Donations from other countries kept pouring in as the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) announced an additional humanitarian assistance worth $20 million while the United Nations released an initial $25 million from the world body's emergency fund in quick response to the devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan).

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his condolences to those who suffered. He related this information to Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.

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