Category: Environment

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Typhoon Pablo casualty could hit 1400+ as Filipinos mourn Pacquiao defeat

December 10, 2012 benign0 20 Comments

The casualty toll in the aftermath of Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) could reach more than 1,400 which is almost equal to the carnage wrought by Typhoon Sendong (Washi) in 2011. According to recent reports, the human toll is rising as search-and-rescue efforts to recover the missing drag on… The toll from the powerful typhoon that swept…

Culture, Environment, Government, Media, Society, The South

Ph Government pats itself on the back for level of preparedness as Typhoon Pablo batters Mindanao

December 6, 2012 benign0 119 Comments

As bodies recovered in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in pile up in makeshift morgues all over Mindanao, the casualty statistics begin to approach the levels hit by Typhoon Ondoy’s flood waters which engulfed Metro Manila in 2009. However, the level of importance the Philippines’ seat of culture and governance…

Development, Environment, Government, Politics, The South

Death toll climbs as Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) tears through the Philippines

December 5, 2012 benign0 8 Comments

The death toll in the Philippines has skyrocketed as Typhoon Pablo (international code name “Bopha”) ravages the Philippine island of Mindanao and makes its way through the Visayas. Most tragic is the town of New Bataan in Compostela Valley province where 66 people have been confirmed dead and 230 people remain missing after a mudslide…

Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) now a supertyphoon hits Mindanao and expected to rip through the Visayas

December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 benign0 7 Comments

As of 5:00 am Tuesday 04 Dec 2012 Typhoon Pablo (international code name “Bopha”) made landfall on the east coast of Mindanao near Davao City. The storm was reportedly given a Category 5 rating or “super typhoon” class by analysts of the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Monday. Dr. Jeff Masters, of…

Environment, Government

Are Filipinos ready to face Typhoon Pablo (international code name ‘Bopha’)?

December 3, 2012 benign0 22 Comments

Are the increasingly devastating effects of storms and rising oceans really the ‘environmental issue’ everybody thinks they are? Perhaps the term environmental issue is a misnomer. There is an issue to do with climate change and its effects, alright — but they are all human issues. After all, how serious is the impact of climate…

Culture, Environment, Government, Media

Self Righteous, Pseudo Cause Oriented Groups Do More Damage Than ‘Greedy Corporations’

October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 P. Farol 50 Comments

Early in the morning, I got involved in a bit of a heated exchange with an anonymous blogger called PJ — a supporter of Project Save 182. You see, I have a thing against deceptive and dishonest people on the internet. Â I hate people who put up a scheme to dupe thousands of people into…

Environment, Society

Feeling Triumphant Over “Sting’s Change of Manila Concert Venue”, What’s the Carbon Footprint on that?

October 22, 2012October 22, 2012 P. Farol 12 Comments

Tree hugging and smoking grass probably kills people’s brain cells. Proof of the fact are the greenie, artsie types now celebrating Sting’s decision to change the venue of his concert in Manila over the supposed “cutting” of tree by SM Baguio. Â They failed miserably to consider that online activism and concerts use a lot of…

Environment, Glitz and Glamour

File Under Oddities: Sting Stung by Project Save 182, Moves Venue to Cuba-Ho

October 22, 2012October 22, 2012 P. Farol 5 Comments

What is the connection between 182 trees in Baguio City and Sting changing concert venues, from Mall of Asia’s Arena to Araneta Coliseum in Cubao — or as I call it, Cuba-Ho? Man, great figuring from Sting. Â If at all he is sympathizing with Project Save 182 over the sickly trees that SM balled up…

Environment, Glitz and Glamour