10 Killed in NorthEast China Hotel Fire

The facade of the hotel after the huge fire, owned and operated by Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc.

A hotel in northeastern China was on fire Sunday and it killed 10 people while 35 others obtain injuries. Xinhua News Agency said that the hotel on fire was located in Tonghua City in the Province of Jilin in China. They didn’t give any statements about the causes of the fire but they said that … Read more

12-Year Old Suicide Bomber, Killed 4 People in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, experiencing numerous bomb attacks

Two civilians and two police men were killed in a firefight between the Taliban Militia Group and Afghan police men, while another four people were killed and 12 others are wounded in an explosion that happen in a marketplace in Eastern Afghanistan, which suspect was said to be a very young suicide bomber. This information … Read more

2011 Deutsche Borse Photography Prize was awarded to Jim Goldberg for “Open See”

Open See by Jim Goldberg

The 2011 Deutsche Borse Photography Prize goes to Jim Goldberg because of his exhibition Open See, which was presented in London during a Photographers’ Gallery, held last year. The exhibition Open See gained the prestigious award because according to Brett Rogers of the Photographers’ Gallery, it was “timely and inventive approach to documentary practice.” Goldberg … Read more

Pope John Paul Beatification: May 1, 2011

Pope John Paul Beatification: May 1, 2011

Beatification was the last step on the road to sainthood. Pope John Paul will be beatified today May 1, 2011. The former Pope was the fastest to be declared by the Roman Catholic Church as a “Blessed” Pope John Paul. Not all that were beatified were canonized by the Vatican. The beatification of Pope John … Read more

Saif al-Arab: Kadhafi’s Sixth Son Killed in Airstrike

Kadhafi's Son Killed in NATO bombing

Saif al-Arab Moamer Kadhafi, the less known sixth son of Muammar Gadhafi was killed in an air strike blamed to the NATO forces. The 29 year old son of Gadhafi was declared a martyr by it’s people and supporters of the Kadhafi’s family. NATO air strikes had been targeting command-and-control centers that allegedly used by … Read more

Filipino designer Oliver Tolentino was chosen to create costumes for the US singer, Cee Lo Green

Oliver Tolentino

In many aspects, more and more Filipinos are being recognized internationally may it be in the field of sports, entertainment or even in the field of journalism. We have Manny Pacquiao for boxing, the international singing sensation Charice Pempengco and recently awarded Sherbien Dacalanio for CNN iReport Spirit Honorees. Filipinos are indeed globally competitive.  And … Read more

Tobacco Companies Won the Case filed by Hospitals in USA

Tobacco companies won the case filed by the hospitals in US

Six major tobacco companies in United States won the law suit against the hospitals seeking compensation for patients with illness related to smoking.   The Thirty-seven hospitals in the state of Missouri in United States claimed that the tobacco companies produced an “unreasonably dangerous” product which is the cigarette.   Hospitals asked more than $455m … Read more