Over 30 people died in the blasts, BBC said in an updated report, quoting police. It is so sad and shocking.
(Note added July 10: The number of people killed in the blasts has risen to 49; 700 others were injured. Police are asking for mobile phone images, video footage and photographs taken after Thursday’s attacks because these might provide clues to identity of attackers.)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo says she’s not resigning her office, in a speech delivered at 8 p.m. today. On the other hand, she has asked her entire Cabinet to tender their resignations to give her a free hand to effect changes in her administration.
In London, a series of explosions killed two people, injured a hundred others, and grounded the mass transit system.
Dylan reads up on the sun, planets, solar system, nebulas, comets, asteroids, quasars, milky way, other galaxies. The book is one in a set of 15 that he wants me to buy for him. He balked when he learned how much the set would cost and told me he did not really want the books.
A probe the size of a washing machine from Nasa’s Deep Impact spacecraft slammed into Comet Tempel 1 today (close to 2 a.m. in New York and around 2 p.m. in Manila). The collision was deliberate and scientists behind the mission are pleased with the result. Read more of the story here.
I wish I could have seen it as it happened.
My sons’ babysitter called me from the office using her mobile phone two hours ago because Lennon, he is 2, locked her and his older brother Dylan in the kitchen and would not open the door despite their pleas.
The kitchen was not in the original design of the house; we had it built into the free space at the back when we took over the house from its original occupants. This is why there is a door leading to it that locks from the inside.
