A Globe subscriber said he nearly fell from bed when he received a P3,272,623.38 Globe Telecom phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days, a certain blog reported Sunday, December 8. Elmer De Guzman said “Almost fell off my bed after reading this.” Worse still, Elmer soon learned that it wasn’t a mistake after calling Globe Telecom representatives for clarification. Elmer said that paying the monster bill was impossible. “I won’t pay them. First, I don’t have P3 million, and, second, that is Globe’s mistake,” de Guzman said. According to...Continue reading »

A video of the meeting between DILG Secretary Mar Roxas and Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda is circulating online and has gone viral. In the video, which runs for almost 43 minutes, Mar Roxas is caught saying at 6:50 mark “You have to understand you are a Romualdez and the President is an Aquino so we just want to legalize. If not legalized, well okay you are in charged, we can’t help you bahala na kayo sa buhay niyo.” Mar Roxas during a press conference held on Tuesday countered the viral video, which was originally just...Continue reading »

Watch Miss Earth 2013 live stream online on Youtube. An official link embed from a news website is available here to watch Miss Earth 2013 live stream on your mobile device, laptop or PC. The 13th edition of the Miss Earth pageant will be held on December 7, 2013 at the at the Versailles Palace, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila. Last year’s winner Tereza Fajksová from Czech Republic will crown her successor at the end of the event, where 88 contestants are vying for the crown. Sources said the Miss Earth pageant will be televised live at 8:00 p.m. Philippine...Continue reading »

La Salle graduate Chino Roque was announced the first Filipino to fly to space after a series of rigorous training at the AXE Apollo Space Camp in Orlando, Florida. This was confirmed in Skype video report of Paolo Bediones for TV5 embedded at InterAksyon.com, the online news portal of TV5. Chino Roque will join other 22 winners to travel to space for 30 minutes onboard a Space Expedition Corporation shuttle. Interkaksyon said two other Filipinos had joined 104 other astronaut-aspirants from 60 countries in taking a five-day course at the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando,...Continue reading »

Following is the FULL text of Sen. Miriam Santiago privilege speech delivered on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Senate of the Philippines. Part of her speech is a response to the personal attack against her of the privilege speech delivered by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile last November 27. JPE called Miriam Santiago as an “inane, obsessive hater.” He also blasted Santiago last Friday for the litany of charges she made against him, including murder and masterminding the pork barrel scam. A photo of Enrile playing “Bejeweled” on his iPad or tablet while...Continue reading »

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake hit Davao Oriental province early Wednesday, December 4, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said in an update. Phivolcs said the quake occurred at 7:58 a.m., and traced the epicenter located offshore, 57 kilometers southeast of Mati City. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake was magnitude 5.5. It said the quake was tectonic in origin. Intensity V was felt in Mati City, and Davao City. Intensity IV was felt in Digos City, Don Marcelino & Malita in Davao del Sur, CARAGA, and Davao Oriental. Intensity...Continue reading »