Carlos H. Conde

After the storms, oil a touchy Manila issue

carlos — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:16:07 +0000

By CARLOS CONDE The New York Times Published: October 30, 2009 MANILA — When the three largest oil companies in the Philippines increased the pump prices of diesel, gasoline and kerosene on Oct. 20, they set off more than the usual grumbling from consumers and transport groups. With millions of Filipinos still reeling from the effects of successive [...]

Estrada Begins Unlikely Comeback in Philippines

carlos — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:45:06 +0000

By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: October 28, 2009 QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — It was an improbable sight: a slightly hunched man, with a gait that suggested either his age (72) or infirmity (a bad back and knees that required replacement surgery), beating up a taller opponent no older than 30. The older man ducked as [...]

Storm may be over, but trouble still brews

carlos — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:48:47 +0000

An outbreak of a water-borne disease in the Philippines highlights the inability of communities to cope with the storm’s aftermath. By Carlos H. Conde GlobalPost Published: October 28, 2009 06:53 ET MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a month since a tropical storm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain that flooded much of Metro Manila and its nearby provinces, hundreds of thousands [...]

Birth control gets a chance in Philippines

carlos — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:38:53 +0000

A bill to widen access wins support in Congress despite church opposition By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: October 25, 2009 MANILA — Gina Judilla already had three children the first time she tried to terminate a pregnancy. “I jumped down the stairs, hoping that would cause a miscarriage,” she said. The fetus survived and is [...]

Misery and Illness Persist in Philippine Typhoons’ Wake

carlos — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:35:22 +0000

By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: October 25, 2009 MANILA — A month after parts of the Philippines were devastated by successive typhoons, tens of thousands of people remain homeless and more than 150 have been killed by waterborne diseases, officials said. Typhoon victims inside a baseball stadium turned into a temporary evacuation center in Pasig’s [...]

Typhoons Hit Small Businesses in Philippines Hard

carlos — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:27:49 +0000

By CARLOS H.CONDE The New York Times Published: October 14, 2009 MANILA — The back-to-back typhoons that struck the Philippines in the past three weeks have devastated the country’s small entrepreneurs — the backbone of the economy — making recovery much more difficult. And the government is too stretched to help, economists have said, though the government is looking [...]

Battered Philippines Struggles to Regain Footing

carlos — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:44:19 +0000

By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: October 11, 2009 MANILA — Using picks, shovels and their bare hands, rescuers and volunteers continued Sunday to search for bodies buried by dozens of landslides in the Philippines, as the country struggled to get back on its feet after being struck by successive typhoons that have killed more [...]

Landslides add to toll in inundated Philippines

carlos — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0000

More fatalities feared as typhoon returns to pummel northern areas By Carlos H. Conde The New York Times Published: Oct. 10, 2009 MANILA: More than 160 people have died after a series of landslides caused by Typhoon Parma buried dozens of houses in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. The number of fatalities is certain to rise as rescue efforts [...]

Danger lingers in Philippines

carlos — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:44:34 +0000

Even with storms gone, flood-related illnesses are rising as supplies shrink By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: October 7, 2009 MANILA — More than a week after Typhoon Ketsana devastated the Philippines, large areas of the Manila metropolitan area and nearby provinces remain flooded, and residents face a host of other problems brought about by the [...]

Ripple effect of typhoon Ketsana deals poor a double whammy

carlos — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:01:53 +0000

For thousands of Filipinos with no homes and nowhere to rebuild, the hardship of the storm has only just begun. By Carlos H. Conde GlobalPost.com Published: October 7, 2009 06:45 ET MANILA, Philippines — These days, Danilo Fabre spends his time asking friends and neighbors where to look for cheap wood. His home, a hovel right beside a creek [...]