Mar Roxas grabbing Taiwan issue for second presscon

Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, Sen. Manny Villar
and Sen. Loren Legarda

Mar Roxas take his rehash Taiwan trip to its second Malacañang presscon today. His interviews reveals nothing new about any changes in the foreign diplomatic relation of Philippines and Taiwan. The situation of 14 Taiwanese drug dealers deported by the government to China stands and the Taiwan protest still remains.

Manila Economic and Cultural Office Chairman Amadeo Perez Jr., criticized Dr. James Dy , owner of Chinese General Hospital and President of the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, describing Dr. James Dy as a private individual meddling with the state affair and for his unwelcome credit  snatching.

Dr. James Dy
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Dy who was reportedly used his strong connections with businessmen from Taiwan and asked that the suspension be lifted.  And In no time at all, the Taiwanese government lifted the job suspension and eased the tension between the two countries.

President Noynoy Aquino sent his trusted buddy, former Senator Mar Roxas to Taiwan one more time to "fix the loose ends" in the relationship of the Philippines and Taiwan. But what people don't know is that, weeks prior to this trip, a Filipino-Chinese Philanthropist already made a momentous trip to Taiwan to save the jobs of some 90,000 Overseas Filipino Workers there and he is none other than Dr. James G. Dy.

Now, what is intriguing to know is what else did Mar Roxas do in Taiwan, when the issue has already been repaired.

Roxas backed from his second Taiwan visit

What Mar Roxas did constitutes in the minds of the people an early politicking for his presidential ambition in 2016. He claimed that his position as a  presidential "troubleshooter" for PNoy he is the one shouldering all the expenses incurred during his Taiwan official trip.

Northern Japan destroyed by superquake

A massive 8.9/9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan at around 2:46pm on March 11 (JST) causing damage with blackouts, fire and tsunami. On this page we are providing the information regarding the disaster and damage with realtime updates.

The large earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for countries all around the Pacific ocean. This earthquake was the biggest to hit Japan since record-keeping began in the late 1800s.  It ranked as the fifth-largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and was nearly 8,000 times stronger than one that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month.

The scenes of the town of Ofunato showed homes and warehouses in ruins. Sludge and high water spread over acres of land, with people seeking refuge on roofs of partially submerged buildings.

The quake shook dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coast and tall buildings swayed in Tokyo, hundreds of miles from the epicenter.

Tsunami swept away ships, yachts, houses, trucks and cars inland all over Northern Japan. The entire Pacific had been put on alert — including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska — but waves were not as bad as expected.

The quake was followed for hours by aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey said 124 were detected off Japan's main island of Honshu, 111 of them of magnitude 5.0 or greater. Fire burned well past dark in a large section of Kesennuma, a city of 70,000 people in Miyagi.

Waves of muddy waters flowed over farms near Sendai, carrying buildings, some of them ablaze. Drivers attempted to flee. The tarmac at Sendai's airport was inundated with thick, muddy debris that included cars, trucks, buses and even light planes.

Officials declared the first-ever state of emergency at a Japanese nuclear power plant and ordered evacuations after the earthquake knocked out power to a cooling system at the Fukushima Daiichi facility near the city of Onahama, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo. They said radiation levels inside the facility had surged to 1,000 times more than normal.

Japan nuclear plant operator reported radiation had exceeded the legal limit. Emergency measures put in place after the first nuclear reactor explosion last Saturday March 12, 2010. Meltdown occurs when plants system collapses and prevents proper cooling of the reactor. 180k people within the 20 kilometer radius were evacuated.

Gov. Vilma Santos trusted liaison officer ambushed

Sen. Ralph Recto and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-
Recto political campaign ads in last May, 2010
national and local election

Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos’ executive assistant ambush-killing may have something to do with the upcoming 2013 local election where her active opponents were Batangas former political warlords, the Sanchezes.

Gov. Vilma Santos was married to Senator Ralph Recto, an avid Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo political ally and prominent member of the violent out-of-school oriented youth organization Triskellion-Tau Gamma Phi (TGP).  

The 62-year-old Santos’ executive assistance Cesar Guce, was ambushed and killed by 3 motorcycle-riding gunmen together with his driver, 34-year-old Randy Reyes, was also killed in the incident that took place in Batangas on Saturday morning. Both victims were residents of Barangay Pinagtung-ulan, San Jose, Batangas. Another companion, a 17-year-old boy, escaped unscathed.

According to a report, the victims were onboard a Toyota Land Cruiser (XDV-736) heading toward Cuenca town from Lipa City when they were waylaid by 3 motorcycle-riding armed men along JP Laurel Highway, Barangay Banay-Banay around 6:30 a.m.

Witnesses said the vehicle lost control and subsequently rammed into a watermelon stall along the highway after the suspects fired at them.

The motive according to some Batangas provincial capitol insiders might have something to do with illegal gambling or jueteng payola as Guce was also the liaison officer Gov. Santos at Batangas capitol and Senior Superintendent Alberto Supapo, Batangas police director on police matters.