Some donors make it a point to indicate if they want their offering to go to Water for CDO or new underwear for barangays in Iligan, or relief goods for the part of Dumaguete that was hit. Some will just say, “Use our donation for whatever you see fit.” So this particular percentage of the (un-specified) donations that go through Rock Ed Philippines were hand delivered and properly labeled and divided as abuloy by film maker Kiri Dalena while she was on the road gathering stories with Pat Evangelista. Kiri’s cousin Dingus Gustilo who is based in Iligan is now the one in charge of the abuloy delivery fund. And Kiri’s sister, artist Aba Dalena coordinates with us here in Manila.
The effort of taking note of families who lost loved ones per barangay and hand delivering them is a gigantic task which is why (even if I know this would probably embarrass them) I need to THANK the Lluch-Dalena-Gustilo kids for taking the time out to be as organized as possible with this hardly-linear and emotionally taxing project.
If some of you are still donating and would like to indicate specifically that you want your money for abuloy, please do so.
Rock Ed Philippines
BPI Loyola-Katipunan Branch
#3080-0073-44Kindly email radio@rockedphilippines.org the amount and deposit slip if possible so we can properly document and give you your donor’s receipt.
(via gangbadoy)
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is now training its guns on the anti-discrimination bill, saying the possible enactment of the bill into law would open the door for the legalization of same sex marriages.
Speaking at a weekly forum in Greenhills, San Juan City, on Wednesday, lawyers of the CBCP and a Catholic bishop hit the Senate for amending the previous version of the anti-discrimination bill or the Senate Bill 2814.
The Senate has recently passed on third reading the bill which is after penalizing all forms of discrimination.
The SB 2814, known as Anti-Ethnic, Racial or Religious Discrimination and Profiling Act of 2011, will be discussed by a bicameral conference committee tasked to harmonize the Senate bill with similar bills passed by the House.
Ronald Reyes, a lawyer of the CBCP, said they had no qualms about the bill before but became concerned when the bill was amended and “sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity” were included.
“It’s opening the door for same sex marriages, which our country doesn’t allow,” Reyes told reporters.
Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Proposal)
This is an artist reproduction of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit, still in planning and the first phase will be operational by 2013. This is the alternative Mass Transport System applied to Metro Cebu instead of a more costly Railway line.
The system uses the same bus we ride now, but the difference is that an exclusive ROW is given to buses, and these buses can only load and unload at designated terminals and drivers are paid on a fixed basis and not on an abusive commission/boundary system we have now.
The BRT system is cheaper and healthier to operate than the conventional bus system and jeepneys as buses do not stop at every second to scout for passengers, they only stop at the terminals.
My Transportation Engineering professors talked about adopting the BRT concept in Metro Manila and other major urban areas in the Philippines but as I see it, this needs an Act of God to be implemented in Metro Manila.
(via theurbanhistorian)
