I’ve learned in this subject how to create an account and make some blogs, which helps me more understand of a certain topic because of its deeper meaning and exact explainations. In this subject i also learned that in our own way we can share what we want to share and explain what we want to explain to help others who don’t fully understand the meaning of a certain topics and let others know that we have informations that we can share that they don’t yet know.

A family is like a circle.
The connection never ends,
and even if at times it breaks,
in time it always mends.

A family is like the stars.
Somehow they’re always there.
Families are those who help,
who support and always care.

A family is like a book.
The ending’s never clear,
but through the pages of the book,
their love is always near.

A family is many things.
With endless words that show
who they are and what they do
and how they teach you so you know.

But don’t be weary if it’s broken
or if through time it’s been so worn.
Families are like that –
they’re split up and always torn.

But even if this happens,
your family will always be.
They help define just who you are
and will be a part of you eternally.

By: Nicole M. O’Neil

https://familyfriendpoems.com/poem/1621

Problem: Scarcity of water during power outage

Here are some probable solutions that we think to be the answer to this problem:

1.) Installing a Generator

In South Philippine Adventist College Campus, dormitorians and villagers are experiencing water scarcity during power outage. It is so very hassle because there is no water to be used to take a bath, flush the toilets and any other necessities. We chose this kind of campaign because we think that it is a problem that needs to have a probable solutions.

Installation of a generator to supply emergency power during an outage changes the picture yet again. Not only does it keep your water pumps working, it ensures that we have electricity to use in our daily activities. However, don’t use appliances that consume high voltage power so that the generator can be used in a long period of time.

2.) Use grey water

Grey water refers to the recycled water. We can still flush the toilets by using this water. Water conservation during a power outage will allow us to continue with a usable water supply for a longer period of time.

3.) Build more water tanks

Building water tanks can store how many liters of rainwater. Rainwater is very essential because though it is just rainwater, we can still use this water for other things like flushing the toilets and cleaning things. We can also use this for taking a bath only when it has filters to avoid bacterial infections.

These solutions that we have listed have pros and cons. However, we are still hoping that the administrators and the staffs will come up to a solution that will benifit everybody. Though these solutions requires a lot of money, but it is for the benifit of everyone including them. These are just the things that we think can help to solve the problem and there is nothing wrong in providing solutions for the betterness of the community.

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

The Guardian view on the Philippines: a murderous ‘war on drugs’

Rodrigo Duterte has revelled in the “war on drugs” he launched on becoming president of the Philippines two years ago, with its vast and mounting death toll. He has said he personally killed suspected criminals as a city mayor. He has told detained drug suspects: “You want to live longer? Stay in jail.” This week he said that as president “my only sin is the extrajudicial killings”.

Such provocations are inevitably followed by supporters insisting that he is exaggerating or joking. His spokesman called his latest remarks “playful”, though widows and orphans are unlikely to consider them lighthearted. The campaign has left 4,500 people dead even on official statistics, and 12,000 dead according to human rights groups, almost all from the urban poor. In the first year alone, 54 children were killed. Though campaigners say the pace of killing has slowed, it also seems to have shifted away from the capital, Manila – and so away from attention.

Yet Filipinos knew what they were getting when they voted for Mr Duterte in 2016: the “death squad mayor” of Davao warned on the eve of the poll that drug dealers “better get out because I’ll kill you”. Indeed, while he won the presidential race with only 39%, his approval rating, currently at its lowestsince he took office, stands at 75%. He has systematically dismantled the checks and balances that might have constrained him, or at least prompted some voters to think again. Senator Leila de Lima, who dared to open an investigation into the killings, was smeared and seized on highly dubious drugs charges. She is still in custody.

This week another critic, Antonio Trillanes, was arrested after an amnesty granted to him was revoked. Government threats, restrictions and an army of trolls have muted the media, despite the courage of individuals. Maria Lourdes Sereno, the country’s top judge, wasousted from the supreme court in May after opposing controversial government proposals. Civil society, too, is suffering.

This makes external pressure all the more crucial. Mr Duterte has given two fingers to critics. When the US halted the sale of assault rifles, Russia stepped in. The admiration of Donald Trump has increased his ability to play the US and China off against each other. And though China and the Philippines have their own disputes – notably over the South China Sea – Japan has cosied up whenever it senses the Manila-Beijing relationship might be cooling.

But the international criminal court has opened a preliminary examination of the killings. There is growing support among members of the UN human rights council for an investigation. Mr Duterte has reacted with defiance and threats. Yet those around him may not be as bullish as they contemplate their future. The national police are particularly sensitive; its chief has blamed “scalawags” in the force for deaths. International pressure could yet have an impact. It must be exerted.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/28/the-guardian-view-on-the-philippines-a-murderous-war-on-drugs

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