The Pinoys are a horrible breed of people.
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, some of my friends and business associates were willing to donate and do something for the victims. Knowing that supplies were scarce and hard to get in the disaster areas...... they took the initiative to buy the supplies and send over to the PI. They were given a contact by the PI embassy to liase with on receiving the supplies. This government official representative of Tacloban was initially very happy that we were donating to the disaster and wanted to know how much we were donating.... when told that we were sending in supplies instead of cash... his tone turned ugly. Insisting that the donation be in the form of cash as (in his words) - "you don't know what we need here so it's better to give us the cash and we can buy the correct items needed"...... WTF !!
So now my friends have more than 8,000 boxes of canned food, bottled water, dried rations, blankets, medicine and clothes lying in the warehouse. Fortunately the USN has agreed to accept those to add to their relief efforts.
In these desperate times for the victims there..... any form of assistance is crucial to them but this CCB Pinoy official is only interested in how he can take advantage of the situation....... KNNCCB