“6 dead as typhoon lashes Philippines by Agence France Presse / 4 December 2012
“Typhoon Bopha killed at least six people in the Philippines on Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit the country this year forced more than 50,000 to seek refuge in emergency shelters, officials said.
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“58 houses totally damaged due to ‘Pablo’ in Davao del Sur from sunstar.com.ph based on PNA reports
“Davao City. — About 58 houses were totally damaged and 20 were partially damaged along the coastal area of Don Marcelino town in Davao del Sur due to typhoon “Pablo”, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here.
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“Typhoon smashes into Philippines from Agence France Presse
“Typhoon Bopha smashed into the southern Philippines early Tuesday as more than 40,000 people crammed into shelters to escape the onslaught of the strongest cyclone to hit the country this year.”
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“Thousands Evacuated As Typhoon Bopha Hits Philippines by turkishweekly.net
“Over 40,000 people have had to flee their homes in high-risk areas as Typhoon Bopha smashed into the southern Philippines, Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.”
The CBCP* said tonight that it was disgusted with the Reproductive Health Bill vote rejecting the Garcia amendment and the amendment itself.
Addressing anti-RH bill solons, its spokesperson said, “Aren’t you aware of the latest pronouncement of the CBCP? The proposed amendment that reproductive health services be made available
“to all married persons” , from the original “to all persons” is incomplete, and betrays an infantile understanding of the latest expression of Catholic doctrine. We have just endorsed “Breaking Dawn 2” of the “Twilight” series. Please read our favourable review and endorsement of the movie published in our website and reported by the news media. Don’t you read the newspapers and look at the internet? That proposed amendment should have read: “to all married persons andvampires, ghouls, zombies, incubus, banshees, aswangs without prejudice to the inclusion of werewolves, elves, dwarves, and mummies”.
The CBCP* spokesperson added, “Henceforth, all who refer to said creatures as the undead shall be excommunicated. It is a form of prejudice which the CBCP shall not countenance. The undead from now on shall be referred to as “differently alive” , “living impaired” , “ or “living challenged” , in keeping with our sensitivity to their condition. Why should they continue to bear the yoke of 500 years oppression of vampires? Equal rights for the differently alive.”
The CBCP* said it will issue a new set of instructions this week.
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* CBCP: Catholics for Bampira Conference of the Philippines
