Feature: Tension rises between Syrian displaced camps, Lebanese surroundings
August 24, 2014 - 1:00pm
Many Syrian refugee camps and groupings in Lebanon have been targeted by the Lebanese army security raids and heavy measures since fierce clashes erupted in the border town of Arsal in the eastern Bekaa region in...
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Most Syrian displaced families in Lebanon suffer food insecurity: UNHCR
August 17, 2014 - 10:00am
About 74 percent of the Syrian displaced families suffer a certain amount of food insecurity, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon said Saturday.
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1,000 families displaced by Zambo siege missing?
By
Roel Pareño
| June 9, 2014 - 4:39pm
More than 1,000 families, who were among those displaced by the bloody siege last year in this city, have not been accounted for, a local official handling the evacuees' resettlement said on Monday.
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Zamboanga City fire razes 100 homes
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Roel Pareño
| June 5, 2014 - 11:53am
An unattended lighted candle triggered a big fire that razed around 100 houses in a coastal village west of this city on Wednesday...
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Syria's Assad makes rare visit to tense area
By
Albert Aji
| March 13, 2014 - 3:45am
In a rare public appearance, President Bashar Assad on yesterday visited displaced Syrians in a frontline suburb of the country's capital, where he vowed to keep up the fight against gunmen whom he blamed for driving...
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Fire razes displaced Zambo families' bunker rooms
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Roel Pareño
| March 5, 2014 - 3:12pm
At least 19 families of evacuees of last year's Zamboanga siege, were again displaced after fire razed the private bunker shelters they were renting on Wednesday morning.
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NDRRMC: Yolanda death count hits lull again
By
Dennis Carcamo
| December 23, 2013 - 10:01am
The counting of fatalities from super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) again got stuck as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's death count remained at 6,109 on Monday.
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65,000 people still displaced 3 mos after Zambo siege
By
Dennis Carcamo
| December 12, 2013 - 11:54am
More than 65,000 residents of Zamboanga City are still displaced three months after bloody standoff between government security...
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Basulta leaders extend help to Zamboanga siege evacuees
By
Roel Pareño
| December 10, 2013 - 5:12pm
Leaders of three adjacent island provinces Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi vowed to assist hundreds of internally displaced people from the recent bloody siege of the Moro National Liberation...
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NDRRMC :Yolanda death toll now at 5,680
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Dennis Carcamo
| December 3, 2013 - 9:22am
The death toll from Super Typhoon Yolanda in the provinces of Eastern Visayas has risen to 5,680, the state disaster response...
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