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Villains pose as heroes.

Joel — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:47:30 +0000

The Maguindanao Massacre clearly shows that, in reality, not everyone in the Philippines is a hero as Mark Gosingtian’s shirt encourages:

That shouldn’t stop us from being the hero. It’s just that in light of the evils that go on in the Philippines… I believe this is more apt:

This would be a nice [...]

DSWD: Trick or Treat? Relief Goods Waiting For Christmas?

Joel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:14:51 +0000

DSWD Secretary claims no volunteers to move the relief goods!! Trick or treat??

President GMA has begged the world to send the Filipino people relief goods (for typhoon Ondoy) through the DSWD. That’s the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development. But apparently news and photos have gotten around of the DSWD constipating [...]

Ondoy: Crocodile Politics

Joel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:21:33 +0000

There’s this interesting bit of news that a crocodile was spotted in Rizal during the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy. An alleged photo of which was shown on local media.

But after I read this I think you will agree that there is more than one crocodile looking for media attention.

Withholding aid just because [...]