Rappler's latest stories on Haiyan rehabilitation
Duterte creates task force to speed up Yolanda rehab
The task force headed by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr is designed to improve coordination between government agencies implementing Yolanda projects
Comic book will not make us vote for Roxas - Yolanda survivors
Mar Roxas has been hit for his alleged incompetence in the aftermath of the storm
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Groups fear Yolanda victims will slide back to being exploited
Foreign aid groups say desperation and helplessness lead people in the damaged communities to resort to jobs or employers who are abusive and indifferent to their laborers
Fishers resettlement plan 'solves' no-build zone issue
To protect fisherfolk from storm surge fish landings will be built by the shore to ensure they have access to the sea even if they live farther from the shore
Romualdez lied, performed 'below par' – Lacson
Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson blasts Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez for being difficult and siding with anti government protesters
#AfterYolanda: Agri sector doing better – DA
Rehabilitation efforts for the past year have given farmers more access to certified crop seeds and machinery while 94 of damaged fishing boats have been repaired
#AfterYolanda: A time for remembering
No matter how painful it is to look back as we remember our own stories of survival and heartaches we must keep an eye forward The scars will always be there but that should not stop us from moving on and building back better
Comparing Yolanda rehab to Nargis, Katrina, Aceh
For the Philippines the transition from relief to recovery is taking longer than in other countries
Rebuilding #AfterYolanda: Private sector projects moving faster
The rehab office is working with 20 private companies 21 private foundations 15 local NGOs and 17 international NGOs that don t have the bureaucratic restraints of gov t agencies
14,000 Yolanda survivors still living near deadly sea
Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez tells Rappler he can t move thousands of Yolanda Haiyan survivors out of danger zones yet
WATCH: Tour a Yolanda bunkhouse in a minute
Rappler takes you on a minute long video tour of a Yolanda bunkhouse from the eyes a 60 year old bunkhouse resident in Palo Leyte
Yolanda mass grave: From playground to 'holy ground'
On All Saints Day Yolanda survivors visit a mass grave that holds their dearest memories Their parish priest says this holy ground used to be a playground
'Wow, Tacloban came back to life!'
Filipino migrant workers who return to Tacloban for All Saints Day see two faces of this typhoon ravaged city
Finally, Aquino approves Yolanda rehabilitation plan
UPDATED The go signal comes nearly a year after Yolanda and almost 3 months after Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson submitted the plan to the President
Yolanda a year after: Tacloban 'township' to rise
The 400 hectare township will include features such as access to the sea and even a branch of the University of the Philippines Mayor Alfred Romualdez says
Yolanda a year after: Few LGUs asking for multi-hazard maps
Few local government units taking advantage of scientific data on disaster preparedness could undermine the government s goal of building back better after Yolanda
Lacson warns ASEAN vs 'superpower' – and it's not China
The Philippines rehabilitation secretary says ASEAN should unite against disasters which can easily overwhelm individual countries
Lacson seeks powers to probe Yolanda rehab corruption
After thinking of resigning Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson requests his legal team to craft for the President an order that will define and clarify his role in rehabilitation efforts
Lacson mulls quitting after Yolanda rehab plan
Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson says he and his staff after all can t implement the P170 7 billion Yolanda rehabilitation plan they prepared
Yolanda rehab plan: Gov't to relocate 940,000 survivors
The government also plans to assist a million homeowners whose houses got damaged due to Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan
Philippines finalizes P171-B Yolanda rehab plan
UPDATED A bulk of the 8 000 page rehabilitation plan is virtually approved by the President Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson tells Rappler
Feeling jaded, I volunteered after Haiyan
Working in the Rappler office in Manila and being miles away from the heart of the devastation made photos just photos Without knowing it I eventually lost the tight feeling in my throat whenever I read a survivor’s story or watched a video of a destroyed town
4,000 hectares identified for Haiyan resettlement
The DENR and DOST identify government land where more than 200 000 displaced families can be resettled
UN pushes for shelters after Tacloban tent fire
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees mourns the double tragedy that killed 7 Yolanda survivors including a 4 month old baby
No kid survives Tacloban tent fire
In Tacloban City more than 3 700 Yolanda survivors remain exposed to similar hazards by living in tents
Philippines to crowdsource Yolanda watchdog efforts
This move should boost the confidence of international donors Rehabilitation Undersecretary Lesley Cordero tells Rappler
Q and A: Lacson sometimes tempted to quit
Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson talks to Rappler on April 15 about his frustrations as well as the things he would have wanted to do Here are excerpts from that interview
Yolanda rehab: 2 Cabinet clusters still delinquent
Because of incorrigibly uncooperative cluster heads? Not necessarily the rehabilitation chief s office says
6 months after Yolanda: 'We are failing'
The Philippine system is designed to fail for massive disasters an expert says
'Uncooperative' officials derailing Yolanda rehab?
Six months after the super typhoon struck Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson says his biggest frustration is not being able to do what I have wanted to do
#AfterHaiyan: Putting health at the heart of healing
I feel blessed to meet community members and international and national experts all working together to get the health system back on its feet
130k Yolanda survivors still live in tents
The government hopes to finish various forms of transitional shelters by June
Obama OKs tax-deductible Haiyan aid
US President Barack Obama signs a new law that allows tax deductible donations for Haiyan survivors
Japan donates additional $3.7 million for Yolanda rehabilitation
Japan increases total aid to the Philippines to US 7 million
Indonesian rehab czar: Give Lacson more powers
Otherwise Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson ends up as a CEO without a budget an expert says
Aquino: Yolanda rehab is top priority
The President says rehabilitating Yolanda ravaged areas is aligned with the administration s plans to sustain Philippine economic reforms
P18B released for Yolanda rehab so far
Besides the P17 7 billion for various infrastructure and services P3 1 billion was also rolled out in December for the rehabilitation of the Tacloban Airport
Leyte fishermen say no to no-build zone
There are other ways to save their lives and their livelihood at the same time they say
Erring Haiyan contractors off the hook?
But Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson wants to hold them accountable He recommends an amendment to a law used as a scapegoat
PH asks US for long-term aid in Yolanda rehab
Sen Marco Rubio will visit Tacloban next week to check up on how US assistance for Yolanda survivors is being used
Haiyan cash pledges: PH gets only 20%
To help rebuild the Philippines a UN official appeals for more aid from countries that tend to forget
P9B needed for agri, fisheries in Yolanda areas
What has the Agriculture Department done to help the farmers and fishermen in Yolanda hit regions?
Giant firms 'adopt' Haiyan-hit areas
Big firms adopt more than half the bridal registry of typhoon hit communities
Rehab czar pushes for disaster agency
Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Ping Lacson urges Congress to create a permanent department to address disasters
Haiyan rehab blueprint: 'Failure means suffering'
More than a month after Typhoon Yolanda known internationally as Haiyan the Philippines releases its rehabilitation plan for the biggest reconstruction effort after World War II Paterno Esmaquel reports
Rappler Newscast | December 18, 2013
Philippines needs over 8 billion for post Haiyan recovery while the US pledges to add 24 6 million more European nations to deploy troops to Central Africa
Lacson eyes hospitals as permanent evacuation centers
Rehabilitation czar Ping Lacson says the government might rule out the use of hospitals and municipal halls for these purposes
PH needs P361B for post-Yolanda rehab
2nd UPDATE Bulk of this amount goes to rebuilding houses says the rehabilitation blueprint released by the Philippine government – the biggest since after World War II
Lacson as rehab czar: Does he need more powers?
The former senator says his appointment has no legal weight does not give him power over the budget
