chaos in manila, another failure of LIM ( mayor)

One of the most visible examples of the lack of discipline and failure of law enforcement in this country is the chaotic traffic in Metro Manila.
this statement is given by philstar.com, a leading Manila newspaper and E-lectronic newspaper.

I agree!

and even then it is a beautiful country with beautiful people,with excellent food,with beautiful sand beaches.

but chaotic and NO rules

i can buy a drivers license without any knowledge about rules and language,no problem nobody follows the rules,there are no traffic signs,and law enforcement? forget it,just pay the amount that has been mentioned to you.
i like PH!
But i will never live in manila.

Seriously,when you want to solve the traffic chaos,then donot only punish the(electric) trycycles,these men are now without income=no food,no water,no rice.Then organise a reorganisation programme,give them a chance to obtain another job.
hehe.............this mayor will never learn it..

monks meet in Netherlands

this month june 2010 the responsible monks of the Cistercienzers come to Berkel Enschot NL to prepare the program for the Capittel.the Father of the monastry O.L.Vrouw van Koningshoeven the Netherlands ( Holland)is proud to be able to receive somany important guests.
The Dutch Koningshoeven has a monthly Bulletin and email address,see our articles about Monks in NL, France,Germany and the Philippines.
the Internet site gives information about their links:important links for the Monks communities,the catholic community,and some other Monastries in Belgium and the Netherlands:
quote:

Monastiek leven=Monks way of living
Cisterciënzers van de ‘strikte observantie’ (trappisten).CCOS+strict observation Monks.
Cisterciënzers van de ‘gewone observantie’+ observation Monks.
Benedictijnen+Benedict followers
Monniken en monialen van Sint Benedictus in Nederland en Vlaanderen in NL and Belgium
De Katsberg (moederhuis Koningshoeven) in Germany
Abdij Koningsoord te Berkel-Enschot (dochterhuis Koningshoeven)Abbey in NL
Abdij Maria Toevlucht te Zundert (dochterhuis Koningshoeven)Abbey in NL
Abdij Santa Maria Rawaseneng (dochterhuis Koningshoeven)Abbey in Indonesia(and Africa.)

God bless the Monks and their Communities worldwide.

Bijbel en spiritualiteit=Bible and spirituality
Willibrordbijbel
De Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling=Bible translation
Benedictus: Regel voor monniken=Rules for Monks following Benedict
Bernardus van Clairvaux(i wrote about this inspirator of Monks)

Rooms-Katholieke Kerk=Roman Catholic Church in NL
RKnieuws.net
Konferentie Ned. Religieuzen
Religieus leven in Nederland:religious life in NL
Katholiek Nederland
Overzicht katholieke kerk op het web

Vrienden van Koningshoeven=friends of Koningshoeven NL
Liturgisch instituut
Mertonvrienden

Tijdschriften Magazines
Monastiek tijdschrift De kovel
Speling, tijdschrift voor bezinning

Diversen
Bierbrouwerij ‘De Koningshoeven': the Brewery,see the website of Koningshoeven.nl
Proeflokaal: tasting of Beer: Trappist beer,and other Beers

unquote.

www.koningshoeven.nl will give to you the links on internet.

www.koningshoeven.nl

reproductive health,you want more classrooms,why not control population?

what do we see this week?again the discussion and debate about getting children in the philippines.Do the parents want sex education or leave it just to the Catholic Church,saying no reproductive health bill at all.!
the yearly increase of population is more than 1,5 million peoples with a population which is over 90 million!!!!!!
what do we read in the newspapers:
quote

DepEd pressed to cancel reproductive health plan ............................................................................

unquote
.I discussed this topic several times in a Forum/Group in Friendster.com
i got numerous reactions,comments and even negative response.
leave it to the parents..................what? the parents ,esp.of poor families in faraway areas,barangays,have no idea about birth control,about pre conditional items,about a responsable parenthood.And when interested parties advocate birth control,let it be condoms,than the whole country is upset!
God will tell the parents to get children,go and multiply,......................................
The Church is totally against a stricter birth control program.
No birth regulation they say.
The DEpEd only wants to bring more educational materials about the matter into the classrooms.Just to study and make the families more aware of the effects of unlimited birth in this country.
Being more poor families,more children,less classrooms,less teachers,no buildings to accommodate them all.
Health situation deteriorates during unlimited birth increase.
result,the government has to supply enormous quantities of food to these poor peoples.
i accept that a developing country needs time to level up their population to a responsable standard/family.
But we can not close our eyes for the growing number of births.

It is very easy to punish the big companies in USA and Europe which want to sell their birth control programs to the PH.It is too easy to fulminate against them.or against similar organizations which advocate a Reproductive Health Policy.I remember the Opinion sites of PH newspapers which were fumigating against the Ambassador of the European Union when he adressed the PH about a reproductive health program.
We are certainly following the Presidents ideas and his Cabinet members ideas
about this topic.
It seems that the President is totally aware of the problem ,but he is also under heavy pressure of the Catholic Church.We should not underestimate their influence in the PH.
Overall we follow the developments and for more details see my articles in Friendster.com,Forum and Group pages,see item Reproductive Health Bill.

maraming salamat
God bless the philippines
wilhelmusblog.

WILHELMUS VAN NASSAU IN SOUTH AFRICA

THE WORLD CUP SOCCER FOR PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYERS WILL START SOON IN SOUTH AFRICA.IT MEANS THAT THE HYMN WILL BE HEARD AGAIN FROM THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES.FOR THE NETHERLANDS( holland) IT MEANS WILHELMUS VAN NASSAU SONG,AND I MUST ADMIT THE HOLLANDERS SING IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE STADIUM.,IMPRESSIVE, ORANGE COLOURED PEOPLES,YOU CANNOT MISS THEM.THEY ARE IN ALL SOUTH AFRICA CITIES WHERE THE TEAM IS PLAYING.
GOD BLESS THE NETHERLANDS.DOES THE TEAM HAS A CHANCE TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPION? NO,NO,NO, THEY ARE VICE WORLDCUP WINNERS IN GERMANY AND ARGENTINA,THAT IS ENOUGH FOR OUR COUNTRY,AND WE DONOT HAVE A JOHAN CRUYFF ANYMORE  OR A DENNIS BERGKAMP.
ANYWAY HAVE FUN,AND DONOT FORGET TO DRINK BEER, MIGUEL BEER IN THE PH,BAVARIA IN THE NL OR AMSTEL.
ppist

DINNER IN THE PHILIPPINES OR A BLOG?

YES DEAR FRIENDS,WRITERS AND FOLLOWERS, TODAY I HAVE SEND MY BLOGS TO QUILLAUME202 AND TO WIM-WAANDERS.
MY WIFE IS ASKING ME TO COME FOR DINNER, RICE AND FISH, YOU DO UNDERSTAND ME, SORRY , NEXT TIME AGAIN.
MARAMING SALAMAT.
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES.

WORLD BIGGEST FREE TRADE AREA:ASEAN-CHINA FTA

GOOD DAY FRIENDS OF BLOGGER,FOLLOWERS AND WRITERS,
TODAY WE DISCUSS THE NEWEST F.T.A. CREATED BETWEEN ASEAN AND CHINA.
ASEAN IS THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING MY HOMELAND THE PHILIPPINES.
THE SIX FOUNDING FATHERS OF ASEAN ARE:BRUNEI, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND.VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA JOINED ASEAN.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT CHINA AND ASEAN ARE TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT AND TARIFFS ON 90% OF THE PRODUCTS.
NO DOUBT THE PARTICIPANTS SPEAK ABOUT THE BIGGEST FREE TRADE AREA IN THE WORLD.
lIBERALIZING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOODS AND INVESTMENTS COVERING A MARKET OF 1,7 BILLION CONSUMERS!!!!!
THEY SAY WE ARE ABLE TO BE A REAL RIVAL OF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA.(N.A.F.T.A.)( IN TERMS OF VALUE AND SURPASS THOSE MARKETS IN TERMS OF POPULATION.

ANYWAY THE SIGNAL IS VERY CLEAR:THE ASEAN IS OPEN !!!!
IT WILL BOOST THE TRADE IN THE INTRA-REGION.
CHINA IS GETTING STRONGER IN THE WORLD.YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY SURPASSED GERMANY, BEING NOW THE FIRST EXPORTING COUNTRY!!

CHINA HAS OVERTAKEN USA AND IS NOW THE THIRD TRADING PARTNER OF ASEAN.
IT WILL SOON SURPASS E.U. AND JAPAN TO BE NUMBER ONE.
(SAYS MR.PUSHPANATHAN OF ASEAN).

WE SHOULD HOWEVER NOT FORGET THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS NEED A LONG TIME BEFORE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
AND THE PARLIAMENTS AND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS HAVE TO APPROVE ALL THESE IDEALS.
WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE E.U. AND IT GOES UP AND DOWN EVERYTIME, GOOD PERIODS AND BAD PERIODS WITH BARRIERS AGAIN.THE PHILIPPINES HAVE TO BE VERY ALERT,YOU CAN GAIN IF YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE, IF NOT YOU CAN LOOSE THE COMPETITION ON THE WORLD MARKETS.
ANY WAY CONGRATULATIONS TRADE PARTNERS,A BIG STEP FORWARD.
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES.

devotees during Black Nazarene icon procession

this year again the barefoot devotees joined the procession of the BLACK NAZARENE going from the Quirino Grandstand to the Quiapo Church, in Maynila=Manila, yesterday .It is expected to be a crowd of more than one million peoples, some say 2 million peoples.
The wooden ,life sized Black Nazarene, carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines in the early 17th century , is taken out of the QUIAPO CHURCH on January 9 each year, for the largest known religious procession in the predominantly Roman Catholic country..
The day starts with early morning Mass at the Quirino Grandstand directly broadcasted on TV.
many more peoples line the streets to see the icon, dressed in maroon robes and paraded in a wooden carriage, in a festival that has been held in the Spanish enclave (during the occupation of Spain)for more than 200 years.Onlookers threw white towels and handkerchiefs to devotees, also in yellow shirts,on the carriage to wipe the statue in the hope of carrying away some of its healing powers.peoples come from all over the country to try to get healing for their family members who are sick, who have cancer,they hope for a miracle and the Black Nazarene gives them strength .
Others have another reason to come,anyway it gives peace and strength and it feels like a heavy weight has been lifted.
The devotees hold lengths of stout rope,it looks like giant waves.If you watch TV then you get the impression that the peoples are fighting,but it is just emotion and healing.In the Philippines struck by many disasters in 2009, many people turn or turn back to religion after that year of disasters.
Last year was a real disaster with tropical storms, see my blogposts,floods,landslides, maritime disasters,the sunken ferryboats,and they kille4d more than 2,000 people in 2009.Also in that year the Massacre in Mindanao, Maguindanao, with 57 lives claimed.
Finally, the Mayon Volcano spewed ashes forcing the evacuation of thousands in the province of Albay.
We ask God to abstain from disasters in 2010.( the picture shows the cathedral in Manila).
God bless the Philippines.