One of the depressing sights in our neighborhood last weekend when Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) caused massive flooding in Metro Manila and nearby areas. Over 200 lives were lost, millions worth of destroyed properties, countless families homeless now…but Filipinos are resilient and as one nation, we’ll bounce back and surpass this adversity.
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Relief operations are still going on in most of the affected parts of the massive flooding. Once again, the bayanihan spirit of the Filipinos are sparked by this tragedy and it’s just heartwarming to see people helping in every way they can for our less fortunate kababayans. Simple ways include sending relief donations [...]
The comments of a certain Jacque Bermejo on Facebook and a YuBin Kim (UglyYubin) on Twitter sparked the emotions of most Filipino netizens recently. Definitely, these insensitive comments are totally uncalled for. In fact, I felt like bombarding them, too, with hateful replies along with the other angry comments of many but I [...]
Watching the news since Saturday has been bittersweet. I feel blessed and thankful that my whole family was spared but my heart breaks seeing those who were badly affected by the massive flooding of typhoon Ondoy’s rains. Deaths, destroyed properties, hungry and stranded people…I can’t help but ask how could this typhoon be [...]
For Globe users, here’s how we can help over 300,000 Filipino victims of Typhoon Ondoy using SMS:
Text: RED(space)(amount)to 2899
Example: Red 300
The value can be any of the following: 5, 25, 50, 100 and 300.
The amount you pledged will go to Red Cross funds.
After texting, you shall receive a message saying:
“Thank you for using Globe Donate [...]
