State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2008

On President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's 8th state of the nation address (SONA), a lot of statistics have been mentioned - the increase and decrease rate on our economy, etc. and the successful things she has done for the country. I haven't seen nor heard it but I just read it over the internet. Here's a copy of it:Thank you, Speaker Nograles. Senate President Villar. Senators and Representatives. Vice President de Castro, President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies [...]

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Damages Caused by Typhoon Frank

Typhoon Frank hit the Western Visayas Region on June 21, 2008. Most provinces were in the state of calamity after the typhoon. The province of Iloilo was mostly affected with flood that reached the roofs of some houses. Many lives, houses, belongings, and source of incomes were taken. Electricity and water outage were experienced; Mud scattered all over that made the roads dusty even up to now.More [...]

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Filipino Indie Film, "Confessional," wins Best Film Award in Asian-Arab film festival

"Confessional," a Filipino indie film, bagged the Best Film award in the First Features section of the 10th Osian's Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in New Delhi, India last July 19, 2008. The film was directed by Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Antipuesto. The story is about an amateur documentarist who brings out an explosive confession of a crooked politician.The film also won the most number of awards [...]

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4th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival

The 4th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival was held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines last Sunday, July 20, 2008. Baron Geisler won the Best Actor Award while Mylene Dizon won the Best Actress Award. Baron played the role of a gay TV producer in "Jay" and Mylene Dizon played as a cancer patient in "100." Here are the complete list of the winners:Best Film: "Jay"Special Jury Award: "Brutus" for depicting culture collisions in the context of environmental exploitationBest Director: [...]

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Boracay Island, Philippines

These are just some of my photos from one of the Philippines' top tourist destinations. The famous white-sand beach of Boracay - a typical island paradise. Been there for a number of times already and its a great place to relax and forget about your everyday routine. Boracay Island is not just an ordinary white-sand beach. Going to Boracay is not just about swimming into its beautiful beach [...]

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Urbandub @ UP in the Visayas Iloilo City

An annual rock concert is held at the UPV Iloilo City campus which is organized by the UPV Marketing Society, Inc. As far as I can remember, on 2004, it was Bamboo, and Spongecola the following year. Last Friday, July 18, it was Urbandub with Dietwormz, a local band in Iloilo.I watched the concert because of a friend. Honestly, I don't know any of their songs - shame on me. It was then that I discovered [...]

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4 Philippine Wonders in the top 10 list of New 7 Wonders of Nature Campaign

It seems the New 7 Wonders of Nature is getting more popular and only a few haven't heard of it yet. To know more about it, click here.The nomination for the New 7 Wonders of Nature is still going until December 31, 2008. The Philippines has 4 nominees and all have made it to the top 10 so far:As of 18-JUL-2008 04:00 GMT, the Tubbataha Reef, Chocolate Hills, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National [...]

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Eraserheads Reunion Concert

After years of frustration and hopelessness for the fans, Eraserheads finally reunited - but to a one night, 45-minute concert only. Sounds good already than nothing at all. Millions of fans have been hoping for the band to reunite. Because after being disbanded, no possibilities of reconciliation was seen among the band members. Each members have their own set of bands already after the breakup.The [...]

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Moymoy Palaboy

After the "Benjo" phenomena, moymoypalaboy is the latest hit at youtube. They are two cute guys who create videos of songs they lipsing. Anyone, especially pinoys, would find their creations really funny. What makes them more natural is that their videos are homemade. hahah as you can see in their video, they have their kitchen/dining as their background. A woman, who is assumed as their mother by some people, has special appearances and sometimes grooves with them as well. Here's one of their [...]

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Globe Brings iPhone 3G in the Philippines

Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines with more than 21 million mobile subscribers, will bring the much awaited iPhone 3G to the Philippines. Apple iPhone 3G debuts in more than 20 countries including the United States today, July 11. But the Philippines is not included among the list. Rather, Apple iPhone 3G will be available in the country later this year. There [...]

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Earthquake in the Philippines on July 18

An American friend told me over ym about the earthquake prediction in the Philippines that will happen on July 18. What came in my mind was the concert that we're planning to go to on that day. It was planned already and we have even filed a vacation leave for that. So I was wondering if it is true. Then he sent me paragraphs of the said news. After reading it, I doubted its reliability. It could just be a publicity stunt of someone wanting to build a name.On second thought, the news that [...]

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