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Death overtakes justice
Case versus suspects in Martinez slay try to continue ALBERTO “PASTOR” Martinez, 57, one of the few broadcasters who survived an assassination try, would have wanted to finish the…
By Adminnewspack·January 21, 2015
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Pacquiao’s other job
MANNY PACQUIAO is busy these days. The Pambansang Kamao or the Pacman, as he is popularly known in the Philippines, is headed for California this week to promote the documentary…
By Adminnewspack·January 21, 2015
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A lot of money, impact too little too late
AS DONATIONS continue to pour in from both local and foreign individuals and institutions for post-Yolanda recovery and rehabilitation efforts, the Philippine government has also…
By Malou Mangahas·January 15, 2015
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A throng of typhoons
RIGHT AFTER calamities have ravaged homes and communities, the government mounts relief and rescue work with speed and vigor – and still has energy left to provide photo-op events…
By Rowena F Caronan·January 15, 2015
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Who, what, why, how much?
EXACTLY THREE months after Yolanda struck central Philippines, the government launched a worldwide campaign to thank everyone who had rushed to the country’s aid in the…
By Fernando Cabigao Jr·January 14, 2015
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Relief protocols & rules
A FEW weeks after Super Typhoon Yolanda rampaged through Eastern Visayas in early November 2013, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) found itself caught in a…
By Fernando Cabigao Jr·January 14, 2015
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Politics & disaster a bad mix
DISASTERS USUALLY bring people together, but a few weeks after Yolanda, a video that seemed to highlight a political divide amid tragedy went viral.
By Malou Mangahas·January 14, 2015
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Yolanda: The disaster that lingers still
WHEN IT became evident that Typhoon Ruby was going to slam through central Philippines in December last year, many began wondering what would happen to the thousands who were still…
By Earl G Parreno·January 13, 2015
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Yolanda Money Trail: By the Numbers
DISASTER AID in the time of super typhoons like Yolanda has fortuitously flowed richly, quickly, and from a bounty of donors without fail to assist Filipino families and…
By Adminnewspack·January 13, 2015
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No time to grieve for kin
FOR SOMEONE just hearing the stories, they sound like episode after episode of the “Walking Dead” TV series. But what Jermaine Bayas and other aid workers witnessed in Tacloban in…
By Che De Los Reyes·January 13, 2015
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A burger joint rises
TACLOBAN CITY – THEY MAY or may not have suffered considerable loss when Typhoon Yolanda plowed through Tacloban City and other areas in central Philippines, but friends Trisha…
By Charmaine P Lirio·January 13, 2015
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First month, first victim
BARELY a week into the year and another journalist is slain in the Philippines. As the world mourns the brutal attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, here in the…
By Adminnewspack·January 8, 2015
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Darkest day #JeSuisCharlie
INTERNATIONAL journalists groups and freedom of expression advocates condemned the brutal shooting that killed 12 people at the editorial headquarters of the French satirical…
By Adminnewspack·January 8, 2015
