entire province of Pampanga received PhP108 million. Of this, PhP105 million went to only one district. On the other hand, the province of Pangasinan, which was severely affected by Typhoon Pepeng, received a

mere PhP5 million, which had to be used to fix damages inflicted not even by Pepeng, but by a previous typhoon, Cosme. The funds were released on election month, which was seven months after the typhoon. What will happen if a typhoon arrives tomorrow? The fund has been used up to repair damage from typhoons that hit us last year. Our future will pay for the greed of yesterday. This is also what happened to the funds of the MWSS. Just recently, people lined up for water while the leadership of the MWSS rewarded itself eveneducation on the benefits of immediately quitting cigarettes. It has been stigmatised to such an extent that just seeing advertisements of smoking will make us feel uneasy. Cigarette advertisements has become a thing of the past, however only in developed countries. The tobacco industry is still making billions in profits in developing countries such as China, Indonesia, India and Bangladesh. Although denounced, smoking is still legal, globally and available to us as a consumer product. The tobacco industry worldwide is enormous, estimated to have “…combined profits for the six largest firms of $35.1bn” according to The Guardian in 2012. These companies are not concerned with what smoking would do to the human body, but rather that these individuals choose to smoke in the first place. Tobacco advertisements are