September 2010
Dumaguete: Philippines’ city of surprises
(via)It is absurdly easy to fall in love with Dumaguete, a city that still acts like it’s a small town, with friendly locals, an easy pace that invites a visitor to slow down, and a genteel grace that belies its city status. The city, capital of Negros Oriental province, was a welcome respite from my usual world of deadlines and the corresponding stress.
August 2010
Hackers attack Philippine government website
(via)MANILA (AFP) – – The Philippines on Sunday ordered all government offices to tighten Internet security after its main information website was brought down by hackers.
Philippine police admit blunders in deadly hostage ordeal
(via)MANILA — Philippine police conceded Tuesday they made blunders in ending a bus hijacking as outrage grew over the bloody assault played out on live television that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.
Maria Venus Raj is fourth runner-up in Miss Universe 2010; Mexico takes the crown
(via)Maria Venus Raj of the Philippines was named 4th runner-up during the Miss Universe 2010 held earlier today, August 24 (Philippine time), at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
July 2010
New and improved Gov.ph site uses WordPress, Twitter
(via)MANILA CITY, METRO MANILA – On the day President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address, a new and seemingly improved Gov.PH website also went up.
This time, the website is more like a professional blog than the standard HTML website that had been in use during the entirety of former President Gloria Arroyo’s term.
June 2010
Charice vs Lea Michele on ‘Glee’?
(via)Imagine this: You’re watching “Glee” and you see a familiar face entering the scene on a rehearsal of “New Directions,” and Mr. Shuester breaks the news: “Everyone, we have an exchange student from the Philippines, Rosario (not really the character’s name, but let’s pretend). Let’s see what she’s got.”
Philippine wrestles with ‘Jejemon’ cyber-dialect
(via)The Philippines is wrestling with what authorities say is a language monster invading youth-speak in Internet social networks and mobile phone text messaging. The phenomenon has triggered enormous social debate, with the government declaring an “all out war” against the cyber-dialect, called ‘jejemon’, but the Catholic church defending it as a form of free expression.
January 2010
Hackers deface 5th govt Web site, mock automated polls
(via)Another government Web site was found defaced Sunday night – the fifth attack since last month.
November 2009
Pacman shows RP ‘small but mighty’
(via)The Filipino ring icon, generally regarded as the world’s pound-for-pound champion, graces the cover of Time Magazine Asia edition—where he is featured in a five-page story—that will hit the US and global magazine stands this weekend.
August 2009
Pinoys in Bahamas lift Ms. Philippines
(via)The Philippine representative to the Miss Universe pageant received a warm welcome from Filipinos based in the Bahamas, the host nation.
Dive-Dive in Boracay
(via)A Paradise under the sea. Five and four star dive sites are located along the shores of the party island Boracay. There is so much you will be able to see in just one dive in one of the Boracay dive sites. In order to help you decide which dive site you should visit first in Boracay, we have collected a list of the top 5 dive sites in Boracay Philippines for you.
July 2009
Remittances hit record high in May; growth still slow
(via)MANILA – Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFW) reached a record high in May, but the pace of growth is still slow as the world economy reels from the crisis.
May 2009
Philippines braces itself for Pacquiao power surge
(via)MANILA - The streets of the Philippines could resemble a ghost town for a few hours on Sunday morning as everyone from taxi drivers to petty thieves makes time to watch Manny Pacquiao’s fight against Ricky Hatton.
April 2009
Filipinos protest Hong Kong writer’s maid column
(via)HONG KONG - Hundreds of Filipinos marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday to protest a newspaper column denounced by the Philippine community as representative of racism they say is endemic in the Chinese territory.
