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Enough pushing of Manny Pacquiao ‘hope’ pills already!

Posted on November 25, 2013 By Kate Natividad 67 Comments on Enough pushing of Manny Pacquiao ‘hope’ pills already!
Enough pushing of Manny Pacquiao ‘hope’ pills already!

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…

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Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour

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

Posted on November 25, 2013December 21, 2021 By benign0 35 Comments on Are donations to the relief and recovery of Yolanda victims in the Philippines all going to waste?
Are donations to the relief and recovery of Yolanda victims in the Philippines all going to waste?

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…

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Civics, Development, Environment, Government

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

Posted on November 23, 2013October 30, 2022 By benign0 19 Comments on Yolanda death toll estimate hits 5,200+ breaking previous record set by Uring in 1991
Yolanda death toll estimate hits 5,200+ breaking previous record set by Uring in 1991

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…

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Civics, Environment, Government

Is Noynoy Driven Forever To Fill A False Image?

Posted on November 23, 2013November 23, 2013 By Gogs 21 Comments on Is Noynoy Driven Forever To Fill A False Image?
Is Noynoy Driven Forever To Fill A False Image?

  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…

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Government, Politics, Society

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

Posted on November 23, 2013November 23, 2013 By Ilda 115 Comments on Filipinos who say ‘stop criticizing the government’ are not helping the country progress
Filipinos who say ‘stop criticizing the government’ are not helping the country progress

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…

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Civics, Government, Media, Society

McHeroes: Filipinos need to cure their addiction to disaster heroism

Posted on November 22, 2013 By benign0 24 Comments on McHeroes: Filipinos need to cure their addiction to disaster heroism
McHeroes: Filipinos need to cure their addiction to disaster heroism

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”…

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Civics, Culture, Government, Religion, Society

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

Posted on November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 By John Bay 8 Comments on Clichéd Critics’ Critics’ Criticisms and Other Yolanda Do’s and Don’ts
Clichéd Critics’ Critics’ Criticisms and Other Yolanda Do’s and Don’ts

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…

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Government, Media, Politics

Positivity in times of disaster is overrated

Posted on November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 By Kate Natividad 24 Comments on Positivity in times of disaster is overrated
Positivity in times of disaster is overrated

But of course it comes across as being “negative” when we talk about just how horrific a disaster Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) brought upon the Philippines. It is being “negative” when one points out how decades of neglect, corruption, and idiocy had laid layers and layers of the groundwork that turned much of the Philippine archipelago…

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Civics, Culture, Education, Society

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