Rappler's latest stories on Alfred Romualdez
Ex-Tacloban mayor: Yolanda funds not misspent
The camp of ex mayor Alfred Romualdez says: Kung tutuusin kaya nga kami nasita eh kasi ibinigay po namin ang nararapat lang talaga na para sa kanila
Tacloban mayoralty bets differ on Yolanda rehabilitation
The mayoralty race in Tacloban heats up as candidates differ on what to do with thousands of families affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda
PH leads the way in global fight vs climate change
Al Gore and The Climate Reality Project host the 31st Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Manila on March 14 to 16
WATCH: 6 degrees of separation between Maria Ozawa & Ferdinand Marcos
Only 6 people separate the Japanese adult star and the dictator
Tacloban against Mar? 'Concocted by rivals'
LP standard bearer Mar Roxas also dismisses Davao Mayor Rody Duterte s latest tirades against him over his supposed incompetence in the aftermath of Yolanda
Roxas 'vindicated' by Romualdez sorry? 'It's not something I look for'
If you can t stand criticism don t aspire for this job says Mar Roxas when asked how he felt about Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez s apology two years after Super Typhoon Yolanda
VLOG: Binay, opposition lead Typhoon Yolanda commemoration
Vice President Jejomar Binay visits typhoon hit Leyte to campaign and to check on the condition of the survivors
After Haiyan: The ship that stayed
One of the ships that ran aground in Tacloban now serves as a memorial for those who died during Typhoon Haiyan Yolanda
Romualdez to Aquino: Sorry for harsh words
Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez: Nakapagsalita kami ng maanghang na salita We said harsh words but in no given time are we ungrateful for help given to us
Romualdez cousins supporting Binay in 2016?
Binay and his senatorial candidates join the unveiling of the Anibong Memorial Marker in Tacloban giving political color to the commemoration of typhoon Yolanda
Yolanda 'misunderstanding will be straightened out' – Petilla
Former Leyte Governor and resigned Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla says President Benigno Aquino III and LP standard bearer Mar Roxas are also victims of misinformation post Typhoon Yolanda
Local Vote: Cagayan, Negros Occidental, Tacloban City, Leyte
Rappler s weekly wrap up: Not campaigning? Declared LP bet distributes PCSO ambulances in Cagayan; Negros Occidental’s closely watched contest: vice governorship; Romualdez wives to seek husbands posts;
Mayor denies 'eviction' of 3,000 Yolanda families
Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualez says this would be untimely as there are not enough shelters for evicted families
Ruby: 'Longest-staying typhoon'
If Yolanda was the strongest typhoon Ruby is the longest staying one says Tacloban Vice Mayor Jerry Yaokasin
Tacloban enforces 100% evacuation in storm surge-prone villages
Government opens at least 17 evacuation centers across the city Distribution of relief goods is now faster and efficiently managed
Village hit hardest by Haiyan evacuates ahead of #RubyPH
Barangay 88 the hardest hit village in Tacloban City when Super Typhoon Yolanda battered Eastern Visayas in 2013 enforces mandatory evacuation to avert another catastrophe
The Yolanda effect
The comparison between Basey and Tacloban is a tale of two cities One rose from the rubble the other is still deep in muck
Malacañang’s Yolanda aid dilemma: Speed or procedure?
Other towns in Leyte share Tacloban City s disappointment with the slow and inadequate flow of funds Budget Secretary Florencio Abad concedes the rigid process needs to adjust to disasters of this magnitude
ASEAN summit, Lacson hits Romualdez, peacekeepers Ebola-free | The wRap
Fresh sparring over the South China Sea is expected at the ASEAN Summit Secretary Ping Lacson hits Tacloban Mayor Romualdez for ‘below par performance Vice President Binay downplays debate with Senator Trillanes as a ‘conversation
Romualdez lied, performed 'below par' – Lacson
Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson blasts Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez for being difficult and siding with anti government protesters
Tacloban mayor to nat'l govt: Build back better for us
On the anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez says his city is still waiting to see national government announcements turn into reality
Binay skips Senate, Abu Sayyaf, Pope on annulments | The wRap
Vice President Binay ignores the Senate’s invitation to address charges The military says the Abu Sayyaf’s cash ransom video may encourage more kidnappings Pope Francis says the system for Church annulments is deeply flawed
Aquino skips Tacloban on Yolanda anniversary
President Benigno Aquino III chooses to instead visit Guiuan in Eastern Samar because he has limited time
14,000 Yolanda survivors still living near deadly sea
Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez tells Rappler he can t move thousands of Yolanda Haiyan survivors out of danger zones yet
'Undas' in Yolanda mass grave: 'Pick your cross'
Because of perceived delays in identifying the bodies of Yolanda victims their relatives have to pick and label random crosses in the Tacloban City mass grave
TIMELINE: The good and bad news #AfterYolanda
Targets have been met and missed; promises failed and fulfilled We look back at a year of rehabilitation and rebuilding efforts after Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan
Yolanda survivors pray before nameless graves
I don t even know where to light a candle a man says on the eve of All Saints Day as he visits a mass grave for 2 200 Yolanda victims in Tacloban City
Finally, Aquino approves Yolanda rehabilitation plan
UPDATED The go signal comes nearly a year after Yolanda and almost 3 months after Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson submitted the plan to the President
Yolanda a year after: Tacloban 'township' to rise
The 400 hectare township will include features such as access to the sea and even a branch of the University of the Philippines Mayor Alfred Romualdez says
Yolanda a year after: Only 2% of needed houses to be built by Nov 8
Nearly a year after Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan 400 families still live in tents in Tacloban City while hundreds stay in temporary houses Mayor Alfred Romualdez says
Yolanda survivor asks Aquino: 'Why refuse us help?'
Netizens appeal to the President Just do your responsibility
2014 PH+SocialGood: Imagining disasters after Yolanda
Key to preventing disasters is imagining them says Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum Are our leaders imagining enough?
SONA Fact Check: Half-truths about Yolanda
In his State of the Nation Address the President omits key details and paints Yolanda hit areas in a rosy state
UN pushes for shelters after Tacloban tent fire
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees mourns the double tragedy that killed 7 Yolanda survivors including a 4 month old baby
No kid survives Tacloban tent fire
In Tacloban City more than 3 700 Yolanda survivors remain exposed to similar hazards by living in tents
Senate report: PH lacks rules for disaster shelters
You cannot fault someone for not following standards if those standards do not exist Senate public works committee chair Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr says
Lacson hits Romualdez for 'unfair indictment'
Rehabilitation Secretary Panfilo Lacson also claims he didn t lose focus on Yolanda rehabilitation efforts because of the pork barrel issue
After Yolanda: When 'no dwelling zones' are home
Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda face another round of danger: homelessness loss of livelihood and a deeper plunge into poverty
Philippines gets 135% of Yolanda cash pledges
But Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez questions the conditions for towns and cities to receive these foreign donations
Rappler Newscast | May 12, 2014
President Aquino says he saw two versions of the Napoles list Tacloban mayor Romualdez blames national government for delay in post Haiyan rehabilitation Boko Haram releases new video of Nigerian girls
Romualdez: Cabinet 'red tape' behind Yolanda delay
Did politics come into play in rehabilitation efforts? Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez tells Rappler I think it s worse than politics eh It s incompetence
Haiyan: The problem of rehabilitation
Rappler speaks to Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez about the state of rehabilitation efforts in his city of 250 000 residents
What's stalling Tacloban's rehab efforts?
With the country s typhoon season inching closer and closer Yolanda survivors are vulnerable to another potential disaster
Wanted: Climate-proof energy sector
Restoring the energy supply is an immediate necessity in a post disaster zone
Lacson links Romualdezes to anti-government rally
Not my style If I have any grievances I direct it to whoever is the concerned says Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez who denies helping protesters against slow rehab in Yolanda areas
Roxas delivers P802M to Yolanda-hit Leyte LGUs
Of the nearly P1 8 billion initial rehabilitation fund for towns devastated by Typhoon Yolanda a huge chunk went to Leyte and its capital Tacloban
Aquino: Yolanda delays the fault of Tacloban city gov't
Over 4 months since Typhoon Yolanda President Benigno Aquino III keeps taking a swipe at local authorities in Tacloban details their failures
Malacañang: Power restored in Pablo areas in 45 days
The Palace says Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla made this promise a day after President Aquino scolded his Cabinet about it
Bunkhouses help less than 1% of Haiyan's homeless
The DSWD says 1 455 homeless families have moved into bunkhouses built for typhoon survivors
'Stop exodus of jobs after Haiyan'
To build back better means more than sturdier buildings It also points to a vibrant economy says Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr
