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Ito ang aking malaking tanong “Nasaan ang mga may balak maging Pangulo ng Pilipinas?” sa panahon ni Bagyong Ondoy?

Sila ba ay natakot?

or

Sila ba ay binaha din?

Ano nga ba?

i’ve just been reading about this OFW from Dubai who’s been getting a lot of hate with her insensitive comments on her facebook status coupled with her poor English grammar.

she writes: “buti n lng am hir in dubai! maybe so many sinners back der! so yeah deserving what happened!”

then replies: “cuz of u dnt understand!!!judge me sige!!! kya ala kayong asenso.even nature now is making statement big time!!!”

any idea who she is?

MANILA –Hollywood stars called on their fellow Americans to help the victims of tropical storm Ondoy (international codename Ketsana) in the Philippines as they expressed their sympathies to the thousands of affected Filipinos.

Demi Moore wrote in her Twitter account that the Filipino victims are in dire need of assistance. To help, she urged them to call the American Red Cross.

“Typhoon victims in Philippines in dire need of food/clothing. Call the American Red Cross to help. 18004357669,” the “Ghost” star wrote.

Alyssa Milano tweeted the same message and posted an Associated Press article reporting the devastation caused by Ondoy.  Read more... (160 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)

Barely had Luzon recovered from the destruction wrought by tropical storm “Ondoy,” a state weather forecaster on Monday said two tropical depressions threaten to enter the country later this week.

In an interview on dwIZ radio, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) forecaster Connie Dadivas said the two weather disturbances are likely to enter Philippine territory late Wednesday or Thursday.

“May dalawang tropical depression sa labas ng Philippine area of responsibility. Ine-expect natin na papasok sa bansa, papasok ito sa boundary by Wednesday hapon or Thursday (We see two tropical depressions outside the Philippine area of responsibility. We expect them to enter Philippine boundary by late Wednesday or Thursday),” Dadivas said.  Read more... (245 words, estimated 59 secs reading time)

The death toll from tropical storm “Ondoy” (international name Ketsana) rose to 86 as of early Monday morning, but may go much higher as authorities verify reports of more deaths caused by the cyclone.

As of 6 a.m., the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) also shifted the focus of its efforts from search-and-rescue to relief work.

“Right now we will concentrate really on providing food and other necessities,” NDCC chairman and Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said at the NDCC’s 6 a.m. briefing.  Read more... (248 words, estimated 60 secs reading time)

The rainfall brought by typhoon “Ondoy” to Metro Manila and nearby areas in a span of six hours on Saturday was the most in recorded history, surpassing the previous record for the metropolis in 1967, a weather bureau official said.The incessant downpour brought by tropical storm ‘Ondoy’ has turned several parts of Metro Manila into a virtual water world. – GMANews.TV

Nathaniel Cruz, weather services bureau head of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), told GMANews.TV that the total rainfall from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday surpassed the highest 24-hour rainfall that the weather bureau recorded 42 years ago.  Read more... (184 words, estimated 44 secs reading time)