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Bb. Pilipinas 2009 Grand Coronation Night was held at the Araneta Center. The Philippines now has three Bb. Pilipinas 2009 winners. The Bb. Pilipinas Beauty Pageant is the most prestigious beauty contest in the country. Let’s take a look at a brief history of Bb. Pilipinas or Miss Philippines beauty pageant:

Halloween (All Saints’ Day and/or All Souls’ Day depending on your location) in the Philippines is not just a time for the departed. It is a time for the whole family to get together, have fun and relax. It is the time to pray, remember our deceased loved ones and … gamble in the cemetery. [...]

In the Philippines, hiring a babysitter is to babysit a child is not very common. In the Filipino culture, family members are primarily the ones tasked to help in rearing a child. Babysitting is usually assigned to the grandmother, sister and other close kins. Very seldom can you find a Filipino family that hire a [...]

As part of our intent to educate readers on issues concerning health particularly the recent “Melamine Scare” where millions of lives could be affected, I am posting here the partial list of milk products being tested for melamine content. These milk brands/products do not necessarily mean that they are contaminated by melamine. The final list [...]

Recent news on public health in the Philippines and other countries regarding China-made milk and dairy products are scaring millions of people. The products were found to contain excessive amounts of melamine (which when taken in excess could be fatal). Is melamine really that bad? The answer is no. Malamine is in fact used in [...]

Since the Philippines is frequently visited by typhoons and the rainy season here is in fact longer than summer, I’d like to offer you some tips on how to prepare for typhoons. Ilocos Norte alone is still soaked in water after facing four typhoons in two months. We can categorically call these “survival kits during [...]

Pinoy Master Rapper Francis Magalona or Francis M, has leukemia. Many people did not expect Francis Magalona to have leukemia because he seemed to be a very healthy individual. This news about the rapper was confirmed by his colleagues and friends from “Eat Bulaga”.

The current Olympic medal count is not good for the Philippine Olympic Team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Results show that Filipino Olympians have been eliminated one by one in the past few days of the competition. This leaves the Philippines’ only chances to win a medal in taekwondo-jins Antoinette Rivero and Tshomlee Go, and [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympics Medal Count Update: The 2008 Beijing Olympics proves to be very favorable to the Chinese team as it rakes number of olympic gold medal in the XXIV Summer Olympics. The homecourt advantage in China is really helping the Chinese Team reap golds in the Olympics. An update on the Olympic medal count [...]

Many of you must have attended a seminar, training or conference. In applying for a job, your resume’s “Trainings/Seminars/Conferences Attended” section is one area of focus of most HRD Managers/Officers. This is because trainings, seminars and conferences aim to provide you with supplemental learning which you typically cannot learn inside a classroom.

My personal take on the events surrounding the ARMM elections based on the facts and figures in my last post “Poll Watch: ARMM Elections Update and Results” are the following: The ARMM elections were successful (considering the region’s violent election history). As to the machines used in the automated election system, the number of machines [...]

The automated ARMM election results, which included Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Maguindanao, are expected to come out on August 12 or 13. The automated ARMM elections in the said areas are over and as promised, I will update readers on the automated ARMM election results in relation to my previous article “Is [...]