A photo essay
By Raïssa Robles
Metro Manila and surrounding provinces drowned today.
Government critics quickly seized this as a sign that God was angry at Philippine President Benigno Aquino and everyone who helped get the Reproductive Health bill onto the floor of Congress.
Dramatic shot of a Metro Manila skyline amid the rains by Adrian Dungo at http://adriandungo.weebly.com/
Consider this screed from a Facebook site devoted to slanging PNoy and praising the former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. It used the same photo above and interpreted it this way:
Congresswoman Mitos Magsaysay, who has announced her intention to run for senator, joined in:
But the anti-RH backers were unable to explain – if God was angry, why did He pour His wrath on that bastion of Catholic religious fervor – the University of Santo Tomas? Go figure.
Surging floods swept through the first floor of the UST hospital this morning –
UST grounds were transformed into a lake –
Then members of the pro-RH bloc shot back:
Others joined in saying government was not to blame for everything:
The volume of the rains had surpassed Ondoy:
It turned the North Luzon Expressway into a raging river –
North Luzon Expressway photo posted on Facebook by Chrischug
My hubby Alan, who was science and environment editor for The Manila Chronicle newspaper for over eight years, summed up Metro Manila’s problem on his Facebook page:
- Where are the forested canopies and slopes that might absorb some of the rainfall? – Gone.
- Where are the channels and esteros that the rains could drain into? – Clogged.
- What about the Lake of Bay that would have acted as a basin to catch the overflow? – Silted over.
- And the city’s sewers? – Full of litter and garbage and inadequate in coverage
- The coordinated infrastructure development plans to make sure strategic and flood prone areas aren’t occupied? – Surely you jest
- The responsible local government officials working together to prevent or minimize catastrophes, to regulate the dumping of trash and industrial waste into waterways, control the building of fishpens and maintain flood contol projects? – Pardon?
- The citizens working to hold their officials responsible and doing what they can to avoid stressing the environment? – Zzzzz
You may commence drowning
Faced with such enormous problems and years of inaction and neglect by the government, Filipinos inevitably turned to humor:
What can I say?
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541 Comments on "Drowned"
I have just posted on my fb page. ” I am a registered voter and i am NOT VOTING for mitos magsaysay for senator.
In fairness to Mitos, she claimed that her fb posting (posted by Raissa in this blog) was overblown by Philippine Inquirer reporter, that she was never interviewed by reporter. She said she was referring to environment, not RH bill
Mitas fb: “heaven must be crying. What has been done should be undone”
Classic double entendre
What did Farinas claim on Corona defense “Palusot”
Seems Corona “illness” is contagious, Mitos has caught the bug
He he he
Oh pls.
Her previous postings never talked about the environment. Only the RH bill.
as if may maniwala sa kanyang environment yung ibig nyang sabihin.
Ask Mitos who is “bolare” by Dean Martin. She knows!
Monsignor Lynn has been sentenced to jail, at least 6 years. His appeal to be released on on bail was rejected. He is now in jail.
The Church has to cleanse itself, as it did in the past.
That’s all.
Ironic. Just like a carpenter…no home; plumber…no water; engineer…no structure; chef…no kitchen; a cop…no arrests made; lawmaker…does not know the laws; and lastly of course, priest…with many sins!
What else? It’s all everywhere else.
Corruption.
I think the right term to rid off bad seeds in the all the churches to include the Vatican is exorcism
Maybe only the Sakristan will be left, if he’s clean too!
A couple of years ago when the scandals starts coming out I suggested to our priest in front of few congregants,on why not castrating all the priests to prevent sexual urge,He said it is too harsh,and I may have to go to hell.btw he was a filipino priest and it was in NY.
When you de-ball bulls of livestock you may resort to
surgery, or use strong rubber bands to tie the hanging
testicles until they fall of. But for priests or bishops
many animal husbandmen will probably recommend an
emasculatom, big pliers that will severe the testicles
and scrotum from the lower torso. Dubbed with cotton
soaked with iodine might prevent infection.
DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME OR IN CHURCHES.
DO THIS ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF A
VETERINARIAN.
No, NO. big hedge scissors is not recommended.
That’s how we castrate cats and dogs back in my hometown. Tie their testicles with #20 thread tightened real tight until their testicles falls off.
cruel
Or we could just let them marry.
Some defenders of the catholic church might say that this woman is partly at fault by consenting.
But, consider that the brainwashing, the belief of this woman that the priests have controlled over the congregates, the respect of this woman to theman of cloth is greater than shaming him are factors she consented
Just thinking loud….
The priests were unfaithful to their own morals and to the teachings of God.
Do Philippine clergies have a titular head? Cbcp president is not nor it is Archbishop of Manila, Bishop Tagle.
Who then, is it the papal nuncio? If it is, why? Since he is suppose tto be a papal ambassador?
Maybe the reason Bishops themselves are in disaaray, no common spoesman, has leadership vacuum unlike before during the time of Cardinal Sin.
In a home, lack of father figure is detrimental to the family. No wonder every Philippine clergy now is looking for self personal interest due to lack of discipline from above.
Papal nuncio is the equivalent of an ambassador. He is the Vatican envoy to any state.
STUPID CONGRESSWOMAN MITOS HABANA-MAGSAYSAY LISTEN TO THIS!
The Pope said that it is unwise to think of natural disasters as God’s way of punishing sinners. He said that “calamities and tragic events must not arouse our curiosity or our desire to find the supposedly guilty, but should be occasions to reflect, to reject the illusion that we can live without God.” A wise man, reflecting on tragedies, seems them as a reminder “about the precarious nature of existence,” the Pontiff said.
Like!
Let’s get organizing then…Idon’t know how, I’ll follow.
AGREE!!!
Filipinos’ wrath vs Mitos in 2013
@AlanP
Check this. Lalo kang mag maiinis.
http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/61229/calamity-campaigning-is-so-eeewww
those cans of sardines could be filled with maggots…had that experience one time in life! BAHO!
Ingat kayo dyan.
@CPMers
“Floods in PH man-made disaster, say experts”
http://www.rappler.com/nation/10184-floods-in-ph-man-made-disaster,-say-experts
Urban planner Nathaniel Einseidel said the Philippines had enough technical know-how and could find the necessary financing to solve the problem, but there was no vision or political will.
“It’s a lack of appreciation for the benefits of long-term plans. It’s a vicious cycle when the planning, the policies and enforcement are not very well synchronised,” said Einseidel, who was Manila’s planning chief from 1979-89.
“I haven’t heard of a local government, a town or city that has a comprehensive drainage masterplan.”
Einseidel was one of my favorite sources when I was a newbie reporter covering Metro Manila Commission. Glad to know he’s alive.
He and a handful of others were the planners then. But the government hardly listened to them.
I am glad to hear about our common friend Nathaniel Einseidel. His words are to be considered sacred when it comes to Urban Planning. I am very glad to know he is still alive too and I hope he is back from Singapore (last place I heard where he was).
His only problem was that he was associated with Joli Benitez who got blessing from Imelda Marcos but i can assure he is a very intelligent, professional and an honest man.
I hope government will listen to him.
Was he a technocrat or an Imelda man? Also how was the MMC run by Mrs.Marcos ? good/bad/ugly?
godadly!
Yes! you do make a lot of sense but only a few percentage of our entire population have the same common sense as yours.
Our urban poor and informal settlers are pre-occupied how to make both ends meet, get laid and oblivious to the responsibility of responsible parenthood.
How dumb can people be to blame the current administration (daang matuwid) for the Antipolo landslide? Landslides happened because for decades, the mountains have been denuded – LGUs & DENR have allowed (legally or illegally) the cutting of trees and mushrooming of real estate development without the proper safeguards to build houses on the slopes. We have no control of mother nature’s wrath especially if we had abused it.
If Amihan and Habagat are immortal lovers, let the CPMers think of
how they can practice family planning, moderate their wind-water orgasms.
Wrath of God? then how about this?
full of epals and hypocrisy at times like this
How about this? MMDA Chairman said in an interview that the only way to solve the problem of flooding is to relocate Metro Manila(?) Out of the box. In another vein, Boo Chanco wrote of Valenzuela Mayor Gatchalian asking via tweet if Manila is safe to live in? And in the same tweet, asking other Metro Manila mayors to talk about this recurring problem. Good luck to that, Mayor, I should say…
MMDA is an anachronous government agency unable to actualize its
reason for being. If government service is only 60 per cent useful,
MMDA is in the upper bracket of the other 40 per cent.
@Leona
I see 3 big problems, equally blame-worthy: (1) politicians who cuddle squatters and government authorities who tolerate squatters, allow shady developers and contractors, and who don’t enforce laws strictly,, (2) the squatters themselves, professional or otherwise, and (3) some of us, including myself, who are apathetic to whatever proactive measures offered by well-meaning people like Architect Palafox. Myself, presently a flood victim and evacuee, think, We have been down this road before, talked this thing to death, and nowhere near a solution or mitigation. Pnoy’s team doesn’t inspire confidence.
I am sorry to hear you are a flood victim/evacuee. Right you are. We’ve had been unsuccessful in solving this flood problem. Apathetic first on our political leaders, national and local. Realistically, we keep on “dying but never die” which is the sad thing. For those who did die, they are released from it all. Right again. I realy have not seen PNoy’s Teams making a dent. No inspiration. Same inactions.
I really lament. Thanks for sharing @docbebot.
@Leona
Thanks for your reply. I wish I could provide a link to a new article by Atty. Oposa in Rappler about catchment ponds, and maybe share this to a CPMer who are close to the levers of power and the movers and shakers of this benighted country.
Thanks, Mel. I like the part that says the obscure is easy but the obvious is hard.
If I may say so Mr. Oposa’s piece is so Pinoy, smart with irony, sarcasm,
self-flagellation, and a sense of humour truoy Pinoy. BUT that’s it. the whole
of it.
“The leader of the Filipinos went on tri-media and said, “My countrymen, the scientists tell us that after 3 days, we will all be underwater because of floods and a 20-meter sea level rise. My beloved countrymen, we still have 3 days to learn how to breathe underwater.”
Short of learning to breathe underwater, there is something that we Filipinos are geniuses at – resilience and adaptability. We only need proper guidance.”
—————-
I hear this kind of smart alecky discourse in Catholic churches too.
when and how to get out of this kind of thinkingWE WILL NEVER KNOW.
Atty Oposa is a leading environmentalist.
I’ve interviewed him.
THAT’S an invite for me to read more of his pieces.
You can also watch him on YOUTUBE –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPLLZX_bMdI
Below is part of his acceptance speech for the Ramon Magsaysay Awards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-brXND–fgQ
cruel but PAINLESS Ms Raissa. so says
the veterinarian I know.
I DID read his piece on Raffler. I said before that; That’s it, the whole
of it. Now except that part of ‘KIDDING?’ option of submerging the
entire Marikina Valley.
Still my request to CPmers continue; to guess the option I have
in mind. any one will get it keeping in mind the Marikina option.
I DISAGREE that because water have nowhere to go flooding
and destruction occurs. Nature is perfect and man must know its way
as the cave men have gradually and slowly learned.
I read at ganado pa! Next names of moonson rains or bagyo should be scary…Nuriskue (for those refusing to evacuate)…LunodAlis (same)…EbakWitNa (same)…HayNaku…for a strong bagyo….such bagyo names relentlessy announced to everybody.
Pag walang takot walang hakot! Pag may takot lahat mag hahakot!
Mr. Michael Tan, paki bigay mo itong bagong name-calling suggestion for our next moonson rains & bagyos. Thanks @Alizarin!
Sa lahat,
What we are commenting is wala namang diyos patay na siya, i dont believed na kapag patay ka na babalik ka pa, ayon sa mga sinasabi nila, okay maybe God exist, but he is dead. Patay ka na nga eh! Bakit sinasabi nila na buhay pa ang kaluluwa.
Monsoon Rain Floods Manila
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/08/monsoon-rain-floods-manila/100349/
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/manila080812/m27_18862481.jpg
Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City, I believe, as temporary shelter.
The face of relief…
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/manila080812/m08_49970428.jpg
Gob. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado
hindi ba nahihiya itong mga pulitiko na ibandera ang mga mukha/pangalan nila? sa tingin ko baka di sila tutulung kung walang “trademark” nila ang package/supot.
tandaan nyo ang mga pulitiko na nagawa ng ganito dahil di sila tapat sa pagtulong sa inyo. kailangan muna malaman nyo na galing sa kanya ang kakainin, iinumin o tutulugan nyo. labas tuloy ay may utang na loob kayo sa kanya. at pagdating ng eleksyon, tandaan nyo babanggitin nya yan tinulong sa inyo.
we are a proud and humble people that most times
OUR older generation would prefer NOT to eat their
pride by NOT accepting humiliating assistance.
FOR and in honor of our ancestors, CAN WE NOT
REJECT OR JUST RETURN these ulteriorly
marked donations of politicians that comes from
our OWN money. let them be shamed for vote
getting during our HOUR OF DISTRESS.
hindi.
nakasanayan na.
at wala namang bumabatikos sa kanila noon.
Thank you very much for the photos, baycas.
they are horrendously wonderful.
I see that many of them were taken by my colleagues in FOCAP. I will thank them for the photos next time I see them :)
Me too, thank you @baycas. I sent the photos to my kins in USA.
You’re welcome.
Alan Taylor also did a photo blog on Ondoy (Typhoon Ketsana) in September 2009 here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/typhoon_ketsana_ondoy.html
Dear Baycas,
I especially like PHOTOS #6, 10 and 13.
Thank you.
schools being used as evacuation centers should be fitted with kitchens, toilets, clinics and should be typhoon proof and flood proof to make life more bearable for evacuees
Dapat hindi schools.
Every year, the same area gets flooded. These areas should build a multi-purpose structure for evacuees which can be used for something else the rest of the year.
YAN TALAGA, hindi dahil nanggaling kay Ms Raissa.
Parang PERMANENT SOLUTION YAN sa taon-taon
mga refugees for calamity victims. TEMPORARY SHELTERS
but also useful for other purposes HINDI MGA basketball
courts LANG.
Kapag ganyan ang paggawa ng iskuwelahan, hindi na magagamit na eskuwela. Titirahan na iyan ng mga “informal settlers”, wala ding mangyayari kasi mapupuno na ng tao.
funny suggestion…build a Noah’s Ark in that area, 5 Star! accommodations! hahaha…the local officials would again be very happy to make money on that Ark! hahaha…
repeat, just build a NOAH’S ARK in the area, 5 star accommodations and the public officials will love to make more kickbacks in such project!
i think it’s for the best to build permanent evacuation centers that should be used only for emergencies. we always have emergencies anyway – given our geographical location.
I agree.
err…the more your trees are…
P1.00 mean allowance per day? The dog will bite the master!
Sen. Honas, will take the cudgels on this expose? Never heard he did such a job in the past. What’s or who’s he kidding?
Over-due process of law will stop any good effective action on these scalpters in the gov’t agency involved.
I’ ready to forget it!
scalpers…I mean…whatever…ready to forget it too!
@alizarin viridia. You do the major international consulting engineers an injustice. They will tender for what is requested in open competition and if the government does not like the solution then they don’t take up the option. Marine Consulting Engineers have solved many flooding problems world wide. What other solution is there, other than talking around the problem for ever. Let the experts loose.
Let me quote what J. Edgar Hoover said; “No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family”
I’ll let readers form their own opinion, you may agree or disagree.
very true…. discipline starts with the family –
father
mother
child….
natural calamities would not be this destructive if every family
observe the rules….
on where to settle (build a house)
on garbage and drainage
You may be right. J.Edgar Hoover never saw our families of squatters in his time. Had he seen it, he would have said, “I didn’t mean the Philippines’ squatters families on that. That’s one of a helluva squatter family problem! ”
My opinion.
@I agree @isellnuts………also with @chit…….in general a family must always walk in a RIGHTEOUS PATH such that even how strong is our FAMILY TIES , in an emergency situation that needed a hairline decision THE FAMILY shall act RIGHTEOUSLY because without following ” TUWID na DAAN ” no amount of law enforcement can solve a problem.
that’s for poor squatter families; rich families are they
ahead or close behind? Mabait, magagalang, matulungin
magnanakaw ang iba diyan.
The Paranaque spillway plan exist in 1970’s, it cuts thru several subdivisions in Paranaque. The spillway plan start from the Laguna lake that will cut thru Bicutan parallel to the Sucat Rd all the way seashore in Paranaque.
The plan never materialized for unknown reason.
@Leona,
LGU’s don’t call them squatters anymore, they are called informal settlers or urban poor.
NO criticism or MALICE intended. Why were you SQUATTERS?
HOW did you become squatters? What happened to
squatters before they became informal settlers? Just curious
and still wants to learn something new.
Like.
@sir/mam leona, yes i do i am still doing it if i got chance of knowing somebody who got more than 3 children. that’s why my 1 daughter in law is using contraceptive and the other one is already ligated. i told them the advantage and disadvantage and they go with the advantage. now i got 5 grandchildren all in good health being taken cared by their moms who are also in good health, thanks to the family planning prog.
Sorry, ibang topic ito… nakakainis lang kasi:
http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections-2013/10360-past-and-present-govt-officials,-relatives-among-the-2013-partylist-nominees
Mang Emong, masabi ko lang, yun magtataka dito
sa corruption of the party list system of choosing our
elected officials AY MGA TAGA IBANG PLANETA.
Ang sabi nila kahit meron akong TATOO Jesus Christ
sa buong dibdib pag nagtrabaho ako sa Custons o
sa BIR, wala pang isang Linggo CORRUPT na AKO.
Kalimitan nga hindi PA AKO tanggap doon eh dapat SAGAD
CORRUPT na;ko. .
@emong, by providing the “Partylist representatives” as addition to our regular districts-representatives in the Const. is to me a mind-screwing! But since it is there what can my screwed mind do about it!
A useless thing screwed into us. Maybe next revisions of our Constitution, we can delete this screwer!
off topic:
Sick!!
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/08/13/12/party-list-groups-political-families
… out of the box, relocate some senators and congresmen/women to low laying areas. Solutiions and budgets will come by themself.
Out of the box? How about a more durable version of this :
http://e2012filhatidgruponikyle.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/13176285712.jpg
for our informal settlers.. we can then provide a temporary ample space within the metro( w/ affordable rent ) .. can be relocated easily thru bayanihan..just to free up our river system…dapat uniform para magandang tingnan…less footprint pa sa environment since naka angat yan…
oy, OY, di madali yan. Nadanasan ko yan. Tignan uli ang larawan.
muntik nang NABALI ang kanang balikat ko diyan, noong fifties
ng nililinis ng AYALA ang gagawing BEL-AIR village. Di ko na
sasabihin kung saan dinala yung mga bahay. Dahil bayanihan tulong
lang sa may ari ng mga bahay, tubig lang walang fruit juice. Ang
laking kalintikan wala yatang ginastos ang mga AYAlA diyan.
Wasla pa kasing squatter power ang mga marangal at
amsunuring sa batas na squatters noon.
sori daming maling espeleng, antok na antok na kasi.
ngayon di na puede yan buhat bahay, MAGIGIBA,
magkakakahiwala-hiwalay ang dindding nyan. Iyan mga shanty
ngayon mahal na ang kahoy; kung meron man puede segurong
pa isakay na lang sa apat na tricycle.
ANG BAYANIHAN AY SIMBOLO NG TULUNGAN AT SQUATTING
seguro onli in da Pilipins.
OK lang. Pero huwag ka sana laging magpupuyat dahil sa Internet, ha.
Siguro, ipabukas mo na lang :)
Kaya nga sabi ko durable version para hindi masisira.. and kung tutulong ka rin lang tapos magrereklamo ka lang sa huli, di na bayanihan tawag dun..rest well :)
‘Safe pa ba tumira sa Metro Manila?’
MAHIRAP PO itong namimilosopo. BAKA MABATUKAN. Yung pong vulnerable, mahihina,
wlalng lakas sa gobierno, matagal na pong HINDI safe tumira sa Metro Manila. Ang por siyento po ng
namamatay sa kanila MALIIT lang dahil sa dami nila kaya po marami pa rin, sa tigas ng ulo
ayaw tumira sa ibang lugar.
Pero PARA SA KALAHATANG RESIDENTE ng Metro Manila, OKAY safe pa rin po baka
mas marami pa po ang namamatay taon taon dahil sa aksidente sa highway kaysa dahil
sa baha dala ng Habagat..
Thank you for commenting.
I also like Korean movies. They care for the plot.
Dear Raissa,
May I ask an off topic question? Is it mandatory that PNoy select a CJ from the “short list”?
SA palagay ko talagang dapat pumili ang Presidente sa “short list”. Ngunit, sa napansin ko hangga’t hindi lumalabas ang pangalan na gusto ng Presidente, may mga iba pang “short list” ang lumulutang. Hindi lang natin alam kung ilang “version” ang lumulutang. May posibilidad na kapag ang unang short list ay hindi nakapasa, may bulung brigade na nagbibigay ng clue sa nagsa-submit kung ano ang tamang pangalan na dapat ilista. In short, technically, the President can only select from the short list.
just adding a comment…on judicial appointments. It says “xxx from a list of at least three nominees xxx.” Thus, the list can have 20 or 100 nominees. [SEC. 9 ART. VIII CONST.] I don’t know why we call it “short list” then.
Here’s Sen. Sotto’s moment…Hindi ko alam kung matatawa ako or hindi…ala Charo Santos ang dating…
can’t wait for Sen MDS’ reaction..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3hdVQSMWo&feature=youtu.be
he has already run out of arguments (though none of his arguments ever made sense) so he’s resorting to appeal to emotions. although, the only emotions he’s conjuring up for me are a weird mixture of pity and loathing bordering on hysterical laughter.
Raissa,
What happened to your post regarding Sen. Sotto? Bakit nawala?
RR,
just for your info,
i still get messages such as these;
“Server error
The website encountered an error while retrieving http://raissarobles.com/2012/03/26/coronas-daughter-bought-california-and-the-fort-properties-22-days-of-each-other/. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.”
Some of archive articles i can open, while others i can not.
thanks.
Thanks.
Raïssa
just to let you know, there are some blog posts that are inaccessible, such as;
– raissarobles dot com/2012/03/29/a-curious-set-of-transactions-surround-mckinley-hill-purchase-for-charina/
– raissarobles dot com//2012/05/22/who-will-dare-ask-chief-justice-corona-these-questions/
– raissarobles dot com/2012/03/26/coronas-daughter-bought-california-and-the-fort-properties-22-days-of-each-other/
– raissarobles dot com//2012/04/15/corona-told-reporter-his-father-was-a-bureau-of-internal-revenue-official
– raissarobles dot com/2012/05/13/more-questions-about-that-p11m-cash-advance-stated-by-chief-justice-corona-in-seven-of-his-salns/
The error messages are;
“Server error
The website encountered an error while retrieving [… ]
It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this webpage later.
HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request.”
I think it’s the widget I’m using. I have deactivated it for now.
I’ll examine the problem.
thanks, Mel
IF other CPMers will follow Mr J Lin’s style of commenting using intelligence,
logic and reason to PROBE the veracity and truth of our officials authoritative
allegations and dubious claims before the general public, LIN and CPMers
would have stopped on their tracks these impostors NOT intelligent ENOUGH
to think that Filipinos are NOT idiots.
@Alizarin Viridia,…….. I am not intelligent like you in all aspects and you’re my idol here like ISSELNUTS but be straightforward . Tell us how deep is your comment # 87.1. NAKAKATAMA KA SA AMING HINDI JOURNALIST at LESS LOGIC COMMENTETOR. HINTO na ba KAMI ? Kahit wala na kami dito sa you can COUNT US on your CONVICTION.
Sorry I meant comment #86.1. Less logic commentator as I am but you can count me in your CONVICTION.
wala akong ini itsi puera dito, bukal na karapatan
natin sa demokrasya ang kalayaan ng pananalita
maging sa sining ng kanta, sayaw at pintura. Lalong
maraming dada lalong malaki ang tsansa para
katotohanan.
Ang lakas at bagsik ng CP Miranda mas nasa inyo
kaysa amin nagmamarunong.
Saan ba kinuha ni Sen Flavier ang galing niya bilang
mapagmalasakit na doktor, di ba sa pasyente niya
sa baryo. Kumita pa siya ng isulat sa libro.
Ako pinalad din kahit di yumaman, natutunan ang
pilosopiya sa mga mga magsasaka at mangingisda
sa Panay at sa Inglaterra, hindi sa eskuela.
Farm philosophy example: Ang paa ng magsasaka ang pinaka
magaling na pataba sa tubigan.. Pag natuyo ang pitak
ko dahil binuksan ang deke, ang ihaharang ko diyan para hindi
tumakas ang tubig ay ang katawan ng nagbukas. Pag namumuti sa
bula ang dagat, tulog muna bago pumalaot. MEDIO BALUKTOT
pero naiintindihan naman seguro.
Senator Sotto – please disclose the name of the doctor who blamed the death of your son on contraceptive pills. We need to hear his side. Don’t claim “right to privacy” etc. You made this public, we deserve the opportunity to verify your allegations!
Latest ABS CBN NEWS:
Ciara Sotto defends her father Vic from twitter bashers.
This news pertains to #85
Maybe our friend Mel could attach this link .
mas makakabuti kay tito sotto ay huwag na lang mag salita kasi iyong nangyari sa buhay nila ay personal na nila iyon ilalagay niya sa di mabuti ang kinabukasan ng Pilipinas dahil lang sa nagyari sa kanila,ang asawa lang niya ang makapagpapalinag kung ano ang ginawa niya sa pills. also iyong mga nakaraan niya ay lumalabas nanaman.
To sum it up, cousins stupid and idiot rightfully belong to the senator.
sorry, should be: not senator OF mr and mrs sotto.
I am not sure if there is a difference. But Filipinos may be
stupid but THEY ARE NOT IDIOTS though many, many
of them at home and abroad keep GLUED to their
idiot boxes watching stupid dramas.
Idiot is the first cousin of stupid!
MERON KINALAMAN BA ITO, TUGON BA ITO SA
TALUMPATI NG MISTER NI HELEN? aHHH
SUPERSTITION AS SINEWS OF THE PEOPLE.
‘Helen’ storm signals raised
By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) Updated August 14, 2012 12:00 AMComments (4)
Manila, Philippines – Several areas in Northern Luzon were placed under public storm warning signal number 1 as tropical depression “Helen” intensified into a storm yesterday and moved closer to the country.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) raised storm warning signal no. 1 over Quirino, Aurora, Isabela, Kalinga, Apayao, Cagayan, Babuyan, Calayan group of islands and Batanes group of islands.
what a coincidence; ka-first name noong reporter yung bagyo, ganoon din
yung asawa ng senador. tatlong HELEN of the Philippines?
ang mga filipino saka lang naman umaaksyon kapag may problema.. in short reactive. let us all be proactive… di na ba tayo na22 sa ondoy.. hoy gising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, nag skul bukol na naman si sotto. nangopya pala ng script sa isang blogger. Di naniniwala sa sinasabi ng doctor na safe ang pills pero bilib na bilib sa isang blogger na di naman doctor… tanga to the max talaga
More photos…
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/08/cleanup_begins_after_massive_f.html