Tag: yolanda

Filipinos should get the real lesson from Pacquiao’s latest victory

November 26, 2013 ChinoF 7 Comments

Once again, Filipino boxer extraordinaire Manny Pacquiao claims another victory, this time over Brandon Rios. This is supposed to uplift people’s spirits in the wake of the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. And it’s probably making up for the loss against Juan Manuel Marquez last year. Again, Filipinos are going to say “Pinoy pride,” something…

Glitz and Glamour

Enough pushing of Manny Pacquiao ‘hope’ pills already!

November 25, 2013 Kate Natividad 67 Comments

Ok na sana that Manny Pacquiao won against Brandon Rios. That is of course a cause for celebration for any Pacman fan (which I am). What’s annoying is the way Pinoys extend that victory to give some nebulous basis for some sort of hope to the Typhoon Yolanda victims. Why nga ba? How exactly does…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Are donations to the relief and recovery of Yolanda victims in the Philippines all going to waste?

November 25, 2013December 21, 2021 benign0 35 Comments

Back in 2009, a massive bushfire raged through much of the state of Victoria in Australia, killing 173 people following record high temperatures in the state. It was the highest peace time civilian death toll from a single disaster in Australian history. At the time, the state Integrated Emergency Coordination Centre (IECC) applied a “stay…

Civics, Development, Environment, Government

Yolanda death toll estimate hits 5,200+ breaking previous record set by Uring in 1991

November 23, 2013October 30, 2022 benign0 19 Comments

The death toll following the disaster wrought by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) has according to a Wall Street Journal report gone up to more than 5,200 breaking the record set by Typhoon Uring (international code name Thelma) in 1991 which killed about 5,100 people a large proportion of which was in Ormoc which suffered flash floods…

Civics, Environment, Government

Is Noynoy Driven Forever To Fill A False Image?

November 23, 2013November 23, 2013 Gogs 21 Comments

President Coolidge came down in a railroad train With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand The President say, “Little fat man isn’t it a shame what the river has done To this poor crackers land.” Randy Newman “Louisiana 1927” The song is based on actual events that occurred…

Government, Politics, Society

Filipinos who say ‘stop criticizing the government’ are not helping the country progress

November 23, 2013November 23, 2013 Ilda 115 Comments

One of the stupidest things some Filipinos kept suggesting during the height of the disaster in Central Philippines brought about by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) is for people to stop criticizing the Philippine government. For some bizarre reason, some equate the criticism coming from those who were concerned for the welfare of the victims as…

Civics, Government, Media, Society

McHeroes: Filipinos need to cure their addiction to disaster heroism

November 22, 2013 benign0 24 Comments

As what usually happens following another disaster, another tragedy, another “accident”, or another crisis, “heroism” is, yet again, the word of the month. Heroes are currently at work delivering relief, comforting the victims, counseling the hapless, and inspiring the desperate. We are told these “heroes” are also facing the “great battles ahead”. Presumably those “battles”…

Civics, Culture, Government, Religion, Society

Clichéd Critics’ Critics’ Criticisms and Other Yolanda Do’s and Don’ts

November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 John Bay 8 Comments

Sunday November 10, 2013 was Day 1 after Yolanda (International Name Haiyan) hit the Philippines with a cataclysmic super typhoon that decimated central Philippines especially Tacloban. The following day had already prompted my local church with a special offering for the victims. Most attendees including myself gladly obliged without much hesitation in opening their checkbooks…

Government, Media, Politics