The Tamaraw: Mindoro's endangered treasure

Class: Mammalia Status: Endangered Only 369 heads in the 1980's Range: Found only in Mindoro. The Philippine 'tamaraw' is a small buffalo and is the largest endangered land animal here in the Philippines. It is...

Philippine Cobra: 'ulupong' World's dangerous snake

The Northern Philippine Cobra (Naja philippinensis) is a stocky, very toxic snake native to the Philippines. They are found on the Luzon, Mindoro, Catanduanes and Masbate islands. Its average length is 1,70 m....

Twit! Twit! Come out Manalo, Debate with your Enemy instead of Hounding Him!

The call by the Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path) television host Eliseo Soriano for a formal debate on national broadcast, even at his expense, to Eraño Manalo continue to look futile and only fall on the chief head of an influential sect's deaf ears.  "Manila,...

RP Says: It Won't Give Asylum To Thaksin

Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is a multimillionaire, former telecoms magnate, was sentenced in absentia by a Thai court in October to two years in prison for violating a conflict of interest law while he was...

'Himala' Best Movie of all time

Cable News Network (CNN) entertainment website voted Ishmael Bernal's film "Himala" as the best Asia-Pacific movie of all time. It tells of a young orphan Elsa (Nora Aunor) in a small village in the Philippines,...

Happy Christmas for Mindanao child refugees

"Tulong Para sa Batang MindaNOW" is a brainchild of Ricky Reyes--"Mother Ricky" to many contacted DSWD and Metro Manila Spouses Foundation to link up with his own private foundation to get the project rolling. Reyes...

Arnel Pineda: Journey's New Vocalist?

And now word has come our way that a Filipino cover band singer by the name of Arnel Pineda of Sampaloc, Manila, was personally envited by Journey to audition for the band in San Francisco. Pineda got the attention...

Social networks open doors to developers

ocial networks open doors to developers By Janie Christine Octia INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:42:00 11/09/2008 ...

Asia celebrates Obama's historic win

"MANILA: Champagne corks popped across Asia as former schoolmates in Indonesia, the Japanese town of Obama and thousands of American expats Wednesday celebrated Barack Obama's historic election as US president.Bars were packed in cities from Beijing to Sydney as election...

Philippines -- At least 40 die in ferry capsize

GMA 7's "Unang Hirit" reported that the ferry was overloaded with passengers when it capsized off the coast of Masbate, southeast of Manila.  Forty people, including 12 kids, perished as the MB Don Dexter Cathlyn overturned after being battered by sudden monsoon winds...

Golden Boy picks training legend Angelo Dundee vs Pacquiao

"For 10-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya, no less than International Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee fits the bill when it comes to preparing him for "The Dream Match" against Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao on December 6 in Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden...

Philippines - Country prepares for weekend exodus

Paranaque City, Philippines - The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the military have stepped up preparations to secure the country's transport terminals for the weekend migration of millions of Filipinos visiting their beloved departed.A spokesperson for the PNP said that...

Migrant workers from around the world protest institutionalization of migration

Migrant groups from several nations joined labor unions and civic organizations in the opening of the first International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR) at the Bayview Park Hotel, Manila.The delegates...

‘No cutback in demand for RP workers’

" MANILA - Despite the gloomy forecasts, Filipinos should not fret about job losses or possible cutbacks in opportunities in the United States, the Middle East and elsewhere, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said...

Plan for Asia crisis fund failed

After the idea of creating a European bank bailout fund,  to work together to support financial institutions, failed, There was an attempt by Asian economies led by members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to form a combined bail out fund for a...

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