Blogger Faces Libel Over Relief Goods Post
The blogger who accused the DSWD of letting relief goods rot in a warehouse has been charged with libel.
According to inquirer.net: “In a referral letter to the Quezon City prosecutors office, the National Bureau of Investigation [NBI] filed the libel complaint against the blogger upon the request...
Source: Technograph
Typhoon Relief Fundraiser “Sukob” Held at Rutgers University
by Ryan Quezon
On November 7th, members of the Pilipino community converged onto the Rutgers University Busch Campus for "SUKOB," a fundraiser to help with typhoon relief efforts. In addition to the donated medical supplies, all of the proceeds from the event go to benefit the Ayala...
Source: BakitWhy.com - Pilipino American Lifestyle
Very Sorry Island Rose!
Here, I apologize for doubting the intentions behind Island Rose’s email drive to get contributions for Typhoon Ondoy.
Yesterday Dustin Andaya left a comment on my original article characterizing Island Rose’s promise to donate P100 to Ondoy victims as “maybe bad”, wondering...
Source: Technograph
Dapat managot ang nagpabaya
Nagpaplano ang mga tao at mga kumpanya na nasalanta ng bagyong “Ondoy” at “Pepeng” nitong mga nakaraang linggo na magsampa ng kaso sa mga opisyal ng pamahalaan at mga operator ng dam sa kanilang kapabayaan na nagdulot ng malaking hirap sa libo-libong mga mamamayan.
Sobra kasi ang dami ng tubig na ipinalabas ng Pantabangan at San Roque dam noong isang araw na siyang dahilan ng matinding baha sa Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija at karatig lalawigan.
Napakinggan ko ang interview ni Anthony Taberna…
Source: ellen tordesillas
A semi-permanent state of emergency?
Malaya editorial:
Gloria Arroyo appears to have turned truly insane as she counts the days to her exit on June 30. Is the declared policy of prolonging the nationwide state of emergency in the wake of the devastation of typhoon “Ondoy” her perverse way of exacting retribution on the people for hating and distrusting her?
A deliberate policy of prolonging an emergency does not make sense. After the initial declaration, national and local government units have been freed to release their...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Rock the vote!
Reminder to first-time voters and those who will be transferring voting places: please don’t wait until Oct. 31, last day of registration.
The Commission on Elections said they will not be extending the deadline because they have to finalize the voters’ list. Remember that the 2010 elections will be the first supposedly nationwide automated elections.
The Smartmatic/TIM computers that Comelec will be using (Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS) are precinct-specific so it’s important that...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Finding missing loved ones
One of the heart-rending surviving- Ondoy stories I’ve read was Agence France Presse’s account of Rojanie Asuncion and her Alzheimer’s stricken mother, Flora Geronimo.
The story tells of Flora, only 69- years old, who went missing on Sept. 26 amid floods that swamped 80 percent of Metro Manila. Since Because of her condition, she was unable to tell rescuers her name, where she was from and how she got to the center in Marikina City.
For three days Rojanie, 37, her family members...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Iba na ang maganda
Ay naku, balik na nga tayo sa normal pagkatapos ng hagupit ng bagyong “Ondoy”. At balik intriga na naman tayo.
May kumakalat ngayon sa text at Facebook yung sinabi ni Kris Aquino noong Sabado na, “Aminin natin. Mas masarap tumanggap ng relief goods pag maganda ang nagbibigay sa iyo.”
Sabi nga ng isa sa Facebook, “Kaya mga panget exempted sa volunteer relief work.”
Sinabi kasi ito ni Kris bilang reaksyun sa mga kumalat na batikos sa kanila na minsan daw matagal naghihintay ang mga...
Source: ellen tordesillas
