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MANILA -Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez on Monday criticized President Aquino and Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas for engaging in partisan politics immediately after super typhoon Yolanda ravaged his city. Romualdez said the national government ignored his request to augment the police force. He, however, confirmed that the Philippine National Police sent Special Action Forces elements to the city. He also said he had “difficulty communicating” with the national government officials because “there were things asked of us.” “They wanted an ordinance immediately for a curfew. And I said: it is difficult to have an ordinance for a curfew because we have no fiscal’s office, no court. If these people violate the curfew and be arrested, how can they post bail? Why don’t we just have checkpoints? And this went on and on, and yet every day. We were meeting every day, every morning. I could not understand why we could not get that support,” he said. He said that in on...

The ongoing drama between Tacloban Mayor Alfredo Romualdez and Mar Roxas and President Aquino is summed up by this video. Here you can here Mar Roxas telling Mayor Romualdez, "You have to understand you are a Romualdez and the President is an Aquino so so we just want to legalize if not legalized well ok you are in charge we can't help you bahala na kayo sa buhay niyo." This is during the process of trying to save victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Here's the whole video.

"Nothing is fast enough in a situation like this. The situation is under control." -- DILG Secretary Mar Roxas to CNN Andrew Stevens on Super Typhoon Yolanda's Preparedness & Organized Relief Operations Video from: CNN Philippine secretary: We need medicine Philippine Interior Secretary Mar Roxas tells CNN that what is needed most in Haiyan's wake are medicine and supplies. Philippine official: Nothing fast enough Andrew Stevens speaks with Philippines Interior Minister Mar Roxas about what is being done to get aid to his people.

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer . Sen. Mar Roxas and fiancée Korina Sanchez have decided to scrap their mammoth wedding reception at Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, on Oct. 27, in light of the recent calamities. The P3 million they would have spent on the reception will instead be donated to various relief operations such as Sagip Kapamilya of ABS-CBN where Sanchez is a broadcaster, Kapuso Foundation of GMA 7, Caritas Manila and Philippine National Red Cross. Good call. More power to them for being mindful of others and not spend lavishly while the country is still recovering from the effects of Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng. At least they have delicadeza unlike some other people.

Just read this article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Korina Sanchez lashing out at critics of Sen. Mar Roxas . She got angry at Conrado de Quiros for saying some candidates are " atat na atat " and she took it personally. She also got angry at Sen. Francisco " Kiko " Pangilinan for asking Sen. Mar Roxas to give way to Noynoy Aquino who she said owed her big time. Conrado de Quiros said that he wasn't referring to anybody in particular when he said some candiates are " atat na atat ". He also said that Korina Sanchez's behavior is part of her personality. Conrado de Quiroes said that if spouses and fiancees of candidates wants to make their presence felt, they should "make it positive". Don’t be intrusive because it ruins things. If you are going to be more assertive, might as well do it in a positive side.” Korina Sanchez said that now that Sen. Mar Roxas has given up on his presidential aspiration, they can now c...

I read this article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer about Sen. Mar Roxas doing a town hall meeting. He spoke about the evils of corruption and the importance of sticking to rules in order to get ahead in life—except that in the Philippines, bending the rules is what seems to guarantee success. He was talking about how his grandmother was teaching him how to cook rice when he was young and that to cook good rice, you should follow the rule on how much water to put in. He said that following a set of rules in society should produce similarly good results. “That’s how society develops … If you follow the rules, you’d get ahead in life. But in our country, if you follow the rules, you’re at a disadvantage.” he said. That's funny. So I guess the reason he is doing pre-election campaigning and informercials is because he doesn't want to be at a disadvantage? Sure...he hasn't filed for his candidacy. Sure...he isn't campaigning early, just giving out info for the public. Sur...