Actor-turned-politician Roderick Paulate, who is seeking a second term as councilor of Quezon City district 2 says he is ready for another round of intrigues if he wins. More »Roderick Paulate ready for new political intrigues
Maintaining one's popularity in show business is not easy. It takes a lot of guts, passion and strategy to keep one's star shining brightly. There are only a handful of stars that have stood the test of time (very historic ang peg!). Some left the industry way before they lost their charm but there are those who persisted in staying only to eventually reach the unfortunate destination that showbiz insiders call "La-Ocean Deep" (from the root word "laos"). More »The ‘La-Ocean Deep’ phenomenon
What could be a World War II era recipe for Coca-Cola's secret formula found a buyer Wednesday on eBay -- a 15-year-old who now has three days to come up with $15 million to pay for it. More »Coca-Cola 'recipe' finds teen buyer -- at $15 million
Jabra recently released their latest in-line Bluetooth device especially made for smartphone users and, to tell you frankly, this is one of the easiest Bluetooth headsets that we’ve used -- the Jabra Clear. More »Jabra clear talks
Re-electionists Mayor Vergel 'Nene' Aguilar, Vice Mayor Luis Bustamante and 12 councilors in the city's two districts were proclaimed last night (Tuesday) by the Comelec City Board of Canvassers (BOC) as winners in the recently concluded mid-term elections. More »Officials proclaimed in Las Piñas
While candidates for national polls are in the mood to make peace with their rivals, the fight between Team PNoy and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) rages on in the local scene. More »Local LP, UNA bets battle in Iloilo
Manila, Philippines --- Malacañang yesterday appealed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to release the honoraria for teachers who have served during the midterm elections. More »Palace tells Comelec: pay teachers
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the release of previously sealed documents in the criminal hacking case against deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz committed suicide in January before going to trial for allegedly stealing millions of academic articles from a private database using a computer network at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Swartz's estate asked for the documents to be released to shed light on what they have termed an overzealous prosecution of the 26-year-old. ... More »Documents in case against Internet activist Swartz to be released
Many among us have to endure the heavy city traffic everyday and because of that, a huge chunk of our time is wasted waiting for the vehicles to slowly move in the busy streets of the metro. Luckily, Sun Cellular now offers the new Sun Broadband WiFi Stick that can be plugged into one's car, making time wastage a thing of the past and productivity possible while in the middle of a traffic jam. More »Stop wasting time in traffic with the sun broadband WiFi stick
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo. More »'Sonic the Hedgehog' vid games coming to Nintendo
Manila, Philippines --- Some government agencies' websites, including the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), have remained inaccessible Sunday afternoon because of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. More »DOST, other websites still down
Colombian cyclist Janier Acevedo battled dehydration, steep climbs and oppressive heat to win stage two of the Tour of California, finishing 12 seconds ahead of America's Tejay van Garderen. More »Acevedo wins Tour of California stage two
By Mylene Lisondra, VERA Files Cebu City--Disability is not a hindrance. That has been Arleigh Sitoy’s mantra for the past five years. He proved that once again after winning a fresh term as member of the provincial board of Cebu’s … Continue reading More »Re-elected public official in Cebu wants to inspire fellow PWDs
Victoria Beckham could do with rethinking her nail varnish options, says a top artist. More »Victoria Beckham 'needs nail overhaul'
Pope Francis on Sunday created the first saints of his reign, canonising some 800 Italian martyrs who refused to convert to Islam in the 15th century, as well as a Colombian and a Mexican who founded congregations. More »Pope Francis canonises first saints of his reign
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Denmark won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, winning with the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and drums. The 20-year-old won with the song "Only Teardrops", competing against 25 other countries in a final held in Malmo in southern Sweden. (Reporting by Mia Shanley) More »Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision Song Contest
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, which makes display screens for Apple Inc, said it expects sales of liquid crystal display panels to rise 14.5 percent to 970 billion yen ($9.53 billion) in the year to March 31. Japan's LCD pioneer, which on Tuesday released its latest business results, forecast revenue from televisions to rise 3 percent to 400 billion yen in the current business year. ($1 = 101.7450 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Tim Kelly; Editing by Edmund Klamann) More »Sharp forecasts 14.5 pct rise in its LCD panel sales in 2013/14
Kakao, the maker of Korean mobile chat app, KakaoTalk, has launched KakaoHome a launcher for Android users. At first glance, it feels a little like “Facebook Home” type of application but it is not. From ... More »Kakao Launches KakaoHome, A Social Android Launcher For Your Smartphone
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams firmed up their credentials as French Open favourites by sweeping to victory in Madrid. More »Nadal, Serena send French Open signals of intent
David Haye's hopes of re-establishing himself as a heavyweight title contender suffered a setback on Tuesday after the former WBA champion withdrew Tuesday from a bout next month with Manuel Charr because of a hand injury. More »Injured Haye pulls out of comeback fight
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