♣ Palm Sunday Holy Week rituals in the Philippines (stories and photos from Yahoo Philippines);
♠ Malaysia says Sabah under control (Inquirer)
♠ 4 dead 2 hurt in Sulu troops, Malaysian forces clash in Sabah (Inquirer, Rappler);
♠ Malaysia says 2 children killed in clashes were Sulu force “accomplices”; Sulu forces in small groups lure Malaysian troops in clash; caught Sulu combatant confirmed as Datu Amir Bahar Hushin Kiram (all from thestar.com of Malaysia);
plus MaribuBot the tireless robot news aggregator gathered the following stories for you:
♠ Mursi warning chills Egyptian opposition (Reuters);
♠ German neo-Nazi cell found bigger (Reuters); Rebels seize capital of Central African Republic (New York Times);
Health News: Vegetarian recipes:
♥ Roast Vegetables & Smoked Tofu Plait; Smoked Garlic & Artichoke and Roasted Butternut Squash Risotto with Lemon Asparagus in a Balsamic Dressing (Vegetarian Society)
♥ “As Craft Beer Gets Bigger, Will It Become More Like Big Beer? Or Perhaps Wine?” (TIME);
♥ On the environment: “Can shark conservation salvage the blue economy?” (Al Jazeera);
♠ 3,568 have fled Sabah; 1 Filipino combatant killed 1 Malaysian soldier wounded; PNoy assures legal aid for detained Filipinos in Sabah; Malaysia buries fatalities in Sabah; Malaysia: Azzimudie left Sabah March 11;
ψ Tubbataha rehabilitation to take years; USS Guardian hull to be chopped;
Θ Man dies after eating puffer fish; Malaysian held by Abu Sayyaf for 2 years released
Σ Election watchdog asks Comelec: brace for the worst after it “failed” automated preps; political dynasties from Ilocos Norte;
↑ “Cancer dream teams: road to a cure?”; “Garbled text message may be stroke’s only symptom”; “How vaccine scares cast shadows over science”; sleep facts; “Study: women abused as kids more likely to have autistic children”; global alert over deadly bat virus;
Examinees have turned in their papers. Here was the bonus question in the 1pm-3pm exam today:
A couple of texters commented in a radio program that the banner and headline stories on U.P. student Kristel Tejada’s suicide and the difficulty of the family in paying the U.P. tuition and complying with the “no late payment” policy in UP Manila was a violation of the right to privacy, a violation of human dignity, etc.. Do you agree or disagree? Comment, and compare with the multimedia coverage that highlighted the social issues involved, of teenage victims of cyberbullying in the U.S. who were driven to commit suicide:
