{"id":278171,"date":"2020-12-10T04:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278171"},"modified":"2020-12-10T04:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T09:22:00","slug":"switzerland-to-give-p27-m-to-typhoon-flood-hit-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/10\/switzerland-to-give-p27-m-to-typhoon-flood-hit-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland to give P27-M to typhoon, flood-hit PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_278172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278172\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flag-999687_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278172\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flag-999687_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flag-999687_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flag-999687_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flag-999687_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flag-999687_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-278172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The donation, to be coursed through the Philippine Red Cross PRC and IFRC, includes support in health, water, sanitation, hygiene and shelter, and humanitarian relief items, among others. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Swiss government will contribute Swiss Franc (CHF) 500,000 (approximately PHP27 million) to support the calamity-stricken regions in the Philippines, weeks since typhoons Rolly and Ulysses battered the country and displaced thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p>The donation, to be coursed through the Philippine Red Cross PRC and IFRC, includes support in health, water, sanitation, hygiene and shelter, and humanitarian relief items, among others.<\/p>\n<p>It seeks to help in the immediate and early recovery needs of thousands of families hit by storms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In solidarity with the Philippines, the Swiss Confederation confirms its support to the emergency appeal of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) amounting to CHF 500,000- which corresponds to roughly PHP27,000,000,&#8221; the Switzerland Embassy in Manila announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year has been a tumultuous one, to say the least. In 2020, we were confronted by volcanoes, typhoons, and a terrible Covid-19 pandemic that took a heavy toll on so many people with health concerns but also fear for their jobs, livelihoods, and existences. Solidarity and care are more important than ever,&#8221; Swiss Ambassador Alain Gaschen said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, &#8220;Rolly&#8221; and &#8220;Ulysses&#8221; unleashed torrential rain and ferocious winds resulting in billions worth of damages to infrastructure and agriculture and a total of 126 deaths in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Swiss government will contribute Swiss Franc (CHF) 500,000 (approximately PHP27 million) to support the calamity-stricken regions in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":278172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278174,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278171\/revisions\/278174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}