January 23 Declared as Holiday and List of National Holidays Released

List of 2012 National Holidays

The government of the Republic of the Philippines had declared January 23 as a Holiday in celebration for the Spring Festival. The festival is more popularly known as the Chinese New Year. Malacañang has stated that “The Chinese nationals all over the world will celebrate Spring Festival, popularly known as the Chinese New Year, which … Read more

Tim Lincecum Asks for $21.5 Million SF Giants Salary for 2012

Tim Lincecum

Filipino-American ace pitcher Tim Lincecum asked his team, the San Francisco Giants for a record-breaking $21.5 Million Salary for 2012. The two-time Cy Young Awardee received $13 Million salary last year. Tim Lincecum could probably shatter the record made by Derek Jetter at $18.5 million. San Francisco Giants management stated that  $17 million was more of a … Read more

Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Hits Davao Confirmed by USGS

Davao Earthquake

United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) had confirmed earlier that a Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake hit Davao in Southern Philippines at around 6:00 P.M. (Philippine Time). The 5.0 Magnitude quake that hit Davao had a depth of 93.8 km (58.3 miles). The earthquake occurred at 45.36 mi Southeast of Davao. Right after the USGS confirmed that an earthquake hit Davao … Read more

2012’s 69th Annual Golden Globe Award Winners

2012 Golden Globe Awards

The accolade Golden Globe Award which bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign has finally given their recognition to various Hollywood’s creativity on the big screen. The 69th Golden Globe Awards were presented on January 15, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where they have been … Read more

New Miss America Laura Kaeppeler Struggled with Family Pain as a Child of Incarcerated Parents

“I created circles of support, a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents.” It is one of the platform of the Miss Wisconsin in joining the 2012 Miss America pageant before winning the crown of being the 91st Miss America and represents the United States. But won’t you ask why she’s advocating children of incarcerated … Read more

Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler: Crowned as 2012 Miss America

Laura Kaeppeler: 2012 Miss America

The long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands crowned their new Ms America for this year 2012 that was the the 91st Miss America. The pageant was held at  the Theatre for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on January 14 joined by 53 young women … Read more

ACET Results SY 2012-2013 Released Today, Jan. 14

ACET Exam Results

The Ateneo de Manila University had released the examination results for the school year 2012-2013. It can be accessed through it’s official ACET Results webpage. In order to search the name of successful examinees the students must provide the  last name with suffix, complete first name and middle name in the appropriate fields. According to the … Read more

Philippines Ranked #8 World’s Friendliest Countries

World's Friendliest Countries

Forbes Magazine listed the Philippines as one of the world’s friendliest countries according to the news report published last January 6, 2012. The research survey was conducted by HSBC involving expats that were living in different parts of the world. The survey conducted by one of the world’s most prominent companies HSBC which ranked each … Read more