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Japan’s cat island finds purr-
fect solution to food crisis
TOKYO - An army of cats ruling
a remote Japanese island are licking
their whiskers after a plea for food aid
triggered a flood of donations from
across the country.
More than 140 cats occupy the tiny
island of Aoshima in southern Japan—
outnumbering humans by eight to
one—but when the feral felines
recently ran out of cat food, a cry for
help led to an extraordinary response.
“Food began pouring in from
all over Japan,” Kazuyuki Ono, 59,
whose tweet raised the alarm, told
Taiwanese surgeon chops up body of Pinay wife
A Taiwanese surgeon has admitted Kuo was found inserted in a plastic bag in recovered the item, whether it was a
dismembering the body of his Filipino a cabinet of the stock room on the third surgical knife or something else.
wife in a fit of rage in their house in floor of their apartment building.
Makati City Monday.
The head of 47-year-old Rowena have been flushed in a toilet and were later which was apparently committed out of room.
FOR THE SAKE OF 2.1 MILLION OFWs
Aquino admin urged to
prepare for Middle East conflict
FILIPINOS in the Middle East have
asked President Benigno Aquino III to
reactivate the Presidential Middle East
Preparedness Committee (PMEPC) in
case the conflict between Saudi Arabia
and Syria worsens.
OFW leader John Monterona
issued the appeal amid reports that
the coalition backed by the United
States and Saudi Arabia is preparing
to penetrate Syria — a development
that, he said, “may trigger World War
III scenario” especially since Russia has
vowed to help Syria.
“We can’t simply dismiss and
undermine the impact of the Midde
East conflict—that is when the US-
Saudi-led coalition started penetrating
Syria amid pronouncement by Russia
that it will help Syria against any foreign East will provide good insights to the DFA
attack,” said Monterona, who is based
in Saudi Arabia.
“Many believe it may trigger World
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AFP on Friday. bring food to feed the cats but when it
“There’s so much of it now we can’t gets cold, the sea is rough and nobody More than 140 cats occupy the tiny island of Aoshima in southern Japan
comes. Sometimes boats can’t cross in
store it,” he added. the rough seas. It’s a mysterious little “It’s a cat paradise here,” said Ono, bikes, no cars,” Ono said.
“We’re asking people to stop sending island.” who took to Twitter at the request of “They love nothing more than to
Naoko Kamimoto, president of the
donations. But the cats couldn’t be Aoshima, known also as Cat Island, Aoshima Cat Protection Society, after just lie about in the street sunning
happier.” was once home to 1,000 people she found that the cupboard was bare. themselves all day. Now their bellies
but today only 16 remain, mostly are full, they’re purring happily.” n AFP
Fittingly, hundreds of boxes of pensioners. “There are no crows, no dogs, no
cat food arrived at Aoshima dock, / February 25, 2016 / 7:19 pm
a 30-minute boat ride from the But the cats, originally brought to
mainland, in time for February 22— the island to kill the mice that infested
officially Cat Day in Japan. fishermen’s boats, rule the roost and
visitors flock from across Asia and even
“The food started arriving right at Europe to see the fluffy creatures.
that time,” said Ono.
“In spring and summer, tourists
She said that on that night, though she killing. He said that he and Rowena
had difficulty falling asleep, she dozed off had a misunderstanding and the latter
Salazar said they are still trying to and dreamt that her mother was trying had said something which he detested,
Her other body parts were believed to determine the motive behind the killing to say something to her inside the stock then he blacked out and lost control of
himself.
discovered in a septic tank. intense anger. She said she found it strange because The victim and the suspect have been
The primary suspect was identified as Rowena’s daughter, Joanne Tiongco, her mother never went up there. married for 18 years and they have four
the Taiwanese surgeon Yuan-Chang Kuo, said her mother had been missing since She added that when she woke up, she children.
the second husband of Rowena. Monday. According to her stepfather, her began to entertain doubts. The suspect is facing parricide
Sr. Supt. Roman Salazar Jr., deputy mother left the house without telling him On Wednesday, Joanne and her siblings charges.
chief of investigation of the Makati police, where she was going. went up to the stock room where they Joanne said a life sentence was not
said their initial investigation showed that But she noticed that on the day of her found their mother’s head. enough to pay for what he did to her
a sharp object was used in the gruesome disappearance, her stepfather was busy in Joanne said that when asked by her mother. n Hensel Quilling / News5 / February 24,
crime, adding that they have not yet the stock room of their house. aunt, her stepfather admitted to the 2016 / 10:29 pm
War III scenario that nations of the world
would not want to happen,” he added. dissimenate necessary information so Martial Law victims at a rally in Mendiola, 25 February 2014. File Photo By Lester Lopez
that we, the OFWs based in the Middle
The PMEPC was created pursuant East, will be fully informed and act Palace: Govt processing 76,000 Martial Law claims
to Executive Order (EO) No. 6 dated according to the preparedness plan by MANILA - Malacanang on gotten wealth that was made possible
September 2, 2010 and was headed then by the government,” he said.
Special Envoy Roy A. Cimatu. Its operation
was extended until June 30, 2011 by virtue There are an estimated 2.1 million
of Aquino’s EO No. 20. OFWs in the Middle East; more than a
million are in Saudi Arabia. n KBK, GMA
PEMPC was tasked to primarily provide
continuing assistance to the Department News / Published / February 22, 2016 / 3:31 pm
of Foreign Affairs, as well as other
government agencies concerned with OFW Wednesday said the government is through the efforts of the Presidential
safety, security, and protection, and in the
formulation of policies, plans, and modes continuously processing the claims of Commission on Good Government.
of coordination in areas where there are
significant presence of OFWs. human rights during Martial Law. “The Philippines is probably
Monterona said once reactivated, the In a statement, Presidential the only country that has set up
PMEPC that will be based in the Midde
Communications Operations Office this institutionalized recovery and
especially that DFA chief Albert del Rosario
is retiring by March 2016. (PCOO) said the Human Rights Claims compensation processes through
“We want the DFA to talk about Board is processing more than 76,000 official government bodies,” he said.
the threat of the Midde East conflict,
claims from individuals and surviving The country will celebrate the
families of those who were killed, 30th anniversary of the EDSA People
tortured, or who disappeared during Power Revolution today. Its highlight
Martial Law. is an experiential museum which
PCOO Secretary Sonny Coloma will feature different facets during
said funding for claims was sourced the Martial Law years. n Leslie D. Venzon /
from the proceeds of the recovery of ill- Philippines News Agency / February 25, 2016 / 7:48 am
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