Will Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle be the next Pope? Pope Francis Secret Letter revealed

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As Christendom grieves over the death of Pope Francis, must talk is all ready floating on his possible replacment.  There are ten possible candidates, each one being very qualified with the their experience and strengths in running Vatican.   Cardinal is 3rd in the ranking.  He is member of the central bank of Vatican,, and member of powerful councils of the church.   Many of the candidates seem to be very conservative and none as progressive as Cardiinal Tagle;   he is the one who is much younger than the rest and you withstand the physical rigors of being a Pope.

But most of all, Cardinal Tagle is recipient of Secret Letter from the Pope, handwriitten and which carries a very important message:    ie  Cardinal Tagle carries his spirit.   While this is not an appointment nor endorsement letter, it carries much weight and defines what Pope Francis desires in the future successor and direction of the church.

But of course it the conclave of Cardinals which will choose the next Pope and since this involves voting, there is still politicss, and power struggle to be considered.

This post joins the Christendom in grieving on the loss of the Pope.  May the Perpetual Light shine on his soul.

Yesterday was Ondoy's 5th anniversary

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Repost from Summit Express



One week before the Ondoy anniversary, MM was again flooded:  Marikina, Pasig, and elsewhere in the Philippines by the onslaught of typhoon Mario

5 years after, and several hearings and debates after what has happened?

1.  Have the squatters been removed from the river banks?

2.  Have the rivers, creeks and esteros deepened and widened?

What are the causes of the flooding in MM? Any solutions?

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Rizal Philippines   | September 23, 2014

The area near the SM Marikina is inundated because the floodway which is just 30 meters wide and 4 meters deep vis (100 meters and 10 meters) is choked and thus Pasig river, which is it was designed to empty into Laguna Lake, is flooded





Floods at Ortigas  Avenue ( can we relate this to the abuse of Pasig River and Manggahan floodway?)


What caused the flooding?  A flurry of interviews and TV shows and articles are coming out to analyze again the cause of the flood:

Again let us enumerate:

1.  Force majeure  - the 269 mm of rainfall for the 24 hour period is the equivalent of 1/2 month of rainfall.;

2.  Global warming -  the warm Pacific Ocean and atmosphere loads typhoons with more energy and moisture that fall as rain.  This is a very convenient excuse



3.  Clogged drainage  -  plastics, sand, silt, trash clog the drainage


Garbage and encroachment on esteros;  we cant fight nor convince developers to demolish their encroachment

4. Flood control projects, pumps that do not work  (Espana has had several flood control projects and yet it floods at when the dogs piss.)


Squatters must go?   Or they and us suffer floods endlessly?


Squatters at floodway banks (west bank) We have no will to resist their votes?






Would the flooding be the same if the banks of floodway were cleared of squatters?

From GMA news - encroachment of Manggahan floodway blamed for Pasig river swelling.  It has become narrower and shallower  - thanks to.....

5.   Settlers on esteros and river banks (accretion).  Pasig river then looked very wide.  Now it seems that it is only 15 meters wide.   Manggahan floodway is heavily silted.  Squatters dump their shit and garbage at Manggahan floodway.


From here we can judge that the Manggahan floodway overflow, flooded Ortigas Ave after the Manggahan bridge.  Manggahan floodway should be dredged and declogged.

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