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Coping with disasters; "If we must suffer, let us suffer nobly.'' - Victor Hugo.(Chaff from the Grain)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20061205
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Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA

NATURAL disasters come and go. Soon, the devastation of the Bicol provinces that were hardest hit by super typhoon Reming, and the travails of the population and rescue workers there will inevitably get relegated to the background.

After the initial calamity fund releases, the people will be left to their own devices as soon as other attention-grabbing news and headlines divert the focus of national leaders and network television crews elsewhere.

The fact is that the people, national officials and local government units are not trained ...

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