“Exposing people to Endosulfan is a crime,” says health NGO

**The following is a HEAD press release.**

“Exposing People to Endosulfan is a Crime” – HEAD

The delayed admission that the sunken Princess of the Stars was carrying 10,000 kilos of the highly lethal pesticide endosulfan has placed thousands of people directly in harm’s way. Somebody should be held criminally liable for this.

GMA, the Asean summit, and Frank

A year and a half ago, the Asean Leaders’ Summit in Cebu was cancelled because a typhoon was coming.
“Our responsibility to the Filipino people also lies in preparing to the best we can for the possible onslaught of another strong typhoon,”, Arroyo was quoted in a news report.
I remember Palace and government officials insisting, as we asked them about terror threats to the Asean summit, that the typhoon was the only reason it had to be reset.
Last week “Frank” hit the Philippines. Hundreds are dead, and the counting is not yet over. But this time Arroyo did not postpone her US trip.

The apathy of the powerless

Once upon a time, or so the story went, the Filipino people had the strength to change, not only their leaders, but the system of government itself, and even the Constitution. And, having been once stripped of their powers, they wanted to make sure they would never be rendered powerless again.