What's the truth about the walking dead person. ....

Is there any truth about soul of man came back to seek help, especially the one who met sudden death due to an accident? Accidental death is itself a distress so that the soul may be in the state of shock at the moment or some said, they don't know yet that they are already dead that's why they still don't leave; or those souls were victims of injustices like unsolved crimes committed by the perpetrators who are still at large and the souls wanted to help solve and penalize the criminals.

There are talks that survivors of the worst-hit Leyte by super typhoon Yolanda, have seen people who were believe to have died and already listed as among those who were killed by the typhoon surge and remain missing up to this time. One resident claimed had seen her neighbor who was among those who died,  passed by when she was sitting by the window.  Selody said, " Before I saw her, the dogs started to howl as if they have seen something or somebody". The story goes that after the storm,  dogs howled "eerily" every night, that there were strange voices and children crying were heard asking for help but there was nobody outside, and the more it was scary and they were frightened every time they heard the dogs howl. Are the eyes of the dogs more powerful than the human eyes to be able to see ghosts or spirits during the midnight or wee hours? These people died unexpectedly during the rage of Yolanda and we believe that their souls couldn't accept that they had died.

We who are still alive believe to have connections with the souls of our departed love ones, could still hear deep in our minds and in our hearts and feel the spirits' presence especially during their wake days from the time they passed away until the 40 days. I believe personally that the souls of those who died in accidents and those who meet in natural death need prayers so they can find peace.

So in times like these or every "Undas" let us pray for the eternal repose of their souls.

     "Lord God our Almighty Father, we beseech  and adore you. We glorify and praise your name for you are our creator,  the source of everything. We are truly sorry for all our wrong doings thus we ask you to forgive us all our sins.  Today we also celebrate your call to the souls of our love ones. We pray for the souls of (names).........Grant them the pardon they needed most for them to be United with You and share the resurrection of Jesus.  Loving Father, thank you for all the blessings we receive and for all the good things you've done to all of us. All of these,  we ask and pray, through your son Jesus Christ, in unity with the Holy Spirit who reigns as one God, with the intercession of Mama Mary, forever and ever. Amen!..."

Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and its repercussion

A Visiting Forces Agreement is a version of a status of forces agreement that only applies to troops temporarily in a country. The Philippines--United States Visiting Forces Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and the United States consisting of two separate documents. The first of these documents is commonly referred to as "the VFA" or "VFA-1", and the second as "VFA-2" or the counterpart Agreement. "

A formal murder case was filed by the family of a victim and a lawyer Harry Roque. But the question is whether the alleged culprit can be prosecuted under the Philippine courts and authorities.

The US Marine tagged in the slaying of a 26-year old Transgender in Olongapo City should be turned over to the Philippine authorities and be detained in a local facility. This opinion is based on the provision under the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the United States and the Philippines,  where the Philippine government has automatic jurisdiction over a suspect in a crime committed within its territory,  once he or she has been identified.

In this case a victim was killed last October 11, 2014 and identified as Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude, and a suspect was identified by a witness as Private First Class (PFC) Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Marine of the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines assigned at West Pace Express. He was among the more than 4,000 US Marines and sailors that took part in the just concluded joint naval war games held in Zambales and Palawan. PFC Pemberton is currently confined on USS Peleliu amphibious assault ship in the Subic Bay free port, about 80 km northwest of Manila.

But according to Senator Miriam Santiago, a Chairwoman in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relation, "VFA has a provision that even if jurisdiction belongs to the Philippines,  if the US makes a request, just a request not even a supported request. ...automatically jurisdiction must be turned over to the US..." and she added "while the same provision provides that the Philippines may also request to retain jurisdiction over the suspect,  the request would not be granted immediately as the US would only give a so-called "full account" of the circumstances.

We are now back in the issue of whether or not VFA is necessary or if its existence gives a 'seni quanon' condition for the Philippine government while having a territorial and maritime disputes with China.

Following this event,  there are now activities ensued in Manila and in Los Angeles,  California, USA, conducted by activists demanding the handover of Pemberton to the Philippine authorities,  saying Laude was the victim of a "hate crime". That he or she did not deserve to be murdered or be killed for reason of transsexuals or even if granting he or she was a prostitute, the way it happened being brutally assaulted and drowned in the bowl of the toilet, it's reprehensible.  The aggrieved family and the Filipino people in general is asking to give justice where justice is due. And hopefully the US government would not condone this time the crime perpetrated by its soldier.

If justice for Laude is not served, what is the great repercussion of the VFA...at this moment

                              "Jennifer Laude"

the Filipinos are now talking to initiate the renegotiation of the VFA and whatever the outcome of the new agreements either an improvement or abrogation I'm sure it will be for the good of the Filipino people. We fervently pray and hope that everything gonna ends well.