Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA has been a long issue since we can remember it. Even without the controversial “rape case” issue of Smith, VFA is always in question if it really benefits us aside from money. United States is the Philippines’ largest source of foreign military financing which valued at an average of $30 [...]

YouTube’s new feature is a service that tells people which videos their friends are watching. It is now under test version and is called “YouTube RealTime”. It let’s users know when friends are online, what they are viewing (currently and past) and when they did comment on or upload new videos. YouTube product manager Ryan [...]

Senator Mar Roxas and ABS-CBN television news anchor Korina Sanchez confirmed the rumors last Saturday, April 25, 2009 about their engagement on national television. Mar Roxas proposed on a secluded beach resort in Bacolod two weeks ago, and Korina Sanchez approved. Korina Sanchez recalled her fiance’s own words “Honey, will you marry me?” on ABS-CBN’s [...]

It is now official that Marian Rivera will be playing the popular pinay superhero role Darna in its return to primetime schedule of GMA-7. Wilma Galvante, GMA-7′s SVP for Entertainment surprised the young actress. A long list of previous actresses have already played this role: Rosa del Rosario, Liza Moreno, Eva Montes, Gina Pareño, Vilma [...]

Since the 1st week of April it was scorching hot, the sun rises early and the temperature in the morning is like in the noontime already. Then lately with the same weather, out of nowhere the skies darken and it started raining like it was already rainy season. The hole in our ozone layer is [...]

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines or NGCP reported that there was a line tripped in one of the transmission lines that connects Marshall sub-stations to Tabango sub-station in Leyte. 600 Megawatts of power supply from Leyte was cut, resulting the 10 hour blackout that the entire Visayas experienced ultimate blackout in a long time. [...]

Our filipino boxers really did a good job in winning all the matches in Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Denver Cuello, the Iloilo’s pride defeated Hiroshi matsumoto of Japan in four rounds to take the WBC international minimum weight title, Super flyweight Drian Francisco also manage to defeat the Indonesian boxer in submission in two. [...]

Today, 27th of March 2009 is the first day of Survivor Philippines 2009 Season 2 Audition at SM North Edsa. The next audition day will be on 28th of March 2009. Last year, Survivor Philippines 2008 dominated the tv ratings. This year, will it be the same line-up of players as last year? Will there [...]

Women bruised, pushed, assaulted, humiliated and human-rights once again violated today by the Manila Police, these are the women of the group “Gabriela”. While trying to push back hoping that they can get near the US Embassy, many got injured. More will sure to come and will join the Anti-VFA.

Once again RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA is lurking again its way to our country. Militant umbrella group Bagong Alyansa Makabayan or “Bayan” marched to the US Embassy in Manila to oppose and scrap VFA. A statement by BAYAN secretary, General Renato Reyes Jr. in their website www.bayan.ph, “How can (US President Barack) Obama [...]