Vatican Announces Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as New Pope
With an over 24-hour of Papal Conclave has finally ended in choosing Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope. He is the first Jesuit to become a leader of the Roman Catholic Church throughout history. The newly-elected pope and now be called as Pope Francis tributes his name to Saint Francis of Assisi.
“As you know the duty of the conclave is to give Rome a bishop. It seems that my brother cardinals went Read more
Philippine Airports to Tighten Security on Christmas Season
All airport officials and personnel of the Philippines are mandated to implement tight security and to always keep an eye on those who might sabotage airport operations and communications especially on Christmas season. Every passenger or tourist must cooperate and try to understand the obligatory proceedings although this would create hassles and Read more
Another Typhoon Strikes Philippines
After a typhoon Nesat hit the Philippines in just a week ago that took several lives and brought major damages to many Filipinos, another typhoon locally named Ramon or bagyong Ramon strikes again the country today. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or known as PAGASA, the recent location of typhoon was about 70 km southwest of Romblon Read more
Philippine Azkals Shows their Heart against Kuwait
The entire team of Philippine Azkals played with a tremendous heart in action-packed football game over highly favored Kuwait team at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Thursday night.
At early of the game, the Azkals started so strong and even stunned Kuwait with a spectacular first-half lone goal by midfielder Stephan Schrock, but again suffered Read more
Congressman Manny Pacquiao and US Senator Harry Reid Talks about the Revival of Filipino Garment Industry
During the four cities promotional tour on May 7 mega fight prior to Manny Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title defense against three-division, five-time titlist Sugar Shane Mosley ended a day began with Pacquiao’s welcomed by Reid onto the floor of the United States Senate.
Aside from Manny’s meeting with the US president Barack Obama, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum confirmed that Pacquiao Read more
2011 Sinulog Festival is A Big Success despite of Heavy Rains
Despite of heavy rains sprinkle all over the skies, it did not stop the Cebuanos celebrating their annual Sinulog Festival for 2011. There were still many people who joined the celebration including the Philippine President and some TV personalities.
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Flight Attendants Dance the Lady Gaga Hits
Cebu Pacific Airlines, as one of the top airline companies in the Philippines has done something very spectacular on entertaining their customers while in the midst of travel. Flight attendants have already solved the usual problem of air flight boredom with an old fashioned safety speech and demonstration. Instead, they have done it by dancing the Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” while giving the proper/boring safety demonstration.
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Watch the Live Telecast of Miss Universe 2010 Pageant on ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN is once again to air the live telecast of much anticipated Miss Universe 2010 via live satellite on August 24 (Tuesday) at 9:30 a.m. with a primetime telecast the same day on Studio 23 at 7:10 p.m. and on Velvet (SkyCable ch 53) at 6:30 p.m. It is their 4th consecutive year which makes the Kapamilya Network the home of Miss Universe in the Philippines.
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Aquino Takes an Early Lead in Unofficial RP Presidential Race
As of 11:45 PM (UTC/GMT) in the Philippines, Liberal Party’s presidential bet Sen. Benigno “NoyNoy” Aquino enjoys an early lead in the unofficial election poll. If he wins, Aquino promises to give the Filipino people what they deserve by fighting the endemic corruption of the current government and helping them to save from poverty.
“Corruption is the single biggest threat to our democracy,” Aquino, a 50-year-old bachelor who has an economics degree, said on his official blog.
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9 casualties, 926 survivors and 63 still missing as SuperFerry sink off Zamboanga Peninsula
As of yesterday at 11 pm, there were already 9 people found dead, 926 survived, and 63 still went missing of the ill-fated ship that was sank on Sunday morning after tilting for several hours in Siocon Bay near the Zamboanga Peninsula.
In an initial investigation, Coast Guard chief Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo said that the ship left General Santos City at 8:45 a.m. Saturday and was heading for Iloilo when it began having problems with its generator. The SuperFerry 9′s generator fluctuated several times. Authorities said they would investigate the cause of the sinking as soon as search and rescue operations are over.
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Philippine Peso Exchange Rate
