Random Musings by Ronan S. Estoque, MA (December, 2004)

The republic suffers an average of twenty typhoons a year. Along with these visits are countless numbers of houses destroyed. Power poles that are toppled causes electrical disruption in service and numerous days are wasted because of inaccessibility of roads due of flooding.

Now what I found interesting is that year in and year out, typhoons have always visited the Philippine shores. Since time immemorial and long after our days in this planet are gone, typhoons would still be a frequent visitor in this archipelago. The question that is burning my mind is that with the frequent visitation of this pestilence, why do people still have to die?

If there is a killer typhoon, with a projected wind power that is certain to cause death, why can't we avoid deaths? Damage to property, I could understand- they are not mobile. People on the other hand are mobile. If there is a killer typhoon in your path, why go towards it, instead of avoiding it?

Maybe it is just a simple case of poor crisis management. But something must be done to avoid these preventable deaths. It is simply criminal for the government to allow this waste of human life. The government can do better and must do better...


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I have at least 12 pending articles waiting in my computer for publication. All of them have generic topics so that the potential shelf life is quite long for possible printing. Unfortunately certain events conspire and crop up that prevents me from coming with these random musings.

Like the unexpected death of a certain personality that pales in comparison with whatever canned article one might have.

Of course I am talking about the sudden demise of movie legend Fernando Poe, Jr. He was almost the president of this republic if not for the sudden luck of the incumbent.

Mr. Poe lost the presidential elections but to his die-hard followers, he will always be the "elected president" in their heart. Was he really cheated? With his sudden demise, it doesn't really matter anymore. Politically, the opposition is now without any potential leader. With the constant raiding of the opposition roster by the administration, it is not impossible to consider the possibility that the challenger for the administration just might come within the administration.

The electoral protest of FPJ is now moot and academic. For the purposes of practicality, the protest will just be a part of history and that the questioned presidency of GMA is now without any doubt, is the only viable president for this republic. Let us just hope that GMA will give a better performance this time and really aim for the annals of this republic's history as the president who did not bungled the opportunity for doing the only descent thing... to serve us well.

Had the opposition presented a united slate in the last presidential election and if Senator Panfilo Lacson agreed to a vice-presidential position- and with the recent demise of FPJ, the president of this republic could have been Mr. Lacson...