PCIJ WebAlert #16.2008
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May 7, 2008, 3:44:58 AM5/7/08
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7.May.2008
---------------[ i Report Features )------
FIRST PERSON
Still Reeling from Military Junta, Burma a Mess after Cyclone
by Tita Valderama
THE PCIJ’s Tita Valderama was among five journalists from Southeast
Asia who were able to enter Myanmar (still Burma to pro-democracy
groups) from Bangkok on tourist visas for five days last week from May
1 to 5. They happened to be in Yangon (Rangoon) a day before, and two
days after, the “killer” cyclone wrought so much damage and disaster.
By Monday night, the death toll was reported to have climbed to at
least 10,000, even as the former capital is now littered with fallen
trees and electric posts. Several houses and hospitals lost roofs
while thousands, or maybe millions, of poor people in about 30 coastal
villages have been rendered homeless.
Read her first-person account of the tragedy at http://pcij.org
See also:
IMAGE SLIDESHOW: Burma in Tatters
View and post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2312
2015 OR BUST?
Toilet Trouble
by Tita Valderama
IT’S the other seat of power that no one really pays much attention
to, but it is the source of many of our woes. We’re talking about no
other than the toilet, of course, which happens to be the focus of the
latest piece in i Report’s MDGs series. Yet while it’s a topic that
literally stinks, this time around there is a whiff of good news. At
the very least, it’s now turning out that the Philippines will be able
to meet the MDG target on water and sanitation.
Unfortunately, experts are still saying we shouldn’t be too
comfortable in our (toilet) seats. As it is, meeting the target still
means there are millions of households across the country without that
humble throne of sanitation. And there’s also the importance of
developing the habit of washing one’s hands properly after visiting
the washroom. A water and sanitation expert from the World Bank also
wonders aloud whether we are aware where all that sludge eventually
ends up.
Wondering as well? Read on at pcij.org and post your comments at
http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2308
7.May.2008
---------------[ i Report Features )------
FIRST PERSON
Still Reeling from Military Junta, Burma a Mess after Cyclone
by Tita Valderama
THE PCIJ’s Tita Valderama was among five journalists from Southeast
Asia who were able to enter Myanmar (still Burma to pro-democracy
groups) from Bangkok on tourist visas for five days last week from May
1 to 5. They happened to be in Yangon (Rangoon) a day before, and two
days after, the “killer” cyclone wrought so much damage and disaster.
By Monday night, the death toll was reported to have climbed to at
least 10,000, even as the former capital is now littered with fallen
trees and electric posts. Several houses and hospitals lost roofs
while thousands, or maybe millions, of poor people in about 30 coastal
villages have been rendered homeless.
Read her first-person account of the tragedy at http://pcij.org
See also:
IMAGE SLIDESHOW: Burma in Tatters
View and post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2312
2015 OR BUST?
Toilet Trouble
by Tita Valderama
IT’S the other seat of power that no one really pays much attention
to, but it is the source of many of our woes. We’re talking about no
other than the toilet, of course, which happens to be the focus of the
latest piece in i Report’s MDGs series. Yet while it’s a topic that
literally stinks, this time around there is a whiff of good news. At
the very least, it’s now turning out that the Philippines will be able
to meet the MDG target on water and sanitation.
Unfortunately, experts are still saying we shouldn’t be too
comfortable in our (toilet) seats. As it is, meeting the target still
means there are millions of households across the country without that
humble throne of sanitation. And there’s also the importance of
developing the habit of washing one’s hands properly after visiting
the washroom. A water and sanitation expert from the World Bank also
wonders aloud whether we are aware where all that sludge eventually
ends up.
Wondering as well? Read on at pcij.org and post your comments at
http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2308
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