#SorryWorld

What can one say, really. Between news of a dumpsite of relief goods in Palo Leyte, and the President being asked by students from Tacloban about his government’s post­Haiyan relief operations and his absence from the site of the tragedy, it’s been a week of post-­Haiyan blues haunting this government.

More than the President’s sorry, I think we all should say sorry to the world. Because this was the thing about doing that whole #PHthankyou hashtag­turned­Department­of­Tourism­slogan. It wasn’t only in bad taste, it was also nothing but an empty thank you. Because we have yet to actually prove that we’ve used the world’s helping hand and financial assistance for the good of Haiyan’s survivors.