Recent Posts Tagged With 'ondoy'

• Ondoy at Pepeng: Mute and Epidemic

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 17:00 in Opinion, red cross, gloria arroyo, tropical cyclone, buraot, international red cross and red crescent movement, chizmiz sa barberya, buwaya files, ondoy, pepeng, satiriko

  Photo credits here. It had been so and so when the tag team of the decade gave us their winning one-two combo. When I first saw the initial mixture of air andwater I thought it was just the usual tropical depression that we  are so familiar with...

• ARE WE GOOD OR FEELING GOOD?

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 11:00 in Opinion, culture and society, charlie, calamity, komentaryo, buhay sa barrio siete, dayong baryo, ondoy

  By: Carlos “Charlie” Contreras Mississauga , Ontario , Canada I am just a newcomer in Canada and I noticed it is common to be asked by someone…”how are you?” And many would say…”OH I AM GOOD!” In other countries such as the Philippi...

• Ceiling Price: No Shortage of Scandal

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 17:00 in price controls, mahalia, state of calamity, komentaryo, 5 6 at mga raket, ondoy, pepeng, ceiling price, death threat to peter favila

  Noong Setyembre 29, 2009, nagtalaga ang Department of Trade and Industries sa ilalim ng Republic Act No. 7581 The Price Act ng ceiling price sa basic commodities. Ang pagpapahinto ng presyo ng basic commodities ay dala nakaraang bagyuhang Ondoy para ...

• Baha: Hindi sya dala ni Bathala

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 17:00 in floods, dam, water release, buhay sa barrio siete, chizmiz sa barberya, buwaya files, ondoy, pepeng

  Isa ako sa mga naniniwala na kaduda-duda talaga ang ang baha at hindi sya dala ni Bathala. Oo na. Andun na ako. Too much rain talaga ang dinala ni Ondoy. But more and more people are saying na mukhang me kinalaman talaga ang mga namamahala nang dam s...

• Ang OFW at ang Sakuna sa kanyang Bayan

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 08:04 in indonesia, cora, muni-muni, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy

  “Rescuers continue to dig for possible survivors and bodies at landslides in the village of Puguis, La Trinidad town, Benguet province, northern Philippines on Sunday Oct. 11, 2009. Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered doz...

• MMDA or DPWH: Who’s the Big Bad Wolf?

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 17:00 in Opinion, analisis, mmda, business and politics, dpwh, komentaryo, chizmiz sa barberya, buwaya files, ondoy, ketsana

  May mama, nakakurbata, may mamahaling Amerikana, pumara ng pedicab. “Sir,” ang sabi ng pedicab drayber, “eh araw araw ko ho kayong nakikitang nakasakay sa Chedeng, di ho ba nanalo kayo ng Lexus, bakit nag-pepedicab lang kayo?” Sagot ng CEO ...

• Utang na loob

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 11:10 in Opinion, political campaign, business and politics, 2010 election, utang na loob, chizmiz sa barberya, buwaya files, ondoy

  UTANG NA LOOB, one Filipino value – binaha sya. They way I see it, nasa putikan na ang “Utang na loob”. According to an entry on Wikipedia:...

• Eklat Strikes Back

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 11:00 in fiction, Mel, eklat, social climbing, mikey arroyo, chizmiz sa barberya, chizmiz sa parlor, dear ate charing, buwaya files, ondoy

  Mga kapatid, eto at may natanggap na naman tayong sulat dito sa Barrio Siete from our dear friend Eklat. Naging busy pala ang lola niyo sa kawanggawa kaya natagalan bago siya nakasulat sa atin. Sa mga hindi pa familiar kay Eklat, you can read her fir...

• Random Chika from your Resident Bruha

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 06:33 in Opinion, Mel, culture and society, business and politics, janet toral, barrio siete, influential bloggers, concon, mikey arroyo, jena isle, con-ass, chizmiz sa barberya

  photo harbat: here Hello mga ka-baro, este mga ka-barrio. Yes, I’m back balakubak! It’s been a while since my last contribution dito sa Barrio Siete. Pasensiya na kayo at medyo inatake kasi ng drama ang buhay ko at naging busy din sa work. Kinaba...

• Was it the rain?! Or the waters from the dam?!

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 12:31 in Opinion, reyna elena, la mesa dam, aquilino pimentel, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, angat dam

  While typhoon Ondoy was devastating Manila and the floodwaters was raging, killing hundreds of people, devastating properties, it has never occurred into my mind… the waters from the dam. Never. Until I read something… it said… Mor...

• The beginning of the end of times?

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 05:00 in global warming, Opinion, charlie, buhay sa barrio siete, dayong baryo, ondoy

  By Charlie Mississauga, Ontario, Canada We have read or heard about “global warming” but how much do we really know about it and how many really take it seriously? The abnormal weather that is happening around the world are often dismiss...

• Bayanihan is alive! Maraming salamat to all those who supported Barrio Bayanihan for Ondoy Victims Fund Drive

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 19:00 in Opinion, mahalia, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, bayanihan fund drive

  Enumerating each country like Finland, United States, Germany, Sweden, Singapore, United Kingdom, Norway, Indonesia, Bermuda, United Arab Emirates, Spain, Canada, Belgium, and the Philippines, may sound like a Miss Universe beauty pageant. And it is,...

• 3rd & Final Remittance Report: Project Bayanihan Fund Drive for Ondoy Victims

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 17:55 in reyna elena, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, bayanihan fund drive

  The Bayanihan for Ondoy Victims Fund Drive started with one email telling everybody in Barrio Siete that a strong typhoon is slapping our country silly. Most of our writers tuned into different websites and video channels. Our hearts were torn apart,...

• Shed no tears my friend, the Philippines will be 1st world!

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 in Opinion, flooding, government corruption, reyna elena, business and politics, muni-muni, buhay sa barrio siete, chizmiz sa barberya, buwaya files, sona 2009, ondoy

  Shed no tears my friend… The Philippines will be 1st world in 20 years! Barrio Siete will become a metropolis. And that’s what I remember from SONA 2009… “As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, ...

• 2nd Remittance Report: Project Bayanihan Fund Drive for Ondoy Victims

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 19:20 in reyna elena, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, bayanihan fund drive

  Ladies and gentlemen: Here’s La Kapitana making my 2nd Remittance Report to all of you: 1.) We found out from the Philippine National Red Cross Manila website that indeed, they are now accepting Paypal donations. With the approval from the Barr...

• Salamat Ondoy

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 05:00 in Opinion, corruption, urban planning, gloria arroyo, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, globar warming

  By: Champurado Sa titulo pa lang parang dadami ang mangangaway sa akin gaya nung ke Jacque Bermejo, napaisip tuloy ako kung itutuloy ko ba o hindi, since kulang kulang naman yung isip ko eh tinuloy ko na rin. Pero ano ba talaga ang dapat ipagpasalama...

• Ondoy brings out indifference and ingenuity

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 13:27 in flooding, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, ketsana

  Ondoy brings out indifference and ingenuity. Just look at this one that I have just read from Ellen Tordesillas… Pichay and other officials could be charged for extravagance during a time of calamity The Local Water Utilities Administration, a ...

• Progress Report of Bayanihan Fund Drive as of 10/01/09, now over Php150k

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 11:19 in reyna elena, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, bayanihan fund drive

  I have just made another update on this listing to include the latest donation from Canada that propelled this Project’s donation to another mileston – over Php150k collection.~Reynz 5:34pm EST Ladies and gentlemen: we have just hit anot...

• Ondoy victims for politicking and photo opportunities?!

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 08:03 in business and politics, richard gordon, philippine national red cross, buhay sa barrio siete, chizmiz sa barberya, buwaya files, ondoy

  Is this real?! Ondoy victims for politicking and photo opportunities?! It seemed to me that the Philippine National Red Cross has some protocol explaining to do if indeed this is what happened. And this is serious. And I am not liking what I am readi...

• Ondoy missing persons database

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 15:12 in buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, missing ondoy victims

  Reyna Elena Dot Com is getting a number of reader reaction looking for the whereabouts or any news of either their loved ones, friends and/or family members. As I search online papers, I found this news item from GMA News TV and I believe this will p...

• Should misery come, it will not claim me.

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 11:00 in flooding, mahalia, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, ketsana

  By: Mahalia Should misery come, should sorrow overtake, should confusion entrench, should anguish reign, I will not buckle. I will not succumb prey. I will not bequeath the last breath of hope that courses through my veins. I will swim the floods of...

• 1st Remittance Report: Project Bayanihan Fund Drive for Ondoy Victims

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 17:00 in reyna elena, buhay sa barrio siete, ondoy, barrio bayanihan fund drive for ondoy victims

  I apologize for my rant. It’s sad but… the evils of corruption is taking its toll on some of my fellow Filipinos and friends who do not buy the idea of giving because it will just end up to nothing. I do not blame them but I don’t b...