The disaster
made by typhoon Yolanda puts our country in the world map again. Even
foreign countries keep their eyes on the destruction made by the said natural
calamity.
There are just some issues I observed with regard to this topic. Here are some:
The news or media focuses mostly on
Tacloban area. I understand this one since this is the place severely hit
by typhoon. However, there are other places that experienced the same problems. One is Capiz where I saw in Facebook.
Just like Mommy said in
one of our conversation: “Kundi pa
nagkaroon ng aksidente kahapon, hindi pa magkakaroon ng balita sa Manila.”,
pertaining to the accident happened in EDSA-Magallanes the other day.
Religion. Yes, one issue that really got the attention of many is the situation
wherein Iglesia ni Cristo in Iloilo did not allow Catholics
to enter their Kapilya and only accepted the members of the
said religious group. Though, there are no confirmation made by the said
group. And who can forget the man behind the twitter post that only INC
are being saved from the said calamity. I don’t know if this is just a way
of black propaganda or political issue.
Looting. I can understand how the people
behaved upon looting Gaisano Mall and get all the things they want.
However, one thing that makes me feel really different is that even
appliances (Selecta Ice Cream freezer for instance) and gadgets are being
looted in the said mall. I heard that the owners already gave the permission
to get the food they want but asked them to leave dry goods but what
happened is different. If they only made “bayanihan” by repacking the foods
available inside the mall, everyone will benefit.
I admire one of the owner of a grocery store
that decided repack everything inside their store and give it as a relief goods
to his kababayan rather than being looted.
Relief Goods. I think this is
one of the biggest issue right now. Most of the complaints you hear is
they haven’t received any relief goods knowing that the calamity happened
almost a week ago. I know that there are many relief goods from private
and government institutions but one of their problems is the mobilization.
I just hope that this will be resolved immediately.
These are
just few issues around. Care to share your insights and observations?
By the way I just want to share this photo I saw in Facebook:
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