The destruction that typhoon Frank/Fengshen brought to Iloilo is by far the worst the province has ever experienced. The flooding was unprecedented and the extent of the damage was unparalleled. Numerous lives had been claimed and many others became homeless.

Latest data from the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council as of 9am 26 June 2008 show that 124 persons died in Iloilo, 569,142 persons affected, of whom 22,057 were still in evacuation centers. The damages in agriculture and infrastructure in Iloilo was estimated to have reached more than P500M.

We often complain about the things we don’t have yet we take for granted the things we have plenty of.

Starting 8pm tonight, for one hour, major cities in the world including Manila , will switch off lights as part of the global movement called Earth Hour
Launched in Australia on the 31st of March 2007, Earth Hour moved 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses in Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. This massive collective effort reduced the city’s energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour, which is …

Today, I opened a forwarded email message from a friend entitled “You know you are an Ilonggo if…” I was a bit surprised and amused to find out that it was actually from my blog (click here). It took four months for that entry to come full circle since I posted it. Of course I didn’t get credit for it. Fine with me, I’m just happy to share it …