I kind of feel awful for being what benign0 calls an “average Filipino schmoe.” It’s not that I am helpless to change the Philippines for the better, but more like I can’t help victims of a disaster. I think about it, and it’s more like I represent another big fraction of Filipino society: chumps. People who try to do something, but it’s not enough. People who want to do their share, but it still doesn’t do a trickle to change the way things are. People who raise a hand up, and instead end up wondering what a difference that can do.
The Latest Sulpicio Tragedy: A Sinking Feeling
June 24, 2008 By 25 Comments
It is midday, the weather has cleared after a typhoon’s passing, and the work week should be productive. But walking among the living is a difficult thought to grasp right now if you are standing on the beaches of San Fernando, Romblon staring at what remains of Sulpicio Lines’ 23,000-ton ferry Princess of the Stars. [...]
Typhoon Frank, the MV Princess of the Stars Tragedy and the Culture of Disaster
June 24, 2008 By 29 Comments
Typhoon Frank formally ushered in the 2008 season of death and destruction, which came early this year, as the more cataclysmic storms, according to PAG-ASA, usually occur during the latter half of the year. And they hardly ever hit the areas of the Visayas where they did the most damage. Frank was a freak. This [...]
Stormy In Manila, Rumbling In Muslim Mindanao
June 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Severe storm warnings are up over metropolitan Manila as I write this, with the first of this year’s big typhoons dumping rains, triggering power outages and shutting down commuter train services. These just as President Arroyo is en route to the United States to meet America’s outgoing, and presumptive incoming leaders (whoever among them wins)ahead [...]
Faulty Weather Pronouncements of PAGASA
June 21, 2008 By 18 Comments
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