{"id":4492,"date":"2006-02-18T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2006-02-18T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/tragedy-in-the-philippines.html"},"modified":"2006-02-18T00:01:39","modified_gmt":"2006-02-18T00:01:39","slug":"tragedy-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/tragedy-in-the-philippines.html","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another unimaginable moment – a mountain moving, sliding, burying hundreds. God rest their souls.<\/p>\n

A news story<\/a><\/p>\n

From AsiaNews:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fr Gohetia said: \u201cThis is a possibility because the region was in full activity: schools were open, as were shops. Now everything is covered by mud and we have no definite news about the 375 families who lived there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been raining for weeks,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe area has always been at the risk of avalanches. The last took place two years ago but it cannot be compared to this one. People are in a state of total panic and there is no way of calming them down: they need food and medicine.\u201d Another \u201curgent need\u201d was to find \u201csecure lodging as soon as possible\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

An alert from Caritas International.<\/a><\/p>\n

The website of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines, which only has a brief note at this point.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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