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Families speak of devastation as details of Boston bombing victims emerge

Martin Richard, eight, Krystle Campbell, 29, and an unnamed Boston University graduate student confirmed to have died

Adam Gabbatt in Boston   
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 16 April 2013


Martin Richard was eight years old. His father Bill said:
'We ask for your patience and privacy as we grieve and recover.'
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One was an eight-year-old boy enjoying a Patriots' Day holiday outing with his family. Another was a young woman who had watched the Boston Marathon every year since she was child. And the third was a graduate student at Boston University attending the event with friends.

On Tuesday, as the massive federal investigation into the twin bomb blasts continued, details of the three people who died began to emerge. Two of the victims were named: Martin Richard, eight, and Krystle Campbell, 29. The third victim has yet to be identified, but in a statement Boston University said one of its graduate students had been killed.

Quote from: balong on April 15, 2013, 02:24:50 PM
vote BALONG for mayor of tagbilaran. ahong sementohon tanang karsada....

dalia.  lansar dayon, sir balong.  mo-suggest lang ko nga inig-semento, sundon lang unta ang existing design sa dalan; morag sementadong sungka ang resulta.  maayo na kaayo nang bahalag sungka basta sementado kay way lapok.

dia pa...

botoy: hahaha, surprays, surprays!

bolbs: asows, para dat.  tulo gid akon layk dat.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 17, 2013, 06:31:54 AM
Republic of BolBuhol?

das ist de best-dressed republik.  no visa necessary.

A Boston police officer wheels in injured boy down Boylston Street as medical workers carry an injured runner following an explosion during the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria at the marathon's finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT

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15 April 2013


In this image from video provided by WBZ TV, spectators and runners run from what was described as twin explosions that shook the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/WBZTV) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Tibetan Buddhist monks attend a mass prayer in memorial for victims of the earthquake which hit Yushu county three years ago, in Yushu, Qinghai province April 14, 2013. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted Yushu of northwest China's Qinghai Province three years ago caused 2,698 people dead and 270 missing. Picture taken April 14, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

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A man cries at Oviedo cemetery in front of a memorial grave for Republicans killed during and after the 1936-1939 Spanish civil war, in Oviedo, northern Spain April 14, 2013. The bloody civil war lasted three years and claimed half a million lives. Francisco Franco's rebel forces overthrew the republic in 1939. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

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14 April 2013


A Somali girl and her brother run to safety near the scene of a blast in Mogadishu April 14, 2013. At least 16 people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside the law courts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building on Sunday, before a gunbattle erupted with security forces besieging the compound, witnesses said. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

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di gyod hinoon lalim kun gukdon silag nibangon nga gatuy-od na.

kana gyod.  bira, sixto.  you know what you're talking about while korina is probably still drying her tears when she cried that mar roxas didn't make it as their party's presidential bet.  kay gustong ma-first lady, tua, bisag second lady wa na hinoon gihapon.

this girl is a political albatross of mar roxas.  daghan ang baye wa mobotar ni mar tungod ani niya, whose arrogance is boundless.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on April 16, 2013, 04:57:09 PM
karon pa ko ani.. I wish niagi ko ug Kindergarten... hehehehe visitor lang man ko sa Grade I sa una unya sa dihang na 2nd honor man, gi promote na lang ko pagka Grade 2 heheheheh

aw, si lolla diay na sa visitor pa.  na-promote sa ka-brayt kay nangangkon ug desk nga all hers.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 10, 2013, 07:52:56 PM
Hmm, pode ba indi kinasimkasim pero binatikulom kag tininai kag inatay gid haw?

ano gid nang inatay?  ini ba ang silingan sa inapdo?

Juli continued:

    My parents had many wonderful stories of their time in England and the wonderful, generous people they met there, but none so poignant as the one resulting from that selfless gesture by a man they never actually met. I can’t remember hearing the story for the first time, but I remember hearing it often. Each time he told the story, my father ended up with a tear in his eye. He was a wonderful father, husband and friend. He dedicated his life to ‘giving back’. I hope someone might recall the gentleman whose noble action so inspired my father.

Unfortunately, Karel doesn't know what the good Samaritan looked like or even if he's still alive. But if he's still out there, Karel would love the opportunity to say thanks. She told The Province, "For many years, we would wonder, ‘Why would someone do that?’ We would go through various scenarios ... and there really isn’t an answer. ... We’d certainly like to thank them but also just to say how a small gesture can change a person’s life."

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Karel spoke to The Province about her quest to find the stranger. She says the act had an enormous impact on the couple and their future children. "It really was the start of how we thought and think in this family,” Karel said.

Upon moving to British Columbia, Tom took an active role in the community, volunteering for a variety of organizations. His wife and daughter believe the stranger who picked up the tab was at least partially responsible.

Daughter Juli, 44, spoke to the Birmingham Mail about her late father. “I can’t help but believe that the random act of kindness of an English gentleman impacted on the life of a 22-year-old Canadian student in such a way that it contributed to his development as the dedicated, generous man he became.”

Woman seeks stranger who paid for wedding 54 years ago

By Michael Krumboltz
The Upbeat
16 April 2013

   
Cake decoration model of a bride and groom (Thinkstock)

Nearly 55 years ago, Karel and Tom Nordstrom got married. They were twenty-something students with little money. Wanting to celebrate, the Canadian nationals held a small reception at the Royal Sutton Coldfield Hotel in Birmingham, England.

A few friends attended, enjoying drinks and food. After the reception, the newlyweds went to see about paying, but were told that the costs had already been taken care of thanks to an anonymous stranger who had already left, according to The Province.

Tom died last year at the age of 76. Karel is seeking the help of the Web to track down this mysterious benefactor who, through a simple act of kindness, helped get the couple off on the right foot and inspired her husband.

i hate all touch phones.

The most crucial clues, though, will come from closed-circuit camera footage from the area that could show the bomber planting the devices or fleeing the scene, he said.

He noted that in the 2005 London subway bombings, police used the cameras to quickly zero in on the suspects.

“My suspicion is this is something that they will be able to make significant progress on in a very short period of time,” Kohlmann said.

“The record of people who have gotten away with things like this is not very good.”


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For The Boston Globe's Steve Silva talking to NBC's Brian Williams about the footage he shot at the moment explosions rocked the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, here's the link: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766043-big-question-lone-wolf-bomber-or-organized-terrorism?lite&lite=obinsite

William Bratton, the former police commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles and New York, said it's important investigators approach the case with an open mind.

"You start with the assumption that you know nothing," he said.

They also need to be on the alert for false claims of responsibility that "will come out of the woodwork," Bratton said.

Kohlmann said forensics from the scene could give investigators important information. If the explosive used was military-grade, that would suggest foreign terrorists, and not someone closer to home jury copying bomb-recipes off the Internet, is responsible.

But Kohlmann said an organized group â€" domestic or international â€" could also be the culprit.

“It could be half a dozen different causes, or just a crazy guy,” he said.

NBC News National Security analyst Mike Leiter agreed that even though it was a “pretty sophisticated attack,” the field of suspects is wide open.

“I wouldn’t go down any particular path,” Leiter said on MSNBC.

Big question: lone-wolf bomber, or organized terrorism?

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

The first task for investigators in the bombing that rocked Boston on Monday will be determining whether the carnage was the work of an individual or a terrorist organization, experts said.

The scope of the attack at the high-security Boston Marathon doesn’t rule out a lone wolf, said Evan Kohlmann, NBC News’ terrorism analyst.

“There have been individuals who have been capable of doing something like this,” Kohlmann said, pointing to the 1996 Olympics bombing by anti-abortion radical Eric Rudolph.

hehe, mora baya tuod ug sumusunod ka sa makalingaw.

nasundan dayon ang akong katawa ug terror over the boston marathon bombing.  may god have mercy.

pwerteng katawa nako sa teditorial ni teddyboy locsin.  hardly god ko mo-click aning ancalerts sa homepage dinhi tungod lagi kay luya akong connection, but this once ni-click ko.  saktoha gyod niya uy. 

hinoon, ana man gyod ning kinabuhia.  mas bright ang di hintungdan.  ma-presidente ka, mas daghan ang kamao sa imong trabaho kay sa nimo.  even the pope is not spared of this attitude.  as in popes should do this, do that...

whatever, makalingaw ang suggestion ni teddyboy.  kalami na lang kun i-sink na lang ang chinese fishing vessel sa tubbataha reef.  di lang iapil ang mga chinese fishermen as he suggested.  mahilo unya ang atong mga isda. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 14, 2013, 12:58:55 AM
Yes you do, Fr. Roel. murag paring doctor hihihi!

podiatrist unta, aron healer of souls and soles.  basta ba lang mo-rhyme.

labi na kahibawo daan ug acupuncture...

absence of tv in the house spared me from the grisly sight.  but these pictures are enough.  may god have mercy.

These tiny kittens have been discovered dumped in a cereal box at a bus stop in Australia. Local animal rescuers were alerted when a passer-by saw the box in question moving and heard noises. The kittens are now in foster care and have been put up for adoption Picture: Chris Scott/Rex Features

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naunsa mo dinhi?  ahat bag makamrasan mog tinuod nga ungo... nagdamgo ra diay mo, unya nakamata; tuod naay kamras, pero ang ungo diay nga nangamras kay ang inyong asawa.  nakamrasan mo kay ilang namat-an nga sige mog siyagit ug ngan ug laing baye, hahaha!  arang lingawa nako ani uy.

Quote from: islander on April 15, 2013, 11:40:33 PMThen we hammer them unconscious, cut their throats and drain the blood. It is a slow death.

they are barbaric.  yes they are.

The Guardian provided a description of the killing and eating of pangolins: "A Guangdong chef interviewed last year in the Beijing Science and Technology Daily described how to prepare a pangolin: 'We keep them alive in cages until the customer makes an order. Then we hammer them unconscious, cut their throats and drain the blood. It is a slow death. We then boil them to remove the scales. We cut the meat into small pieces and use it to make a number of dishes, including braised meat and soup. Usually the customers take the blood home with them afterwards.'"

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Though pangolin are protected by an international ban on their trade, populations have suffered from illegal trafficking due to beliefs in Asia that their ground-up scales can stimulate lactation or cure cancer or asthma. In the past decade there have been numerous seizures of illegally trafficked pangolin and pangolin meat in Asia. In one such incident in 2013, 10,000 kilograms of pangolin meat was seized from a Chinese vessel that ran aground in the Philippines.

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Threats

Pangolins are hunted and eaten in many parts of Africa, and are one of the more popular types of bush meat. They are also in great demand in China because their meat is considered a delicacy and some Chinese believe pangolin scales have medicinal qualities. This, coupled with deforestation, has led to a large decrease in the numbers of giant pangolins. In November 2010, pangolins were added to the Zoological Society of London's list of genetically distinct and endangered mammals.

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Reproduction

Gestation is 120â€"150 days. African pangolin females usually give birth to a single offspring at a time, but the Asiatic species can give birth from one to three. Weight at birth is 80â€"450 g (3â€"18 ounces), and the scales are initially soft. The young cling to the mother's tail as she moves about, although in burrowing species, they remain in the burrow for the first two to four weeks of life. Weaning takes place at around three months of age, and pangolins become sexually mature at two years.

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Diet

Pangolins lack teeth and the ability to chew. Instead, they tear open anthills or termite mounds with their powerful front claws and probe deep into them with their very long tongues. Pangolins have glands in their chests to lubricate the tongue with sticky, ant-catching saliva.

Some species, such as the tree pangolin, use their strong, prehensile tails to hang from tree branches and strip away bark from the trunk, exposing insect nests inside.

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A pangolin has large keratin scales covering its skin, the only mammal with this adaptation. It is found naturally in tropical regions throughout Africa and Asia. The name, pangolin, comes from the Malay word, pengguling, meaning "something that rolls up".


Indian pangolin defending itself against Asiatic lions

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A pangolin (also referred to as a scaly anteater or trenggiling) is a mammal of the order Pholidota. The one extant family, Manidae, has one genus, Manis, which comprises eight species. A number of extinct species are known.


A ground pangolin

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A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Naval Forces West. REUTERS/ Naval Forces West Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

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A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on Monday in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Tubbataha Management Office. REUTERS/ Tubbataha Management Office Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A member of the Philippine Coast Guard (R) inspects the Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on Monday in the Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Palawan Province, west of Manila April 9, 2013 in this picture provided by Philippine Coast Guard. Picture taken April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Philippine Coast Guard Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Chinese fishermen from the vessel that ran aground on Monday in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, sit with their belongings on a Philippine Coast Guard vessel as they arrive in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Tubbataha Management Office. REUTERS/ Tubbataha Management Office Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard inspect the Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on Monday in the Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 9, 2013 in this picture provided by Philippine Coast Guard. Picture taken April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Philippine Coast Guard Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Tubbataha is a 97,000-hectare (239,700-acre) marine sanctuary and popular diving destination 640 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of Manila. The massive reef already had been damaged by a U.S. Navy ship that got stuck in January and had to be dismantled.

The fishermen face up to 12 years' imprisonment and fines of up to $300,000 for the poaching charge alone. For possession of the pangolin meat, they can be imprisoned up to six years and fined, Villena said.

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Alex Marcaida, an officer of the government's Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, Philippine authorities consider the Philippine pangolin threatened because of unabated illicit trade. He said the Chinese crewmen have said the pangolins came from Indonesia, but officials were still verifying the claim.

WWF-Philippines said the global illegal wildlife trade is estimated to yield at least $19 billion per year, comprising the fourth-largest illegal global trade after narcotics, product and currency counterfeiting and human trafficking. It said the risks are low compared with other crimes, and that high-level traders are rarely arrested, prosecuted or convicted.

The Philippine military quoted the fishermen as saying they accidentally wandered into Philippine waters from Malaysia. They were being detained in southwestern Puerto Princesa city, where Chinese consular officials visited them.

It is not yet clear which of the four Asian pangolin species the meat comes from. The International Union of Conservation of Nature lists two species as endangered: the Sunda, or Malayan, pangolin, and the Chinese pangolin. Two others, including the Philippine pangolin endemic to Palawan, are classified as near threatened.

The animals are protected in many Asian nations, and an international ban on their trade has been in effect since 2002, but illicit trade continues. The meat and scales of the pangolin fetch hundreds of dollars per kilogram in China, where many believe they cure various ailments.

The IUCN says rising demand for pangolins and lax laws are wiping out the toothless anteaters from their forest habitat in Southeast Asia.

The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) said the Chinese vessel F/N Min Long Yu could have been carrying up to 2,000 of the toothless, insect-eating animals rolled up in the boxes, with their scales already removed.

"It is bad enough that the Chinese have illegally entered our seas, navigated without boat papers and crashed recklessly into a national marine park and World Heritage Site," said WWF-Philippines chief executive officer Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan. "It is simply deplorable that they appear to be posing as fishermen to trade in illegal wildlife."

The boat's 12 Chinese crewmen are being detained on charges of poaching and attempted bribery, said Adelina Villena, the marine park's lawyer. She said more charges are being prepared against them, including damaging the corals and violating the country's wildlife law for being found in possession of the pangolin meat.

In this April 13, 2013 photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, members of the Philippine Coast Guard hold a frozen pangolin or scaly anteater on board a Chinese vessel that ran into the Tubbataha coral reef, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, in the southwestern Philippines. Authorities discovered more than 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of meat from the protected species, inside the Chinese vessel F/N Min Long Yu. (AP Photo/ Philippine Coast Guard) NO SALES

A member of the Philippine Coast Guard (L) talks to Chinese fishermen aboard their vessel that on Monday ran aground in the Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 9, 2013 in this picture provided by Philippine Coast Guard. Picture taken April 9, 2013. REUTERS/ Philippine Coast Guard Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef

By TERESA CEROJANO | Associated Press
15 April 2013

MANILA, Philippines (AP) â€" A Chinese vessel that ran into a protected coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of meat from a protected species, the pangolin or scaly anteater.

The steel-hulled vessel hit an atoll on April 8 at the Tubbataha National Marine Park, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site on Palawan island. Coast guard spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Armand Balilo said Monday that some 400 boxes, each containing 25 to 30 kilograms of frozen pangolins, were discovered during a second inspection of the boat Saturday.

Manila Belongs to the Dogs and We Call It Civilization

poor dogs.

“I hope they understand. Never mind if some of them get mad at me, just as long as the majority (believe it’s a good law),” he said.

He said the law could never be considered “antipoor” since its only intent was to protect the residents in resettlement areas from diseases and the pets from possible cruelty.

Local authorities had already given the residents ample time to have their pets transferred to other places, he said.

Carlos also denied that animals at the shelter were being neglected. “There are two caretakers there. Food is cooked for the animals. Anybody can check this.”

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Another Malanday resident who identified himself only as Ruben said he had also been hiding four dogs and a cat inside his house. “I’d rather die first before they take my pets away from me,” he said. His pets are his source of “good luck,” added Ruben, a tricycle operator.

He maintained that he had never been remiss in his responsibilities as a pet owner. He always bought them pet food and had the dogs vaccinated with antirabies shots. “So tell me: Am I irresponsible?” he asked.

Dr. Manuel Carlos, head of the City Veterinary Office in charge of implementing the ordinance, acknowledged that complaints had been raised against the ban.

Jenny said she had since visited Cha-cha in the shelter about 10 times. The once playful dog, she said, had become thinner, sad and passive in its cage.

She repeatedly tried to reclaim Cha-cha but the people manning the shelter always cited the ordinance.

“It’s so unfair. Do they know how we take care of Cha-cha? Just because we live in a depressed area doesn’t mean we are irresponsible,” she explained.

“I’ve seen it with my own eyes: The animals (kept in the pound) are dying,” she said as she gazed at her two dogs then lying quietly on the floor.

Jenny had a third dog, Cha-cha, which was seized by City Hall workers and placed in the animal shelter in Barangay Concepcion on March 22. Cha-cha got caught after slipping through the gate which had been left open by her house guests that day.

“I heard people shouting, ‘Ay, Cha-cha! Cha-cha!’ and I saw four men catch her with a noose at the end of a rod. The dog was crying,” said “Julia,” Jenny’s sister.

Local government officials maintain that the ban, enforced under Ordinance No. 156, only makes sure that animals will not end up in areas, like relocation sites, where their needs may not be fully met. The city veterinarian, for example, said it was also intended to protect residents from diseases and the animals from maltreatment.

But animal welfare advocates have assailed the 1996 measure for being discriminatory against the poor who, they said, can be responsible pet owners.

Jenny said “men in white” from City Hall had been “aggressive” in rounding up pets in the barangay, prompting residents like her to hide their pets.

She had to do it for the sake of her dear Che-Che and Champ.

Pet owners defy Marikina ban
City vet defends local law

By Kristine Felisse Mangunay
Philippine Daily Inquirer
April 13th, 2013


CHA-CHA, a Pomeranian dog, caged
at the animal pound in Barangay Concepcion,
Marikina City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

“It’s like I’m living under martial law. I’m always scared.”

“Jenny” is actually too young to have experienced life during the Marcos dictatorship, but she finds it a fitting metaphor for the way she and her neighbors in Marikina City have been protecting their cherished companionsâ€"their dogs.

The 19-year-old resident has been hiding two dogs inside her house in a resettlement area in Barangay (village) Malanday, where it is considered illegal under a local law to own pets.

yet it takes only one prince to become a frog.

luoy iyang ice cream.  kadaghanan sa iyang misadventures natagak intawon.

ako pod hinooy hapon, modagan na lang ko sa marathon as a cake.  wa man gyod tawon koy bawot sa mga world marathon champions nga mga kenyans ug ethiopians nga mangapil.  ikaw bay anad nga gukdon ug lions, lalim bah. 

hehehe, makalingaw gyod hinoon sa pagka-weird usahay ning mga hapon.  even their street fashion is something.  hapon baya ang nagpauso ug una ug tina sa buhok ug orange ug blue.  they were a good 10 years ahead of the west's punks.

Fireworks are seen during the official opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" and other national treasures reopened its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation.

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A children's choir takes part in the unveiling ceremony of the statue of the late Pope John Paul II in Czestochowa, Poland. Archbishop Waclaw Depo unveiled the 13.8-meter (45.3-foot) white fiberglass figure that was funded by a businessman, Leszek Lyson, in gratitude for what he believes was an intervention by the late pontiff in saving his drowning son.

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A heavily armed Afghan policeman destroys an opium poppy field in Noorgal district of Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this photo released by Indonesian Police, the wreckage of a crashed Lion Air plane sits on the water near the airport in Bali, Indonesia. The plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the resort island of Bali and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said.

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Revelers on a vehicle are sprayed with water during the traditional Thingyan celebrations in Rangoon, Burma. Burma celebrated its annual water festival, known as Thingyan, marking the start of the New Year according to the traditional Buddhist calendar.

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13 April 2013


People fly kites during the international kite festival in Berck-sur-Mer, northern France.

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yes, the god (or non-god, as you say) some of whose faithful are the oppressive ones.

meow.  (don't forget that i'm multilingual, so portuguese and korean are just as easy to speak as esperanto.)

Quote from: islander on April 14, 2013, 11:54:13 PMHe admitted that his family has suffered because he can’t go back to work with his injuries. (Largo has three children with wife Nira.)

However, he said his boss promised to shoulder his medical expenses and give his family financial assistance.

this one is easier to believe.  how nice of the employer.

hinoon, as usual, we must read the news item with a grain of salt.  the truth still needs distillation.  we will never know the pristine truth but if justice is served, then it will do.  duda ko gamay sa mga pakapin ani nga news item kay usa sa reporters i've known long ago as a sensationalist.  sa binisaya pa, intrigiro.  but then maybe he has learned after more than a decade.

maayo man diay kag self-portrait, bai hubs.

Quote from: Leoin_Argo on April 14, 2013, 06:08:06 PM
nahibaw ba mo nga naay daghan pang mga city nga mas dautan pa ug karsada kaysa tagbilaran..libota tanang xudad sa pilipinas, makaingon pa ka nga mas arang arangan pa nang karsada karon sa tagbilaran sa pagdumala ni mayor dan lim kayasa mga nauna niya. nasayod ba mo niana?

una, wa tay labot sa dalan sa ubang siyudad.  saying that roads in other cities are worse than tagbilaran's would not make tagbilaran's roads any better.

ikaduha, di ko makaingon nga arang-arang pa ang tagbilaran roads karon sa pagdumala ni mayor lim.  mas arang-arang gyod sa una, bahalag kinsay nagdumala.  grabe ang potholes karon.  ug kini di malimod, bahalag kinsay mayor. 

i hope this guy stops defending catholicism soon.  he became a politician because of his visibility as a defender on radio and tv.  now he's giving defending a bad name.

Quote from: islander on April 14, 2013, 11:51:13 PMMeanwhile, the mayor said Joavan’s latest caper won’t affect his candidacy because the constituents love him.

He said he has championed the poor and the underprivileged during his nine years as mayor, receiving awards from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Manila in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

wow, what a miracle.  it's as if a politician exists and would never say this.  awards?  a dime a dozen.  there are too many easy tricks in the book on how to get one.

Quote from: islander on April 14, 2013, 11:52:14 PMHe said a barber will also testify and is willing to execute an affidavit that he was cutting Joavan’s hair at the time of the incident.

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Largo was shot around 12:30 a.m. last Friday.

naa diay barber mo-service anang orasa?  o wa ba kaha mapugos kay mahadlok pusilon?

Quote from: islander on April 14, 2013, 11:52:14 PMFernandez said the logbook where Joavan was staying at the time of the shooting will show that Joavan was there and not at the crime scene.

sayon himoon, sayon pagsuhol sa mohimo.  can afford to pay, so, who are you kidding?

Quote from: islander on April 14, 2013, 11:52:14 PMHe also called on his detractors not to prejudge his son “without the due process of law.”

mao bitaw nga angay i-surrender aron matagaan ug due process of law.

Financial assistance

He said Joavan asked him for the shop owner’s contact number but he didn’t know it since he was only hired recently.

“Iya lang kong kalit gipusil bisan wala nako siya unsaa (He shot me even though I didn’t do anything to him),” Largo said.

He said he saw a hand grenade in Joavan’s pocket, prompting to run despite being wounded.

“Basin ilabay pa lang niya nako (I was afraid he would lob it to me),” Largo said.

He admitted that his family has suffered because he can’t go back to work with his injuries. (Largo has three children with wife Nira.)

However, he said his boss promised to shoulder his medical expenses and give his family financial assistance.

Last week, Joavan was also accused of intimidating a woman who refused to allow him to post a campaign poster of his father outside her house.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/

Witness

He also called on his detractors not to judge his son to prejudge his son “without the due process of law.”

Fernandez said the logbook where Joavan was staying at the time of the shooting will show that Joavan was there and not at the crime scene.

He said a barber will also testify and is willing to execute an affidavit that he was cutting Joavan’s hair at the time of the incident.

“If this is true, so how can he be at the same places at the same time? No matter how many cases Joavan faced in the past, that cannot be a reason to prejudge him. Let’s get to the truth”, the mayor said.

Largo was shot around 12:30 a.m. last Friday.

Fernandez said he had nothing to do with Joavan’s statement accusing Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st district), who is running for Talisay City mayor, of framing him.

Fernandez said maybe his son made the statement because he was prejudged by the person who said he would order the police to arrest him.

Largo, in a separate interview, said he didn’t expect Joavan to shoot him.

Both men reportedly belong to the Alpha Kappa Rho fraternity, but Largo said Joavan might not know him because he (Largo) is an ordinary member.

Manhunt continues

The police official said they will continue to look for Joavan with the help of the Provincial Intelligence Branch of the Cebu Provincial Police Office and Regional Intelligence Division of the Police Regional Office 7.

Lim said they will charge Joavan with frustrated murder tomorrow.

He said Joavan will be safe in police custody.

Joavan, in an earlier report, said he no longer trusted Lim, whom he accused of being used by a politician.

Meanwhile, the mayor said Joavan’s latest caper won’t affect his candidacy because the constituents love him.

He said he has championed the poor and the underprivileged during his nine years as mayor, receiving awards from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Manila in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Soc ‘denies’ he will turn in Joavan

By Davinci S. Maru and Elias O. Baquero
Sunday, April 14, 2013

JOAVAN Fernandez will surrender to authorities tomorrow.

Talisay City Police Station Chief Elmer Lim said Joavan’s father Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez assured him of this yesterday.

Lim said the mayor feared for the life of his son who is the subject of a manhunt after he allegedly shot 36-year-old Eduardo Largo Jr., a car shop watchman in Barangay San Isidro, at dawn last Friday.

Lim said he expects Fernandez to keep his promise.

Fernandez, though, reportedly told Vice Mayor Alan Bucao, his partymate in Alayon, that he won’t give up Joavan since there is no case filed yet against his son.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 14, 2013, 07:04:28 PMI don’t think the mayor, a Catholic faith defender, really has the temperament to have Joavan arrested and force him into rehab. He is too meek for this job. I have heard stories of how the son has been “abusing” the father, which means that both fear as well as parental love have prevented Soc from exerting his will as a father.

while his being a catholic defender is appreciated, it looks like fire and brimstone could not stay the evil that lurks nearby.  it seems to me like he's in denial.  a catholic defender with a wayward son?  why should he believe it?  his son can do no evil because he's a catholic defender.  oh-oh.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 14, 2013, 07:40:47 PM
Pabuhatig gamay nga Hemingway room...

yes!  this room should be reserved for you.  this time, the chair is cum cat carrier.  i leave it to bugsay to come up with the design.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 14, 2013, 07:37:27 PM
Hmm, ipa-design ni Bugsay ang mga lingkoranan. Kanang chair-cum-carrier ba...

chair lang god.  ayaw na lang nang carrier kay wa koy plano nga isulod si fr chic ug lorenz.  they'll just have the most special place in my cafe, on reserve all the time.  no, i won't be serving cat food.

his third eye must be open then.

wa sad koy makit-an.  do we need x-ray eyeglasses here?

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 14, 2013, 03:30:06 PM
bol-anon gajod kai hilig mo kubut sa kwarta, aww, kwartahon diay. hilig pod mo kaon ug sabaw.

sometimes, though, i make a mistake.  the runner stumbles... mokubot kog sabaw unya mokaon ug kwarta, hihihi.

no wonder there are just too many dumb men.  the rest are gay who are campaigning for their right to get dumb.

but i wonder thus, and i'm in awe, so i get curious...

it would be best then to boil your wallet for your soup.

just to try to be objective kuno...

what are they insinuating?  that someone else hanged her?

can loved ones really know in no uncertain terms if a family member wants to commit suicide?

are embassies and consulates supposed to keep a suicide watch 24 hours a day?

this is going to have political repercussions because of the potential for visibility of politicians; pro-poor, pro-ofw hero kintahay.  poor ambassador.  he may be asked to come home soon before his tour of duty is up. 

he must have married a donkey.

sadista ay.  don't you ever think that is possible, much less think you can do it at home...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 14, 2013, 12:44:43 PM
Bitaw tuod. Barbaric kon kaonon nga hilaw...

buot nimong ipasabot, angay kang lat-an ug dugay?

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 14, 2013, 12:49:14 PM
How gullible. Ako, mobilib lang kon ang sabon nga nahimong selpon mahimo pa jung sip-on...

mubog ambisyon ay.  sayon ra na uy.  and very common.  ang sabon nga nahimong selpon nga manikma maoy ngilngig.

'Since Julian was three days old he has walked our dog with me every day. I believe the bond between them is strong because they take care of each other. Julian opens the door for Max to come in and out of the back yard and gives him a treat every morning.

'Max protects him by putting himself between strangers or other dogs. Just the other day Max rescued Julian's little toy wooden sail boat by swimming out when the wind blew it into the middle of the lake.

'My son cried telling him to go and get it and he sure did. Not that he ever fetches a stick or a ball otherwise!'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

Perch: Julian gets a little peeved when strangers suggest he put a saddle on Max and ride him around