On November 8, 2013, a storm of such great force and magnitude that had not hit this earth before landed and wrought havoc and indescribable damage in the fair islands of the Philippines. Thousands of people lost their lives, many of whom lay for days under the debris. The survivors many of whom were children, started to look… Read More »
MANILA American media’s recent commentary about what they thought was the Philippine government’s inadequate response to the supertyphoon devastation in central Visayas was uncalled for, insensitive and disrespectful. What right have these outsiders to interrogate and harass the president of the Philippines about his alleged slow response to the crisis? Who are these know-it-alls to impose their own… Read More »
For two days over the weekend, I volunteered to help pack donations dropped off by donors at the Goldilocks Bakeshop and Restaurant in Cerritos and witnessed first hand how a calamity has brought the best in people, how a tragedy has brought people of different persuasions together to come to the aid of their fellow men. People from… Read More »
This writer feels like other kababayans in our country these days- saddened by the fate suffered by most of our kababayans in Eastern Visayas (with Leyte, Samar and part of Capiz provinces worst- hit), sobered by the thought of the magnitude of assistance that they will be needing to rebuild their lives, and deep thoughts of how to… Read More »
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S Truman, 33rd president of US (1884 – 1972) CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – If fence-setters are frustrated in wondering where the donations for earthquake, typhoon and disasters end up, think of those overseas Filipinos and other foreign donors how helpless and… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – As President Obama encouraged Wednesday (Nov. 13) “Americans, who want to help our Filipino friends,” who survived super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), his Department of Justice, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) warned the “public that there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster.” Meanwhile, it… Read More »
MANILA The real highlight of the Senate hearing on the pork barrel scam last Nov. 7 was not the appearance of alleged pork queen Janet Lim Napoles. That much-touted Senate debut was a non-event. As the Brits like to say, it was a damp squib, a dud of a firecracker. The real substance came when whistleblower Benhur Luy… Read More »
MANILA The first point to make is: don’t call them “Million People” marches against the sensational pork barrel scam here because the turnouts so far have been nowhere close to that number. Nobody is complaining about this discrepancy between the advertised turnout and the actual numbers because people are loath to be called spoilsports or killjoys and attract… Read More »
President Aquino must have really been piqued being called the “Pork Barrel King” because after critics gave him that title, he went on a series of speeches attacking his critics and defending again his misuse of both the congressional pork barrel, the Priority Development Assistance Fund, and his own pork funds, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Aquino added… Read More »
The Philippines has been in the top news and will stay there for a while due to the recent natural calamity that has befallen this country. It is said that this storm was the strongest ever that had hit the face of the earth – stronger than Katrina which was a Signal No 4 with winds of 175… Read More »