Nenita Yap: Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan: Canada announced Wednesday it would, upon request, prioritize the processing of immigration applications from Filipinos who have been "significantly and personally affected" by Typhoon Haiyan. , according to Huffington Post. But even though her home and neighbourhood were blown away, she has since discovered 15 members of her family survived, including her teenage daughter, Samantha. A Filipino woman working in Surrey, B.C., is returning to the Philippines with the hope Canada will fast track a visa for her daughter, who survived devastating Typhoon Haiyan. Nenita Yap, who works as a nanny, lost her mother, sister, and some of her nieces and nephews in the typhoon; they are all missing and presumed dead in Tanauan City in the province of Batangas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.