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Volunteers return from Philippine relief efforts
By Nicole Klauss
Kodiak Daily Mirror
ODIAK, Alaska (AP) —
Kodiak resident Jun Belen
was feeding kids at a school
on the Philippine island of Leyte
when he was struck by the kindness
of one boy.
At one of the schools where he
cooked and distributed food, Belen
saw a boy holding onto his plate of
chicken and spaghetti, not eating it.
He asked the boy why he wasn’t
eating his food, and was touched by
the response: “I was surprised when
he said, ‘This is for my brother,”’
Belen said. “I’m so blessed to see a
person, a brother like this. I’m so
touched for this boy. I told him ‘It’s
OK, just bring this to your brother
and I will give you another piece.”’
Belen recently returned from
Leyte, an area struck by Typhoon
Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yo-
landa) in November, where he deliv-
ered relief funds raised in Kodiak.
With him he took around $6,000
from people in Kodiak and around
$2,000 from churches in Alaska,
including the Filipino Bible Church.
Some of the churches helped fund his
travel costs.
“It was sad,” Belen said. “They said
the first three days after the typhoon
reached, they all had no food, no
shelter. They said it’s like they have a
coma in their hearts. They don’t like
experiencing it anymore.”
Belen said people were already
working to repair their homes so life
could return to normal.
Some were working as carpenters
fixing the homes of wealthier people,
and others were patching their own
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ANTICIPATED REMATCH. Manny Pacquiao, right, and Timothy
Bradley face off during their World Boxing Organization welterweight title
fight in Las Vegas in this June 9, 2012 file photo. Nearly two years after
Bradley won in a disputed split decision, promoters announced the two
boxers will fight again on April 12. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Pacquiao-Bradley
rematch set for April 12
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two years after Timothy
Bradley defeated Manny Pacquiao in a disputed split
decision, promoters announced the two will fight again on
April 12.
Pacquiao’s loss to Bradley on June 9, 2012 broke a
15-fight winning streak during which he was recognized
as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world
along with Floyd Mayweather.
Later that year, Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out
Pacquiao, making many think that Pacquiao’s age and
outside-the-ring activities — he’s a congressman in the
Philippines, does extensive charity work, and moonlights
as an actor and singer — had hurt his ability to box at a
high level.
In November, Pacquiao, 35, defeated Brandon Rios in a
comeback fight in Macau.
Bradley, 30, defended his welterweight championship
twice since beating Pacquiao: a brutal brawl with Ruslan
Provodnikov and a close decision over Marquez.
Bradley abandoned his defensive style against
Provodnikov and left the ring swollen and with a
concussion. Bradley said he slurred his speech for two
months after the fight. Against Marquez, Bradley used his
boxing skills to avoid the power that had caught Pacquiao,
and won another close decision.
Promoters Bob Arum and Todd duBoef of Top Rank and
Michael Koncz of MP Promotions announced the fight,
which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in
Las Vegas.
Pacquiao is 55-5-2 with 38 knockouts. He has been
lobbying for a fight with the undefeated Mayweather, but
Mayweather says he will fight someone else — likely
Britain’s Amir Khan or Argentina’s Marcos Maidana — in
May.
The 30-year-old Bradley, from California, is 31-0 with
12 KOs.
AID FROM ALASKANS. Volunteers pack relief goods to be distributed in Isabel, Leyte, the
Philippines. Kodiak resident Jun Belen recently returned from Leyte, an area struck by Typhoon
Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yolanda), where he delivered relief funds raised in Kodiak, Alaska.
With him he took approximately $8,000 donated by people in Kodiak and other churches in Alaska.
Overall, Belen estimated he shared the money with 300 to 400 people. (AP Photo/Kodiak Filipino
Bible Church, Remigio Belen Jr.)
the $14,400 raised in Kodiak at
homes.
“They had houses but no roofs,” he various fundraisers. Much of the
said. “They cannot live there because money was raised by volunteers who
it’s damaged. Some had tarps on the made and sold thousands of egg rolls.
Manila was outside the affected
top of their homes.”
For the most part, he observed area, so Arboleda had a completely
people helping each other, but Belen different experience than Belen.
“It was great,” he said. “We dropped
was warned about driving through
certain areas where crime and looting it (the money) off with the founda-
tion.”
were common.
Arboleda donated the money to
“It’s dangerous to go some places
ABS-CBN Foundation Inc., an
because of the looting,” he said.
Overall, Belen estimated he shared organization that works to make an
the money with 300 to 400 people, impact in the Philippines in the areas
giving them around 500 Philippine of the environment, education,
pesos, approximately $12, for food. childcare, and disaster management.
Some of the money Belen brought The foundation will distribute it to
affected areas.
with him was used to feed children.
“We were not in an area where the
Alvin Arboleda also recently
returned from the Philippines after storm hit,” he said. “I believe in the
spending time with his family in province where the typhoon hit is still
Manila, where he was able to donate feeling the effects.”
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A rare Francois’ langur monkey
has been born at a zoo in northern Ohio.
Keepers at the Toledo Zoo say the monkey was born last
month. The zoo is one of about 20 places in the country
that exhibit and breed Francois’ langurs.
The zoo said the newborn’s name is Tam (tahm), which
means “heart” in Vietnamese.
There are an estimated 2,500 left in the wild. They are
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The zoo said most Francois’ langurs have orange hair
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