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Rescuers were still searching for more than two dozen people missing after heavy downpours over the Christmas weekend caused flooding

Most fatalities have been in the province of Misamis Occidental where 15 people died from drowning or rain-induced landslides

The Catholic charity said its relief efforts are underway in partnership with the Archdiocese of Ozamis’ social action center

Congressional pork barrels are mainly in Flood Management Programs. Rivers are to be dredged, but none actually takes place.

The agency said of the 25 reported deaths, two were from Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) and one from Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula)

Authorities on Monday reported eight people dead and 19 missing after incessant rains inundated parts of the country

The flooding dampened Christmas celebrations on the mainly Catholic nation's most important holiday

The southern Philippines has been hit with bad weather as the disaster-prone nation of 110 million people began a long Christmas holiday

More than 31,000 people have fled their homes in Kelantan state while more than 39,000 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters

In Pakistan, where a third of the country lives in hardship on less than US$4 a day, education is a rare ticket out of grinding poverty