Even Hollywood stars called their fellow Americans to help the victims of tropical storm ONDOY (Ketsana) in the Philippines as they expressed their sympathies to the ondoy victim.
Eva Fonda sexy actress Cristine Reyes cried for help when she trapped at their rooftop in their residence in Provident Village, Marikina City, as tropical storm roared and flooded rose menacingly. The actor emerged from nowhere on a speedboat and help her to safety. WOW how sweet?
Rescuers from different areas pulled the dead from swollen rivers and thousands thirst from without water, hungry for food and power as the death toll from the worst flooding in the Philippines in more than 4 decades climbed to 100.
While tens of thousands of affected residents began to cleanup and storm ondoy left the Philippines, the extent of devastation became clear, mud covered communities, houses covered with landslide, car choked the streets and huge number of residents without water to drink, foods to eat and no power.
The government has declared a state of calamity in metropolitan Manila and other provinces affected. More than 450,000+- people were affected by the storm, including some 115,000+- brought to about 200 schools, and Churches and other evacuation centers. Government welfare officials have begun focusing on providing food, medicine and other necessities to those in emergency shelters.
The United States has donated $100,000 and deployed a military helicopter and five rubber boats manned by about 20 American soldiers from the countries south. The United Nations Children's Fund has also provided food and other aid.
However PAGASA said ondoy will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon and bring occasional rains in the western section of Central and southern Luzon. Luzon will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Another two weather disturbances are likely to enter the Philippine area and expected to enter the Philippine boundary by late Wednesday or Thursday.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Storm ONDOY
At least 46 people Dead including 40 in Rizal Province due to flooding cause by storm ONDOY official said saturday.
Last night I saw Cristine Reyes, sister of actress Ara Mina, in Television on top of their roof in their house in Marikina asking for help. I saw also people on top of the roof that carried away by flood floating on Pasig river.
The PAGASA said the storm generated non-stop rains over most of Luzon and Islands to the south such as Mindoro causing the floods.
ONDOY, the 15th tropical cyclone to enter the Philippines this year, center winds of 85 kph which condidered by the Weather officials to be not strong. As of 8p.m. , the storm was about to exit into the south China sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
About 13.4 inches (34.1 centimeters) of rain fell on metropolitan Manila in just six hours, close to the 15.4 inches (39.2 centimeters) average for the entire month of September. The previous record was 13.2 inches (33.4 centimeters) record during the 24-hour period in June 1967, chief government weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.
In La Union which also affected by the storm also flooding in different areas but not as other not so damage by the Storm.
Last night I saw Cristine Reyes, sister of actress Ara Mina, in Television on top of their roof in their house in Marikina asking for help. I saw also people on top of the roof that carried away by flood floating on Pasig river.
The PAGASA said the storm generated non-stop rains over most of Luzon and Islands to the south such as Mindoro causing the floods.
ONDOY, the 15th tropical cyclone to enter the Philippines this year, center winds of 85 kph which condidered by the Weather officials to be not strong. As of 8p.m. , the storm was about to exit into the south China sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
About 13.4 inches (34.1 centimeters) of rain fell on metropolitan Manila in just six hours, close to the 15.4 inches (39.2 centimeters) average for the entire month of September. The previous record was 13.2 inches (33.4 centimeters) record during the 24-hour period in June 1967, chief government weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.
In La Union which also affected by the storm also flooding in different areas but not as other not so damage by the Storm.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Freddie Roach's brother dies
The coach of the pambansang kamao Manny Paquiao, Freddie Roach's brother dies.
Freddie Roach expressed gratitude to those who condoled with him and his family about the death of his younger brother Joseph Glenn "Joey" Roach was 47.
Joey passed away in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. Joey, is also a former boxer like Freddie and their other brothers. Freddie expresses appreciate all the calls, e-mails, and letters of condolence over the loss of his brother Joey, told DoghouseBoxing.com.
Joey had a “relatively short” professional boxing career, the LasVegasSun.com reported. His career with a record of 8-3-3. His 14 bouts were fought in the bantamweight division. Freddie say that Joey was a great boxer in the Roach family.
Freddie Roach expressed gratitude to those who condoled with him and his family about the death of his younger brother Joseph Glenn "Joey" Roach was 47.
Joey passed away in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. Joey, is also a former boxer like Freddie and their other brothers. Freddie expresses appreciate all the calls, e-mails, and letters of condolence over the loss of his brother Joey, told DoghouseBoxing.com.
Joey had a “relatively short” professional boxing career, the LasVegasSun.com reported. His career with a record of 8-3-3. His 14 bouts were fought in the bantamweight division. Freddie say that Joey was a great boxer in the Roach family.
Bataan excursion
After we visit Tagaytay we proceed to Bataan the next day.
The Landmark of the Dambana ng Kagitingan Cross in Mt. Samat Bataan.
The statue of soldiers who fought the Japanese Emperial Army.
Dambana ng kagitingan was constructed during the Administration of the late strong man, the President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
The clouds in the Mt. Samat.
The view of the Cross from the foot to top clouds.
Binocular
Bataan Nuclear Plant can be seen here but the smokey air blocking the view.
At the other side of the Cross.
Inside the cross one the the wing.
The view of our van from the top of the cross, the black one.
The museum at the back of the cross.
The museum.
The buses from the Ilocos Sur parking at the intrance gate, view from the top of the cross.
The view from the top of the cross at the other side wing.
Repair during the time of President Fidel Ramos.
The road going down, the kid with disabilities are walking uphill.
While we are going to Bataan Nuclear Power Plant we drop by at the store along the road and we saw this People burning the seed of the Cashew nuts so that it will brittle and easy to break.
They burn the nuts for about a minute so that the acid will burn and easy to break the nut.
See the nuts in the basin after removing the outer layer.
Breaking the nuts.
Burning cashew nuts.
Burning nuts.
Kill the fire.
At the Bataan Nuclear Plant.
The entrance of Bataan Nuclear Plant .
Friday, August 28, 2009
Re United After 18 years of Kidnapping
After 18 years an 11 year old girl during the time she was kidnap by a registered sex offender re-united with his family.
Jaycee Lee Dugard, a charm blond little girl was kidnap in 1991 and His stepfather was the suspect, after 18 years in a false prison, and was rape by Her kidnapper and had two children who's Father was Her abductors was rescued.
Phillip Garrido, the kidnapper was a registered sex offender, and a parole after serving 10 years in prison of His 50 year sentence and know to his neighbor as "Creepy Phil" was Fathered two children 15 and 11 year old to Jaycee Lee Dugard after nearly two dicade.
How can Garrido out of suspicion after His neighbor repeating calling 911 eluded detection? Garrido manage to be unnoticed by authorities after several times of being visited by authorities of suspicion of having tent in His backyard.
Carl Probyn Dugard stepfather was overwhelm upon knowing of his stepdaughter rescued, Probyn was a primary suspect of the kidnapping and the one who last seen Dugard and reported to authorities about the kidnapping.
How can this happen in this High tech country didn't notice of the suspect behavior knowing that he is a registered sex offender? A big question.
Jaycee Lee Dugard, a charm blond little girl was kidnap in 1991 and His stepfather was the suspect, after 18 years in a false prison, and was rape by Her kidnapper and had two children who's Father was Her abductors was rescued.
Phillip Garrido, the kidnapper was a registered sex offender, and a parole after serving 10 years in prison of His 50 year sentence and know to his neighbor as "Creepy Phil" was Fathered two children 15 and 11 year old to Jaycee Lee Dugard after nearly two dicade.
How can Garrido out of suspicion after His neighbor repeating calling 911 eluded detection? Garrido manage to be unnoticed by authorities after several times of being visited by authorities of suspicion of having tent in His backyard.
Carl Probyn Dugard stepfather was overwhelm upon knowing of his stepdaughter rescued, Probyn was a primary suspect of the kidnapping and the one who last seen Dugard and reported to authorities about the kidnapping.
How can this happen in this High tech country didn't notice of the suspect behavior knowing that he is a registered sex offender? A big question.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
TAGAYTAY CITY
we've been in Tagaytay in 2001 and its still cool.
Now 2009 its already hot there, the only cool in Tagaytay is the Palace in the Sky.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
NICOLE Vs. DANIEL SMITH
NICOLE SWORN STATEMENT
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Annex A
CITY OF MAKATI
I, SUZETTE S. NICOLAS, OF LEGAL AGE, FILIPINO, a resident of Zamboanga City, after bein duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:
1. I am a Bachelor of Science graduate, major in Management Accounting, of the Teneo de Davao University. Soon after my graduation, I took up nursing in 2004 at the Ateneo de Zamboanga City and at the same time assisted in managing our family owned canteen located inside the military base of the Southern Command. My mother was a civilian supervisor of the Philippine Navy for 25 years while my deceased father was a Philippine Navy Officer.
2. Since our canteen also catered to American servicemen who stayed at the military base every time their vessels docked in Zamboanga City, my family came to know many American servicemen who would go to our canteen to eat and buy souvenir items. We treated them as a family and we would go out of our way to talk to them, play cards and on many occasions, my mother would even cook special meals for them. They would even entrust their ATM cards to us to withdraw money for them from the bank. My former boyfriend, Brian Goodrich, is also an American servicemen.
3. After working in Swift Foods Inc. Since January 22,2007, I decided to quit my job as a credit Accounting to pursue my studies in the United States through the help of my family, relatives and closed friends. I know that they supported me so that i could finally move on after my tragic experience in 2005 in Subic, Zambales which led to the trial and convection for rape of Daniel J. Smith.
4. Deep inside, however, I know that I may never be able to move on for as long as I continue to search for answer to so many questions that have lingered in my mind regarding the incident in Subic more than Three years ago. Daniel Smith was convicted of rape because the court accepted my version that he took advantage of my intoxication in raping me inside a van that took us to the seawall located at the SBMA Alaba Pier at around 11:30 in the evening of November 1, 2005.
5. Daniel Smith's witnesses said that while we were at the Neptune Club, I sat on Daniel Smith's lap and that we kissed each other passionately. I remember the before I met Daniel Smith at the Neptune Club, all I ate was a slice of pizza at the Grand Leisure Hotel. After the pizza, everything else was alcoholic drinks from vodka sprite, B52, Singaporean sling, B53, long island ice tea to bullfrog all of which I drank bottoms up. I do not recall Daniel Smith having ordered any alcoholic drinks for me. My drinks were all paid for by Chris Mills who invited me to go the Neptune Club.
6. I had no opportunity to deny in court that I kissed Daniel Smith with the amount of alcoholic mixed drinks I took, my low tolerance level of alcohol and with only a slice of pizza all night, it dawned upon me that I may have possibly lost my inhibitions, became so intimate with Daniel Smith and did more than just dancing and talking with him like everyone else on the dance floor. Looking back, I would not have agreed to talk with Daniel Smith and dance with him no less than three times if I did not enjoy his company or was at least attracted to him since I met him for the very first time on the dance floor of Neptune Club.
7. When I dance with Daniel Smith for the third time, my companion, Chris mills has already left Neptune Club since he had to catch their curfew time at the military base. The lighting was sufficient for people to recognize each other and other marines were with their Filipino partners drinking, dancing and enjoying each other's company and kissing and hugging among partners was a common scene.
8. With the event at the Neptune Club in mind, I keep on asking myself, if Daniel Smith wanted to rape me, why would he carry me out of the Neptune Club using the main entrance in full view of the security guard and the other sources? Why would the van park right in front of Neptune Club? Why would Daniel Smith and his companions bring me to the seawall of Alaba Pier and casually leave this area well lighted and with many people roaming around? If they believed that I was rape, would they have not dumped me instead in a dimly lit area along the highway going to Alaba Pier to avoid detection?
9. I told the court that Daniel Smith kissed my lips and neck and held my breast inside the van. Recalling my testimony, I ask myself now how could I have remembered this if witnesses told the court that I passed out and looked unconscious when I was brought to the van by Daniel Smith. How could I have resisted his advancement given this condition? Daniel Smith and I were alone on the third row of the van which had limited space and I do not recall anyone inside the van who held my hand or any part of my body . What I can recall is that there was very loud music and shouting inside the van.
10. If the travel from Neptune Club took only several minutes and with the driver of the van trying to beat the curfew time of his passenger, how could I have instantly regained my consciousness and talked to the people upon reaching the seawall of Alaba Pier? When people gathered around me at the seawall, everyone seemed to have drawn the conclusion that I was raped except for one who called me bitch.
11. Based on the account of SBMA police, I was very hesitant to board the mobile police car that brought me to the headquarters for investigation. I was so confused and the first thing that entered my mind was how would my mother and boyfriend react if they learn that I was last seen with Daniel Smith and that a condom was seen on my pants after Daniel Smith left the van? I was scared of losing not only my American boyfriend but the chance of living in the United States. In fact, I did not immediately tell my boyfriend that I was raped by Daniel Smith. All I said was that something bad happened to me.
12. I expect many sectors to question my motives in executing this statement more than three years after the incident. However, as I practically grew up interacting with American servicemen in Zamboanga City who treated me and my family very well, and thinking over and over again how I may have conducted myself but entertain doubts on whether the sequence of events in Subic last November of 2005 really occured the way the court found them to have happened.
13. My conscience continues to bother me realizing that I may have in fact been so friendly and intimate with Daniel Smith at the Neptune Club that he was led to believe that I was amenable to having sex or that we simply just got carried away. I would rather risk public outrage than do nothing to help the court in ensuring that justice is served.
AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.
SUZETTE S. NICOLAS
Affiant
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this 12 day of march 2009, affiant exhibiting to me her Philippine Passport No. PP0845449 bearing her photograph and signature, issued on 18 Feb. 2010.
Doc. No. 37
Page No. 9
Book No. 1
Series of 2009 M. ACOSTA
ABRAHAM REY Notary Public for Makati City
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Annex A
CITY OF MAKATI
I, SUZETTE S. NICOLAS, OF LEGAL AGE, FILIPINO, a resident of Zamboanga City, after bein duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:
1. I am a Bachelor of Science graduate, major in Management Accounting, of the Teneo de Davao University. Soon after my graduation, I took up nursing in 2004 at the Ateneo de Zamboanga City and at the same time assisted in managing our family owned canteen located inside the military base of the Southern Command. My mother was a civilian supervisor of the Philippine Navy for 25 years while my deceased father was a Philippine Navy Officer.
2. Since our canteen also catered to American servicemen who stayed at the military base every time their vessels docked in Zamboanga City, my family came to know many American servicemen who would go to our canteen to eat and buy souvenir items. We treated them as a family and we would go out of our way to talk to them, play cards and on many occasions, my mother would even cook special meals for them. They would even entrust their ATM cards to us to withdraw money for them from the bank. My former boyfriend, Brian Goodrich, is also an American servicemen.
3. After working in Swift Foods Inc. Since January 22,2007, I decided to quit my job as a credit Accounting to pursue my studies in the United States through the help of my family, relatives and closed friends. I know that they supported me so that i could finally move on after my tragic experience in 2005 in Subic, Zambales which led to the trial and convection for rape of Daniel J. Smith.
4. Deep inside, however, I know that I may never be able to move on for as long as I continue to search for answer to so many questions that have lingered in my mind regarding the incident in Subic more than Three years ago. Daniel Smith was convicted of rape because the court accepted my version that he took advantage of my intoxication in raping me inside a van that took us to the seawall located at the SBMA Alaba Pier at around 11:30 in the evening of November 1, 2005.
5. Daniel Smith's witnesses said that while we were at the Neptune Club, I sat on Daniel Smith's lap and that we kissed each other passionately. I remember the before I met Daniel Smith at the Neptune Club, all I ate was a slice of pizza at the Grand Leisure Hotel. After the pizza, everything else was alcoholic drinks from vodka sprite, B52, Singaporean sling, B53, long island ice tea to bullfrog all of which I drank bottoms up. I do not recall Daniel Smith having ordered any alcoholic drinks for me. My drinks were all paid for by Chris Mills who invited me to go the Neptune Club.
6. I had no opportunity to deny in court that I kissed Daniel Smith with the amount of alcoholic mixed drinks I took, my low tolerance level of alcohol and with only a slice of pizza all night, it dawned upon me that I may have possibly lost my inhibitions, became so intimate with Daniel Smith and did more than just dancing and talking with him like everyone else on the dance floor. Looking back, I would not have agreed to talk with Daniel Smith and dance with him no less than three times if I did not enjoy his company or was at least attracted to him since I met him for the very first time on the dance floor of Neptune Club.
7. When I dance with Daniel Smith for the third time, my companion, Chris mills has already left Neptune Club since he had to catch their curfew time at the military base. The lighting was sufficient for people to recognize each other and other marines were with their Filipino partners drinking, dancing and enjoying each other's company and kissing and hugging among partners was a common scene.
8. With the event at the Neptune Club in mind, I keep on asking myself, if Daniel Smith wanted to rape me, why would he carry me out of the Neptune Club using the main entrance in full view of the security guard and the other sources? Why would the van park right in front of Neptune Club? Why would Daniel Smith and his companions bring me to the seawall of Alaba Pier and casually leave this area well lighted and with many people roaming around? If they believed that I was rape, would they have not dumped me instead in a dimly lit area along the highway going to Alaba Pier to avoid detection?
9. I told the court that Daniel Smith kissed my lips and neck and held my breast inside the van. Recalling my testimony, I ask myself now how could I have remembered this if witnesses told the court that I passed out and looked unconscious when I was brought to the van by Daniel Smith. How could I have resisted his advancement given this condition? Daniel Smith and I were alone on the third row of the van which had limited space and I do not recall anyone inside the van who held my hand or any part of my body . What I can recall is that there was very loud music and shouting inside the van.
10. If the travel from Neptune Club took only several minutes and with the driver of the van trying to beat the curfew time of his passenger, how could I have instantly regained my consciousness and talked to the people upon reaching the seawall of Alaba Pier? When people gathered around me at the seawall, everyone seemed to have drawn the conclusion that I was raped except for one who called me bitch.
11. Based on the account of SBMA police, I was very hesitant to board the mobile police car that brought me to the headquarters for investigation. I was so confused and the first thing that entered my mind was how would my mother and boyfriend react if they learn that I was last seen with Daniel Smith and that a condom was seen on my pants after Daniel Smith left the van? I was scared of losing not only my American boyfriend but the chance of living in the United States. In fact, I did not immediately tell my boyfriend that I was raped by Daniel Smith. All I said was that something bad happened to me.
12. I expect many sectors to question my motives in executing this statement more than three years after the incident. However, as I practically grew up interacting with American servicemen in Zamboanga City who treated me and my family very well, and thinking over and over again how I may have conducted myself but entertain doubts on whether the sequence of events in Subic last November of 2005 really occured the way the court found them to have happened.
13. My conscience continues to bother me realizing that I may have in fact been so friendly and intimate with Daniel Smith at the Neptune Club that he was led to believe that I was amenable to having sex or that we simply just got carried away. I would rather risk public outrage than do nothing to help the court in ensuring that justice is served.
AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.
SUZETTE S. NICOLAS
Affiant
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this 12 day of march 2009, affiant exhibiting to me her Philippine Passport No. PP0845449 bearing her photograph and signature, issued on 18 Feb. 2010.
Doc. No. 37
Page No. 9
Book No. 1
Series of 2009 M. ACOSTA
ABRAHAM REY Notary Public for Makati City
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