Posts tagged: The Philippines

Huge outcry over political massacre of 57 people in The Philippines

Yesterday in the Philippines, Ismael Mangudadatu registered to run for governor of Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao. It doesn’t sound like an unusual event unless you know that on Monday 57 men and women on their way to register Mangudadatu were massacred, execution style. The group included Mangudadatu’s wife, Genalyn, and other […]

Friday November 27th, 2009 in , | 1 Comment »

Philippines faces more than just natural calamities

The Philippines is frequently in the news these days, primarily because of two recent typhoons – Ketsana and Parma – which killed more than 850 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Today reports say Typhoon Lupit is expected to make landfall around the far northern tip of the main island of Luzon by Thursday and […]

Tuesday October 20th, 2009 in , , | 2 Comments »

Asia Disasters Need More Than a Shrug

Most of us don’t know how to react to major disasters around the world, especially when several things happen at once. And because it all seems so overwhelming, often we just go on about our daily lives, reading the horrific headlines and collectively shrugging our shoulders. In the past couple of days a 7.6 magnitude […]

Thursday October 1st, 2009 in , , , , | 3 Comments »