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The New Philippine President Proclaimed

June 9th, 2010 Manny

Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III becomes the 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines. The son of the two democratic icons Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino II and former president Corazon Aquino is “The new Aquino” who won convincingly in the country’s first automated and fastest elections in Philippine history.

The people rejoiced right after the proclamation of the new President and Vice President was announced by the Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Speaker of the House Prospero Nograles. This is truly a remarkable experience of my life as I witness the many hopes of the Filipinos rising above all.

Change is now chasing us and I hope we grab that opportunity to become a great nation. May the Lord bless our new president and his administration and may He bless us all. (more…)

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30,000 Quit Using Facebook

June 1st, 2010 Manny

According to a group of protesting Facebook’s privacy policies there are more than 30,000 people already quit the social networking giant.

“For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn’t do a good job in either department,” the organizers, who did not identify themselves, said on their website for Monday’s “Quit Facebook Day.”

“Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren’t fair choices.” There are 32,749 had dropped out of the Facebook universe, group said. (more…)

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PPCRV Latest Tally Results

May 12th, 2010 Manny

According to the latest tally of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting or PPCRV as of 5:15 this morning, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay are still leading for the Presidential and Vice-presidential seats.

For President:

Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III                      – 13,419,501
Former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada      – 8,536,286
Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar                                    – 4,851,188
Gilberto Teodoro Jr.                                                  – 3,583,710
Eddie Villanueve                                                         – 999,906
Sen. Richard Gordon                                                 – 454,986
Nicanor Perlas                                                              – 47,740
Jamby Madrigal                                                           – 40,998
John Carlos “JC” de los Reyes                                 – 39,039

(more…)

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Kick-Ass Director To Deliver The New X-Men Movie

May 5th, 2010 Manny

“Kick-Ass” director Matthew Vaugh was chosen by the 20th Century Fox to direct the “X-Men: First Class” which is now scheduled for June 3, 2011. Aside from the box-office hit “Kick-Ass”, Vaugh also directed ‘Layer Cake” and “Stardust”.

X-Men: First Class is the 5th entry in the X-Men series and second prequel. The new movie was described as the beginning of the X-Men saga, before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr became Professor X and Magneto. In the movie, you will see Xavier and Lensherr working together with other mutants to fight off a great threat. During the battle, they grow apart that leads to a war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

Next year will be a crowded for big-budget superhero movies with “Thor” on May 6, “The Green Lantern” on June 17 and the “First Avenger: Captain America” on July 22.

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First Movie Photo of “Thor”

May 4th, 2010 Manny

After Iron Man 2, Marvel Studio is already doing the next adaptation of one of their classic comic books and for the delight of its fans, Marvel Studio had released its first photo of star Chris Hemsworth in costume as the God of Thunder in next summer’s “Thor”.

Hemsworth had a brief but memorable role in last year’s “Star Trek” as George Kirk father of Captain James T. Kirk. Before Hemsworth, Daniel Craig was considered for the part but he turned it down and his younger brother Liam Hemsworth, boyfriend of Miley Cyrus. (more…)

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Noynoy Aquino Featured on TIME Magazine

April 17th, 2010 Manny

The Liberal Party bet Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is on the April 25, 2010 issue of the highly respected TIME magazine. It seems that Sen. Aquino inherited his mother’s place on the TIME’s cover for being the “1986 Woman of the Year”.

The article cited Aquino’s journey to the presidency after her mother, Cory Aquino, died of colon cancer and raised the question whether he would be able to “save the Philippines?” It also includes his family life, his singlehood and his struggle to convince voters to choose him over his rival Senator Manny Villar.

On personal note: I hope that someday a messiah will come and save our country just like the Jews who are still waiting for their “Messiah” to come. But with the economic situation in our country today, patience doesn’t seem to be a virtue anymore. We have to do something right here, right now before we ourselves fall into the pit of abject poverty and corruption.

Balita sa Pilipinas

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China Earthquake Raises Questions, Concerns

April 15th, 2010 Manny

Originally Posted by Mike Krumboltz on Yahoo! Buzz

Tuesday’s massive earthquake in western China has left hundreds dead and thousands more injured. Both of those numbers are expected to rise in the coming days, as many victims are still trapped under collapsed buildings and rubble. Below, some of the most frequently asked questions surrounding the devastating earthquake.

Where in China was it?
The earthquake was centered near the Qinghai Province in western China. That is located right next to Tibet, the mountainous homeland of the Dalai Llama. While many people who live outside of China are aware of the country’s major cities on its east coast, far fewer have any understanding of the land’s geography out west. That explains the explosive searches on “china map” and “where is qinghai province.” (more…)

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International Debut of iPad Overseas Delays

April 15th, 2010 Manny

Sad news for the overseas techies who wants to have their own Apple’s iPad because they have to wait for another month to have the new table on their hands. The reason behind the delay is the “surprisingly strong U.S. demand“.

Apple claims it’s “delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week” of U.S. sales and that “demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks.” They also noted that it’s already received “a large number of pre-orders” for the 3G-embedded version of the iPad, still due by “late April.”

Steve Jobs said that they have sold 450,000 iPads.

“Faced with this surprisingly strong US demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason—the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far.” Apple explained. (more…)

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Apple’s MacBook Pro line gets new Intel processors, price tweaks

April 14th, 2010 Manny

Originally Posted by Ben Patterson in Yahoo! News

At last, the long-rumored revamp of Apple’s MacBook Pro notebooks has arrived, with the 15- and 17-inch models getting bleeding-edge Intel Core i5 and i7 processors while the 13-inch version sees graphics and battery-life improvements. Also new: a $100 price hike for one of the MacBook Pro configurations, plus $100 and $200 price cuts for two others.

The biggest news, of course, is the replacement of the older Intel Core 2 Duo processors on the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro models (starting at $1,799 for the 15-incher — a $100 price hike over last year’s model — and $2,299 for the 17-inch MBP, a $200 price drop) with Intel’s next-generation Core i5 and i7 processors, good for a performance boost of “up to 50 percent” over last year’s lineup, Apple claims.

Of the new MacBook Pros, only the high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro configuration gets the i7 processor. The other two 15-inch configurations and the single 17-inch MBP model must settle for the i5 processor. [Update: Oops — turns out you can get a Core i7 processor for the 17-inch MacBook Pro as a $200 built-to-order option. Sorry about that (and thanks, Carl!).] (more…)

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Noynoy Aquino Still No.1 in Surveys

April 12th, 2010 Manny

Balita sa Pilipinas

The Liberal Party standard bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III remains on top in a recent survey with 37% against 29% of the Nationalista Party standard bearer Sen. Manny Villar Jr.

The survey was conducted from March 28-30 and was commissioned by House Minority floor Leader Ronaldo Zamora, an ally of Villar, and also claiming that the survey was from Social Weather Station (SWS), however, the poll firm has yet to confirm it.

Last month, an SWS survey commissioned by BusinessWorld, Villar scored 28% while Aquino got 37%. According to LP spokesman an Quezon Rep. Erin Tanada, if the latest survey is true, then it showed that Villar gained only a point (from 28% to 29%) compared to the last month’s SWS poll. (more…)

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