"Pagmata na, Cebu"

Many noticed that the wind was not as strong as during the previous super typhoons. Likewise, the rain was not particularly heavy in the flood-hit areas.

- Atty. Ruphil Bañoc

The problem is that the areas have no proper drainage system, or the existing flood control projects did not work. It does not take a genius to see that all these are attributable to human greed.

The saddest part is not that calamities destroy properties. It is that they claim lives, most of the time innocent ones. And the culprits? Well, they live in well-gated communities, away from flooding. No matter how heavy the rain is or how strong the wind blows, none of which is of consequence to them. They live in complete peace inside their mansions, built on the money of the people.

They may distribute relief goods after the tragedy, all for show, and to shield themselves from public scorn, but they will quickly return to their old and familiar sickness, which is their insatiable itch to steal and steal and steal.