Tag: Philippine
Discover a beauty sanctuary at All About Skin
You ladies know and dread this! When you wake up, look in the mirror and start to see and notice the ravaging effects of aging in your face, you know that sun, chemicals, and time have finally caught up with you. Especially so when men start calling you ma’am and tita, you feel self-conscious and [...]
Chief Justice Corona testifies, walks out
Chief Justice Corona testifies, then walks out of Impeachment Trial
Tourism threatens Philippine primate
BY JOE SINCLAIR BOHOL (AFP) – The tiny creature turns its head slowly through 180 degrees and stares, boggle-eyed as another group of noisy tourists takes its picture from just inches away. This is the Philippine tarsier, one of the smallest primates in the world. It is a remarkable animal, just 10 centimetres (four inches) [...]
Pinoys gather coins to set world record
MANILA, November 30, 2011 (AFP) – Philippine civic groups and charities lined up almost 73 kilometres (45 miles) of coins on Wednesday in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record and build schools for the poor. The project, which aimed to set a new record for the longest line of single-denomination coins, received [...]
Santa Ana Winds
Santa Ana Winds – December 1, 2011 Video:Â Downed and uprooted trees dot the streets of Arcadia, California and the rest of the San Gabriel Valley, located some 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, when 90 mph Santa Ana winds swept through the Los Angeles County on December 1, 2011 rendering many residents without power [...]
Aquino thanks Dragon Warriors for bringing honor to the country
MANILA, Aug 2011 (Mabuhay) – President Benigno S. Aquino III thanked the members of the Philippine Dragon Boat team for the honor they brought to the country following their highly-successful victory in the 10th International Dragon Boat Federation World Championship in Tampa, Florida last week. “Thank you for bringing honor to the country. Thank you [...]
P55-M ‘well-spent’ on PHL Dragon Boat Federation
MANILA, Aug. 10 (PNA) – Contrary to the growing perception that the government has denied Philippine Dragon Boat Federation of financial assistance, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Ritchie Garcia clarified on Wednesday the PSC has actually spent P55 million to the PDBF for the last nine years. “We’ve spent P55 million to the PDBF and [...]
Gloria Arroyo ready to face new wave of graft raps
MANILA, July 15 (Mabuhay) – Even though she is saddened over the new wave of graft accusations against her, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is ready to face the charges against her before a proper forum, her legal spokesman said on Friday. Lawyer and defeated senatorial candidate Raul Lambino said Mrs. Arroyo will face the charges [...]
Internet outrage at Manila Zoo
MANILA, July 14, 2011 (AFP) – A college student’s blog about apparently mistreated animals at the Manila Zoo has provoked an instant Internet furor, forcing the Philippine president to step in and call for action. After 20-year-old Nix de Pano’s blog entry on Tuesday showing photos of starving animals was reposted on other sites, “Manila [...]
Of credit-grabbing Epals and contentious HDOs
NEED one say anything to introduce Philippine politics? Ah, what mess, what circus, what potpourri, what huge entertainment – which seems to be the only rational posture one can take, otherwise one would fall into a deep, deep depression about the future of our dear Philippines. Abracadabra – n., the trick used by an Abra [...]