Quote ko lang sabi ni Ira:
It took an American News organization's criticism to get the government moving.
It had to take an insulting series of reports from foreign journalists to make our leadership realize what needed to be done.
I feel the sting, but I also appreciate the rude wake up call, because most times, we need to be shocked out of our complacency.
Thank you world for all the help you are sending our way in this trying times.
And thank you CNN for shocking our leaders into action.
Now can we get more uplifting reports, please?
- Ira V. Panganiban
Shoichi, 6, gives up savings for Haiyan victims
Shoichi, 6, gives up savings for Haiyan victimsMANILA, Philippines - While some people would think twice or scrimp when it comes to donating to those in need, a pre-schooler from Japan did not even hesitate to give the contents of his piggy bank to the victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).
Six-year-old Shoichi Kondoh was accompanied by his mother Miho when he recently visited the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo to hand over his donation of JPY 5,000 (Php2,173).
A statement from the embassy said the money came from Shoichi's childhood savings. The child chose to donate his money after seeing in the news what happened to Filipinos in Tacloban and other parts of the Visayas that was ravaged by the typhoon and storm surge.
Consul Bryan Dexter Lao of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo accepted Shoichi's donation and thanked the boy for his generosity.
i dont think those were the reasons kaya nag-improve ang relief operations. It really takes time for such massive operation to be in place. Those supposed to be wake-up calls ay noong wednesday. Thursday smooth distribution had been observed already. DO you think in a few hours just because of criticisms, mag-improve drastically? masyado lang nagmamagaling mga miron, akala ganun kadali.
hindi balance ang report ng NDRRMC and UNOCHA
2,000 or 4,000? Confusion in relief and even in death | Inquirer News
Mabuhay po kayo, Dr. Josette T. Biyo, Executive Director, PSHS System
'WE ARE DOING IT OUR WAY' | PSHS director recounts mission to shattered EV campus - InterAksyon.com
Ito yung sinasabi ko na main problem bakit matagal nakarating ang tulong. Galing mismo yan sa isang private individual from a reliable group without bias in view.
“Access is extremely difficult and this is preventing people from receiving help. Our priority is to get to those people in more isolated areas; they are the hardest to reach and often the last to receive much-needed assistance,” MSF emergency coordinator in the Philippines, Dr. Natasha Reyes, said in a statement.
Read more: Mercy missions report Guiuan situation bleak | Inquirer News
Another reason why you don't just send people in. Logistics must be properly cordinated. Although I'm sure dito kulang na kulang yung DILG at NDRRMC sa pag-estimate.
Food issue prevented early deployment of troops to Tacloban | Inquirer News
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kaya naman pala nasibak:
Eastern Visayas police chief sacked after 10,000 ?Yolanda? death claim | Inquirer News
Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, chief of the PNP Region 8, was relieved so he could undergo “stress debriefing,” Senior Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, PNP-Public Information Office chief, said.“We all know for one thing, Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria and many of our police officers from Region 8 have been through a lot for the past days and they may be experiencing what you may call ‘acute stress reaction’,” he said.
“As such, it was deemed by higher headquarters that PCSupt Soria might need to go through some ‘stress debriefing’,” Sindac said.