Most of the reports were from outsiders or in Tagalog, but this one is from a local news outlet:
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the anger is strong because right now the big scandal is the corruption of the flood control projects, where money was appropriated for flood control but either nothing was done or shoddy and incomplete flood control projects were happening.
We are sending money to our staff's families to help, and this is multipplied by many people sending help to relativves.
And the bad news: Another storm headed here this weekend: It should hit furthur north (i.e. hit us and maybe destroy the rice crop that hasn't yet been harvested and dried).
wikipedia page here, but as the summary notes; the scandal is ongoing.
the dirty little secret is that a lot of aid is diverted, or misused, not just in the Philppines but all over the world: We are waiting for the Pope to say hey don't steal the money from the poor, but instead too oftne we see only stuff about love and give more to charity/development projects.
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update: I went out to get extra money in case the banks are closed on Monday. Also some extra supplies. I may check the spare generator tomorrow just in case we go off line for a few days. Depends how bad are the winds.
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