Various views on CDO tragedy, but who cares?

So the news has been continue spreading about the tragedy in Cagayan de Oro and the feedback regarding our follow-up post on the flash flood and feeding program start pouring in via emails and comments. All seeing the event from different interesting aspects which I would like to share to you.

Credit first to the Global Voices Online that has given a little ping back to get the attention of the writing staff regarding a few unread posts which also discuss the disaster of Cagayan de Oro and it’s Misamis Oriental Region. Without them, we may not have bumped into a further detailed discussion narrated by a Mindanaoan located in Imperial Manila who talks about the experiences his fellow father members like mother, father, etc have in Cagayan de Oro.

I wonder myself why the local services and groups are not showing off their support towards their fellow Filipino who struggle right now in the Philippines, particularly the 75,000 evacuees of Northern Mindanao. The local television and the attention of the local media currently lies in other issues, concerning the dead of Erap’s Mother, the increase of Oil Price, and the victims of Gaza, but where is, if any, news about the local disaster that we are having here in our own Country? [Read more]