| PHILIPPINES: Funding shortfall brings health, food security risks, UN warns |
 BANGKOK, 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - The UN has warned of serious health risks and food security problems over a lack of funding to assist the Philippines after the country was hit by three major storms and typhoons.
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| In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production |
 DUSHANBE, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November.
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| In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid |
 JOHANNESBURG, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report.
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| PHILIPPINES: Reluctant return home for flood victims |
 MUNTINLUPA, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) - Seventy-two year-old grandmother Jovita Ramos's arthritic hands could hardly stop shaking as she stood in line for assistance.
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| PHILIPPINES: Evacuation mitigates Typhoon Mirinae’s impact |
 MANILA, 2 November 2009 (IRIN) - Aid workers credit a pre-emptive evacuation of more than 115,000 residents for this weekend’s minimal loss of life from Typhoon Mirinae.
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| PHILIPPINES: Safety first as Mindanao IDPs consider going home |
 DATU PIANG, 29 October 2009 (IRIN) - Security is the principal concern for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mindanao when considering whether to return home.
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| PHILIPPINES: Flood victims grapple with Leptospirosis |
 MANILA, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Weeks after back-to-back cyclones left nearly 1,000 people dead, the Philippines is grappling with an outbreak of a deadly flood-borne disease that has infected survivors from areas where dirty water has yet to subside, officials say.
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| PHILIPPINES: Typhoons present "greatest humanitarian challenge in recent history" |
 MANILA, 23 October 2009 (IRIN) - Pummelled by back-to-back typhoons and facing another, the Philippines is experiencing its toughest humanitarian challenge in recent history, Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), said on 23 October.
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| PHILIPPINES: Bracing for Typhoon Lupit |
 MANILA, 20 October 2009 (IRIN) - Rescue and relief officials are rushing supplies and food to the north of the Philippines, while thousands of people living in areas prone to landslides and flooding were ordered on 20 October to evacuate to safer areas, as Typhoon Lupit was due to make landfall.
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| PHILIPPINES: Muslim rebels, government seek civilian protection |
 MANILA, 19 October 2009 (IRIN) - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) says it is working with the government to establish a mechanism to protect civilians in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Mindanao from crossfire or clashes before formal peace talks resume.
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