NEW ZEALAND QUAKE SHOWS POOR DFA PREPARATIONS!

The New Zealand earthquake shows how poorly prepared is the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for disasters.

First, there are NO RESCUE TEAMS on standby, either here or in New Zealand, for the quake victims, considering that we have countrymen trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building.

We would not be in a PATHETIC situation now to ask the New Zealand government to continue rescue operations if there had been standing arrangements with disaster response agencies or private firms there before the quake.

WALA pa rin akong nababalitaan na UMUPA na ang mga opisyales natin ng mga rescue teams para masagip, ng mas mabilis,  ang ating mga kababayan.

We’re just asking. So if the New Zealand government  stands pat on its decision to shift from rescue to retrieval operations,  what do we do?

Move back and start crying while saying goodbye, or see you in Heaven, to our trapped kababayans?

Reports say that a lot of Pinoy survivors whose homes were either damaged or lost had to move in temporarily with our countrymen who were not affected by the quake.

That means there’s NO PRE-DETERMINED shelter for disaster victims before the quake struck.

Reports also say that most, but NOT ALL, communication lines in New Zealand remain down.  But if top telecommunications companies with satellite capabilities had been identified from the start, relay of the latest and accurate information would not be a problem.

Kung matatandaan natin, ang mga unang ibinalita ay WALANG PILIPINONG naapektuhan sa lindol. Pero ngayon 14, hindi lang isa 14, ang mga kababayan nating naiipit sa guho ng isang building doon.

These are BASIC PREPARATIONS which should have been conceived ever since by the DFA.

I sure hope the acting secretary will go through the DFA budget with a fine toothed comb.  And our guys in New Zealand owe the people, especially the families of the trapped, a LONG EXPLANATION.

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Two of our friends on “PNoy should personally look into Taiwanese deportations”:

CAS NAVARRO of Colorado, USA:

The RP-PROC diplomatic row is a comedy of errors. Our diplomatic faux pas even dates back to the day we signed a pact with the PROC. What gets me is the stupidity of our officials to allow ourselves to get so embroiled in the internal political conflict that is supposed to be exclusively between the Chinese leaders (PROC and Taiwan). This went on for decades until another - the latest - stupidity was committed by the boys of PNoy. Now,, PNoy ought to show us that he really can walk well on the diplomatic tight rope.

BHABY SEE of Makati:

I think there's no need to look into it. It's about time for PH to show that Pinoys mean business. Kailangan bawiin natin ang nawala nang respeto sa mga Pilipino. Napakaliit ang tingin ng mga foreigner sa mga Pinoy. Pag may nagkamali na foreigner dito, dapat parusahan din at tratuhin tulad ng pagtrato nila sa ibang Pinoy na nahuhuli sa ibang bansa - para tabla-tabla. Try to ask any pure Chinese or local Chinese here about the traits of Taiwanese.

RAFAEL GOMEZ of Makati on “Lokohan na, pakapalan pa ng mukha sa PSALM Part 2:”

Tama ka Boyet naniniwala akong lahat ng pagkakautang, kalugihan at iba pang bad debt & expenses ng Napocor at PSALM sa ating mga consumers at ordinary citizens ipinapasa. I also believe that this is a conspiracy among PSALM,  NAPOCOR, independent power producers and Meralco.. We ordinary citizens are bailing them out from their losses, apart from deceitful charges they are imposing to rob us.