Kaban ni D_BystandeR: MGA MANOBO, GIPAANTOS, GIPIG-OTAN UG KAPUY-AN

I read the news and I find it informative and well-written. While it is true that there are some points where you find some facts portrayed did not jibe with what is considered geographically correct, like for example, the claim that the typhoon was "building up its fury somewhere in South China Sea," but in its totality, I still agree that the news report has somehow fulfilled to picture in the most proximate manner the grim reality affecting the Manobos tribe of 72, which, from whatever angle you view, it is a sad spectacle of how a once dominant tribe has become an example of how our  government has poorly neglected them just like treating them to let them survive on their own efforts. They build their place which was once a barren land and transformed it into what now has become a desirable place to live principally through their own resourcefulness.  And with the vast tract of  land that their forefathers used to occupy and to roam around their place as the recognized rulers before, now they are reduced to the status of "informal settlers" where the moneyed investors known as the new settlers are now the ones calling the shots while the Manobos are only given 200 acres which, only amounts to an area less than 5 hectares, i.e., if my computation is right. But if you think you can write better and accurate compared to the author of this news report, why not try your own "know-how" to become a reporter and let's see how good you write without any "blunder."

Footnote: This comment came out in reply to someone's posting who calls himself "alisto 101"  who showed his "irritating" dislike to what he called as "blatant" distortion of "facts" because  typhoon Yolanda was reported in the news to have exited through the "South China Sea" but not building up "its fury" in the South China Sea before entering the Philippines. He appeared somewhat correct in that point but to dismiss the whole thing and condemning it as a "distortion of facts" is way beyond his normal and reasonable reaction which I consider as an "insult" to the author of that news report. The news item, entitled "1 year after Yolanda, Manobos rebuilding lives, farms," appeared in Philstar on 11/22/14.