The said newspaper says that their fighter Jack Horn will use his massive weight advantage of 7 kg over Sen. Pacquiao. Many will likely believe that but in boxing weight matters. Jeff Horn has to meet the 147 pounds weight limit. And with only two days left before the fight, (weigh in is tomorrow, July 1) it is likely that fighter Horn will find problems in meeting that weight. If he is overweight by tomorrow, it is up for the camp of Pacquiao whether to proceed with the fight or not and at the same time to pay the penalties.
To go down to that weight, Jeff may fast or undergo massive weight reduction regime which may weaken him considereably.
Remember the Morales fight with Pacman where Morales simply sat down not to fight anymore because of the weight reduction regimen. Some boxing pundits have admired the Pacquiao camp to be an expert in handicappoing the opponent via the weight restrictions.
Pres Duterte revealed today that a cousin of his who is with the Maute group died in Marawi City. That is sad that he ordered the declaration of martial law that resulted in death of a loved one. But now one no longer worries why the build up in arms was tolerated in Marawi City. One can not imagine the turmoil in the mind of the President or the schizoprenia he experiences in fighting the said war.
We should admire the Presidency for offering his hands of peace to the NDF, and other rebel groups. However, as a former idealouge myself, a leftist during college days, I know that the leadership, once they have taken a position, they will not change. For most leftists, it is Hegelian dialectics. The nations and society can only move through incessant conflicts; not dialogues. Thus the expensive, overseas peace talks will lead only to one thing. Nothing
As we see, the govt and the NDF have been dancing around on a purported peace talk and nothing gets done with the NDF advancing difficult unachievable agenda, and coupling that with double talk. Peace negotiation with kidnappings and attacks on security forces of the govt.
As far as other terrorists are concerned, they only understand one language - force. Violence. They also fear death. Once you terrorize their communities and relatives, then they can understand the wrong they have been doing. As being done with the ISIS Maute group. Next time they will think 30 times before they will launch anything. Even fellow Muslims wish them well that they get annihilated for causing all the harm to Marawi
The Marawi Maute group crisis is more than a month old and has taken a lot of lives and property. But it is not without color and other forms of conflict from critics and wise guys.
LET US SUPPORT OUR TROOPS IN MINDANAO. Let us pray that they will be successful in their fight pursuit and clearing operations of the enemies. Let us thank them for their heroism, and for some of them giving up their lives so that many of us will be free.
The Maute, the terrorists have taken prisoners and have made them hostages, killed their hostages, made them slaves and combatants.
It does not help that there are many critics pa and detractors (possibly those who are leftists and anti govt). Like the terrorists in Marawi, lay down your arms and opposition. You may be viewed as traitors and supporters of the rebellion.
Another disinformation suspected again to be from Maute and their leftists cohorts, that the govt soldiers will rape the women of Marawi. Enough of that to dishonor the great men, the soldiers who are fighting a war.
The Grenfell tower fire which claimed more than 78 lives was attributed to to a faulty freezer fridge be the main cause of the fire. Its brand is Hotpoint, part of the Whirlpool group. This is not the first time that appliance from said group to be the cause of fire. One fire in 2016 which gutted an 18 story block was attributed to one of the dryers it made.
Those who own such fridge freezer made between 2006 to 2009 Model FF175BP may have their fridge inspected (and could be subject of a huge recall) for safety purposes
The cause of the fault are the faulty capacitors (those that store electrical charge for the motor start)
A significant number of fires which start in fridges and freezers start in components called capacitors. When capacitors are used in fridges and freezers it should be done in a way that prevents them starting fires, even if they do fail."
It is more fun criticizing
Rizal Philippines
June 24, 2017
Are you one of the motorists? Some pedestrians who become drivers are not so courteous
or respectful of the law.
Do MC slow down on the pedestrian lanes? Are you one of them who dont? Be aware 42C of
the Traffic Code of the Philippines mentioned here
There is an oversight; lack of penalties make the law the laughing stock of these pasaway
and may be for a good reason; but lives are in danger daily
A video of woman crossing a pedestrian lane in Bulacan being hit by two speeding motorcycles caught my interest. Indeed, many motorists, MC and other MV disobey disregard the pedestrian lane. They forget that they too sometimes become pedestrians. In our town, right in front of the municipal building, motorists do not stop at pedestrian crossing lane. An elderly was hit by a speeding tricycle near a bakery pedestrian lane. The victim was able to get up, was brought to hospital where he was declared out of danger but died later during the day
WHO identifies the pedestrian, ,the bikers and even the most vulnerable entities to traffic accidents. 50% of deaths occur among those vulnerable entities From WHO Road Traffic Injuries report (The video says in the Philipppines this is 9/10!)
What can be done?
1. Driver education (like this one) The trouble is one can easily get drivers license here at LTO even without taking the exams; Republic Act 4136 enjoins motorists to yield to pedestrians when approaching pedestrian lanes. (The traffic code of the Philippines ) These laws are important for road safety.
(a) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right, except as otherwise hereinafter provided. The driver of any vehicle traveling at an unlawful speed shall forfeit any right of way which he might otherwise have hereunder.
(b) The driver of a vehicle approaching but not having entered an intersection, shall yield the right of way to a vehicle within such intersection or turning therein to the left across the line of travel of such first-mentioned vehicle, provided the driver of the vehicle turning left has given a plainly visible signal of intention to turn as required in this Act.
(c) The driver of any vehicle upon a highway within a business or residential district shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing such highway within a crosswalk, except at intersections where the movement of traffic is being regulated by a peace officer or by traffic signal. Every pedestrian crossing a highway within a business or residential district, at any point other than a crosswalk shall yield the right of way to vehicles upon the highway.
(d) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway shall bring to a full stop such vehicle before traversing any "through highway" or railroad crossing: Provided, That when it is apparent that no hazard exists, the vehicle may be slowed down to five miles per hour instead of bringing it to a full stop.
2. Those who have MC or other vehicles are kings of the road - mayabang and will regard other entities on the road as piece of meat, a future road kill.
3. Traffic enforcement - If the traffic enforcers stop the vehicles at pedestrian lane, issue tickets, and or send those who violate the traffic law should be sent on seminars The trouble is in the said law, while there are penalties, (and which are very light and addressed to the timeline of the passage of the law the 1960s) there are no penalties for the violation of section 42 c of the said law. No wonder the traffic enforcers are helpless to enforce a tooth less spineless law. No wonder majority of motorists ignore the pedestrian lane crossing since they are unenforceable anyway, and so too pedestrians, (anyway the motor vehicles will just ram them at the pedestrian lane) So buwis buhay na lang anywhere it is convenient)
3. Political rivalry (as former mayors were involved)
But they do no know the damage they had wrought into Marawi - more than 300,000 evacuees; more than P10 billion damage in infrastructure, displaced lives, loss of business and economic activity. And bringing the Philippines on the brink on being a new Iran or Syria
It is good that Martial Law was declared and Philippine authorities acted decisively (although some criticized them to be late and lax too for having allowed the accumulation of stockpiles of firearms ammo and other deadly weapons and food to sustain the terrroristsfor more than a month. They should be erased from Marawi. Let them be together to get their 70 virgins reward
No surrender, no prisoners, only total annihilation and destruction of this threat. They asked for it.
While the arguments in SC (it is suggested that this be stopped because this is a shameful exercise because scores risk their lives fighting to preserve our freedom, and we still argue what the fighting is all about?) it is reported that 89 nationals have entered the country through porous Southern Philippine border.
There are three known entry points of these foreign nationals. The intelligence report mentioned:
he undated intelligence report obtained by Kyodo News said among the suspected foreign terrorists are 28 Indonesians, 26 Pakistanis, 21 Malaysians, four Arabs, three Bangladeshis, one "Indian-Singaporean", and one Singaporean. If you have been to Mindanao, the Indonesians and Malaysians blend very well with the locals and you cant distinguish one from the other. And vice versa too. Is this a cause for worry? Some of the Malaysians and Indonesians may have dressed like civilians and joined the evacuees to Iligan and Manila. What should prevent them from regrouping and having a foothold elsewhere in the country? The martial law could help limit their movements and growth.
The Philippines has many sages and intellectuals good at splitting words and the law. And are probably not realist to appreciate the real events. The children are better in appreciating the deeds of the soldiers who want to keep us safe from harm and invasion. How about the petitioners?
Ever wondered why the tanks that you see in the TV at the Marawi conflict have wood and carton wrapped around them? They are supposed to be protection vs anti tank projectiles like RPG and the likes. They have proven to be effective and increased the survivability of tanks and Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)
Bleeding host in Poland - This also proves that the Lord is in the Host
but we need deeper understanding of the Sacrament
Host for sale in a supermarket
One of the interesting religious groups these days that exude real truth and genuineness in their teachings and doctrines is the Church of God led by Bro. Eli Soriano
From my frequent viewing of their UNTV shows here are some doctrines that I picked up:
