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6 dead so far as #Hagupit (#RubyPH) tears through #Philippines’ central islands

December 8, 2014 - by benign0 - 4 Comments.

Thanks to “the largest peacetime evacuations the country has ever seen” mounted in preparation for the coming of Super Typhoon Hagupit (locally code-named “Ruby”), death at the appalling scale seen …

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‘Disaster preparedness’ has become an oxymoron in the #Philippines

October 8, 2014 - by benign0 - 14 Comments.

It has been becoming increasingly apparent that “natural” disasters are now a routine occurrence all over the Philippines. The idea that Filipinos ought to be more “prepared” for such calamities …

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Deja vu all over again as Typhoon Mario’s devastation of Metro Manila mirrors Ondoy’s in 2009

September 19, 2014 - by benign0 - 26 Comments.

Today may as well have been a day in September 2009 when Typhoon Ondoy struck and devastated Manila. Back then I wrote about the Philippine government’s utter failure to step …

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The Philippine Government may as well collapse. Today.

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 - by benign0 - 30 Comments.

No official event, no party, and certainly not the very Office of the President itself is exempt from being used as a soapbox for Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino …

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Filipinos need to end their love affair with mediocrity and ‘pwede na yan’ mentality

July 9, 2014August 4, 2014 - by Ilda - 118 Comments.

My views are not very popular with Filipinos. I guess it’s partly my fault because I like posting topics that some might consider taboo and boring. But it’s not like …

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The Noy who cried wolf

November 27, 2013 - by FallenAngel - 37 Comments.

No doubt that many of you have heard of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, one of Aesop’s fables. A shepherd boy repeatedly tricks villagers nearby into thinking that wolves are …

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Bodies dumped in mass graves as PNoy expresses concern over ‘anxiety’ of families of missing Yolanda victims

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 - by benign0 - 25 Comments.

Reports of the death toll following the devastation left by super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) continue to pour in. The most recently-released official Philippine government estimate released two days ago put the …

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

November 23, 2013November 23, 2013 - by 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 …

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