoon “PABLO” was located based on satellite and surface data at 40 km Eastern Coast of Davao Oriental (7.6°N, 126.9°E). PAG-ASA Website
Signal No. 2 hoisted over Surigao Sur, northern part of Davao Oriental; 13 of 26 Mindanao provinces under Signal 1
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/03 December) – Storm signal number 2 has been hoisted over Surigao del Sur and the northern part of Davao Oriental which is expected to experience stormy weather… »
Farmers hit order exempting haciendas in Davao Oriental from Carp
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 May) — Some 200 farmers forcibly entered the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) – XI compound in Barangay Catalunan Pequeño on Tuesday and demanded the resignation of DAR-XI chief Yusoph Mama for his alleged illegal order exempting large estates in Davao Oriental from the coverage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
