Comments on: Blog Action Day: Postmortems

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:01:53 +0000

So many big words that I had to reread at times to get the gist. I’m glad you guys understand each other. I like the pictures though.

By: Mia

Mia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:00:49 +0000

I beg your pardon, it’s organised by region, so it is easy to look up the relevant organisations. Thank you for posting!

By: Mia

Mia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:57:45 +0000

That list of accredited NGOS is a bit shotgun. It’s very long. Maybe I can try get the pertinent ones from there and make a more concise one

By: Brian_B

Brian_B — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:57:30 +0000

“because anything that is cleared now will be populated by the same people who were removed, as always happened.”

And the 3 billion every year for relocation becomes another major scam.

Manilans are so desperate to remove the blight in their town they’d grab tight to even the most sketchy solution. All they’ll get is more trouble for the same result.

By: Bert

Bert — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:07:24 +0000

“With a population rate of 2%, anything that is cleared now will be populated in the future.”-thenashman

nash, agree. and you will be surprised the future is just a year away.

because anything that is cleared now will be populated by the same people who were removed, as always happened.

By: ayus™

ayus™ — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:16:17 +0000

great post mortem. i hope somebody with influence, power and resource reads it and acts on it real fast.

yes, i wish i could write like this.

By: The Cusp

The Cusp — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:56:51 +0000

The Interagency Committee on Informal Settlers estimates it would cost Php13B a year for ten years to resettle over .5M families from Metro Manila. About 20% of them live in at risk areas which is about Php2.6B a year for environmental migrants. This is a doable thing if we factor in the cost environmental protection as a chunk in the disaster contingency funds.

By: thenashman

thenashman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:49:56 +0000

Hopeless.

With a population rate of 2%, anything that is cleared now will be populated in the future.

Of course, a large percentage of the 100 Million Filipinos would like a house with a river view too.

But I guess it’s good to have a large population, we can build a human chain of sand baggers.

And let us not worry so much. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has no doubt formulated a more powerful oration.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:10:20 +0000

May bagyo na naman, and if LUPIT heads just a little bit more to the south, direct hit Metro-Manila on Wednesday/ Thursday. Over 120Km/hour wind and heavy rains.

By: Brian_B

Brian_B — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:19:52 +0000

“Right-to-bear-arms and owning a gun is a way for families to be able to protect their households against looters.”

I’m sure Filipinos have a right to license arms. The problem is escalation.