Category: disasters
sendong & the president
finally read the looong statement of the president in tagalog, then too the english version, and i’ve been sitting here since, trying to figure out why it doesn’t work for me, why it’s too much and too little at the … Continue reading
karma daw
nakarma daw ang japan for past war atrocities, say some chinese bloggers (and some pinoy commenters in pinoyexchange.com), to the dismay of the chinese government. read China’s official sympathy for Japan’s woes undermined by blogger’s glee. read too The State … Continue reading
earthshaking, heartshaking
i can’t blame PUP for sending students home after calls from panicky parents and guardians, never mind that the radiation scare being relayed via texts and twitter are said to be baseless because the wind is moving away from us, … Continue reading
Dear Hillary
Conrado de Quiros Not that you are likely to read this, though it can’t hurt to read something a little more intelligent than the usual crap given you that passes for intelligence. I write to reiterate some of the points … Continue reading
environment 5: ormoc & security
ORMOC: TOWARD ECOLOGICAL SECURITY Junie Kalaw The Philippine environmental crisis took what is possibly its heaviest and cruelest toll on human life in Ormoc City. According to eyewitness reports by survivors, the waters had come abruptly, almost in the wink … Continue reading
environment & revolution
if junie kalaw were alive he’d be saying i-told-you-so, just like odette alcantara. junie and odette were our leading environmentalists, pioneers, who didn’t live to see the great floods wrought by ondoy & pepeng [and some dam(ned) officials] but … Continue reading
of typhoons and dams 2
Archive the monster dams By Marlen V. Ronquillo, Manila Times 30 Sept 09 What is the global mantra nowadays? It is something like this: Always turn a crisis into an opportunity. Or, do not let a crisis go to waste. … Continue reading
of typhoons and dams
sept 27 sunday, around two o’clock in the afternoon, dzmm teleradyo tail end of a live presscon of gma and gibo and the national disaster coordinating council (ndcc) trying their darndest to appear like they have been and continue to … Continue reading
feeling the fall of america
wow. who would have thought that we would see the american economy collapse like a house of cards, bringing the whole world down with it. diyata’t hindi pala invulnerable ang superpower na ito. diyata’t nagkakamali rin, pumapalpak, bumabagsak. at … Continue reading
teehankee panky — lessons from maureen
wikipedia‘s version of what happened the night when 16-year old maureen hultman with friends roland john chapman and jussi leino were accosted and shot in cold blood by claudio teehankee jr. is accurate enough. Court records show that Roland John … Continue reading
stop sulpicio?
the exchange in the comments section of manolo‘s post supporting the blogswarm “stop sulpicio lines” is worth sharing – an edited version, of course, highlighting why the stopping of sulpicio is problematic. banat ni djb rizalist (bully for him ;) … Continue reading
how many deaths will it take…
my mind keeps singing to me these haunting lines from bob dylan’s sixties classic “blowing in the wind”: …how many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry …how many deaths will it take till he knows … Continue reading