Remove the Trash, Kill the Rats

After the flood, the plague came to wreak havoc to the people affected by Typhoon Ondoy.  The plague came by the name of leptospirosis.
The back to back attack of the flood and leptospirosis is the end result of the waste mismanagement and blatant throwing of garbage to the streets and waterways. The flood is partly [...]

Lessons from Typhoon Ondoy

Just weeks after typhoon Ondoy visited the country, many of the Metro Manila folks are back to their old habit, which is the blatant disregard of the proper disposal of garbage. Citizens of Metro Manila are back at placing their garbage anywhere. A good example is the whole length of Commonwealth Avenue. People living around [...]

Coordinating the National Disaster Coordinating Council

The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) unpreparedness during the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy and its aftermath showed the gaping hole in the system implemented by the agency headed by Gilbert Teodoro. NDCC was helpless during the typhoon and could only send feeble aid to the victims. Once again, bulk of the help came from the [...]

Montalban Under State of Calamity

The fury and aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy last Saturday was not expected by Montalbenos. The storm poured a month’s worth of rain in just six hours. As Ondoy rages on, a rush of rainwater came flooding down from the mountains and filled the communities below and blocked the roads. Ondoy also forced the Wawa Dam [...]