On Wednesday, November
13, Secretary to the Cabinet Rene Almendras acknowledged the difficulties the
national government was facing – even admitting it needs help – but also
defended its efforts.
"We will deny the
fact and we will not insist that all places have received [aid] because there
are really areas that have not yet received any. What we are saying is we need
help in reaching all these that have not yet been reached," he said.
"Now, why goods
are not reaching some people? That’s really a local issue that we are trying to
address now.
But 5 days since the
deadly Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) struck the Visayas and
neighboring regions, Almendras still could not give a timeline as to when
relief would reach all affected areas.
Almendras said there
are "4 more specific areas that need to be reached," areas that could
only be accessed via chopper. He didn not specify where these areas were.
Much-needed aid finally
reaches survivors of super typhoon Yolanda (international codename Haiyan).
One point of note : The nations and organizations that pour aids into the
countryhas barred the Philippine government from the relief goods brought into
the country and decided to handle the distributions themselves.
But Guiuan, where the
supertyphoon made its first landfall, is still unreached by the relief
activities. The farthest islands in Guiuan, Eastern Samar have not received
relief goods for at least 4 days. Locals are still totally cut off from Guiuan
town proper and much needed aid, with all their boats damaged by Super Typhoon
Yolanda. Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan, sister of Mayor Christopher Gonzales
identified the four isolated barangays as Homonhon, Manicani, Suluan and
Calicoan.**
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* Rappler Relief aid begins to move, is it enough?
Ang bagal naman nila ano na ang mangyayari sa mga biktima nyan? ang dami nman air crafts or use their sintido common ano ang daming mga mayaman dyan na may mga pwesto sa gobyerno hindi ba sila mkapahiram ng mga eroplano nila o helicopter sa ganoong situation kung ang ibang bansa nakapagpadala ng tulong dito pa kaya sa atin mismong country na hndi mkatulong dyan ang mga mayayaman mismo sa Pilipinas?
ReplyDeleteAlas! My friend, it so happened that the most uncommon commodity in the market is common sense. Natural phenomenom like typhoons cannot be prevented. It is forza maggiore. But preparedness in minimizing its effect could only be done with planning and organization by the government, both at national and local levels. and education on what to do for the populace must be included in the planning. The flow of aid to the populace is sloqw, and it is symtomatic of inproper planning, hence the poor organization of assistance. We should know better by now.
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