(4TH UPDATE) The Philippine Red Cross has revised its earlier count of 88 dead and brought it down to 73 after discovering that some of the fatalities in the stampede in Pasig Saturday morning had been counted twice.
Philippine Red Cross chief and Senator Richard Gordon also said 392 others were injured in Philsport arena (formerly known as Ultra) when thousands stampeded for stadium seats to a popular noontime television game show.
Most of the 392 people injured were not in serious condition, and many had been treated and released, Gordon added.
Thousands of people stampeded into the Philsport arena in Manila at dawn to secure limited seats hours ahead of the live broadcast of a popular noontime television variety show called "Wowowee" on broadcast giant ABS-CBN.
The show offered a top prize of one million pesos, a house and lot, and a car for its anniversary commemorated today.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who visited the site of the tragedy, expressed sorrow over the incident and ordered all government agencies to extend their full support to the victims.
She also gave government investigators 72 hours to submit the results of their probe into the tragedy.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation. Some officials have said that a person in the crowd had shouted "bomb," triggering the stampede but survivors and police investigators said it was just the sheer crush of people, surging into a narrow passageway to enter the stadium.
Aside from De Castro, Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross, and Metro Manila police chief Vidal Querol were on hand early to assist the victims, most of who were brought to the Rizal Medical Center and Medical City.
The stampede erupted at around 6 a.m. as thousands, including those who had been camped outside the stadium since Wednesday, were lined up to watch “Wowowee.”...Read more... Date: February 04, 2006 [ 0 comments ]
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Scores dead after stampede at Manila stadium
Seventy three people have been killed and scores injured in a stampede in the Philippine capital of Manila.
To date, these are the people who have helped ensure the continued existence of alburbohol.net in the web! Our many many thanks! Your kind generosity will make sure that alburbohol.net will stay in the web for a long long time...
Submitted by: vgesite
Date: December 26, 2005 [ 2 comments ]
Blogging in Alburbohol.net
We at alburbohol.net are always on the move - tweaking and updating our community website to provide the best services to all alburanons worldwide.
Today, we're proud to announce that alburanons worldwide can post their journals by using our weblogging service. We are currently hosting the following sites:
If you want to avail of this service and join other bloggers worldwide, it is very easy. Just message me inline or email me and we're going to set it up for you.
We are proud and pleased to announce the NEW FEATURES here in Alburbohol.net:
(1) the changeable banner message on top
(2) Downloads in Alburbohol.net, to download important documents, articles, etc.; - recent available downloads are the SLF Powerpoint Presentation of Project Proponent, the controversial Garci wire tap, etc
(4)the "Lingganay ni Santa Monica" which is the Sunday publication of the Catholic Parish of Santa Monica - courtesy of the Santa Monica Parish Priests and Lingganay Publications Manager Ms. Vilma Fe Varquez;
(5) the "Dollar Exchange Rate" - spearheaded with our thanks for the inspiration to Mr. Junior "Unyot" Real;
(6) "Firefox" with Google Toolbar;
(7) more ads from sponsors;
and several months ago
(8) a revised Guestbook with Name and Email Ad as required fields and IP Address automatically generated;
(9) Albur Poll (BETA) where registered members can vote on relevant topics and issues, thus, automatically generating percentages and graphs;
and in the making
(10) a new venture in Flash...
Our webmaster, Engr. Villocido, has also obtained a loan from the DFEMCO (Divine Word Faculty and Employees Cooperative) for the purchase of a Compaq Laptop which will be used to store valuable scripts and other vital information of Alburbohol.net, also to ensure the security of Alburbohol.net which is highly compromised in a public/internet cafe, as well as for maintainance purposes. With approval of our sponsors, we will subsidize a portion of the loan from the sponsors donation. Please signify your approval in an email to barudo@alburbohol.net or vgesite@alburbohol.net, or in our inline messaging system. Thank you so much to all for the support!
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Date: December 06, 2005 [ 4 comments ]
ON ALBURBOHOL.NET
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Submitted by: vgesite
Date: October 09, 2005 [ 5 comments ]
COMMUNITY NEWS:
SLF Project in Suspense
Everything seems to be in a stalemate with regards to the proposed Sanitary Landfill to be hosted by Albur...The purok meetings (public hearing) still continue, but there seems to be no further news on the development of the proposed project at the higher level. What is the current status of the project? Where are we in the Environmental Impact Assessment, Feasibility Study, Social Acceptability and other requirements?
These and some more questions, particularly on the financial aspect, are the current considerations of the project.
Hopefully, we will hear more on the developments soon. We know that the SLF is not the be-all answer to the problem on waste. Hopefully, there will be other economically feasible, environmentally sound, and more socially acceptable alternatives proposed to solve the problem...
We at alburbohol.net are in suspense, as we follow this development in our hometown...
Submitted by: vgesite
Date: January 22, 2006 [ 1 comments ]
Donation received!
From: Wilfred Date sent: December 05, 2005
Acknowledging the receipt of $65 for the bereaved family of the late Norlie Q. Lomantas. I had it changed at Php 53.95/dollar. I gave the Php 3,500.00 to the 3 kids of Norlie through Weloun, the eldest son, yesterday afternoon, December 5, 2005. I told him where the money came from and suggested how to spend the money per your advice. Salamat kuno kaayo!
Submitted by: vgesite
Date: December 17, 2005 [ 0 comments ]
SLF Powerpoint Presentation and MOA available now!
The Powerpoint Presentation made by the proponent on the Feasibility Study of Proposed Sanitary Landfill, to be hosted by Albur, as well as the MOA or Memorandum of Agreement of the aforementioned project are now available here in Alburbohol.net. They can now be downloaded in the Downloads (new)-Click on the link on the left side. Other downloads also available...
Submitted by: vgesite
Date: December 14, 2005 [ 0 comments ]
DONATION/MONEY RAISED FOR THE BEREAVED ALICUBAN FAMILY
Enrique and Lita Manding raised the following amount for Gorio/Flor Alicuban and the other siblings of the Late Dionisia "Ones" Alicuban:
1. Marlon Manding - $30.00
Fairfield, California
2. Roderick Manding - $20.00
Fairfield, California
3. Lita/Enrique Manding - $10.00
Vallejo, California
4. Gesite Family - $10.00
San Jose, California
5. Felix Cain - $10.00
San Francisco, California
Total as of 12/10/2005 = $ 80.00
Submitted by: vgesite
Date: December 09, 2005 [ 0 comments ]
