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Class and Ondoy: The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Ideological Distortions

By GILL H. BOEHRINGER
By seeking to convince its readers that the effects of Ondoy were “felt equally by rich and poor” and that it was a “great equalizer,” the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the most influential newspaper in the Philippines, was attempting to bolster the view that the Filipino class system had nothing to do with the disaster, and that the lives of all Filipinos are shaped by the same forces of nature, even by fate or by God.

Bulatlat Staff | Oct 23, 2009

Cordillera Most Ravaged by Pepeng

By ARTHUR ALLAD-IW
The Cordillera region incurred most of the damages in Northern Luzon with 309 dead and P1.398 billion of damaged infrastructures and agriculture caused by typhoon Pepeng.

Bulatlat Staff | Oct 17, 2009

Analysis: Ondoy, Pepeng and the Bane of Development Illusion

In the years ahead, the number and magnitude of disasters will increase with colossal human and economic losses. The task of rescue, recovery, relief and rehabilitation will have to fall more and more on the people themselves as they have in fact done in recent years.

Bulatlat Staff | Oct 16, 2009

Relocation Solution Poses a Dilemma to Slum Dwellers Made Homeless by Ondoy

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Days after Ondoy struck, the government declared that it would no longer allow these poor Filipinos to return to their shattered homes.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Oct 16, 2009

Ondoy, Pepeng Underscore Need for ‘Pro-Active’ Disaster Management System

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Citizen's Disaster Response Center urges the passage of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Bill. But even without this law, trainings in disaster mitigation should be conducted down to the barangay level, it says.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Oct 16, 2009

Group Urges Watchful Eye on Regime’s Use of Calamity Funds

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...

Alexander Martin Remollino | Oct 13, 2009

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.

Arnold Padilla | Oct 13, 2009

Slideshow: For the Poor, Ondoy Strikes a Double Whammy

For the Poor, Ondoy Strikes Double Whammy

Bulatlat Staff | Oct 2, 2009

After Ondoy: Things We Ought to Do

By CARLOS H. CONDE Bulatlat.com MANILA – It is an essential part of survival that people learn from every calamity, particularly the mistakes that may have contributed to it or its high cost. Here, some experts suggest ways to move forward after Ondoy. Fouad...

Bulatlat Staff | Oct 2, 2009

Ondoy and Climate Change

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), Ondoy brought Metro Manila its highest amount of rainfall in the last 42 years. “In 1967, a typhoon brought...

Alexander Martin Remollino | Oct 2, 2009

Poor Are Worst Hit by Ondoy; Inept Leadership Makes Them Suffer Even More

By CARLOS H. CONDE
A disaster-prone country like the Philippines should by now be a nation of experts on calamities and how to deal with them. But, as Ondoy has shown, Filipinos are almost always caught unawares. And often, the high cost of these calamities are caused not so much by lack of knowledge or resources as by poor governance.

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 2, 2009

In Marikina, Ondoy Shatters a Myth

Residents were unprepared for a disaster of such scale in a town that had gained headway in reducing flooding and in sprucing itself up. But as some of them point out, everything in Marikina had been so good that they never thought it could be this bad. By MARYA...

Marya Salamat | Oct 2, 2009

Why Rizal Province Suffered Greatly from Ondoy

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com SAN MATEO, Rizal -- Marivic Cristobal has been living in Barangay Sta. Ana, San Mateo, Rizal province for almost 20 years now. She is used to a home where floodwater would easily rise from the slightest rainfall. Cristobal...

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Oct 2, 2009

Analysis: Beyond Ondoy and Climate Change, Blame Goes to Arroyo, Teodoro

By ARNOLD PADILLA MANILA -- “A President must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime." "As a country in the path of typhoons… we must be as prepared as the latest technology permits to anticipate natural calamities when that is...

Arnold Padilla | Oct 2, 2009

Ondoy Pushes Tens of Thousands of Families Into Severe Difficulty, Long-Term Poverty

MANILA -- Tropical storm Ondoy could cause lasting poverty and severe difficulties for at least 206,000 families in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions, research group Ibon Foundation said Friday. Even as the government downplays...

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 2, 2009

Where Did Millions of Aid for Disaster Relief Go? Ibon Wants to Know

MANILA -- Research group ibon Foundation asked on Friday how aid for disaster relief given by donor governments was spent by the Arroyo government, in the face of the administration’s apparent lack of disaster preparedness and response when tropical storm Ondoy hit...

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 2, 2009

Tales of Woe from Those Who Had it Worse

MANILA – Aside from killing them and displacing them from their homes and exposing them to illness, tropical storm Ondoy dealt poor Filipino families severe blows that could make their lives in the months ahead much more difficult. (Read sidebar: Ondoy Pushes Tens...

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Oct 2, 2009

In Tatalon, Hell and High Water

Marya Salamat | Oct 2, 2009

Various Groups Launch ‘Ondoy’ Relief Operations

By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Aid operations went into full swing two days after “Ondoy” devastated Metro Manila and other parts of the northern Philippines as various organizations started distributing relief goods to calamity victims.

Bulatlat Staff | Sep 29, 2009

Gender in disaster management

Women and men are differently affected by natural disasters. For example, women are especially vulnerable to poor nutrition, vitamin and iron deficiency—especially anemia, which can be fatal in pregnancy.

On The Fringes Blog | Oct 16, 2009

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Class and Ondoy: The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Ideological Distortions

Cordillera Most Ravaged by Pepeng

Analysis: Ondoy, Pepeng and the Bane of Development Illusion

Relocation Solution Poses a Dilemma to Slum Dwellers Made Homeless by Ondoy

Ondoy, Pepeng Underscore Need for ‘Pro-Active’ Disaster Management System

Group Urges Watchful Eye on Regime’s Use of Calamity Funds

After Ondoy and Pepeng, Now Comes the Hard Part

Slideshow: For the Poor, Ondoy Strikes a Double Whammy

After Ondoy: Things We Ought to Do

Ondoy and Climate Change

Poor Are Worst Hit by Ondoy; Inept Leadership Makes Them Suffer Even More

In Marikina, Ondoy Shatters a Myth

Why Rizal Province Suffered Greatly from Ondoy

Analysis: Beyond Ondoy and Climate Change, Blame Goes to Arroyo, Teodoro

Ondoy Pushes Tens of Thousands of Families Into Severe Difficulty, Long-Term Poverty

Where Did Millions of Aid for Disaster Relief Go? Ibon Wants to Know

Tales of Woe from Those Who Had it Worse

In Tatalon, Hell and High Water

Various Groups Launch ‘Ondoy’ Relief Operations

Gender in disaster management

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