Friday, November 15, 2013
Restless Spells by SkyBlue: What The Government Should Learn From Yolanda
Restless Spells by SkyBlue: What The Government Should Learn From Yolanda: What should the Philippine government and all Filipinos learn from typhoon Yolanda? A LOT! After super typhoon Yolanda ravaged L...
Thursday, November 14, 2013
What The Philippines Should Learn From Yolanda
What should the Philippine government and all Filipinos learn from typhoon Yolanda?
A LOT!
After super typhoon Yolanda ravaged Leyte and other provinces in Central Visayas, everyone was struck with unbelievable images of destruction, famine, death and chaos. I was speechless at the first sight of people begging for food, cadavers on the roadside and on top of trees, mountains of debris, wrecked homes and buildings, impassable roads, and desperate people looting for survival. I could only pray for a speedy restoration of services, provision of relief goods and support for the victims.
A week has passed and the Philippine government is under fire for the very slow, retarded pace it is taking to scoop the victims out from their sorry and destitute state. The swift move of other countries to fly in numerous boxes/crates of food, clothing, medicines and other basic necessities including cash has rendered the President, his officials, and the military almost inutile in the eyes of the world. This is another blow to the government after the recent hearings and revelations regarding the scam purportedly manipulated by some government officials in cahoots with that blood-curdling heap of a fat swine, Napoles.
Yolanda's message is clear.
Always be ready. Don't underestimate what a seemingly simple typhoon can bring to your place. It can rip you off and flatten your domain.
Stop taking people's money! Government agencies and officials should render services to the people because they are your masters, they are your boss! After all, it is the people (taxpayers, most especially) who chip in their labor's fruits in the national coffers.
Don't be divisive. Unite! Drop any political affiliations in times like this. Moreover, do not blame especially those who are helpless.
Don't take advantage of other people's possessions and weaknesses. Idiots have been reported raping and looting, running away with appliances and cannibalizing vehicles.
Save lives, yes! But give the dead a decent burial even en masse. The week-long stench of death inhabiting the afflicted places speaks of callousness on the part of authorities.
Have faith in God! Don't relax. People tend to leave him in one corner while they enthrone materialism, greed, lust for power, and immorality at the center of their lives.
Knock all these in your heads, our heads lest another typhoon by another name visits us ( God forbid)
A LOT!
After super typhoon Yolanda ravaged Leyte and other provinces in Central Visayas, everyone was struck with unbelievable images of destruction, famine, death and chaos. I was speechless at the first sight of people begging for food, cadavers on the roadside and on top of trees, mountains of debris, wrecked homes and buildings, impassable roads, and desperate people looting for survival. I could only pray for a speedy restoration of services, provision of relief goods and support for the victims.
A week has passed and the Philippine government is under fire for the very slow, retarded pace it is taking to scoop the victims out from their sorry and destitute state. The swift move of other countries to fly in numerous boxes/crates of food, clothing, medicines and other basic necessities including cash has rendered the President, his officials, and the military almost inutile in the eyes of the world. This is another blow to the government after the recent hearings and revelations regarding the scam purportedly manipulated by some government officials in cahoots with that blood-curdling heap of a fat swine, Napoles.
Yolanda's message is clear.
Always be ready. Don't underestimate what a seemingly simple typhoon can bring to your place. It can rip you off and flatten your domain.
Stop taking people's money! Government agencies and officials should render services to the people because they are your masters, they are your boss! After all, it is the people (taxpayers, most especially) who chip in their labor's fruits in the national coffers.
Don't be divisive. Unite! Drop any political affiliations in times like this. Moreover, do not blame especially those who are helpless.
Don't take advantage of other people's possessions and weaknesses. Idiots have been reported raping and looting, running away with appliances and cannibalizing vehicles.
Save lives, yes! But give the dead a decent burial even en masse. The week-long stench of death inhabiting the afflicted places speaks of callousness on the part of authorities.
Have faith in God! Don't relax. People tend to leave him in one corner while they enthrone materialism, greed, lust for power, and immorality at the center of their lives.
Knock all these in your heads, our heads lest another typhoon by another name visits us ( God forbid)
Monday, May 6, 2013
Restless Spells by SkyBlue: Political Dynasties Suck Filipinos of Dynamism and...
Restless Spells by SkyBlue: Political Dynasties Suck Filipinos of Dynamism and...: Some politicians think they are God's gifts to Filipinos that they hang on to their positions until they are octogenarians. When they ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Restless Spells by SkyBlue: RADIO and How I See It Then and Now
Restless Spells by SkyBlue: RADIO and How I See It Then and Now: I love radio. The first time I went on the air was in high school for a short newscast stint. Months later, I found myself doing radio on a...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
SkyBlue's Activity Hub: I am a Blogger and a Blogger I will Always Be
SkyBlue's Activity Hub: I am a Blogger and a Blogger I will Always Be: I have been blogging since 2007 and started with my first which was inspired by my column in a Fil-American newsmagazine in California in th...
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