Twitter Philippines raised DSWD Relief Goods Expose on Top of the Trend

For just a short period of time twitters from the Philippines again made another controversial spotlight news that made "DSWD" (Department of Social Welfare and Development) on top of the Twitter trend list. As an active filipino twitter abroad, I can recall how anxious I was with my countless tweet that time when our very own pride famous boxer Manny Pacquiao fighting Oscar De la Hoya last December 6, 2008 in Las Vegas in which Manny knocked out Oscar. His name was on top of the trend before and after the fight for about a month and I'm one of those who contributed to that trend linking several video links news and blogs.


But then here we are again, another very interesting topic that is continuously on top of the trend in twitter's world. A young Filipina blogger, www.ellaganda.com from the Philippines without fear, exposed images of tons of relief goods worth millions of dollars donated by the UN-WFP and various international agencies in response to the typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) and Parma that striked the whole northen part of the Philippines a month ago and left less a thousand dead and millions still presently underwater.

These relief goods including imported products were stored inside the DSWD Warehouse located in Metro Manila which she allegedly qouted "Rotten" and accused the DSWD cabinet secretary Cabral of incompetence to her job as Ella wrote in her blog:

"I don’t want to accuse her of corruption but at the very least she is showing signs of being totally incompetent. We are in a state of calamity where every second counts. May namamatay araw-araw dahil sa sakit. (Someone dies everyday due to sickness) In my opinion, these deaths could have been prevented if Secretary Cabral had tried a little harder to do her job."

Ella concluded in her article:

"To the DSWD officials and Ms. Cabral: The burden of proof is on you. The donors expect that everything they sent be distributed immediately to the intended recipients and not be stored in some warehouse. As government officials, it is your social responsibility to the people."

In response Secretary Cabral denied Ella’s allegation that she told a reporter from the Philippine News, a US-based Filipino community paper, that the reason why the relief goods were not moving was because they lacked volunteers. "I don’t even remember talking to a reporter from the Philippine News. At least, not personally.” and the rest of the stories are still in tweeting trend and several blogs, to include the infamous Facebook.

See the images and read the whole story of the expose HERE on Ella's blog.