Monitoring #RubyPH: Maps, contact numbers and advisories
Many agencies are preparing for Typhoon Ruby. Here is a curation and direct links below: 1. Updates on and government preparations for #RubyPH from gov.ph...
Print: Emergency hotlines of Government agencies
via gov.ph/emergency-hotlines National Disaster and Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) hotlines Trunklines- 911-5061 to 65 Operations Center- 911-1406, 912-2665, 912-5668 Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Evidence of Iloilo Convention Center overprice found in deed of donation – Mejorada
(This is a statement from Ben Mejorada) The agreement to build the Iloilo Convention Center (ICC) between Megaworld Corporation and the Department of Tourism had...
Video documentary on development: People of Casiguran vs Aurora Pacific Economic Zone
“Hindi kaunlaran ng nakararami. Kaunlaran lang ng iilan.” This is what Marlon Angara, a fisherfolk from Casiguran, said when asked about what he thinks of...
CONgratulations! Aquino’s Pretend Achievements (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part 1 Higher Tax-Free Bonus Ceiling Made Into Law The timely law that raises the ceiling for taxable bonuses (from PhP30,000 to PhP82,000)...
CONgratulations! Aquino’s Pretend Achievements (Part 1 of 2)
Congratulations to our famous celebrity politician for showing the world how fierce and aggressive politicians in this country are. Despite all the missteps and intentional...
The Big Fat Power Crisis Lie
Let us not mince words and, at the expense of truth, surrender a sliver of doubt enough to allow a big fat brazen lie to...
Changing Tack: Politicians realize the need for a new approach, for better or for worse
The recent weeks in Philippine politics have been notable as political personalities shifted to new ways of handling things. Apparently, after realizing how they may...
Hell from Tacloban
“Hello from Tacloban”. It was the cover title of a slightly offbeat but certainly reputable international magazine’s anniversary issue on the crisis brought on by...
Parents cry ‘Help’ – Idyllic JASMS soon to be steamrollered into a concrete jungle
by Julie Fuertes as originally posted at the Philippine Online Chronicles. Grasshoppers. Caterpillars. Frogs. Leaves. Stones. These were a few of the things my children...
Watch — Yolanda survivor assails Aquino: ‘Gov’t help not felt by victims’ #RememberHaiyan
“Tignan mo, di siya pumunta rito. Dun siya sa Guian. Kung tumulong siya, dapat nagpunta siya dito. Dun siya e kasi andun ang kaalyado niya,”...
The Save Palawan Seas foundation Yolanda Relief Operation Update
On November 8, 2013, the world watched as the most powerful tropical cyclone in recorded history hit the Philippines. Super typhoon Yolanda (International codename: Haiyan)...
#DearPope @pontifex: An Open Letter from Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) Survivors to Pope Francis
His Holiness Pope Francis, Greetings of peace and love from the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors! Indeed we have the same wish: a wish of a...
Hope Stores: Helping rebuild their lives by rebuilding their livelihood
Rehabilitation has been slow , a year after the massive Typhoon Yolanda. The saving grace are the NGOs, private indivduals and companies who have done...
Yolanda Anniversary: Of hopes, criticisms, excuses, and mischiefs
In the Philippines, an anniversary equates to a celebration. For the victims of Typhoon Yolanda, though, is there anything worth celebrating a year after the...