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The Ebola Reston Virus, also known as Reston Ebolavirus, Asian Filovirus or Reston virus, is a virus that has been discovered among crab-eating monkeys of the Philippines. In 1989, it was named Ebola Reston virus because it resembles the appearance of the Ebola virus and was discovered in Reston, Virginia. The virus was first seen [...]

The Salmonella outbreak in the United States of America seriously alerted their Food and Drug Administration. There is already a confirmation of Salmonella contamination in peanut butter and peanut paste products distributed by Peanut Corporation of America in mid-year 2008.
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) makes bulk distributions of peanut butter and peanut paste products to [...]

After BFAD released a list of peanut butter food products contaminated by salmonella, a follow-up article on what salmonella is all about is in order.
First off, what is Salmonella? Why is Salmonella dangerous to public health? Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria that causes Salmonellosis and Typhoid fever. These bacteria can be seen in [...]

The Bureau of Food and Drugs (Philippines) recently released a list of food products (most of which contain peanut butter as main ingredient) that are at risk of Salmonella contamination. The alleged source of contamination is a peanut butter company – Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). This company found out that their King Nut peanut [...]

The incidence of pneumonia during cold months in the Philippines (January-February) could increase. Reports on TV already indicated deaths in Baguio City, Benguet, Cagayan and even in Ilocos Norte (where I live). Pneumonia is a respiratory disease which often affects children and the elderly. The cold months in the Philippines will definitely affect these groups [...]

I used to be active in advertising products in my sites for about a year now. When started blog advertising with PPP, the offers were huge (for a PR4 site, about $30-45). Lately, even for PR3 sites, the offers seldom reach $15 per opp. Now, this is the shocking part. Just a few hours ago [...]

American Idol Season 8 Bikini Girl Katrina Darrell is indeed very funny. She was able to pull in three yeses from the four judges (Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell) by removing a lot of clothes! Katrina Darrell wore her bikini during the first audition of American Idol Season 8. Kara DioGuardi got mad [...]

If I am not mistaken, Nuffnang ads have stopped showing up in my sites since the last week of December 2008. I have not made a significant amount of money yet serving Nuffnang ads and here goes the possibility that the company has stopped its operation. Well, Nuffnang Philippines’ website is still up but just [...]

Like Marlene who recently upgraded to Wordpress 2.7, I did an upgrade to Wordpress 2.7 for testing purposes only. So far, so good but… I am not seeing any significant improvement after 2 weeks of upgrading from Wordpress 2.6.5 to 2.7. Let me break it down below:
Though the icons of Wordpress 2.7 look impressive, at [...]

It is quite easy to configure Filezilla FTP Client so you can start uploading and downloading files (photos, plugins, themes, etc) to and from your web server. File FTP client is a must-have tool if you wish to transfer files between your computer and your web server (if you an online publisher or blogger). Filezilla [...]

Unlike Widgetbucks, Chitika actually pays. Chitika, for your info, is a company that offers publishers the chance to earn extra cash through CPC advertisement. The sad thing about serving Chitika ads is that, ads won;t show up unless the visitor to your site is in the US, Canada and other supported countries. If your site [...]

What is third hand smoke? First off, I am a self-confessed heavy smoker. I have also known of the hazards or dangers of smoking but I find it very difficult to stop smoking abruptly. First hand smoke and second hand smoke are common to most of us. If you are interested in the types of [...]