Pilipinas

Jaime Cesar Tibe, a 32-year-old educator from Surigao del Norte, won the grand prize of the 2011 Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk among thousands of photo entries from various Photo Walk locations around the world. Scott Kelby, an American photographer and post-processing trainer heads the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), started The Worldwide Photo […] More

Manila – According to the National Statistics Office (NSO) Philippines now averages 4,782 births daily or 199 births per hour. It said the number of registered live births decreased by 2.2%, from 1,784,316 in 2008 to 1,745,585 in 2009. An average of three babies are born in the Philippines every minute, and 4 out of […] More

Ang Pilipinas ay nagpasalamat sa Italian Government sa mabilis na interbensyon ng warship “Andrea Doria” noong nakaraang 20 Setyembre at nailigtas ang 25 seamen na mga Filipino sa isang pag-atake ng mga pirata sa baybayin ng Kenya. Ang mga seamen ay pinangungunahan ng komandanteng Ukrainian ng M / V Pacific Express. Ang warship “Andrea Doria” […] More

Manila – “Filipino time,” ito ang tatak ng mga Pilipno sa pagiging late sa appointment. Ito ay tinapatan ng isang kampanyang inilunsad ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST), na tinawag na “Juan Time,” upang matanggal ang nakaugaliang pagiging atrasado sa mga lakad. Mahigpit na ipatutupad diumano ng DOST ang Philippine Standard Time (PST), ang […] More

MANILA—Remittances from overseas Filipino workers coursed through banks grew by a double-digit rate for the first time in August, latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed. The BSP said that remittances reached $1.7 billion in August, or a year-on-year expansion of 11 percent, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. announced. […] More

Isang italyanong pari ang binaril sa kanyang sasakyan sa bayan ng Arakan, Mindanao bandang alas 9 ng umaga. Ito ay ayon kay Agrimero Cruz, ang spokesman ng pulisya sa nasabing lugar at sinabing ang pari ay nalagutan ng hininga sa ospital kung saan ito sinugod matapos ang krimen. Si Padre Fausto Tentorio ay nasa Pilipinas […] More

Nagpahiwatig kahapon ang Malacañang na kailangan munang humingi ng paumanhin at magbigay ng compensation ang Marcos family  sa mga biktima ng Martial Law bago posibleng ikonsidera ang pagkakaloob ng national government ng state funeral/military honors sa labi ni yumaong Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos. Ayon kay Lacierda, “There’s no reconciliation yet eh. Like I said, apology, compensation, you […] More

Naging kontrobersyal ang mga naging pahayag ni US Ambassador to Manila Harry Thomas kamakailan sa pahayag nitong 40% ng mga foreign tourists sa Pilipinas ay nandito lamang dahil sa sex tourism. Ayon kay presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda, tila seryoso ang pahayag ni Thomas kung kaya nais nilang magpaliwanag ito sa Department of Justice (DOJ) kung ano […] More

MANILA – AROUND P24.8 million will be spent by the Philippine government for President Benigno Aquino III’s five-day working visit to the United States, where he will deliver a keynote speech at the official launch of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) on September  20, Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. said on Sunday. The President […] More

MANILA – Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup was the third runner-up in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She said it was a dream come true for her to enter the top 5 of the Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant, and placing 3rd runner-up in the competition. “I was so happy. Hindi ko […] More

Lea Salonga, perhaps the most admired Filipino globally along with Manny Pacquiao, will be one of the seven judges in the 60th Annual Miss Universe Pageant night  in Brazil on September 12, according to the pageant organizers. The other judges are three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helios Castroneves, American broadcast legend Connie Chung, Brazilian Supermodel Isabeli […] More