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UN Agency Exec Cites PH Reconstruction Work

FUKUOKA, Japan (Dec. 8, 2014) — Despite political bickering, the Philippines is in the right direction in its reconstruction efforts a year after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” struck and killed more than 6,000 people, according to Yoshinobu Fukasawa, UN Human Settlements Program (UN Habitat) director for Asia and the Pacific.

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Thousands of Mindanao Residents Still Waiting for Promised Homes 2 Years After Typhoon

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte (Dec. 3, 2014) – Exactly two years after one of the strongest storms to ever hit the Philippines leveled two provinces in Southern Mindanao, thousands of survivors are still waiting for the government to build the new homes they were promised, officials here admit.

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