You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Saturday, August 7, 2010

The Philippines - world's most disaster-prone?

The Center for Research and Epidemiology Disasters disclosed the Philippines ranked first worldwide in the most number of disasters that hit the country with a 25.

Wow!
In an annual statistical review complied by the group, the country, where  I am living now for good as in my second home, led the list of natural disaster events with 24 followed by China with 16 thereby making the country  as the hardest hit in terms of calamities that pose a serious threat to life and limb. While writing this piece, I am again postponing my next trip to Manila, even being invited by a German authority. 

Based on a 46-page report, natural disasters are defined as events where 10 or more  poeple are killed, 100 and more poeple are affected, a state of calamity was declared, and there's a call for international assistance. 

Diaster preparedness and risc reduction measures, which is one of the initiatives being undertaken by the Regional Development Council in the Cordillera, should now be  prioritized by all Philippine local governments by coming up with emergency plans during disasters.

Guys, hurry up!
Almost 11 million Filipinos in almost all parts of the country were and are still badly affected by the aforesaid and coming typhoons. With the onset of the rainy season, let allow me to remind all of us, especially in identified disaster-prone areas like the Cordillera and all low land communities, to prepare for the worst casae scenariao.

It's raining again, while writing this. Light rain and dark sky in Davao City!


 

Save the Philippine Eagle? Yes, PLDT helps... .


A symbol of the country's soaring aspirations, the Philippine eagle, the world's tallest eagle at three feet high from talon to crown, is still facing a grim future as yars of poaching pushed the birds in the brink of extinction.

Jude C. Galford explained it very well. Decades of illegal logging also in the Mindanao rainforests and elsewhere in the country where the eagles inhabit further threatened the very existence of the haribon - derived by blending HARI (king) and IBON (bird) - and the chance for the younger generation to see one of the world's most exotic predators.

As an environmentalist since many years I am glad and happy to announce: the sad fate of the Philippine eagle, moreover, may see a reversal of fortune now that several groups are doing whatever they can to help preserve and protect their natural nesting areas. These groups include PLDT (Philippine Longdistance Telephone Company) and the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF). 

Both really climbed the mountains of Barangay Datu Ladayon in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato recently to bring hope to the "monkey-eating-eagle.

Kudos and thank you very much for helping to PLDT Community Relation Head Evelyn M. del Rosario and PLDT Davao Customer Zone Head Mr. Ben Gaite. 

According to PEF Executive Director Dennis Salvador, PLDT was the first private institution helping the Arakan Valley. Yes, the Philippine eagle indeed may soar the skies of Cotabato again as one of the biggest living eagles in the world.