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QUEZON City, Philippines (October 7) – The internet brought us a wide variety of entertainment, from videos, music, and images. Due to this technological advancement, different trends rose up and conquered the mainstream. One of those trends is the ever popular ‘meme’. According to Karen Schubert, an internet meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet. Below are some of the […]
Two scientists from Japan and Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, for discovering that neutrinos have mass, which changed our views of the universe. The prize was awarded to Takaaki Kajita, a professor at the University of Tokyo, and Arthur B. McDonald, a professor emeritus at Queen’s University, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. “It’s very important because neutrinos are elementary particles. There are very many of them. They are […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (October 7) – Fluffy, flavorful, mouth-watering, and popular, that’s what a doughnut is. But let’s look at a different angle, we may be so used about the donut’s distinctive look that we haven’t stop to thinky why doughnuts look that way. Did we engaged your curiosity? Read on as we share with you tons of doughnut facts. It is said that the hole of the doughnut was claimed to have invented by Captain Hanson […]
DAVAO CITY – Second Secretary Takuhiro Watanabe attended the promotion activity last September 30, 2015 for “The Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP)1 Promotion”. The activity was organized by the Embassy of Japan (EOJ) in partnership with the local NGOs. The event was attended by almost twenty six (26) participants and representatives from various Philippine NGOs in Davao and nearby areas. In his opening address, Mr. Watanabe mentioned that EOJ has implemented 512 […]
MANILA – A thick selection of the very best poems by 1984 Nobel Prize-awardee Jaroslav Seifert is the most recent addition to the Aklat ng Bayan series—a collection of award-winning literary works from prestigious local and international writers translated in Filipino. Published by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the 300-page volume Sa Prága: Mga Piling Tula ni Jaroslav Seifert brings the best samples of the work of the prolific Czech poet who has been active […]
MANILA – From October 06 to October 09, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and former German Minister of Justice Mrs. Brigitte Zypries will be visiting the Philippines accompanied by a high ranking business delegation from Germany. Mrs. Zypries will hold bilateral talks with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert Del Rosario, discuss commercial and economic issues of mutual interest and witness the inauguration of the German-Philippine Chamber […]
When ‘Twilight’ was first released in 2005, the love story of Bella, a teenage girl and the vampire Edward became a worldwide sensation and spawned another three books and five films, despite an initial lukewarm reception from book critics. The books and films were a huge hit with mainly teenage girls and made stars out of the actors of the movie – Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. On Tuesday (October 6) the book’s […]
Toyota Motor Corp is aiming to bring to market cars that can autonomously change lanes, merge with traffic, and overtake other vehicles on highways by around 2020 as it aims to catch up in the nascent field of self-driving cars. The technology, named ‘Highway Teammate,’ is a modified Lexus GS with the ability to evaluate traffic conditions through 3D sensors and GPS technology, enabling automated driving from entrance to exit of highways. Demonstrating its newest […]
Unidentified assailants fired missiles at the Qasr hotel in Aden used by Yemeni government officials and at a compound housing troops of the government’s Gulf Arab allies on Tuesday (October 6), residents said. Residents said they had unconfirmed reports that about 10 people were killed or wounded. Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and other officials were unhurt, officials said. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is believed to be in Saudi Arabia. Reuters video […]
A Beijing-based artist sticks his artwork onto abandoned buildings in the Chinese capital to comment on the city’s rapid development. A 25-year-old artist in Beijing called ROBBBB prefers to display his work on the walls of abandoned buildings, rather than a gallery. His artwork is mostly derived from photos of people he sees in the Chinese capital — anyone ranging from elderly people to construction workers. Construction work is a common sight in the cities […]
Idinaan sa motorcade ng mga guro sa Roxas City sa lalawigan ng Capiz ang pagdiriwang sa World Teachers’ Day.
(Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo got two more Guinness world records with the film premiere of the historical bio-epic “Felix Manalo” on Sunday night, Oct. 4, at the Philippine Arena, bringing to 10 the total number of Guinness titles it had achieved. The star-studded movie about the life of Felix Manalo, the INC’s first Executive Minister, set the new record for the “largest attendance for a film screening” and the “largest attendance […]
