By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The recent onslaughts of storms Ondoy and Pepeng in the Philippines have drawn attention not only to the general lack of disaster preparedness in the country but also to how the government’s so-called calamity funds have been spent in the last few years. The calamity fund, according to…
Day: October 13, 2009
Benjie Oliveros | In Ondoy’s Aftermath, the Poor Still Bear the Brunt of Disaster
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA — Storm Ondoy was said to be a “great equalizer.” It spared no one: the rich, the middle class, and the poor. Some rich people suffered losses in their businesses when their factories, warehouses, and luxury cars were submerged in water. A substantial number of people from subdivisions catering…
After Ondoy and Pepeng, Now Comes the Hard Part
By ARNOLD PADILLA
The challenge that policy makers now face is how to raise the needed resources to fund in a sustainable manner and without placing additional burden on Filipinos the requirements of relief and rehabilitation.
After Death of US Troops, Sulu Folk Fear Escalation of Conflict
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The recent deaths of two US soldiers in Sulu have also strengthened calls for the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States.
Sa Pagdating ng Rilim at Salamisim
Ni RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Namumuong rilim at hanging habagat, Kapag nagkayakap tiyak ikakalat Ang ulang kinandong na buhat sa dagat Lulusong sa ilog palikaw-banayad Magtitipun-tipon sa Dam na malawak. At kapag apaw na ang reserb’wang tubig At ang namahala’y tanaw ang panganib; Kagyat mag-uutos: “Tungkabin ang pinid Na pintuang moog!” Delubyo’y sasapit. (Bayan…