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RYAN REY PONTERAS-RUSLEE SAMOR FIGHT VIDEO FOR IBF PAN-PACIFIC FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

After a long search, we were finally able to locate the video of the fight between Braveheart Boxing Club’s Ryan Rey Ponteras and Thai IBF Pan-Pacific Flyweight champion Ruslee Samor in Chonburi, Thailand last Dec. 26.

It was Ponteras’ first big fight in a checkered boxing career and his fifth under the wings of the Braveheart Boxing Club which I and my brothers own.

Ponteras won this fight but yesterday in Okinawa, Japan, he was robbed of another victory when members of the Japan Boxing Commission in Okinawa declared his opponent, Go Onaga, winner through a bizarre “Defeat by Foul” ruling.

Onaga quit in the 4th round after he was hammered by Ponteras but instead of declaring the Filipino boxer the winner, the Japan Boxing Commission officials at ringside declared him the loser by “Defeat by Foul.”

Portion of the Ponteras-Onaga fight will be posted on Wednesday.

In the meantime, watch and enjoy this video of the Ponteras-Ruslee fight which started in Round 2.

 

 

 

 

 

June 3  2013

COTABATO HAS ONE POTENTIALLY ACTIVE

AND TWENTY NINE INACTIVE VOLCANOES

I am endlessly amazed by the wonders of modern information technology because by merely clicking www.wikipedia.com, an internet user can possibly get all of the answers for almost all of his questions.

Take the case of the subject of volcanoes in Cotabato.

By merely clicking the free online encyclopedia, I had the biggest education shock of my life.

First, that Mt. Apo, which I have climbed for a dozen times, while it is continuously spewing out smoke from its crater, is listed as the only “potentially active” volcano in North Cotabato.

Second, there are twenty nine inactive volcanoes in the province and in its boundaries with Lanao del Sur, one of which is Mt. Akir-Akir which I have climbed once before.

Third, there is a listing under the Bulakanon Cone Field and I am not sure if this refers to Bulakanon in Makilala which is near Mt. Apo and the boundary of Mlang and Tulunan towns.

If it is, then Makilala town will have the biggest number of inactive volcanoes in North Cotabato.

I will make additional inquiries with Philvolcs about this and give you an update.

As promised, here is the list of the Inactive Volcanoes in Cotabato, the potentially active volcanoes in Mindanao and the active volcanoes in the Philippines.

Inactive Volcano Location Province

Volcanic Region Metres ASL

1,Akir-Akir 7°25.27′N 124°25.45′ECotabato

2.Bito 7°30′N 124°17′E

Cotabato

  1. Blik 6°57.5′N 124°13′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 01 6°56′N 125°8.5′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 02 6°53.5′N 125°8′E

Cotabato

  1. Mount Gap 6°52′N 125°7.5′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 04 6°51.5′N 125°09′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 05 6°50.5′N 125°8′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 06 6°53.5′N 125°6.5′E
  2. Mount Libadan 6°53′N 125°6.5′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 08 6°53′N 125°6′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 09 6°55′N 125°5′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 10 6°52.5′N 125°4′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 11 6°51′N 125°4.5′E

Cotabato

15.Bolacanon 12 6°51.5′N 125°6′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 13 6°50.25′N 125°6.5′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 14 6°50′N 125°6′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 15 6°49′N 125°6.5′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 16 6°48.5′N 125°6.25′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 17 6°47.75′N 125°6′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 18 6°46′N 125°7′E

Cotabato

  1. Bolacanon 19 6°52.25′N 126°6′E

Cotabato

  1. Cabugao 7°32.5′N 124°14′E

Cotabato, Lanao

  1. Magampao 7°37.1′N 124°35.88′E

Cotabato

  1. Mamot 7°58′N 124°08′E

Cotabato

  1. Navaro 6°23.5′N 125°01′E

Cotabato

  1. Quezon 6°35′N 124°57′E

Cotabato

  1. Table 7°28′N 124°48′E

Cotabato

  1. Talomo 7°02′N 125°20′E

Davao del Sur Cotabato

Potentially Active Volcanoes in Mindanao

Name Elevation Location Last eruption

meters feet Coordinates

  1. Apo 2954 9691 7.008°N 125.27°E

  1. Balatukan 2450 8038 8.77°N 124.98°E

  1. Balut 852 2828 5.40°N 125.375°E Holocene
  2. Camiguin Mindanao 1332 9.1°N 124.7°E Holocene
  3. Kalatungan 2824 9265 7.95°N 124.80°E Holocene
  4. Latukan 2158 7080 7.65°N 124.47°E Holocene
  5. Malindang 2435 7989 8.22°N 123.63°E Holocene

Active volcanoes in the Philippines

1.Ambalatungan Group 17.310982°N 121.103668°E

2,329 metres (7,641 ft) Kalinga

0 Explosions in 1952 is uncertain.[4] Fumarolic with solfataras and thermal springs.

  1. Babuyan Claro 9.523°N 121.940°E

1,080 metres (3,540 ft) Cagayan

3 Eruptions were recorded in 1831, 1860 and 1913. Askedna Hot Springs is located in the southern base of the volcano.

  1. Banahaw 14.07°N 121.48°E

2,158 metres (7,080 ft) Quezon

0 Eruptions were uncertain during the mudflows of 1730, 1743, 1843 and 1909.[5]

  1. Biliran 11.558°N 124.513°E

1,301 metres (4,268 ft) Biliran

1 Phreatic eruption in 1939. Fumarolic with thermal springs

  1. Bulusan 12.770°N 124.05°E

1,565 metres (5,135 ft) Sorsogon

17 Eruptions years are from 1886 to 2011. Permanently monitored

  1. Cagua 18.222°N 122.123°E

1,133 metres (3,717 ft) Cagayan

1 Eruption in 1860 and strong solfataric activity in 1907. Thermal areas are located near the summit and NW to NNE flanks.

  1. Camiguin de Babuyanes 18.83°N 121.860°E

712 metres (2,336 ft) Cagayan

1 Its only recorded eruption was in 1857. Fumarolic with thermal springs

  1. Didicas 19.077°N 122.202°E

244 metres (801 ft) Cagayan

6 Eruptions in 1773, 1856, 1900, 1952, 1969 and 1978. A submarine volcano till 1952 when a permanent island was formed.[6]

  1. Hibok-Hibok 9.203°N 124.673°E

1,552 metres (5,092 ft) Camiguin

5 Eruption in years 1827, 1862, 1871 and 1948–1952. Activity from 1897-1902 was only solfataric. Permanently monitored.

  1. Iraya 20.469°N 122.010°E

1,009 metres (3,310 ft) Batanes

1 Last eruption was in 1454. Seismic swarm in 1998.

  1. Iriga 13.457°N 123.457°E

1,196 metres (3,924 ft) Camarines Sur

0 The eruption in 1628 was discredited.[7]

  1. Jolo Group 6.013°N 121.057°E

811 metres (2,661 ft) Sulu

0 Uncertain submarine eruption in 1897. Listed as Bud Dajo, a cinder cone on Jolo Island, in the PHIVOLCS list.

  1. Kanlaon 10.412°N 123.132°E

2,435 metres (7,989 ft) Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental

26 Eruptions were recorded from 1886 to 2006. Permanently monitored.

  1. Leonard Kniaseff 7.382°N 126.047°E

1,190 metres (3,900 ft) Davao del Norte

0 Last eruption was dated as c.120 AD.[8] Strong thermal features.

  1. Makaturing 7.647°N 124.32°E

1,940 metres (6,360 ft) Lanao del Sur

2 Eruption recorded in 1865 and 1882. The 1856 and 1858 eruptions was credited to Ragang[9][10]

  1. Matutum 6.37°N 125.07°E

2,286 metres (7,500 ft) South Cotabato

0 Mountain was fumarolic on March 7, 1911, but if an eruption occurred was uncertain. Thermal springs in Almoan and Linan.[11][12]

  1. Mayon 13.257°N 123.685°E

2,462 metres (8,077 ft) Albay

50 Eruptions were recorded from 1616 to 2013. Permanently monitored.

  1. Musuan 7.877°N 125.068°E

646 metres (2,119 ft) Bukidnon

2 Eruptions in 1866 & 1867. Strong seismic swarm in 1976.

  1. Parker 6.113°N 124.892°E

1,824 metres (5,984 ft) South Cotabato

1 A caldera-forming eruption occurred on January 4, 1641.

  1. Pinatubo 15.13°N 120.35°E

1,486 metres (4,875 ft) Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga

3 Reawakened in 1991 producing the 2nd largest eruption in the 20th century. Followed by milder eruptions in 1992 and 1993.

  1. Ragang 7.70°N 124.50°E

2,815 metres (9,236 ft) Lanao del Sur, Cotabato

7 Eruption years are from 1765 to 1873. Eruptions were uncertain in 1915 and 1916.

  1. San Pablo Volcanic Field 14.12°N 121.30°E

1,090 metres (3,580 ft) Laguna, Batangas

0 Last activity was the formation of Sampaloc Lake around 1350 AD +/- 100 years determined by anthropology[3][13]

  1. Smith 19.534°N 121.917°E

688 metres (2,257 ft) Cagayan

6 Eruption years are from 1652 to 1924. Combined with Babuyan Claro on the GVP list.

  1. Taal 14.002°N 120.993°E

400 metres (1,300 ft) Batangas

33 Eruption years is from 1572 to 1977. Showing signs of unrest since 1991 and permanently monitored.

  1. Unnamed volcano (Ibugos) 20.33°N 121.75°E

−24 metres (−79 ft) Batanes

3 Submarine eruptions in 1773, 1850 and 1854.

(Photo caption: Mt. Apo with Lake Jordan in the foreground.)

 

 

Source: Manny Piñol

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