Kaban ni D_BystandeR: DILI MATANDI ANG PILIPINAS UG KOREA PANAHON SA KATALAGMAN

The glaringly lopsided comparison between the two governments handling of sea disasters - with South Korea compared to the Philippines - that took place in the sea parted from each other by thousands of miles away, is sickening if not ridiculous, especially that it involves the loss of lives. The punitive action taken by the government of South Korea to drastically run after those having a hand, either directly or indirectly, with the disaster is remarkable. But the Philippines' handling of our very own case, most specifically the one that happened right in the vicinity of Talisay City shorelines, is appalling. The collision of two vessels that claimed the lives of more than a hundred innocent victims and the sinking of one of the vessels involved, left in its wake a sad spectacle of government failure to give the victims' relatives the kind of justice that they longed and rightfully deserved despite the long period of time that elapsed.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a Cebu Daily News headline, "Graver mistakes."