government neglect

Book: Unrecovered Past, Uncertain Future (Four years after typhoon Yolanda)

March 17, 2018

The book “Four Years After Typhoon Yolanda: Unrecovered Past, Uncertain Future” tackles how Typhoon Yolanda rehabilitation efforts failed due to government neglect and corporate opportunism. Survivors clamor for people-centered disaster response through real change and reforms. Available at the IBON Bookshop

​EV agri neglected despite billions in Yolanda funds

November 28, 2016

As disaster survivors from Eastern Visayas converge in Manila to bare  mounting poverty, hunger and injustice in the region, research group IBON said that the region’s agriculture and fisheries sector  are slow to recover despite billions in available Yolanda funds. The group noted that while a significant number of people in Eastern Visayas depend on […]