IsraAID Philippines Expands Its Operations in the Country

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IsraAID Country Director Netanel Nisan recently held a bloggers conference at Barbara's Restaurant in Intramuros, Manila to announce their expansion of operations in the Philippines.

IsraAID plans to expand its operations in the Philippines which originally initiated only at Tacloban and Ormoc when their IsraAID emergency response team arrive din the country to provide post-tragedy assistance after Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in November 2013. Since then, they provided medical care, relief, aid, livelihood support and psycho-social support, in addition to reconstruction projects of health centers and school buildings.

Their assistance from ranged from food security and agricultural livelihood assistance and training (such as protective structures and dripping irrigation), to mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS programs) for the people of Tacloban and Ormoc, where they trained community leaders and educators so that the knowledge remained within the community for further sharing among each other and new beneficiaries for a more sustainable approach in the recovery efforts.

Netanel highlights the further need for psycho-social support to deal with the trauma that the survivors are still enduring from the 2013 tragedy where many of them lost families, relatives, livelihood and properties.

They collaborate with institutions and government agencies like the local Department of Education.

Included in the photo is Barbara Gordon Delos Reyes, sister of Butch Gordon and mother of JC Delos Reyes (who previously ran for President of the Philippines, as well as Senator, in separate election years, is part of the IsraAID Board together with three other members. Barbara's brother, Richard "Dick" Gordon, was successful in his ran for Senator this year 2016.

Below is our exclusive interview with Netanel after he bloggers conference. Please watch out for our video coverage of his entire talk during his presentation that will be uploaded soon at our YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/user/wazzuppilipinas

For more information, please check out their social media pages and official website at

http://www.Facebook.com/IsraAID Philippines and http://www.IsraAID.co.il

For doonations, please visit IsraAID.org/Donate

MaFIA Proudly Presents National Finance Congress 2016

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Duterte Government Achieves Twitter Milestone for #SONA2016

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Over 280,000 tweets during the live TV broadcast of President Duterte’s first-ever State of the Nation Address (SONA)

With much anticipation from Filipinos worldwide, newly-elected Philippine President Rodrigo ‘Roa’ Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) and Twitter served as a platform for Filipinos around the world to share their thoughts and reactions on this momentous event. In fact, Filipinos and Philippines’ watchers sent over 280,000 Tweets during the live TV broadcast (from 2pm to 6pm today), peaking at over 3,000 Tweets per minute when he talked about the implementation of Reproductive Health Law at 4:29pm during #SONA2016.


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There were several notable conversations on Twitter about the President’s first public address since the inauguration. In addition, the most shared and liked Tweets reflected the points raised during the President’s 92-minute speech that resonated the most among Filipino citizens.

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/vicegandako/status/757511876221677568

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/coleengarcia/status/757495367499849729

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/bongbongmarcos/status/757493906636468224?lang=en

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/Cinephilliacy/status/757489430848425984

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/allanplusdale/status/757491562515304449

“The ability to connect, comment and discuss with others in real-time, especially on a significant event like the President’s first State of the Nation Address is important for the Filipino democracy,” said Pratiksha Rao, Head of Media Partnerships, Twitter Southeast Asia. “This is why we are honored to partner with the current administration and empower them with the necessary platform and tools to make its digital governance efforts possible within and beyond the country’s borders.”

As expected, many Twitter users also made light of some highlights during the speech, welcoming the President’s serious message with humor.


Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/OhGerald/status/757484504176918528

Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/IamEthylGabison/status/757487124429975553

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/NicoleCurato/status/757441315801935872


Finally, video Tweets from the @PresidentialCom account gave behind-the-scenes access to the latest happenings at Batasang Pambansa before the start of #SONA2016.

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/PresidentialCom/status/757486972768137217

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/PresidentialCom/status/757482564227506176