This Dec. 9, 2014 file photo shows a mother and her child sitting next to their house destroyed at the height of Typhoon Ruby at a village along a highway in San Julian town, Eastern Samar province. (AFP photo)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved another policy-based loan, this time worth $500 million (P24.3 billion), to strengthen the Philippines’ resilience to disasters.

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