Pacquiao vs Cotto nearing

A week before the fight and we are all pumped up and ready to rumble. It will be a test of Manny Pacquiao's will to win. His Speed, Power and skill as a boxer will be out to the test again, however more than that...

After Maldives, Philippines to go green: Taps geothermal energy

This Monday the Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed inaugurated a 30 turbines wind farm which with an installed capacity of 75 MW of power. Now its Philippines which is looking to tap into another...

Philippines Typhoon Hits Manila October 31st: Photos and Videos

Another typhoon, Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth in a month, has hit Manila in the Philippines bringing with it heavy rain, flooding and a tropical storm. It is expected to turn south and hit Vietnam in about 48 hours. ...

'Santi' (Mirinae) moves further away from RP, at least 13 killed

Typhoon Mirinae, locally named Santi, with packing winds of 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour, is expected to exit Luzon into China Sea later on Saturday, Oct. 31, when people visit cemeteries paying...

New Cyclone on course to hit Phillipines

Typhoon Lupit aka Ramil spared Philippines which is already reeling under the fury lashed out by a spate of typhoons and weather systems over the past few weeks. While the people are still trying to recover from...

Typhoon Lupit (Ramil) to hit N. Luzon, Philippines on Friday

Even while Philippines is trying to reach out relief to the victims of the last two devastating typhoons; Parma (Local name: Pepeng) and Ketsana (Local name: Ondoy), a third typhoon which is expected to be...

Wynne Arboleda Philippine Basketball Attack Video

Wynne Arboleda of the Philippine Basketball Association has been suspended for the entire 2009-10 season after he attacked a fan during a game. While playing for the Burger King Whoppers, Arboleda was called for a...

After Parma and Ketsana it's "cruel" Lupit

"Lupit — a Filipino word for cruel — is the 18th tropical storm to threaten the country this year." Tropical storms have claimed more than 800 lives till now in Philippines and as the nation tries to...

Typhoon Ondoy Have left Severe Damage on the Lives of Filipinos

Close to 300 people have died, while more than three million others have been affected after tropical storm "Ondoy" (Ketsana) wrought havoc in metropolitan Manila and some provinces in Calabarzon and Central Luzon regions.Forty-two people were reported missing, while the...

TYPHOON PEPENG (PARMA) MOVING TOWARDS N. LUZON

Now that 'Pepeng' is in the country, What will happened to us? one of my 'Kabayan' told me this morning during our breakfast... I told him to stay calm and pray, that the Philippines would be spared again from...

Tropical Storm’s Hysteria Philippines.

Many people in Asia feel that typhoon Ondoy an omen of things to come.  "Typhoon Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) dumped 334 millimeters of rain in the first six hours, the highest ever recorded...

Mighty Ondoy

Mighty Ondoy It's a nice sleep that Friday evening and the rain keeps on pouring. I woke up early stare at the window and finds out that it was just an ordinary rainy day on Saturday and made some cleaning on...

Typhoon "Ondoy" Attacked Manila

Manila: Typhoon Ondoy started with strong rainfalls night on September 25 2009. Many under-estimated its strength. Unexpectedly, downpours began that may compare to a month rainfalls. Many were stranded along the way but what the saddest happening when missing persons and...

Philippines Flooding: 60 Dead as Tropical Storm Kestana Hits

The Philippines has experienced some major flooding today and 40 people are announced as dead as Tropical Storm Kestana hit the northern area of the country. Manila and about two dozen provinces in the Luzon region...

5 dead, 900 people rescued from Philippine ferry

Early Sunday morning a Super 9 Ferry sank in the Southern Phillipines.  The ferry had 1000 passengers on board.  900 people were rescued, 60 are missing or unaccounted for.  Five dead have...

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