15 injured by firecracker blast
A 13-year-old boy in Talisay City lost three of his fingers when a whistle bomb went off in his hand on Christmas Day.
A 13-year-old boy in Talisay City lost three of his fingers when a whistle bomb went off in his hand on Christmas Day.
Expect fair weather in Metro Manila and most other parts of Luzon on Christmas Day, interrupted only by passing showers; but it will likely be wetter down south, in parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, the state weather bureau said.
His fascination for the belen started at age 5 with a gift from his grandfather.
Christmas is not over yet, though many of us resume work and classes tomorrow. Today is the eighth day or octave of Christmas. In the Bible, an octave is associated with weddings, which are celebrated over eight days.
Pope Benedict XVI on Christmas Day prayed for the victims of devastating floods in the Philippines and Thailand in his “Urbi et Orbi” (Latin for “To the City and to the World”) speech from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.
As many as 150 more bodies were recovered in Iligan City on Christmas Eve, bringing the total death toll from the flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm “Sendong” on Dec. 16-17 to over 1,200, authorities said.
For the folks in the eastern parts of the archipelago, Christmas Day comes heavy with rain.
Folks in the eastern parts of the archipelago face heavy rain on Christmas Day.
