To Rachel, Eric, Dennis, Scorched,

Especially you, Eric, ako alam ko di ako natatanga ng kahit na sino dahil di ako tanga. baka ikaw, kasi spelling mo pa lang very poor na. GRAB, OPPORTUNITY are spelled like these.

I stand by my earlier pronouncement that the DSWD is still one the cleanest if not the cleanest among our government agencies.

Stop politicking, please? Di nyo bagay, promise. Parang ang gagaling nyo sa governance, ano na ba napatunayan nyo at kung magsalita kayo eh para kayong mga ka level ni Mother Teresa sa kabaitan at pagiging matuwid.

At least si Mother Teresa, she utilized her time, talent, effort and energy sa pagtulong sa mga needy at hindi sa pagbatikos sa kapwa.

Dennis,
if you are in the private sector and you feel you are underpaid, then it is because you deserve a low pay. Magtrabaho kang mabuti, bawas bawasan mo ang pag-iisip ng masama laban sa kapwa, concentrate on your job, siguro you will perform better, at baka taasan pa ng employer mo ang salary mo. Nobody gets a raise for maligning people.

We should not cast the stone to Ella, instead, lets take action regarding the inefficient service of DSWD on this matter. We should not making "siraan". I think all Ella wants to do is to informed us. She never mention on her blog that DSWD is hoarding the relief goods, She just asking why the relief goods arent moving.

I dont personally knew Ella, I used to worked as OJT in DSWD and DSWD has special place in my heart since i got friends and tutor there. So I tooked this article seriously and not biased.
I searched every article regarding this issue, and also the interview of Sec. Cabral, I read all the comments of each site tackling this matter. Some are mad to Ella, prejudicing DSWD, most are mad at DSWD hoarding the relief goods. This leads me to another site.

http://www.quezon.ph/2009/10/23/flooded-with-relief/

Just take a look. Better if we got another source of information. And i hope, this will be an eye opener.

apayen ta kastan!!!!! di yo ya ammo nga uray dyay naiput-putong nga lugar ti Isabela ket matultulungan ti DSWD gappo t gaget ken sirib ni Sec. Cabral!!!!!!!!

ANG SAMA NAMAN NI ELLA DI NYA ALAM ANG DSWD LANG ANG NATITIRANG MALINIS AT DI CORRUPT NA GOBYERNO.DAPAT NGA TUMAKBO PRESIDENTE SI DR. CABRAL KASI SYA LANG DI NGTAKE OPPORTUNITY NA NAGING SEC NA TUMAKBO BILANG PANGULO. PAG TUMAKBO SI SEC CABRAL MANGAMPANYA KAMI SA PASIG NA NATULUNGAN NYA SA BAHA. KASAMA KO MGA TAGA BGY PINAGBUHATAN AND PALATIW NA NAGPAPASALAMAT SA TULONG NG DSWD SA RELIEF AND FOOD NA BIGAY SA GITNA NG BAGYO AND BAHA. KAYA MO BA YON ELLA?

I strongly believe that DSWD is the cleanest and honest government department at present.The blog of Ella can't tarnish such image because people in DSWD especially the leadership like Dr. Cabral has high integrity. The warehouse is open to the public and anybody can come and witness the volunteerism inside.Please we are Filipinos and DSWD is doing their utmost best to serve the public without any political advancement. This is the only agency I see that they do not publish their hardwork and help to people.People like Ella should encourage agency who is working for the betterment of our people. Wag mo sirain ang mga tao na malinis at may pagmamahal sa bayan tulad na DSWD.

sus. kelangan pa ng isang blog na ganito para humingi ng volunteers ang DSWD. akala ko ba marami kayong galamay? bakit hindi kayo humingi ng tulong sa mga tao? kung hindi totoo yung mga pictures ni ella, anong tawag nyo dun sa sako-sako, kahon-kahon ng relief goods sa warehouse? pambenta ba yan?

ang gobyerno nga naman. hindi pa kikilos kung walang bumabatikos sa kanila. kung wala yung blog ni ella, ano na yung mga relief goods na yun? nakatiwangwang lang sa warehouse at magpapakabulok?

also, natawa naman ako at niliteral ni Cabral ang ibig sabihin ng "bulok". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Baka naman the DSWD is earmarking these relief goods for FUTURe disasters? Wag naman sana. Mas kailangan yan ngayon. The longer it stays in the warehouse, mas marami pang mangyayari dyan. Malay mo palitan ang label with politicians or governmentr offices.

At wag nyong sabihing underpaid at overworked andg nasa gobyerno. Kami yung underpaid and overworked pre-1986. After 1986, nagtaasan mga suledo ng mga yan I to attract competent people in the private sector daw -- As if walang competent people sa loob ng gobyerno!).

Yung Coleman, bakit di maipabigay? Dahil imported at di deserving ang mga poor sa Marikina?

ako medyo na niniwala ke ela,tayong mga pinoy wag na tayong ,magtakip sa ating tunay na mga pag uugali, graab d appotunity.kayo po ba me tiwala pa sa ating governo ngayon????ako natu2wa sa ugali natin ngayon napakatahimik ng tao ngayon sa ating admenistrasyon, kaya kayo wag nyon ng pagtakpan ang mga yan kc kong katatakip ninyo ano kaya ang bukas>>>kaya nyo pa ba???? tulad ng nangyari sa atin , nadaya tayo ng election ano ginawa natin nanahimik....ngayon kaya nyo pa ba ang nangyayari?????ginagawa na tayong tanga...kayo gusto nyo rin bang gawin TANGA ng mga taga DSWD?????IKAW O KAYO DN

To quote Berting Dolor:

In times like these, I expect the DSWD to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The DSWD says there are not enough volunteers. I disagree. There are tens of thousands of Filipinos willing to help. The DSWD should have gone to the schools to ask for volunteers. There are countless employees in the private sector willing to help. The DSWD could have asked the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police to help.

I expect the department to take a more pro-active rather than a reactive stance. I expect the secretary to DEMAND that everyone help out. Lest we forget, human lives are at stake. The victims are dying by the score everyday. It’s in the news.

basta ako saludo ako s mga ngbovolunteer kc imagine ang pagod at stress s pgrerepack lang ilang hours everyday.. walang katumbas un.. B4 nman irelease ang mga relief goods syempre they are waiting for orders and where it will be given.. me process din un..

My message to Ella:

whoever you are, be responsible enough to substantiate your allegations. the people you are maligning are not politicians. they are overworked and underpaid public servants who risk life and limbs to be of service to our less fortunate kababayans, me baha man o wala.

saan ka bang warehouse nagpunta? are you sure warehouse ng DSWD ang pinuntahan mo? at gaano naman ka authentic yang photo mo?

to the people who took this Ella\'s \"story\" hook line and sinker, did you bother to check her \"story\" as well as her credibility, motive and even her \"existence\" before jumping into conclusions?

kung galit kayo sa gobyerno, wag nyong lahatin. i still believe mas marami pa ring matino na mga tao sa gobyerno, more so sa Pilipinas.

kung me mga ayaw kayo sa sistema, kumandidato kayo at kung manalo kayo, gawin nyo ang mga gusto ninyong pagbabago na sa tingin nyo eh mas makabubuti. wag yang maninira kayo ng mga tao. what a cheap shot!

despite all these, i can still say that I am a proud Pinoy.

i am not a government employee, much less a DSWD employee, but i had the opportunity to work for the Department decades ago and i would say, MALINIS ANG DEPARTAMENTO, mula noon hanggang ngayon.

http://www.quezon.ph/2009/10/23/flooded-with-relief/

Read that. Manuel Quezon III went to the DSWD to volunteer. At anong naabutan niya? Just a white dog making tambay near its gate.

I'm a former government employee, I know how to mabagal employees are in doing their jobs. You would have to fill up three copies of very confusing forms, have it signed by 3 senior officials who usually spend their time sucking up to their bosses, then do the task at hand. The government is mired in red tape, which is what Cabral means by "proseso."

i dont believe DSWD would do that.anyway it's a good thing my company donated not with DSWD but with Red Cross instead.at least we ourselves witnessed where the relief goods have gone.

hello to all,

im a volunteer of pasay, minsan nagpunta ako sa warehouse, i tell to them that i am a volunteer huwag niyo akong alalahanin, bigyan niyo lang ako ng gagawin. ang nakakatuwa kong experience as volunteer sa warehouse ay nung makita kong nagdatingan ang mga volunteers from PMI na halos isang buong estudyante ng eskuwelahan ay pinapunta ng school nila sa warehouse, doon na sila nagformation at nagmartsa martsa. sa tantsa ko umabot ng 400 students of PMI ang dumagsa sa warehouse para magrepack, ang iba nagrepack, nagsticker, nagtatak ng sardinas ng not for sale, atbp.

i am a volunteer,

korek ka jan DSWD volunteer, alam niyo ba na inabot ako ng alas dos ng madaling araw sa warehouse sa pagrerepack kasama ang isang dating gobernadora ng leyte, for your information. pati si gov. lerias, ay inabot ng alas dos ng madaling araw sa pagseseal ng plastic ng bigas. ang sarap magrepack, hindi nakakapagod, dahil taos puso ang aming ginagawa.
kung gusto niyo tanungin niyo si ex gov. lerias

ALAM NIYO BA ANG NANGYAYARI SA WAREHOUSE NG DSWD?
NAGSIMULA ANG DISASTER OPERATIONS NILA NOONG SEPTEMBER 26, 2009. SA KABILA NG MGA BAHA SA KANILANG MGA LUGAR, PINILIT NILANG MAKAPASOK UPANG MAKARATING SA WAREHOUSE UPANG MAKAPAGBIGAY NG TULONG SA MGA KABABAYAN NATING NASALANTA, ALAM NIYO BA NA ANG MGA STAFF NG WAREHOUSE NA IYON AY HINDI NA NAKAKAUWI NG KANILANG TAHANAN SA LOOB NG HALOS ISANG BUWAN AT PATULOY PA RING NAGTATRABAHO NG TULOY TULOY AT MATUTULOG NA LANG SA IBABAW NG MGA SAKO AT MINSAN AY SAHIG PA NG WALANG SAPIN, DAHIL SA SOBRANG PAGOD AT ANTOK. NAGTATRABAHO SILA NG TAHIMIK AT WALANG ANGAL UPANG MAKAPAGHATID NG SERBISYO SA ATING MGA KABABAYAN, ALAM NIYO BA IYON? .............
SA MGA BUMABATIKOS NA IYON, GALIT LANG KAYO SA GOBYERNO HUWAG NINYONG IDAMAY ANG DSWD PATI NA ANG MGA KAWANI NG WAREHOUSE NA NAGTATRABAHO LAMANG. NAKIKITA KO ANG KANILANG SAKRPISYO AT THEY DONT DESERVE THOSE ALLEGATIONS AND WRONG INFORMATION BY THOSE PERSONS NA HINDI NATIN ALAM KUNG ANO ANG MOTIBO.
ALAM NIYO BA, NA ANG MGA PAMILYA NILA AY PUMUPUNTA NA SA WAREHOUSE UPANG MAGVOLUNTEER DAHIL WALA NA SILANG PANAHON UPANG MAGKITA O MAGKAUSAP LAMANG SA KANILANG MGA TAHANAN. MINSAN NGA HINDI NA SILA NALILIGO AT HINDI NA NAKAKATINGIN SA SALAMIN DAHIL SA DAMI NG KANILANG INAASIKASO.

I think the DSWD should be audited now. Here is a quote from Cabral to make this process much easier:

"Our books and records of donations received and released are open to all who may be interested in them," says Secretary Cabral.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7WTR4A?OpenDocument#

na subukan niyo na bang gabihin sa dswd compound?

try niyo muna bago kayo magsalita... ok

ksi sa experience ko most of the time gabi ang action dun.... at saang warehouse ba xa nandoon?
hehehe...

I know Ella. Hindi siya magsusulat ng hindi totoo. Mas gugustuhin pa ba nating itago ang katiwaliang ito para lang hindi tayo mapahiya sa iba? Kailangan imbestigahan ito, at sumagot ang dapat managot.

Ang daling sirain ang magandang pangalan ng isang tao o isang organisasyon katulad ng DSWD. Tama na ang pagbabatikos, intriga at paninira. Matagal na akong volunteer ng dswd at saludo ako sa kanila. Wag rin sana tayong basta bastang maniwala sa mga lumalabas sa mga blog! Bigyan naman natin ng pagkakataon ang kabilang panig para makapaliwanag.

I understand the need to do an inventory. However, don't the donations that pass through customs already carry an itemized log of the goods? In the spirit of urgency for our fellow Filipinos, why even bother to take a count when they will all be distributed anyway. I think you could do the counting upon giving. Also, may the DSWD answer how many people they have taking inventory, or is it just one person?

So, do they need volunteers or not? Does anyone feel like helping the DSWD at all? Do they need to hire people to take advantage of social networking in order to get volunteers at all? Do they even have a sense of urgency? What are they planning to do next? For which area? We wish we knew. All we can see on their website is a photo op with Gibo Teodoro and the Spanish donors.