My kids in front of Saint Peter the Apostle Church (taken about two hours ago). San Pedro Plaza is at the background.
¡Hola a todos! Please click here for Pope Benedict XVI’s Urbi et Orbi taken a few hours ago.
Merry Christmas everyone! And please don’t forget to share your blessings to our unfortunate brothers in Northern Mindanáo. Thanks!
The world’s perfect cone is due to erupt any time soon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The brightly colored top of Mayón Volcano will brighten up the cold nights of Legazpi City, Albay this Christmas season due to molten rock and volcanic fire. It’s going to be a sight to behold for photographers and others who are beholden to the beauty of nature. But looks can kill. Mayón Volcano’s no alternative for a giant lighted Christmas tree. So let’s pray that there will be no casualties, especially this forthcoming Christmas.
Phivolcs warns: Mayon to blow its top in few weeks
Mayón Volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, Thursday menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava as relief agencies moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in case of a larger eruption.
But scientists and officials quoted said a major eruption could be weeks away and that the evacuees faced the prospect of spending up to four months in temporary shelters.
Trickles of lava rolled down the 2,460-meter (8,070-foot) mountain, while five new ash explosions, one of them reaching 500 meters in the air, shook Mayon’s steep slopes, according to chief state volcanologist Renato Solidum.
During the day, the summit is shrouded in white clouds of dust and ash, and dark orange lava becomes clearly visible in the nighttime. Residents of Legazpi on the foothills of the cone-shaped mountain converge on a downtown park at night to watch the spectacle from a safe distance.
“There is the possibility that it can turn into the explosive phase of the eruption,” Solidum said. “Right now, we cannot say for sure.” Inquirer.net
What?! No pork?!
(To the tune of Weezer) — Say it ain’t so!
What would become of our noche buena (and media noche) without our beloved jamón?!
No hamon or even pork adobo for many this Xmas
It may be a blue Christmas for many pork-loving Filipino families. Powerful storms and widespread flooding in recent weeks killed many pigs, creating a looming pork shortage that will be felt most during the holiday season.
Meanwhile, meat importers have been unable to secure adequate overseas supplies to make up for the shortfall. The result could be sky-high prices.
Even those families who save up for a hearty noche buena may be unable to buy pork. Click here for more.
And with global warming making things worse for us each passing year –this time destroying much of our livestock–, former matinee idol Richard Gómez thinks it is best to grab as much “pork” as he can.
This guy just won't stop.
No Christmas in Malacañang and Congress this year, 2009.
A burning Christmas tree is what GMA deserves.
There will be no Nativity Scene in Malacañang and Congress this year!
The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the Malacañang and Congress this Christmas season.
This isn’t for any religious reason.
They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in Malacañang and Congress.
A search for a Virgin continues.
There was no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable.
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Special thanks to Auntie Angie Alas-Feasey for forwarding this hilarious email!
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