Tag: Philippines

Philippines: MSF works with rural communities to deliver aid after the Cebu earthquake

October 21, 2025

On 30 September, a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines, claiming at least 76 lives and injuring hundreds more. Cebu province was hardest hit, with Bogo City—closest to the epicentre—bearing the brunt of the devastation. A Doctors Without Borders...

Philippines: MSF launches response after Typhoon Rai leaves hundreds of casualties in its wake

January 20, 2022

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams will start providing medical and humanitarian assistance to communities on the remote islands of Dinagat, Siargao and other outlying areas, some of the worst affected by Typhoon Rai (local name: Odette), which...