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Thousands in Philippines protest corruption and demand return of stolen funds from flood projectsLeft-wing groups led a separate protest in Manila’s main park with a blunt demand for all implicated government officials to immediately re...- Philippines on high alert as Super Typhoon Fung-wong approaches with extreme winds and heavy rainsSuper Typhoon Fung-wong, locally known as Uwan, has intensified into a massive storm with sustained winds of 185 kph, poised to impact near...
- Philippines cancels flights as new storm loomsThe Philippines shut schools and scrapped flights on Thursday as a fresh storm threatened to hit just days after a super typhoon killed nin...
- Thousands protest in the Philippines over massive corruption scandalThousands of Filipinos protested in Manila against a massive corruption scandal involving flood-control projects. The scandal implicates la...
- Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'The Philippine coast guard is working to siphon off a toxic cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in ...
- Philippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising concerns about a possible major spillA Philippine oil tanker, Terra Nova, sank in Manila Bay after encountering huge waves. The tanker was carrying 1.4 million liters of indust...
- Chennai, Kolkata at risk due to sea level rise, highlights studyScientists have long known that sea levels will rise with increasing ocean temperatures, largely because water expands when it warms and me...
- Philippines death toll from Christmas flood, rain rises to 26The total number of affected people, or 102,476 families, increased to 393,069 people. Apparently, there are 292 evacuation shelters housin...
- Five rescuers killed following typhoon in PhilippinesThe most powerful storm to hit the Philippines this year swept across the main island of Luzon on Sunday and Monday, toppling trees and flo...
- Sea level rise may up risk of devastating tsunamis worldwideThe threat of rising sea levels to coastal cities and communities throughout the world is well known, but new findings show the likely incr...
- ADB to give $100 million loan for water projects in Tamil NaduThe fund will be used to strengthen embankments of six major irrigation water channels in the Vennar system and rehabilitate 13 irrigation ...
- ADB to double annual climate financing to $6 bn by 2020Six of the 10 nations most vulnerable to climate change in 2013 are in Asia-Pacific (Philippines, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Lao PDR, Vietn...
- ADB to give $200mn loan for infra building in UttarakhandThe Asian Development Bank today signed a USD 200 million loan agreement with India to help rehabilitate people who were affected by floods...
- ADB prepares $2 bn fund for PakistanThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday it would provide Pakistan with two billion dollars to help it recover from the devastatin...
- Three missing, thousands displaced after Philippines typhoonTyphoon Fung-wong left three people missing feared dead and caused widespread floods, landslides and power outages in the northern Philippi...
- ADB sets up new carbon fundThe Asian Development Bank said it's new fund will use carbon credits generated beyond 2012 to provide urgently needed financing for clean ...
- Officials watch for landslides after Philippines earthquakeOfficials closed schools in the Bicol region southeast of Manila on Tuesday as a series of aftershocks to a powerful earthquake and heavy r...
- ADB, other donors to give Bangladesh $190 mn as cyclone reliefADB and other aid agencies will give Bangladesh $190 mn in loans to assist in recovery from cyclone last year.
- ADB approves $22 million loan to TajikistanThe Asian Development Bank today approved a $22 million loan to Tajikistan to fight flooding in Khatlon province.
- Electrifying public transport seen helping cut pollutionIn the Philippines, the smoke-belching "jeepney" that has been the backbone of commuter transport for half a century is also said to be one...
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