[Latest report, as of August 2014: Pinakahuling ulat ukol sa rehabilitasyon / Latest rehabilitation updates]
Typhoon Yolanda struck the Philippines on November 8, 2013. It has been called the most powerful storm to make landfall in recorded history. The worst hit provinces were Leyte and Eastern Samar, with a combined population of 2.3 million. These areas experienced sustained winds of 270 kph, gusts of up to 312 kph, and a storm surge as high as 7 meters. Presidential Proclamation No. 682, dated November 11, 2013, declared a state of national calamity, affecting Samar, Leyte, Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, and Palawan.
On December 10, 2013, President Benigno S. Aquino III appointed former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson as Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR), tasked to unify the efforts of government and other agencies involved in rehabilitation and recovery efforts. Read updates from the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery.
As aid from the international community pours in, an information portal for international calamity aid and assistance has been created. Access FAiTH Version 2.0, the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub through www.gov.ph/faith. This enhanced version gives access to the foreign embassies of 64 countries and seven multilateral organizations, allowing them to input or update the amount, or kind, of assistance pledged by their country. Thus, the figures on this version of FAiTH are the official, and most updated figures on aid and assistance. Learn more about FAiTH Version 2.0.
Click the following hyperlinks for a consolidated timeline and FAQs on the government’s immediate response to Typhoon Yolanda. Six months after the Typhoon, the government continues to assist survivors through provision of relief assistance, emergency shelter materials, shelter kits, cash-for-asset, and other social protection services.
Food and Water
- DepEd received a donation of 1,000 sacks of rice for its back-to-school feeding program
- NFA releases 713,307 bags of rice for relief operations; helps own employees
- Beauty queens volunteer at DSWD warehouse
- DSWD Public Advisory on donations
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 22, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
Medical
- PhilHealth to pay for hospitalization of Yolanda survivors
- Government execs meet with Antique officials
- DOH goes full throttle for typhoon Yolanda victims
- Russia extends additional aid to PHL through the World Health Organization
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 22, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
Funding and Foreign Aid
- DSWD: P700-M Yolanda donations disbursed, fully accounted for
- UNICEF’s unconditional cash grants to benefit Pantawid Pamilya families in E. Visayas
- ASEAN to lead conference on renewed Yolanda assistance
- Statement of the Presidential Spokesperson on version 2.0 of the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH)
- Visit of Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende highlights strong PHL-Norway engagement and cooperation
Infrastructure
- Ronda Yolanda: Pinakahuling ulat ukol sa rehabilitasyon
- Ronda Yolanda: Latest rehabilitation updates
- End-April infra spending surges by 24.5% year-on-year
- PARR oversees turnover of completed projects in Balangiga
- Transcript: Press Conference by the Secretary of Public Works and Highways on the construction of bunkhouses in Yolanda-affected areas
Power
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 22, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
- DOE urges energy efficiency in Luzon, Visayas after Yolanda
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 21, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 20, 2013 (12:00 p.m.)
- Status of relief and rehabilitation efforts for typhoon Yolanda as of November 20, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
Communications
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 22, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 21, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 20, 2013 (12:00 p.m.)
- Status of relief and rehabilitation efforts for typhoon Yolanda as of November 20, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)
- Status of relief and rehabilitation efforts in Yolanda-affected areas as of November 16, 2013 (6:00 p.m.)
Security
- Field Bulletin No.12: On the inspection of Secretary Roxas, relief, and restoration of normalcy
- Status of relief and rehabilitation for typhoon Yolanda as of November 20, 2013 (12:00 p.m.)
- Field Bulletin No.10: On the President’s activities
- Field Bulletin No. 9: Sec Roxas on Tacloban: From emergency, to intensive care, to recovery
- Field Bulletin No. 8: On Restoring Normalcy, Infrastructure, and an update from MARINA
