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PHOTO BLOG: Will a plastic tube revolutionise rice growing?

02 May 2012 11:00 BST | Comments (0)
thin-lei-win | Solutions for a hungry world
A plastic tube could save up to 30 percent of water used in producing rice - a staple food for more than half the world's ...
Fighting impunity in the Philippines

17 April 2012 17:44 BST | Comments (0)
Iris Gonzales | TrustMedia Alumni Blog
One death is too many. As I write this, human rights organizations and loved ones of victims of enforced disappearances and ...
Philippines floods: Survivors still reeling under the shock

05 January 2012 17:51 GMT | Comments (1)
Mardy Halcon | Aid Worker Diaries
Tropical storm survivors are haunted by flash floods that overnight rendered thousands homeless.
Why education in emergencies

28 December 2011 16:18 GMT | Comments (1)
Carin van der Hor | Asia Views
Plan International's country director in the Philippines, Carin van der Hor, says investment in education post-typhoon is ...
Philippines flooding endangers thousands of children

21 December 2011 09:26 GMT | Comments (0)
Anna Lindenfors / Save the Children | Aid Worker Diaries
It must have been terrifying. Flash floods create a fast moving body of water, sweeping away everything in its path. Cars, ...

NEWS:New flood warning system in the works for Philippines - report
Weather bureau working on new early warning system after December storm killed over 1,200 people on island of Mindanao
NEWS:Disease outbreak hits Filipino flood survivors –Red Cross
Authorities confirm 128 cases of severe bacterial infection Leptospirosis among people displaced by December's Typhoon Washi
NEWS:Philippines government and separatists to resume talks Monday – reports
Peace talks aim to end long-running insurgency in southern island of Mindanao