Flooded with relief (updated)
October 23, 2009 by mlq3
Filed under Daily Dose
Making the rounds online is an entry titled Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo? (A special report from a volunteer) originally published in ellaganda.com. When I first posted this entry, the site had vanished, but the entry had been preserved in Google’s cache; now the site is back up. Over at the Multiply site of Jenny Epperson you can find the entry reproduced as well.
The entry does not allege that relief goods donated by foreign governments are being pilfered, or have been stolen, or kept in conditions that are destroying the goods. The entry bewails the fact that the DSWD lacks manpower to repack the goods and distribute them. The entry also pointed out imported relief goods remained unopened while volunteers focused on repacking domestically-produced relief goods.
The entry allows the reproduction of photos in the entry so here they are.
First, of goods in the DSWD warehouse:
(unopened, and unused foreign bedding)
(domestically-produced banig, or sleeping mats, which were repacked in DSWD relief packs)
Second, what goes into a standard DSWD relief pack:
Into an aluminum cooking pot goes ten cans of sardines and nine bars of soap (all domestic products);
Plus a towel and a pack of sanitary napkins.
Three rolls of bedding and a blue water jug.
Followed by two banig (sleeping mats).
The whole thing then sewn shut.
According to the entry, in the prescribed manner, the volunteers, in one afternoon, were able to pack 150 sacks of relief goods, which were then dispatched.
The relief good consisted entirely of domestic goods, while imported relief goods remained untouched. As the goods packed were dispatched, more relief goods arrived at the DSWD warehouse.
But this is a far cry from the assumption many seem to be making, that something criminal has actually taken place. Surveying public opinion on Twitter, people seem upset on the following grounds:
1. The lack of a public call for volunteers.
2. Questions over what happens to relief goods, once the emergency passes.
Media’s being urged to swoop down on the DSWD Warehouse at Chapel Road, Pasay City (at the back of the Air Transportation Office, towards NAIA II) and see what’s actually going on.
The only thing the DSWD can be held to account for, at this point, is tardiness when it comes to distributing aid from overseas. Over on Twitter, there’s a claim that the Palace will be holding a relief-repacking event tomorrow, featuring United Nations workers and volunteers. So the only other criticism might be of politicking by means of turning the repacking of relief goods into a photo-op for the Palace.
4:09 PM The best I have been able to find out from my own sources is the following SMS:
Sir according to Dir. Reynes of PMS that there’s an information about the foreign donations and volunteers but not yet confirm. They will have a meeting today with Usec. Oca regarding the matter.
4:58 PM Update is that 150 United Nations people will be going to the Palace at 7 AM tomorrow, to observe relief operations taking place, and possibly help in repacking relief goods already stored at the ground floor of Kalayaan Hall.
The Palace had a problem in that public mistrust of officialdom led to a lukewarm, at best, response to its appeals for donations from the public. At one point, the relief effort going on at the Ateneo de Manila University had to give relief goods to the Palace so that something could be given the volunteers who showed up (and officials and government workers drafted into relief operations) something to do.
The entry also said the following exchange took place between Philippine News and the DSWD Secretary on October 21:
Kahapon, tinanong ng Philippine News si DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral:
Editor of Philippine News: Why are the relief goods in DSWD warehouses not moving?
DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral: Wala kasing volunteers.
This short interview was done over the phone. Philippine News wanted to hear her side pero ayaw niyang makipag-usap sa press. After four tries, pinasabi na lang niya ang maikling sagot na ito sa secretary niya – “Walang volunteers”.
The entry says a cover story in Philippine News is in the works, so let’s see if it appears. Here is the Philippine News story, October 23: Donated goods sitting in DSWD warehouse.
What the DSWD itself has said (reported on October 19) is this, in DSWD vows ‘politico-proof’ distribution of relief goods:
In a radio interview, DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral said her department will handle the food items from the UN, while its personnel will keep watch over the distribution process.
“Hindi po [mga pulitiko ang magre-repack] ng relief goods. Kami ang humahawak at nandodoon ang mga tauhan namin habang dini-distribute ang mga iyon (We will not allow politicos to repack the UN-donated goods. These will go through us and our personnel will be there while the goods are distributed),” Cabral said on dzBB radio.
An initial 100-ton food shipment from the UN World Food Program (WFP) arrived in the country Sunday for victims of cyclones “Ondoy” (Ketsana) and typhoon “Pepeng” (Parma). [See story on UN flash appeal for relief assistance]
WFP country director Stephen Anderson said another 100 tons of biscuits is scheduled to arrive on Oct. 24.
Cabral noted the UN also gave rice for the cyclone victims. But she said that while the UN-donated rice will be included in food packs for victims, it will be placed with other goods in containers with the UN logo.
“May bigas na binigay ang UN sa atin at ito [ay] isasama sa food pack na iba. Nakalagay ang kanilang tatak sa rice pack (The UN gave some rice and we will include it in our food packs. The packs with UN donations will have the UN logos),” she said.
Believe it or not? It depends on where you are in the current zeitgeist.
Postscript, 2 AM Saturday (updated further 2 PM)
In Blog about ‘rotting’ relief goods at DSWD warehouse sparks cyberspace, the DSWD Secretary answered a non-question:
According to her, it is impossible for relief goods to be rotting inside the warehouse as they do not store perishable items. She said the warehouse — a complex of five buildings — only has rice, clothes, non-food items and canned goods.
“Walang nabubulok. Stocks ‘yun na hindi perishable (Nothing is rotting. Those stocks are non-perishable), ” she said.
Cabral also explained the photos circulated from the blog showing towering boxes of relief goods, saying the stockpile in the warehouse stemmed from the outpouring of donations from various individuals and groups at the height of Ondoy and Pepeng.
Cabral said the relief goods would be used in case Typhoon Ramil, which has been forecast to hit Luzon on Sunday, causes another disaster.
She also said they cannot release the relief goods right away since they need to check on the items and make an inventory.
“This takes two to three hours to do,” she said.
“Over the past 24 days, we have already given out 500,000 family food packs, 300,000 clothing packs and several non-food items like mosquito nets, blankets and water containers. We are now distributing 10,000 packs a day,” Cabral added.
The relief goods, per the entry, were figuratively rotting in the warehouse, not actually rotting; and if you notice the entry never mentioned that there were people busily taking down inventory about the shipments; and the volunteer blogged that all they were able to pack amounted to 150 bags of goods. The blogger, ella, says so herself in her response to the manner in which the networks carried the story:
I know what non-perishable goods are. You see, doon tuloy na-focus ang denial ng DSWD, hindi sa santambak na goods. Kakaiba.
On to the next point. Marami akong nabasang comments, posts at kung ano-ano pa, doubting the veracity of my “allegations”. I was there in the warehouse. I presented the pictures. I think I’ve done my part as a concerned citizen.
To the DSWD officials and Ms. Cabral:
The burden of proof is on you. The donors expect that everything they sent be distributed immediately to the intended recipients and not be stored in some warehouse. As government officials, it is your social responsibility to the people.
The article ends with Sec. Cabral denying -or not remembering, anyway- she talked to Philippine News. Here’s a comment posted on blog ni ella by Beting Dolor, October 23, 10:51 PM:
My name is Beting Dolor and I am a columnist and contributing editor for US-based Philippine News. I have been with this paper since 2002.
I was the one who called DSWD four times to try and get their side. I was told that Sec. Cabral was 1) at a meeting, 2) interviewing applicants, 3) in the comfort room, and 4) about to leave for Pampanga.
It was her office secretary who relayed to me her message that there are not enough volunteers.
I wrote my piece for Philippine News because I was disturbed by the relative inaction of the department. The Philippines is under a state of calamity. As such, action is needed now, not tomorrow.
The hundreds of thousands of displaced Filipinos need all the help they can get. They cannot wait.
In times like these, I expect the DSWD to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The DSWD says there are not enough volunteers. I disagree. There are tens of thousands of Filipinos willing to help. The DSWD should have gone to the schools to ask for volunteers. There are countless employees in the private sector willing to help. The DSWD could have asked the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police to help.
I expect the department to take a more pro-active rather than a reactive stance. I expect the secretary to DEMAND that everyone help out. Lest we forget, human lives are at stake.
The victims are dying by the score everyday. It’s in the news.
As for the rotting of the goods, we all know that it is not only food that can rot. So, too, can clothes, canned goods, biscuits, blankets and everything else that can be found in the DSWD warehouses.
Time is of the essence. The food that the DSWD hands out today will be forgotten tomorrow. Believe it or not, the victims still need to eat every day. Three square meals, if possible.
Finally, the hoarding of the relief goods for future calamities does not make sense. We have just undergone the worst calamity in 40 years. Does the DSWD plan to keep those goods for the next four decades?
Distribute them now, not tomorrow, not next week, not next month.
Agreed, Madame Cabral?
This is “Madame” Cabral’s official statement on the matter, see Statement of Dr. Esperanza Cabral on the issue of relief goods in the DSWD Warehouse:
When typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng hit the country, we received and are continuing to receive donations. Our warehouses are indeed full, inspite of the fact that we have distributed 500,000 food packs and 200,000 clothing packs as well as thousands of sacks of rice, blankets, beddings, and items of personal hygiene in the past almost 4 weeks. That is the reason why when asked if we still have enough goods, my constant reply is yes, so far we do, thanks to the many kind-hearted individuals and organizations as well as countries who responded and are still responding to the plight of the typhoon victims.
There are no rotting relief goods in our warehouses as we do not keep perishables there and the relief goods that are there, save for the donated old clothes are quite new since they have been either recently purchased by us or have been just donated.
Our goods are repacked by volunteers who are there because they want to help. But they are volunteers and report when they have time to help us. Sometimes there are two hundred of them and sometimes there are only a dozen. However many or few they are, we appreciate their presence and their assistance. Weekdays are usually quiet but on Saturdays and Sundays, the students, along with others who work Monday to Friday, including our own employees, are there.
Our staff at the warehouse work round the clock even now, making sure that the requests for relief goods are met in a timely manner. They work hard, they work quietly and they work humbly and I feel bad that they have been subjected to public vilification that they do not deserve.
Around the clock!?
Around 11 PM some friends and I went to the DSWD warehouse, just to take a look-see.
The warehouse is located near the NAIA Centennial Terminal (DSWD National Resource Operation Center, Chapel Road, Pasay City, behind the Air Transport Office).
According to Gang Badoy, DSWD Sec. Cabral had agreed to allow her to organize shifts of volunteers to sort and pack relief goods at the DSWD warehouse from Monday to Friday, 3-11 PM.
So at the time we showed up, I was expecting to see things winding down, the last trucks loading or in the process of departing, or people filing home after a tiring day’s work.
There was a white fluffy dog that was awake, and a guard that was asleep; through the gate I could spot part of the open-sided warehouse in the last picture above. Otherwise, everything was sleepy and quiet.
The guard, when he finally woke up, mumbled something about our being at the wrong gate. We asked whether volunteers were coming in, and he said yes, and when asked what time, replied, all the time, but when pressed further said only until 11. He said a few days previously, 200 students from the Philippine Maritime Institute had shown up; and more recently, 50 volunteers had shown up.
Asked how much got packed and shipped out, he declined to guess. And then said if we wanted to know details about volunteering, to go to the other gate.
Here’s how one of my companions related the conversation that night to blogger Bury Me in This Dress:
friend#1: Gusto namin mag volunteer, san kami pupunta?
guard: Ah, punta kayo sa kabilang gate pero wala ng volunteers ngayon, umalis na at kakaalis lang ng 3 truck dala ang relief goods papuntang region 1 and 2.
friend#2: Marami bang volunteers pumunta dito kanina?
guard: Oo, madami.
friend#2: Ano sila? Puro estudyante?
guard: Oo, mga 200 sila.
friend#2: Ano? Mga elementary students ba to? (feigning ignorance at the kind of volunteers that shows up)
guard: Hindi, mga college students to, mga taga-PMI.
friend#2: Anong oras ba nagsisimula at natatapos?
guard: Sa umaga, tapos natatapos kahit anong oras sa gabi.
friend#2: Kahit anong oras? So bakit sabi mo tapos na ngayon at di na pwede mag volunteer?
guard: Nagsisimula minsan sa umaga tapos hanggang alas-9 or 10 or hanggang 11pm.
friend#2: So san nga kami pupunta kung pwede pala hanggang 11pm?
guard: punta kayo sa kabilang gate
The other gate was a big one covered with rust-colored sheet iron and after knocking on it another guard in a sando said that three military trucks full of goods bound for Regions 1 and 2 had left earlier.
But he kept asking why we were asking questions, if we were doing “coverage,” and that he should get clearance first; he said volunteers could show up at 8 AM, even on weekends, but seemed less certain about what time things were supposed to wind down.
Here’s how one of my companions related the conversation to blogger Bury Me in This Dress:
friend#1: Dito kami tinuro ng guard sa kabilang gate para mag volunteer sa relief operations.
guard: Ha? Anong balak nyong gawin? San kayong grupo?
friend#1: Sa RockEd kame. Gusto namin sana makita ang warehouse para sa volunteer work.
guard: Ah balik na lang kayo bukas, kse sarado na ang warehouse.
friend#1: Bakit di pwede tingnan, sabi sa balita na pwede kami mag volunteer kaya nga nandito kami eh tapos sasabihin mo sarado?
guard: Sarado na kse nag lo loading ngayon dun ng relief goods.
friend#1: Eh bakit sinabi mo sarado kung may loading pala nangyayari dun.
guard: Ano ba balak nyo? Di pwede dito ng coverage. Di pwede tumingin lang, kailangan mag volunteer.
friend#1: Sige, pero gusto namin tingnan para lam namin kung pano magbigay ng instructions sa ibang volunteers pero since ayaw mo lang na tumingin kme, mag vovolunteer na din kami ngayon na.
guard: Magbubuhat kayo ng carton?
friend#1: Hindi, magre repack kami.
guard: Bakit gusto nyo lang tingnan?
friend#1: Sinabi na nga namin mag vo volunteer na nga kami kse ayaw mo na tumingin lang kami eh. Lam mo ba na wala kaming problema na makita ang relief goods sa red cross at sa abs-cbn kahit late na ng gabi? Sikreto ba ang location ng sardinas?
guard: (already pissed off) Bakit paulit-ulit ang sinasabi mo?
friend#1: Bakit nga? Anong problema talga? Talgang sikreto nga ang taguan ng sardinas?
guard: akin na ID mo.
friend#1: eto.
guard: (went away for a few minutes and returned with the ID)
friend#1: So ano?
guard: Balik na lang kayo bukas ng umaga.
friend#1: Anong oras ba talga relief ops dito? Meron ba kanina?
guard: Oo meron, mga 50 lang na estudyante.
friend#2: 50 lang? Pano sila makaka repack ng marami para sa 3 trucks?
guard: (irked again, maybe he was irked of how stupid his answers were.) Bukas na lang kayo bumalik kse walang advise sa amin sa ganitong oras ng pag volunteer.
friend#1: Eh bakit sabi sa amin ng isang guard minsan hanggang 11pm or hanggang gabi talga ang repacking? Anong oras ba talga nagsisimula at natatapos?
guard: basta bukas sa umaga tapos hanggang hapon o gabi.
friend#1: anong pangalan mo?
guard: bukas na lang.
friend#1: Bakit ayaw mo ibigay pangalan mo? Di ba sa gobyerno ka nagtratrabaho? Kinuha mo ID ko, alam mo pangalan ko tapos ayaw mo ibigay pangalan mo sa akin?
guard: (hesitated and stalled) Jay Lou Sadaya
friend#1: Jay Lou Sadaya? Jay Lou Sadaya?
guard: (nodding)
friend#2: sige babalik kami bukas.
One thing’s certain: the place is not a beehive of activity, even in what is an ongoing emergency with areas still needing relief.
If there hadn’t been the blog entry and pictures that provoked so much indignation, the public would never have been alerted to the -apparently- great and pressing need of the DSWD for “volunteers,” something the state media and all media could have amplified if a call had been made.
I asked a senior Red Cross official what their protocols are concerning foreign aid shipments.
My Red Cross source said upon receipt of inventory, the packages are opened, to check their contents, make a preliminary allocation of the contents based on the Red Cross’ protocols for sending relief (there are different stages of relief: the first round, for survival, and subsequent rounds for more sustained relief), the contents are therefore unpacked and resorted and repacked in combination with other items, and then dispatched as requests from various chapters and localities come in.No effort is made to “conserve” one kind of donation in favor of using up another.
An editor I talked to reminded me of past practices in the Visayas some years back when government officials set aside imported canned food, and sent domestic items only as relief, in some cases the domestic items sent were past their shelf life.
At this point I think it’s safe to say that the DSWD was caught:
1. Reacting slowly to an ongoing emergency;
2. Trying to blame the public -the “lack of volunteers”- for not getting its (the DSWD’s) job done (within hours of the story gaining wide readership on the Internet, guess who Tweets an appeal for volunteers);
3. Trying to reassure the public by means of press releases saying they’re “working around the clock” when the only thing awake tonight was a fluffy white dog.
Gang Badoy on her Multiply site lists ways you can help to do the DSWD’s job for it.
Here is the DSWD’s official list of donations received, last updated September 27, 2009. Note that the donations from the Kingdom of Jordan and the US Peace Corps, for example, are classified as “for monetization,” which I guess means they cannot be dispatched until their value has been calculated.
Here is the DSWD’s official list of donations sent out, last updated October 22, 2009.
You’ll notice a lot was sent to the Palace (recall early on it had to ask for relief goods from Ateneo de Manila University to keep operations going):
DSWD Disbursements to Malacanan
For affected personnel of the government or released to specific officials (Secretary Bello, Reps. Puno, Ermita-Buhain, Abayon, Antonino, Arquiza, Crisologo, Pizarro, and Senator Revilla, a certain Atty. Maramba and the Vice-President:
DSWD Disbursements to Officials
And here is a list of institutional donations, including international agencies, foreign governments, and large corporations; the items should be easily cross-referenced with the official list of disbursements; a spot check of some, e.g. bananas and Coca-Cola, suggests most items should be trackable based on donations received and goods sent out.
Institutional Donations to DSWD
You can help correlate the DSWD’s list of items received, with items sent out, by helping with this Google Doc. By correlating the two, we can figure out: What items have been sent out, and to where, and which items have not.
Update Sunday 12:09 AM
From Deviliscious’ Blog, this entry which ties all of the above together, worth quoting extensively:
I just want to share my experience at the DSWD to shed some light into the DSWD controversy because I had enough of the online speculation and just wanted to go there and see it for myself and volunteer to help.
When I got there I looked for Miss Fabian who’s managing the warehouse for DSWD. She informed me that they no longer need volunteers for the weekend because they have too many. So I asked about UNICEF and they exclaimed that I could help there. UNICEF needs volunteers.
So I met with Ensha of UNICEF, some volunteers from Don Bosco and Jordan, a volunteer from Boston. We were about 15. After about an hour, my fellow volunteers from Red Cross, including Geraldine Repollo, who’s managing Rizal chapter, followed and relieved the students from Don Bosco. We were still about 15.
There are 5 (if my memory doesn’t fail me this time) huge warehouses. 1 warehouse housed the goods from UNICEF. The rest housed rice and other food stuff. The UNICEF goods are packed as starter packs for those families who have been relocated due to the floods. A starter pack consists of cooking pot stuffed with towels, bath soap, laundry detergent, water jug stuffed with 4 blankets, 2 plastic mats. These are then picked up by trucks and supposed to be delivered to the relocation centers. The rest of the warehouses pack food and snack packs, as far as I know because I did not actually pack one. Distribution is centralized through DSWD.
Those are the facts as I’ve seen them.
The blog that started it all, after checking the posted pics and what I actually saw, referred to the UNICEF warehouse. Is there corruption? I don’t think there is. At least not at the warehouse packing stages. Ensha and the volunteers seem intent only on the job at hand. (Bless you guys!)Security seems strict and I see no signs of pilferage. I’m not sure what happens after the goods leave the warehouse. I just hope they get to their supposed destinations. Someone needs to check on that.
Is there intentional hoarding? I don’t think there is either.
Goods are just moving slow. I posit 2 reasons:
1. There are not enough volunteers. Ms. Fabian says that on weekdays they only get around 40 volunteers. When I came there, there were not more than 15 working on a Saturday even when I posted on my FB page with my 1800 “FB friends”, several FB groups totaling around 400 members, twittered it, and SMSed to 20 buddies. 15/2000 is not a good ratio. Gang, I hope you are more successful. No volunteers.
2. Limits set by the management. When I was told that DSWD is no longer accepting volunteers for the weekend because there were already a lot of volunteers from UPS. I don’t have the exact count but I saw several hundreds. However, after 2 hours of work, I noticed that the other warehouses were empty. I strongly think the 5 huge warehouses could accomodate and harness at least 1000 per warehouse. When we were repacking at Red Cross Rizal in a 40sqm room, we had 600 volunteers at some points and managed to release 1000-2000 packs per mission and we ran several missions per day. The DSWD warehouses should be able to improve their output. They could run 24/7 on continous shifts when volunteers and managers (from DSWD, UNICEF, or volunteers) running the packing lines. In business, we call this a good problem. It is a scale problem.
My recommendations:
- Train more packing line managers from staff and volunteers.
- Run the lines as a 24/7 operation with your trained line managers.
- Make the schedules public. Use social media, the internet, radio, whatever. (I know of some who volunteered but returned home when they were told they need no more volunteers. If I, myself, [emphasis mine] did not ask for UNICEF, the peeps at the DSWD office wouldn’t have volunteered the info. Clearly, we have communication problem here.)
- Get more volunteers.
Those are my recommendations to the people in charge of the warehouses.
From the above then, it’s safe to conclude the following:
1. There isn’t, hasn’t been, and there’s no reason to suspect, will be, pilfering/stealing of relief goods. Most accounts have been careful to avoid any such insinuations; if you go through the documents, as I’ve begun to do, it’s safe to say the government is trying its best to be transparent about what’s received and sent out. One problem is the (necessary) bureaucratic nature of things (having to assign a monetary value to donated goods, for example); another is receiving goods in one kind of quantity (per box) and doling them out in another (per piece): unless, from the very start, a standard unit is assigned from receipt to disbursement, it makes for a messy inventory system. Messy inventory systems do not inspire public confidence, but it’s not proof of anything other than a sloppy system.
2. The DSWD, dependent on volunteers, lacks them. A public fuss led to appeals for volunteers. Sometimes, even those willing to help can’t help because of scheduling/management snafus. This brings up a policy question: the President has the power to compel the attendance of the necessary manpower or hire necessary manpower to get the job done.
3. The goods are moving slowly. This is the main cause of the public fuss.
Final update Sunday 1:31PM
Blogger Delivilicious posts YouTube video of his visit:
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Peejay on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 4:35 pm
Sitting pretty, keeping quiet, knowing full well that those relief goods are direly needed by so many typhoon victims…smells like rotten fish to me.
Makabayan on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 4:36 pm
anak ng teteng! what a lame excuse! nagkalat po ang mga NGOs na nagre-repack ng relief goods. kung hindi nila kaya, dapat ipasa nila ang mga relief goods sa mga NGOs na direktang tumutulong sa mga nasalanta.
im sure mapupunta na naman yan sa election campaign. isang supot ng relief kapalit ng boto mo. LOL! Fuckin’ Philippine politics! nagpapakahirap kami overseas at laging handang tumulong tapos ganyan? never na ko magdo-donate!
Rico on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 4:36 pm
Ang tanong po kasi eh bakit walang tao doon. So many people are in dire need of immediate help. Ang daming namamatay, nagkakasakit at nagugutom. It leaves the impression that the DSWD is “saving” these goods for something. Bakit yung NGOs ang bilis kumilos?
raul on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 5:07 pm
sign up here if you want to volunteer:
http://vrplus.dswd.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
William Regacho on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 5:34 pm
Why don’t they just give the task to ABS-CBN..it’s efficient and transparent..It’s really hurting those who are giving and those that need those reliefs..
Fig on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 5:44 pm
Please confirm this repost: The power of expose — DSWD apparently needs volunteers now. Contact Ms. Fabian (Head of the National Resource Operations Center) at 8528081.
Carl on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 6:04 pm
“Ondoy”, “Pepeng” and now, “Ramil”. Will the 3rd be the charm?
mirriam on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 6:43 pm
at bakit naka-hiwalay ang mga imported goods? bawal ba ipamigay ang mga imported na relief goods tulad ng coleman sa mga “hampas-lupa” nating kababayan?
S.A. on Fri, 23rd Oct 2009 11:53 pm
What they’ll do with the imported relief goods? Sell them? Or for display just like what some of my relatives used to do when they get PX goodies during the days of US bases? Whatever it is, it’s disappointing to hear about wastage.
To those who hoard the imported stuff — just give it to the needy NOW.
TheNashman on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:22 am
SOP ng corrupt DSWD officials yan.
In 1990 during the Baguio earthquake, imported goods were switched with local goods.
The imported goods then flooded the black market.
Brian_B on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:27 am
It’s relief goods from DONATIONS, not from DSWD, and they are specific to ONDOY and Pepeng victims. As far as I know donors have a right to say where their donations should be going. These donations were not made to DSWD but to the victims.
“Believe it or not? It depends on where you are in current zeitgeist.”
No, what this is is government not keeping up to the times and to the Zeitgeist. MLQ3, there is no such thing as left or right of the zeitgeist. Either you’re on it or not. The corrupt have been doing this to relief goods since the time I became a conscious human being. They do this on the barangay level, municipal level and now here we are. What the government has failed to understand is that we all have cellphone cameras now, and blogs and twitter and facebook. They also didn’t realize the emotion involved in this disaster from all walks of life. Ondoy wasn’t just a regular calamity. It woke up sleepers.
BrianB on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:29 am
Bakit kaya moderated ako?
supremo on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:56 am
You would think that after several decades of existence DSWD would have come up with a better way to distribute relief goods. Why not pack relief goods during the summer so they’re ready when the typhoon season comes?
mlq3 on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 2:32 am
No idea, Brian, was that way when I got home. You’re right, though, see my update.
beth on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 2:56 am
Christmas season is around the corner. Wouldn’t hurt if the goods will be used as Christmas gifts as an act of early vote buying. Of course, cash gift to follow near election time.
amor balagtas on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 2:59 am
bakit panay supot ng noodle at bigas ang pinamimigay. bakit walang kaserola, kumot, mga water containers na nakita kong nakatambak? Aanhin nila yun?
Gang Badoy on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:16 am
You can find info on HOW TO HELP the DSWD deploy relief on this site:
INFO ON HOW TO HELP MOVE THE RELIEF SUPPLIES STOCKPILED AT THE DSWD WAREHOUSE TO BGYS. —-> http://bit.ly/RX0vw / RT
Paul "The Pageman" Pajo on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:30 am
I think Gang Badoy of RockEd just got a breakthrough
mlq3 on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:33 am
it was damage control.
rhona on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:35 am
I keep thinking about the comment Sec.Cabral (if my memory serves me right) said about the noodles coming out of the ears of the evacuees. If the sardines in these pictures were distributed pronto maybe there won’t be noodles coming out of the evacuees’ ears
Max on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:35 am
Punyeta, ibigay nila sa private groups/NGOs, sa GMA kapuso, or sa Kapamilya or kahit saan man wag lng sa punyetan gobyerno ng pinas and let them take care of it. wala mngyayari sa mga relief na yan pag pinabyaan nati sa kamay ng walng kwentang gobyerno natin! Nanakawin and pagiintrest-san lng mga mga magnanakaw at mga walng kwentang tao sa gpobyerno ng pilipinas!!!! tangena talga!
Mike H on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:37 am
As Nashman says :
Gawain talaga iyan ng corrupt DSWD officials. Imported goods were switched with local goods.
The imported goods then flood the black market.
mike cohen on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:51 am
Thanks Manolo for following it up and going there to look and see for yourself… you truly deserve the title of your show the explainer on ANC.
I see several news organizations have picked up the story already, I think this thing might sadly affect the efforts
to get aid out to those in need.
Anyhow, very well done on the report and information as always.
cheers
Mike Cohen
ps I remember Dinky Soliman at times like this, shes missed by a lot of journalists like me for at least having the decency to answer or reply to calls or SMS.
BrianB on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:33 am
To Rock Ed,
Ha ha, walang pang-Chrstmas mga kurakot pag nagkataon.
Nash, ibang relief goods galing abroad ginagawang Ukay Ukay. Dapat na report na ito matagal na.
BrianB on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:50 am
The person who broke this–Maganda-something–is another hero of these times. The people-in-government are the enemy, let’s not forget. Next time we won’t be so amenable to their proposals–dadaan sa DSWD daw muna. Never again. We’ve seen the newscasts of people desperately waiting for food, flooded areas with 100-peso transportation for the poor people. This kind of callousness borders on insanity.
d0d0ng on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:54 am
Itago muna yung corned beef. Labas lahat ng sardinas.
myepinoy on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:34 am
My guess is that these goods will be going to the residents of the favorite district.
If not, in all probability these will go to the admin tongressmen,mayors, brangay captains for the coming elections.
now that we know what’s inside that bodega, we might as well be vigilant where these items will be given or perhaps be sold.
If i am not mistaken, the red cross package had the same “imported” kaldero, kumot and other assorted items inside the relief goods they distributed.
CViado on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:17 am
the goods that were donated were specifically intended for the victims of ondoy and pepeng typhoons. so let the victims have them!!!
they are not for those that will be hit by typhoon ramil. if needed, we can always donate again for those who will be affected by the new typhoon (ramil). BUT NOW I’M SURE THAT WHATEVER DONATION I HAVE, I WILL COURSE THROUGH A PRIVATE FOUNDATION AND NOT AND I MEAN NOT THROUGH GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS to make sure that my donation will be received by the people asap.
T. / Bayanihan Online on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:47 am
Hi Manolo, we tried making a timeline of the events as it happened yesterday in the internet: http://ping.fm/vgz5d (other items in the post were previously collated info re: other red tape/gov’t incidents).
Lisa on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:59 am
What can they say about the news that all they gave the miners who dug out their fellow miners was one lousy sack of rice? SHAME on DSWD. Di na sila mahiya sa balat nila. We the people gave so much and dedicated countless hours, working well into the night to distribute relief goods and they are letting all those go to waste. Every day is a day too late. Help when it actually matters. Jeez.
elena on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:36 am
at least, when the typhoon victims die in hunger and sickness, they will be clean enough when they go to heaven. with the number of soaps given to them, yup! i think that’s how DSWD’s fucking brain works.
let cabral eat all the food left in DSWD’s 4 warehouses so she can die and go to hell!
acheronsdarkhunter on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:38 am
why are they doing that? arent they’re greedy enough to fill their own mouths? and not to give that to the needy a lot of Filipino people are needing that foods and accept it or not the country or those flood victims is still striving on how to live their life and to survive.arent those people doesnt have heart? everytime i read these kind of situation i burst out into thirst becuase i feel so bad that why there are people or should i say goverment officials being greedy,Do they have conscience?,are you not seeing the Filipino people,can’t you fill their needs? we dont have to be selfish now not EVER! we must extend a helping hand to make this country a progressive one.
Erick A. Fabian Sr. on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:14 am
Sir MLQ3, point taken. Even so, DSWD’s ‘tardiness’ will still cost lives. It’s the seemingly ‘little things’ that count the most. Regardless of whether DSWD is just being tardy and trapped by bureaucratic red tape, it will still be their fault if the relief goods do not get to the victims as soon as possible. Otherwise, they might as well drop the ‘Social Welfare’ from their name and replace it with ‘Our Own Welfare’, which will be more apt.
olrayt on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:26 am
teka’t iinom ulit ako ng para sa high blood
LovelySoul on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:10 am
This news is quite disturbing. The thought that USA (Americans) responded within 2 days from the day Ondoy hit Manila with plane load of goods, like water, food, warm blankets, water purifying machines only to be kept in a warehouse in Manila. Now, after almost a month, the Secretary of Philippine Social Work is still debating that she needed volunteers to REPACK or take inventory of the goods. This is an outrage. Take those goods in a church yard and start handing them out to the needy, displaced family who are in dire situation. Cut the crap. Also, Pres. Barack Obama sent U.S.$1.8 million dollars. I wonder what happen to those money?
mae on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:19 am
Pang election na nga lang talaga to since hindi naman tumama si Ramil! Congrats DSWD, and galing ng stategy nyo!
mae on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:30 am
Nanghinayan sa Coleman Mats, plastic banig lang ba ang bagay sa victims?
firebrand on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:30 am
ARE THEY KEEPING THOSE GOODS FOR THE MAY 2010 ELECTION DOLEOUTS? RESIGN NOW SEC. CABRAL. LET RED CROSS TAKE OVER RELIEF OPERATIONS.
LovelySoul on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:43 am
O.K. Ramil veered away and did not do any damage, so what is the next excuse of Esperanza Cabral? She needs more time to INVENTORY? Why, those are donations for the sole purpose of being given away asap. As far as volunteers, what is the Philippine Army or military doing? This is a time of National Emergency, why can’t they be deployed to assist in distribution. Where is the President, how come she is not involved in this tragic events?
Repacking, do you mean by giving away only the local poor quality goods and to make sure Stateside goods are not given away?? And kept until the need is no longer apparent? Then, who gets those goods from United States of America and other generous countries? Once again, the poor and disenfranchised are victimized twice. Once by strong typhoon Ondoy and the greedy fangs of Philippine government bureaucracy. God will be watching for the lest of His children.
browneyedgirl on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:50 am
nakakahiya tayo sa international community. once other countries get wind of this, who is going to even want to help us out when the next calamity comes? and to think that other foreign countries have been extremely and overwhelmingly generous with their donations. nakakahiya talaga.
LovelySoul on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:21 pm
I am a full time American student but when I heard of this awful calamity, I pulled my credit card and donated large sum of dollars to the Philippine Red Cross thinking that it will reach a needy family in Manila, especially the children. Now, I saw how callous the Philippine gov’t is, the lack of compassion, the absence of common human decency will make me think twice next time that this country is hit by a tragedy. It has been a month. How incompetent?
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:37 pm
Eto lang ha…
“We would like to assure all of you that the relief goods will reach the intended beneficiaries as they become necessary and will be used only to assist them. However, the relief goods don’t all go out at the same time and an empty warehouse is not proof that the goods were used properly just as a full warehouse is not evidence that the goods are being hoarded. If you visit our website http://www.dswd.gov.ph you will find updates on our activities related to typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. It includes an updated list of donations received and goods released from the DSWD warehouse.”
DONATIONS RECEIVED:
http://202.57.48.199/ondoy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=71
Check out the last day it was updated >>> Oct. 17!!!!
NROC Summary of Releases
http://202.57.48.199/ondoy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=73
Last set of relief goods sent out: Oct. 22. CHECK OUT THE ITEMS and let’s do the math here.
Sa gabundok na dami ng supplies sa warehouse, un lang bah nailalabas nila kada araw? “Volunteers are welcome” – yet based on feedback, volunteers who call their hotline get passed from one person/dept to another. Walang sistema ba toh!? (Sounds familiar).
So now – it’s PEOPLE POWER via INTERNET this time. Kudos to Miss Gang for taking the lead.
http://gangbadoy.multiply.com/journal/item/416
PS: 34wks4days preggy with twins ako… BUT it won’t stop me from doing my part in vigilantly monitoring THIS issue… It’s the least that I can do.
Ron on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 1:46 pm
My blood pressure is rising again. Corrupt to the bones talaga tong si Nanay Gloria at ang kanyang mga alipores. Like mother like daughters.
Anyway you can also find two original stories below about corruption in our country. In fact I am losing my job because of the blog I made.
http://diskorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-to-donate.html
http://diskorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/living-with-crocs.html
Ipalaganap ang kabutihan at kaalaman sa lipunan. We need to open the eyes of our people.Please don’t hesitate to share stories like Ella’s.
Thank you.
Jes on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 2:32 pm
This problem started when GMA required all foreign donations to go through DSWD. It’s an inefficient system! Now that media’s attention is on DSWD, siyempre the warehouses will become busy for a few days. Pagkatapos?
mlq3 on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:18 pm
peaches, thanks for links. am also going through them, administratyion allies are getting goods, the rest go through the bureaucracy. also, don’t have time right now but a cursory look of donations received suggests many foreign donations really are still at the warehouse.
mlq3 on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:19 pm
d0d0ng actually tingnan mo official lists ng DSWD mismo -hindi nga lumalabas sa warehouse yung karne norte.
BlocC9 on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:23 pm
here is the Philippine News article written by Beting Laygo Dolor
http://philippinenews.com/article.php?id=5380&catId=1
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:33 pm
You’re welcome, Sir. Let’s just hope that something comes out of RockEd’s and other volunteers signing up and so on. I’ve already requested Miss Gang to provide updates. What we need, moving forward, is make everything related to the action we’re doing, and what DSWD is doing, transparent. di po ba? Thanks for updating your blog. Mapapaanak ako ng di oras sa mga nakikita at nababasa ko eh! LOL… Please continue to keep us posted… Thanks!
Ellen on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:40 pm
I really feel uncomfortable reading this page. I believe that this thing really happens because it reflects what kind of government the Philippines has. Wala nang malasakit, wala pang paki-alam. They became numb of what the ailing Filipinos are suffering. Thanks so much for this post. I just hope that everyone who reads it will share it so that many fb friends will be able to know what’s going on. People power in the net…God bless the Philippines…
pallas athina on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:50 pm
sana hindi lang sa kasong ganito mangyari ang pag-eexpose sa kabulukan ng ating gobyerno. dahil sa proliferation ng cellfone, blogs, facebook, tweets, etc. madali ng ipakalat at ipakita sa lahat ang mga korap na gawi ng ating mga opisyal. sana himayin din natin at i-expose ang mga ginagawa ng mga local officials, governors, congressmen: ex., kung ano na ang developments na naipatupad nila sa kani-kanilang lugar, kung ano ang pinuntahan ng pork barrel na nakukuha nila, kung ito ba ay nagastos for infrastructures and/or naitulong para mapaunlad ang kani-kanilang bayan/probinsya o napunta lang sa sariling bulsa. sana mai-expose ang mga opisyales na gahaman at ginagamit lang pansarili ang pera ng bayan (i-expose ang mga korap opisyal na ngayon ay mala-palasyo ang bahay, nagpapa-aral ng anak sa iba’t-ibang bansa, may mga mistresses, etc.).
sana magpatuloy ang ganitong “peaceful rebolusyon” at maimulat ang mga pilipino at aksyunan ang kabulukan ng ating mga politiko at tao sa gobyerno.
SIlent Waters on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 3:59 pm
Simple lang naman ito..kung talagang concerned kayo, eh di dapat kayo na ang mag-volunteer. Ang dami kasing sinasabi. Action na lang at puntahan upang mag repack at masiguardong mapadala sa dapt puntahan ang relief goods.
Ang pinoy talaga…puro salita kasi…
Fatima on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:00 pm
Thank you for verifying what Ella already exposed on her blog. This gives her journal entry the needed credibility that the DSWD secretary is trying to downplay.
Will be reposting this in my Facebook.
sparesoul on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:13 pm
Ang masasabi ko lang, ititinda yon ni CABRAL sa ALABANG this coming holiday, imported nga naman kaya madlaing mabebenta, GROW UP ESPERANZA CABRAL tanda mong walang tinandaan.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:17 pm
@Silent Waters: In case you’ve missed on “hot it started”, courtesy of Ms. Gang’s blog – pleaser track back and read here:
Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo? (A special report from a volunteer)
http://www.ellaganda.com/?p=1759
Followed by re-post when Ella’s blog was unavailable -
Important info from a volunteer’s blog
http://gangbadoy.multiply.com/journal/item/415/Important_info_from_a_now-blocked_blog
NOTE: Abashet’s blog was posted in FB. I was one of the recipient’s and have followed through, searching for articles, press release from DSWD. Other PINOYS here and abroad have ALSO followed through – and WE ALL KNOW – what you said, “Ang pinoy talaga…puro salita kasi…” is a remark of someone who is not well-informed (to put it mildly).
WORD OF ADVICE: Before you comment, read it through, follow up, do your own research, then comment.
Kaya nga umaalma mga Pinoy na tulad namin is dahil sa likod ng pusong maglinkod sa bayan (by volunteering), DSWD has DENIED us this right. WHY? Eh basahin mo nalang yung content ng blog na eto, at iba pa. OK?
Peace.
Weeping Demon on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:24 pm
pagsamasamahin na lahat ng government officials at sunugin!
Arni on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 4:51 pm
Can I repost this? Everybody should know about this! It disggusts me, really, how can they do that? Oo nga naman – (sing with me) Following the Leader, the leader, the leader…
ALMS ALMS on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:06 pm
http://upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/10/13/relief_aid_to_philippines_indiscreetly_spent/1799/
The government shamelessly BEGS from other countries for help. Once the help arrives, they lose the “brain capacity” to handle it properly. NAKAKAHIYA ANG GOBYERNO NG PILIPINAS. Tama na ang katangahan. Tinalo pa ng NGO ang gobyerno.
ALMS ALMS on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:12 pm
Also, I don’t believe that there were no volunteers. There were surplus of volunteers in different universities that were being sent home coz there weren’t enough donations in their respective universities. Bakit hindi nagtawag ang DSWD? Doesn’t the government have access to the media??
asar on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:16 pm
hay, nakakainis! crap talaga yang c secretary cabral na yan. kung alam naman nila na madami pang dadating na donations, dapat ipamigay na nila yung anjan na. paano naman natin masisiguro na yung nirerepack sa malacanang yung galing sa dswd? baka mamaya andun pa rin yung mga goods na nakuhanan ng picture kasi hindi naman cla nagpapapasok ng media sa warehouse nila. i-donate na lang kasi nila sa abs-cbn or sa gma. hindi naman pala nila kaya yung trabaho nila!
Eileen Arboleda-Orbeta on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:20 pm
… Bakit ganon? Alam na ng Pangulo kung gaano na kabasa ang papel nya sa masa pero parang wala siyang paki-alam… DSWD fiasco was in the ‘hot’news pero nananahimik pa rin siya. O baka naman siya talaga ang nag-utos kay Commissioner Cabral na hwag munang ipalabas ang mga relief goods. Hindi niya akalain na merong concerned citizens na magfa follow-up tungkol dito. Papano kung hindi ito nailabas sa internet o media. Hanggang kailan sana nila ito itatago? Papaano magkakaroon ng pagbabago sa Pilipinas kung ang presidente mismo ng ating bansa ay hindi pa rin nagbabago. Nakakawalang gana na talaga!
UK resident on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:51 pm
you’re all bloody right, mate! Sunugin ang mga kurakot sa gobyerno at please, please don’t vote those bloody kurakot politicians and don’t follow them….
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:51 pm
kayo naman,,,,dati na naman gawain yan . nagtataka pa kayo. elections next year.so ano pa magandang pamigay…..saka ng nailabas na yung blog saka lang humingi ng tulong??????????hmmmmmang lansa ng amoy a.sana imbestigahan nyo rin yung pina pa rent na dumptrucks ng head ng agency na in charge sa disaster…magkano kaya nya pinapa rent yung mga trucks nya? 300%? 400? e tatakbo pa yata…..i think what this B**CH in malacanang does not realize is that the situation 10 years ago is way very different from now where almost all filipinos are internet savvy na….cellphones have lost or decreased their primacy in info dissemination. all the more reason why thir antiquated ways of fooling the public will not work any more. i just hope that the rest of the filipino people will be wiser now!!!!!!!!!!!
cookie c. on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:53 pm
Galing nyo GangBadoy.. kahangahanga kayo! Yan ang tunay na pinoy, marunong mgmahal at may malasakit sa kanyang kapwa, lalo na sa mga kawawang kababayan natin.. If not for your vigilance & your civic-consciousness, this valuable expose’ would not have been out in the open.. No one would ever know what the hell is going on inside that well-guarded dswd compound.. Thanks for all these.. You took the risks, and it’s all worth it!!! Now they’re on their toes, hopefully that is!
At sa mga ‘tangnang gobyernong ito’, mga masasamang budhi at ‘halang ang kaluluwa’ nyo!!! How dare you keep and store the relief goods meant for our unfortunate kababayans/typhoon victims for your selfish ends and vested interests?!! Pihado gagamitin sa eleksyon, as in tatakan ng ‘tulong ni gma’, kapalit ng boto.. Ano ba yan, napakabano ba nating mga pinoy para di malaman ang motibo nyo?.. Kaya let’s all be smarter & be wiser this time.. mga kababayan, wag ibenta ang ‘boto’.. it’s not for sale!!!
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:58 pm
i think you people need to get a life. i can’t believe how gullible and easily impressionable some of you guys are. its so obvious that you’re all so blinded by your own previous experiences and can’t even see past the fact that the DSWD is probably your last bastion in good government. if you feel you can do better, why don’t you just go down to the distribution center and work instead of wasting everyone’s time with your whining. you want your donations to go where you want them to go? go ahead and do it yourselves… you think ABS-CBN has no political gain in all this? all i hear is how ABS-CBN is so good and efficient. maybe we should just have ABS-CBN run our government so that when the shit hits the fan you can blame them instead. its easy to be a monday morning quarterback, sitting in your homes, all nice and comfy and just say whatever you want without regard for slander, blasphemy or even considering just plain old decency. these people at the DSWD work day and night, while you sit on your couch thinking of how else to insult these people and spread disparaging remarks, you think showing pictures of one warehouse is the entire story. these people serve the entire country! i dare any of you to work as hard as these people have worked that for < than 10 dollars a day, have to wade through flood waters just to give relief goods to those who need them. our good people in government deserve better than you, our country deserves better than the so called efforts you people have put into this situation, what with the time you have wasted writing on these blogs, time which may have been better used doing something productive.
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:58 pm
WILL SOMEBODY JUST GIVE ME OR LEND ME A Barrett M82A1 with AN/PVS-10 day/night optic. I PROMISE YOU I WILL PERSONALLY END THE PROBLEMS OF OUR COUNTRY( AND ACTUALLY , OUR PROBLEMS ARE THESE POLITICIANS)
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:09 pm
BERNARD, GO FUCK YOURSELF. Take your Barrett M82A1 with AN/PVS-10 day/night optic, stick it your mouth. THEN PULL THE FUCKING TRIGGER. People like you are all talk. Lets see you put your money where your mouth is. Show up at Malacanang and as you said… end our country’s problems
pepe on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:11 pm
di na ba marunong mahiya ang gobyerno natin?ultimo mga foreign donors at mga pinoys abroad nagbibigay na tapos ganun lang ginagawa ng mga departments na dapat mag-asikaso.MAAWA NAMAN KAYO SA MGA BIKTIMA!!!!MAHIYA KAYO SA MGA DONORS!!!!INUUNA PA NINYO ANG ELECTION NEXT YEAR!!!!NEXT YEAR PA IYON!!!! TAMAAN SANA KAYO NG KIDLAT AT MAHULOG KAYO SA BALON NA MAY KUMUKULONG ASUPRE!!!!
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:11 pm
I DO NOT SEE DSWD EMPLOYEES WORKING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST SEE SOMEONE TRYING TO HOARD DONATION SO I THINK, YOU, TOM GRACE ARE THE ONE WHO IS GULLIBLE . AND YES THE TV CHANNELS BENEFITTED ON THE SLY HERE. BUT THEY ARE A BUSINESSS. THE GOVERNMENT ON THE OTHER HAND WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HELP US AND PROTECT US IS THE ONE WHO STABBED US IN THE BACK AND CONTINUES TO TWIST IT.. AND I AM A DOCTOR…LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THE DSWD AND RELIEF WORK. IN ONE VOLUNTEER WORK I DID FOR THEM FOR FREE ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER ON THAT WE, THE FREE VOLUNTEER DOCTORS, WHERE SUPPOSED TO GET A MODERATE AMOUNT FOR OUR EFFORT. BUT OF COURSE WE DID NOT GET ANY… SINO KAYA NAKAKUHA NUNG PERA NA PARA SA AMIN?????HMMMM? AND WHAT ABOUT THE TRUCKS OF THIS CERTAIN PRESIDENTIABLE BEING RENTED OUT FOR AS MUCH AS 300% MORE THAN THE USUAL PRICE…… ALAM MO TOM GRACE IN THE MONTH AFTER THE STORM I HAVE BEEN IN 5 MED MISSIONS FOR FREE!!! ANO KAYA MARARAMDAMAN KO WHEN I READ THIS SHENANIGAN AND YOUR REPLY……..AND THE PEOPLE DOING THESE BLOGS ARE DOING MORE IMPORTANT WORK THAN YOU. THEY ARE ALERTING US TO SOMETHING THAT IS CONSUMING US….SO PLEASE STUDY FIRST THE SITUATION BEFORE YOU SHOOT YOUR MOUTH OFF!!!!!!!!!!
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:14 pm
http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/PinoyBuzz/rotting-relief-goods-in-dswd-wareho.htm
Has this guy been following the issue, at all?!?!
If he does – he needs to do HIS OWN investigation! (journalist ka pa man din…)
Author quotes one of FB users: Carlos Celdran’s reply to the comments drove home a good point and I think it is the proper way of dealing with stories of a scandalous sort, “I want to know both sides before i judge. I have spread stuff before that was not confirmed and i lived to regret it. Dont want to repost until i see a clear picture.”
Kung masipag silang mag-post ng comment, feedback, etc – dapat sana masipag din nilang himayin yung binabasa nila.
Question is: What was CLEAR about Cabral’s reply to Ella’s blog”
Eto kasi un eh… Ella’s Blog was only a catalyst to this surge of reactions to the government’s @4#@&*^$ bureaucracy. Madami ng press release si Cabral about the skepticism thrown at them about the relief goods and cash donations received for the Ondoy and Pepeng victims, even BEFORE the Ella blog –
BACKTRACK LANG HA.. Sensya na… I searched in Google using these keywords: “cabral dswd relief goods”. Here are just a few of relevant news I found – madami kasi eh. Basta search lang kayo when you have the time…
>> Cabral clarifies DSWD ‘repacking’ (Oct 6)
(http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091006-228589/Cabral-clarifies-DSWD-repacking)
I quote: “We are pleased to invite the Inquirer to visit the NROC where volunteers from different sectors assist in the repacking of relief goods”
Comment ko lang: Cguro the first couple of weeks after the Ondoy/Pepeng onslaught, pwede pa investigate laman ng warehouse.. kasi nga naman, may mga volunteers (see the DSWD Volunteers’ list)
>> Donations at DSWD relief goods storage facility all accounted for — NROC – Thursday, 15 October 2009
(http://www.filipinoexpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:donations-at-dswd-relief-goods-storage-facility-all-accounted-for-nroc&catid=15:latest-news&Itemid=153)
I quote: “Cabral earlier assured that all donors and all relief goods and cash donations earmarked for the victims of typhoon “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” are going to their intended beneficiaries.”
>> DSWD pre-positions relief goods for typhoon Ramil – Sunday, 18 October 2009
(http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-philippines/headlines/3262-dswd-pre-positions-relief-goods-for-typhoon-ramil-.html)
I quote: “The caravan would have included a hundred truckloads of relief goods to be distributed to some 500,000 families in 19 provinces in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)”
Comment: According to this article, “in anticipation of typhoon “Ramil” and has put on hold the government’s relief caravan for the victims of typhoon “Pepeng” in northern and Central Luzon.”
I’ve read somewhere that they already brought the relief goods to Regions I & 2 (today or yesterday?). YUNG MGA GOODS NA YUN, na-pack na, BEFORE the Ella blog incident. Read again – it’s for 500K families in 19 provinces. Hindi lang 8 volunteers nag-pack nun. Madami. Noon. And for some reason, yung relief goods intended for 500K recipients eh ni-pack ng volunteers. Hmmm… let’s check the LIST OF VOLUNTEERS, again.
>> DSWD vows ‘politico-proof’ distribution of relief goods – 10/19/2009
(http://www.gmanews.tv/story/175003/dswd-vows-politico-proof-distribution-of-relief-goods)
I quote: “May bigas na binigay ang UN sa atin at ito [ay] isasama sa food pack na iba. Nakalagay ang kanilang tatak sa rice pack (The UN gave some rice and we will include it in our food packs. The packs with UN donations will have the UN logos),” she said.
Comment ko lang: Ba’t dun sa pictures na sack of packed relief goods, walang RICE? Puro delata at sabon? Asan na yung rice?
And wow – guess what?! MADAMI PA DIN STOCK SA WAREHOUSE, diba? Imported pa!
Although, THIS is not the point. The point is – WHAT NOW? SHOW US THE WAREHOUSE AND TELL US WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THOSE IMPORTED DONATIONS – NOW THAT “TY RAMIL” IS OUT OF THE PICTURE! Ngayon pang wala na si Ramil – and YET, madami pa din namang Ondoy and Pepeng victims na puro sardinas lang kinakain ah! Next time, yung pork and beans naman isama sa pack ha?
Sana malaman ko sagot nila noh… baka manganak na ko, wala pa din silang matinong response. TSK TSK…
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:14 pm
B ERNARD BASHER I HAVE DONE MY SHARE OF RELEIF WORK AS A VOLUNTEER RELIEF REPACKER AND AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR FOR 5 MEDICAL MISSIONS DONE FOR FREE. IKAW ANO NA GINAWA MO?
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:15 pm
by the way bernard, nutrtion support fellow ka panaman sa st. lukes pero ang baboy baboy mo. february ka pa nag boards, kasama ng ibang mga tangang di kaya pumasa sa regular philippine boards. mahiya ka nga.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:19 pm
HOY GAGO, HINDI KAMI BINGI! BAKIT GOBYERNO KA BA? DOCTOR KA PANAMAN TAPOS GANITO KA UMARTE? TAPOS UMAASA KA NA MAY BAYAD ANG VOLUNTEER WORK MO KUNWARI? ABAY TANGA’T KALAHATI KA PALA EH. WOW, 5 MED MISSIONS? YUN LANG BA ANG PINAGMAMALAKI MO? ANO GUSTO MO? MEDAL? KUNG SA DSWD NGA WALANG NAGPAPASALAMAT, SA ISA PANG TATANGATANGANG DOCTOR NA KATULAD MO NA SA FEB NAG BOARDS. SO, SIGE, MAG DADADALDAL KA PA. BASA KO NA YANG MGA KATULAD MO. LUMANG TUGTUGIN NA YAN.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:21 pm
AND YOU CANNOT SEE PEOPLE WORKING BECAUSE YOU’RE SITTING AT HOME YOU STUPID!
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:21 pm
@Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:58 pm
I quote: “these people at the DSWD work day and night,”
WHAT’S YOUR PROOF!??!
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:23 pm
why, when have people so been so concerned about proof? what with how easily you’ve all believed the people who started these blogs in the first place?
@Bernard: you think abs-cbn is only “on the sly” benefitting? you obviously know nothing of politics boy… you think media is unbiased… then you’re even dumber than bernard basher said.
Gie L on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:24 pm
I don’t understand why DSWD need to monetize the imported relief goods. Relief goods are meant to be distributed and accounted for in quantity not in value. And what’s so great about the corned beef why the need to hoard it and distribute only the good ole’ sardines, DSWD’s mentality is just beyond belief. Lack of volunteers? Were there any calls made by DSWD to schools, churches and other NGOs to help them out? 200 volunters in one day and 50 on other days and yet Metro Manila have a population of over 11.5m as per the 2007 census. Are they kidding or DSWD must be thinking that Filipinos are dumb enough to add one and one together. The international community is laughing at us if not disgusted!
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:24 pm
I PASSED BERNARD BASHER, I ONLY TOOK IT ONCE AND I WAS IN THE TOP 40% WHO PASSED.THE REASON I TOOK IT FEBRUARY WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO TKE IT…. AND GET THIS IN YOUR HEAD…I TOOK IT ONCE ONLY. ANO ANG KABABUYAN NA GINAWA KO????HMMMM? ALIN ANG MASAKTAN DUN SA NAGPABALEWALA SA MGA EFFORTS KONG TUMULONG? SIGURO IKAW ANG BABOY BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING THE SIDES OF PIGS. I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING NA BABOY SA MGA GINAWA KO.
angtunaynacyberhottie on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:26 pm
ano ba kayo, eh tong si ellaganda isang imposter na masahistang nagtratrabaho sa call center tapos nagpapaniwala kayo dito? ang tatanga nyo naman. sama sama na kayo ng masahista. kiliting kiliti siya na bilib na bilib kayo sa journalism niya no? ang bababaw nyo. tama na to. can’t we all just agree to disagree? we should just work on doing what’s right diba? everybody chillax.
ami on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:28 pm
On Mr. Dolor’s article:
The article is a work of an irresponsible writer who chose to believe the first unvalidated information that he happens to get hold of no matter what kind of person is giving that info. He chose to believe that “volunteer” who at this point can be judged as someone who is not willing to help but to maliciously spread rumors not thinking of the effect her actions would cause not only to the DSWD, but most importantly to our unfortunate countrymen being served by the Agency. He also chose to believe that “assistant” whom he even doesn’t know if credible enough to give information. As gathered, that assistant he had referred to is not an assistant at all, she is just an appointments secretary who handles the Secretary’s schedule and nothing else. She had been with the Office of the Secretary for barely three months and knows very little about the DSWD aside maybe from the invitations for the Secretary that she is receiving. In fairness to her, she said that she informed Mr. Dolor to get in touch with the head of the NROC as she cannot give the answer to his query. She also gave the no. of one of the DSWD’s Undersecretaries so he can get more accurate information. Evidently, he didn’t do that…maybe he has no time to do that as he need to finish the article asap (but this article only came out yesterday?) or maybe because he was too lazy to go an extra mile to come up with a truthful and an unbiased report? His motive…only he can tell.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:29 pm
oooooo, top 40%! wow, galing! only took it in february kasi you were too stupid to take it with the others? takot ka baka di ka umabot sa passing? umamin ka na. proud ka you only took it once? lagay natin yan sa diyaryo ha? Dr. Balatbat is only better than 60% of the people who took it in feb and was too dumb to take it with the other people. by the way, yung pagkababoy… yung size mo, hindi yung sinabi mo. bobo.
dswd employee on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:31 pm
Replies to issues raised by Mr. Dolor and Ella:
1. No volunteers – volunteers go to the DSWD at their own convenience. We cannot force them to help us, should that be the case, that will not be volunteering anymore;
2. Only 8 volunteers on a Saturday when the “blogger” went to the warehouse- Upon checking the Oct. 17 log sheet of volunteers in the warehouse, there were 63 volunteers on that day. This alone can prove that everything in the blogger’s blog are not true.
3. Treatment of volunteers (no food and they were not taken in a safe place after they were done) – Volunteers are supposed to expect nothing in return. This should have not been questioned at all. However, even if this should be the norm, the Secretary gave an instruction to provide food and water to the volunteers. In addition, she even instructed the Administrative Director of the DSWD to provide portalets that can be used by the volunteers. Also just for additional information, volunteers who go to the DSWD main office in Batasan are being shuttled to the warehouse for their convenience. You may ask Ella to validate this information. But then again, we cannot expect her to tell the truth.
4. DSWD has No sense of urgency – The word “Urgent” has been the blood and life of the DSWD especially during disasters. Did you know that the DSWD employees, even those who are not under the Operations Cluster of the Department, had been working 24 hours since September 24 when Typhoon Ondoy devastated the country as we need and want to serve our countrymen who had been affected by the calamity. It is still the case up to now. Thus, this is really UNFAIR to them. Mr. Dolor, we invite you to visit the DSWD Offices to see for yourself if there is anybody there sleeping on their job.
5. Only local goods are being given – Not true again. There are goods such as those from UNICEF and WFP that were already packed and distributed, but of course Ella was not there when those were packed (She just stayed in the warehouse for what…less than 6 hours and she already made a conclusion that this issue is the case).
6. Goods are ROTTING in the warehouse – Again, there’s no truth in here. Literally, there are no perishable goods in the warehouse because once we receive such, they are being distributed immediately (contrary to the claim that the goods in the warehouse are not moving). The non-perishable goods, in their volume, cannot be repacked in a single day. Should Ella and her companions continued volunteering for at least a week, we are sure that she will be able to repack the imported goods that they are referring to. Unfortunately, she only came once and stayed for only a no. of hours.
7. “driverless truck;”no money for gasoline for the truck.” Remark of the guard” – In fairness to Ella, she didn’t say these in her blog. She even claimed that her group rode in the truck after they were done and that the driver would have wanted to bring them to their places but said that he has no money for extra gasoline, thus they were bumped off in EDSA. Mr. Dolor, better read the blog again.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:36 pm
ibalik mo lahat ng pagkain na ninakaw mo sa pasyente ng st. lukes!!!
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:39 pm
o, kita mo na bernard? “volunteers should expect nothing in return” nag volunteer ka tapos umaasa ka na may bayad ka? a true national hero you are… ipagpapatayo kita ng monumento. tumakbo ka kasama ni erap. sigurado panalo kayo. puro kayo bola at daldal.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:42 pm
@Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:23 pm
“why, when have people so been so concerned about proof? what with how easily you’ve all believed the people who started these blogs in the first place?”
Thing is, UNLESS you’re a full-blooded Pinoy, who have seen and STILL seeing the worse in our government, by which – believe it or not – still NEVER fails to shock us day in and day out, who after each time we watch news about some government official and his/her fiasco we say, “What else is new”, who are turning into skeptics, mistrusting, and so on – UNLESS you’re one of us who cannot stand the insanity of our government officials, our president and her cohorts – ONLY THEN, you would understand, Tom Grace – that WE-NEED-PROOF. We’re not just “concerned” about it (petty way of putting it), but we’re ADAMANT to GET PROOF that SOMETHING is BEING DONE. And we’re in the thick of it now. AND we’re WAITING. STILL WAITING for PROOF.
Peace
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:43 pm
its good to see some sensible input and even some comedic input coming into this blog. although i still consider this a serious matter. the truth will come out eventually. every accuser should be ready to face his accused. i have a feeling this ella person will be sued for libel and slander. if she speaks the truth, then the truth should set her free. however i have a feeling she isn’t. and her misguided actions may lead to an even more entertaining court hearing. good luck to these honest workers in DSWD. i will continue to keep you and your country in my prayers.
janice on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:47 pm
THis whole thing is unfair to the dedicated officials and employees of the DSWD. Kayo ba, what have you done for our country and now for the victims of the calamities that devastated us? Baka wala pa coz busy kayo sa pagbloblog para manira ng Ahensya na totoong tumutulong sa mga nasalanta. Anong gusto nyong mangyari, lahat ng donations mailabas sa araw na dumating sila? That is not the case here. Assessment is needed prior to releasing and distributing goods. If you just know how good and strict our Secretary is when it comes to ensuring that goods will be given to appropriate beneficiaries. Even her colleagues in the government who are asking for relief goods are being required to submit their distribution lists for documentation and monitoring purposes. If wala nun, they cannot ask for more and they will not be accommodated the next time they ask. Aside from that, the Regional Offices are required to send their staff to accompany the orgs/personalities/LGUs who asked for relief goods from us. Of course, hindi ninyo alam ang mga behind the scenes sa buong disaster operations na ito. You also dont know how we worked hard since the day Ondoy came until now just to ensure that the requests for assistance will be assessed and met based on the assessed needs. These are all being implemented to ensure that appropriate goods will be given to appropriate beneficiaries.
warren on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:49 pm
kung di nila kayang balutin lahat ng releif goods na yan ipasa nila sa NGO or private organizations,,pag hait hatiin nila..syempre sa DSWD yung mga imported goods..bullshit…
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:50 pm
@ peaches: i think DSWD employee just showed you proof. i know governments can be corrupt. foreign governments are just as bad. look at africa. eastern europe. even the USA is not immune from corruption. but for justice to prevail proof is what’s necessary. i merely mimicked the sentiments of your fellow men who have unjustly crucified THIS CURRENT DSWD without proof, without evidence, and without proper investigation. Again, i understand your sentiment. GO GET YOUR PROOF. GO TO THE DSWD. GO GET YOUR OWN INFORMATION. AND MAKE YOUR OWN INFORMED OPINION ON THE SITUATION. AND SPEAK NO FURTHER OF THIS CURRENT DSWD UNLESS YOU HAVE IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE THAT YOU CAN CLAIM AS THE TRUTH.
And it doesn’t mean that just because I’m a foreigner I don’t understand corruption and deception. I may not be Filipino but I have a lot of Filipino friends whom I care about. I just wish you’re people would be a little more judicious and careful with how you react. Try to think before you act. It may save you from some humiliation in the end. Unless of course you’re like this ella person who seems to think that whatever you say on this blog comes without consequence.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:54 pm
yes, give it to the NGO’s who are above reproach… how simple minded of you warren… you obviously have never worked for an NGO, neither have you ever worked for government. and ‘bullshit’? how childish.
@janice: more power to you my dear! i hope this all ends well for you and yours. may you never tire of helping your country as it seems majority of your countrymen have already given up. continue on with the fight! more power!
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:00 pm
@dswd employee on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:31 pm
Ma’m/Sir – while you’re at it (re logistics), can you enlighten us – How many volunteers have worked on packing for 500K families of Regions 1& 2 (see below) supposedly for Ramil victims? On what dates?
>> DSWD pre-positions relief goods for typhoon Ramil – Sunday, 18 October 2009
(http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-philippines/headlines/3262-dswd-pre-positions-relief-goods-for-typhoon-ramil-.html)
I quote: “The caravan would have included a hundred truckloads of relief goods to be distributed to some 500,000 families in 19 provinces in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)”
Follow up question: Where the goods at the warehouse received by DSWD intended for Ondoy and Pepeng victims, all distributed to the intended recipients?
>> Donations at DSWD relief goods storage facility all accounted for — NROC – Thursday, 15 October 2009
(http://www.filipinoexpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:donations-at-dswd-relief-goods-storage-facility-all-accounted-for-nroc&catid=15:latest-news&Itemid=153)
I quote: “Cabral earlier assured that all donors and all relief goods and cash donations earmarked for the victims of typhoon “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” are going to their intended beneficiaries.”
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:07 pm
asan na si bernard? miss ko na siya…
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:12 pm
@Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:50 pm
The sentiments of the people here and in other blogs, vary. The author of this blog himself (MLQ) and the people in his group have gone out of their way to follow up with the issue (latter part of the blog). There is proof (if pictures can speak, if the “fluffy dog” can talk, if the four corners of the warehouse can wail at the boxes tall and leaning against them, and if the guard on duty can speak in English – just so that the transcript of the conversation can be understood by you and other readers)…
I quote: i think DSWD employee just showed you proof.
I replied and directed it to her/him (platterofpeaches on Your comment is awaiting moderation. Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:00 pm) asking about logistics…
THIS, I cannot wait to hear about.
Thanks for keeping an eye on the issue.
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:12 pm
bernard basher ang sabi ko we volunteered and we did not expect anything then… what is galling is someone made money on something that was supposed to be free service from us…kaya nga volunteer sabi ko. when that money should have been given to someone who should have been payed….. not us and especially to that someone who should not have benefitted. i do not say waht i did to say that i am a hero..i say it as a proof of whazt i have done to give mw the right to say my comment with my conviction…as to my size..well that is what i am. i may be a “pig ” in girth…but it is ok as long as i am not a pig in attitude. para kang physical supremist like nazis and their arian race mentality… mataba man ako but at least i do my share…and for your information may sarili po akong pera na pang kain ko…and my parents got their money to send me to my studies sa hirap at tyaga nila hindi sa pangungurakot sa gobyerno…o baka naman tinamaan ka dahil baka isa sa mga nagsupport sa yo e from the corrupt part of the government. so ibig mo ring sabihin na lahat kaming kumuha ng feb boards e bobo? ang taas mo naman masyado kid…di ka ma reach. lakas mo manglait… ang galing galing mo siguro…. tignan mo kung sino ang baboy sa atin.
BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:13 pm
to tom grace …try to live in the philippines for a month and you will be singing a different tune
Pepeng Basa on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:14 pm
“donors at mga pinoys abroad nagbibigay na tapos ganun lang ginagawa ng mga departments na dapat mag-asikaso.MAAWA NAMAN KAYO SA MGA BIKTIMA!!!!MAHIYA KAYO SA MGA DONORS!!!!INUUNA PA NINYO ANG ELECTION NEXT YEAR!!!!NEXT YEAR PA IYON!!!! TAMAAN SANA KAYO NG KIDLAT AT MAHULOG KAYO SA BALON NA MAY KUMUKULONG ASUPRE!!!!”
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hmmm, tekatekateka. nasa abroad ka na nga pepe, humhirit ka pa? sobrang mahal mo yung bansa natin at kaya nag-abroad ka nalang para manirahan? eh kung pagpalitin nalang natin kayo ni Tom Grace, na at least eh may kaunting malasakit sa mga mahuhusay na Pilipino. Ikaw sana ang tamaan ng kidlat. Para naman ma shake ang kokote mo at matandaan na sinabi ni Dra. Cabral a long time ago, at paulit ulit nang sinabi na di naman siya tatakbo sa eleksyon. puro ka hirit. syet.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:22 pm
galing talaga ako kid… pero di ko na kailangan magyabang katulad mo… at hindi ko pinagmamalaki ang mediocrity tulad ng top 40% gaya ng sabi mo. paano na kung sumabay ka sa mga august boards, eh di sabit ka sana. at sino naman nagsabi na dapat binayaran ka? kung tunay pala yun eh di dapat inaway mo na sila. kung wala kang sinabi nung araw na nalaman mo dapat binigyan ka ng pera eh di dapat nagreklamo ka. bakit nagintay ka pa ng ngayon lang? kasi di mo kaya umangal? obvious naman kaya mo, eh puro ka nga angal ngayon eh. baka naman kasi chismis lang ang nasagap mo, at ngayon kinakalat mo. pumunta ka ngayon sa DSWD, singilin mo sila ng bayad mo. magaling ka pa naman mamaril diba? o di pagbabarilin mo sila dun, nasa bagumbayan sila. o, ano pa inaantay mo?
oo, tingin ko mas mahina ang mga feb boards takers. bakit guilty ka? fatima ka ba? nandaya ka no? kasama ka sa mga nahuling bumibili ng leakage? kaya ko binanggit ang size mo ay para tandaan mo practice what you preach. nutrion ka diba? eh over nourished ka na kid kaya magdyeta ka na. doctors such as yourself should lead by example. kaya di umasenso, as usual puro daldal ka lang.
ramrod on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:27 pm
some people don’t need proof, just money…may mga bayaran na naman ng gobyerno dito.
anna on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:28 pm
what has happened to balanced journalism? obviously, the motive of ella was not to volunteer, but to find ways to downplay the credibility of an agency which has been working tirelessely despite of any disaster. how much are you worth, ella?
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:32 pm
@ peaches: good luck on your quest on finding the truth, but answer me this… if the truth is on the side of the DSWD, will the public apologize? will you? will people be as interested? will they follow with bated breath person after person after person, that has castigated the DSWD, and watch as they apologize to these people? will they repay these people for the time that they have had to spend away from work that is truly meaningful, time which was taken away in order for them to answer to these infinite allegations? i hope they do. its so much more fun posting derogatory remarks under the guise of the web rather than actually having to go out there and find the truth. the complete, and irrefutable truth. i will continue to follow this issue with much anticipation. i feel your DSWD may be the rock from which your country might start is rebuilding. I pray that for your sake, I am right.
@bernard: why dont you go and live in africa for a month. i’ve served with the UN for 17 years, age is the only thing that has kept me from extending my service to the world. i think i know a difficult situation when i see it. and i know a decent organization when i see it. i’ve visited the Philippines before, seen your beaches, mingled with your people. you have been dealt an unfortunate hand in the past. but blind anger will prevent all of you from moving forward, especially if you do not know how to trust the few remaining people in your government who might actually be good.
courtrule on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:35 pm
@tom grace, sad to say there is no such thing as internet libel, since Art. 355 of the Revised Penal Code strictly provides that libel can only be committed by means set forth therein (writing, printing, radio etc.) and does not include the Internet. Furthermore, criminal statutes are construed strictly in favor of the accused.
Example of which is the analogous libel case of Alfonso/Yuchengco/Pacific Plans vs. Philip Piccio, arising from a blog written by Mr. Piccio against Pacific Plans, was ordered dismissed by the Department of Justice.
therefore, you cannot prosecute ella.
angtunaynacyberhottie on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:36 pm
“some people don’t need proof, just money…may mga bayaran na naman ng gobyerno dito.”
- oo, palagay ko binayaran ka at si ellaganda at ang milyunmilyon pang iba ng mga tao sa gobyerno tulad ni senator estrada, ni senator aquino, ng abs-cbn para sa mga kalokohan na pinagsusulat nyo dito.
- o, ayan tuloy, i was trying to be unbiased pero ano ba no?!
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:39 pm
@courtrule: truly unfortunate, if that is the case, then I wish justice and all who fight for it: good graces. it appears they may have to find another way to steady the minds of your countrymen.
hopefully justice is served… swiftly… one way or another.
mlq3 on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:43 pm
I think everyone has to re-read everything again.
The blogger’s questions were legitimate, based on personal observations.
The questions focused on what the blogger perceived was the slow nature of the packing of relief goods. And the blogger wondered if foreign goods were being kept in reserve while domestic goods were packed first.
At no time did the blogger suggest theft, pilfering, or the diverting of relief goods to places they weren’t supposed to go.
At the same time, the DSWD Secretary herself has pledged utmost transparency and accountability, and there are documents aplenty online from the DSWD itself.
Any question about speed, policies in determining which gets used first and which gets used later, are legitimate. There seem to be some discrepancies, but nothing so serious as to be beyond clarification: and that’s what’s going on, now.
But this isn’t to say that some serious questions may arise should further scrutiny be undertaken.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:46 pm
@mlq3: well said!!! now there’s a man with his head on straight!
anna on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:50 pm
I also believe in the so-called freedom of speech, but I do not buy stories with malicious intents. Naghahanap ng butas talaga kasi malaking pera ang kapalit. Why do we do these to our own countrymen? I think Ella should have interviewed or asked the beneficiaries, too. Ah, because the beneficiaries do not have access to ellaganda.com, that’s why.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:50 pm
@tom grace – please take time to read my post
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 6:14 pm >>> My comment was awaiting moderation for over an hour…
I quote: @ peaches: …if the truth is on the side of the DSWD, will the public apologize? will you?
The question is – who’s telling the truth? THUS, the need for proof. For transparency.
“will people be as interested? will they follow with bated breath person after person after person, that has castigated the DSWD, and watch as they apologize to these people? will they repay these people for the time that they have had to spend away from work that is truly meaningful, time which was taken away in order for them to answer to these infinite allegations? i hope they do.”
THAT’s something to look forward to. I suggest you do a bit of reading about PEOPLE POWER. Man, I just hope to see the day when us, PEOPLE, have been wrong. We’ve been wronged time and again. Please, please… READ about our nation and our history, understand, REALLY TRULY UNDERSTAND, before you say anything.
“its so much more fun posting derogatory remarks under the guise of the web rather than actually having to go out there and find the truth.”
Have you READ and UNDERSTOOD the context of this blog? At all?
“the complete, and irrefutable truth.”
EXACTLY. Have you?
“i will continue to follow this issue with much anticipation. i feel your DSWD may be the rock from which your country might start is rebuilding. I pray that for your sake, I am right.”
SO DO I. So do I. And so do ALL THE FILIPINOS who have HOPED and STILL HOPING that our FREEDOM is indeed TRUE in every sense of the word, that every person, “our modern day heroes”, and so on – have DIED for, will not go in vain.
And thus, and then again I say – WHERE’s THE PROOF? (Proof that THIS is ALL UNTRUE? Proof that the “allegations” are false, Proof that THIS is NOTHING but a waste of time. Including yours.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 8:07 pm
@Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:46 pm
I quote: @mlq3: well said!!! now there’s a man with his head on straight!
Geez. Glad you said that. HE (MLQ) is the author of THIS blog that YOU need to READ and UNDERSTAND. And if you need help on translating the conversation with the guard on duty, on how unhelpful, un-accomodating and seemingly acting very suspicious when MLQ and his companions sought to verify the allegations – PLEASE. Ask one of your Pinoy friends to help you out.
Don’t just focus on the semingly negative, un-called for, not-to-your-liking, DSWD-and-government-bashing BOLD sentiments of the PINOY folks here – FOCUS on the QUEST for TRANSPARENCY and TRUTHFULNESS that “DSWD Secretary herself has pledged utmost transparency and accountability”.
FYI… our dear blog owner here is a son of a former president.
Read on – http://www.quezon.ph/resume-for-manuel-l-quezon-iii/
Why the hell are we here commenting on his blog anyway?
I’ll speak for myself: I thank God that not EVERYONE in the government is CORRUPT and IMBECILE. I support politicians who are HONEST. and I DETEST politicians who take advantage of us, who steal from us, and who steal from people like YOU (foreigners).
And guess what? I salute MLQ3 for bringing the balance into journalism.
You’re in this page. What are you doing here anyway?
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 8:07 pm
@peaches: I agree with your most recent sentiments. But the burden of proof in the quest for truth lies not only on the accused, but the accuser. Something that I hope YOU understand. Again, if you want proof, go get it. Blogging and waiting for the truth to come should never satisfy you. YOU are in a position to find out the truth with your own two eyes. Take a day away from your computer and head to the DSWD yourself. That’s my suggetion anyway.
I’m sorry if you feel i have no grasp for your history. I’ve heard about PEOPLE POWER, about ESTRADA, about EDSA. But remember, these PEOPLE were elected!!! I concede that they may have cheated but nonetheless, your people still allowed them to take several years away from you.
Dr. Cabral is in an appointed position. Now answer me this, if you, the good person that you are, were asked by a corrupt official to join the cabinet as a member, would you say no? What if all the good people said no for fear of being associated with corruption. Would change ever happen? What if the person actually being crucified is this person?
So, will you allow these blogs to go on for years just as these dictatorships have? Why depend on blogs and take other people’s word for it? Dont trust DSWD employee to give you an honest online answer, as I wouldn’t trust Ellaganda.com so easily.
Again, I apologize if you feel I have not understood the context of this blog, but so have the others who have posted on it. There are people here who have echoed sentiments that have nothing to do with this blog at all. Why dont you tell them off as well? So, lets agree to wait for the truth to come out shall we? And lets hold judgement until the truth is discovered. And if you take my advice perhaps the truth can be discovered and spread… by you.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 8:21 pm
@Tom Grace
I quote: There are people here who have echoed sentiments that have nothing to do with this blog at all. Why dont you tell them off as well?
The difference between you and them is this: THEY ARE FILIPINO CITIZENS who understand the issue, and you’re not.
I quote: “And lets hold judgement until the truth is discovered.”
If you’re referring to ANY of my comments that indicated passing judgment to DSWD per se (as I assume, we’re talking along the same context, right?” – show me. There’s a HUGE DIFFERENCE between judgement and OPINION. Opinion, by which – from the last time I checked – is entitled to each Filipino. (Americans, and other democratic countries as well).
Let’s not talk about semantics here. I’m sure you get the drift.
I quote: “So, will you allow these blogs to go on for years just as these dictatorships have? Why depend on blogs and take other people’s word for it? Dont trust DSWD employee to give you an honest online answer, as I wouldn’t trust Ellaganda.com so easily.”
Is this a personal question?
I quote: “YOU are in a position to find out the truth with your own two eyes. Take a day away from your computer and head to the DSWD yourself. That’s my suggetion anyway.”
I’d love to. IF ONLY you have the read the blog, the comments… in one of which I mentioned:
Look for: platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:37 pm
PS: 34wks4days preggy with twins ako… BUT it won’t stop me from doing my part in vigilantly monitoring THIS issue… It’s the least that I can do.
SO, dear Tom – there you go. READ before you comment.
I quote: “And if you take my advice perhaps the truth can be discovered and spread… by you.”
Well, who knows? But the thing is, I am just ONE person, and would NEVER in my life dismiss or diminish the power of the people. WE – the FILIPINO PEOPLE.
Get it?
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 8:34 pm
@mlq – Sir, thanks for the new updates.
Kapwa ko mga Pinoy dito – patuloy lang ang pagmamasid. Wag matakot mag-express ng opinyon. Karapatan niyo yan. PERO – wag naman mag-away, OK? Lahat tayo, isa lang naman ang hangarin eh – ang malaman ang katotohanan. Sino ba totoo? IPAKITA MO.
Si Ella na nagpasimula ng usaping ito, si Gang na nag-volunteer upang lumikom ng mga manggagawa upang tapusin ang gawain sa NROC warehouse, at si MLQ at mga kasamahan niya na patuloy sa paglalahad ng katotohanan, maging eto man ay sa panig ng DSWD pa – SUPORTAHAN NATIN SILA. Sama-sama tayo dito.
Hanggang sa muli – pahinga muna ako, bawal sa buntis ang magpagod at baka tubuan na ng kamote ang inuupuan ko.
Sa kaibigan nating mga banyaga at di makabasa ng Filipino, itanong niyo sa sarili niyo: “Why Am I Here?” haha…
Peace.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 8:55 pm
@peaches:
my turn…
I quote: There are people here who have echoed sentiments that have nothing to do with this blog at all. Why dont you tell them off as well?
The difference between you and them is this: THEY ARE FILIPINO CITIZENS who understand the issue, and you’re not.
– so, certain people because of what you believe are exempt from rules. I’m starting to sense your bias
I quote: “And lets hold judgement until the truth is discovered.”
If you’re referring to ANY of my comments that indicated passing judgment to DSWD per se (as I assume, we’re talking along the same context, right?” – show me. There’s a HUGE DIFFERENCE between judgement and OPINION. Opinion, by which – from the last time I checked – is entitled to each Filipino. (Americans, and other democratic countries as well).
– no I’m not referring to your comments specifically but to the the comments of all concerned, unlike you, I don’t descriminate.
I quote: “So, will you allow these blogs to go on for years just as these dictatorships have? Why depend on blogs and take other people’s word for it? Dont trust DSWD employee to give you an honest online answer, as I wouldn’t trust Ellaganda.com so easily.”
Is this a personal question?
– yes it is, can’t you tell the difference? so what’s your answer? or is it biased and not for public consuption?
I quote: “YOU are in a position to find out the truth with your own two eyes. Take a day away from your computer and head to the DSWD yourself. That’s my suggetion anyway.”
I’d love to. IF ONLY you have the read the blog, the comments… in one of which I mentioned:
Look for: platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 12:37 pm
PS: 34wks4days preggy with twins ako… BUT it won’t stop me from doing my part in vigilantly monitoring THIS issue… It’s the least that I can do.
– and soooo… don’t you have a husband? family or friends who believe in getting to the bottom of this? or are you just like the others who have an excuse for everything and hides behind it? 34 weeks? You’ve got at least 4-6 weeks to go. I don’t think a car ride down to the DSWD will be that ‘laborious’ if you catch MY drift.
SO, dear Tom – there you go. READ before you comment.
– and so I have…
I quote: “And if you take my advice perhaps the truth can be discovered and spread… by you.”
– after reading your latest entry I doubt it.
Well, who knows? But the thing is, I am just ONE person, and would NEVER in my life dismiss or diminish the power of the people. WE – the FILIPINO PEOPLE.
Get it?
– so, if every person just laid back and said I’m just one person, then YOU the FILIPINO PEOPLE would only be YOU the FILIPINO.
I continue to try to remain polite and ‘impartial’ and avoid trying to slight you in any way but you obviously have no capability to do the same. Your bias has so obviously clouded your judgement. You and others like you deserve exactly the type of government that you get. You hide behind this talk, these challenges that you issue, but back down when you yourself are challenged.
Si Ella na nagpasimula ng usaping ito, si Gang na nag-volunteer upang lumikom ng mga manggagawa upang tapusin ang gawain sa NROC warehouse, at si MLQ at mga kasamahan niya na patuloy sa paglalahad ng katotohanan, maging eto man ay sa panig ng DSWD pa – SUPORTAHAN NATIN SILA. Sama-sama tayo dito.
— yes Ella, lets talk about her, have you seen her latest entries? you should check them out before continuing to praise this brazen young lady.
Hanggang sa muli – pahinga muna ako, bawal sa buntis ang magpagod at baka tubuan na ng kamote ang inuupuan ko.
– I agree, you should go and rest. Clear your mind, maybe tomorrow you’ll be ready to actually go find the truth instead of your continuing your biased entries
Sa kaibigan nating mga banyaga at di makabasa ng Filipino, itanong niyo sa sarili niyo: “Why Am I Here?” haha…
– what makes you think I can’t “read” Filipino? “Why Am I Here?” Because unlike you I actually care for things more important that mere slander. I care more about good people being put down. I care about justice. I care about the truth.
Get it? Now, go read Ellaganda’s latest entry. The person who started this all. Your credible, sensible journalist whom hundreds of you were so ready to believe. If you still believe in her after reading what kind of rubbish she’s been posting most recently, then no change in people, or in government will ever improve your plight.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:13 pm
asan na si Bernard???? miss ko na talaga siya!!!
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:26 pm
oh and peaches, before you write your next reply, please answer and comment on the entirety of my entries previously, not those just convenient for you to answer with your glib replies with poor attempts at humor. smoke and mirrors are hardly necessary. i can see right through you.
RMir on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:27 pm
All very interesting.
To Tom Grace, everyone seems to be attacking you since you seem to be too blinded by the good things you and your friends do for the government. My bad side kasi na sana makita mo din. Hindi naman ito pagmamaliit sa iyo o sa mga kakilala mong nasa gobyerno, lalo na sa mga taga DSWD. They’re merely expressing disappointment.
You just have to admit that just like everyone else, including the blogger, there’s still a lot of things that need to be done. I’m sure you get the point.
People are stressing the need and the cause for change.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:43 pm
@RMir – Oh i admit it. I know and fully understand that a lot needs to be done. I’m not angered by this well known fact at all. Its the jumping to conclusions and attitude of guilty until innocence is proven that’s upsetting. I’m not the one under attack. Nor do I feel that way. The DSWD is the one being prematurely attacked. If you feel this was not the premise from which Ellaganda had initially posted her blog then undeniably from the people who so eagerly believed her. Perhaps the rest of the government should be attacked, perhaps rightly so, but they are not the topic of this blog are they?
As I’ve eluded to earlier, there are bad sides to all governments, not just yours. However, failure to recognize the good people in government is unfair and unjust. Slander as payment for hard and honest work? The phrase no good deed goes unpunished comes to mind.
I maintain, we should stress that people need to change… and change comes from within… that includes not jumping to conclusions… not harrasing anybody who disagrees with you… etc. But more importantly, change means actively getting your, and pardon my french, “ass” of your couch and doing something more productive like actively seeking the truth instead of listening to some childish rambling by a blogger who claims to be an unbiased journalist but choses entries and replies that are allowed to be posted on her site.
Every accused should be allowed to confront her accuser.
These next few statements are not aimed at you RMir, unless you feel compelled to reply:
I challenge Ellaganda to show up at Bagumbayan, expose her true identity and discuss this topic face to face, mano y mano, with Secretary Cabral. Infact, I challenge all of you to go to the DSWD offce to find the truth for yourselves. Why not go to Bagumbayan and DSWD? You demand the truth? You talk of PEOPLE POWER? Well, what are you waiting for?
And if you’re wondering why I don’t post this challenge on Ella’s site, well for the simple reason that she’s blocked me from accessing her blog. True unbiased journalism indeed.
angel on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:51 pm
very well said
and now kasasabi lang sa tv 24 hrs daw ang relief operation nila
talk about lying
tongzki on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:53 pm
Puede naman pala daw mag-volunteer sa DSWD eh.. kaya di nadi-distribute dahil walang magre-repack.
EH BAKIT DI TUMULONG ANG ABS-CBN NA MAGREPACK? SA ABS-CBN KAILANGAN PA NILANG I-SCHEDULE ANG VOLUNTEERS PARA MA-ACCOMMODATE SILANG LAHAT. MASMAGANDA SIGURONG GAWIN NILA, GUMAWA SILA NG OPERATION O DRIVE O KUNG ANO PA PUEDENG ITAWAG NA I-DIVERT YUNG MGA VOLUNTEERS SA DSWD.
Sa author ng blog, kung talagang concern tayo at willing tumulong.. bakit gabi tayo pupunta? Mas maaga mas maganda di ba? Mas maganda siguro wag na tayo magsilipan. Let’s do our part.
anna on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:56 pm
It’s very interesting to note that we have many compassionate and smart people commenting on this issue, but why is it that we cannot seem to pull ourselves up together for the betterment of our country? Where is this energy of hate and distrust coming from? HAve we lost hope with ouor country? Whatever the government does, it would always be flooded with criticisms. Why not be a help to the government? Let us keep the hope burning that we can be a help to the government, and not just merely spectators to a circus.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 9:57 pm
@ angel: who’s lying? the journalists who reported this on TV?
tongzki on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:04 pm
@ANNA
Exactly. Everyone wants to be the watchdog.. to stay vigilant..
If lack of volunteers is the problem, why can’t we stop being the watchful eye and be the working hands?
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:06 pm
@Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 8:55 pm
First off, I seem to be not the only one who’s noticed your smart comments… After all, this blog is not about you, Tom Grace. It’s not about me, either. It’s not about Ella, and it’s definitely not about an issue on “BIASES”.
Let me address your question, as you wish -
I quote: “So, will you allow these blogs to go on for years just as these dictatorships have? Why depend on blogs and take other people’s word for it? Dont trust DSWD employee to give you an honest online answer, as I wouldn’t trust Ellaganda.com so easily.”
MY REPLY: Why am I even bothering to express my opinion when I have other important things to do? What makes you think that I’m depending on blogs? Whose? Ella’s? READ the thread, again. I’ve contributed to this blog by providing links from the source – DSWD. I care enough to READ outside the blogs and refer to the resources available (READ: DSWD). Whose word am I taking – Cabral’s? DSWD employee? Ella’s? or YOURS? Because I care. I have nothing to prove to you. You’re NOT going to benefit from the things that I care about. Short of sounding disrespectful: you are of no consequence to me, at the moment. I don’t know you from Adam, you don’t know me – and you don’t know ANY of us who has given his/her opinion. So any of your “personal” comments (i.e. my being pregnant and son on…) c’mon! At your age and experience working for UN – where is your SENSE OF DECORUM?! At least I don’t brag about anything, except that I am one with the sentiments of my fellow men.
What did you tell us when you first made a comment here”
***Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:58 pm****
i think you people need to get a life. i can’t believe how gullible and easily impressionable some of you guys are. its so obvious that you’re all so blinded by your own previous experiences and can’t even see past the fact that the DSWD is probably your last bastion in good government. if you feel you can do better, why don’t you just go down to the distribution center and work instead of wasting everyone’s time with your whining. you want your donations to go where you want them to go? go ahead and do it yourselves… ******
We respect your opinion – but who do you think you are to judge us? When you say, “you people” – you mean US – the people who voiced out their reactions, opinions.
You said – why don’t you just go down to the distribution center and work instead of wasting everyone’s time with your whining – HELLO!?!! Man! Frankly – DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE HERE? Or are you merely reacting to HOW WE ARE REACTING?
I quote: “– what makes you think I can’t “read” Filipino? “Why Am I Here?” Because unlike you I actually care for things more important that mere slander. I care more about good people being put down. I care about justice. I care about the truth.”
If you care (and you think I don’t) about important things than slander, why don’t you talk to your friends (who are these good people you care about? Your friends in the government like Cabral?) – and find justice and truth – ON YOUR OWN.
Please don’t meddle into other people’s discussion, just to tell us “to get a life”. Discuss your opinions elsewhere. You are NOT God to tell us that we deserve the kind of government we have. Who died and made you OUR JUDGE?
You get a life. A life where people can STILL respect you.
Dennis Bernal on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:11 pm
So akala ni Cabral perishable items lang ang nabubulok…pwede namang sabihin na BULOK ang STYLE nila o BULOK ang GOBYERNONG ito, no wonder walang amor ang publiko na magvolunteer para sa kanila. This is a wakeup call to foreign and private donors to ensure that the first batches of their donations are distributed to the victims before sending another donations. Cabral is wasting time answering non-issues and cannot comprehend that those donations are for Ondoy and Pepeng victims not for Ramil’s. I also hope that those imported beans and branded sleeping bags wont end up in the houses of DSWD officials or any public officials…otherwise dapat may maBULOK sa BILANGGUAN. Thanks Ella, Gang and Manolo.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:19 pm
@ Tom Grace
I quote: “I challenge Ellaganda to show up at Bagumbayan, expose her true identity and discuss this topic face to face, mano y mano, with Secretary Cabral. Infact, I challenge all of you to go to the DSWD offce to find the truth for yourselves. Why not go to Bagumbayan and DSWD? You demand the truth? You talk of PEOPLE POWER? Well, what are you waiting for?”
Again – WHO MADE YOU OUR JUDGE? If you were Cabral or anyone from the alleged lot DEMAND like you just did, we’ll be up for the challenge. You want to see PEOPLE POWER? Geez. I knew it. You’re just a spectator.
By the way – did you see the Flash Report a while ago? GMA 7 was able to take footage inside the warehouse. And guess what? It looks soooo familiar. Just like the photos posted on this blog, Ella’s and others. (Note: ALL repost from the original Ellaganda blog). It didn’t surprise me though… After all, THAT was PROOF.
anna on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:22 pm
mas mabubulok talaga ang isipan mo kasi hindi ka bukas sa ibang opinyon.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:23 pm
Ahh… spoken like a true woman scorned…
First off, I seem to be not the only one who’s noticed your smart comments… After all, this blog is not about you, Tom Grace. It’s not about me, either. It’s not about Ella, and it’s definitely not about an issue on “BIASES”.
— yes thank you for admitting my comments are smart. And no this blog is not about me. Neither is it about you. You’ll get no argument from me about that. but your prejudice despite your adamance of is abscence is obvious.
Let me address your question, as you wish -
I quote: “So, will you allow these blogs to go on for years just as these dictatorships have? Why depend on blogs and take other people’s word for it? Dont trust DSWD employee to give you an honest online answer, as I wouldn’t trust Ellaganda.com so easily.”
MY REPLY: Why am I even bothering to express my opinion when I have other important things to do?
— I don’t know, you tell me? Because you cant stand it when someone else has the last word?
What makes you think that I’m depending on blogs? Whose?
— What makes me think this? Haven’t we been talking about this for the past few hours? Hello?
Ella’s? READ the thread, again. I’ve contributed to this blog by providing links from the source – DSWD. I care enough to READ outside the blogs and refer to the resources available (READ: DSWD). Whose word am I taking – Cabral’s? DSWD employee? Ella’s? or YOURS?
— Where have I shown taking sides? I’ve only expressed opinions that I’ve made clear as such. No where in my replies have I written anything that I have claimed as fact.
Because I care. I have nothing to prove to you. You’re NOT going to benefit from the things that I care about. Short of sounding disrespectful: you are of no consequence to me, at the moment. I don’t know you from Adam, you don’t know me – and you don’t know ANY of us who has given his/her opinion. So any of your “personal” comments (i.e. my being pregnant and son on…) c’mon! At your age and experience working for UN – where is your SENSE OF DECORUM?! At least I don’t brag about anything, except that I am one with the sentiments of my fellow men.
— now, did you just read what you wrote here? you descriminated against me for being a foreigner just a few entries back! All all that you’ve said in this statement? The very same can be said of you as well my dear.
What did you tell us when you first made a comment here”
***Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 5:58 pm****
i think you people need to get a life. i can’t believe how gullible and easily impressionable some of you guys are. its so obvious that you’re all so blinded by your own previous experiences and can’t even see past the fact that the DSWD is probably your last bastion in good government. if you feel you can do better, why don’t you just go down to the distribution center and work instead of wasting everyone’s time with your whining. you want your donations to go where you want them to go? go ahead and do it yourselves… ******
We respect your opinion – but who do you think you are to judge us? When you say, “you people” – you mean US – the people who voiced out their reactions, opinions.
— isn’t this what this entire issue has been about, people judging people without knowing all the facts? How dare you or any other people feel slighted by this type of behavior when you yourselves are guilty of the same!!!
You said – why don’t you just go down to the distribution center and work instead of wasting everyone’s time with your whining – HELLO!?!! Man! Frankly – DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE HERE?
— and whats wrong with what I said? If you really want to help, STOP YOUR WHINING AND DO SO!
Or are you merely reacting to HOW WE ARE REACTING?
— what do you expect? for me not to react?
I quote: “– what makes you think I can’t “read” Filipino? “Why Am I Here?” Because unlike you I actually care for things more important that mere slander. I care more about good people being put down. I care about justice. I care about the truth.”
If you care (and you think I don’t)
— i never said you didnt care, in fact in previous entries i eluded that you did!
about important things than slander, why don’t you talk to your friends (who are these good people you care about? Your friends in the government like Cabral?) – and find justice and truth – ON YOUR OWN.
— childish, just childish… can’t stand the heat? get out of the kitchen
Please don’t meddle into other people’s discussion, just to tell us “to get a life”. Discuss your opinions elsewhere. You are NOT God to tell us that we deserve the kind of government we have. Who died and made you OUR JUDGE?
- this isn’t YOUR discussion, its OWR discussion. Freedom of speech remember? Or does this only apply to you and your kind? I never said I was god. But I like you am certainly entitled to my own opinion.
You get a life. A life where people can STILL respect you.
- Again…spoken like a true woman scorned…
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:23 pm
@mlq – You can help correlate the DSWD’s list of items received, with items sent out, by helping with this Google Doc. By correlating the two, we can figure out: What items have been sent out, and to where, and which items have not.
THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!
Again, kudos to you (tawagin na din kitang Manolo, ha?) and your group. Keep the updates coming!
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:27 pm
@ Dennis Bernal: I implore you to read the more recent entries of Ella’s site before you continue singing praises for this person. Otherwise, your entry will be just as meaningless as these other emotional but exceedingly uneducated blabber.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:28 pm
@ Tom Grace
Hmmm… you’re quickly catching up and adapting to my style, eh? I hate to deflate your ego here (the “foreigner”), but really, you can bring your arguments / opinion / feedback / smart-A retorts, elsewhere.
“Again…spoken like a true woman scorned…” Hahahaha.. I like that!
Thanks for putting the spotlight on me. You’re now dismissed. Have a pleasant evening.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:31 pm
@ peaches: what no glib response? what about more illogical or rhetorical banter? giving up so quickly… tsk tsk. I have all day…
and so this ends with YOUR dismissal… have a pleasant day.
Bricksand on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:37 pm
Obviously nag alibi na naman sila. Makarma na sana sila at magkasakit ng walang lunas…pacensia na po BRO kakainis kasi.
I no longer trust our government hell with them!!!
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:39 pm
@Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:31 pm
See what I mean? A spectator. A mere spectator. Mahiya ka naman sa mga kapwe expats mo dito sa Pinas. Retired ka na ba? Nkapag-asawa ng Pinay para mkapagsimula ng negosyo? AYUN. Baka nga.O nag-ampon ng anak mula sa aming bansa? Lumantad ka na kasi.
Nah… Masyado ka ng ma-epal dito, bok. Matulog ka na.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:43 pm
@ Bricksand: so you don’t trust government workers too? where exactly do you draw the line when you say you don’t trust the government? how about the cleaning lady at your government hospital? don’t trust them either? doctors? public school teachers? how about the honest people in government, who i’m sure there are a few… maybe more than a few but thats besides the point… are they included in your blanket I no longer trust the government statement? should these people go to hell just as you wished? its thoughts like these, from people who feel the government is one singular entity devoid of all that is good that leads to so many biased and uneducated opinions.
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:50 pm
@ peaches:
See what I mean? A spectator. A mere spectator. Mahiya ka naman sa mga kapwe expats mo dito sa Pinas. Retired ka na ba? Nkapag-asawa ng Pinay para mkapagsimula ng negosyo? AYUN. Baka nga.O nag-ampon ng anak mula sa aming bansa? Lumantad ka na kasi.
— i feel bad for you… you’ve run out of educated means of arguing. i can see your vocabulary is very limited, your mastery of both English and Filipino leaves much to be desired.
So, what have you got against my marrying a Filipina?
What’s wrong with that?
Are you jealous?
Did you have to settle?
And no I didn’t adopt any children from the Philippines. I’m very happy with my kids and am too old to care for more. Although if I could adopt children from your country I would, to spare them from being as blinded and as narrow minded as you. Or perhaps even just to improve their mastery of English, so they wont have to flip flop between two languages for inability to find the right words.
Nah… Masyado ka ng ma-epal dito, bok. Matulog ka na.
Like I said, I have all day…
pamela on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:53 pm
so who died and made this tom guy the comments moderator? some people seem to just revel in being contrary.
@ peaches – wala ka nang mapapala diyan kaya pagbigyan na lang natin. he can say what he wants, and so can we. but the more you let him goad you into this redundant sparring, the more he gets a voice. and i for one would really like him to shut up, but hey, it’s a free [web].
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 10:58 pm
@pamela: no, mlq is alive and well… he just happens to understand what free speech is about. the funniest thing about your post is that you were able to contradict yourself and put down peaches without needing a rebuttal from me:
But for the benefit of the people who might misunderstand, read:so who died and made this tom guy the comments moderator? some people seem to just revel in being contrary.
ala ka nang mapapala diyan kaya pagbigyan na lang natin. he can say what he wants, and so can we. but the more you let him goad you into this redundant sparring, the more he gets a voice. and i for one would really like him to shut up, but hey, it’s a free [web].
— another one bites the dust.
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:06 pm
@pamela – SORE GUY. haha. (Let’s see. This guy’s gonna take the bait and comment back. Wanna bet?)
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:08 pm
@ pamela and peaches: are you playing games with me? i think your buts are sore from the ass-whuppin’ this old guy just gave you.
— wanna bet either one or both of you will reply? kiss my…
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:30 pm
Ah – here’s the article I saw earlier about the caravan in my comment earlier – No reply from DSWD employee yet. Anyone from Regions 1 & 2 here?
[platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 7:00 pm]
>> DSWD pre-positions relief goods for typhoon Ramil – Sunday, 18 October 2009
(http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-philippines/headlines/3262-dswd-pre-positions-relief-goods-for-typhoon-ramil-.html)
I quote: “The caravan would have included a hundred truckloads of relief goods to be distributed to some 500,000 families in 19 provinces in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)”
DSWD kicks of relief caravan to Northern Luzon on Oct. 19
http://newsbreak.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6963&Itemid=88889376
adrian on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:38 pm
nakakawalang gana naman tumulong,, sagaran na nga ang paghihirap dito sa ibang bansa para may maidonate naman kahit paano sa mga kababayan nating nasalanta,, SAYANG lang pala ang donation.
BernardBasher on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:47 pm
adrian, pare, wag ka naman mawalang ng ganang tumulong. alam mo, ganyang ganyan siguro ang iniisip ng mga mabubuting tao na sana gustong tumakbo sa elekson at manilbihan sa inambayan. nakakawalang ganang tumulong, kung di man hintay na mailabas ang katotohanan, tuloy tuloy parin ang pambabatikos sa mga taong maganda ang hangarin. sayang lang ang pawis at pagad sa pagsubok na maging isang loyal civil servant.
Awie on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:49 pm
To Tom Grace as much as how you look things about the DSWD Warehouses issue, you are beginning to have a potty mouth too. What an attitude and brain, it says all!!!
platterofpeaches on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:53 pm
@mlq – sir, FYI…
Checked the latest entry on List of Donations (in kind) received by DSWD: http://202.57.48.199/ondoy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=71
Note: No entry made between Oct 17 and 21.
Got this post from
http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=115180
‘Walang nabubulok na relief goods’
10/24/2009 10:05:33 PM
Binuksan sa media ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang isa sa mga warehouse nito sa lungsod ng Pasay kaninang hapon.
Ayon kay DSWD Sec. Esperanza Cabral, layunin nitong patunayan sa publiko na mali ang mga alegasyon ng isang blogger na may mga nabubulok na relief goods at hindi naipapamigay sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong Ondoy at Pepeng.
Ang naturang mga naka-imbak na relief goods umano ay mula sa local at foreign donors na pansamantala lang ini-ipon sa naturang lugar habang hindi pa nahahakot sa mga lugar na naapektuhan ng bagyo.
Pinakahuli umanong dumating sa mga ito ang halos 42,000 kahon ng cup noodles mula sa bansang Indonesia. (more)
Tom Grace on Sat, 24th Oct 2009 11:55 pm
@ Awie:
To Tom Grace as much as how you look things about the DSWD Warehouses issue, you are beginning to have a potty mouth too. What an attitude and brain, it says all!!!
— what says it all?? am i the only one who’s not allowed to have, as you say, ” a potty mouth?” it’s never stopped the other people on this blog. why don’t you have them wash their mouths with soap?
—”as much as how you look things about the DSWD Warehouses issue?”, all i can say to this is “HUH?”
— good people have a right to defend themselves, this is a war, and words appear to be the weapon of choice. arm yourself well or surrender.
platterofpeaches on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:08 am
@Awie – hopeless case na yan, yaan mo na. A mere spectator. Mukhang snitch ata ni Cabral, eh. So far, he hasn’t contributed one single VALUABLE input here. Puro criticism. Feeling niya Dios. Tsk tsk.
@Tom (lack of) Grace: O – hihirit ka pa? Sensya na bok. Parehong linggwahe ang nakasanayan ko. Tunay na Pinoy, kasi. Eh kaw? Kahit mas marami pa Inggles mo kesa sa min, dapat lang noh! Mahiya ka naman kung di ka marunong nun. Hehe…
OPO na mga kapatid. Tutulog na ko. I don’t have all day. Gabi na eh. LOL
Tom Grace on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:29 am
@peaches: is this what you were referring to?
I quote: “I challenge Ellaganda to show up at Bagumbayan, expose her true identity and discuss this topic face to face, mano y mano, with Secretary Cabral. Infact, I challenge all of you to go to the DSWD offce to find the truth for yourselves. Why not go to Bagumbayan and DSWD? You demand the truth? You talk of PEOPLE POWER? Well, what are you waiting for?”
Again – WHO MADE YOU OUR JUDGE? If you were Cabral or anyone from the alleged lot DEMAND like you just did, we’ll be up for the challenge. You want to see PEOPLE POWER? Geez. I knew it. You’re just a spectator.
By the way – did you see the Flash Report a while ago? GMA 7 was able to take footage inside the warehouse. And guess what? It looks soooo familiar. Just like the photos posted on this blog, Ella’s and others. (Note: ALL repost from the original Ellaganda blog). It didn’t surprise me though… After all, THAT was PROOF.
— oooooh, i missed this post. the GMA7 footage, so what if it looked like familiar? what’s your point? thats been explained already, it takes time for relief goods to come out from the central warehouse… what? you expect something to be donated, accounted for, cataloged for your inspection, and then blame people for having to store them for the time being?! you my dear are crazy… you misconstrue your misguided ramblings as being nationalistic.
“I challenge Ellaganda to show up at Bagumbayan, expose her true identity and discuss this topic face to face, mano y mano, with Secretary Cabral. Infact, I challenge all of you to go to the DSWD offce to find the truth for yourselves. Why not go to Bagumbayan and DSWD? You demand the truth? You talk of PEOPLE POWER? Well, what are you waiting for?”
Again – WHO MADE YOU OUR JUDGE? If you were Cabral or anyone from the alleged lot DEMAND like you just did, we’ll be up for the challenge.
—Really? So what’s the difference? Dr. Cabral or her good people dont need to stoop to your level. Do you think because you write posts here on MLQ3 you’re special? There are tons of other people more important than you at the moment. They’re called relief victims. And you my dear are trying to waste their time be continuing to respond with jibberish.
You want to see PEOPLE POWER? Geez. I knew it. You’re just a spectator.
—and what do you call yourself? an active participant? lets see… what do you call what you’re doing right now?
hihirit ka pa? Sensya na bok. Parehong linggwahe ang nakasanayan ko. Tunay na Pinoy, kasi. Eh kaw? Kahit mas marami pa Inggles mo kesa sa min, dapat lang noh! Mahiya ka naman kung di ka marunong nun. Hehe…
— so my English is better than your English true. But my English is also better than your Filipino.
OPO na mga kapatid. Tutulog na ko. I don’t have all day. Gabi na eh. LOL
— yes go to sleep, as you’ve said about 3 or 4 times now on this blog, go to sleep while other people continue on with their search for the truth.
joeyboylaki on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:30 am
pambihira naman kau kng paniniwalaan nyo pa ang gobyerno(afministration), 94% dyan corrupt talaga…49% lang ang big time na corrupt…d na nakapagtataka yan, sanay na kami, normal na samin un, pag gumawa sila ng mabuti ayon ang himala! Wag magtaka kng maraming nagma-migrate!
PATRICK on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:53 am
Just my 2 cents worth, Tom Grace do have a point, let’s not be too emotional, yes, we filipinos did experience and do continue to experience corruption in all levels of governance, nobody is questioning that, It has been hard, yes, but let us think w/ unclouded minds, It is very clear that there has been lapses, GREAT lapses on the part of DSWD, @Peaches, let me ask you this, If given the helm of the said agency, could you have done better? It is very easy to say YES, and I bet my 2 cents that you would say this, I am not defending Tom Grace, I am just being sensible, I have felt injustice numerous times, but I have never let this cloud my judgement.
PATRICK on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:55 am
by the way, that would be my 1st and last comment on this issue, I won’t waste my time arguing, Good day to all
amor balagtas on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 2:01 am
what do you expect? Look at the millions of pesos worth of expired medicines in the Dept of Heslth that were not used or distributed. sino ang nagimbestiga nun? it’s just a dmall item in the newspaper.
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 2:35 am
isn’t manolo quezon part of abs cbn?your a journalist right?a fucking autistic looking irresponisible journalist. this story is easily verifiable but i guess you didn’t bother to verify it because it’s in your blog.you are suppose to be impartial because you are part of a media outlet! Is this because DSWD called the attention of your mother fucking mother network because they were soliciting money from donors without the necessary permit from DSWD which is in our laws? or is this because you guys didn’t reach your quota of 1 BILLION that you guys were hoping to raise for the campaign contribution for your presidential candidate….ooops i meant victims of the calamity. or is this one way of covering up your presidential candidate’s blunder in the FOCAP forum where here dropped his guide cards infront of the whole foreign media contigent? you guys are all fuckers! i dont even know why your on tv! it seems you would fit more in a mental hospital!!!!!
stock on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 3:32 am
this is plainly another “kambyo” from the government.
another project to counter the “blog ni ella”.
kala mo sobrang haba ng sinulat mo e mabobored kami at maniniwala na lang?!?
tsk.. tsk.. nice try buddy, but it didnt worked.
Gio Bacareza on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 3:59 am
Wow! So much talk and so many extra issues.
I personally went there this afternoon to (1) help move the goods that were supposed to be not moving and (2) see for myself what’s happening and see what else I can do. (MLQ3, thanks for quoting my blog. I wanted to clarify things for myself and hopefully for others. I did not insinuate that original blogger talked about pilferage. I was just clarifying through issues that could be going in people’s minds.)
To everyone who has not gone there, stop the talk and go there before you pass any judgment.
As far as I could actually see for myself, the DSWD, UNICEF personnel, volunteers were working as hard as they can and sweating it out there, getting cuts in their arms trying to insert those blankets inside the water jugs.
I see a lot of people talking and commenting in this blog. While I will kill and die to defend your right to free speech and expression, I want to request that you please stop for a while and just go there, if not to see for yourselves what is happening but to lend a hand. I twitted, FBed, SMS, called everyone I know and only 15 came earlier. We need all the hands and less talk.
Can things be improved there? Yes!
I may disagree with how DSWD is managing the packing lines but I understand it. I wouldn’t have if I didn’t go. The DSWD warehouse management is limiting the number of volunteers, a choice they made because it may have been to them the most optimal way to manage the process better. I disagree with it and think the warehouses could handle more (if more volunteers come) but I feel that it was done with the good intentions of delivering the goods where they are needed. I feel no malice.
My suggestion: recruit line managers, delegate responsibility to them and have 24/7 shifts. (Assuming volunteers come.)
There’s also a very obvious communication problem. I do not personally know Dr. Cabral but it seems to me that what she thought at her level was implemented, was not implemented down the line, eg security guards blowing off would be volunteers. This happens in any organization.
My suggestion: As soon as the 24/7 production line is organized, get everyone in the organization on the same page, including and especially the guards and the front office for they are what volunteers encounter first. (If I didn’t ask for UNICEF none of the people would have suggested it and I would have spending that Saturday afternoon reading your blogs instead of stuffing pots and soaps in sacks.) Then recruit, recruit volunteers. Many are willing.
Are the goods going to where they are intended? I don’t know.
Suggestion: Call Dr. Cabral and find out how you can help with deployment. Then go with the deployment teams. Then you can see it first hand and give it from your hand to hand of the very person receiving the goods.
There are a lot of corruption in the government but not everyone is corrupt. There’s a lot of things that needs to be improved in the way the government is handling things. Question is: “Are you just gonna talk about it or get up and do something?”
From someone who’s been there and still trying to do that.
Mike H on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 6:05 am
Going there to help out.
Brian_B on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 6:38 am
People, you are falling into the paternal trap. Ganito rin parents natin, napaka manipulative, binabaliktad ang issue at sila palagi ang tama. The difference: our parents only want the best for us. Ito, mga manloloko lang. Pinapa-guilty pa tayo.
Wag nyong awayin kapwa ninyo citizens. Hindi kailanga ng kakampi ang DSWD, eh Gobyerno yan. If you want to volunteer because it makes you feel better, go ahead. Tutal naman hindi mo talaga mababago ang mga kurakot. Ang pwede lang gawin sa kanila eh bantayan.
To those people who belittle the part being played by “spectators,” listen to me. We all do our part. We work, pay our taxes, we obey the law. Some people volunteer, they give to charity, but being charitable doesn’t give you more right, being a participant or a player doesn’t give you special status in a democracy.
To verify DSWD’s explanation, simply visit a few refugee centers. If you find families there needing blankets, clothes, food, etc.,then you know who’s lying and who’s exaggerating.
If we were unfair to DSWD then sorry nalang, but that is democracy. We err on the side of free speech. I’m not encouraging slander or libel, but as far as EllenGanda is concerned she merely reacted to the bounty of relief goods inside the DSWD warehouse. My own experience tells me relief goods are often converted to ukay-ukay. I’ve been to some of these ukay-ukays (these are the really low-end ukay-ukays selling t-shirts for 5 pesos) and the people selling them would openly admit they were relief goods. There were also rumors that some legit retailers would buy relief goods and sell them as regular store merchandise. Rumors lang. If DSWD’s conscience is clear, good. We trust the disaster victims would have relief made available to them for many weeks to come.
Tom Grace on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 7:50 am
People, you are falling into the paternal trap. Ganito rin parents natin, napaka manipulative, binabaliktad ang issue at sila palagi ang tama. The difference: our parents only want the best for us. Ito, mga manloloko lang. Pinapa-guilty pa tayo.
– your parents manipulated you? No wonder you have so much distrust and misplaced anger.
Wag nyong awayin kapwa ninyo citizens. Hindi kailanga ng kakampi ang DSWD, eh Gobyerno yan. If you want to volunteer because it makes you feel better, go ahead. Tutal naman hindi mo talaga mababago ang mga kurakot. Ang pwede lang gawin sa kanila eh bantayan.
– again, another person who think the government is a singular entity devoid of all good. i suggest you run the government yourself then. but that might be misunderstood as volunteering which you’ve made very clear in your previous statement, is something you would never do. guarding or watching other people do somehting productive is hardly productive in itself
To those people who belittle the part being played by “spectators,” listen to me. We all do our part. We work, pay our taxes, we obey the law. Some people volunteer, they give to charity, but being charitable doesn’t give you more right, being a participant or a player doesn’t give you special status in a democracy.
– yes excatly, i believe platterofpeaches started all this “spectator” talk so you should probably address this to her!
To verify DSWD’s explanation, simply visit a few refugee centers. If you find families there needing blankets, clothes, food, etc.,then you know who’s lying and who’s exaggerating.
– so why don’t you do what Mr. Bacareza did? or are you scared to find the truth for yourself?
If we were unfair to DSWD then sorry nalang,
– ahhh, an admission of guilt
but that is democracy. We err on the side of free speech. I’m not encouraging slander or libel, but as far as EllenGanda is concerned she merely reacted to the bounty of relief goods inside the DSWD warehouse.
– and unfortunately for her, she must be held accountable for slander
My own experience tells me relief goods are often converted to ukay-ukay. I’ve been to some of these ukay-ukays (these are the really low-end ukay-ukays selling t-shirts for 5 pesos) and the people selling them would openly admit they were relief goods. There were also rumors that some legit retailers would buy relief goods and sell them as regular store merchandise. Rumors lang.
– exactly, rumors, rumors are not admissible in court!
– its rumors like these, from people claiming of previous experiences that do harmful things like destroy the reputation of good people
If DSWD’s conscience is clear, good. We trust the disaster victims would have relief made available to them for many weeks to come.
– disaster victims cannot make relief goods available to themselves
– now, it does not take a person “weeks” of relief goods to recover. how long do you think dole-outs are necessary before these people start acting independently
– what of the people who abuse the system? are you watching guard over them as well?
– if you are the guardian you claim your self to be? and this is your contribution to volunteerism, then you should be watching ALL involvled. not just those for whom you are biased against.
apple on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 8:17 am
i want to share something. my sister is one of those who got affected by ondoy. she lives in don mariano subd. cainta. water filled the ground level of her 2-story apartment, and she got trapped in the second floor of her apartment for 2 days without food and water. when there was relief giving at cainta after a few days, the staff were asking for IDs. by golly, how can these people have IDs? almost all of their belongings were washed out by the flood. so she wasn’t able to get relief goods because she didn’t have ID. she walked to another center giving out relief goods. again, she was turned away, they told her the relief goods are only for flood victims. *$%#@@$$&*^$#@*!!!! that’s why my sister was there, because she was a flood victim!! again she got turned away. she has been starving for some days. so when the waters subsided and i was finally able to see her, i brought her to a restaurant so she could eat, and i also brought her clothes. my sister never got anything from the DSWD.
joby aquino on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 8:38 am
The truth of the matter is Cabral does not think that imported goods are fit for the consumption of the poor that she regards as animals and subhumans. She feels that imported items should not be wasted with these animals and to satisfy their needs by feeding or equipping them with these shiny utensils,Coleman lights and other quality goods would be an exercise in wastage. I know Cabral personally since she was director of the Heart Center and you should experience her calusness and it is frightening. But she loves the good things in life but I would not delve into that because I have no hard evidence to back up my claim but many will attest how she has mastered the art of stealing without being caught – ask the personnel of the Heart Center where she was petitioned out. My position is this – if she can do that at the Philippine Heart Center what more at DSWD where she is the sovereign queen and where the budget are in the billions. She’s just getting around us with her smiling face and girlish tone of voice because she has mastered the art of hypocrisy in front of the cameras. Her best friend they say is Miriam Santiago and as they say “birds of the same feather…get crazy together”. Need I say more? By the way I know many things about her because I am a relative of the late Director Finard Cabilao, our social welfare attache who was killed in Malaysia in the performance of his duty. People at DSWD know how the callus Cabral almost ignored to recognize the death and heroism of my cousin Finard. But maybe because of her advisers she attended his burial and after giving him a measly sum my cousin’s widow was appeased because of their want for money. Cabral is a user and is an evil person but we are comforted by the fact that she is suffering fron breast cancer. One of these days, the Social Welfare Association of the Philippines or SWEAP will stage a lightning rally that will spill the bowels of Cabral if she will not change her ways – her high handedness and her verbal brutality at DSWD. We will call for her ouster and we will not stop till she is thrown out of DSWD – a great institution that she is treating as her personal property. I’m calling all Social Work graduates of the University of the Philippines – my alma mater – to stand firm behind this call to action. She has to go soon, not in May or June 2010 but NOW……lET ME ADD THE FACT THAT WAS PROVEN CORRECT BY THE CONGLOMERATE OF HENRY SY OF SM – CABRAL IS RUSHING UP THE SALE OF THE GOLDEN ACRES COMPOUND SITUATED AT THE BACK OF SM AT NORTH AVENUE, QUEZON CITY FOR BILLIONS OF PESOS AND ACCORDING TO SOURCES SHE WOULD GET COMMISSIONS IN THIS TRANSACTION AND GUESS WHAT: SHE WILL BE THROWING THE OLD PEOPLE TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TANAY TO RESIDE BESIDE THE YOUNG CRIMINALS OF BOYS TOWN – SHE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR GOLD!!!!!
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 8:46 am
Have you also tried getting photos and data (from ABS-CBN, GMA, Philippine Red Cross, etc.)? warehouses? I think it would have been a better “journalistic” story if you also did a comparative study on all the organizations doing relief efforts. That way, you can compare how many volunteers, how goods are delivered, where to, etc. With the way you presented your story, you were downplaying the DSWD, when in fact you could have taken the issue intelligently by doing that study.
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 8:50 am
@apple – were those staff from the DSWD national office or regional office. please verify your fact first. if they were not from those offices, please refer to the devolution of social services. please be well informed.
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 8:52 am
@joby aquino – i bet you were not promoted. back up your allegations with data please.
ramrod on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:05 am
– again, another person who think the government is a singular entity devoid of all good. i suggest you run the government yourself then. but that might be misunderstood as volunteering which you’ve made very clear in your previous statement, is something you would never do. guarding or watching other people do somehting productive is hardly productive in itself
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Not “the” government, just THIS GOVERNMENT. Gloria and her minions (to include you.
cybernothottie – the opposition need not spend for black propaganda against THIS government, it just has to BE ITSELF, its doing perfectly well showcasing corruption, incompetence, callousness, and stupidity in believing that hiring people like you can help at all. You and Grace shove it where the sun doesn’t shine!
ramrod on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:06 am
anna,
The pictures speak a thousand words…
Mike Schaul on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:10 am
@Joby – Wow, huwag ka namang sumigaw. Matanong ko close ba kayo ni Dr. Cabral? Tinanong mo ba siya bakit nangyari ang mga nangyari sa Heart Center? Hindi mo ba alam napulitika siya dun?
Hindi mo ba alam ang lungkot niya sa nangyari sa Malaysia sa pinsan mo? O pinsan mo ba talaga yun at gumagawa ka lang ng personal attack kay Dr. Cabral?
Hindi mo ba alam kung gaanong ka-dilapidated ang mga gusali ng DSWD pag pasok ni Dr. Cabral sa DSWD? Napakaliit ng budget nila nun pero napagawa niya mga yun! Ang dami na nyang nagawang maganda para sa DSWD. Alam mo ba yun?
At hindi mo ba alam na relocation ang ginagawa sa mga taga Golden Acres kasi napaka-usok, polluted at fire hazard ang mga tirahan nila dun. FYI, wala siyang commission na makukuha dun.
Ako, nagtatanong muna ako sa mga nakakaalam bago magsabi ng mga masasamang bagay na ganyan. Ewan ko sa yo. Palagay ko disgruntled employee ka ng DSWD at mawawalan ka lang ng trabaho kapag na-relocate ang Golden Acres.
Personalan na pala. At ang spelling pala ay “callous.” Hindi ako empleyado ng DSWD at nakilala ko siya nung tinilungan ako at mga anak ko ng DSWD. Mahiya ka sa mga sinasabi mo.
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:13 am
@joby aquino – napuntahan mo na ba ang goden acres na ito sa tanay? ako kasi napuntahan ko na at nakita ko na mas maayos (by 100%) na paglagayan yun ng mga matatanda natin kesa sa sikip na sikip na golden acres dyan sa likod ng sm. try mo puntahan at lumanghap ng sariwang hangin doon sa tanay para malaman mo na mas maigi pala ito na pagtirhan ng mga matatanda. at tsaka, kaya nga rehabilitation ang tawag sa mga bata sa boys town kasi binibigyan natin sila ng oportunidad na magbago. hindi naman lahat tayo dapat magsang-ayon sa mga adhikain natin, pero mas maganda na mas isipin natin ang kapakanan ng nakararami. tanungin mo na lang sa sarili mo kung ano ang naitulong mo at ano pa ang maitutulong mo kesa sa gamitin mo ang mga salitang nakakasakit. i would go more for truthful and sincere choice to help!
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:15 am
@ramrod – kaya nga po bodega ang tawag kasi dapat paglagyan ng goods. kung wala naman laman, magagalit din naman. ano ba talaga?
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:18 am
@ramrod – ah. maniniwala pala ako sa picture ni angelina jolie na nakahalambitin….pero nung pinakita sa sunod na picture, set pala ng pelikula. ganun ba yun?
Iya on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:40 am
I would love to help DSWD improve its system of distribution and management of volunteers. But I believe they’d prefer inefficiency and helplessness to persist as both are convenient covers for corruption. I’m not surprised that everything is still “all talk”. The lower ranking officers will always reflect what the highest ranking leaders do. Even in the evacuation centers we’ve been to (right after Ondoy struck), sacks of rice and noodles were left untouched even in the presence of hungry evacuees. We asked why they were not being distributed. The reply: “naubusan ng plastic bag” and “nasira ang kalan”, when we suggested to cook them. No matter what help you offer, they will always have excuses for not taking action.
Thanks for exposing these and bringing the appalling situations into the people’s consciousness.
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:49 am
I agree. Most people think that the government is a singular entity devoid of all good. Now, if we say we still have hope for this country, then believe that THERE IS GOOD left in the government. Did someone even bother to ask what the DSWD has done (waaay before this sensational story came out)? The people I know who work at the DSWD (national and regional offices lang, kasi yung iba akala eh ang provincial/municipal/city social workers eh sa DSWD pa rin, when in fact devolved na ito sa LGUs – another information you may want to study further) work so hard, even prioritizing serving other people first rather than helping their own families during disasters. Ang nakikita lang kasi natin sa tv palagi ay ABS-CBN, GMA, Red Cross na tumutulong. Naiiintindihan ko na kailangan nilang ipakita ito para masabi nila sa mga donors nila na may ginagawa sila. Pero alam niyo ba kung magkano talaga ang pumupunta sa disaster operations at administrative costs nila? Kung comparative study lang ang pagbabasehan, di hamak naman na mas matataas sweldo ng mga taga NGOs na ito pati na sa mga UN agencies. May mga pangilan-ngilan din namang nagpapakita ng kabayanihan ng DSWD sa tv pero di lahat ipinapakita sa tv kasi mas mabenta ang pangungutya. Doon na ako sa maging mapagmatyag tayo sa katiwalian, pero ang kinukutya ninyo kasi eh ahensyang di dapat ikutaya kung hindi tulungan para maiparating sa bayan na may ginagawa tayong tulong. Kung di naman lumabas ito sa blog ni ella, di rin naman ninyo malalaman na pwede palang mag volunteer. Eh bakit yung ibang nag volunteer noon pa sa warehouse ng DSWD, nalaman naman. Ang ibang mga ahensya, mga fraternities, at schools ay nag volunteer agad ng serbisyo at oras nila noong kasagsagan ng bagyo at sila ang matatawag kong mga bayani.
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:55 am
@lya – i read about your comment on evacuation centers. i know that the management of evacuation centers is the responsibility of the LGUs already. try reading more on the devolution of social services. maybe the confusion is always coming from misguided information so please do your responsibility and get more information on this. akala ng lahat ng tao, sakop pa rin ng DSWD national at regional offices ang local social welfare offices kasi. please be well informed. it pays to know, you know. spread valid information only.
Mike Schaul on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:00 am
@Joby: O, ito pa. Nagtanong muna ako para sigurado. Tungkol diyan sa Heart Center, na-clear si Dr. Cabral ng Ombudsman. Pinagbintangan siya na walang namang basehan, naghahanap sila ng butas para mapaalis siya. Baka gusto mong kausapin si Presidente Ramos na ang doktor niya ang may pasimuno ng lahat ng gulo? Alam mo ba na ang doktor na yun ay nakulong dahil sa pagdispalko ng pera ng pasyente? Kausapin mo kaya ang mga tao sa komisyon na nag-imbistiga na ang isa sa kanila ay Supreme Court justice ngayon. Alam mo ba na hindi pinaalis si Dr. Cabral sa Heart Center pero kusa siyang nag-resign at umalis nung na-clear siya.
Palagay ko hindi mo talagang nakilala si Dr. Cabral sa Heart Center at gumagawa ka lang ng panggulo.
At oo nga, “callus” si Dr. Cabral. Marami na siyang kalyo sa paa dahil sa paglalakad and pagtrarabaho para sa DSWD at ang ating mga kababayan. Ikaw, ano na ang ginawa mo?
eufems on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:00 am
ano ba yun, nag-aaway na. sabi lang naman ni ellaganda, ba’t ambagal? walang sinabing, ay hinohoard yan, ay kinukurakot yan.
ang problema nga lang siguro, kulang ng empleyado ang DSWD. Oo, may heart at may will ang mga taga-DSWD, pero kulang lang talaga sila. kelangan nila ng kasama.
as far as i’ve read (and am thinking) (di ko na binasa lahat, nag-aaway na e, umabot ba naman ng golden acres?), ‘madali’ lang i-solve yan
1. kung nagawa ng Palasyo manghingi sa Ateneo ng i-rerepack, sila naman ang mamigay sa NGOs at yung mga tulad ng GMA Kapuso Foundation at Sagip Kapamilya. bawal ba?
2. Tutal hindi na binigay sa mga taga-public school yung sembreak (screw you, Lapus. ay joke lang po yun), paano kea kung yung mga nakaririwasang school (na under pa naman ng gov’t), yung mga barely binaha (Kisay, MaSci, PiSci) magpa ‘Day of Repacking’. Tignan mo, kung ‘compulsory yan kht isang araw, may isang araw ka nang may 1000+ ‘volunteers’. Kung enjoy ng Palasyo magbigay ng holiday, a ‘day of repacking’ shouldn’t hurt.
3. Repack on summer para handa na sa rainy season.
4. Let the rest of the Philippines do the repacking. Pano kea kung ilabas natin sa ‘Imperial Manila’ yung mga yan at ipa-repack na lang sa mga taga-Visayas at Mindanao. Ay wait, may transpo pla yun. Edi sa mga taga-Quezon, basta yung lugar na hindi bahado.
5. Pag sinabing ’round the clock’, dapat walang tulugan! Wala dapat supladong guard
6. isip pa ko, uhm, hmmmm. tanong lang. kung naliligo sa noodles ang mga kababayan nating nasalanta, pano nangyari yun? e de lata lang nasa loob ng sako. ayan may naisip na ko, nabasa actually. kumuha ng seswelduhang repacker. minimum wage ok na. at least doble doble na pagtulong un. nakatulong ka na sa nasalanta, nakatulong ka pa sa mga walang trabaho
7. Ingredients: at least dalawang pulis/sundalo, at least dalawang DSWD Social worker, isang truck, 50-70 box ng sardinas, (bahala na sa pagbubudget ng mga ipamimigay, basta no discrimination kung imported o local ha?), pagkarami-raming table, stub, taling straw. Imbis na i-repack pa, abot abot system na lang. yung tipong parang oorder ka sa cafeteria. Sa simula ng line, ibibigay ay sako. sunod, kaldero, tapos yung other goods, tapos banig. tapos, tapos na. yung mga nasalanta na ang nag-repack!
*about golden acres, hindi magiging logical ang expansion ng SM sa site nila, without buying QUESCI. remember, ang dakilang kapitbahay ng golden acres? sana lang hindi maging super kapitalista ang pamahalaan natin at instead kung mag-rerelocate sa Tanay ang Golden Acres, ibigay na lang sa Kisay yung lupa para pampalawak ng Education Complex dun na kinabibilangan ng San Francisco High School, QC Polytechnic Univ., Division of City Schools QC, DepEd NCR, at QC Science High School aka Kisay. (Malapit din ang Philippine College of Surgeons at QC Academy)
Ewan ko n lng kung isasama ang Kisay sa dakilang expansion ng SM. cOME On, nagpapatayo kaya si Belmonte ng building sa’min. kay Henry Sy, well, hindi ka pa ba kuntento na ang SM North ay 1st (or 2nd na ata ulit) largest mall by gross leasable area? na may pagkalaki-laki ka nang MOA sa Pasay? Ang sabi pa naman ni Lord, mas magandang makuntento sa buhay (lalo na’t bilyonaryo ka naman)
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:04 am
Yung pinapakita pa yung script ng conversation sa opening page ng site na ito ng security guard sa warehouse, what is your point? your egos are bloated and you just seem to prove that you are definitely more educated, and there is no need to make that point. they may not have the masters in journalism or whatever, but they do work hard. if you would have wanted to “survey” the warehouse, please talk to the warehouse manager. And not in the wee hours of the morning. Please give them a break. Did you even bother to ask how they are doing there? (Bago pa po kasi sinulat ni ella ang kwento nya ay nagtatrabaho na yan sila at konting idlip lang ay maligaya na sila).
Markie on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 11:48 am
problem w/ you all is puro kayo dada ng dada, kung yung oras nyo ba na sinasayang sa harap ng computer e vinolunteer nyo na lang sa pag rerepack, nakatulong pa kayo, sobrang galing nyo kasi lahat, kayo kaya magpatakbo ng gobyerno, am sure, pati kayo, mangungurakot, hahahaha, wag na kasi
magmalinis,angagaling nyo,kaya less talk, more action please. oo na, nagkulang ang DSWD, oo na, naka tenga yung mga corned beef and imported goods, oo na, mabagal ang distribution, would all these kagalingan nyo sa pag cocomment help solve all this? lahat kasi kayo tingin nyo sa sarili nyo perfect, hay naku, lumabas kayo ng bahay, pumunta kayo repacking centers ng me magawa pa kayong matino…… as said earlier, LESS TALK, MORE ACTION…. BTW, I don’t care what comments you give me after this, It wouldn’t help anybody if I respond back, I hope I got my msg clear.
maverick on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 11:55 am
@anna: bat hindi ka na lang gumawa ng sarili mong blog at discuss mo yang ‘devolution of social services’ na yan. peace!
donna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:08 pm
@JOBY AQUINO: CRYING WOLF!
1. The truth of the matter is Cabral does not think that imported goods are fit for the consumption of the poor that she regards as animals and subhumans. She feels that imported items should not be wasted with these animals and to satisfy their needs by feeding or equipping them with these shiny utensils,Coleman lights and other quality goods would be an exercise in wastage.
–I’m really amazed at how you claim to know Dr. Cabral’s mind very well. Have you ever talked to her personally about this? Did she share her thoughts with you?
2. I know Cabral personally since she was director of the Heart Center and you should experience her calusness and it is frightening.
–Oh you mean, “callousness.” So you are a self-proclaimed confidante of Dr. Cabral. I wonder how “personal” was personal? I could say I’ve known Judy Ann Santos personally since she was with Mara Clara because I saw her PERSONALLY in one of their shoots and I knew the Director and we were PERSONALLY introduced and I went home with a picture and a big smile on my face.:) get my drift?
3. But she loves the good things in life but I would not delve into that because I have no hard evidence to back up my claim but many will attest how she has mastered the art of stealing without being caught – ask the personnel of the Heart Center where she was petitioned out.
–This is SOOO yesterday. Haaay. Wala na bang iba?
4. My position is this – if she can do that at the Philippine Heart Center what more at DSWD where she is the sovereign queen and where the budget are in the billions.
–FYI, the budgets of DA, Dep Ed, DPWH, and the other government agencies are way bigger than the budget allocated to the DSWD. In fact, the DSWD has one of the smallest budget among the government agencies. Verify first before you make comments such as this.
5. She’s just getting around us with her smiling face and girlish tone of voice because she has mastered the art of hypocrisy in front of the cameras. Her best friend they say is Miriam Santiago and as they say “birds of the same feather…get crazy together”. Need I say more?
–Tom Grace was right. This one also lost his/her educated means of arguing a long time ago. Tsk Tsk.
6. By the way I know many things about her because I am a relative of the late Director Finard Cabilao, our social welfare attache who was killed in Malaysia in the performance of his duty. People at DSWD know how the callus Cabral almost ignored to recognize the death and heroism of my cousin Finard. But maybe because of her advisers she attended his burial and after giving him a measly sum my cousin’s widow was appeased because of their want for money.
–Same as #5.
7. Cabral is a user and is an evil person but we are comforted by the fact that she is suffering fron breast cancer.
–Check this one out. Joby playing God!
8. One of these days, the Social Welfare Association of the Philippines or SWEAP will stage a lightning rally that will spill the bowels of Cabral if she will not change her ways – her high handedness and her verbal brutality at DSWD. We will call for her ouster and we will not stop till she is thrown out of DSWD – a great institution that she is treating as her personal property.
–This has been said like, a hundred times already. But just like the weather who can’t seem to make up his mind, you’ll see the clouds gathering then the thunder rumbling, but never see a single drop of rain falling.
9. I’m calling all Social Work graduates of the University of the Philippines – my alma mater – to stand firm behind this call to action.
–Wag mo naming solohin ang UP-CSWCD. I graduated from there, too. But unlike you who seem to thrive on rhetorics, heresies, self-serving idealisms, and innate malice for others, I chose to do my best to serve the people humbly and quietly—just like what a TRUE-BLOODED SOCIAL WORKER SHOULD DO! Note: HIRAP KASI DAMI DADA, KULANG GAWA. BATO-BATO SA LANGIT….:)
10. She has to go soon, not in May or June 2010 but NOW……
–Gusto mo ikaw na mag-Head?
11. lET ME ADD THE FACT THAT WAS PROVEN CORRECT BY THE CONGLOMERATE OF HENRY SY OF SM – CABRAL IS RUSHING UP THE SALE OF THE GOLDEN ACRES COMPOUND SITUATED AT THE BACK OF SM AT NORTH AVENUE, QUEZON CITY FOR BILLIONS OF PESOS AND ACCORDING TO SOURCES SHE WOULD GET COMMISSIONS IN THIS TRANSACTION AND GUESS WHAT: SHE WILL BE THROWING THE OLD PEOPLE TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TANAY TO RESIDE BESIDE THE YOUNG CRIMINALS OF BOYS TOWN – SHE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR GOLD!!!!!
–Such a hopeless case. Nakiki-ride lang sa issue. Haaay. Again, proofs? Have you ever been to the GA inTanay? Why don’t you/SWEAP go to Tanay and visit the place to see how those elders would really be better taken care of in a cleaner and safer environment than the cramped space beside SM North that you so insist on where there is only one passage for the entrance and the exit? Why all the fuss? Kasi gusto nyo mas malapit sa mall? Sabagay, sayang naman pag may sale sa mall.
Finally, I thought UP ka. It doesn’t show eh.
LovelySoul on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:24 pm
It is amazing how the comments to this blog had grown from a measly 56 last night to about 174 this very moment. However, it is definitely disheartening to read that majority are from people who decided to use this site for their personal attacks and “mud-slinging” to one another. The tone had completely became off topic and nonetheless became vicious and downright filthy. Example, a medical doctor was completely dragged into the mud and was called a “pig” because of his body size. Come on guys, grow up. The main concern here are the VICTIMS of typhoon Ondoy. A calamity of biblical proportion. When I heard of this situation, I just got home from school and getting ready to do my homework in the comfort of my bedroom with a view of the ocean and the nice street of Wilshire . But I was touched and was moved to pull my credit card and donate cash to Philippine Red Cross.
I wanted to stand up and be counted. I wanted to share although I was thousand of miles away in United States.
Then, I started making appeals via Twitter and have asked Hollywood celebrities to get into action. Now, that the donations had arrived in your homeland, all we could hear are bickering and delays in giving the much needed help to the victims.
It is indeed outrageous to learn that after a month, the goods are still sitting in some warehouses. Whether it is true or not, the pictures said it all. There was no Philippine media reports on how the foreign aids was distributed. We, in USA will be as generous at all times but we also deserved to know as to whether the true people who are in dire need were in fact given the much needed help.
That’s all. We need to see the displaced families and children receiving the food and fresh water and warm blankets. Not tomorrow but now. Right now. I hate to see crying children because they have not eaten for days.
Open your hearts and may God touch all of you into positive action to help the disenfranchised. Please do not contribute to their early demise.
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:27 pm
@JOBY ASSHOLE- if you dont have evidence to prove it it is because it is not true! she was petitioned out of heart center? i dont think so you dumbfool! it just so happend that she is identified with miriam santiago thats why when FVR won he took her out as the director of the heart center! people in the dswd know how callous dr. cabral is? thats why she is pushing for the transfer of the GA to Tanay for the elderly to have a better quality of life! I have a BIG question for you JOBY which i think you cant answer because your brain will merely shut down while trying to analyze the question! If you are an abandoned elderly person what quality of life would you choose: STAY IN A FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT DURING THE MARCOS REGIME WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY BUILDINGS AND HAS A NARROW PASSAGE WAY THAT A FIRETRUCK CAN’T EVEN PASS IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND IS WAY OVER POLLUTED. OR TRANSFER TO TANAY WHERE THE BUILDING ARE NEW, FACILITIES UPGRADED AT PAR WITH THE MODERN STANDARDS OF THIS GENERATION AND CLEAN FRESH AIR? your main concern is not for the welfare of the RESIDENT’s of the GA but the welfare of the well abled bodied employees of the GA that doesnt want to get relocated because that would take them out of their comfort zone! AND ONE MORE THING! for the PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW STUPID JOBY and THE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE LIKE HIM OR IT? HAHAHA! THEIR FIRST OBJECTION TO THE TRANSFER OF GA TO TANAY WAS THE RELATIVES OF THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF THE GA WILL NO LONGER VISIT THEM BECAUSE TANAY IS FAR! DUH! STUPID! IN THE FIRST PLACE THEY WOULDNT BE IN THE GOLDEN ACRES IF THE HAVE RELATIVES RIGHT? STUPID!
Your a relative of DIr. CAbilao? i see that’s why you are ranting here! Dir Cabilao was a good man! way better than you…By millions of miles. it just so happend that in Muslim countries they are not a liberal when it comes to third sex! not like in this country….liberal and free that’s why your still alive right? FAGGOT!
Petition for Sec Cabral to step down or throw her out? what a dingbat! best performing cabinet secretary? number ! department in the Integrity Development Action Plan! Number 1 least corrupt agency under HER watch!
Your a graduate of UP? your ALMA MATTER? is it yours?since when? or just because that’s the only school you can remember because your dumb brain wont process no more?
YOUR A FUCKING ASSWIPE JOBY! YOU DONT KNOW SHIT AND YOU WILL NEVER KNOW SHIT!!!!!!!
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:34 pm
@RAMROD- Yes pictures do speak a thousand words! that’s why its unfair to pass judgement just because of pictures right?
what would you choose to have a situation where there is an empty warehouse and an overflooding of relief goos to areas that are already over served by both NGO’s and Government? Or a Full WAREHOUSE that anytime time a request is made by Local Government units for relief goods there is an available stock?
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:38 pm
@STOCK- “KAMBYO” by the GOVT?how sure can you be? DON’T think your wise enough to analyze all the conspiracies we have know!!!! YOU DONT KNOW SHIT! ASSHOLE!!!!!!
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:39 pm
MANUEL L QUEZON III= ABNORMAL LOOKING MOTHER FUCKER! LIKE YOUR BOSSES THERE IN ABS-CBN! and like your PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE!
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:49 pm
@maverick – ay sus. that is your responsibility to know and study on.
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 12:55 pm
@LovelySoul – Ma’am, your donation went to Red Cross, so you should ask them where it went.
psychogoddess on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:16 pm
Funny how some of the comments bash mlq when his blog is the most un-biased entry on the topic. If everyone took the time to read the entire post (which is kinda long), you’ll notice that he presented both sides fairly–Ella’s and Cabral’s. Based on what I’ve been reading (and hearing, and watching) since yesterday, I would like to raise these points:
1. Ella raised valid points in her blog. Ella is not a journalist–she never claimed to be. She was merely relating her experience as a DSWD volunteer. Masama bang magkwento? Magtanong? Magtaka? It’s disturbing to note that there are a lot of people trying to discredit her. Questioning the government should NEVER be discouraged.
2. Personally, I think burden of proof lies in DSWD being that it is a government office and is accountable to the people.
3. Most of the people who read Ella’s blog overreacted. Living in a country where you expect the government not to do any good is no excuse to immediately bash the agency without waiting to find out its side of the story.
My family and I are victims of Ondoy–we almost lost our home and all our belongings. Maybe I’m speaking for the rest of us when I say that bickering about the issue isn’t helping. The good thing is that we are again reminded that there are still people out there who need our help.
@Tom Grace: Technically, Ella can’t be sued for slander because slander refers to a malicious, false and defamatory SPOKEN statement or report. She may be sued for LIBEL if DSWD wishes but they have to prove in court that there was malicious intent on her part. From a personal standpoint, I didn’t find anything libelous in Ella’s post but this is what makes this law tricky; reading malicious intent can be somewhat subjective.
psychogoddess on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:18 pm
Funny how some of the comments bash mlq when his blog is the most un-biased entry on the topic. If everyone took the time to read the entire post (which is kinda long), you’ll notice that he presented both sides fairly–Ella’s and Cabral’s. Based on what I’ve been reading (and hearing, and watching) since yesterday, I would like to raise these points:
1. Ella raised valid points in her blog. Ella is not a journalist–she never claimed to be. She was merely relating her experience as a DSWD volunteer. Masama bang magkwento? Magtanong? Magtaka? It’s disturbing to note that there are a lot of people trying to discredit her. Questioning the government should NEVER be discouraged.
2. Personally, I think burden of proof lies in DSWD being that it is a government office and is accountable to the people.
3. Most of the people who read Ella’s blog overreacted. Living in a country where you expect the government not to do any good is no excuse to immediately bash the agency without waiting to find out its side of the story.
My family and I are victims of Ondoy–we almost lost our home and all our belongings. Maybe I’m speaking for the rest of us when I say that bickering about the issue isn’t helping. The good thing is that we are again reminded that there are still people out there who need our help.
@Tom Grace: Technically, Ella can’t be sued for slander because slander refers to a malicious, false and defamatory SPOKEN statement or report. She may be sued for LIBEL if DSWD wishes but they have to prove in court that there was malicious intent on her part. From a personal standpoint, I didn’t find anything libelous in Ella’s post but this is what makes this law tricky; reading malicious intent can be somewhat subjective.
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:43 pm
your name suits you psychogoddess! YOUR A FUCKING PSYCHO!!!!!!
ella panget on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:49 pm
@psycho- have you ever thought also that majority of the employees of the dswd are also victims of the calamity? but instead of tending to their personal needs they still go to work because they are so dedicated to the job the promised to do with all their heart?
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:55 pm
@psychogoddess
@LovelySoul
Most people think that the government is a singular entity devoid of all good. Now, if we say we still have hope for this country, then believe that THERE IS GOOD left in the government. Did someone even bother to ask what the DSWD has done (waaay before this sensational story came out)? The people I know who work at the DSWD (national and regional offices lang, kasi yung iba akala eh ang provincial/municipal/city social workers eh sa DSWD pa rin, when in fact devolved na ito sa LGUs – another information you may want to study further) work so hard, even prioritizing serving other people first rather than helping their own families during disasters. Ang nakikita lang kasi natin sa tv palagi ay ABS-CBN, GMA, Red Cross na tumutulong. Naiiintindihan ko na kailangan nilang ipakita ito para masabi nila sa mga donors nila na may ginagawa sila. Pero alam niyo ba kung magkano talaga ang pumupunta sa disaster operations at administrative costs nila? Kung comparative study lang ang pagbabasehan, di hamak naman na mas matataas sweldo ng mga taga NGOs na ito pati na sa mga UN agencies. May mga pangilan-ngilan din namang nagpapakita ng kabayanihan ng DSWD sa tv pero di lahat ipinapakita sa tv kasi mas mabenta ang pangungutya. Doon na ako sa maging mapagmatyag tayo sa katiwalian, pero ang kinukutya ninyo kasi eh ahensyang di dapat ikutaya kung hindi tulungan para maiparating sa bayan na may ginagawa tayong tulong. Kung di naman lumabas ito sa blog ni ella, di rin naman ninyo malalaman na pwede palang mag volunteer. Eh bakit yung ibang nag volunteer noon pa sa warehouse ng DSWD, nalaman naman. Ang ibang mga ahensya, mga fraternities, at schools ay nag volunteer agad ng serbisyo at oras nila noong kasagsagan ng bagyo at sila ang matatawag kong mga bayani.
Roy on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 2:11 pm
Sorry my countrymen, makapal na, makapal na ang mukha nila.
Yung hiya, wala na. Garapal na. Mga manhid ang pakirandam.
Tayo dito nataranta na sa mga masamang nangyayari, pero sila
bali wala.
Kon hindi sila gaanong concerned bakit kaya tayo nagkaproblema?
What are we going to do?
psychogoddess on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 2:19 pm
@ella panget:
hindi ko alam kung ano ang kinakagalit mo…if you’ve read my post, I clearly stated that people should have waited for DSWD’s side of the story before reacting.
…and using expletives and insults are such great ways of driving your points across.
@ella panget, @anna:
If you read and understood my post, wala akong masamang sinabi tungkol kay Cabral at sa DSWD. Di ko talaga alam kung bakit ang init ninyong dalawa.
Ewan ko talaga kung bakit feeling ninyo may pangngutyang kasama yung post ko. This is exactly the kind of bickering I was talking about.
nhoi on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 2:34 pm
TO : anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 1:55 pm
Anna, if you just read between the lines and thoroughly with an open ended mind, correct me if I’m wrong (I stand corrected), it is not DSWD (deeeee is dabolyo deeeee) that is on the hot seat but the appointed people that are supposed to run and manage the department efficiently and without partisan mind what so ever when it comes to public service.
At any rate, what can we expect if the one who appointed Sec Cabral has no leaning towards public service but thinks only how to eat caviar and travels on a Learjet.
Thanks but no thanks to the efforts of Sec Cabral in explaining how her department should run and work along side with other cohorts.
Gio Bacareza on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 4:04 pm
My God! After my appeal for everyone to just go there and help if you are really concerned, there’s still too much of talk and no action. Just go and get your hands dirty and your shirt sweaty. The goods really need as many people to move them. Really help if you’re concerned. If you’re from Metro Manila, there is really no excuse for you to just type around instead of packing those goods so they move.
I sent that appeal this morning, slept only to wake up and see there’s still too much talk.
Let’s go! You know where it is right? DSWD warehouse, Chapel Road, Pasay City (behind ATO Office, towards NAIA II). If DSWD says they have too many volunteers, say you wanna pack for UNICEF.
You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
Boxed up! 888 on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 4:28 pm
Sometimes, we people are like ants in the face of giants. We need to create an itch for them to realize what they need to do. Although we know that DSWD is an entity that is in charge for the wellness of our people, they too have people devoted to their work, while some of them just sit down and do some work, and yet they oversee what’s been happening in their department- I have some news that some members of the agency is doing lame stuffs what I mean (unacceptable) as they were supposed to be the role model of some government agencies- but we cannot say that all of them are corrupt, we just say, they must perform their work, for the benefit of the people not for the benefit of the few, we are thinking that in this very same freedom of writing we can at least create an itch for them to realize that crucial task are needed to be transparent, especially when they are given the much opportunity to help. People are doing their part. We just hope for the best, ANG BLOG NI ELLA got fame, and creates hatred and followers but then, the core thing is, she was the first one who exposed this thing, it really blew up, as we are in the world of NEtshepre, but still Ella is right, Time is of the Essence, actions are needed to be done, but her allegations came too close enough to destroy the agency’s long time credibility. Now is the time to wake up the government that people are watching and doing their part. We all work for the well being of each other to take care of our fellow countrymen, just do not spread hatred, you can spread what public needs to know, but be at least responsible for WTF you are writing. I posted a comment in her blog ellaganda.com but my comment was erased. Hope this will be posted. I think this blog has more reason to survive. Keep up the good job,MLQIII More power!
courtrule on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 5:30 pm
@ella panget, no matter how valid your argument is ay walang makikinig sayo if you continue to insult people. peace.
mytcz on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 6:34 pm
@BernardBasher: di ka ba nagbabasa? BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD wasnt expecting payment when he volunteered. It was just unfortunate for DSWD when he learned that he was supposed to receive an allowance that he did not receive. Kung hindi nya nalaman yun sana hindi sha na turn-off sa DSWD.
@Tom Grace: people in government agencies like DSWD or whatever agency arent there because they want to.. but because they can. Karamihan sa mga govt employees nasa govt kasi may mga kamaganak cla na nag t trabaho doon. Kung wala kang backer… mahirap pumasok sa gobyerno.
Wala akong tiwala sa government employees kasi maraming beses ko ng napatunayan na halos lahat sila corrupt and greedy. Marami na akong first hand experience on dealing with them.
My friends and I went to a relief center with food and clothes. There were so many people there and less than 10 of us. So we considered going to DSWD sa munisipyo para sila nalang mag bigay.. thinking theyd be more organized. Pero nakausap nung friend ko yung mga evacuess doon and they said it would be better if we just give it straight to the people kasi daw yung mga donations na nasa DSWD hindi naman daw nakakadating sa kanila. May mga nareceive pa cla na expired delata. WTF diba?
That evacuation center was living off from donations and cooked food served by volunteers and not by government people. So anong ginagawa nila sa mga donations na natatanggap nila if hindi natatanggap ng mga evacuees?
Bago kayo kumampi sa gobyerno, umalis muna kayo sa harap ng mga computers nyo and magpunta talaga kayo sa relief centers pra malaman nyo ang real score. Halos lahat ng relief efforts are done by private groups & individuals halos non-existent ang govt. So hindi nyo masisi ang mga tao when they get furious by news/blogs like this.
Ako din, I wanna know what will happen to those imported items. BS yung excuse nila na inventory and giving monetary values.. plain BS… if thats the protocol dapat mabilis nilang nagagawa yun… private people were able to organize relief ops in a day or 2 tapos government cant do it in 1 month? BS BS BS! I hope someone can cover this to make sure these items all go to the victims. Nakakahiya.
Chutefox Cute on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 6:39 pm
You bastards! You been blogging negatives and non-sense. You didnt even spend time to investigate and invest your egoistic minds into looking at the benefits. Pareha tayong mga Pinoy. Mga SIRA ANG ULO NYO. Ang kawawa ay ang mga disaster victims, wala ng tutulong sa atin dito sa Pinas. Kayo bang kunyari concerned citizens and ganda bloggers ay gustong tumakbong Pnagulo ng Pilipinas?
Spare the innocents. Dapat kayo ang nabahaan. Wala naman kayong nagawa para ikasaya namin.
Hoy Ella Panget, you live with your name. Mag-aral ka muna ng Logistics Management bago ka mag comment ha? Kung ikaw ay taga PAGC talaga you should know the real procedures in managing stockpiles, right? Do not pretend to know. You are an evil pretending to be an angel by using “volunteerism” as a venue for your evil scheme. You know, kahit gaano kaganda ang smile mo sa blog pic mo, there is no denying you are Pangit. Sana yung earnings mo in the blog and whoever is/are behind you will suffer the consequences one day. Ikaw na sana ang mabaha!
On the sale of Golden Acres, how knowledgeable are you of the facts? Why will DSWD sell the property when it does not even owns it? Ano ang tingin nyo, matinik ang analysis nyo? Mga pare at mare, bago kayo masunog sa mga accusations nyo, tingnan nyo muna ng mabuti ang mga facts nyo ha? Tira kayo ng tira without knowing the facts.
Is Director Finard the only DSWD killed in action? Mahiya kayo, why will his family be the only one to benefit the help? If you claim to be a concerned relative, you should also be fair. Kung may Dir. Cabilao ka, ako ay mayroong Dir. Maglunob, who really died in the line of duty and deserved the help more. Huwag ka ng magtago pa, kung sino kaman kilala ko ang true color mo, you are not a concerned relative but a family outsider who pretends to be an insider. Sinungaling ka.
Sana tamaan kayo ng kidlat. Hindi na ninyo naisip ang tunay na nagsumikap at naghirap para sa mga biktima ng kalamida. Makonsensya kayo, DO NOT USE YOUR IT LITERACY TO GAIN MONEY.
STOP IT GUYS SIRA TAYONG LAHAT HERE AND ABROAD SA MGA GINAGAWA NYO.
Mike H on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 7:29 pm
Pinoys-in-Pinas approach events expecting their fellow Pinoys to be cheats and scums. Walang tiwala sa kapuwa Pinoy. [Which makes sense. Pinoys are not trustworthy.]
Now 10% or 15% are scum. Which means if you help, then 85% of your effort goes to help a fellow Pinoy in need.
Pick your poison — you don’t help, then you don’t help.
You help, then 85% goes to good use and 15% goes to a scumbag. Pick your poison.
arnel on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 7:43 pm
hehehhe grabe talaga!!!! malamang yan bukas makalawa binibenta na yan sa duty free philippines!!!
anna on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 9:37 pm
@mytcz – maybe this information might clarify the confusion with local social welfare services and the national social services. —- I agree. Most people think that the government is a singular entity devoid of all good. Now, if we say we still have hope for this country, then believe that THERE IS GOOD left in the government. Did someone even bother to ask what the DSWD has done (waaay before this sensational story came out)? The people I know who work at the DSWD (national and regional offices lang, kasi yung iba akala eh ang provincial/municipal/city social workers eh sa DSWD pa rin, when in fact devolved na ito sa LGUs – another information you may want to study further) work so hard, even prioritizing serving other people first rather than helping their own families during disasters. Ang nakikita lang kasi natin sa tv palagi ay ABS-CBN, GMA, Red Cross na tumutulong. Naiiintindihan ko na kailangan nilang ipakita ito para masabi nila sa mga donors nila na may ginagawa sila. Pero alam niyo ba kung magkano talaga ang pumupunta sa disaster operations at administrative costs nila? Kung comparative study lang ang pagbabasehan, di hamak naman na mas matataas sweldo ng mga taga NGOs na ito pati na sa mga UN agencies. May mga pangilan-ngilan din namang nagpapakita ng kabayanihan ng DSWD sa tv pero di lahat ipinapakita sa tv kasi mas mabenta ang pangungutya. Doon na ako sa maging mapagmatyag tayo sa katiwalian, pero ang kinukutya ninyo kasi eh ahensyang di dapat ikutaya kung hindi tulungan para maiparating sa bayan na may ginagawa tayong tulong. Kung di naman lumabas ito sa blog ni ella, di rin naman ninyo malalaman na pwede palang mag volunteer. Eh bakit yung ibang nag volunteer noon pa sa warehouse ng DSWD, nalaman naman. Ang ibang mga ahensya, mga fraternities, at schools ay nag volunteer agad ng serbisyo at oras nila noong kasagsagan ng bagyo at sila ang matatawag kong mga bayani.
EzraCramer on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:07 pm
What Ella exposed may have done something “good”. But the way she gave the title and deliver her blog it’s not good for those people working in DSWD providing assistance not only for this calamity but also to the abused and the poor. The fact that most of the DSWD volunteers are also social workers, they don’t deserve this kind of negative commentary. I know most of you care for the victims of this calamity and yes they too because they are Filipinoes like you and me. The response may have been slow but they are not super heroes. Even you can pack 1000 bags a day, if there is nothing to transport this goods to the site it’s useless. In the end of the day as you can see in the news the government is trying their best to acomodate all the victims needs and even those that are not really victims.
sweet on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:12 pm
@mytcz – at pano mo naman nalaman na karamihan sa mga nasa gobyerno ay may kamag-anak din sa gobyerno? nagsurvey ka ba o nanghula ka lang? Hulaan ko din, gusto mo sanang pumasok sa gobyerno pero di ka natanggap at sinasabi mong dahilan para di ka mapahiya ay wala kang backer? hmmm.
Noong nagpunta kayo sa relief center, umatras agad kayo sa pamimigay ng mga dala nyong relief goods kasi maraming tao sa evacuation center? duhhh? what the heck? did you expect na konti lang ang madadatnan nyo dun? at dahil umatras kayo, pinuntahan nyo taga DSWD para saluhin ang trabahong ayaw ninyong gawin? Akala ko wala kang tiwala sa gobyerno? Besides, hindi dahil nakapunta ka sa isang “relief center” ay magfeeling ka na ha. naghamon ka pa talaga sa iba na pumunta sa mga evacuation centers, hello, sa yo na mismo nanggaling na humingi kayo ng tulong sana sa mga taga DSWD.
AT isa pa, sana alam mo yung devolution ano, ung DSWD sa munisipyo hindi yun under ng national DSWD. Gets?
@nhoi – magFilipino ka na lang. ang sakit sa ulo ng pinagsasasabi mo. ANong open-ended mind? kumusta naman! Joke ba yun?
sweet on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:22 pm
@ JOBY- Fan ka siguro ni Secretary Cabral. Sinundan mo talaga career nya ha…kaya lang kahit fan hindi ka kapanipaniwala. Mali mali ang pinagsasasabi mo. Buti na lang may nagcorrect sa yo dito. Pati si Dir. Cabilao at asawa nya dinamay mo pa sa napaka inaccurate mong comment. hindi halata na magpinsan kayo ni Dir. Cabilao. He’s far more intelligent than you are. Saka wag kang magpapaniwala sa mga taga SWEAP. ilang beses nang naipaliwanag sa kanila ang GA issue and they chose not to listen. Ginagamit pa nila ang mga Senior Citizens na nasa GA para lang pangalagaan ang “welfare” ng mga empleyadong ayaw lumipat sa Tanay kasi lalayo ang byahe at mas mahihirapan sa trabaho (may isang Social Worker na taga GA na nagtatanong kung malalayo ang mga cottages sa Tanay kasi daw kung malalayo, hindi na sila makakapagbilin sa mga kapwa nila social worker na bantayan ang cottage nila pag tatakas este pag may kailangan silang gawin pansumandali sa labas).
At isa pa, para lang din alam mo, si Secretary Cabral ay pinilit lamang na maupo bilang Kalihim ng Kagawaran. Ang tagal nyang nakumbinsi na tanggapin ang alok ng Malakanyang na posisyon dahil nagkaroon ng Wowowee Tragedy. Oh, para lang dagdag sa alam mo bilang fan ni Secretary.
sweet on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 10:25 pm
@ arnel – bakit may nakita ka na bang binentang donations sa duty free?
whitenight on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 11:52 pm
@mytcz
-BERNARD SINGCUENCO BALATBAT, MD wasnt expecting payment when he volunteered. It was just unfortunate for DSWD when he learned that he was supposed to receive an allowance that he did not receive. Kung hindi nya nalaman yun sana hindi sha na turn-off sa DSWD.
– Ano ba naman yan. Wag ka na sumali diyan. Kanila nang away yan. Mali din naman ang papanigan mo. Hindi na dapat volunteer ang tawag sa kanya kung may bayad pa. Totoo kaya ang nasagap nitong si Bernard na may bayad? Hindi na nga niya nasagot kung san niya nakuha ang info. Malamang kasi hindi totoo. Kung nagbibigay talaga ang dswd para sa volunteers, eh di mag professional volunteers nalang tayo! Nananawagan kami sa nawawalang Dr. Bernard!!
- people in government agencies like DSWD or whatever agency arent there because they want to.. but because they can. Karamihan sa mga govt employees nasa govt kasi may mga kamaganak cla na nag t trabaho doon. Kung wala kang backer… mahirap pumasok sa gobyerno.
– sori dear, I will have to disagree again. Magkano ba sa tingin mo ang sinesweldo ng taga gobyerno na magpipilit silang makapasok doon? Kinaiingitan mo ba talaga ang mga empleyado ng gobyerno? Ganun ba talada kababa ang sweldo mo? Kawawa ka naman ano? Sori at wala kang naging backer nung nag apply ka. Pero malamang hindi ka lang talaga karapatdapat. Siguro basang basa ka ng naginterview sa ‘yo. Mukhang pera. Itong mga ‘to sa gobyerno, nandoon para mag silbi. Magpasalamat ka nalang at sige parin ang kanilang pag trabaho kahit sinisiraan mo na sila ng husto.
- Wala akong tiwala sa government employees kasi maraming beses ko ng napatunayan na halos lahat sila corrupt and greedy. Marami na akong first hand experience on dealing with them.
– Wow kwento mo naman, at magbigay ka ng names ha. Ang hirap kasi maniwala pag walang proof. Kita mo naman ang gulo na ginawa ni Ella.. First hand experience naman ang sabi mo di ba? Bigay mo rin pangalan mo ha, para magawan ng paraan ang reklamo mo at ma-expose na ang mga sinasabi mong corrupt and greedy na naka-deal mo.
-My friends and I went to a relief center with food and clothes. There were so many people there and less than 10 of us. So we considered going to DSWD sa munisipyo para sila nalang mag bigay.. thinking theyd be more organized. Pero nakausap nung friend ko yung mga evacuess doon and they said it would be better if we just give it straight to the people kasi daw yung mga donations na nasa DSWD hindi naman daw nakakadating sa kanila. May mga nareceive pa cla na expired delata. WTF diba?
– Is pang wow! tsk tsk. Ingat lang po sa pagbibintang. Ikaw ba maniniwala na kaagad sa kanila? Di mo ba nadinig yung mga balita na mayroon nang mga evacuees na ayaw nang umuwi sa kanila? Kasi, kung nung bago dumating ang mga bagyo ay isang beses lang sila kumakain sa isang araw, eh ngayon tatlo o apat na? May banyo at libreng paligo pa? C’mon, tao lang din sila. Siyempre sasabihin nila yun. Eh hawak mo na ang donations! Baka mapunta pa sa iba! Hindi ko naman sinasabi na lahat sila ganun ang gawain. Pero just like there are good and bad rich people, may good and bad din na poor. BTW, sino kaya nag bigay ng expired na delata? Alangan naman DSWD pa yun? Eh inabot lang ng kung sino yun sa DSWD. Chinek mo ba donations mo? Dapat ba chinek nalang ng DSWD yung expiry date ng sangkatutak na canned goods na binitbit ng mga tao doon? Pati narin yung dinala mo? Naman, baka next year pa nila makuha yun kung kailan expired na talaga. Eh nag volunteer nga ako sa whitespace, yung isang supot na nakuha namin for repacking, laman puro butas na panty. Itatapon ba namin iyon? Siyempre hindi! Diretso sa plastic bag na may canned goods, bigas and water na hindi din namin chinek kung expired. Magagamit pa yun ano!
-That evacuation center was living off from donations and cooked food served by volunteers and not by government people. So anong ginagawa nila sa mga donations na natatanggap nila if hindi natatanggap ng mga evacuees?
– Arruy! Kaw talaga, parang di mo parin nakuha yung impotansya ng stockpiling. Kung ikaw ay isang matalinong nasalanta, itatago mo lahat ng binigay sa iyo at magrarasyon ka. Kung may cooked food na binibigay sa yo, yun muna ang kakainin mo diba? At kung nauna man ang private group sa evacuation center na iyon, did you stay long enough to check kung hindi nga ba dumating ang DSWD? Di mo naman siguro ginawa yun, hirap makatulog doon. At nga pala, isa lang naman yung evacuation center na pinaguusapan mo. Ang damidami kayang evacuation centers pa! I’m sure hindi sila lahat inabot ng private groups at DSWD lang ang nakarating.
-Bago kayo kumampi sa gobyerno, umalis muna kayo sa harap ng mga computers nyo and magpunta talaga kayo sa relief centers pra malaman nyo ang real score. Halos lahat ng relief efforts are done by private groups & individuals halos non-existent ang govt.
– Alam mo, I am singing a different tune now than two days ago, at nagpapasalamat nga ako na may computer ako at nababasa ko lahat ng mga pinagsasabi dito. Siyempre nagulat ako sa sinabi ni Ella. Sino bang hindi? Pero habang tumatagal, lumalabas na walang basis ang mga pinagsasabi niya. Nakakahiya. Di muna nag isip. Nanira lang ng nanira. Parang ikaw. Anyway, dito na muna ako sa harap ng computer ko, thank you. Baka sa weekend I will do as Gio Bacarreza suggested kasi tapos na ako maki join sa private group. At kahit alam kong mas kailangan nila ako sa northern luzon, gobyerno nalang yata ang nakaka abot doon at nag tiyatiyaga. Di na kaya yun ng powers ko. Buti nalang may DSWD.
- So hindi nyo masisi ang mga tao when they get furious by news/blogs like this.
– I know, kaya nga dapat, nag check muna si Ella bago namintang. Sino bang hindi maiinis. Okay lang sana kung totoo.
-Ako din, I wanna know what will happen to those imported items. BS yung excuse nila na inventory and giving monetary values.. plain BS… if thats the protocol dapat mabilis nilang nagagawa yun… private people were able to organize relief ops in a day or 2 tapos government cant do it in 1 month? BS BS BS! I hope someone can cover this to make sure these items all go to the victims. Nakakahiya.
– Naku, magbasa ka naman ng diyaryo at ibang blogs. Punta ka din sa DSWD website like they said. Para malinawan ka na rin.
– Anyway highway, time to sleep. Smile ka na lang, mytcz. Peace!
james quasha on Sun, 25th Oct 2009 11:53 pm
The truth hurts. It seems that all you lamebrains at the DSWD are in the crisis management mode but instead of rational employments all of you are over reacting to the comments against both your institution and leader and that’s not how to deal with the situation. The first lesson is “thou shalt not panic”.
Better if you should admit your lapses. The fact is that you have just proven to the world that you are totally ill-equipped and unready to address this type of calamity in the realm of media and public opinion. Imagine your secretary saying that the reason for the slow distribution of relief despite the huge quantity of resources is because of “lack of volunteers” or manpower. What? Who advised her on that? Fools!
Just read the comment of the highly respected columnist and editor Beting Dolor and he explained the incompetence, arrogance and inefficiency of your beloved secretary in one entry. That is the main commentary that you should address instead of resorting to the emotional hysterics of bloggers. The statement of the secretary although well-written is not comprehensive enough.
The more you talk wildly and resort to squid tactics the more you sink in the quagmire of your own making. This quicksand you all are in will soon swallow the stupid batallion trying to defend your intitution and its head. You better get a specialist or an expert to do the defense. Maybe you should seek advice from a Reli German or a Lito Banayo to escape this trap you set yourselves in. If the late Bubby Dacer were alive he would be one of the best to consult with. Or maybe you should hire the services of the Ang family. Or maybe the secretary could phone Ronnie Puno for his 2 cents worth.
If it was true that thousands of people (victims) benefited from the distribution that you said were undertaken then why was it not covered by the media and why was it only the NGOs and other religious, media, academic and civic groups getting airtime and print exposure. Why? It was because you did not do enough. In short, you were all sleeping on the job. There was no coherence in your reply – no one was conducting or orchestrating the public relations effort.
True, the comments were harsh and personal, even brutal. This is expected because a lot of people really suffered from this calamity and they were only airing their grievances in an emotional manner. People behave this way when they are suffering. They are your constituents. Doesn’t the DSWD have a PR team to shield the secretary during times like this?
But this will soon pass away like every issue that gets this administration in deep shit – it has weathered greater scandals and policy transgressions in the past. This DSWD incident only mirrors the state of governance of our nation today. Not even clowns like Remonde, Fajardo or Golez can counter the retrogression of this Administration exemplified today by the DSWD. Maybe tomorrow it could be the DA, DFA or the DOF? Who knows?
donna on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 12:00 am
to those who so easily responded to ella’s cry of wolf, why don’t you read this first: http://catwizkers.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-review-be-real-blogger-not-troll.html?spref=fb
make your own analysis guys. ella has made three posts on this issue already and the last two blogs (for now perhaps) contradict the first one! and i thought humans had the most advanced brain!
LovelySoul on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 12:59 am
Sunday,25 Oct 2009, 9:59 a.m., Since it is very obvious that Filipinos can not handle to swiftly get the Foreign aid to the hands of the VICTIMS, MAYBE it is about time to let the World to send in more man power to assists, supervise, manage and observe the smooth flow of distribution of much needed help to the people. UNICEF, USA, Japan, France, The Kingdom of Jordan, Spain, and other world donors could send in contingents of people to ensure that further delays are eradicated and to clear those warehouses of goods that should have been handed out in the first place. I would suggest leaders like former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter head the mission. Observation and investigation of allegations could be documented and handled after all the aid was handed out. There will be time to bring those incompetents to face justice in a World Court. What happened is tragic but for Filipinos to just bicker and blame every Juan’s and Maria’s will not solve any iota of undue delays.
A nation is judge on how they treat the poor and disenfranchised, especially the many hungry children caught in the middle of this unwarranted delay. I just pray to God that your country does not suffer another unimaginable tragedy like an 8.0 magnitude earthquake which almost wiped out Samoa of its precious, good people. If this catastrophe happens to the Philippines, during that time all your warehouses will be buried in ruins and those goods won’t be available for meaningless inventory, fighting and endless discourse. And above all, you won’t have people to worry to give help to. The massive earthquake will take care of that.
elena on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 1:00 am
yung mga pro dswd, dami nyong satsat. ang point lang naman nung blog eh mabagal. ang sagot ng dswd, walang volunteers. may kasalanan pa rin sila, bakit hindi man lang nagannounce na kailangan ng volunteers? mahirap bang isipin yung solusyon na yon sa problema? lumaki lang itong isyu dahil instead of acknowledging na may pagkakamali ang dswd which is not asking for volunteers to help, nagmamalinis at nagbintang na ng nagbintang ng kung ano ano. hindi nya siguro idol ni cabral si gloria kaya ayaw nyang gayahin yung “I AM SORRY” ni gloria. tao naman nag speculate dahil WALANG MATINONG SAGOT and dswd. tama sabi nung iba, dapat tigilan ang satsat at umaksyon. pero still, nakita na natin kung gaano ka inefficient proseso ng dswd. pati inventory at deployment me problema kaya kailangan ayusin. kailangan itrain mga staff at mga boss ng dswd para HINDI SILA NAPAGBIBINTANGAN. PARA MAS MAGING EFFICIENT SILA AT NG PAG MAY NAGTANONG EH MAKASAGOT SILA NG MATINO.
Albert Yan on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 1:26 am
If there’s any pilfering and stealing, I think that’s to be expected, but I don’t think it’s organized. I think what you are seeing here is typical Pinoy – on both the DSWD side, and the side of those critical of the DSWD.
More focus on how it looks, rather than what gets done. Too much process, not enough action. Everyone trying to look good, rather than trying to BE good.
For the DSWD – GET OFF YOUR ASSES, MAKE IT EASY TO VOLUNTEER AND EASY TO DO THE WORK. FORGET THE “PROCESS”, THE “REQUIREMENTS”, THE “MANAGEMENT” AND JUST GET TEH JOB DONE.
For the critics – GET OFF YOUR ASSES, SHOW UP, VOLUNTEER, PACK THOSE GOODS, GET THEM IN YOUR OWN CARS/VEHICLES AND BRING THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED.
Enough fighting, finger pointing, making “pogi points”. Enough process and rules and regulations. People need your help – are you going to fight among yourselves to see who is more pure and blameless? Or are you going to go out and help?
Awie on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 2:20 am
To Donna: On you link – my analysis is you have the same brain level as the DSWD Secretary of the way you interpert this statement “relief goods rotting in DSWD warehouses.” All pictures show relief goods in perfect condition.
The link actually doesn’t explain much as what people wants to hear. It’s just one sided statement concentrate over the blog who expose the stagnant plan of relief goods distribution.
Try harder and think further more strategy. Perhaps you need to attend a seminar of Product and Process Design for supply chain management together with the DSWD officials.
adamt1486 on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 2:36 am
Blah, blah, blah, blah! Wala na ba kayong magawa kundi magsatsat din!
@James Quasha: For all your big words, metaphors and name dropping, hindi ako impressed. Repressed journalist ka ba? As for your statement about media coverage, the media has their own agenda. Cover their own relief ops and the politcos and movie stars who sell more airtime than humble social workers. You seem to think that money that would be spent elsewhere in actually helping a human being should be spent on making the DSWD look good to the public? Di mo ba naisip na nagbayad ang mga NGO na yan para ma-cover? Go get yourself your own blog. Or better yet, offer to be the PR for the DSWD since you think they sorely need help in that department.
@LovelySoul: And indeed, what a “lovely” soul you have, praying for our country.
“I just pray to God that your country does not suffer another unimaginable tragedy like an 8.0 magnitude earthquake which almost wiped out Samoa of its precious, good people. If this catastrophe happens to the Philippines, during that time all your warehouses will be buried in ruins and those goods won’t be available for meaningless inventory, fighting and endless discourse. And above all, you won’t have people to worry to give help to. The massive earthquake will take care of that.”
- Your sarcasm leaves a bad taste in my mouth. By making this statement it’s almost as if you want this catastrophe to hit our country to justify these allegations against the DSWD! My goodness! What about the precious, good people of the Philippines? Kawawa naman kami! Ay, kasama ka ba dun with your “lovely” soul?
@Elena: Nag-volunteer ka na ba? O puro satsat ka lang din?
Awie on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 3:36 am
A reply for of all you from the anonymous Employee of DSWD Central Office:
Comments: 415 makabayan on 26 Oct 2009 at 2:45 am (http://www.ellaganda.com/?p=1759)
I am an employee of the DSWD Central Office. I know that the warehouses are always full. The warehouse is stocked with goods and other important foods and utensils mostly from Japan, Spain and Canada as well as food items from the World food Program of the United Nations.
The problem is inefficiency and also the attitude of Secretary Cabral. She is an elitist who thinks that the goods from abroad or stateside are only for display. para siyang nanghihinayang mamigay ng imported goods. I have not seen it but sabi ng iba inuuwi ni secretary cabral ang ibang goods sa kanyang bahay sa Ayala Alabang pati nga mga vans and suvs na binibigay ng mga donor countries ay ginagamit niya.
sa paranaque po nakatago ang mga goods na napakarami sa enroc po. enroc building sa may airport po. alam na alam ko po na napakarami pong relief na hindi pinamimigay eh bakit po kaya?
i am a graduate po of a decent school. that’s why i have rose from the ranks since i started and i love the job.
In many years that i have worked as an officer at dswd she is the secretary without a heart that’s why we call her the heartless heart doctor because she is also a heart physician.
People should now know who she really is. She is a bad person who does not care for the people but on tv and radio she smiles and talks like a motherly person but deep inside she hates the poor and many of the officers and employees do not like her but they are afraid of her because when she gets mad she will try to find a way to fire workers and we do not want to lose our livelihoods.
But going back sa problem hindi po ako magtataka na hindi na niya ipamimigay ang magagandang gamit sa warehouse dahil nanghihinayang siya dahil wala po siyang pagtingin sa aming mga low middle class at poor. Nagtataka nga kami kung bakit siya ay parang ginagalang ng mga tao. Para din hu siyang si Gloria dahil siya ay biyahe ng biyahe.
Kelan lang po nasa Switzerland siya at ang kasama niya ang kanyang pamangking mayabang at mapang api si Erdie Casas. 3 linggo po siyang nagliwaliw sa Switzerland at kailan lang nasa Brazil naman po siya at nagpapasasa at gumagasta ng milyon para sa pamasahe lang. 2 beses sa isang taon nag vacation siya sa America para makasama ang mga anak niya doon at kasama rin niya ang kanyang asawa at mga staff sa mga biyahe niya. she does not love the poor pakitang tao lang po ang kanyang ginagawa.
dapat po ay tanggalin na siya ni Gloria at ipalit na lamang ay si Usec Yangco ang tunay na mahal ng mahihirap ngunit ang alam ng lahat ay galit siya kay Yangco at ang gusto niya si Usec Pablo dahil magkapitbahay po sila sa Ayala Alabang at pareho po silang maka elitista.
Dalawang beses na hong na extend si Pablo dahil siya po ang may hawak ng pera ng Dswd at ang chismis po ay nangungupit po silang dalawa ng pera ng dswd. dapat pong imbistagahan si secretary cabral dahil ang budget ng dswd ngayon daw po ay mahigit 15 billion pesos. gusto raw ni cabral na si pablo ang maretain kasi mahahalata ang pagnanakaw niya pag palitan ng ibang usec. ang mga directors at iba pang officials ng dswd ay takot na takot sa kanya dahil palamura siya sa mga ito at talagang duwag ang mga director.
marami po sa amin ay moa workers taunan po ang renewal at pag hindi mo sundin si cabral ay hindi ka makakasweldo at hindi ka rin bibigyan ng bonus di katulad noong panahon ni mam dinky, mam lina, mam dulce at lalo na po ni sec tavera ang pinakamabait na secretaring inabot ko na po.
gagantihan po ako ni secretary cabral. baka rin niya akong ipatransfer sa ibang office ng dswd dahil may office po kami sa lahat ng region. ako po ay civil service professional kaya hindi niya ako pwedeng tanggalin pero kung nais ho niyhang gumanti ay lalagay o tatransfer po ako kahit saan niya gusto.
takot po ako sa kanya at kay erdie ang kanyang pamankin na bodyguard na mangaalipusta ng mga maliliit sa dswd. awang awa lang po ako talaga sa mga hindi nakatanggap ng relief dahil ang mga kapatid ko po ay nasalanta at ang mga pinsan ko rin. alam ko po ang hirap na pinagdaanan nila.
secretary cabral only start working in dswd after 2005 and she thinks that she own dswd like it is her own company. but she is bad even to the asecs and usecs and directors down to the janitors and clerks because she has an evil mind and no heart inside her.
Anonymous on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 5:33 am
I’ve been reading comments for the past hour or so. I’ve skipped the latter part because there are so many personal comments.
Kanya kanyang issue, offensive slander and defensive banter.
Free speech is a right to everyone, yes, but let me say something about this. YOU ARE NOT THE PEOPLE CONCERNED. Hindi kayo ang mga nasalanta ng bagyo para magkalat dito. Get the hell out.
Halatang halata kasi na yung iba dyan, alipores lang ng kung sino sinong tao na involved sa issue. Wag na kayo maghanap ng proof, alam na alam nyo na kung sino-sino kayo.
As for the people getting hammered and harassed by the commentary here, leave them alone. Don’t fan the flames. Let them say all they want. ‘Di naman sila ang kailangang pansinin, yung mga nangangailangan dapat ang pinapansin.
For the spectators, for the vigilant, etc…stay vigilant na lang.
Kasi habang nagpopost kayo ng kanya kanya ninyong issue dito at nag babatuhan ng comment sa isa’t isa, sa tingin nyo ba nakakatulong kayo? Tama na yan. Wala naman kayong tinutulong eh.
Kahit na may itinulong NA kayo. ‘Di na kailangang malaman pa.
@MLQ3: Sir, kung wala nang issue pa dito na dapat i-address, please close the commentary. Otherwise, sana po may ibang lugar for open talk. Not here. Just my two cents.
Mike Schaul on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 7:04 am
@Awie: Bakit kailangan nanaman i-repost to na galing sa website ni Ella? Hindi ba ikaw ang sumagot sa kanya pagkatapos at sabi mo ay
“417 Awie: Hi Makabayan, do you like your comments or appeal to be spread out around the internet? If you really like to hear your voice about this matter over your Boss.” (on 26 Oct 2009 at 3:27). 416 na ang comment ni Makabayan para alam mo lang.
Anong point mo? Hindi ko maintindihan ang ibig mo sabihin sa reply mo sa kanya.
Grabe, personalan nanaman, mali-mali pa! Kilala ko and mga tao na pinaguusapan niyo dyan at mali ang sinulat nitong si Makabayan. O eto ha, alamin muna ang totoo bago mag-repost-repost dyan! Ay, hanggang ngayon di nyo pa rin ma-gets yun!!!!!
Mali-mali ang kwento tungkol sa mga biyahe, pangalan ng mga tao, ang pag-uwi ng mga relief daw sa bahay. Sabi pa nga niya hindi niya nakita mismo. Eh di paano niya alam na totoo! At wala talaga siyang makikita kasi hindi yan totoo. At mabuti sana kung may nagbibigay talaga mg kotse bilang donasyon. Para may magamit sana sa pag-deliver ng goods! Enroc? Tanga, NROC! Sa dami ng butas ng kwento niya ayoko nang pagaksayahan pang ipaliwanag ang bawat isa!
Palagay ko ikaw din si Makabayan eh. Walang kumagat sa post mo kaya ikaw na lang ang nag re-post. Sira ulo ka pala eh, KSP pa. Grabe talaga! Hindi nagiisip. Parang si Ella, hindi nagiisip!
O ikaw ba ay si Joby, yung pinsan daw ni Director Finard Cabilao? Oo, yan ang style mo eh, magbigay ng pangalan at detalye para kunwari may alam ka talaga sa pinagsasabi mo! Takot ka lang gamitin ulit ang pangalan ng Joby. Ay sus, tanga ka talaga! Dapat sabihan ka lang Awie, ilagay dyan sa tabi at hindi na bibigyan ng pansin.
Wala nang kwentang magbasa ng mga comment dito, tama si anonymous.
atty. abeto a. salcedo, jr. on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 7:53 am
Hi Ella,
Oh my God, Holy Smokes! Where should I begin? What is really happening with the public officials of the Philippine government? Do they have a conscience? Are they humans? Do they have any common sense? Indeed, the disaster victims are suffering to death because of the sick mentality of our public officials. Their stupidity is deadly and contagious.
The condition of the disaster victims are the ugliest of beings– hungry and starving to death like dogs waiting to be feed with leftovers. On the other hand, in the warehouse of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), you can see mountain piles of varieties of different relief goods which have been withheld and not distributed but stocked for unknown purposes, if not, sheer stupidity.
If you want to see a “unique kind” of Cabinet members, Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries down to the Regional Directors who are irresponsible, lazy, skullduggeries, hollow men with headpieces stuffed with straw, tag as poster children of moral irresponsibility and social pariah, look no further! It’s right here only in the Philippines. Truthfully, it makes you wonder how the mechanism of their ideas was like at a time that calls for clear-eyed thinking. IT WOULD CHOKE YOU UP! Well, I don’t need to continue, do I?
realtruestories.blogspot.com
atty. abeto a. salcedo, jr. on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 8:09 am
Hi Ella,
with your expose’ you now stood tall and could be seen by the whole world from miles away. Your courage and bravery is riveting and awesome. Thank you that we have you.
Every thief is a coward. Yes, anybody that oppresses has no head and he is a coward. So, we can fight and defeat him. If we Filipinos can just rise up for once against these robbers governing, we would soon discover that they are cowards. We are really sitting on top on a keg of gunpowder. May God help us as a nation? Remember only cowards pray and do nothing.
atty. abeto a. salcedo, jr. on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 8:18 am
Hi Ella,
The Philippines is a nation with the wherewithal to be great. But I took sometime to ponder why it had become adrift and thrown into a perpetual third world country and one of the poorest. It has a population it cannot sustain when it would have been a land of milk and honey. Had our leaders not been greedy to enrich themselves in great measure, the image of the Philippines as one of the most corrupt on the face of the earth would not have been.
What the Filipinos need is good governance. We need a good leader whose concern and love is with humanity more than personal gain. It does not matter if it is somebody that falls from the sky and is able to give you light, good roads and unblemished background and reputation; and not a dictator, liar, and a skulduggery so that we don’t have to be weary of the unmitigated skulduggery of this regime again. Does it really matter who that would be? I don’t care. As a Christian, it’s better to have an infidel as a just ruler than to have an unjust Christian.
realtruestories.blogspot.com
james quasha on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 10:56 am
What I commented last night is now a reality. If you recall I was suggesting that Cabral hire a consultant to manage her crisis that now has become a disaster. Read today’s headline on the Manila Bulletin that goes something like this: Disaster Czar Needed/ Crisis Management Team Should be Formed…Wow!
This Administration’s brain – what with Remonde, Fajardo and Golez tripping over each other plus the harebrained leftist has been Olivar – is so goddamn bankrupt that even a grade schooler could second guess what it will do next. It goes this way: 1. A department booboo escalates into a scandal 2. Crisis management fails 3. It proudly announces a draconian policy decision like the appointment of a czar to look good and in control but actually is just a sugar coating to hide the bitter truth of its incompetence. This tactic has been done for DA pork import corruption issues, for PDEA-Justice scandal, the Energy department in cahoots with the big 3 and another issue that escapes my mind at the DENR.
The spin almost always follow this pattern and the palace spinners wants us to think and absorb this line: The problem of the government with regards the calamity and relief operations is gargantuan and cannot be done by a single department alone (in this case, the nunnery called the DSWD that is always besieged by gargantuan work from the cradle to the grave) so it now needs a strong expert super someone to be the disaster czar because the poor super busy Cabral cannot do it alone. The people will now be bedazzled to think of wow the government really means business and smokescreened by the excitement and guessing game of who’s gonna be in charge and, in the process, they forget about the issue and blunder of Cabral. Sometimes the story just dies down that there won’t even be anyone appointed as disaster czar.
In short, the brazen incompetence and inefficiency of the DSWD and its leader will now be overshadowed by a feeling of excitement and hope with the radical move of the Palace to appoint a czar that will ostensibly orchestrate the disaster policies to cover up the great bureaucratic and policy transgression of Cabral.
Maybe Cabral was just following orders from the Palace to take it easy in distributing the imported goodies because it could be used by Teodoro in his campaign stories. We heard that Cabral is dying to stay at DSWD if Teodoro would get elected because she never had it so good at that department.
xiansantos on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 11:16 am
Dapat i-course na lang yung mga donations through NGOs or even sa media. Wag nang idaan sa mga kamay ng mga incompetent (at the least) and/or corrupt (at worst).
Aika on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 4:03 pm
I think, before you bash Sec. Cabral and the DSWD, tumulong muna kayo. Ibibigay sa ABS at GMA? I know people from those media outfits, and even they are having a hard time distributing the goods they receive. Isa sa mga problema nating mga Pilipino ay masyado tayong judgmental; we open our mouths first before we investigate and do our research. We should also do our share in helping out and not simply talk and talk. Read MLQ’s blog carefully before you all react violently (and needlessly).
Arthur Estrada on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 7:19 pm
Ano ba naman kayo? Marami sa ating kababayan na nangagailangan ng tulong. Para bang pinanghihinayangan ibigay ang mga imported na gamit at dilata sa mahihirap. Gumising naman kayo. Sinagot ang mga panalangin ng taong bayan na bigyan sila ng tulong, subalit dumating ang tulong, hindi naman makarating sa mga naiingailangan. For every minute you delay help to the needy, maybe one child or one person dies of the after effects of the calamity that struck our nation. Remember that the hottest place in hell is reserved for those who did not do enough effort to help the poorest of the poor when they needed help.
JB EUDELA on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 7:31 pm
saw saw suka mahuli taya!!!!!!!!
cge lahat na nakisawsaw sa issue na ito.
makiki sali na rin ako.
MAHULI TAYA!!!!!
//www.jbeudela.com
EzraCramer on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 10:18 pm
Hala magsasampa ng libel case ang DSWD versus kay ELLA. Ayan face off na tignan natin sino talaga ang nagsisinungaling.
egg_guy on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 12:39 am
this has been happening,kahit noon pa, kahit sino nasa gobyerno. pag kakaiba nga lang ngayon meron tayo mga cell phones, with cameras, and the cyberspace, kaya mas mabilis makarating ang information.
As far as 70s til now, you can see powdered milk, corn flours, wheat flours, being sold in quiapo sidewalks. They don’t even made the effort to hide the cartons marked with “USAID” with the logo of 2 hands shaking showing Philippines and Americans flags….When tidal wave hit sorsogon in 80’s,canned goods meant for the victims were found on NPA’s camp when raided…these goods were supposed to be at hand of our goverment……………. Same dogs just different collars
jomin on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 12:53 am
so far, this blog of mlq3 is the sanest i’ve read. it just presented facts as they happened and were presented by different sides. that this resulted to a call for more volunteers made it worth forgoing my beauty rest. lol.
Marami po akong kaibigan working at dswd. meron sa central at sa regional offices, di po matatawaran ang dedikasyon ng mga manggagawang ito. they work beyond and above the call of duty. para sa bayan ika nga. sa lahat po ng blogs at sa mga sagot ng mga officials ng dswd makikita na maraming pagkukulang ang lahat ng panig. sa dswd, dahil ni napaghandaan ang pangangailangan sa maraming volunteers. at sa mga taong me spare time dahil di naisip mag volunteer sa dswd. mas masaya po talaga sa kapuso at abs-cbn kasi dami artista nasa tv ka pa. sa dswd sa channel 4 ka lang pwedeng makita kung makikita ka nga.
anyways much have been said at tama po sina gang badoy. action po ang kelangan sa panahong ito. tama na po ang dada although guaranteed po sa consitution ang freedom na magsalita. sana po tigilan na po natin ang mga batuhan ng paratang at insultuhan na wala naman patutunguhan.
kung gusto nating matiyak na di iuuwi ng mga taga dswd ang mga relief goods, sama mo tayo sa pag rerepack hanggang pagdadala nito sa mga nasalanta at pagpapamigay. sundan po natin hanggang makauwi ang mga evacuees kung me tulong pa ba mula sa dswd at kung talagang tutulungan ng dswd na makabangon ang mga nasalanta. kung may makita mo tayong naagrabyado sa pagsubaybay natin sa dswd. mag ingay po tayo uli. kasama na po nyo ko dun.
DSWD has been here for a long time now at sabi nga po ng frend ko dun inugatan na karamihan ng officials nila. di naman na po siguro matatawaran ang dami ng napagsilbihan ng dswd. wala nga lang silang sariling dyaryo tv o radio station para palaging ipagsabi ang nagagawa nila. sabi ko nga po kung gumagawa ng tama ang dswd natural lang yung trabaho nila yun eh. pero di naman po siguro fair na murahin sila bilang dswd.
sana po matapos na itong batuhan ng alegasyon at tarayan at sana po di naman matakot mag padala ng relief goods ang ibang gustong tumulong sa atin. pag nagkataon po tayo rin ang humukay sa paglilibingan sa atin. sabi nga po ng nabasa ko, we should expect more disasters, (manmade and natural) na mas mapamuksa pa dahil nga sa global warming. prayer has been and will always be effective. pero dapat po handa rin tayo.
mytcz on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 1:26 am
@whitenight: lol sorry i dont have to work for anyone. im not as unfortunate and bitter as you. you dont know me so shut the f*#@ up. im not the topic of this blog. and i dont need to tell you about anything lalo na hindi naman tayo close diba? f*#@ off.
@anna: alam ko na maliit ang sweldo ng govt employees but it doesnt mean na they deserve to be treated as heroes. my point is, most government employees work for the government not because they want to serve the public.
@sweet: we’re not stupid. at hindi ako “nagfee feeling” I dont even owe you an explanation… pero nakakahiya naman sa mga kaibigan ko na nag”fee feeling” pag di kita sagutin.
Pumunta kami doon asking a tanod there on how can we help… ang sabi niya kahit anong donation daw needed especially food and clothes. hindi pa kami dumirecho sa evac. center noon. so bumalik kami with food and clothes pero mashado kaming konti para ma organize yng ganung kalaking crowd. akala kasi namin may group ng mga tanod doon or iba pang volunteers na pwede namin mapuntahan para mas maayos yung distribution. pero wala kaya naisip namin sa munisipyo kasi sabi nung isang traffic enforcer pwede daw kami pumunta sa DSWD sa munisipyo. So nadiscuss namin ng friends ko yun pero sabi nga ng mga tao sa nearby church doon na ang tagal daw or hindi dumadating ng mabilis yung mga relief goods sa kanila… and usually daw gabi lang dumadating ang mga volunteers na nagpapakain… minsan daw walang makain yung mga tao pag umaga and tanghali…kaya mas maganda daw direcho nalang doon. So we decided against going to the munisipyo. Our group went back the next morning with food ready to be served. At hindi lang namin isang beses ginawa yun kaya wag kang mag “feeling” jan. Hindi kami nagmamalaki sa ginawa namin. Pero we dont deserve people like you na maliitin yung konting naitulong namin.
Alam ko na yung “DSWD” na sa munisipyo ay hindi yung DSWD na na mention sa blog. I just dont trust government people as a whole. Im a taxpayer at madaming ibat ibang taxes akong binabayadan na im sure hindi mo alam … so I believe I deserve to have my own opinion sa gobyerno. I made a post here to air my disgust to the govt not to flame on other people who post here. So f%#@ off.
EzraCramer on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 6:19 am
Read this –> http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=150926093457
james quasha on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 6:24 am
So again I’m correct. Now the issue has died down. Cabral again is basking in glory and all’s right with the world. Ella is now the culprit as DSWD prepares a case against her that we all know will not prosper but such is the power of a cabinet secretary. This is classic living in the temporal world. Amen.
gem on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 7:11 am
the imported goods will be distributed as christmas gifts to the DSWD employeess…..
Mia on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 9:04 am
I’ll be back in the Philippines next week, I’d like to know if DSWD will be needing volunteers still to pack?
anan on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:39 am
changewithinus on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 9:51 am
Sharing this post from ellaganda – I understand that the case of Lito Manresa is being checked for verification as he did not state his complete address, and if the username he used is actually his real name.
Addendum: In retrospect
I will not deny that some commenters were also harsh in lambasting DSWD in sweeping generalizations in reaction to the photos but their comments were nothing compared to the viciousness of pro-Cabral lobbyists.
Some of my cool-headed supporters were pushed to the limit by the obscene attacks on my person resulting in low blows. The thread turned into insults, cursing and name calling. A civilized exchange of opinions became an impossibility. Like commenter Jessica kept on saying, focus on the issue at hand.
Nakikiramay po ako, Mr. Lito Manresa. I can’t begin to imagine the pain and frustration you and your family felt in those days that you were trapped by floodwaters. Alam ko pong mahirap tanggapin na ang kamatayang ng bawat isa sa atin ay kagustuhan ng Diyos.
Everything happens for a reason. But I truly believe this time, God’s reason is NOT for you to blame and hate Secretary Cabral. Kahit po magalit din kayo sa akin sasabin ko pa rin sa inyo, Mr. Manresa, hindi po niya ito kasalanan. Wala po siyang kinalaman.
Kung ‘yung mga letrato po ang naging dahilan ng galit ninyo sa kanya, dahil po doon, sasabihin kong I’m very sorry. I’m pulling them out.
anan on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:41 am
@mytcz – again, it’s generalizing the government. i am only saying the dswd part. maybe you have not asked the dswd workers yet.
courtrule on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:44 am
there is no such thing as internet libel, since Art. 355 of the Revised Penal Code strictly provides that libel can only be committed by means set forth therein (writing, printing, radio etc.) and does not include the Internet. Furthermore, criminal statutes are construed strictly in favor of the accused.
Example of which is the analogous libel case of Alfonso/Yuchengco/Pacific Plans vs. Philip Piccio, arising from a blog written by Mr. Piccio against Pacific Plans, was ordered dismissed by the Department of Justice.
therefore, you cannot prosecute ella.
ellagandagandahan on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 11:51 am
@atty. abeto a. salcedo, jr. – LAWYER KA BA TALAGA? BA’T WALA KANG ALAM? HOY, KAYA BULOK ANG BANSA NATIN DAHIL SA MGA TULAD MO NA ABOGAGO! ALAMIN MO MUNA ANG SISTEMA NG RELIEF OPERATIONS. DI YAN MALL NA KAILANGAN MAUBOS PAG SALE!
Point & Shoot on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 1:48 pm
@Atty.abeto a. salcedo, jr. WELL SAID SIR! Bravo, you are very right. Poor Philippines, it is governed by incompetent,dishonest, braindead leaders (to say the least).
@ellagandahan? & or ella panget: are you one of Cabral’s relatives or bone fetchers? (just asking). you are so irratated Darling, relax! don’t get stressed out.
@psychogoddess & mlq3- good job you two.!
Typhoons:
ONDOY
PEPENG
RAMIL
CABRAL (SIGNAL # 3) ENTIRE PHILIPPINES!
Point & Shoot on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 4:28 pm
@ella panget. Naku itong si ella panget. ANG PANGIT MAG-SALITA. I do not know kung naintindihan nya ang mga salitang nyang FFFF WORDS. Hindi maganda yan, kapatid. Salitang kalye yan. Everytime na bina-banggit mo yan parang mo na ring sinabing IKAW AY LOWly. Basura nag ibig sabihin yan, meaning yung bunganga mo ay full of garbage (yun bang parang mga debris na nakakalat ngayun dyan sa Pateros at Tundo, ganun yun day or maybe Doy. MABUHAY TO ELLAGANDA. Ikaw ang nag-simula na mamulat ang mga mata ng Pinoy! More power to you. You GO GIRL!
pinoyexpat on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 5:53 pm
HOY! mga-pro corrupt government officials lobbyist and supporters! bakit mas magaling pa kayo sa mga tao at foreign institutions na nag-donate? malinaw nman kung para saan ang ibinigay and it was not intended for stock-piling. and these entities are willing to donate again when the need arise. for any public officials, there is no excuse for inefficiency.
tama! hindi lang gobyerno ang dapat sisihin kundi mga tulad nyo na corrupt din ang pag-iisip. wag na kayong umasa pa na magkaroon ng pagbabago kung ayaw nyo ng may pumupuna sa mga irregularidad ng gobyerno. no wonder na maunahan pa ng vietnam ang pilipinas at maging ka-level ang bangladesh sa pag-asenso dahil sa mga tulad nyong corrupt.
ellagandagandahan on Tue, 27th Oct 2009 6:06 pm
@Point & Shoot – oh, i am just so passionate to state the facts….and point and shoot your pea-sized brain. please read more on topics you do not know about before you make any comments.
EzraCramer on Wed, 28th Oct 2009 3:59 pm
Nasaan na yung mga ang gagaling manggatong, at kung mag comment sa dswd kala mo ay tau tauhan nila. Halika kayo dito, puro kayo dakdak, yung DSWD warehouse ang daming volunteer sa UNicef konti lang, ha nasaan na yung 200 na na ang dumi ng bibig mag comment. Mag pakita kayo dito.
bangungot ni ella on Wed, 28th Oct 2009 11:29 pm
@pinoyexpat–such a loser. i bet you feel proud from being such a kiss-ass to foreigners. people like you are the reason why this country has not improved. when uncle sam says sit, you do it shoulders straight with tongue lolling out. good boy. LOL.
bert0 on Thu, 29th Oct 2009 1:19 am
The bigger problem here is DSWD relying on volunteers. Considering there are a number of unemployed who are happy to work for minimum wage, DSWD should have no problem hiring workers. There were cash donations that should cover the payroll.
pinoyexpat on Thu, 29th Oct 2009 9:44 am
@bangungot ni ella(tuta ng corrupt), sad to say, i am not with uncle sam (do not speculate haha!)
well yes, we are law abiding global citizen. not like you assholes who litter the streets, pissed, spit and shit anywhere, who destrys the environment, bribed law enforcers and public officials, etc. only “dogs” do that. BAD DOG! LMAO!
pinoyexpat on Thu, 29th Oct 2009 9:57 am
and we filipinos outside the country are contributing a lot for the country’s economy. and what about you bangungot who just sit there? waiting for dole outs? you should die scumbags of the motherland! ng mabawasan naman mga pabigat sa pinas at umusad ang ekonomiya. haha!
pinoyexpat on Thu, 29th Oct 2009 11:41 am
@bangungot ni ella aka tuta ng corrupt at recipient ng foreign aid
and who are kissing foreigners’ asses anyway? hindi ba kayo na laging umaasa at nagkukumahog na humingi at tumanggap ng foreign aid? reality bites!
kung ako sayo, kesa maging pabigat ka sa bansang pilipinas eh tularan mo si EFREN PENAFLORIDA ng magkaroon ka naman ng silbi! at wag mong swapangin ang aid na para sa mga biktima ng kalamidad!
juan dela cruz on Thu, 29th Oct 2009 4:47 pm
hindi po kawalan ng volunteers ang problema kundi ang hindi pagkilos ng DSWD para magkaroon ng volunteers ang ugat ng lahat.
at mukhang hindi talaga sila kikilos para hindi nga naman maubos ang mga libreng goods na yan (esp mga imported ones)..
may nagsabi nga sa blog ni ella, what we (to be specific, DSWD) need is to be PROACTIVE and not REACTIVE. puro sila palusot, hindi sila kumilos.
sandali lang magpa-advertise sa TV para magrequest ng volunteers. kahit magbigay na sila ng schedule para makasabay-sabay.. ewan ko lang kung hindi magmukhang may rally sa warehouses nila..
mickey4437 on Thu, 29th Oct 2009 5:11 pm
May schedule naman talaga ang mga volunteers para hindi nagkakagulo sa warehouse. Tingnan niyo ang website ng DSWD kaya para masagot ang mga tanong ninyo at hindi kayo nagsasabi kung ano-ano. Maraming impormasyon doon kung magbabasa lang kayo. Para naman kapag may sinasabi kayo, mukha naman kayong nagiisip at hindi lang nagaaksaya ng panahon ng mga nagbabasa ng comment dito.
Mayroong volunteers registration din doon at sana kayong lahat ay makisama at makitulong na lang imbes na salita lang ng salita. Nag-volunteer na ba kayo?
Ang kulit din ninyo sa imported goods na yan. Ang pinakita ni Ella sa kanyang mga kinuha na litrato na donasyong galing Spain ay RAM pork and beans na gawa dito sa Pilipinas. Pati UNICEF bumibili ng local para sa kanilang mga donasyon para makatulong sila sa ekonomiya natin.
kuya on Tue, 3rd Nov 2009 11:09 pm
hay naku… isipin nyo na lang eto … ang daming warehouses ng DSWD… kelan ginawa ‘to? kung noon p ibig sabihin ginawa nila ang mga ito para mag kasya ang foreign aids… t*ngna … since when pa foreign aids dumarating? bakit hindi ata ntutulungan ang mga nanganga-ilangan …
bago nyo ibuka bibig nyo, anong masama n i broadcast ang pagiging mabagal ng DSWD? kung ayus ang sistema nyo wala kayo (mga defensive) dapat ikatakot….
kung bakit ngaun.. ang may pakialam sa pilipinas sya ang kinakatay …