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2 Filipino Crew Hurt in Italian Cruise Shipwreck [with video]
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ShareThere were at least two Filipino crew members were hurt aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground last Friday off the coast of Grosetto in Tuscany, Italy, according to the Philippine Embassy in Rome. In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Ambassador to Italy Virgilio Reyes on Sunday said one [...]
Full StoryFil-Am midwife is 2011 CNN Hero of the Year
ShareMANILA, Philippines – A Filipino-American midwife who helps poor women have healthy pregnancies and births in Indonesia, has been recently named 2011 CNN Hero of the Year. In Sunday’s star-studded ceremony at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, Robin Lim received the CNN Hero of the Year 2011 award from Anderson Cooper. “Today on [...]
Full StoryApple Inc’s Steve Jobs is Dead
ShareApple Chairman and former CEO Steve Jobs is dead. The Apple co-founder who made personal computers, smartphones, tablets, multimedia and digital animation mass-market products passed away today October 5th, 2011 after a long bout with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. He was just 56 years old. Steve Jobs has been suffering from many health [...]
Full StoryMiss Philippines Shamcey Supsup Placed 3rd Runner-up in 2011 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant
ShareMANILA, Philippines – “It was a dream come true”, Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup exclaimed after entering the top 5 of the Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant, and placing 3rd runner-up. “I was so happy. I didn’t think that I would be actually part of 16 lang. I’m so happy and I owe it all to the [...]
Full StoryContraceptive Pills Carcinogenic Confirmed by WHO 2011 Report
ShareA recent report by researchers under the World Health Organization (WHO) have again confirmed that oral contraceptives can directly cause cancer. CBCP News mentioned this as a “setback for lobbyists seeking billions of pesos in yearly taxpayer-funded subsidies to distribute pills nationwide for free under the reproductive health (RH) bill”. International Agency for Research on [...]
Full StoryRainbow Lighted Empire State Building in New York
ShareRainbow lighted Empire State building goes viral today on Twitter. Thousands of tweets and retweets were credited to the colorful picture of the tallest building in New York City in purple, red, orange, blue and green lights. The building goes on multicolored not because of the gay marriage bill, it is actually the Pride Week [...]
Full StoryMan Dies in Australia Attempting the Latest Facebook Planking Craze
Share(c) 2011 AFP News – A new craze sweeping the Internet known as “planking” claimed a life in Australia Sunday and authorities fear the tragedy may not be the last. This latest craze has gone viral in Facebook boasting over a hundred thousand fans in Facebook Planking Australia. Planking involves someone lying flat on their [...]
Full StoryTsunami and Earthquake in Japan Live Streaming News and Videos
Live streaming news and video of enormous earthquake that struck Japan on early Friday afternoon, March 11, 2011, measuring at least magnitude 8.9, seismologists said, generating huge tsunamis that devastated coastlines and prompting tsunami warnings for multiple neighboring countries.
Full StoryThe Philippine Peso Among Top Currency Picks in 2011
American investment bank Merrill Lynch has picked the Philippine peso as among its two currency favorites this year 2011, saying that Philippine’s local currency was undervalued by about 10-15 percent given the strength of the country’s external surplus.
Full Story37,679 Passed The 2010 Nursing Exams in The Philippines
ShareProfessional 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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