DEATH TOLL RISES IN WAKE OF TYPHOON BOPHA AMID FEARS OF DISEASE
UPDATED 13th December, 2012 EVACUEE-CENTRE: Some of those affected by Typhoon Bopha. PICTURE: Crislyn Felisilda/World Vision The death toll from Typhoon Bopha – which devastated parts of Mindanao and the Vasayan Islands in the southern Philippines – has reportedly climbed to more than 700. The typhoon, which struck last Tuesday, caused widespread destruction with winds […]
GUATEMALA STRUGGLING WITH REFORMS IN WAKE OF PEACE ACCORD, SAYS CHURCHES DELEGATION
13th December, 2012 Sixteen years after the Guatemalan Government and leftist rebel groups signed a peace accord, the country is still "struggling to overcome wide ranging issues that put the economic, political and social wellbeing of the country at risk", according to a World Council of Churches delegation. The delegation, which spent three days in […]