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37,679 Passed The 2010 Nursing Exams in The Philippines

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, [...]

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Venus Raj, Our Ms. Universe in the Philippines!

Venus 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 [...]

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Willie Revillame’s Resignation Letter to ABS CBN

Willie 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 [...]

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Candidates Who Conceded

Candidates 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 [...]

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Unofficial Counts as of May 11 of 11:11 a.m.

Unofficial 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, [...]

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Election Count Today: Partial Numbers

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 [...]

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Fight of Mosley vs. Mayweather

Fight 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 [...]

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Pinoys’ Absentee Voting Around the Globe!

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 [...]

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Hackers Stole Key to Google program

Hackers 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, [...]

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Direct Flight to China From Manila

Direct 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 [...]

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