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Tropical Storm Risk, which monitors cyclones, labelled Rammasun a category-two storm on a scale of one to five as it headed west into the South China Sea. Super typhoon Haiyan was category five.

But it predicted Rammasun would gain in strength to a category-three storm within a couple of days once it was back out at sea, picking up energy from the warm waters as it headed for the Chinese island of Hainan.

Rhea Catada, who works for Oxfam in Tacloban, which suffered the brunt of Haiyan, said thousands of people in tents and coastal villages had been evacuated to higher ground.

"They are scared because their experiences during Haiyan last year are still fresh," she said. "Now they are evacuating voluntarily and leaving behind their belongings."

Social Work Secretary Dinky Soliman said 5,335 families, or nearly 27,000 people, had been "affected" by the storm in Tacloban.

The number of evacuated people had reached more than 370,000, mostly in the eastern province of Albay, the first to be hit by the typhoon, the disaster agency said. They were taken to schools, gymnasiums and town halls converted into shelters.

At least four southeastern provinces on Luzon declared, or were about to declare, a state of calamity, allowing the local governments to tap emergency relief funds.

The storm brought storm surges to Manila Bay and prompted disaster officials to evacuate slum-dwellers on the capital's outskirts. More surges were expected as the storm headed west.

Some 85 percent of areas serviced by the country's biggest power distributor, Manila Electric Co , in Luzon were without power and were unlikely to be back up within the day, a company spokesman said.

Parts of the Philippines are still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan, one of the biggest cyclones known to have made landfall anywhere. It killed more than 6,100 people last November in the central provinces, many in tsunami-like sea surges, and left millions homeless.

Reuters â€" 2 minutes 41 seconds ago
By Rosemarie Francisco


MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost more than 370,000 people and shutting financial markets, offices and schools, rescue officials said on Wednesday.

The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the country this year, passed to the south of Manila on Wednesday after cutting a path across the main island of Luzon, toppling trees and power lines and causing electrocutions and widespread blackouts.

Major roads across Luzon were blocked by debris, fallen trees and electricity poles. The storm uprooted trees in the capital where palm trees lining major arteries were bent over nearly double by the wind as broken hoardings bounced down the streets.

Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross, said there was minimal damage in the capital but staff were trying to rescue people trapped by fallen debris in Batangas City to the south where two people were electrocuted.

"We have not received reports of major flooding in Metro Manila because the typhoon did not bring rain, but the winds were strong," he said.

Areas of Eastern Samar worst hit by super typhoon Yolanda have so far been spared by Typhoon Glenda. But Eastern Samar Vice-Governor Marcelo Picardal tells ANC, they will determine this morning if they will declare a state of calamity.

For now, Picardal says, residents from communities along rivers have been evacuated. Power is down in most areas.
Camarines Sur and Albay are now under a state of calamity after taking the brunt of 'Glenda.'

Thousands have already been evacuated in different provinces, while forced evacuations have been called in Pampanga and Navotas where floods are expected to hit at high tide.

Over 6,000 passengers are stranded in various sea ports across the country, while some roads are not passable due to floods.   

Power and communication have also been affected.

SIGNAL NO. 1 (winds of 30-60 kph is expected in at least 36 hours), meanwhile, has been raised over the following areas:

Ilocos Sur
Mt. Province
Ifugao
Quirino
The rest of Aurora
Camarines Norte
Marinduque
The rest of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro
Calamian Group of Islands

SIGNAL NO. 2  (winds of 61-100 kph is expected in at least 24 hours) is up over:

La Union
Benguet
Nueva Vizcaya
Nueva Ecija
Southern Aurora
The northern part of Quezon including Polillo Island
Laguna
Batangas
Northern parts of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro

SIGNAL NO. 3 (winds of 101 to 185 kph is expected in at least 18 hours) is up over:

Metro Manila
Zambales
Tarlac
Pampanga
Bataan
Bulacan
Rizal
Cavite
Lubang Island
Pangasinan

People in areas under Signal No. 3 should brace for heavy damage to agriculture, with some trees being uprooted.

State of calamity

Camarines Sur and Albay are now under a state of calamity after taking the brunt of 'Glenda.'

Albay was the first to feel the wrath of Glenda as strong winds began battering the province, Tuesday afternoon.

Office of Civil Defense Regional Director Bernardo Alejandro says Albay suffered moderate damage and that they have yet to receive any report of casualties and injuries. Alejandro also says all roads in the province remain passable and most parts are flood free.

Suspensions caused by storm

Work has been suspended for all government offices in the Metro, except agencies involved in the delivery of basic and health services, response to disasters, and security.

MRT and LRT operations have also been suspended.

Trading at the Philippine Stock Exchange has also been suspended, while dozens of international and domestic flights have been cancelled.

As of 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, at least five deaths have been reported due to the typhoon.

'Glenda' unleashes wrath, Signal No. 3 up in several areas
The slightly weakened typhoon is on its way out of Luzon.
ANC â€" 4 hours ago



ANC - Typhoon Glenda of 4:32 AM, July 16, 2014. (Photo via PAGASA)


(UPDATED 11:48 a.m., July 16) At 11:00 a.m. today,  Wednesday, July 16, Typhoon "Glenda" passed over Subic Bay, at 25 kph northwest moving towards southern Zambales. It packed maximum winds of 140 kph, with a gustiness 170 kph.

The slightly weakened, "Glenda" is now moving toward the West Philippine Sea. It is expected to exit the Luzon landmass via Zambales by Wednesday noon.

By Thursday morning, July 17, "Glenda" will be outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

Quote from: islander on July 11, 2014, 04:16:46 AM
'your balls don't protrude' is the answer.

Hmm, always dwelling on what is merely observable, never going into the metaphysics of causation.

Sure ko nga epektibo ni. For most people, I mean.

Wa mosalir in my case, ingon ani gihapon akong tijan...

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 10, 2014, 04:59:00 PM
Gregory, of DeLand, speculates that the cat’s fury may have been unleashed when she accidentally stepped on it in the dark.

Quote from: islander on July 10, 2014, 05:17:07 PM
i suspect the couple had been cruel to her.

Dili na makaantos sa daogdaog nga nahiaguman, ilabina karon nga tumban aron hunosan sa kinabuhi. Libertad o muerte!

Shall we dance...

Nakapahungaw jud hinuon ang pari sa pintas niyang mga panahom lusot sa nagbilangkad niyang mga ngabil...

She is being held on $1.5 million bail after appearing in court Wednesday wearing red jail scrubs. Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Timothy Volkmann approved a request from Tichelman's court appointed attorney, Diana August, to continue the arraignment until July 16. August did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Assistant District Attorney Rafael Vazquez said authorities are still investigating and may file more serious charges.

Santa Clara University Finance professor Robert Hendershott said financial windfalls like those seen in the Silicon Valley often bring problems as people have trouble managing their newfound wealth. But he said there's no obvious hedonistic culture in the Silicon Valley.

"There's no Great Gatsby type of parties famous in the Silicon Valley," he said.

___

Associated Press reporters Michael Liedtke and Terry Collins in San Francisco and researcher Jennifer Farrar in New York contributed to this story.

"There's no question that Silicon Valley feels different than it felt 28 years ago when I moved here," said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, an organization focused on the local economy and quality of life. "Something has happened. We used to be a Valley full of techies living middle class lives, and now we're a Valley of the uber-rich carrying toy poodles around with them."

Tichelman was arrested on July 4 after police said a detective lured her back to the Santa Cruz area by posing as a potential client at an upscale resort. Clark said they didn't just arrest her because they didn't know exactly where she lived, and they were concerned she would flee.

Police said Tichelman boasted she had more than 200 clients and met them through a website that purports to connect wealthy men and women with attractive companions. Her clients included other Silicon Valley executives, Clark said.

Tichelman's father has ties to the tech industry. Folsom software firm SynapSense announced hiring her father, Bart Tichelman in 2012. Neither the firm nor her father responded to immediate requests for comment.

On the website, friends and co-workers were seemingly unaware of how he died. They fondly described their time together, Christmas parties on his boat, engineering teams at Sun Microsystems, traveling to China for Apple and most recently at Google, where they said he was involved in the Glass eyewear projects.

Clark said it's not clear if Hayes was a frequent drug user, and that in the video, it appears he needed Tichelman to help him shoot up. Clark described Tichelman as a high-end prostitute, who charged $1,000 and lived three hours away in the Sacramento suburb of Folsom.

He said she had other clients from Silicon Valley, home to about 50 billionaires and tens of thousands of millionaires.

Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Hayes, 51, had hired Tichelman before, and that their Nov. 23 encounter "was a mutually consensual encounter including the introduction of the heroin."

Clark said it appears this might not have been the first time she left someone in trouble without calling 911 or trying to help. Without elaborating, he said his agency is cooperating with police in a different state on a similar case.

"There's a pattern of behavior here where she doesn't seek help when someone is in trouble," he said.

News vans gathered outside Hayes hilltop estate overlooking the glittering Monterey Bay, where the five-bedroom home is on the market for $4.2 million. Hayes' widow has not spoken publicly and a blog created in his memory was deleted.

By MARTHA MENDOZA | Associated Press â€" Fri, Jul 11, 2014

   
Alix Tichelman, 26, of Folsom, Calif., stands during her arraignment in Santa Cruz Superior Court Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Santa Cruz, Calif.


SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) â€" As a Google executive lay dying on his yacht, an upscale prostitute casually walks over him, picks up her clothes and heroin and swallows the last of a glass of wine before lowering the boat's blinds and walking back on the dock to shore, police say surveillance footage shows.

Authorities charged Alix Tichelman, 26, with manslaughter Wednesday for her role in the death of Forrest Hayes, who was found dead by the captain of his 50-foot yacht last November. Police said the surveillance video from the yacht shows everything that happened from the time Tichelman came aboard to when she left.

18 hours ago
Good Morning America


A house cat is under quarantine after its owners called 911 to report that their pet had trapped them in the bedroom of their Florida home and “ripped” them up.

“She’s never been like this. I don’t know what happened to her,” Teresa Gregory can be heard telling the 911 dispatcher in audio of the Saturday call in which she describes the behavior of the cat, a 4-year-old Russian Blue named Kush.

Gregory, of DeLand, speculates that the cat’s fury may have been unleashed when she accidentally stepped on it in the dark.

911 Call Reveals Ore. Family Held Hostage by Fat Cat

Family Held Hostage by Fat Cat

Teresa Gregory said she and her husband had been injured by the cat, adding that the animal “tore me and my husband up.”

“We’re ripped up, I mean ripped up, pouring blood, she ripped us up,” Gregory said of Kush’s attack. “And she’s sitting right there. There’s no way to get out ... .

“We just need her out of our house. We don’t know what to do,” she said.

The Gregorys declined to comment to ABC News.

Police who responded called animal control, which took Kush into quarantine, where she was expected to remain for 10 days. Her shots reportedly weren’t up to date.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 10, 2014, 04:29:49 PM
Giingon nga si Father Obach nagbasol g’yud sa iyang gihimo ug giingong naghilak pa kini samtang nangayo og pasaylo sa inahan sa dalagita ug nasayran nga dul-an sa singko minutos nga naggaksanay ang duha human nagkapasayloay.

Aw, hilis na jud ang kahiubos kon maohon...

Pari naghilak nga nangayo’g pasaylo
Ni Decemay Padilla ug Romeo Limpangog (Banat) | Updated July 10, 2014 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Gipasaylo na sa 17-anyos nga inahan kadto’ng pari nga mipakauwaw kaniya pinaagi sa grabe’ng pagkasaba atol nga nagpabunyag ang dalagita sa iyang anak sa simbahan didto sa Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue kaniadtong Domingo.

Si Rev. Fr. Romeo Obach personal nga nangayo og pasaylo sa inahan sa dalagita atol sa ilang panagkita didto sa Redemptorist Church sa dakbayan sa Sugbo kaniadto’ng Lunes sa hapon ug nagpadala pa gayud og duha ka suwat nga gihimo sa eninglis ug binisaya.

Giingon nga si Father Obach nagbasol g’yud sa iyang gihimo ug giingong naghilak pa kini samtang nangayo og pasaylo sa inahan sa dalagita ug nasayran nga dul-an sa singko minutos nga naggaksanay ang duha human nagkapasayloay.

Gusto g’yud hinuon sa dalagita nga makigkita kaniya ang pari ug personal nga mangayo’g pasaylo sa iyang nahimo nga nakapauwaw kaayo kaniya. Sa suwat sa pari nga gipadala sa dalagita siya nagkanayon.

“Tuguti ako sa pagpadayag sa akong dako’ng pagbasol sa akong sakit nga nabuhat, una sa tanan kanimo ug sa tanan nga mga saksi. Wala g’yud nako damha nga makapamulong ako niadto atubangan ninyo’ng tanan.

“Gihinulsolan nako kini og nagpakilooy ako nga imo akong pasayloon sa gibuhat ko niadtong Hulyo 6, 2014 sa chapel sa Sacred Heart. Manghinaot ako nga maalim og dali ang samad sa atong dughan tungod niining wala gipalandong nga hitabo. Sa makausa pa, pasayloa intawon ako.

“Andam usab ako makigkita kanimo sa imong gusto’ng panahon ug lugar aron personal ako nga makapadayag sa pagpangayo’g pasaylo, matud sa pari.

Quote from: islander on July 09, 2014, 08:53:13 PM
World Cup: Germany delighted, astonished by Brazil rout

3:34 pm | Wednesday, July 9th, 2014



German soccer fans celebrate after their team won the Brazil World Cup semi final being played in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, between Germany and Brazil at a public viewing event called ‘Fan Mile’ in Berlin, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. AP

BERLIN â€" Germans awoke on Wednesday to discover the 7-1 demolition of Brazil in their World Cup semifinal was not a delightful dream but a scarcely-believable reality.

The front-page headline in the country’s biggest-selling newspaper, Bild, read simply: “7-1. No words for it!”

The paper dedicated its first six pages to pictures of the Germany players scoring and celebrating. And when it finally got to words, it declared the team “immortal” and wrote: “This 7-1 is worth as much as a title.”

Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as both player and coach, tweeted: “What was that? Hard to believe.”

Thousands watched the match at Berlin’s outdoor fan mile despite wet weather. Germany fan Tamara Beck said: “It’s the best that can ever happen, that Germany scored seven times.”

http://sports.inquirer.net/

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away somewhere on the roof of the world...


Nepal Teenager Commits Suicide After Brazil Defeat
Associated Press | Updated: July 10, 2014 11:03 IST


Kathmandu:  A teenager in eastern Nepal committed suicide after her favourite team Brazil lost badly to Germany in the World Cup semifinals, police said on Thursday.

Police said the 10th grade student was depressed and hanged herself from the ceiling on Wednesday morning in Bharaul village located 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of the capital Katmandu.

The teenager was identified as Pragya Thapa. Her mother found her hanging from the ceiling in her room. She was living with her mother and grandparents while her father was abroad working.

Police said they were investigating and the body had been sent for autopsy.

Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany in the semifinal on Tuesday.

...or friends (or lovers) who think they are on good terms with her. Nah, putol jud...

He he, good choice. By the way, currency of which country is this, my good Madame?

He only once sat an IQ test, in 1996, but refused to finish it, scoring a partial 178. One in a million people have an IQ of 180 or above.

Mrs Bremmer told the New York Times that Brandenn "had no chronological age. He was comfortable with a baby and he was comfortable with someone 90 years old."

She said that she knew he was special from the moment he was born, when doctors struggled to find a pulse.

"Things were different right from then," she said. "It's almost like my baby died and an angel took his place."

"He wasn't just talented, he was a really nice young man," said David Wohl, one of his teachers. Brian Jones, a physics professor, previously described him as "a real bright-eyed kid" who "dreams big, which is great".

His favourite composers were Mozart and Beethoven, although his new CD was said to owe more to the style of Yanni, the flamboyant Greek pianist. Janet Landreth, his music professor at CSU, said that he had a remarkable ear. "It's really an adventure exploring the possibilities for him," she once said.

But Brandenn also pursued the same sort of hobbies and interests as other boys of his age. For his high school graduation picture, he darkened his hair, wore round wire-rimmed spectacles and put on a red cape to look like his favourite character, Harry Potter.

"He had this excessive need to help people and teach people. He was so connected with the spiritual world, we felt he could hear people's needs and desires and their cries," said Mrs Bremmer, who writes mystery books in a part of America renowned for its unconventional New Age philosophies.

"We just felt like something touched him that day and he knew he had to leave. He left so he could save those people."

On the night he died, Brandenn's liver was donated to a 22-month-old child, his heart to an 11-year-old boy and his kidneys to two other patients.

Brandenn was reserved, but not withdrawn, and played with children of his own age in addition to studying physics with adults 10 years older than himself, according to tutors at Colorado State. He recently started biology courses after saying that he wanted to become an anaesthesiologist.

His death seemed to come out of the blue and his grief-stricken mother, Patti, insists that her son was a happy, popular boy, denying that she and her husband, Martin, were pushy parents. "We never pushed Brandenn. He made his own choices. He taught himself to read. If anything, we tried to hold him back a little," she said.

"So many people will want to say he was maladjusted or not socially adjusted but that's just not so at all. It makes me mad. People have to understand that these kids are so much more intelligent than they are."

What prompted Brandenn to take his own life seems set to remain a mystery. He left no suicide note and, Mrs Brenner says, showed no sign of depression before she and her husband found his body when they came home from buying groceries in Venango, Nebraska.

Mrs Bremmer, who says that her son had a strong spiritual side, believes that he may have committed suicide in order to donate his organs. He had often said that he would like others to benefit from them if he died.

American musical prodigy commits suicide aged 14
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
12:01AM GMT 20 Mar 2005


At just 18 months, Brandenn Bremmer taught himself to read, reciting the alphabet to his mother. By three, he was playing the piano and at 11, he started courses at Colorado State University. Newspaper articles in his native Nebraska marvelled at his remarkable IQ.

Last week, however, the "boy genius" apparently committed suicide at the age of 14, his body found at his home with a gunshot wound to the head.

The death of the musical prodigy, who had just completed a second CD of his own compositions, has focused attention on the pressures on precocious young talents.

Yet despite his hyperintelligence, Brandenn also enjoyed camping, swimming, fishing, skating, watching cartoons and playing computer games - like "normal" teenage boys the world over.

= gatupong ang ngipon ni Botoy

Touching jud bitaw, Ms. Hof. How life happens back home as we know it...

Which one do you like best?

http://thechive.com/

The mall includes plans for a climate-controlled street network. Photo: AP

DAVAO. Giganahan ang mga bata kay ubay-ubay ang kubit sa ilang pagpamasol sa pantalan sa Sta. Ana, dakbayan sa Davao, kagahapon sa buntag. (Seth delos Reyes)

Dubai Holding, a conglomerate controlled by the emirate’s ruler, is developing the complex. It gave no details on the cost or the completion date.

The complex will be built near the Mall of the Emirates, which boasts an indoor ski slope, and a short drive from the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, and the adjacent Dubai Mall. That shopping center is currently the emirate’s largest and has attractions including a dinosaur skeleton, an indoor ice skating rink and a multistory aquarium.

Dubai has long used high-profile, big-ticket real estate projects to drive economic growth and establish itself as an international tourist destination. Its ambitions were slowed significantly with a crippling financial crisis that came to a head in 2009, forcing the delay or cancellation of some of the most outlandish projects.

Dubai Holding was not spared from the financial turmoil, and some of its divisions sought new repayment terms from lenders on a debt pile that reached into the billions of dollars.

The emirate’s economy has rebounded strongly in the years since the crisis, driven by its trade, transportation and tourism-dependent economy.

Dubai is racing to develop additional infrastructure needed to accommodate a surge in visitors expected when it becomes the first Middle Eastern city to host the World Expo in 2020. Authorities expect the expo will generate $23 billion between 2015 and 2021, and estimate it will cost $8.4 billion to organize.

The new mall project alone is expected to create an additional 20,000 hotel rooms.

By Associated Press
July 7, 2014 | 4:25pm



UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, left, listens to a presentation on the planned Mall of the World.Photo: AP


Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has laid out plans for a sprawling real-estate project known as Mall of the World that will include the 8 million square foot (743,224 square meter) mall, a climate-controlled street network, a theme park covered during the scorching summer months and 100 hotels and serviced apartments.

Other attractions planned for the site include a cultural and theater district drawing inspiration from New York’s Broadway, shopping thoroughfares based on London’s Oxford Street and a “wellness district” meant to attract medical tourists.

“The growth in family and retail tourism underpins the need to enhance Dubai’s tourism infrastructure as soon as possible,” Sheik Mohammed said in a statement announcing the project Saturday. “This project complements our plans to transform Dubai into a cultural, tourist and economic hub for the 2 billion people living in the region around us â€" and we are determined to achieve our vision.”

OK pud ni, selfie position...

Echoing Our Lady of Fátima’s revelation that war is a punishment for sin, Cardinal Vidal stated that “our offenses against God and His commandments” can make of China the “instrument of Divine justice”.

He said Filipinos’ sins of pornography and obscenity, drug and substance abuse, greed manifest in graft and corruption reaching levels of plunder, contraception and birth control institutionalized by the reproductive health law, immodest fashion, live-in conjugal arrangements, homosexual unions, and others will be punished through the aggressive expansionism of China.

Cardinal Vidal is scheduled to celebrate mass at the Carmelite Monastery in Lipa City in Batangas on September 12, during which, he said, he will “place the safety of each and every Filipino in the hands of Mary, Mediatrix of All-Grace”.

Lipa Carmel is where the Blessed Virgin, who introduced herself as the Mediatrix of All-Grace, appeared to postulant Teresing L. Castillo in the 1940s.

In the apparition of October 17, 1948, the Mediatrix told Castillo, “Pray hard for China’s dream to invade the whole world. The Philippines is one of its favourites. Money is the evil force that will lead the people of the world to destruction.” To counter this, Our Lady recommended, “Prayers, sacrifices, self-denials, and the daily recitation of the rosary will soften the heart of my Son as I said before.”

Source: CBCP News

Knowing that the Philippines won’t stand a chance militarily should a war with China breaks out, Cardinal Vidal sees prayer as defensive weapons for the Filipinos.
Philippines
Jul 07 2014, 1:25 PM



Cardinal Ricardo J. Vidal of Cebu wants all Filipino Catholics to pray to Blessed Mary in averting hostilities between the Philippines and the emerging super power China.


Knowing that the Philippines won’t stand a chance militarily, should a war with China break out, Cardinal Vidal sees prayer to Mama Mary and interior conversion as defensive weapons for the Filipinos.

“The first and only line of defence the Philippines has is the mantle of protection by the Blessed Virgin Mary,” said Cebú Archbishop Emeritus, Cardinal Vidal in an open letter issued by the prelate on June 19.

To intensify efforts in this campaign, the prelate organized a prayer crusade by supplying of ‘Mary, Mediatrix of All-Grace’ literature, prayer cards, and other printed materials to encourage the various dioceses of the country to take part.

Vito wasn't able to meet Patricia who wasn't allowed by her husband to meet him.

"The husband â€" he don't want me to see Christina's mom, but her mom would want to see me. I said if there will be a problem with that, we’d rather not see her mom."

However, Christina said that her mom was just happy that she found her long-lost dad.

"My mom is really happy for me. She was surprised. She was doubtful that we would ever find him because we didn't really know any information," she said.

Vito is determined now to make up for the lost time with Christina, who is planning to visit her siblings in Florida.

"Magpapabalik-balik ako dito when my time permits. We'll always see each other. They plan to visit me in Florida with her whole family. So I have instant grandchildren from her," he said.â€"with reports from Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBNnews.com; DZMM's Aksyon Ngayon with Julius Babao and Kaye Dacer

"He wished that he could turn back time. But of course he couldn't do that. But he was happy we found each other and he said he wants to make up for not being in my life for the last 29 years. He wants to be part of my life," she added.

After days of exchanging emails, text messages and phone calls, Vito went to Minnesota to meet his daughter for the first time in 29 years.

The two shared their joy of finally meeting each other in a Skype interview over dzMM.

"Masayang-masaya ako, pareho kaming naghahanapan for the last 29 years," said Vito.

Christina, meanwhile, thanked everyone who helped them in their search.

"I'm very happy and I'm very thankful for the help we receivedâ€"we both are. We know that without the help it would be impossible and we are happy," she said.

Her message to her dad was this: "I wanted to find you because I would like to meet you. I'd like to know my family, like where they come from... And, if you ever want to be a part of my life, I would welcome you to my life."

It must be the fruit of decades of hard work, prayer, hope and fateâ€"ingredients of a miracleâ€"that Christina's message reached her long-lost dad on the same month.

Vito said a former classmate, who was aware of his decades-long search, emailed him a link to an ABS-CBNNews.com article about Christina's Skype interview over dzMM.

He only kept a photo of a one-year-old Christina but he knew she was his daughter.

"'Yung classmate ko from Canada, he notified me on Facebook about your interview on Skype and the article. Right away, I go [sic] to the link and saw my daughter there. It was the first time I saw her on Skype and right away I knew he is my daughter," he said.

Just a few days after the DZMM interview, Christina got an email from Vito, who introduced himself as her father.

Christina had many questions to ask, especially after 29 years. She said Vito "was able to answer those questions and give information that only my real father would know."

Meanwhile, in another part of the United States, Vito did not know that his daughter, now married to a Filipino, was also desperately looking for him.

Patricia and Christina were never in New Orleans. They fled to Minnesota, where Patricia's family lived.

She told Filipinos in Houston that they went to New Orleans just so her former employers would never find her and her daughter.

Christina, who grew up without knowing what her dad looked like, knew that finding him was next to impossible since the only information they knew about him was that he is Filipino and a first mate on a ship that docked in Duluth, Minnesota in 1984.

"I don't know what he looks like but she (Patricia) described him to me as tall and very handsome," she said.

With only a few leads and perhaps armed with a stubborn belief that anything is possible, Christina still searched for her father.

Her decades-long search brought her to a Skype interview on dzMM on April 9, 2014.

"From that day on until 2010, I still went back to Houston. I spent four days there, looking for her and her mom," he said.

It became a game of hits and misses.

Vito had lived in Miami, Florida since 1997 after he ended up marrying his live-in partner. But he was still looking for Christina and her mom.

Vito said his wife understood that he wanted to see his daughter.

"I was in Miami since 1997. Even my children were looking for her on Facebook. But the problem is we used different names that's the reason we cannot find each other," he said. "Ang nanay niya, ang ginamit na apelyido ay 'yung sa napangasawa na niya. Eh ang hinahanap ko 'yung Patricia DaRonco."

"There were seven Patricia DaRoncos. Every time I'm sending them a message, they were not [replying]," he added.

Vito once got information from Filipinos in Houston about the whereabouts of his daughter.

He learned that Patricia's former employers, a couple without a child, tried to take away a young Christina.

"Iyong pinagta-trabahuhan ni Patricia, kinidnap itong si Christina, kasi mag-asawa 'yun at walang anak. Nang itakas [si Christina], buti inabot ng nanay niya," he said, adding that he also got information that the two fled to New Orleans.

He almost lost hope, thinking Patricia and Christina were among the casualties when Hurricane Katrina hit the city in 2005.

Vito was not getting any younger, but somehow, after years of failed attempts, he found the will to continue his search.

Vito admitted that when he left behind Patricia in 1985, he was already in a live-in relationship with someone in the Philippines.

"Meron akong naghihintay na ka-live-in sa Pilipinas noong araw. Noong mabuntis ko 'yung nanay ni Christina, nalaman ng [live-in partner ko]… Humihingi siya ng hiwalay. So nangako ako sa nanay ni Christina na babalik ako kasi alam kong pagbalik ko sa Pilipinas, hihiwalayan ako," he shared.

Vito returned to Houston in 1986, hoping to see Patricia and Christina again.

However, they were nowhere to be found. All he had was a photo of a one-year-old Christina sent by her mom.

"After I went to the Philippines, it took me a year before I could come back to Houston again and they were nowhere to be found. Her mom sent me a picture of Christina when she was one... That was the last time my information from her materialized."

There was no Internet, no mobile phone, no Facebook in the 80's and Vito did not know how to find them.

All he had was hope.

by Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 07/08/2014 2:11 AM | Updated as of 07/08/2014 12:30 PM


MANILA (UPDATE) - It was 1985 and an expiring contract forced First Mate Alberto "Vito" Salazar, who was in Houston, Texas, to come back to the Philippines, leaving behind Italian-American Patricia DaRonco, their 5-month-old baby Christina and a promise.

The promise was that Vito would come back to Houston as soon as possible for them to be together. But things did not go his way and it took him a year to fulfill that promise.

"I met her mom in Houston, Texas. When Christina was 5 months old, I had to leave for the Philippines because my contract was expiring, promising her mom that I'm coming back," he said.

Patricia was only 21 when she met the Filipino seafarer who was around 15 years her senior.

The video, as of this posting, has been shared by at least 31,700 users and generated at least 7,300 likes on Facebook. It was the 17-year-old woman's mother, Jievelyn Gonzales, 37, who uploaded the video to her Facebook account Sunday night, hours after the baptismal rite.

Jievelyn told Sun.Star on Monday that the video was taken by her 12-year-old daughter, who she said “accidentally” captured the priest's tirades.

The video is 2:03 minutes long and shows Kaye (real name withheld) standing and holding her baby while Obach was delivering his sermon.

Obach was captured telling Kaye and those who were present during the baptism:

"Ayaw mo pagsunod sa hiwi nga binuhatan, nga mosugot lang mo nga modug sa lalaki nga di pa ninyo bana. Ingon ana ba diay ang atong pagtulon-an sa simbahan? Kaning bata, walay ni sala pero ang mga babae ug lalaki nga magdug nga wala pa sa kasal, maoy nagpuyo sa sala. Mapasa usab sa bata ang disgrasya. Hinaot pa nga dili kay naghappy-happy ug naglingaw-lingaw mo kay naay bata. O grasya ni pero nabuhat ni siya sa sala. Wala ni siya buhata sa...Naminyo ba ka, Day? (Girl shakes head) O, tan-awa, maayo ba ni siya nga Kristiyanos? Ipanghambog ba ta ni, Day? Nga naa kay anak pero wa kay bana? Kaulaw ani, Day. Motago gani unta ka karon, kay naa kas simbahan, makaulaw. Kay magpabunyag ka nga wa kay bana, nakigdug ka og laki nga di nimo bana. Nakadungog ka nako, Day? Di ka mauwaw? Dako kaayo ng uwaw. Nya kamo, mosunod mo? Mobikangkang mo sa laki nga mokuhit ninyo? Mao na nga makauwaw ni. Busa kaning bata-a, magpuyo ni sa grasya kay gibunyagan man siya. Ikaw gibunyagan ka pero wa nimo tumana ang imong mga saad sa bunyag. Hinaot ning bataa nga motubo nga motuman sa iyang mga saad sa bunyag. Hiwi ka, yabag ka. Hinaot pa naay uban nga motabang aron di na mayabag ang bata sama nimo nga di mosunod sa pagtulun-an ni Hesus."

(Don't follow wrong deeds, allowing yourself to sleep with a man who is not your husband. Is that what the church has taught you? This child did not sin, but the man and the woman who slept together unwed are the ones who are living in sin. The child will bear the mistake. Hope you'll think that this is not just about being happy and amused because the child is here. Yes, this is grace, but conceived through sin. This was not done through...Were you married, Day? (Girl shakes head) Oh, see, is she a good Christian? Is this something you can be proud of, Day? That you have a child, but have no husband? This is shameful, Day. You should have covered yourself, because you are in church, shameful. Because you want this baptism even without a husband, you slept with a man who was not your husband. Do you hear me, Day? Aren't you ashamed? This is so shameless. And you (addresses crowd), are you going to follow what she did? Will you spread your legs for a man you barely know? That's why this is shameful. This child will live in grace because he is baptized. You, on the other hand, was baptized but you did not fulfill the promise of baptism. Hope this child will grow to follow his baptismal promise. You are crooked. I hope that some people will help you and enlighten you so your child will grow up following Christ's teachings, which cannot be said of you.)

The Redemptorist Church, in a statement released Tuesday, said it was "deeply saddened by the incident."

Earlier, Msgr. Esteban Binghay, an episcopal vicar of the Archdiocese of Cebu, said Obach should “respect a solo mother.”

Priests are prohibited not to baptize an illegitimate child, he said.

"Being a child of a single mother does not exclude the baby from being baptized because God wants all to be saved," he said. "Baptism is a necessary sacrament for salvation, whether the child is legitimate or illegitimate." (With Kevin A. Lagunda of Sun.Star Cebu/Sunnex)

Priest says sorry, asks for forgiveness
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/
Tuesday, July 8, 2014


CEBU (Updated) -- Fr. Romeo Obach, who was caught on video berating an unwed mother during a baptism in Cebu City, apologized to the 17-year-old woman, her relatives and friends for his conduct he admitted was "unbecoming" of a priest.

"I am now making a public heartfelt apology to the mother of the child and her immediate family. The words I said and the rude attitude that I showed before I performed the rite of baptism last Sunday at the Sacred Heart Chapel was indeed unbecoming," he said in a statement Tuesday.

"I deeply regret that I have done this. I only later realized how cruel my ways to educate and impart lessons for the said event. I am deeply sorry to the mother of the child, her relatives, the sponsors and witnesses of the incident. I am sorry to the internet viewers, to media listeners and viewers for the mistake I personally admit. I am deeply sorry and I humbly ask your forgiveness," Fr. Obach added.

SuperBalita Cebu
Ni Dennes R. Tabar
Saturday, June 28, 2014


NIKABAD og dagan ang usa ka 17-anyos nga dalaga dihang nakit-an niyang nagduwa sa iyang kinatawo ang Amerikano nilang silingan nga iyang gimasahian.

Nahitabo kini sulod sa balay sa Kano sa may Aldea Subdivision, Timpolok, Babag 1, dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu, pasado alas 10 sa gabii niadtong Biyernes.

Ang gireklamo mao ang usa ka 60 anyos nga Kano (tinuod ngan gipugngan samtang wa pa mapasakai og kaso), naminyo og usa ka Pinay ug aduna silay duha ka mga anak.

Samtang ang mireklamo mao ang usa ka Anna (di tinuod niya nga ngan), 17, nagpuyo sa maong lugar.

Matod sa kapulisan nga ang biktima katabang sa silingang balay apan magtabok-tabok lang sa gipuy-an sa langyaw.

Si Police Officer 1 Glenn Estrada, desk officer sa Poblacion Police Station nga nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita, nibutyag nga sigun pa sa biktima nga atol sa hitabo wa diha ang asawa sa suspek sa dihang mihangyo kini nga magpamasahe.

Apan samtang siya nagmasaahe, kalit nga niatubang kaniya ang langyaw ug dayog duwa sa iyang kinatawo.

Gumikan sa iyang kahadlok, nidagan siya ug niadto sa iyang kaila aron pagsumbong sa hitabo.

Gialarma sa kapulisan ang Kano ug nasikop.

Matod ni Estrada nga dugay nang nagpuyo ang langyaw dinhi sa nasud. Ang suspek kasamtangang gitanggong sa ilang presento.

Posibleng pasakaan og kaso ang langyaw.

“Kana og dili magkasinabot kay sa among nahibaw-an morag pasayluon ra man unya gihangyo. Maorag giestorya ang biktima,” asoy ni Estrada nga nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita.

`Kaulaw ani, Day'

Tipik sa gisulti ni Fr. Romeo Obach, ang pari nga nagbunyag sa anak sa 17 anyos nga inahan nga way bana:

Ayaw mo pagsunod sa hiwi nga binuhatan, nga mosugot lang mo nga m odug sa lalaki nga di pa ninyo bana.

Ingon ana ba diay ang atong pagtulon-an sa simbahan?

Kaning bata, walay ni sala pero ang mga babae ug lalaki nga magdug nga wala pa sa
kasal, maoy nagpuyo sa sala. Mapasa usab sa bata ang disgrasya.

Hinaot pa nga dili kay nag-happy-happy ug naglingaw-lingaw mo kay naay bata. O grasya ni pero nabuhat ni siya sa sala.

Wala ni siya buhata sa... Naminyo ba ka, Day? (Girl shakes head)

O, tan-awa, maayo ba ni siya nga Kristiyanos?

Ipanghambog ba ta ni, Day? Nga naa kay anak pero wa kay bana? Kaulaw ani, Day.

Motago gani unta ka karon, kay naa kas simbahan, makaulaw. Kay magpabunyag ka nga wa kay bana, nakigdug ka og laki nga di nimo bana.

Nakadungog ka nako, Day? Di ka mauwaw? Dako kaayo ng uwaw.

Nya kamo, mosunod mo? Mobikangkang mo sa laki nga mokuhit ninyo? Mao na nga makauwaw ni.

Busa kaning bata-a, magpuyo ni sa grasya kay gibunyagan man siya.

Ikaw gibunyagan ka pero wa nimo tumana ang imong mga saad sa bunyag. Hinaot ning bataa nga motubo nga motuman sa iyang mga saad sa bunyag.

“Angayan ba ning idayag nga usa ka Kristiyanos? Ipanghambog ba ta ni, Day, nga naa kay anak nga walay bana? Nakasabot ka nako, Day? Di ka mauwaw?,” matod sa sermon ni Obach nga kuha sa video.

Si Maria maoy kinamaguwangan sa upat ni ka mga magsuon ug tinun-an sa usa ka dakong unibersidad sa dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Niadtong Marso, nisuway og hikog ang batan-ong inahan sa dihang wa na magpakabana ang lalake nga maoy amahan sa iyang gisabak ug ang gibateng kahadlok ngadto sa iyang mga ginikanan nga wala masayod sa iyang gidangatan.

Wa mahinayon ang tuyo ni Maria sanglit naabtan sa iyang manghod.

Matod pa ni Gonzales nga naatol nga nakakuha og video ang iyang 12 anyos nga anak babaye atol sa sermon ginamit ang cellphone nga maoy ilang gi-upload sa iyang Facebook account.

Di ra igsapayan ni Gonzales nga kasab-an o tambagan sa maong pari ang nahimong kasaypanan sa iyang anak, apan di sa maong paagi.

“Wala ko katulog sa gihimo ni Father. Sakit kaayo ang iyang gihimo. Imbis blessing ang among tuyo nga nagpabunyag, gipaka-uwawan na hinuon mi,” pagmahay ni Gonzales nga nahimong emosyonal.

Nagtinguha ang mga Gonzales sa pagdangop sa Women and Children Protection Desk sa kapulisan sa reklamong oral defamation ingon man ang pagpadangat niini ngadto sa Redemtorist Church sa dakbayan sa Sugbo diin nasakop si Fr. Obach.

Sa dihang giduaw sa Sun.Star Superbalita ang Sacred Heart Chaplaincy sa Jagobiao, gikandaduhan ang duha ka mga gate kay sa Lunes maoy day-off sa mga trabahante ug pari sa simbahan.

Ggihulagway sa usa ka opisyal sa simbahang Katoliko sa Sugbo nga nakalapas sa pamalaod sa kortesiya ug respeto ang gibuhat ni Padre Romeo Obach, kinsa nibinaboy og kasaba sa
usa ka menor de edad nga inahan nga nagpabunyag sa iyang anak.

Si Msgr. Esteban Binghay, episcopal vicar sa Artsidyosesis sa Sugbo, nagkanayon nga ang katuyoan sa pari maayo apan ang pamaagi sa pagbadlong o pagmaymay sa inahan, sayop.

“Isip Kristiyanos, ang pari dunay katungdanan pagmaymay o pagbadlong sa nakasala, apan sumala sa Balaang Kasulatan, kon dunay makasala imong tambagan pero kamokamo lang, dili nimo ibandilyo, dili ipubliko,” pagpasabot ni Binghay dihang nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita kagahapon.

Matod niya bisan nakasala si Maria apan angay kini kaloy-an tungod kay gitalikdan kini sa lalaki nga nakapabuntis kaniya.

SuperBalita Cebu
Monday, July 7, 2014


NAG-VIRAL sa social media site ang video footage sa menor de edad nga inahan nga nagpabunyag sa iyang anak nga gibinaboy og kasaba sa pari sa barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City.

Atol niining pagsuwat, niabot na sa 12,000 ang mi-share ug 1,527 ang mi-like sa video nga gi-upload ni ginang Jievelyn Gonzales, 37, tanod sa maong barangay, kinsa maoy apohan sa usa pa ka buwan nga masuso nga gipabunyagan niadtong Dominggo sa Sacred Heart Chaplaincy.

Asoy pa ni Gonzales nga nakahilak siya didto pa lang sa simbahan sa pagpakauwaw ni Fr. Romeo Obach sa iyang 17 anyos nga anak babaye atubangan sa kapin 50 nila ka mga bisita.

“Kamo, kamo, kamo... mosunod mo aning? (pangalan sa batan-ong inahan gitago) Pataka lang og bikang kang sa laki. Dili ni siya normal, abnormal ni siya. Yabag ni siya,” saysay ni Gonzales kutlo sa mga gipanulti ni Padre Obach atol sa okasyon.

Samtang ang single mother nga gitago sa ngalan Maris nagkanayon nga di masabot ang iyang gibati.

Buot na unta siyang mo-walk out apan gitambagan siya sa iyang amahan nga ipadayon na lang aron mabunyagan ang pre-mature niining anak.

He he, dila ray panggulat...

King cobra soup. Hmm, morag lami baya...

For other species, trade is unabated, and at a Guangzhou roadside establishment specialising in snake stew, live king cobras in cages were bestsellers.

The animals are classified as "vulnerable" on the Red List due to habitat loss and "over-exploitation for medicinal purposes".

"Eating this kind of snake is good for the throat and head," said a 17-year-old customer surnamed Wang, as white-hatted chefs decapitated and sliced them up behind a transparent plastic screen.

"I didn't know they were endangered," she added, before tucking in enthusiastically.

Demand from China means rare animals are being smuggled in from across South East Asia, shown here is a cobra on sale in Jakarta on September 11, 2013

- King cobras -

But Tian Yangyang, a researcher for Chinese advocacy group Nature University, pointed out that Guangdong eateries do not generally advertise endangered species but offer them to trusted customers on secret menus.

Last year he sneaked into Guangdong restaurants where he found that eagle and swan were widely available.

"I am not optimistic the the rules will be enforced, because the legal system in China is still not very robust," he said, adding that the trade in protected animals "is getting worse, because it has been driven underground".

China's demand for pangolin meat and scales is decimating populations in South East Asia

In April the country's rubber-stamp parliament approved a new interpretation of the 1980s law which could see jail sentences of up to 10 years for those caught eating endangered animals, as well as for sellers.

Meanwhile, state-run media have publicised huge hauls of smuggled animals -- with border police in Guangdong province in May shown seizing 956 frozen pangolins, reportedly weighing four tonnes.

Jill Robertson, CEO of Hong Kong-based charity Animals Asia, described the enhanced penalties as a "positive step" but added that "enforcement must be strengthened, and public education and awareness greatly enhanced".

"The illegal wildlife trade in general has become a multi-billion dollar business in China," she said.
But there are signs the threats and increased penalties are having an effect.

Last year a chef surnamed Wang told AFP that his restaurant sold pangolin for 2,000 yuan per half kilo, adding: "We usually braise them, cook it in a stew or make soup, but braising in soy sauce tastes best."
But when AFP recently contacted around a dozen restaurants specialising in "wild flavour" none admitted to selling the meat.

Fact file on the endangered Chinese pangolin

- Pangolins in soy -

Southern China has long been the centre of a culinary tradition called "wild flavour", which prizes parts of unusual wild animals including tigers, turtles and snakes as a route to health -- despite the lack of orthodox scientific evidence proving such benefits exist.

Pangolins -- scaly creatures which in the wild lick up ants with tongues longer than their bodies -- are protected by the international wildlife trade treaty CITES, to which Beijing is a signatory.

But in parts of China they are prized by new mothers hoping to produce milk, and have become the focus of a vast smuggling industry stretching across Southeast Asia -- estimated to traffic tens of thousands of the animals each year.

Beijing first enacted laws in 1989 forbidding trade in scores of creatures including the Chinese pangolin, but has long struggled to enforce the ban as a booming economy has boosted demand.

But on a recent morning traders were out in force, with hundreds of snakes writhing in white cloth bags and wild boars staring plaintively from wire cages.

Not all the produce is illegal but a huge sign touted giant salamanders, which are classed as critically endangered -- one level below "extinct in the wild" -- on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species.

Asian yellow pond turtles were up for sale beside porcupines, most likely from Asia where several species are also critically endangered.

China in April raised the maximum sentence for anyone caught selling or consuming endangered species to 10 years in prison, but lax enforcement is still evident in the province of Guangdong.

"I can sell the meat for 500 yuan ($80) per half kilo," a pangolin vendor at the Xingfu -- "happy and rich" -- wholesale market in Conghua told AFP. "If you want a living one it will be more than 1,000 yuan."

The market was the subject of a Chinese media expose two years ago, when a local official told the state-run Beijing Technology Times that its role as a centre for animal trafficking was an "open secret".

The seller, who declined to be named, said making a living from his creatures was getting tougher. "Now it's governed very strictly," he said.

By Tom Hancock | AFP News â€" Mon, Jul 7, 2014



File photo of a vendor sleeping next to giant tortoises she sells for eating in a market in Guangzhou


Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags -- rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered to jail those who eat endangered species.

The diners of southern China have long had a reputation for exotic tastes, with locals sometimes boasting they will "eat anything with four legs except a table".

O kini ba kaha hinuon...

Quote from: islander on July 07, 2014, 11:49:53 AM
hahaha!  hurot na akong bilib sa tag-iya ani.  nganong wa man tawon ko kahunahuna ani uy.  hinoon, wa koy van.  go, going and gone lang.  but i did seriously think of having a volkswagen beetle painted as a turtle long ago and far away...

Hmm, di ba natuman man jud tong imong pangandoy? Is this it?

Hmm, maybe he should try some paisleys...

By Reuters
on July 04 2014 4:55 AM



Vladimir Putin at a recent press conference in St. Petersburg. Reuters

Quote from: islander on July 07, 2014, 12:22:48 PM
lamia uy.  i'm catatonic!

(how true.  pit bulls aren't really wild and bloodthirsty.  it's how people treat them that makes them so.)

Islander's pit bull...

I was so impressed with the nuncio, Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, who is Filipino.

I was so impressed by his ability to deal with the situation.   He had been stationed at the Holy See’s delegation to the United Nations in New York as well as Geneva, so he has an understanding of these international organizations, and he speaks perfect English which is helpful in dealing with U.S. organizations, especially the military.   I think he is a great support to the bishops of Haiti.

Cardinal Seán, Visiting Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake
http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2010/03/05/

VATICAN DIPLOMAT. Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza speaks to students of Fordham University in the United States about serving in Haiti. File photo by Chris Taggart courtesy of Fordham University, www.fordham.edu

The prelate, who was born and raised in Talibon, Bohol, has largely been credited by Vatican officials for his church rebuilding efforts in the wake of Haiti’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake in 2010.

“We have to start the reconstruction with very solid principles to avoid confusion and disappointments and ill feelings of those who are willing to help,” Auza was once quoted in 2010 by a Vatican newspaper.

Three years later, Auza’s home province was hit by an equally powerful earthquake on Oct. 15, 2013 which toppled centuries-old churches here.

Chatto said Auza has shown Boholanos how to rise from calamity and lend support to the helpless.

“We Boholanos should emulate the Christian life and Auza’s work which he exemplified best during times of disaster,” the governor said.

Auza, one of 12 siblings of Meliton Garcia Auza and Magdalena Polestico Cleopas, entered the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary (IHMS) in Tagbilaran City, the only seminary school in Bohol which has produced hundreds of Boholano priests now assigned in various parishes here and abroad.

Auza pursued his Licentiate in Philosophy at the University of Sto. Tomas and earned the degree in 1981. He also obtained his Licentiate in Theology and his Masters in Education all in 1986.

The Boholano prelate was ordained bishop in California, USA in June, 1985.

http://www.latestphilippinesnews.com/
by Mike Ortega Ligalig
July 5, 2014


Tagbilaran City, Bohol â€" Governor Edgar M. Chatto is hailing the appointment of a Boholano prelate as the Vatican’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN).



Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza


Chatto, in his weekly news conference here, said the nomination by Pope Francis of Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, who is the Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, is a “source of hope, inspiration and pride for Boholanos and the entire Filipino nation.”

Auza is the first Filipino prelate appointed to such a significant post in the world-governing body. He replaces Indian Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, the first non-Italian bishop occupying Vatican’s diplomatic post in the UN.

After playing the game Tetris for an extended length of time, you start seeing blocks everywhere. There are blocks when you dream, blocks when you close your eyes . . . everything in your world becomes blocks. The same thing can happen with any repetitive pattern gameâ€"people may be more familiar with it from games like Candy Crush nowadays.

The widely experienced phenomenon speaks to the unusual way games like Tetris play with our brains. This convinced researchers to look into how it affects those with mental health problems, and they’ve found something curious. Tetris seems to protect against PTSD and flashbacks.

Researchers showed experiment participants a disturbing film. During the next six hours, some answered trivia, some played Tetris, and others did nothing much at all. Over the following week, people who’d played the 1980s classic had far fewer flashbacks.

The psychologist behind the study believes the spatial concentration required to play may interfere with how the brain consolidates traumatic memories. -- http://listverse.com/

Kini kaha...

Quote from: islander on July 06, 2014, 02:52:50 PM
she's in seventh heaven.

Oh yes, cloud nine of seventh heaven...

Doggone it! This pit bull can dance!

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 06, 2014, 02:42:46 PM
The men can carry their teammate in various ways, though a popular method is for the woman to hang upside-down with her legs around the male contestant's shoulders.

He he, sayon ra tuod, morag backpack lang...