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Philippines floods: When reporters become the reported

By Edwin Espejo Thu, Dec 22, 2011 7:19AM UTC View Comments

Journalists, more often than not, are among the first to respond to distress calls and to arrive in disaster areas by reason and force of their trade. Many have developed the kind of distance needed to objectively report on breaking incidents, some of them very traumatic events. On Saturday, however, some of the reporters became...

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Philippine city officials under fire for dumping dead in landfill

By Edwin Espejo Tue, Dec 20, 2011 8:23AM UTC View Comments

“How could you, Mayor (Vicente) Emano (Cagayan de Oro City) and whoever decided on dumping the decomposing bodies in your landfill? They are not garbage!” These were the angry words from Mindanao journalist Carolyn Arguillas of Mindanews who saw first hand how decomposing bodies of victims of tropical storm Sendong (international code name Washi) were...

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PHILIPPINES: How to help typhoon Sendong (Washi) victims

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

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

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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