Typhoon Haiyan.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:53 am
Its a week on since the above devastated large sections of the Philippines. According to reports some half a million people have been displaced. The actual death toll is still being calculated.
International aid to this archipelago of 7,107 islands appears at first glance to be on track with even China chipping in with like $1.6 million. According to Captain Google it seems as if a gazillion gazillion bucks in aid of sorts has been sent to them.
Watched Sky New today and according to their "on the spot" reporter who interviewed some Philippine citizens, they have no food, no water, no fuel, no shelter and most likely no hope of ever receiving any.
The national economy of the Philippines is the 41st largest in the world, with an estimated 2013 gross domestic product (nominal) of $272.207 billion. So they not like your "average" third world country.
Now far be it for me to be critical but into whose pockets/coffers has all the aid gone?
International aid to this archipelago of 7,107 islands appears at first glance to be on track with even China chipping in with like $1.6 million. According to Captain Google it seems as if a gazillion gazillion bucks in aid of sorts has been sent to them.
Watched Sky New today and according to their "on the spot" reporter who interviewed some Philippine citizens, they have no food, no water, no fuel, no shelter and most likely no hope of ever receiving any.
The national economy of the Philippines is the 41st largest in the world, with an estimated 2013 gross domestic product (nominal) of $272.207 billion. So they not like your "average" third world country.
Now far be it for me to be critical but into whose pockets/coffers has all the aid gone?