Rappler's latest stories on Yolanda rehabilitation
Malacañang calls for unity, strength 4 years after Yolanda
The government says it continues to learn lessons from the tragedy as it works to fast-track rehabilitation of Yolanda-affected areas
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
How the Duterte administration is fast-tracking Yolanda recovery
President Duterte has criticized the past government for the slow rehab of Eastern Visayas What happens when he tells agencies he is getting impatient?
3 challenges Año will face as DILG chief
The military general will oversee Yolanda recovery efforts the community based war on drugs and the campaign for federalism among local governments
827 Yolanda families relocated to new homes – Palace
More families are expected to move into their new houses before Christmas according to the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas
3 unresolved issues, 3 years after Yolanda
I am not satisfied President Rodrigo Duterte says referring to the slow pace of rehabilitation in Yolanda affected areas
Water sanitation 'crucial' for new resettlement areas
An aid group working on post Yolanda rehabilitation project says clean water sanitation is usually overlooked in disaster hit areas
‘For the next generation’: Iloilo fishermen take lead in coastal management
From creating artificial reefs to planting mangroves fisherfolk in Iloilo s northern towns lead efforts in coastal management to make the sea sustainable for their children
Students in Iloilo island-village brave sea to get to school
More than 70 of Tinigban Elementary School s 24 students ride the waves everyday to reach their dreams of finishing school
Yolanda survivors in northern Iloilo finally have homes
Almost 3 years after Super Typhoon Yolanda hit Iloilo survivors of northern Iloilo can now leave their makeshift houses and move to safer homes
‘Guardians of the sea’: The fisherfolk of northern Iloilo
Fishing villages in Carles town in northern Iloilo are able to eliminate daytime illegal fishing and decrease nighttime illegal activities Here s how
Ex-Tacloban mayor: Yolanda funds not misspent
The camp of ex mayor Alfred Romualdez says: Kung tutuusin kaya nga kami nasita eh kasi ibinigay po namin ang nararapat lang talaga na para sa kanila
Tacloban misspent nearly P1B in Yolanda funds – COA
UPDATED Ex mayor Alfred Romualdez in response says they gave what people deserved to get and blamed the delays on the national government s stringent rules
Cebu Yolanda survivors to Duterte: Don't forget about us
Survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Cebu seek help from president elect Rodrigo Duterte hoping that he would speed up rehabilitation of typhoon hit towns
Roxas: 'No time' to answer 'number 1 fan' Duterte's Yolanda question
Malacañang spokesman Herminio Coloma Jr says all foreign aid received for Yolanda hit communities are fully accounted for and have undergone audit
COA hits slow rehabilitation in disaster-hit areas
Many rebuilding projects in earthquake hit Bohol and Yolanda hit areas are not yet done
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Yolanda rehab: Only 30% complete as 2016 begins
The Philippines targets to complete most of the ongoing projects by 2016 or 3 years after Yolanda hit the country
VLOG: Binay, opposition lead Typhoon Yolanda commemoration
Vice President Jejomar Binay visits typhoon hit Leyte to campaign and to check on the condition of the survivors
Palace: Slow rehab due to Yolanda’s powerful strength
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda says the government continues to do its job to help Yolanda communities recover
After Haiyan: The ship that stayed
One of the ships that ran aground in Tacloban now serves as a memorial for those who died during Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda
Marcos on Yolanda rehab: Too little, too late
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr returns to his mother s home province of Leyte and joins opposition figures in Yolanda commemorative events
IN NUMBERS: Helping farmers, fishers 2 years after Haiyan
Only 12 of debris affected farmlands have been cleared but the target number of boats to be given to fishermen was exceeded
Super Typhoon Yolanda recovery halfway done – NEDA
Gov’t says Yolanda recovery is entering its medium term phase and full recovery will only come in 2017
COA hits Tacloban over delayed Yolanda rehab
The Tacloban City government also shunned procurement and audit rules when it dealt with contractors the Commission on Audit says
SONA 2015: Aquino admits need to do more after Yolanda
In his last State of the Nation Address President Aquino makes true and false claims about the way government responded to major disasters
Super typhoon-proof dome houses to rise in Dapitan
UPDATE Monolithic dome houses can withstand typhoons of up to 400 kph and are built at a low cost of P290 000 per unit
'Mismatch' in Yolanda resettlement fund estimates – watchdog
Social Watch Philippines says that while Leyte had the most number of Yolanda damaged houses it will not get the biggest resettlement funds following National Housing Authority estimates
15 months in Panay Island after Yolanda
Change is inevitable and if it comes with proper handling recovery is possible
Aquino wants faster Yolanda rehabilitation
Malacañang says government efforts are just as massive as the effect of the disaster but the President wants to see an increase in the pace of the implementation
New Zealand: Where art aids disaster recovery
Art can remind our politicians and the private sector that rehabilitation doesn t deal only with progress reports figures and flowcharts It must be centered on beating hearts and thinking minds
Pemberton trial, Lacson resignation, Sony film release | The wRap
Philippine court suspends US Marine trial Lacson steps down February 2015 Sony will release controversial film “The Interview” on Christmas Day
Aquino, Lacson agree on February resignation date
President Aquino and Secretary Lacson agree in principle on a February 10 2015 resignation for Lacson
MRT fare hike, SWS on Roxas, Obama on Sony | The wRap
MRT and LRT to hike fares in January Mar Roxas among top 3 for 2016 in an SWS survey US President Obama says the Sony hack was not an ‘act of war ’
DBM seeks P23B supplemental budget for Yolanda, APEC projects
The supplemental budget will also fund ongoing and previously approved priority projects including the rehabilitation of LRT lines 1 and 2
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
#AnimatED: We choose to remember
One year after Yolanda Haiyan memory is our best weapon
Post-Yolanda, NGOs make things happen in north Iloilo
Numerous NGOs help in a big way in the ongoing rehabilitation in northern Iloilo post Yolanda
#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
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
PH recovery, PMA grad, British schoolboy | The wRap
Recovery in Haiyan hit areas is faster than it was in Aceh ADB A fresh PMA graduate dies fighting the Abu Sayyaf A 16 year old boy gets 20 years for killing his teacher in class
#AfterYolanda: Red Cross volunteers still helping
A year after Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan some 8 000 Red Cross volunteers and personnel are still doing humanitarian work in affected areas
Bunkhouses both blessing, curse for Yolanda survivors
Saying each bunkhouse is very temporary Palo Mayor Remedios Petilla tells Rappler more than 400 bunkhouse residents will soon move to permanent houses
Yolanda memorial wall to help bring 'closure'
The wall which will contain the names of Tacloban residents who died because of Typhoon Yolanda stands by the sea that killed more than 3 100 people and in front of the astrodome that served as evacuation center
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
Yolanda survivor asks Aquino: 'Why refuse us help?'
Netizens appeal to the President Just do your responsibility
10 months after Yolanda, swath of destruction remains
Nearly a year since the super typhoon the schools of northern Iloilo are still left destroyed
Disaster politics, response: Digging deeper into calamities
Calamities are shaped by politics as much as they are driven by natural elements
