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Entries Tagged as 'News'
Winnie Monsod asks Mikey Arroyo about his unexplained wealth
September 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Bits from Back Home · News
Philippines reports first case of Swine Flu
May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later that swine flu hits the Philippines. I just hope that the Department of Health is prepared enough to tackle the virus and keep it from spreading and that people at risk of contracting the virus are responsible enough to quarantine themselves until they are 100% [...]
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1 dead, over a hundred sick from food poisoning in Hawker stall in Geylang
April 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Whadaya know? A few days after my post on Hawker horror stories, some 100+ people got food poisoning from a Hawker stall in Geylang selling Rojak. There was even 1 casualty and at least 1 woman got a miscarriage. Prior to this, I always tried to convince myself that my fears are just over the [...]
Boycott Boyet Fajardo (whoever he is)
March 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Beauty and Fashion · Bits from Back Home · News
An unfortunate incident at the Singapore Zoo
November 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
It saddened me to read this article about a cleaner at the zoo being killed by the white tigers. Based on the article, it seems he deliberately went into the moat that separates the Tigers from the viewing public. For what reason, beats me. Sphere: Related Content
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Rudy Fernandez gets a gun salute
June 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
According to an article from Inquirer.net: The late action star was given full military honors, being a reservist in the Philippine Navy. A 12-gun salute accompanied the actor’s burial. The Philippine flag wrapped around the casket of Fernandez was handed to his widow, who clutched onto it tightly. Oh, the dramz! First of all, pardon [...]
Tags: Bits from Back Home · Entertainment · News
HIV Positive chef charged for engaging in indecent acts with boy
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments
This is one piece of news that disturbs me. Not because the 42 year old HIV positive man and the 16 year old boy performed indecent acts on each other in a public place without the man disclosing that he was HIV positive. I might be watching too much House and CSI or I’m missing [...]
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Thomas Beatie, pregnant man is half-Filipino?
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
A few posts back, I wrote this entry about the pregnant man in the US, Thomas Beatie and how I recall that there’s been a similar although totally false news long ago in the Philippines. And whaddaya know, it turns out Thomas Beatie is half-Filipino Sphere: Related Content
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Pregant man is on Oprah
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
When I was a kid I remember there were news of a pregnant man in the tabloids of Manila. I remember it had a number of versions one of them being he’s going to give birth to a fish or something. So when I heard about the pregnant man in the US, my first thought [...]
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You know you’re getting older when…
April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
You know you’re getting older when you start to feel the generation gap between you and the younger people. I’m starting to sound like my grandmother whenever I read
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Police still looking for escaped terrorist
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat bin Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at 4:05 pm on 27 Feb 2008.Â
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Vote for our Tubbataha Reef in the New Seven Wonders of Nature campaign
March 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: News · Proud to be Pinoy!
Finance Minister unveils 20% tax rebate
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments
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Filipino Student Wins Grand Prize in US State Department Art Contest
March 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Ms. Isabelle Masbate, a first-grade student at the Singapore American School won the Grand Prize in the 2004 US State Department Alert Overseas – Kids (A-OK) competition. The A-OK programme is intended to provide security and safety information to American children living overseas and has been run by the State Department since 1986. The competition [...]
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