People Surge enumerated “six persisting injustices” being committed by the Aquino government on Typhoon Yolanda survivors.
Yolanda survivors on Aquino’s negligence: ‘We won’t forget nor forgive’
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Pork destroys environment, peoples’ livelihood – green groups
“The billions in people’s funds that will be freed up by the abolition of the corrupt pork barrel system should be rechanneled towards environmental protection, social services, and disaster and climate resiliency.” – ENAP Corruption!
‘When Strong Winds Blow’| Book for children hopes to help typhoon survivors
“While it can take a long time for rebuilding to occur, the emotional impacts can take even longer to resolve, especially for children.”
Calls to hold Aquino, gov’t officials accountable for unconstitutional acts mounting
Calls to hold Aquino, gov’t officials accountable for unconstitutional acts mounting
Yolanda affected fishers received ‘epoxy’ from government
“Subsistence fisherfolk need new boats, at least 10-12 horse power motor engines and new nets because all their fishing gears were swept away during super typhoon Yolanda.”
4 months after typhoon Haiyan| Children still struggling to cope, survive
The family’s livelihood, relief, and schools are what children need most to cope and recover, but even these are still scarce in areas devastated by the supertyphoon, more than four months after.
Scientist group’s audit of DSWD Yolanda report reveals what is wrong with gov’t response
Taken all together, the measures chosen and the manner by which these are implemented by the government since Day 1 of the disaster show its utter insensitivity to the plight of the survivors and its incompetence in providing for the needs of the Filipino people — Agham
Visiting UK parliamentarian reports ‘sad, frustrating’ 100 days after Haiyan
“Everywhere else in the world, when there is disaster, people ask for food. But in the Philippines, farmers are asking for seeds! The fiherfolks are asking for boats! They don’t want to depend forever on foreign support. They want to rely on their own strength and this is truly inspiring.” – Lord Jack McConnell, member of the UK House of Lords
DENR urged to remove no-build zone markers in Eastern Visayas
“The movement against no-build zone, no-dwell zone policy will spread like wildfire. The people in the coastal communities will continue to expose and oppose this highly unacceptable adventure of the government to deny our fisherfolk the rights to livelihood and decent communities.”
‘Even those who have little can do so much for Yolanda survivors’
“Balsa may be the biggest relief caravan we have ever conducted, involving at least three regions and hundreds of volunteers. Over the past week, the mass movement here and abroad have been collecting relief goods, other forms of assistance for the people of Eastern Visayas and Panay.” – Renato Reyes, Bayan
Lessons from terrible tragedies
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective Typhoons Ondoy, Pedring, Sendong, Pablo, two freak monsoon rains, and now Yolanda have resulted in too much disaster, too many lives lost, too many houses and infrastructure destroyed, and too much suffering. The unfortunate thing is this would not be the last. According to an Associated Press report, which was…