Typhoon YOLANDA (Haiyan)

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Take note, once you sell them in market, imported na tawag dyan. Haha. Atleast higher markup than local brands!

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higher talaga mark up kasi walang capital, pila lang katapat.

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Patay ngayon yung nagtinda ng MREs...expect the Taxman to harass them out of business.

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Pacquiao says Tacloban will fight, rise again



TACLOBAN CITY – Boxing icon Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao believes that this city will rise from the devastation of typhoon “Yolanda” last November 8.

“We will fight and rise again,” Pacquiao said during the flag-raising ceremony at the city hall at around 8:30 a.m.

He said that he will do everything in his authority to ensure that Tacloban City will be rebuilt and restored to its former prosperity. “I will do everything to see to it that you (Tacloban City residents) will get back to your feet again.”

Pacquiao prayed and called for God to bless this city as he extended his condolences to the families who suffered death and destruction during Yolanda’s onslaught.

Pacquiao likened Tacloban City’s ordeal to his harrowing losses to American Timothy Bradley and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012.

But instead of sulking over these reversals, the Filipino boxing champion said he gradually worked into contention, culminating in his decisive win over American Brandon Rios in Macau last November 24.

The boxing champ said that Tacloban City residents can accomplish this with the help of their kindhearted countrymen and God’s help.

Pacquiao said that he will pray for the eventual relief and rehabilitation of Tacloban City and will do everything in his authority to help them in their hour of need.

The boxing champ handed around R2.5 million and tons of relief goods to the Tacloban City government for distribution to distressed residents Sunday.

The money came from Sarangani and various charitable organizations.

Aside from this, the boxing champ distributed an unspecified amount to residents whom he met while conducting relief runs in Yolanda-battered towns in Eastern Samar Sunday.

“Tindog Tacloban,” Pacquiao said three times before leaving for another relief run at the Tacloban City Convention Center aboard a black van. (PNA)

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Gov?t lies about ?Yolanda? casualty figures | Inquirer News

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Gov’t lies about ‘Yolanda’ casualty figures
By Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
3:14 am | Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
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Why does the government peg the number of fatalities in the “Yolanda” tragedy at 6,000 when people in the affected areas know that the figures have gone over 10,000?
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as of Monday listed the number of deaths at 6,057, with 1,779 still missing.
Up to now, more and more bodies are being recovered in different parts of Eastern Samar and Leyte provinces, especially in Tacloban City and in the towns of Palo and Tanauan.
An NDRRMC insider told me the council keeps the number of fatalities as low as possible because it’s what “the President wants.”
The police regional director in the Eastern Visayas was relieved of his post for reporting to newsmen that the number of deaths could reach 10,000.
A government that doesn’t tell the public the real number of Yolanda casualties cannot be trusted.
* * *
Even the NDRRMC can’t put its act together.
The council reported on its website that 90 percent or nine out of 10 Yolanda deaths remained unidentified.
But NDRRMC Executive Director Eduardo del Rosario said the number of those unidentified was “only 33” percent of the death toll.
How can you trust the NDRRMC when its top official and the council have different figures?
* * *
Asked why his figures of the list of unidentified dead persons differed from that of his own agency, Del Rosario’s “palusot (excuse)” was that he would have the disparity in figures checked.
When people cover up for something (read: lie), they tend to make mistakes when they’re asked repeatedly about an issue.

So, Mr. Del Rosario, tell us the truth: How many people really died in the aftermath of Yolanda?
* * *
The government officials’ penchant for giving honorific or highfalutin titles to themselves and their offices has created agencies like the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, or NDRRMC.
The name doesn’t mean anything.
Besides, it’s so long-winded that one runs out of breath just saying it.
The NDRRMC is so inutile it could not prevent or reduce the number of deaths in the provinces of Samar and Leyte as a result of the supertyphoon.
Because it failed in its job of “risk reduction and management” (whatever that means), it’s now reducing the number of Yolanda casualties.
* * *
Why can’t the NDRRMC revert to its former name of National Disaster Control Center (NDCC)?
Of course, the NDCC was also an inutile agency as it did not prevent disasters like its replacement now, the NDRRMC.
But at least the NDCC was easy to remember and pronounce.
* * *
By the way, the change of name from NDCC to NDRRMC was done through an act of Congress!
When legislators are not thinking of ways on how much they will get from their pork barrel, they’re busy mulling over the idea of changing the names of streets and naming them after themselves or their parents.
That way, they impose their names on the public consciousness.

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National catastrophes | Inquirer News

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National catastrophes
By Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:46 pm | Friday, December 13th, 2013
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“Killing of journalists a national catastrophe” shouted the Inquirer’s banner headline yesterday.
Is that surprising?
The handling by the Aquino administration of the relief and rescue efforts in the first few days of the “Yolanda” tragedy was also a national catastrophe.
* * *
All the good things the President did in the aftermath of the Bohol tragedy and the siege of Zamboanga City—like sleeping with the people in the affected areas—were erased from the public consciousness because of his mishandling of the Yolanda tragedy.
Expect P-Noy’s popularity rating to plunge in the next few months because of Yolanda.
* * *
The stars have not been cooperating with the administrations of the Aquino mother-son tandem of Cory and Noynoy.
During the Cory administration:
Mt. Pinatubo, dormant for 500 years, erupted in 1991 changing the landscape of Central Luzon and the lives of its people.
The MV Doña Paz, en route to Manila from Tacloban City, sank bringing down with it to the bottom of the sea about 5,000 passengers.
The earth shook in Luzon toppling down a school building in Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija province, sinking Dagupan City by several meters, and destroying the Sheraton Terraces Hotel which killed many hotel guests.
During P-Noy’s time (so far):
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake devastated Bohol and Cebu provinces causing the collapse of several churches, bringing down thousands of houses and killing several hundreds of people.
Supertyphoon Yolanda, the strongest storm on record, devastated parts of Leyte, Samar, Cebu and Capiz province killing more than 10,000 people, although the government pegged the casualty rate at a much lower number.
Another supertyphoon, “Pablo,” cut a wide swath of destruction in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces, also killing hundreds of people.
It will take years for the areas badly hit by the earthquake and the monster storms in all three natural calamities to recover.
Why are the heavens not cooperating with the two Aquinos despite the fact that Cory was a very religious woman?
Probably the heavens want to send a message to P-Noy: Stop being vindictive.
* * *
Leo Inosante, 25, a houseboy, is a hero. He saved his employers, Jack and Sally Faelnar, from drowning at the height of Yolanda.
Inosante lived with his employers at Villa Corazon, in San Jose, Tacloban City.
When the waters started rising fast, Inosante convinced his employers, both senior citizens, to climb the roof of their house with him.
“If it took us a minute longer to heed Leo, we would have drowned,” said my friend Sally.
A flying roof struck Inosante’s leg causing a deep, gaping wound. He was flown to Manila by Jack and Sally Faelnar for treatment.
But the wound would not close despite efforts of doctors at a public hospital.
Philanthropist James Dy, owner of the Chinese General Hospital, was told about Inosante’s condition.
The hospital has special equipment that can treat seemingly untreatable wounds.
On Dy’s instructions, Inosante was fetched by an ambulance from the public hospital to the Chinese General Hospital where he is now confined.
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Dagdag-bawas even for Yolanda?s dead

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TYPHOON HAIYAN (Yolanda) Tacloban Appeal on Vimeo

the work is far from over....

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MAHIGIT 1,000 BANGKAY SA TACLOBAN, HINDI PA RIN NAILILIBING

News5 Everywhere - MAHIGIT 1,000 BANGKAY SA TACLOBAN, HINDI PA RIN NAILILIBING

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DSWD ‘powerless’ over politicking in Yolanda relief ops

Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman on Monday admitted the Department of Social Welfare and Development is powerless to address alleged politicking among local government units that has affected relief efforts in Leyte province.

“Wala kaming kapangyarihan na i-correct ang LGU,” Soliman told GMA News Online over the phone. “[Kaya] kami na mismo ang naghahatid [ng relief goods] ‘pag may mga report na hindi sila nabibigyan pa.”

Soliman was reacting to a Reuters report that revealed some typhoon-affected areas have not been given relief goods because their local leader and the higher local official are from different political parties.

“If there were reports [of such incidents] we engage with them [involved LGU] in a discussion,” Soliman opined. “If there is a complaint and evidence, they might face administrative charges.”

She said at least three town mayors in Leyte have received warnings from Interior Secretary Mar Roxas for allegedly hoarding relief goods. Soliman refused to name the towns.

“As DSWD, we never give out that categorization. There was no consideration of the political color. It was never a policy nor a practice [to consider it],” she added.

To avoid politicking, Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez has a simple solution: keep politicians away from distribution.

“Ang pulitika nagiging problema kapag pulitiko ang namimigay,” the city's chief executive told GMA News Online in a separate phone interview.

However, Romualdez said politicking is not an issue in his city.

“It is very hard to do politicking because people will get mad. The barangay chairman would be scared for his life because we are talking about food,” he explained.

He added using the census list as a basis for the distribution of food packs has resulted in inaccurate headcounts.

“Before, the DSWD based the number of food packs on the number of people present in the area,” he said. “Ang problem pag pinag-basehan ‘yung census, ‘yung ibang tao lumilipat sa ibang barangay. Kaya, minsan ‘yung ibang lugar, mas kaunti ‘yung [nadadala] sa actual [number] kasi lumilipat ‘yung mga tao.”

Romualdez said he is in talks with the DSWD regional director to iron things out.

DSWD has already provided more than 3.5 million food packs to Yolanda survivors.

According to the Official Gazette, an average DSWD food pack has enough rice, coffee, instant noodles, sardines, and corned beef to feed a family of five for up to three days.

Super typhoon Yolanda ravaged the Visayas region on November 8 killing more than 6,000 people and leaving thousands more homeless. — JDS, GMA News

Source: DSWD ‘powerless’ over politicking in Yolanda relief ops | News | GMA News Online

DSWD ‘powerless’ over politicking in Yolanda relief ops | News | GMA News Online

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‘Yolanda’ bunkhouses overpriced



The construction of bunkhouses as temporary shelters for families of homeless typhoon victims has raised questions about the direction and integrity of the government’s rehabilitation and recovery program.

Allegations of overpricing and substandard work have raised fears that the entrenched pork barrel system that spawned the alleged P10-billion Janet Lim-Napoles racket exposed by whistle-blowers last July is again rearing its ugly head in this early stage of reconstruction following the most violent typhoon to hit this country.

At least 203 bunkhouses—each unit divided into 24 rooms that would house as many families—are being built in more than a dozen towns in Leyte and Eastern Samar, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Source: ?Yolanda? bunkhouses overpriced | Inquirer News

Pati ba naman bunkhouses pinagkakitaan pa.

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Nakita ko ang mga bunk houses na to sa Tacloban 2wks ago, i don't think gugustuhin ng mga nasalanta na doon tumira sa kitid nito. Mas magtityaga nalang siguro yung iba sa tent kung saan nakatayo yung bahay nila before..


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Nakita ko ang mga bunk houses na to sa Tacloban 2wks ago, i don't think gugustuhin ng mga nasalanta na doon tumira sa kitid nito. Mas magtityaga nalang siguro yung iba sa tent kung saan nakatayo yung bahay nila before..


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Bunk houses kasi are designed to be temporary shelters, kaya imho ganyan yan.

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Bunk houses kasi are designed to be temporary shelters, kaya imho ganyan yan.

Kaya lang malayo sa design nung sa Indonesia...

They are typically good for 2yrs occupancy....ano nga ba aasahan sa cocolumber at 1/4" na plywood...


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Kaya lang malayo sa design nung sa Indonesia...

They are typically good for 2yrs occupancy....ano nga ba aasahan sa cocolumber at 1/4" na plywood...


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Tapos 30% nang pondo na-kickback pa. Ano nga talaga asahan mo. hehehe

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Human bones wash up on Tacloban shores two months after Yolanda

Residents living near Tacloban City's Botanical Garden woke up to a grisly discovery Thursday morning: human bones.

The bones were washed up on the shores behind the garden and were believed to be from a victim or victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), which devastated the city and many other areas in the Visayas last November 8.

A report on GMA News' “24 Oras” said the bones were buried at a mass grave for Yolanda victims in Brgy. Suhi in the city.

The report said local authorities were not sure if the bones belong to a single person.

Former senator Panfilo Lacson, who is leading the government rehabilitation efforts in Yolanda-affected areas, said it is “not abnormal” that remains of typhoon victims continue to be discovered two months after the devastation.

In an interview aired on the same report, Lacson said it takes time for body counts from tragedies such as Yolanda to be closed. “Hanggang ngayon, it's still open... In our case, we cannot really close the body count dun sa mga victims ng Yolanda,” he said.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council's (NDRRMC) latest official death toll for Typhoon Yolanda is 6,201, with 1,785 missing persons.

Source: Human bones wash up on Tacloban shores two months after Yolanda | News | GMA News Online

Human bones wash up on Tacloban shores two months after Yolanda | News | GMA News Online

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Lacson: ‘Yolanda’ bunkhouses not overpriced



MANILA, Philippines – Rehabilitation czar Panfilo Lacson on Monday said there was no overpricing in the construction of bunkhouses for victims of Super Typhoon “Yolanda.”

But Lacson said it was true that substandard materials were used by some of the contractors.

“Well, there’s no question, walang (there’s no) overpricing,” Lacson said at a press briefing in Malacañang.

“Meron kaming (We have a) pool of civil engineers who went to the area, and took a look at the standard specifications prepared by DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways). Walang overpricing. Ito rin ‘yung sinasabi ni Secretary (Rogelio) Singson (There is no overpricing. This is also what Secretary Singson said), and we agree,” he said.

Lacson said the contractors, by using substandard or substitute materials, did not follow the specifications of the DPWH.
“There’s no question about it kasi nga, sabi ko, bakit magkukumpuni ‘yung IOM (International Organization for Migration),” he added.
(There’s no question about it because, as I said, why is there a need for the International Organization for Migration to repair the bunkhouses?)

Lacson earlier narrated how the IOM had to repair the roof of some of the bunkhouses in Eastern Visayas after typhoon “Agaton” struck. He said the group spent an average of P10,000 to repair the bunkhouses.

He said the positive outcome of the investigation is that the contractors know that they are being watched and that they cannot cheat the government.

“So hindi rin sila babayaran. According to Secretary Babes (Singson), hindi nila babayaran ‘yung merong mga diperensya,” he clarified.

(We will not pay them. According to Secretary Singson, they will not pay the contractors if the bunkhouses have problems.)
However, Lacson said they are hampered from filing criminal charges against the contractors because of a certain provision in Republic Act no. 9184 or the Procurement Law that gives the contractor time to repair the infrastructure.

Under Section 62, Article XIX of the law, the contractor is given 90 days to repair any defect to the infrastructure “on account of the use of materials of inferior quality.” If the contractor refuses, they will have to reimburse the government for the repairs. Failure to do so will disqualify them from participating in any public bidding.

Lacson said they will propose the amendment of the said law.

Lacson was in Malacañang to give updates on the rehabilitation efforts in areas hit by the typhoon.

Source: Lacson: ?Yolanda? bunkhouses not overpriced | Inquirer News

hindi naman pala overpriced substandard lang....

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World thank you video.

Touching.

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World thank you video.

Touching.

Nicely done.

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Unlikely hero: Polio victim saved 10 lives | Inquirer News

Unlikely hero: Polio victim saved 10 lives

PALO, Leyte—On land, polio victim Wendell Corregidor cannot walk without help. But in the water, he swims like a fish, a feat that enabled him to save 10 people, including six children, from drowning as gigantic storm surges generated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” inundated villages here last Nov. 8.
Three months after the monster typhoon struck and killed more than 6,000 people in Leyte and Samar provinces, Corregidor’s tale of unusual courage and heroism despite his obvious disability has gained for him folk hero status in the coastal village of Baras in this town where he has become the subject of street corner conversations and text messages that have gone viral.
But Corregidor is no ordinary polio victim. He is a 36-year-old ex-paralympian whose exploits in the swimming pool have resulted in his taking home several gold medals from swimming competitions for the disabled around the country.
“He plucked our babies from the waters like they were dolls,” said Rosanna Panubio, 23, who, together with her then
6-month-old baby Tristan Jade, was saved by Corregidor.
At least one of those he saved, 5-year-old housewife Fe de la Cruz, wept openly in front of him after the storm had subsided and the wall of water had receded. He also rescued her and her daughter Apilyn, 14.
“She (De la Cruz) knew that she and her daughter were alive because of Wendell,” said 26-year-old housewife Criselda Panubio, who witnessed the moving scene. Panubio and her baby Keisha Lorraine, then 1-year-old, were also rescued by Corregidor.
Corregidor also rescued his aunt, Leonida Encina, 52, and his nephews, Nelmar Pineda,12, and Mark Neil Pineda, 9.
Strength from God
“God gave me extra strength on that day. But my whole body ached for a month,” Corregidor said, explaining his almost superhuman feat.
Largely ignored by the local press and denied kudos by selfish politicians, Corregidor has found comfort and solace in the praise and eternal gratitude of the mostly poor women and children he has saved.
Asked who saved her from drowning, 5-year-old Ella Rose Duque’s eyes lit up and she shouted, “Wendell!”
Stricken with asthma, Duque struggled between deep labored breaths outside his family’s tent to shout out the name of her savior.

Duque, a kindergartner, is the sixth child and 10th person saved by Corregidor.
“His story needs to be told, otherwise it would be a kind of historical injustice,” said Patrio Barca, also a polio victim and spokesperson of people with disabilities in Leyte.
The product of the union between a local street toughie and a barrio lass, Corregidor was struck with polio before his second birthday.
When his father, Roberto Carable, left his mother, Presentacion Corregidor, and a younger brother, Nelson, died of malaria, his mother left him to look for greener pastures in Manila.
With his mother gone, Wendell was taken care of by his grandmother, Alejandra, who took in laundry to provide for her paraplegic grandson.
His grandmother used to take him to nearby Aloha Beach and bury his spindly legs in the hot sand, hoping to wake up their weak muscles.
“My Nanay Anlang (Alejandra’s nickname) loved me unconditionally, even for what I am,” said Corregidor, whose unusually thin legs belie a muscular upper torso.
When his 77-year-old grandmother died in 1997, Corregidor drifted from one foster home to another with the help of neighbors and relatives.
Then at age 12, he found that he could swim even faster than other able-bodied adults.
In a few years, he became a star athlete on the Leyte team for competitions sponsored by Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled (Philspada).
But the inner pain of being abandoned by his mother and the death of his father from tuberculosis in 2012 made him lonely.
He planned ways to be reunited with his mother. That chance came on
March 19, 2013, when Philspada held its yearly meet in Sta. Cruz town, Laguna province, near the town of Pagsanjan where his mother now lives with her new family.
On a dusty highway in Pagsanjan, Corregidor met her long-lost mother for the first time. They embraced tightly, their cries of mutual affection drowned out by the noise of jeepneys speeding by.
That night, after a drink of coconut wine, the aggrieved son poured out his pain and frustrations, accusing his mother of abandoning him.
“It was all full of drama. We were both crying without end,” Corregidor said.

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UN aid official shocked at finding more bodies



BODIES are still being found under the wreckage almost four months after super typhoon Yolanda ravaged the Philippines as survivors struggle to rebuild their lives, a top UN aid official said Thursday.

The government’s confirmed death toll of 6,201 has not been updated for a month, as officials investigate whether the recently-discovered corpses are among the 1,785 listed as missing.

UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs Valerie Amos recounted the shock of discovering the dead during a visit Wednesday to the devastated central city of Tacloban.

“As the debris is cleared, they are finding more dead bodies. We experienced that for ourselves,” she told reporters.

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UN aid official shocked at finding more bodies - Manila Standard Today

UN aid official shocked at finding more bodies - Manila Standard Today