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Buyagan, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines — With intermittent power supply and internet connection interruption for a week, the night of October 8th had the strongest downpour of rain and total power failure brought about by Typhoon Parma (Pepeng) when it hit Northern Philippines. We can’t get online to work so we went to bed early. [...]
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Kibungan Village, Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines — Haven’t yet taken a rest after helping in the rescue a few meters away from our apartment, a more disturbing news had reached us… The disaster had happened the same night when the landslide a few meters away from us killed over 20 people. What used to [...]
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“Relief agencies fear landslides and storm surges from Lupit — locally known as Ramil — could unleash further devastation on a nation already reeling from the recent Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma.” — CNN With the past two typhoons Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng) that claimed lives of 858 people in the country, 438 [...]
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With power lines and internet connection restored and stabled last Friday (Oct. 16th), my team now is back to online work with much tasks piled up. For days now, Philippine government and United Nations (UN) helicopters have been hovering around La Trinidad valley airlifting food supplies to a number of Benguet villages trapped and inaccessible [...]
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October 12th — Death toll is rising from 214 in Benguet alone as of October 10th and multiple roads washed out… Baguio City (The Summer Capital of the Philippines) and La Trinidad Benguet (Salad Bowl of the Northern Philippines) is now impassable. Phone lines cut, mobile communication intermittent, down internet connection, most streets blocked — [...]
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