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Volunteers use rubber a boat to ferry residents to safer grounds following a flash flood that inundated Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Pic:AP

PHILIPPINES: How to help typhoon Sendong (Washi) victims

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, Dec 19, 2011 3:32PM UTC View Comments

The typhoon-struck cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in southern Philippines continue to need urgent relief aid as people come to grips with the horrible death toll and as families continue to search for hundreds of others who are still missing. For Filipinos abroad and our friends from other countries, Philippines-based international courier company LBC...

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Philippines: Storm kills 600; bloggers launch donation drives

By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Dec 18, 2011 8:13AM UTC View Comments

More than 600 persons are feared to have been killed or missing by typhoon Sendong (Washi) in Southern Philippines. Bloggers in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City, two areas which bore the brunt of flash floods, swiftly took action and launched online donation campaigns for typhoon victims: Iligan Bloggers’ #oneforiligan campaign: Paypal ID singcol.inquisitor@gmail.com...

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Mitsubishi starts Pajero SUV production in Bangladesh

By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury Fri, Aug 12, 2011 2:14AM UTC View Comments

Through a press release on August 9, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that it has started local production and sales in Bangladesh of its new-model Pajero Sport SUV. The Pajero Sports model is being produced at the Chittagong plant of Pragoti Industries Limited (PIL), MMC’s business partner in Bangladesh, and will be sold through PIL’s...

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Philippines welcomes Canadian citizens fleeing Japan sans passports

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Apr 15, 2011 4:23PM UTC View Comments

The Philippines’ diplomatic and immigration authorities have approved a Canadian embassy request that Canadian citizens fleeing disaster-struck Japan be allowed to enter the country with only “emergency travel documents” until new or temporary Canadian passports are issued to them. Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario said in a statement that the Canadian Embassy...

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A split screen view of disasters in Australia and Pakistan

By Jo Lane Tue, Apr 12, 2011 7:46AM UTC View Comments

I received a link to this video by the photographer and filmmaker Gideon Mendel on Twitter this week. I covered a lot of the Queensland floods in blog posts on Asian Correspondent in January and February. This is an interesting follow up to those posts, particularly in the comparative nature of this presentation showing how...

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