Month: March 2011

Fake Greenbelt Signage

Internet-Web Devt

I became aware of a viral photo the other night. It’s a Fake Greenbelt Signage posted by someone obviously playing a prank saying poor people are not allowed inside Greenbelt 4. I heard that many people reacted negatively to it.

It’s obviously done by someone who has a lot of time in his/her hands. Do you really think that if Greenbelt intends for their mall to be for rich people only they will post a sign that says so? Of course not!

People will believe what they want to. Think before you react. And to the one who posted this fake signage… playing with people’s emotions is not funny at all.

Note: Click this link to read about the reaction of Ayala Malls management on the fake Greenbelt signage that’s gone viral the other day.

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Remarkable discipline amidst disaster

Society at large

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We all know what happened to Japan. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit the country that resulted to a huge tsunami destroying the Eastern part of the said country. It was devastating! I’ve seen so many before and after photos of the specific areas hit by the tsunami and it was horrible.

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But one of the things that struck me while watching videos of the situation in Japan now was how disciplined the people were. People were lining up like there’s no reason to panic. Rows and rows of grocery items were gone already but still the Japanese people were slowly walking inside the store. No one was running. There was no one pushing others out of the way to get to the remaining items as quickly as possible. We don’t even hear looting or chaos in relief distribution normally associated with calamity-stricken countries.

Even in a tough situation, their discipline is remarkable!

If there is a country that can rise up against this kind of disaster, it will be Japan. Let’s continue praying for the country and the people living there.

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Medical malpractice

Community issues

Have you heard of the case of Jed Dragg, an HIV positive patient diagnosed 10 years ago at the San Lazaro Hospital only to find out a few weeks ago that he was actually NOT HIV positive at all!

A clear case of medical malpractice but since here in the Philippines we don’t really have a medical malpractice law, all Jed can do is file an administrative case against the hospital and to ask the Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) to revoke the licenses of the doctor(s) and laboratory technicians who gave the wrong diagnosis.

One of the things that struck me when I first saw this news was what about the 10 years that was lost from Jed? For 10 years he lived with that fear of being an HIV positive. He lived with the stigma, malice, evil thrown at him by persons who knew of his HIV. He said in an interview in TV Patrol that his family even disowned him already because of the shame of being related to an HIV positive person. If the medical personnel responsible for the wrong diagnosis be punished for what they did, can they give him back the 10 years that was lost from his life?

Poor Jed.

I do hope that the medical malpractice bill, if still in Congress, be pushed so it can become a law. We need it. This is not the first time we hear of a wrong diagnosis. I am sure there are more out there. Speak up! We need our representatives to know that a bill punishing doctors and other medical personnel for wrong diagnosis and other things that harmed their patients is already needed.

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The President on the situations abroad

Community issues

I am sure the president is doing something about our fellow Filipinos’ situation in Libya. I am sure he is doing something to help the OFWs come home to where it’s safe. But how come he isn’t saying something about it? How come we don’t see him appearing on TV asking everyone to pray for the Filipinos trapped in the disturbance in Libya? How come we don’t see him saying anything about what happened, the earthquake, in Christchurch, New Zealand?

I have more questions.

How come he pushed through with the celebration of EDSA People Power when so many Filipinos are panicking already and couldn’t find a way to exit Libya? How come he partied and even obliged to a song number when so many Filipinos are in the middle of not just this situation in Libya but also in Bahrain, Yemen and now in Oman? We can see him smiling often when he knows so many Filipinos relying on the government’s help are not getting even a word from the government’s representatives abroad?

Why isn’t he plastering his face in television and newspapers saying something ANYTHING! about what’s happening overseas when OFWs, Filipinos abroad, and their families here so badly need a reassurance from the head of state himself that his office is doing everything they can to help the victims of situations abroad?!?

Why, oh, why, Mr. President?!?????

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