Lahar!

MOD Filipina Vol. 24 No. 1047, September 27, 1991
On the cover: Candice Robyn P. Corral

The term, “Lahar,” became the daily topic of discussion as an aftermath of the Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption. It became the scourge of Central Luzon, when it overran the provinces of Zambales, Pampanga and Tarlac, especially when the government then was inept to the suffering of the people and only busy itself in vindictive politics.

On Math-O’Logics, more about the circular constant pi, the early formulas devised by different great mathematicians to calculate its value.

“You say, ‘We have made a treaty with death and signed a pact with Sheol: when the raging flood sweeps by, it will not touch us; for we have taken refuge in lies and sheltered behind falsehood.....’ I (GOD) shall use justice as a plumb-line and righteousness as a plummet. Then hail will sweep away your refuge of lies and floodwaters carry away your shelter.” – The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 28:15 & 17, The Revised English Bible.