Postcards: Philippines’ women seaweed farmers keep coastal families afloat
Seaweed farming in the Philippines, increasingly led by women, is a lifeline to poor coastal families often hit by disasters. MARIEJO RAMOS report for the Thomson Reuters Foundation…
Cyclone Kompasu strikes Philippines, kills nine
Updated: 7.20pm (AEDT)Manila, PhilippinesReuters Nine people have been killed in the Philippines and 11 were missing on Tuesday due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain from tropical Cyclone Kompasu, the national disaster agency said. People cross floodwaters caused by tropical cyclone Kompasu during an evacuation assisted by the Philippine Coast Guard at Brooke’s […]