Sports: Powerade Team Pilipinas got win number 2 on FIBA Asia

Team Philippines construct a come from behind victory against Japan on the ongoing 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. The Final score is 78-69 in favor of the Philippine team now having 2 – 0 record under Group A.They...

Cory's Last visit to Makati City

Former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino has brought thousands of people back to the streets one last time, amid a shower of yellow confetti. As Cory’s cortege passed through Edsa from La Salle Greenhills heading...

Anti Constituent Assembly Rally

Paseo de Roxas Makati City Philippines, A number of crowds from different sector groups joined the June 10 Anti Constituent Assembly denouncing the initiative from the allies of the president to change the...

69 Filipinos in Riyadh Arrested for "Deviant Behavior"

A large number of foreign workers were rounded up recently during a concert at a closed compound in Riyadh. They were arrested for engaging in "Deviant Acts" during a private celebration of the Philippine Independence Day. ""Vice President Noli de Castro, also the ...

Woman found stuffed in steel drum, in-laws charged with murder

A plastic bag was over her head. She had a belt around her neck. She had been handcuffed. She was found at the bottom of Manila Bay, encased in concrete, inside a steel drum, further encased in concrete, inside a...

Monsoon Rains still impinge on Central and Southern Luzon

As the Philippines enters its rainy season Central and Southern Luzon already feels the presence of the Wet weather as the area is experienced thunderstorms since the first day of June. The Philippine weather...

"Marce" inundates most of Western Philippines

Rains have raged on for most of the last three days in the Western part of the Philippines, including Metro Manila, bringing about flooding and landslides in certain areas.  In the capital, 93 centimeters of flood have been reported in the central business district of...

Eco-friendly Call Center

"Convergys posted $716.4 million in first quarter revenues. Customer management is the biggest revenue driver accounting for $476 million. Worldwide, Convergys operates more than 75,000 workers in 85 contact...

Philippines - The wait is over for E-Jeepneys

Makati City, Philippines - The long wait is over for franchise holders of electric jeepneys or e-jeepneys.  Touted as a revolution to the Philippines' most recognizable icon, these electric-run public utility...

Philippines - WBC lightweight champion "gatecrashes" wedding

Manny Pacquiao, who defeated David Diaz on June 28 to wrest the WBC lightweight title, crashes at a wedding ceremony at the Jaro Cathedral at Jaro District, Iloilo, Philippines. Pacquiao and wife Jinkee, with...

Philippines - Fire guts supermarket in Pasay City

Makati City, Philippines - A fire has been raging at a Pure Gold supermarket in Pasay City, Metro Manila, since 2:30am today.  The Bureau of Fire Protection has raised Task Fore Echo, which requires at least...

Jay-R Patron speaks with Mario Deriquito, director at Ayala Foundation

The mission:  To connect more than 6,300 Philippine public high schools to the internet.  Since 2005, more than 1,800 schools have been given access to the internet. The problem:  Geography and...

"Earthquake swarm" in Luzon, Philippines

Makati City, Philippines - An earthquake rocked this part of Metro Manila less than two hours ago.  Being more than a dozen storeys high, one would know that a tremor is in fact an earthquake, and not a dizzy reaction from eating too much breakfast, when the feeling is...

Hundreds of thousands call for Arroyo ouster

Organizers of the prayer rally in Makati City, the Philippines' biggest financial district, earlier estimated the number of attending rallyists at around 100,000.  But, to my count, I think it may just...

Fire hits slum area in Makati, snarls traffic along EDSA

I was able to catch the billowing smoke on video, albeit actually far from the incident."Fire of still undetermined origin hit several houses inside a squatters' compound in Makati City and snarled traffic in the...

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