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A Day of Sorrow for Filipinos
No one has stopped China. Death sentence has been meted out today. Three Filipinos, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo and Elizabeth Batain received the most grave penalty after the Supreme People’s Court in China promulgated their punishment. Even the Philippine government failed to save them. It was President Benigno Aquino III himself admitted that they can’t question the final decision. What the administration did was just appeal to China leaders, up to the last minute. Hopes for a miracle, prayers and tears overflowed. But the destiny of the three Filipinos has been written. They are set to die through lethal injection. And they did. At the height of our news coverage…
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Family Survival Planning Checklist
In any situation, worst comes to worst, we could be at least have a little confidence if we knew we already prepared for something unexpected. Start this process by gathering all the members of your family and discuss the following: I. Emergency Escape Exits * Draw a floor plan of your home. * Make sure the children understand the drawing. * Emphasize a meeting place outside your home in case of an emergency: where to meet near your home and where to meet in case of evacuation II. Family Communication * Every disaster would have its own peculiarities and most often your family may not be together when disaster strike.…
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Are We Ready?
What happened to Japan should be an eye opener for every nation. No one can stop or even can predict natural calamities. Although many became helpless too in man-made tragedies. The Philippine Archipelago occupies the western rim of the Pacific Ocean (western segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire), a volcanically active part of the earth that is characterized by an ocean-encircling belt of active volcanoes and earthquake generators (fault lines). Earthquakes occur within the Philippines every so often mainly because the country is situated along two major tectonic plates— the Pacific Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It experience an average of 887 earthquakes every year, or 2 quakes per…
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami….What’s Next?
Not being alarmist, but many asked the same question.International tensions and tragedies really tells us something. We need to understand the message now. As of posting, there are about 300 bodies in Japanese City of Sendai, according to police in Miyagi Prefecture. Millions lost their homes after magnitude 8.9 earthquake and about 10 meters high tsunami strike Japan. In the Philippines, Tsunami Alert Level 2 was raised, especially to 19 provinces at the eastern seaboard of the country, facing Pacific Ocean. Forced evacuation of coastal residents were implemented. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology monitored that successive tsunami waves, ranging from 30 to 70 centimeters high, reached the eastern…