Philippine Blog Awards 2010Bagong Nayong Pilipino Entertainment Complex Soon to Rise
June 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under Business & Finance, Places, Tourism
Dubbed as the “New Nayong Pilipino,” an integrated resort with a world class theme park, casinos, hotel, museum, shopping malls, sports arena, coliseum and a sky high tower will soon rise near the SM Mall of Asia complex in Pasay City.
ABS-CBN’s Lobo Bags World TV Award
The ABS-CBN fantaserye “Lobo” starring Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual was named Best Telenovela in the 30th BANFF World Television Festival which was held in Toronto, Canada.
Barbosa bags 14th US Over-all Chess Title
Filipino International Master Oliver Barbosa continued his winning streak in the US by emerging as the over-all champion in the just-concluded 6th Annual George Washington Open International Chess Championships last June 13 to 14 in Sterling, Virginia.
RP gets top marks on climate change in Bonn
June 25, 2009 by admin
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The Philippines received top marks from the United Kingdom-based environmental non-government organization Friends of the Earth International for boldly calling on rich industrialized countries to set higher greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
The NGO honored the country at the recently-concluded climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
In a witty attempt to portray the recent climate talks as a classroom session with nations as pupils, the youth component of Friends of the Earth International published a “School Report on Leadership” which assessed performance of participating countries in this critical event leading to the key climate change conference in Copenhagen this December.
Alongside India and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Philippines ranked first in a list of 11 “pupils” or participating countries and named in the report as an “excellent math student” who, throughout the duration of the talks, gave “guidance to failing classmates that only higher reduction targets for rich industrialized nations will keep us below a 1.5ºC increase.”
The Philippines’ success in the international climate change talks comes at the heels of the successful two-day High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change in Asia Pacific organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), attended by top environment stakeholders and keynoted by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Filipina Karla Garcia is Finalist of So You Think You Can Dance US
After Melody Lacayanga, another Filipina made it as finalist on the hit tv reality competition “So You Think You Can Dance” and she’s none other than Karla Garcia!
GMA Wins 3 Awards in the 2009 US International Video and Film Festival
GMA News and Public Affairs once again brought home trophies from the US International Film and Video Festival (USIFVF).
Charice Wows the Italians Again
International singing sensation Charice has guested in one of Italy’s top rating shows, belting out at least five songs that left the audience breathless.
