PABLO: THE PREDICTED BUT UNEXECPECTED DISASTER

by : Joseph Rizon

             It was a blow to the community of Compostela Valley Province and Davao Oriental in the island of Mindanao to experience such calamity. Some had lived for 30, 40, and 50 years of existence in these areas yet according to them, this was the most terrible. Hundreds of casualties and missing people were brought by the dreadful super typhoon and what took the tropical storm to devastate easily the affected beings, was their unexpected approach to this typhoon “PABLO”.

             Unlike other areas in the Philippines, supposedly, these provinces are unusual to get into this cruelty of nature. These are mountainous zones that typically trap strong winds. And that what makes residents there confident in facing any blustery conditions. But this time, their confidence leads them to a complicated situation. Allegedly, the effect of Pablo to these disturbed provinces is just steam of the typhoon and short duration of wind gust. However, what has happened was a total mishap.

 

             News has spread before that heart-rending day happened. It’s much forfeiture to persons who did not grasp the risk to prepare and evacuate to safer centers. To others, it was miserable and unfair that some municipalities did not force to evacuate their residents. Some says that it could be prevented if task forces vigorously evacuated refractory inhabitants.

             Living in a society with no occurrence of much catastrophes, is not a bases to reprehend the words of our instinct, remember that “Prevention is better that cure”. If a life will lost it cannot taken back. If we can bring back the moment, we surely vetoed it. But we cannot repudiate also that it is all our unmannerly actions that enables this calamity to shatter us effortlessly. Now, Let us just be thankful that we are given a chance. It’s really probably not our end or there’s must be something we need to finish. But whatever is that, lets us all be reminded that “In every experience, we get a lesson from it” and that what makes us stronger and wiser in the future.

Who is more persistent: the inferior or the fortunate?

by : Samuel Babiano

         Wealth is defined as the riches that the poor wants to have and the rich don’t want to lose. It is the means of suppressing poverty and surviving the austerity of the world. It can run a realm and abundantly quench the thirst of people’s needs and wants. That’s how powerful wealth is. But to attain these things, require total effort. It definitely needs patience, perseverance and hard work to own it. But who among has the persistency to obtain these: the inferior or the fortunate?

        Customarily, the source of living of the poor requires much strength and long term work to-do. With all that determination, of course they will get earnings; but unfortunately, not congruent to the effort exerted. And that gives them the indication that beyond their utmost potency, it still not suffices all their needs. That is why, we can’t change the idea, which they settle for a job, at least can bequeath them a wage just enough to eat three times a day. And that’s how poor lives.

        On the contrary, privileged individuals have a vast cause of income. They will not settle for less and petrified to mislay there assets. They are wise enough in preserving and gaining their profits. It is already an initiative to them to uphold such condition because they are afraid to become meager. That’s why; they are more determined to strive harder. They are more persistent to exist as prosperous ones.

        Afar from talking their subsistence about their status, it is still everyone’s reliance on their dream whether they continue or elude what they really want to be and what they wish to have. If there are million reasons, there are also million ways to experience success. But again, it’s how a particular person’s perception and satisfaction about their living.

        I as opining author, is just elucidating such subject base on what really our present and mostly laypeople sort out. We are responsible in every aspect the world undergoes. We are part of everything. We innately have the rights to be informed about issues that give us awareness. And that what makes us important individuals even if you’re RICH or POOR. 

Politicians, Leaders?

by : Ellvan Campos

                 Japan, Switzerland and Singapore are some of the affluent countries in the world, even if their place is not blessed with natural resources. Wondering, we are amused by their place and wishing the someday we can go there. In spite of the absence of treasures, they still manage to make a name in very field of success. The only key of their supremacy to the other place is that they have skilled, astute citizens. Oppositely, Philippines, acquires miles and miles of golden land, is too far from those countries. How come that we endure poverty where in fact, we have the wealth that the other place don’t have?

                People. Citizens. It is the people that are the hindrance of the richness of this country. Come to think of it, we, the Filipino citizens, are making our own place suffer. It is odd to hear but it’s the reality. Leaders here in the Philippines are just the best proof. They are known to be corrupt, selfish and greedy. Instead of leading our country to the path that we must travel, they are just doing the opposite. They let the foreign investors use the resources that we own without asking to our approval (that will surely be a big “NO” for us Filipinos). Consequently, Filipino people are prohibited in using our resources. In other words, we don’t have the right to freely develop the wealth we have.

                Political leaders tend to do unrightfully acts rather than to serve the people honestly. They are abusing the power that we had trusted unto them. They are using their positions to widen the lands they own, to be richer and to strengthen their powers. The money that should be distributed to the people went to their pockets. Thus, many Filipinos are suffering starvation and illiteracy. Worse, some Filipinos don’t have shelter to shed when rains come and worst, some Filipino’s can’t able to eat three times a day because of poverty.

                It is our leaders work to maintain the cleanliness of our surroundings and to keep the beauty of our nature. But as we can say today, the cleanliness had turned only to a dream. Pollution is scattered especially in the urban places. Mountains become bald. Garbages are anywhere to be found. In short, Mother Earth approaches to its dying stage.

                The world has turned out into a modern one, a new one and a beautiful one. But our country lacks one of it because the contrary thing happens. We are always saying that we will move on for the better but still no action can be seen. Our country is still suffering from the hand of its leaders. Solution to problem is still far from reality and change remains vague.