Rappler's latest stories on new bataan
LIST: Deadly landslides in the Philippines
Almost all of these major disasters in the last two decades happened in the midst of heavy rain that loosened the soil in landslide-prone areas
Social Good Summit: A hero in us all
1st Lt Alex Deazeta is a hero but he challenges the audience of the PH Social Good Summit to all be heroes
Breastfeeding in time of crisis
During a disaster breastfeeding not only ensures that babies get proper nourishment but also makes them resistant to illness
NPA fighter killed in New Bataan clash
A suspected guerilla fighter of the New People s Army was killed in a firefight in the typhoon devastated town of New Bataan Compostela Valley on Thursday morning
After Pablo
After everything the story is about a world that has fallen apart The center will not hold on its own not now and not for a very long time
The heroes of Charlie Company
Seven of Charlie Company’s soldiers were lost in Andap New Bataan all of them trying to evacuate residents from a flooded town The soldiers who survived promise to return in the name of fallen brothers who lost the fight against a typhoon named Pablo
Weeks after Pablo, hundreds of bodies still unburied
More than a hundred unidentified bodies still wait for burial in New Bataan Compostela Valley The stench is terrible You almost can t help vomiting
Compostela town swamped in floodwaters
Residents of Barangay Osmeña seek dry grounds along the national highway as their makeshift houses were submerged in knee deep flooding
The bitterest storm
This is a story that begins with a storm This is written in the hope that there is another story one that does not end with a spinning wind
All Dante prays for is a body to bury
Dante has checked records of survivors and included all 18 of his family members in the list of the missing He has gone from New Bataan to Tagum City in Northern Davao to New Bataan again visiting morgues and wakes opening every coffin following army trucks hauling back recovered bodies
Desperate typhoon victims await aid
4 days after Pablo struck Mindanao officials struggle to bring in food and relief through almost impassable roads
Aquino: 'Pablo' like World War II, Hiroshima
President Aquino lays out the government s response to the Hiroshima like devastation from Pablo
No funeral parlors in New Bataan
Aside from the mud and debris in the town a foul stench outside the town gym where the dead bodies are temporarily laid makes the rescue and relief operations more difficult
Survivors need water, food, clothes - gov't
3rd UPDATE Rescuers scramble to find at least 300 missing people as the death toll from Pablo continues to rise
Race against time in New Bataan
It was very fast recalls a Pablo survivor in New Bataan The water came down with strong winds and tore down everything in its path
Where the 68 lay dead
Cynics would probably wonder what those civilians were doing in an army base at the height of a super typhoon But the scene completely made sense to me It was almost peacetime in New Bataan
44 dead in Compostela Valley town
Reports say many of the dead in New Bataan town in Compostela Valley had come from a nearby village where flash floods swept away an Army patrol base
