DISASTER MISMANAGEMENT

The Disaster Management System in the Philippines is a disaster by itself. There is no conept papert to identify, classify, categorise, the degree of destruction and man-killing areas of concern. Everybody has its own idea of how it should be crafted, executed by somebody not identified by proper academic and technical study, both on the national and local government levels. Why is the Academe not involved in crafting situational papers involving various areas of dangerous areas and concerns. The magnitude of each danger zone should be spelled out and the appropriate funding institutionalized in each proposal.

Here everybody thinks he knows what a disaster is according to his myopic vision. Everbody wants to control the planning, the management, the manning, the equipment requirements. They are so control-oriented that cannot control themselves.

The concept paper should be instructional to the presidency and Congress itself.

Unless a new orientation is adopted we will have more of the same disaster.

lindymorrell
Oct. 3, 2009