Assessments

OVERVIEW Commodity shortages: 7-14 day forecast:Rice, Noodles, Sardines, Chicken, Eggs. 3 month forecast: Rice; Sardines Prices: DTI (Department of Trade) has imposed a price freeze. Level of damage to commercial food supply chain: Mainly warehouse facilities in and…

1. Summary of findings The majority of damages is found among the low income and vulnerable population, mostly coastal and island communities - i.e. “fisherfolks”, in District II (especially in Cadiz and Sagay cities, which were the…

1) Activities The team visited 5 cities (Sagay, Escalante, Toboso, Calatrava and San Carlos), 2 barangays Taba-ao, including Island Soyac, and Old Sagay in Sagay City. The team returned to Bacolod City.

HIGHLIGHTS • Access to the island barangays of Homonhon and Suluan in Guian Municipality remains difficult. Distribution of assistance could only be done through airlift. • In Marabut Municipality, approximately 50 Mamanwa families have not been registered and…

I. THE DISASTER On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), a super typhoon of unprecedented power , made landfall among the islands of the Philippines causing massive devastation across multiple islands. Particularly affected were many of the…

HIGHLIGHTS • Identification and profiling of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are moving out the affected areas is urgently needed. Report state that most of these IDPs are leaving through airports and seaports with ( if any…

Main field assessment findings: More oil continues to leak from vessel and spreads reportedly up to 10 km downstream; Vapours at accident site raises major health concern; unconfirmed reports of people not returning from evacuation centres; Urgent need for…

I. Background The “eye” of Typhoon “Haiyan” (local name Yolanda) hit Guiuan, a st class municipality south of Eastern Samar and affected at least 7 regions on June 9, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan with winds as strong as 330…

Prepared by: Jermaine Baltazar G. Bayas OXFAM With input from: Golda Hilario, Sabyte Paguio, Kevin Lee and Nora Nesola Areas visited: Tacloban City The original plan of the RAT tram was to visit Palo, Leyte and then work our way around…

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On 4 December 2012, Typhoon Bopha (locally known as Pablo) made landfall on the eastern coast of the island of Mindanao, affecting 6.2 million people in the Davao (Region XI)1 and CARAGA (Region…