anti drug philippines and its meth crisis

 i think they should legalize cannabis to combat methamphetamine hydrochloride use in the masses. do it up like thailand where local growers passing standardization tests can sell their plants to the government facilitate laboratory experimentation with all aspects of cannabis in context to modern times and actual useage rate due to large hemp production in the country

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2001/07/04/letter-of-instruction-no-1-s-2001/

to note this order is from 2001 and the next year i moved to canada and in 2003 its reported that meth arrived in vancouver 

now we have a opioid crisis because street dealers often sell meth and fentanyl same time as well as meth being dilutant and fentanyls high concentration makes the smallest contamination of fentanyl in meth turn meth into low dose fentanyl also we have huge amount of new cannabinoids diluted in meth and these are legal as not classified as illegal substances great time to experiment making research chemicals for smaller cannabis niche careers but also tricky as these research chemicals can me sold as crystal meth and the buyers are none the wiser and may be smoking cocaine or worse yet bath salts pcp china white and other extremely strong phychadelic hallucinogens imagine an entire population of meth addicts all got dosed on pcp same weekend? string of bizarre robberies. were all dead. any point is i should go to bed now got some maps to consider.

ps very scary drugs out there this ban is essential in a place like the philippines where huge portions of the population could be dosed and experimented on unbeknownst to the victims or the general population due to lack of identification of altered mind states from lack of experience. for example when i was kept homeless i was sure i was dosed with a plethora of substances one of them i think made me slow moving for a week straight like i wouldnt move for all day and i also noticed a lot of people were stuck or slow moving. i used to shout at them yo slow mover, get the fuck out of here, cos idontknow why but they scared me. another was fentanyl for sure and there was a few times on pcp for sure and i think one time on lsd. lucky me i got some experience but holy shit man unknown and unaware its not cool. problem is lack of education, access, too many people, they arent ready for harm reduction, what they need is cannabis legalization. 

also i heard afghanistan is making ephedrine as their main farmed cash crop now that opium is out of fashion due to fentanyls extreme concentrations killing everyone and out selling the natural sap

No to Illegal Mining in Palawan, Philippines! aka Happy Anti-Valentines Day

http://www.no2mininginpalawan.com/

Hey anyone out there?  Commercialized holidays getting on your nerves? No flowers? Have no date?

Join us in signing this petition and help spread the word. According to some ridiculous law or whatever if the people want the Government to do something about  Illegal mining, whoever would need to gather ONE MILLION SIGNATURES for them to 'do' anything about ILLEGAL MINING. whhhhaaaatttttt?????

Palawan is a dear place to me. It helped me get to know myself better right when I turned into my twenties. I lived on an island there, there is a link in my links (the go on vacation here link) is across the lagoon from where we were. Palawan is an amazing place. It was so  rich and virgin somehow when I was there. Lush and just spectacular. So much diversity in species. It helped that the many heads I encountered were NGOs, marine biologists, community builders and advocates, artists and capable dreamers. All of them with excellent minds and doing something regarding the lushness of the landscape. Now when illegal mining like this threatens that very landscape that brings such an array of life together, I feel tight. Choked up. I hope you can understand that the world is losing all of its natural landscape. If all we need to do is advocate for change via communication (internet) than we are already half way to a better place. The other half comes into play when you sign something that protects the land ad advocates for a better functioning of society. So what do you say? Please find the signature campaign link on the site and submit your signature.
http://www.no2mininginpalawan.com/

Still not convinced?
Check out this you tube clip:

PASS THE RH BILL PHILIPPINES!

its dreadful that the philippines is struggling to pass a bill on reproductive health. its preety basic.

queen of the orient

hey my cousin christine linked this on facebook. see how useful it is :D
its pretty awesome.

old families rule!
hehe

this is my great grandmother from my dads side.

http://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/2008/08/8-1908-leonarda-limjap-royal.html

its pretty trippy cos with the post script i can really see clearly how im in there related to those amazing people.

PLEASE DONATE TO THE KETSANA / ONDOY VICTIMS

i brought a bunch of new stuff to dream and barefoot contessa recently :D please go check it out if you are so inclined...

mmm. i got some business cards from vista print in the mail today.

im making stuff today. mainly, necklaces. maybe i will set up my sewing area a bit better too cos now i have my serger again :D

my shop was offline cos i paid late, but its back online now... yay. hmm. i was thinking of donating some sales (if any) to the flood victims. like, maybe 25% of the item total. till nov. i wonder if ill get any online sales by then? ha.


its so rainy today.... but not as rainy as it was in manila a few days ago. yikes. have you seen the destruction brought upon by the massive flooding? that typhoon ketsana is one mean whirlwind.
lots of people in manila are donating and running relief operations but there are so many people that need help its going to take a long time to rebuild.
there are a lot of ways to donate, specially through the philippine red cross and unicef.. (also, the salvation army here)
on youtube, check out the related videos, gosh there are tonnes....
apparently ketsana hitting manila is twice as worse as hurricane katrina in new orleans :C
grass roots and the public help better than the government... http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496123

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ifTqoxntOs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi0bp_5e0g0

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=163434718938


http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/note.php?note_id=162392178938&id=674910701&ref=share

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216872/3b6d51123e44e5dfd4ac9daaee79e5be.htm

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=160387518487

Those of you residing OUTSIDE OF THE PHIILPPINES, you can HELP too.


1. IN KIND DONATIONS: (Most urgent needs)

Food items: Rice, noodles, canned goods, sugar, iodized salt, cooking oil, monggo beans and potable water

Medicines: Paracetamol, antibiotics, analgesic, oral rehydration salts, multivitamins and medications to treat diarrheal diseases

Non-food items: Adult/baby clothes, baby formulas, diapers, bath soaps, face towels, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, water containers, water purification tablets, plastic sheetings, and Laundry soap

Rehabilitation Programs: Shelter materials for house repair

2. MONETARY DONATIONS

*CASH or CHECK
Please send cash or check donations to the PNRC National Headquarters in Manila. Checks should be made payable to The Philippine National Red Cross. We can also arrange for donation pick-up.

* BANK DEPOSIT
Account Name: The Phil. Nat’l. Red Cross

METROBANK
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 151-3-041-63122-8
Dollar Acct.: 151-2-151-00218-2
Type of Acct. : SAVINGS
Swift Code: MBTC PH MM

BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 4991-0010-99
Type of Account: CURRENT

BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
UN Branch
Dollar Acct.: 8114-0030-94
Type of Account: SAVINGS
Swift Code: BOPI PH MM

For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number.

*Credit Card

Please fax the following info to +632.404.09.79 and +632.527.0575:

Name of card member, billing address, contact nos. (phone & mobile), credit card no., expiration date, CCV2/ CVC2 (last three digits at the back of the credit card), billing address, amount to be donated.

* Online Donations, visit our website at www.redcross.org.ph .

**INTERNATIONAL

Send a letter of intent to donate to the PNRC
A letter of acceptance from PNRC shall be sent back to the donor
Immediately after shipping the goods, please send the (a) original Deed of Donation, (b) copy of packing list and (c) original Airway Bill for air shipments or Bill of Lading for sea shipments to The Philippine National Red Cross–National Headquarters c/o Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila 2803, Philippines.

hyperlink to Philippine Red Cross below
http://www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/wtd.aspx


OR

Please call the Red Cross nearest you & ask how you can help...

American Red Cross 1-800-435-7669
Australian Red Cross 1-800-811-700
Canadian Red Cross 613-740-1900
British Red Cross 0844-87-100 87
German Red Cross +32-16-89-60-60

UNICEF provides immediate assistance to children affected by tropical storm Ondoy
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MANILA, 29 September 2009 — UNICEF has provided about Php 6,908,330 million in supplies to address the urgent needs of affected children and their families in the wake of tropical storm Ondoy. Within 24 hours of the storm hitting Manila, UNICEF supplied food and non-food items, as well as temporary shelter to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for distribution to flood-stricken communities.

UNICEF expressed great concern over the growing number of children and families affected by storm Ondoy (international codename Ketsana) which dumped a month’s worth of rain in 12 hours, flooding 25 per cent of Metro Manila and affecting more than 24 provinces around the country. The death toll has risen to 240, and is expected to still rise as relief and recovery efforts continue.

Data from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) revealed that around 1.8 million people were affected, with 600,000 people being relocated in around 600 evacuation centers. Some families are still trapped on upper levels or roofs of houses awaiting rescue.

“Our hearts go out to the thousands of children and families who have been affected by the storm, whether they are still trapped in their homes or living in evacuation centers. This is a very difficult experience for any child, especially for those who have lost their loved ones,” Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF Representative, said.

UNICEF is in constant coordination with the government and other humanitarian agencies to deliver much-needed goods and services to the displaced. They formed part of an assessment team composed of emergency specialists and have travelled to many sites today to find out how children are being affected by the massive flooding.

© UNICEF Philippines/2009/Alquinto
“I visited the flooded sites of Taguig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City today, and was shocked by the level of devastation in many communities. But what also struck me was the amazing co-operation and generosity of the people of the capital, who have opened up their homes to assist others less fortunate in their neighbourhoods," Tobin said.

“Water and sanitation are issues that need immediate action. In the next 48 hours, we will be delivering 2,000 more hygiene kits, essential medicines, water purification tablets, portable toilets and family kits containing blankets and soap to aid in relief efforts. We are also helping the government and other humanitarian agencies to address gaps in the delivery of aid to those affected,” Tobin added.

UNICEF is now appealing internationally for US $ 3.5 million for the children and families affected by the storm. The funds will be used to purchase additional water kits and essential medical kits to ensure safe drinking water and to prevent outbreak of diseases.

As the relief and recovery efforts continue, UNICEF is concerned about the storm’s long-term effects on children, including health risks posed by the widespread flooding, as well as the two tropical storms heading for the same area, and likely to hit land on Thursday or Friday.

UNICEF is accepting cash donations through its Metrobank account: UNICEF C/A 066-7-06631209-3 in response to the victims of tropical storm Ondoy. Call our hotlines at (02) 758-1000 and 758-1442 to find out more ways to send your donations.

Third Space

one sunday, the year after i gradded high school, i got handed a flyer by a maid after mass at Christ the King church near my house in 'meadows.
It was a flyer for Third Space, an experimental artist run space which was conducting workshops, had a video/book library and editing/video equiptment. it was located in a village really close to my house.. strictly in the manila sense ie. gated housing subdivision. I lived in one , there are tonnes all beside each other kind of deal, and third space was like basically just had to walk across one 'main' road to enter another section of villages and eventually i was there...I think I was about 16 or 17 at the time and I already knew I wanted to do art, and not just 'oil painting'. So I took the flyer and read it over and over again and decided I wanted to go check it out and try to do an 'experimental genre' workshop.
I cant remember the first time I met Yason, although im positive i instantly thought he was equal parts of art and genius and crazy kitschy gay!
When I got involved in Third space it was like Yason would make me do these experimental art projects. Experimental in the way that U. P. Fine Arts workshops were not (at all). My first installations and public performance was with Yason and the Third Space crew.... it seems everyone i remember affiliated with that time has made success of their talent/careers in manila and abroad be it in art, fashion, music... I MET PAOLO RAYMUNDO BECAUSE OF THIRD SPACE nuff said... ya, pao!!! its been
too long. and everyone else i met through the grapes and vines ;) hello, the foundation of my young adult life.
The best 'shows' I ever did were for Third Space.. with We Are The Raft project (2005) coming in at a tie.This one time we did bathroom installations in the CCP aka. cultural center of the philippines.. you know like where they have orchestra and ballet performances... we installed in almost all the main bathrooms! i think it was considered ground breaking stuff or sumpin atthe time, in manila.... :D was the it was such a fun show to set up!! ak. da best. the american ambassadors wife wanted my stuff pulled out of the show for being obscene!!! haha so they had to put an 'adults only' sign in one of the stalls i re-made. it was the porn stall. some dirty old bastard at one point ripped the protective plastic that was linng the inside of the stall wide open and took a pic or two. heh. the pics were hilarious too really old old women, very large breasted women, amature porn and gay porn. the other two stalls were not- porn. one was two huge rolls of fiber fill and a light behind the toilet. supported by a thin wodden frame i wired together or something .. very hot and strange sounding inside. the other stall was completely lined in refective silver plastic/wrapping paper, had star shaped xmas lights and multicolored lights hanging from the top via the same sort of frame as the fiber fill stall: on top, and the rest of the bathroom was installed like a hang out room with pillows on the floor while the entrance was a wait room. I did lots of other shows with Yason curating and that is pretty much how I was introduced to art. Third Space and super traditional U. P. Fine Arts worshops (oil, charcoal, pastel, figure, perspective etc).
Yason was the shit and he really opened up my eyes. He was my first artistic mentor and let me see what it was like to live for art and how to make life equal art and have a mad fun time doing it.


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YOU'RE INVITED!

ARCHIVING ARTIST-RUN SPACES @ Magnet Gallery Katipunan (in front of Ateneo, beside Rustan's and Starbucks)
December 5: Third Space / Yason Banal
Wednesday, 5-7pm

Archiving Artist-Run Spaces (AARS) is a series of talks and slideshows about 6 artist-run spaces in Manila including Pinaglabanan Gallery, The Junk Shop, Third Space, Surrounded By Water, Big Sky Mind and Future Prospects.

These spaces were vital centers for Filipino contemporary art, providing the much-needed arena for artists to produce and exhibit their work without the limitations of commercial galleries and traditional institutions. Not only did they nurture a significant number of artists who have made their mark in the Philippine art scene, artist-run spaces also helped define a new direction for contemporary art practice.
Third Space was conceived by Yason Banal in 1998 as an art project that uses the physical and conceptual form of a house as material in creating, distributing and evaluating contemprary art practice, zooming in on new forms such as performance, video and installation. There were exhibitions, screenings, happenings and talks, as well as film shoots, blind dates and spirit hunts. It provided a free library and continuous workshops for children, teens and adults in special courses such as creative writing, new art seminar and experimental genres. Both a site-specific (located on Third Street, Saint Ignatius Village) and time-based (life span of 3 years) work, it ceased to exist in 2000.