Ortigas was a field producer , editor , and reporter with CNN International news based in London from 2000 to 2005 and spent considerable time in Baghdad and the Middle East on assignment . Ortigas was the Senior Asia correspondent for Al Jazeera English , travelling the region extensively for 11 years . She covered all aspects including the growth of China , tensions on the Korean peninsula , cross-border and internal conflicts among ASEAN states , and the many natural disasters around Asia . She also reported extensively on both the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013 , and the Great East Japan quake in 2011
Great East Japan quake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Marga Ortigas