Google Help to find Missing Person in Storm Sendong

Google Help to find Missing Person

MANILA, Philippines - People looking for friends and relatives who have gone missing because of tropical storm Sendong may find help from Internet tech giant Google. Google has set up a Person Finder tool to locate people in the disaster-affected areas in Northern Mindanao and elsewhere. The tool, which is in English and Filipino, also allows people to share information about people in the flooded communities. To search information regarding a person, one only needs to enter a name in the tool and it will provide information based on records in database. The tool was tracking 200 records of people as of Monday afternoon.

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Donate to Philippine Red Cross to Help Typhoon Sendong Victims

Donate to Philippine Red Cross to Help Typhoon Sendong Victims


Tropical Storm Sendong (international name: Washi) ravaged Mindanao, slamming it with devastating rains and unleashing flash floods and landslides that have left a horrifying trail of destruction. As of 10AM, the death toll has reached 497 (Cagayan De Oro 215, Iligan City 195, Bukidnon 47, Negros Oriental 22, Lanao del Norte 9, Compostela Valley 5, Zamboanga del Norte 3, Surigao del#Sur 1). Most of the dead were asleep Friday night when raging floodwaters pounded their homes from rivers and cascaded from mountain slopes following 12 straight hours of heavy rains in Mindanao. The typhoon has affected a total of 5,884 families, with 202 injured and 162 still missing. 2,252 are still sheltered at 23 evacuation centers.

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Red Cross Philippines Website

Help Sendong Storm Victims Through ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya

Help Sendong Storm Victims Through ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya


DONATE Sagip Kapamilya accepts donations in cash or in-kind.

For donations in kind, you can drop them off at: ABS-CBN Foundation Sagip Kapamilya Warehouse #137 Mother Ignacia Ave., Quezon City Warehouse

For cash or cheque donations, you may go to: ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. Mother Ignacia Avenue corner E. Lopez St. Brgy. South Triangle, QC
Office tel. no: +632-411-4995 or +632-415-2272 loc 3765

 or deposit to: Peso Account: Bank

Name: Banco De Oro Bank
Account No.: 393-011-4199
Bank Account Name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Branch: Sct. Albano, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
Swift Code: BNORPHMM

Dollar Account:
Bank Name: Banco De Oro
Bank Account No.: 393-008-1622 
Bank Account Name: ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.-Sagip Kapamilya
Branch: Sct. Albano, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
Swift Code: BNORPHMM

 * For confirmation of donation, please fax (+632-411-4995) or email (sagip@abs-cbn.com) copy of transmittal slip with complete donor’s information.
Source ACS-CBN

Sunday Gospel "The Birth of Jesus Foretold" December 18, 2011

Sunday Gospel "The Birth of Jesus Foretold" December 18, 2011

The Birth of Jesus Foretold  Luke 1: 26 - 38

26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ 29But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. 30The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. 31And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. 33He will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.’ 34Mary said to the angel, ‘How can this be, since I am a virgin?’ 35The angel said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. 36And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. 37For nothing will be impossible with God.’ 38Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’ Then the angel departed from her.

Sunday Gospel The Testimony of John the Baptist December 11, 2011

Sunday Gospel The Testimony of John the Baptist  December 11, 2011


John 1: 6 - 8, 19 - 28
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
20 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
21 And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No."
22 They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25 They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
26 John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,
27 even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
28 This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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