On the Serendra blast.

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We suspected that the Serendra 2 apartments blast last May 31 in Bonifacio Global City,Taguig City was caused by a gas leak, and verified by the probers' report. Now we have to know whether someone wanted to commit suicide, but who are we? Let the NBI and local police do their jobs. Condolences to the van driver and companions who died in this powerful blast when the wall smashed into their vehicle.

LPG is normally odorless and a chemical is added as a tell-tale odor indicator of leaks. If the owner says she did not smell anything, it only means that some valves were LEFT opened,whether accidentally or by intent, after she went to the US.

Accidents caused by gas explosions occured many times in the past. Here is a reference link: Wikipedia-gas explosion

All scammers are mortal

Click on interaksyon.com: Celso Angeles, principal suspect in Legacy Scam dead


Will the Filipinos who were fooled into investing into a get-quick rich scheme of Legacy Scam get their money back?


We can only answer at the moment: Greed does not pay!

Congressman Iggy's body finally in Bacolod City for wake

It is good that the women in the late Congressman Jose Arroyo, for the third district of Negros Occidental finally banded together at least for this event to finally bring home the body for viewing in Bacolod City.

Per wishes of the Congressman, the burial will be at the North Cemetery where his and his former FG (still alive) brother's parents were buried.

It put to an end a sad short chapter to the life of a politician whose claim to fame is to bail out his brother from scandals.

Contrast this with the plasticised body of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos which lie still in Batac town for morbid viewing by curiosity visitors. Marcos who could have lead the country to greater glories, thought more of satiating his and his family wants over the needs of the Filipino people, in start contrast to South Korea's Park Chung Hee, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Taiwan's Chang Kai-Shek.
Unfortunately FM descendants wants a state-hero burial for FM, which does not bring cheer to the victims and their heirs of the martial law era.

Futher reading:

Sunstar, March 6: Iggy Arroyo's remaind now in Neg. Occidental



Visayan Daily Star, March 7: Widow and long-time partner met at Iggy's wake

Philtar, march 7: Iggy's remains arrrive in Negros Occidental.

Tremors rock Negros Island

I have set the times now in the iPad Quake program. Hopefully the figures are now correct.

A series of tremors rocked Negros Island today, resulting in the deaths to at least 40 or more people. The tremors also caused cracks in numerous buildings. The number of fatalities is expected to rise. Here is our quakes program cut out of the epicenters of the earthquakes.

Here are the times(local Manila) and magnitudes, depth and distance

Date	Time(Local)	Magnitude	Depth	Distance
Feb 6	11:40:19AM	M5.2	36.5km	576km
Feb 6	6:33:37AM	M5.8	15.1km	581km
Feb 6	5:10:24AM	M6.0	15km	574km
Feb 5	11:20:03PM	M5.6	34.6km	560km
Feb 5	11:03:28PM	M4.8	34.8km	582km
Feb 5	10:49:16PM	M6.8	46.6km	573km

Here are some photos, from Facebook and shared publicly!

Updated: here is a publicly available album (also in fAcebook:
Fanatics Club

Latest news: Inquirer.net: 48 dead, 92 missing in Negros quake--Army

Photos from around the world.

• Seattle PI slide show
  

  First 18 of this slide show are for the Negros Earthquake.
  
  

1. Cracks in the streets of Guilhulngan.

2. Malobolo Bridge, Vallehermoso

3. Guilhulngan/La Libertad
4. Tayasan

5. Guilhulngan
   
   
   

Further reading:

• Philstar: Death toll in Visayas continues to rise
  
  
• Inquirer: Death toll in strong quake rises to 40

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