#source: @maningning

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DAVE: what if i [remembers that making suicide jokes is not conducive with the goal of improving the wellbeing of himself and everyone around him] transform into an oyster

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Ang Bato

Tapakan ng tao sa gitna ng daan kung matalisod mo’y iila-ilandang; nguni, pagkatapos pag ikaw’y namatay, bato ang tatapak sa bangkay mo naman.

Batong tuntungan mo sa pagkadakila, batong tuntungan ka sa pamamayapa; talagang ganito…Sa lapad ng lupa, ay bali-baligtad lamang ang kawawa.

II

Balot pa ng putik, marumi’t maitim. tinapyas at aba!…brilyanteng maningning… Sa putik man pala ay may bituin din na hinahangaan ng matang titingin.

Maralitang tao, batong itinapon, sa lusak ng Palad ay palabuy-laboy… Nag-aral at aba!…noong makaahon, sa mahirap pala naro’n ang marunong!

III

Ang batong malaki’y madaling mabungkal, ang batong brilyante’y hirap matagpuan; ubod-laking tipak, mura nang matimbang, ga-mata ng isda’y pagkamahal-mahal.

At tunay nga naman! Madalas mamalas sa alimasag man, ang malaki’y payat; may malaking kahoy na sukal sa gubat, may mumunting damong mga ugat ay lunas. ***********

I. PAMAGAT NG TULA Ang Bato II. PAKSA NG TULA Ang mga simpleng bagay ay maaaring may tinatagong halaga. III. MENSAHE NG TULA

Lahat ng tao sa mundo ay sa hukay rin ang kahahantungan. ---Huwag tayong masyadong mayabang at mapagmataas sa ating kapwa dahil hindi natin alam ang kapalaran at baka biglang mawala ang lahat sa isang iglap. ---Magpakita tayo ng pakikiramay at pangunawa sa kalagayan ng iba dahil parte ng buhay ng isang taong ang dumanas ng pagsubok. Hindi lahat ng nakikita sa panlabas ay pareho sa nilalaman. ---Kailangan magaling tayong kumilatis at huwag basta bastang humusga upang malaman natin ang tunay na halaga ng isang tao o bagay. Tulad ng mga magagandang bato, ang tao ay kailangang dumaan sa matinding pagsubok para lumabas ang ating natatagong galing. ---Madalas maliitin ang mga simpleng tao, ngunit maraming magagaling at dinadakila nating mga tao ang nanggaling sa payak na simula. ---Sa simula man ay magaspang pa tayo, lahat tayo ay may taglay na galing at potensyal na kailangang hasain at pagtibayin ng panahon upang makamit natin ang tunay na tagumpay sa pinili nating landas.

Source: https://www.tagaloglang.com/ang-bato/

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MARINEL UBALDO

Fighting to save a community hit by climate crisis

Marinel Sumook Ubaldo was 16 when she faced the devastating impact of climate change at first hand. On 13 November 2013, Typhoon Yolanda, one of the most powerful on record, destroyed her village, Matarinao, in Eastern Samar province. The typhoon killed 6,300 people in the Philippines and millions lost their homes.

‘The government response was inadequate,’ Marinel says: the relocation sites lacked basic services such as water and electricity, and there were only limited opportunities for people to earn a living. As a result, many families returned to their original homes, even though they are in dangerous areas.

Since the typhoon, Marinel has become a leading youth activist, dedicated to ensuring governments around the world confront climate change and its impact on communities like Matarinao.

‘I want world leaders to commit to minimising the emission of greenhouse gases. I want them to help vulnerable countries, such as my own, adapt to the unavoidable effects of climate change.’ - Marinel Sumook Ubaldo

SEND A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY

Marinel Ulbaldo

c/o Amnesty International Philippines

6-C Perseveranda Townhomes II

Maningning Street, Sikatuna Village

Quezon City 1101

Philippines

Language: English, Filipino or Waray

Suggested message: Marinel, we stand with you in your fight for your community. A Filipino translation is available at amnesty.org.uk/write

Creative action: Marinel would love to hear how your community is helping to protect the environment.

CAN I

• Send a religious card or message? No

• Send an Amnesty card or mention Amnesty? Yes

• Include my name and address? Yes

SEND AN APPEAL LETTER

Tell the government to provide the residents of Matarinao, Eastern Samar, with decent living conditions.

Write to:

Rodrigo Duterte, President of Philippines

Malacañang Complex

JP Laurel Street, San Miguel

Manila 1005

Philippines

Salutation: Dear President

In your letter tell him

• To provide residents of Matarinao, Salcedo, Eastern Samar and other vulnerable areas with water, electricity, safe and adequate housing, and employment opportunities

• To ensure the rights of people living in vulnerable communities are respected and upheld, especially in times of disaster

Please include your name and country in your appeal letter as this shows the letter is genuine and personal. Write as one human being to another, keeping requests clear and polite.

Alternatively you can sign your name here

Source: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2019-10/W4R%20booklet%202019.pdf?oe1LlDWUEuvt2FnIej_o0UZF75MClbCX=

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A dead Green Sea Turtle Photo: Allan Macatuno/Inquirer Central Luzon

Philippines: Sea turtle found dead in Pangasinan's Hundred Islands By Yolanda Sotelo, 9th February 2017;

A Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), with a piece of nylon net and a hook in its mouth, was found dead at the Hundred Islands National Park on Wednesday (Feb. 8).

The Turtle was discovered near the cages of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Broodstock Development Center at 4 p.m., said the agency's employee Mae Ann Maningning.

BFAR Veterinarian Samantha Licuden said the hook in its mouth might have killed the sea creature. She said the Turtle could have been dead for two to three days before its discovery.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer