The first relief supplies to reach Bantayan Island, off the northern tip of Cebu, in any scale arrived no earlier than five days after Typhoon Yolanda hit and were organised by former Governor now Representative Gwen Garcia and not by Mar Roxas' DILG. This Australian documentary contains accusations that the central government deliberately withheld aid to Bantayan and other parts of northern Cebu province because local elected officials were not from the governing party. Similar accusations have been reported elsewhere.
An interesting documentary however in his last statements the official tries to pass the blame outward saying "they cant be responsible" whilst I dont totaly disagree its still clear to me that the overall population size and the exploitation off natural resources will increasingly make life more precarious for the Philippines and whilst the church continues with its opposition to contraception extreme poverty will not change any time soon
I disagree Keith.. Being on low level land in an Eastern coastal area during a mega typhoon will be devastating any way you look at it.. I`m surprised at how many survived to be honest. Its probably the low tide when typhoon hit that saved them.
So you're saying that Filipinos should not exploit their country's natural resources at all; I see. What about Brits exploiting the natural resources of their country - are you critical of that too or is that somehow different and okay?
I think what Keith means is that they ought not, for their own good. Or rather, ought to exploit them in a sustainable and manageable way, for their own good.
My wifes mothers employer is an Environmentalist. And their holiday house on Bantayan was flattened. It was yards from the beach - their old family home that belonged to their grandfather originally. This is his opinion: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...-bantayan-like-a-solid-wall-of-smoke-survivor
Its of course true Fred what you say but I was refering to the idea that if your population level isnt sustainable its going to be many times more difficult to survive and rebuild the relative of the mayor was whilst promoting "Catholic Values" pointing the finger outward climate change etc rather than realising the over population and lack of natural resources (fish close to shore) where directly changable recovery is much more difficult without perhaps Gods direct intervention. Watching the doc I was just commenting on what I guess is "a way" to see the big picture if the "moral authorities" promote what in my view is a non-sustainable model for a society already living on the brink of starvation then it is that view which needs to be discussed or if that is the "informed choice" of the society lived with. Mark sorry I missed the word "over" before exploit it was inferred from what the guy said and no im not happy about anyone over exploiting our planet and at a personal level am looking to reduce our consumption. in energy food waste buying things we dont need Its an ongoing dialog at home and was something I had to educate myself with over many years. If theres going to be enough for us all to share our habits and beliefs are all going to need to be up for discussion
I know that there has been a lot of effort to get the point home that fishing in the regions needs to be properly managed and sustainable. In terms of the Philippine Archipelego, is it really a case of two large a population? Or have their been other factors at play?
"...coral bleaching, over fishing, warming of the waters".........."mother of the fishes, that title does not belong to us anymore" Bantayan Island does not have a single reef in good condition due to dynamite and cyanide fishing. I thought this was quite poignant from the fella in the video: ..."if you have storms like this becoming more and more frequent then we might aswell vacate and look for a much better place on this earth"....he says as this is the 2nd time in a couple of years that Bantayan has been hammered by typhoon.
And zipper fishing... CEBU, Philippines - "The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources will officially prohibit tomorrow the use of Danish Seine, locally known as zipper or hulbot-hulbot, as a fishing method. BFAR-7 Information Officer Alma Saavedra said that they consider hulbot-hulbot, which is very common in the towns of Bantayan, Sta. Fe and Madridejos in the northern part of Cebu province, destructive. “Daghan gyud ang nag-gamit aning (A lot are using this) illegal method of fishing,” she told The FREEMAN yesterday. The move is compliance with Department of Agriculture Fisheries Administrative Order (AO) No. 246, which bans hulbot-hulbot as system of fishing, which Secretary Proceso Alcala signed on Sept. 12, 2013. The total ban is in accordance with Section 92 of Republic Act 8550, or the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, which declared the use of destructive fishing gears as unlawful." (Zipper is a fishing method where boats scrapes the bottom of the sea, destroying sea grasses and coral reefs, which are the natural habitat of fishes and other aquatic animals.) http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2013/10/14/1245104/zipper-ban-start
Does anyone know if the ferry service between Tagbilaran, Cebu and Negros, are they back to normal ? (Ocean jet )
Ocean Jet and Weesam Services to Cebu from Tag went back to normal a few days after the earthquake and were a couple of days cancellations during the storm. Not heard of any problems at this end.
