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37,679 Passed The 2010 Nursing Exams in The Philippines
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, August 27, that a total of 37,679 out of 91,008 examinees passed the Nurse Licensure Examination held on July 3 and 4 of 2010. The July nursing board exam was held in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, [...]
Full StoryVenus Raj, Our Ms. Universe in the Philippines!
Placed as fourth runner up in the Ms. Universe competition on August 23, 2010 in Las Vegas, is from our very own Camarines Sur, Ms. Philippines Maria Venus Raj who almost had the crown with Mexico’s Jimena Navarrete who emerged the title. Jamaica’s Yendi Phillips got the 1st runner up title, while Australia’s Jesinta Campbell [...]
Full StoryWillie Revillame’s Resignation Letter to ABS CBN
We were intrigued of what transpired during Willie Revillame’s controversy over his request to ABS CBN on casting out Jobert Sucaldito, one of the network’s journalists / talk show hosts. The alleged request was followed by Revillame’s indefinite leave on his noontime show, Wowowee. Just recently it was reported that Revillame sent a letter to [...]
Full StoryCandidates Who Conceded
We all see the partial tally rising gradually with a clear picture of Noynoy Aquino being the winner among the presidentiables. Five of his rivals accepted defeat and congratulated him for what seems like his impending victory, on Tuesday. The first to concede was Aquino’s colleague in the Senate and fiercest rival to the presidency during [...]
Full StoryUnofficial Counts as of May 11 of 11:11 a.m.
National Candidates
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
SENATORS
PARTY-LIST
Presidentiables
1
AQUINO, Benigno Simeon III C.
12,688,024
2
ESTRADA EJERCITO, Joseph M.
8,084,861
3
VILLAR, Manuel Jr B.
4,525,913
4
TEODORO, Gilberto Jr. C.
3,367,778
5
VILLANUEVA, Eduardo C.
951,622
6
GORDON, Richard J.
440,626
7
ACOSTA, Vetellano S.
148,281
8
PERLAS, Jesus Nicanor P.
44,518
9
MADRIGAL, Jamby A.
38,650
10
DE LOS REYES, John Carlos G.
36,495
Vice Presidentiables
1
BINAY, Jejomar C.
12,464,331
2
ROXAS, Manuel A.
11,629,706
3
LEGARDA, Loren B.
3,426,781
4
FERNANDO, Bayani F.
872,564
5
MANZANO, Eduardo B.
631,217
6
YASAY, Perfecto R.
306,833
7
SONZA, Jose Y.
52,955
8
CHIPECO, Dominador Jr F.
42,782
Senatoriables
1
BONG REVILLA, Ramon, [...]
Election Count Today: Partial Numbers
Aquino leads in the partial count of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of 10 p.m., which showed him with 5,853,537 votes (40.44 percent) over former President Joseph Estrada (Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino) with 3,728,723 votes (25.76 percent), Sen. Manny Villar Jr. (Nacionalista Party) with 2,024,119 votes (13.98 percent) and Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) with [...]
Full StoryFight of Mosley vs. Mayweather
Mosley vs. Mayweather
Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are fighting in the ring today, May 1, to terms for a welterweight super fight. Mosley will defend his welterweight title against Mayweather on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Manny Pacquiao could have been much more excited to see this fight! I wonder if [...]
Pinoys’ Absentee Voting Around the Globe!
May 10, 2010 Election is fast approaching while absentee voting is on going, and most of our countrymen are still undecided on who to vote for. Many have exchanged hurtful words and a lot have been exposed just to pin down their fellow-candidates. Looking at the absentee voting around the world, it seems like Philippines [...]
Full StoryHackers Stole Key to Google program
The suspected hacking and virus spread last April 10 alarmed me and my colleagues because it can really happen to any of us net users. While browsing the net today, April 22, 2010, I read an article about hacking a big internet Company, Google, late last year. If this well-known and successful company got hacked, [...]
Full StoryDirect Flight to China From Manila
Good news to travelers! Direct flight from Manila to Beijing, China has newly been launched by China’s leading airline, Air China, Ltd. They also feature direct flight from China to Manila. Schedule of flights will be thrice each week starting latter part of April, 2010 (see airline’s schedules for details).
Tourism Secretary Ace Durano said in [...]

