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 ...
created by artificial_intelligence | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
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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...
created by artificial_intelligence | 30 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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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...
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...
created by jayr_patron | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...
Detained Senator, Former Vice President holed up in Philippine Hotel; Calls F...
Anti-government leaders call for Philippine president Gloria Macapal-Arroyo's resignation amidst allegations of graft and corruption--and the never ending issue of vote rigging in the 2004 presidential...
created by jayr_patron | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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