Yesterday evening a wonderful birthday party had been celebrated at the Villa Caceres in Naga-City (Bicol).
But pictures say more than a thousand words...
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( 2.8 / 12 )We absolutely agree with Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay who said yesterday: “We are brown and we should be proud of it.”
Would you want to see these beautyful girls "whitened"?
Binay said beauty-product firms were “distorting the concept of beauty by pushing the use of whitening and other cosmetic products.”
While Caucasians would flock to our beaches to get a tan, he said, many Filipinos would use whitening products hoping to get a lighter complexion.
Read the full Inquirer article here!
Cosmetics firms had been selling their products by “subliminally promoting distaste” for our natural brown complexion, Binay said.
“Unfortunately, those who cannot afford the high-end [whitening] products resort to using inferior substitutes which contain toxic substances,” he added.
Read also here!
[Ed's note: We fully agree!]
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( 3.5 / 4 )Two Balangays could be seen recently in the port of Benoni, Camiguin Island.
The Balanghai or Balangay is the boat used for more than 2000 years by the Filipinos. It is this boat that gave the name to the Barangay, the smallest political entity in the Philippines.
The Balangay is large enough to transport all the people of a small rural Baranagay.
The Balangay is only found in the Philippines where a flotilla of such prehistoric wooden boat exists throughout the world. Nine specimens were discovered in 1976 in Butuan City, Agusan Del Norte, Mindanao and 3 of them have been excavated. Examination and extensive investigation reveals that the extant boats found in the excavation site date back to 320, 990 and 1250 AD.
For more information: See here!
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( 3 / 5 )Parts of Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao are experiencing a peculiar weather condition with the onslaught of the El Niño phenomenon since late last year.
Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino in Northern Luzon; Bulacan and Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon; Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon in the Mimaropa area; Masbate in Bicol; and Antique, Guimaras and Negros Occidental in Western Visayas and the western coast of Mindanao are drying up.
On the east coast of Mindanao, the Caraga region is reportedly experiencing frequent rains and fears for flashfloods as rivers continue to swell.
See also our real-time weather maps
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( 3 / 5 )After spending 19 weeks under the closely monitored Big Brother house, Melai Cantiveros was proclaimed the Big Winner during the "Big Date on the Big Night" of Pinoy Big Brother Double Up held earlier tonight, February 13, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
The third season of Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) called "Clash of 2010" will start this summer.
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( 3 / 5 )The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) is closely monitoring the early termination of the northeast monsoon due to the prevailing El Niño phenomenon.
The Amihan (northeast monsoon), bringing fresh air from the plateaus of the snowy region of Asia and the Himalaya, usually turns to Habagat (southwest monsoon), coming over the southwestern Pacific, in April or May.
See also our Climate page.
El Niño is the unusual warming of ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific and is characterized by below normal rainfall.
The weather bureau said it is expecting a long dry summer this year due to the prevailing El Niño. It also warned of the possibility of temperatures rising and staying at 36 degrees Celsius over several days during the summer season.
An official of the Department of Agriculture said that at least 23 provinces would be hard hit by El Niño in the coming months. The total agricultural production losses would be from P8 billion to P9 billion in a mild (El Niño), while damage in a severe dry spell could reach up to P20 billion
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( 3 / 5 )South Phoenix Airways will soon launch domestic flights between Iba, Zambales and Metro Manila
The airline is looking at a minimum of three daily flights, three times a week. The route will shorten travel between Metro Manila and Iba to only 20 minutes.
South Phoenix’s Scheduled Commuter Flight Operations utilize YS-11 sixty (60) seater Turbo-prop aircrafts based in Zamboanga city and caters to the country’s backdoor traffic (traders and Overseas Filiipino Workers) linking Southern Philippines to the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area) region.
The network today is composed of:
VISAYAS
Cebu, Bacolod, Kalibo, Dumaguete, Tagbilaran,
MINDANAO
Butuan, Bislig, Camiguin, Cotabato, Dipolog, Pagadian, Iligan, Jolo, Tawi-tawi
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Labuan, Brunei, Sandakan and Sabah, Malaysia
See here for more information about South Phoenix Airways
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( 3 / 5 )Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) announced today in the Manila Bulletin that they resume Caticlan operations starting March 1, 2010, after an almost 7-month hiatus from flying to the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, the gateway to Boracay.
According to a CAAP (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) memo dated January 25, 2010, CEB aircraft can now take off both ways in the Godofredo Ramos Airport runway. In the event of unavoidable airport conditions, flights to Caticlan may still be diverted to Kalibo.
Starting March 1, 2010, CEB will gradually reintroduce its Caticlan flights into service, beginning with the transfer of four Manila-Kalibo and one Cebu-Kalibo flights to Caticlan.
The airline expects to resume full Caticlan operations by March 28, 2010, with 11 Manila-Caticlan Manila flights and 1 Cebu-Caticlan-Cebu flight daily. This gives CEB the most number of airline seats to and from Caticlan.
And when will SEAIR come back to Camiguin?
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( 3 / 5 )Do you remember Herman's Hermits song " No milk today "?
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
(...)
This is what we sing these days on Camiguin Island. Milk is out of stock everywhere! And cornflakes with milkpowder for breakfast is a bit dry...
Let's hope that the milkman finds again a ferry to Camiguin.
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( 3 / 5 )A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Baguio City early this morning.
The weak tremor happened around 5:20 a.m., with the center traced in San Manuel, Pangasinan, northeast of Dagupan City.
The quake which was tectonic in origin was also felt in Clark in Pampanga.
Phivolcs recorded no aftershocks or significant damaged caused by the quake.
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