United Nations Aircraft Crashed in Kinshasa, Congo

Congo plane crash

United Nations aircraft crashed as it was about to land at Kinshasa airport on Monday afternoon leading to death of 32 people. U.N. spokesman, Farhan Haq, reported that only one person on board was able to survive at the plane crash. The Bombardier CRJ-200 jet carried 29 p(–foul word(s) removed–)engers that include Congolese and foreigners … Read more

Glaciers in Chile is Fast Melting

Glaciers in Chile

The melting of the glaciers in the mountains of Chile made the sea level rises faster than at any time in the last 350 years. This is according to the study conducted by the researchers from the Universities at Aberystwyth, Exter and Stockholm. The team have based their studies in a longer time scale than … Read more

Dr. Gerard Francisco: Filipino Specialist Doctor of Congresswoman ‘Gabrielle Giffords’ of Arizona

Dr. Gerard Francisco

In 2007, many Filipinos complained about the lines released of Teri Hatcher’s character in the show as ‘Desperate Housewives’. “BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER…, CAN I CHECK THOSE DIPLOMAS, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE NOT FROM SOME MED SCHOOL IN THE ‘PHILIPPINES’?” This insulting line reached up to the spokesperson of the President … Read more

President Aquino uses Media to bring back the Trust of the Filipino People

President Noynoy Aquino

After the downfall of net satisfaction rating of President Aquino by 13 points from positive sixty four (+64) down to fifty one (+51). It is expected that Malacañang will start announcing the different achievement’s of Aquino’s administration to bring back the trust of the Filipino people. Abigail Valte, presidential spokesperson said in one of his … Read more

Google announces ‘+1 Button’

Google+1_button

Google Liked Facebook’s ‘Like’ button and is ready to launch a similar feature, called ‘+1’, on its search engine. The company announced last Wednesday that a ‘+1’ button will soon appear with Google’s search results and it will allow users to recommend a result to their Gmail friends and contacts. The ‘Search Giant’ Google’s latest … Read more

Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur Hostage Crisis: 12-year-old Boy Freed after Sick

12-year-old boy kidnapped

On Friday afternoon April 1, 2011after the graduation ceremony in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Philippines a group of armed men seized Thirteen teachers and 2-elementary students, the 2 students were aged 10 and 12-year-old. Two of the teachers were later freed by the gunmen. The armed men were suspected to be members of Reggie “Ken-ken” … Read more

Ronald Ventura’s Grayground Painting Sold for P46.9 Million at Sotheby’s Auction

Ronald Ventura: Most successful visual artist

The “Grayground Painting” of world renowned Filipino artist Ronald Ventura was sold for nearly P47 million pesos (HK$ 8,420,000) at Sothebys Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings. The auction that was held April 04, 2011 set  a new record for the Filipino as the most expensive items in an auction. “Grayground Painting” was a graphite, oil, and … Read more

Earthquake: 6.7 Magnitude Struck Indonesia

Earthquake struck Indonesia

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck south of Java, Indonesia, Monday April 4, 2011. Hundreds of residents from the port town fled to a higher ground. US seismologists estimate the quake of 6.7-magnitude and the epicenter is about 24-kilometers (15-miles) deep in the Indian Ocean and 241-kilometers from the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island, and seismologists said … Read more