The Eye Of The Storm

There is also calmness not only before but after the storm only that there is much to be done: rebuild bridges or homes, look for missing friends or family members, nurse the wounded and eventually bury the dead.
For the government and rescue leaders that’s the time for damage assessment and evaluation of its disaster management [...]

Pawa Hospital Is Sick: Let’s Do Something And Help

My email and open letter to the president of the Philippine Hospital Association (PHA).
May 27, 2009
Bulan, Sorsogon
 
To the incumbent president of the Philippine Hospital Association (PHA):
Dear Sir:
I am fascinated by your motto Take That Big Leap to the issue of strengthening the hospitals of the Philippines which I copied from the PHA website and reproduced [...]

The Way To Bulan Eco-Park

By: jun asuncion +* LGU- Bulan Mayor Helen De Castro and Tony Boy Gilana
 
We have taken all these photos by ourselves on that sultry summer morning last April 2009.  As I was sorting out the photos for this documentary article, I realized that I couldn’t provide myself  the necessary informative captions for each photo.  So I called [...]

Sta. Remedios Charity Medical Clinic

 By: Angelita de Guzman Kowalewsky
(click photo to enlarge)

COMPASSION, yes, it was compassion for the sick, the helpless and the vulnerable, that made all of these happen. Sta. Remedios is a small village located in the town of Bulan, Sorsogon, the southern province of Luzon islands in the Philippines. This is the village where I grew up [...]

Part II: The MDCC And The Bulan Rescue Team

The Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council or  MDCC and the Bulan Rescue Team deserve once again the highest respect for their selfless efforts and efficient performance in saving the lives of many Bulaneños and of coordinating the whole disaster management at the height of  typhoon Dante last May 1 and 2.
Under the leadership of  Vice-mayor Gogola and the young  and [...]

Part I: The Storm Dante- Images Of Survival

 
Tuloy Po or Please Come In  is unmistakably Bulaneño hospitality…
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Even when Bulan is  under water brought about by the devastating typhoon Dante last May 1-2.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
But who will come in, what kind of guests when pupils are on vacation and  who will dare when it is flooded?
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
They are the guests- evacuees; children from Managanaga fleeing from [...]

My Dogs Georgie Boy And Lucie

 
By: Dora the Mouse
It was unusually cold in this particular winter night. The temperature tonight dropped down to - 17 degrees. I went out to get some firewood at the backyard and it was freezing cold. I live alone and no one is there to help me haul a few logs of firewood for the fireplace. [...]

BULAN RESCUE TEAM ASSISTS MAGALLANES LANDSLIDE VICTIMS

Bulan, Sorsogon, May 8, 2009-
As a show of solidarity with the People of Magallanes Town, Bulan Town Mayor dispatched on May 6 & 7, the Bulan Rescue Team headed by Councilor Simmy Gerona to assist the residents of the landslide-ravaged barangays of Magallanes Town.
The team headed by Councilor Gerona also included Team Members Darius Razo [...]

BULAN TOWN BEARS BRUNT OF TYPHOON DANTE FLOODING; HEROISM DISPLAYED BY MANY BULANENOS

( LGU-PIO ) Bulan, Sorsogon, May 4, 2009 –
 Once more, the spirit of Bayanihan and volunteerism was displayed by many Bulanenos at the height of the massive rains and flooding brought about by Typhoon Dante on May 1-2, 2009. The Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council headed by Mayor Helen De Castro and Municipal Administrator Luis De [...]

BULAN RESCUE TEAM SAVES FOUR FISHERMEN

Bulan PIO-LGU-Bulan 1
Bulan, Sorsogon, May 5, 2009 —
Four fishermen from Barangay Zone 7, Bulan, Sorsogon were rescued by the Bulan Rescue Team headed by Municipal Councilor Simmy Gerona on May 3, a day after Typhoon Dante hit the Bicol Region. These four fishermen, in an attempt to provide for their livelihood, braved the rough waters [...]