Pinoys not in safe hands
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The response of the government thus far to the collateral damages Filipinos are suffering from the multiple disaster that hit Japan is remarkably appalling and gives a sense of disregard for the welfare of the 300,000 residents of that country.
When the earthquake struck last Friday, it took sometime before Philippine Embassy officials mustered the will to reach out and account for some 4,500 Filipinos in the disaster zones particularly in the city of Sendai that used to be Japan’s greenest city but which was virtually stripped bare of its vegetation by the tsunami.
Ambassador to Japan Manolo Lopez issued statements about having received no reports of Filipino casualties from the twin disasters but the real score was likely that nothing is reaching the embassy since Lopez himself had said that communication lines were cut and that they were relying on the Internet for contact and information..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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