Philippines
Earth Science Week: The fight against flooding in Manila
The last time I wrote a blog for The Independent I was sat on a sagging mattress in a dingy, damp hotel room in Metro Manila, eating a dubious pot noodle (the restaurants were closed), and hoping against hope that the internet might just hold up just long enough for me to file my copy – it didn’t of course, and I had to dictate it all over a crackly phone line which took infinitely longer than it should have done. It was August 7th 2012, the day a tropical monsoon downpour caused devastating flooding in the densely-populated city, which affected more than 1.2 million people.
By Emma Wigley | Notebook, Science & Technology | Monday, 15 October 2012 at 11:00 am
Their houses and livelihoods are buried – why do they stay?
I have been staying in Manila for just over a week now, having arrived in the middle of Typhoon Saola (locally known as Gener). Ever since we left the airport last week the weather has been a key feature here, raining heavily daily, but last night things changed.
By Emma Wigley | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 7 August 2012 at 5:54 pm
English former Philippines head coach Simon McMenemy is on his way to Vietnam
When unknown Englishman Simon McMenemy was appointed Head Coach of the Philippines last year, a few eyebrows were raised. His previous job had been as Assistant Manager at Worthing FC and his only major managerial experience had come from a spell in charge of his hometown club, Haywards Heath.
At the time though there was barely [...]
By James Goyder | Sport | Wednesday, 23 March 2011 at 3:14 pm
Asian Football: Peter Withe missing Asian action but much English interest in AFF Cup
If we are talking about corners of foreign fields being forever English then this week you can look no further than south-east Asia where 37.5% of teams participating in the AFF Suzuki Cup, the biennial tournament for the region, are led by Englishmen.
By John Duerden | Sport | Friday, 3 December 2010 at 4:37 am
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