By Annaliza Miranda/Examiner.com – Ellen DeGeneres, the award-winning talk show host in the U.S., saw the video of Aldrich Lloyd Talonding, a young boy from the Philippines who sang the popular Luther Vandross’ song, “Dance With My Father Again,” on YouTube. The video was uploaded on YouTube a Read more »
By Ace Tamayo/rappler.com – An automated rapid reef assessment system invented by the team of Dr. Maricor Soriano of the University of Philippines (UP) was one of the technologies used to make permanent visual records for the damage done at the Tubbataha reef. Known as the “Teardrop,” the Filipino Read more »
By Jocelyn P. Dimaculangan/PEP – Tania Montenegro, in a text message to PEP today, April 28, says that her decision to defend Gretchen Barretto is motivated by “purely friendship.” The 42-year-old Tania, the older sister of Nadia Montenegro, was in the same batch that Gretchen, 43, was in at Read more »
By Andrei Medina/GMANews – An 11-year-old Filipino boy from Navotas City won in the 2012 to 2013 United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) art contest that had over 800 entries. Lord Ahzrin Bacalla and 14 others won in the UNGEI’s contest participated by youths aged 18 below from the Read more »
By Michael G. Yu – When Filipinos make trips to Hong Kong, they normally spend just 3 to 5 days in the city. That really isn’t much time to see everything that the city has to offer. The question, though, is whether most Pinoys want to see everything in Read more »
via philstar.com – Joaquin “Jayjay” Barretto, brother of feuding actresses Gretchen and Claudine, expressed resentment over their mother Inday’s public letter, published in the Philippine Star, lashing out against eldest child Gretchen. In a statement issued to the media on Wednesday night, Joaquin defended Gretchen against Inday’s accusations, which Read more »
