Victims in search of answers

Deprived of dry land and food for days during the wrath of typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana), victims are now demanding explanation from the government for its unpreparedness and poor disaster response.

“We we’re trapped on a roof for two days. There were kids and women there with us with no food or even water. No one came to rescue us,” a teary-eyed man said in the vernacular from an interview with a local television network.

That man was not alone. Many Filipinos, especially those living in badly hit municipalities in Metro Manila and peripheral areas, are complaining of the snail-paced rescue and relief operations of the local and national governments.

National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Chief and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has been receiving less than friendly banters when his agency failed to reach affected residents, particularly those residing in Marikina, Pasig, and Cainta.

©Grace Ramos
©Grace Ramos
©Grace Ramos
©Grace Ramos
©Grace Ramos

Photos taken by Grace Ramos using Nikon D50 (18-55) on September 26-27 in one of the flooded villages in Cainta, Rizal. See more photos in my Facebook account.
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