The food donations from the United Kingdom and the British government ends up in shops miles away from the intended victims of super typhoon Yolanda. According to a news report by DailyMail, the aid donations have been diverted and sold for profit by corrupt officials in the Philippines.
The Daily Mail stated that emergency supplies delivered by military helicopters have turned up to the shelves of shops in affluent districts of Manila. The leading website and daily paper in UK, added further that shelter equipment bought using British donations have been locked up in a government warehouses and stockpiled alongside food items.
The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) in the United Kingdom, an umbrella group representing 14 UK charities – expressed concern about evidence that suggests not all the £60 million of aid given by Britain is reaching those most in need.
A Scottish expat in the Philippines identified as Keb Darge exposed the controversial diverting of aid donations for personal gains of some corrupt officials. The 56-year-old Keb Darge revealed that he faces death threats for stopping local officials stealing aid in Eastern Samar.
Mr. Darge photographed supplies being locked up rather than distributed in Eastern Samar, he used to live there, with his Filipino wife and their nine-year-old daughter. They moved to Manila and gone into hiding, fearing reprisals after receiving threats from the corrupt officials he has been trying to expose.
Aside from Mr. Darge account, TV station, GMA News also supported his claims, reporting that supplies have been diverted to Manila, some of the aid packages are apparently been auctioned online.
No wonder, the authorities prevented the donors from distributing the goods to the victims themselves!!!
Does the President know about this or is he turning a blind eye? This is such a disgraceful act and should be considered as treason for dishonoring the motherland. This should be dealt with a public execution or death penalty. But it won’t happen as this country is totally brain washed by the stupid idea that every one can change.
HARANG!!!Nakakahiya Kung Totoo man ito!Goods and Food donations Lang yan……anong nangyari Sa CASH Donations??
… hmmmmm… and this is the much touted Daang Matuwid by the President…
What the f… what kind of goverment. what happen to my beloved country ??? to all corrupt officials shame on you.
Nothing happened. Everything is proceeding as usual in your (removed) up country. I see it every day.
What a shame… whoever these businesses are should their licences be revoked … that’s why we are becoming a laughing stock and we can’t blame them for thinking so.. No delicadesa.. no empathy.. no respect to those Country or Countries who has the heart to help the Philippines in time of calamities… This should be investigated asap and punish those who are involved… SAD
As a filipino, i am embar(removed)ed by this. woe to the people behind this shameful acts.
To our friends from uk and other parts of the world, we appalled by this. We are ashamed that this occured. Buy, not all filipinos are like this. Though this occured , we are not all like this. We are just victims of our corrupt and incompetent officials.we are sorry.
#daang matuwid
Grabe oh,.. iWipeout nalng lhat ng mga kgaya n Pnoy pati na mga kasabwat niya.. Wala na talaga pag asa Ang pilipinas DAHIL infected na lahat Ang mga NASA GOBYERNO. Kung magaling lng akong sniper, sumabog na Ang utak ng mga taOng yan! PS if ever a typhoon will hit Philippines again, please DON’T GIVE RELIEFS ESP MONETARY DONATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT. BUY SOMETHING USEFUL INSTEAD LIKE TENTS AND FLASHLIGHTS THEN DIVIDE IT DIRECTLY TO THE VICTIMS.
Grabe oh,.. iWipeout nalng lhat ng mga kgaya n Pnoy pati na mga kasabwat niya.. Wala na talaga pag asa Ang pilipinas DAHIL infected na lahat Ang mga NASA GOBYERNO. Kung magaling lng akong sniper, sumabog na Ang utak ng mga taOng yan! PS if ever a typhoon will hit Philippines again, please DON’T GIVE RELIEFS ESP MONETARY DONATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT. BUY SOMETHING USEFUL INSTEAD LIKE TENTS AND FLASHLIGHTS THEN DIVIDE IT DIRECTLY TO THE VICTIMS. Or huwag nalang clang tulungan no matter how much you want to help them para naman nkita talaga kung karapatdapat cla o kung matatawag ba clang tao
ubos na yolanda pa fund sa campaign kaya ito nalang pinagbibili nila para maka i fund ulit sa campaign nilang naghihikahos
I remember when yolanda happened i listened to discussions on raising aid for the victems…many callers rang and said no ,if aid was given the ph politicians would steal it.the people who said that were from the ph and australia,,,,,,now i tell u a story that touched me,,,i had landed in manila with 40kolos of clothes given by my nieghbours when i went through customs with 5 big boxes i was asked ,,sir whats in the boxes,told him it was clothes for the people who suffered from yolanda..his eyes got wet and he said sir thank you for caring about my countrymen…
what are the names of those (removed) politicians? why the (removed) do we get more info about the source whos already receiving death threats? we have his identity, nationality, age, daughter’s age, and where he’s hiding, while we get no info on those (removed)g politicians?!? name names godamnit, innocent until proven guilty while the real innocent victims gets killed.