by Tessa Jamandre
When storm “Ondoy” (“Ketsana”) struck on Sept. 26, the morning after was a picture of a devastated capital, a people in anguish and a nation at its weakest. The week after, another typhoon (“Pepeng” or “Parma”) made a landfall in Cagayan province and gave the country another scare.
While Pepeng battered Cagayan, other parts of Luzon had their share of downpour, doubling the misery of Ondoy’s victims who were still weary, hungry, sick or, worse, living a nightmare.
VERA Files visited Cainta, Rizal, one of the areas that Ondoy’s rains left severely flooded, and saw the long lines of residents waiting for relief goods and food rations. The local government had stopped the distribution as it braced for what typhoon Perma’s rains could still do to its already ravaged town.
But there was no stopping the military from reaching areas in Cainta, as well as Taytay, another town in Rizal, that have been isolated by Ondoy and saw relief for the first time in a week. Our video caught a village still under water, a flooded and cramped evacuation center, and faces of despair.
Shed no tears my friends…
So, don’t cry for me Argentina!~!@#$%^&*(~!
The Philippines will be 1st world country.
Shed no tears, my friend… shed no tears.
Ang sarap isampal sa mukha niya .
Empty words but full of promises. OO, masapap sampalin at igapos sa poste.
Reynz,
Right on target… aim, fire talaga.
I wonder if she will say I’m sorry for having made those idiotic pronouncements. Gaga kasi!
Ellen, thank you very much for the video post on Cainta.
Anna,
me qualification naman yong statement nya. sabi nya… “is almost complete”. o di ba? ALMOST COMPLETE. baka nanga-ilangan ung anak nang pang-down payment sa mga ari-arian sa San Francisco? di kaya?
Reynz,
ALMOST COMPLETE. baka nanga-ilangan ung anak nang pang-down payment sa mga ari-arian sa San Francisco?
Oo nga ano? Hah! I’m sure inuna muna niya iyong pang downpayment.
Siyempre palusot niya iyan ngayon. She will now challenge those who might be tempted to ask the questions about this stupid pronouncement of hers as in, “Bakit? Hindi ko naman sinigurado, ah! Sabi ko lang, almost complete!”
Brazen hussy talaga itong bansot na ito.
gloria is the most devastating calamity that ever hit the country. Her wrath has been here for almost a decade and still wrecking havoc in our lives and everything we have.
‘Yang mga bagyo, baha, sunog, lindol at iba pang kalamidad ay buntot na lamang ng sumpang kanyang dala mula nang sapilitan niyang inagaw ang palasyo ng Malakanyang na ngayon ay malakanya na!
@mprivera
I agree.
On the Lighter side check this out:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/705169
A year after Prime Minister Stephen Harper dismissed galas as the playground of elites, he decided to ham it up a bit at a glittering high society event in Ottawa Saturday.
Harper took to the stage, sat down at a grand piano and belted out the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends.
With Yo-yo on the Cello, the PM plays the Beatle “with a little help from my friends” check it out…he can sing…
@vic,
that was nice. whereas sa pinas naman… our “LITTLE” friend is one big buwaya! grrr!!!
Ms. Ellen,
Sorry medyo O.T. lang pero I think significant naman. Pls. delete nalang if you think otherwise. Thanks.
Aga Muhlach – Governance under Arroyo administration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V7w8cRubL0
Mike, I just glimpsed at the video. Mukhang okay a. Thanks.