Typhoon YOLANDA (Haiyan)

[greenlyt]

Involve ba comelec dito?

malapit na sa 10K paano kung umabot nga, pano na yun nasibak na pulis?

[testament11]

Parang di naman na tama yun. Tsaka in the first place, foreign ang nagsabi ng 10k estimated deaths.

Ano ba naman, estimated figure palang yan, sisisantehin na. FTW talagang gubyerno yan. Pag negative agad ang dating, sibak na. Pero pag ang nag-report ng negative eh ally, wala lang. Kahit anong kapalpakan pa ng ka-alyado, wala lang sa kanila at pagtatakpan pa. FTW talaga..

[kinyo]

malapit na sa 10K paano kung umabot nga, pano na yun nasibak na pulis?

hindi marunong magpatawad si Pnoy ... hindi na makakabalik sa pwesto yung nasibak na

[Retz]

malapit na sa 10K paano kung umabot nga, pano na yun nasibak na pulis?

wala na yan sir, sibak na hindi na makakabalik.

[Retz]

kaya pala natagalan relief goods.... ginagawa pa at dinidikit pa isa2x mga stickers.

[CVT]

I have nothing about airlifting the people from our islands in the south to Metro Manila for humanitarian and medical reasons....

I just hope that the government has foolproof plan of returning them when things settle down....

Else, baka maging squatters lang ang marami sa kanila rito... (Bakit pa ako babalik sa ****, e nasa Maynila na ako?... Matagal ko nang gustong pumunta rito,- wala lang akong pamasahe noon....)

This is when the National ID comes to my mind....



21.6K:rainbow:

Plus, in an interview,- the President stated that the government will be building houses for those who were affected by the typhoon and they will be designed to withstand such fury. Mr. President,- you are talking about the taxes of our people. I do not question such disbursement of funds as this is the prerogative of our government for the general good of all Filipinos.

However, let me remind you Mr. President, that it is public money and so, we trust that these people will be paying the government over time for these houses. Walang libre dapat... Walang free-rider because we worked hard for those tax money...

And we are not remiss on doing our rightful part in this extraordinary emergency situation, over and above the tax money. We are making donations in time and money, now and again, to alleviate the situation of our dear countrymen in the south.

God Bless The Philippines!


21.6K:rainbow:

[Monseratto]

These foreign correspondents help get the word out and help bring in additional aid. But criticising how the locals move is a definite taboo...

Naghanap ng issue para bitakusin si Anderson Cooper...Balat sibuyas at crab-metality at their best.

VIP media treatment irks locals
By Marlon Ramos, Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
3:58 am | Friday, November 15th, 2013

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—Anderson Cooper who?

Survivors of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” and their families were not at all awed by the presence of the famous CNN news anchor and other foreign and local journalists who swooped down here to cover the catastrophe that hit central Philippines.

Cooper, host of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” was among the foreign journalists who covered the Aquino administration’s slow response to the crisis caused by Yolanda (international name: “Haiyan”).

But to many survivors, who had been waiting in vain to fly out of badly hit Tacloban City, in Leyte province, since Sunday, seeing foreign journalists going in and out of the city aboard C-130 military planes and private helicopters only deepened their anguish.

Others complained that relatives of local politicians and senior government officials were among the first ones who were accommodated in free flights out of the city.

Special favors

CNN’s coverage of the government’s response to Yolanda was highly critical yet the Atlanta-based network received special favors from the government.
On Saturday, Filipino and foreign journalists on the second

C-130 cargo plane to land in Tacloban a day after the typhoon were asked to travel light to give more space to troops and aid workers.

On the plane was the military signal van that was urgently needed to establish communication in the Tacloban airport, which was heavily damaged during the storm.
Despite the request, the CNN crew brought aboard 100 kilos of equipment, the only news organization to bring that much cargo. Other journalists brought only basic equipment and overnight bags.

The GMA 7 crew carried heavy equipment, but they waited for the next C-130 flight to be able to bring their big load.

Babysitters

One CNN team on the ground also had Filipinos from a government agency under the Office of the President serving as babysitters to make sure the news team would get the stories it wanted.

On Monday, Malacañang press officers were seen at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila awaiting the arrival of foreign journalists who would cover the disaster in the Visayas.

The press officers carried welcome banners of sorts—bond paper with the names of the journalists they were meeting printed in large fonts.

CNN nearly missed President Aquino in Tacloban on Sunday, arriving just before he boarded his vehicle.

The Inquirer learned that somebody informed CNN of Aquino’s presence, and the crew rushed to catch him.

Obviously, somebody also told the President that CNN was there and wanted an interview. Instead of taking his car, he stopped to meet the CNN team, prompting the other journalists to run to where they were to catch the interview.

For CNN, Malacañang ignored the procedures it imposes on the press during presidential engagements.

Insensitive

Travelers to Tacloban were angered by the special accommodation given to the foreign journalists.

“Why are foreign journalists being prioritized over us? Do they have relatives missing in Leyte?” asked Narcisa Arias, who had been waiting for a C-130 flight from Mactan Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City since Sunday.

“The military or whoever is in charge of facilitating the flights should have been more sensitive to what the relatives of missing typhoon victims feel,” she told the Inquirer in the vernacular on Tuesday.

Told that Cooper, who reportedly flew in on a chartered flight, was in Tacloban, the 61-year-old sounded perplexed.

“Who is he? Can he help me find my mother and two brothers?” Arias asked.

A woman, who was in her 20s, butted in and told Arias that Cooper was a well-known journalist.

“Then maybe he can tell the world how inutile and cruel this government is. We have been here for three days and yet the military let others board the C-130s,” Arias said.

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[chua_riwap]

wala na yan sir, sibak na hindi na makakabalik.

sibak. tinanggal na ba sa serbisyo as in tanggal na sa police service?
usually naman pag sinabing "relieved", ilalagay lang sa floating status yan.

nasa serbisyo pa siya. pulis pa rin.

[vinj]

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However, let me remind you Mr. President, that it is public money and so, we trust that these people will be paying the government over time for these houses. Walang libre dapat... Walang free-rider because we worked hard for those tax money...

On a side note, we're actually doing something like this for socialized housing. One hindrance is getting the loan/funding structure (i.e. HDMF) of the beneficiaries organized or implemented because a lot of people, although they have reasonable income to support the amortization (similar to or even cheaper than renting at a squatters area), they don't have the formal documentary support usually needed to process loans.

kaya pala natagalan relief goods.... ginagawa pa at dinidikit pa isa2x mga stickers.

I just knew that our VP would really do such...

On the slow pace of reaching hard hit areas and distributing goods, the UN undersecretary also has a valid point: We are still reeling from the effects of the earthquake in Bohol, other typhoons, and that Zamboanga escapade so resources are also spread quite thinly over various islands. Perhaps that is something all disconnected complainers should realize as well.

'WE' VE LET PEOPLE DOWN' | UN exec frustrated over slow delivery of aid to 'Yolanda' victims - InterAksyon.com

[CVT]

kaya pala natagalan relief goods.... ginagawa pa at dinidikit pa isa2x mga stickers.

IMHO, hopeless and pathetic, Mr. Vice President....




21.6K:rainbow:

[Monseratto]

[claRkEnt]

On the slow pace of reaching hard hit areas and distributing goods, the UN undersecretary also has a valid point: We are still reeling from the effects of the earthquake in Bohol, other typhoons, and that Zamboanga escapade so resources are also spread quite thinly over various islands. Perhaps that is something all disconnected complainers should realize as well.

'WE' VE LET PEOPLE DOWN' | UN exec frustrated over slow delivery of aid to 'Yolanda' victims - InterAksyon.com

This is one example how media is not acting responsively. Headline is emphasizing on "Frustrated over slow delivery". Social Media morons would just read ONLY the headline and interpret and then spread without reading the whole article. They would even have lots of time to create memes out of that headline and yet no time to read the whole story.

[joemarski]

kaya pala natagalan relief goods.... ginagawa pa at dinidikit pa isa2x mga stickers.

Sigurado akong mas malaki pa ang ginastos sa pagpapa- gawa ng mga stickers na 'yan
kesa sa laman ng mga plastic bags. :mad:

[vinj]

This is one example how media is not acting responsively. Headline is emphasizing on "Frustrated over slow delivery". Social Media morons would just read ONLY the headline and interpret and then spread without reading the whole article. They would even have lots of time to create memes out of that headline and yet no time to read the whole story.

Sadly, yes, the headline is misleading. I had to read the article to get the real drift of the comment.

On a lighter note. This airforce pilot indeed took matters into his own hands to help.

*Credits to the photographer

Pilot drops off rice in #YolandaPH-hit areas

[ClaNker]

The Truth Hurts.

"A reporter from the Associated Press who drove around Tacloban for around 4 miles Wednesday reported that “no evidence of any organized delivery of food, water or medical supplies.”,Inquirer.net

Well the problem is ang laki ng pinasala at di lang Tacloban. Katatapos lang ng gulo sa Zamboanga at lindol sa Visayas. Tapos makita mo MMDA pa ang gumagawa ng clearing operation.

Do these perfect people honestly believe one national government can handle all of these in a day? I mean these people from the National government are doing their best, kita mo ang mga mukha hagard na dahil walang pahinga. Si Dinky nga eh di na madrawing ang mukha. LGU's ineptitude isn't helping either.

[ClaNker]

Sadly, yes, the headline is misleading. I had to read the article to get the real drift of the comment.

On a lighter note. This airforce pilot indeed took matters into his own hands to help.

*Credits to the photographer

Pilot drops off rice in #YolandaPH-hit areas

Kudos to the Pilot, yun lang hihirit pa rin ang media ng... "Eh pano naman bukas?"

[ZENMasterTYL]

kaya pala natagalan relief goods.... ginagawa pa at dinidikit pa isa2x mga stickers.

wala talaga kupas itong si noggie. di ba kasama sa makakasuhan re pdaf si binay?

[lowslowbenz]

We should unite as one!

[greenlyt]

Korina punta ka na Tacloban hinahamon ka ni Cooper

Anderson Cooper to Korina Sanchez: Go to Tacloban | Inquirer News

[ClaNker]

Hahaha!!!! I-declare na persona non grata yun mga CNN reporters esp. si Anderson Cooper. :rofl:

Meron pang isa yung nag interview kay Roxas, masyadong magaling sarap sipain. Akala nya siguro isang barangay lang yung nasalanta.