LEGACY of neglect. REP. Terry Ridon used these most eloquent and damning words about the failure of the Aquino Administration to do much more than the little it has done to help rebuild the lives of the victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), which ravaged Leyte and other parts of the Visayas exactly two years ago today (November 8)

Yolanda killed thousands of our fellow Filipinos in the Visayas--up to 15,000 or even more of them, according to expert estimates, including that of the Red Cross. But the government agencies stopped counting the dead at less than 3,000 because an unreasonably and unjustly enraged President B. S. Aquino berated the local and national government officials giving the body counts. That incident further bolstered the image of a quirky Philippine president who hates to hear bad news even if it is his duty to do something about it.

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