The Doulos Ship will be coming to Manila on November 29th. I want to be sure and visit it this time (I missed it last year). The ship is basically a giant floating book store.
They currently have a Book Fair at University Baptist Church, Manila (located across from FEU); Mon-Fri 9am-8pm (half-day on Saturday). I stopped by for just a minute Tuesday afternoon–I’ll try to drop by there again on Friday afternoon. They’ll be at UBC until the ship comes on the 29th.
There was an explosion tonight at the Philippine House of Representatives. Two have been killed and nine were seriously injured (at least that’s the latest I’m hearing now as I watch the news).
Congressman Wahab Akbar (Basilan Representative) was killed, leading some to speculate that he was the target.
Just as the nation recovers from a terrible accident, this happens at a government office. I’m still learning about all of the political issues involved with Akbar. Regardless of what was behind all of this, I hate it that the Philippines gets another black eye in the world media.