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Opinion: UN may not be the answer to Burma’s humanitarian needs

By Francis Wade Tue, Mar 27, 2012 1:51PM UTC View Comments

Late last year I wrote a comment piece on the lack of aid getting to victims of the Kachin conflict that triggered some healthy debate about the UN’s role in Burma. At the time the organisation was attempting to gain access to rebel territory in the northern state where tens of thousands of internally displaced...

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Relief aid needed for Filipinos ravaged by two typhoons

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, Oct 03, 2011 7:13PM UTC View Comments

Tens of thousands of people in several regions and provinces of the Philippines continue to need emergency relief aid in the aftermath of two typhoons last week. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, at least three died, one injured and six remain missing after typhoon Quiel (international name: Nalgae) crossed the...

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Philippines gets ¥40.847-billion from Japan to fix roads

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Jan 28, 2011 6:31PM UTC View Comments

Tokyo's envoy to Manila Makoto Katsura (left) exchange Notes with foreign secretary Alberto Romulo. Photo from DFA.

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Makoto Katsura on Friday formally sealed the US$491.13-million (¥40.847-billion) assistance package for the Philippines’ Road Upgrading and Preservation Project (RUPP). The Japanese aid package follows assistance the Aquino government signed with the United States and the Asian Development Bank in 2010. “The...

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