Foreigners to the rescue in the Philippines; but where are the Filipinos?

Foreigners to the rescue in the Philippines; but where are the Filipinos?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com TACLOBAN, Philippines — The Korea Disaster Relief Team keeps a gruesome body count in the search for ever more victims of Typhoon Haiyan, aka Yolanda. “Every day we retrieve cadavers,” says Lee In-Sun, coordinator for the 42 Koreans sent here in the wake of the world’s worst storm. […]

Philippine Typhoon; Global givers and grinches

Philippine Typhoon; Global givers and grinches

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The super Typhoon Haiyan which swept across the central Philippines left a brutal legacy of death, destruction and dislocation in its wake. The category five storm which slammed into Leyte and Cebu islands directly confronted the global community with yet another gripping disaster in which 13 million people were […]