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5 Filipinos Open a Facebook Account Per Minute
Much has been said about the Philippines being among the top social media countries in the world. And all of that is richly deserved. It is indeed a social and… Read more
Pinoy Lotto Winner Confesses: ‘I Spent My P14-M in 3 Months’
This is one for the books. A winner of more than P14 million in the draw of Lotto 6/42 on April 22, 2008 has confessed that he spent all his… Read more
More Fun in PHL, Pinoy Execs Tell Italians
At the Borsa Internationale del Turismo (BIT) tourism fair from February 16 to 19 in Milan, Italy, Filipino officials wooed prospective tourists with the “It’s More Fun in the Philippines”… Read more
PHL Gov’t Allots P9.8B for Poor Filipino Scholars
The government has set aside P9.8 billion for the scholarship programs for more than a million poor Filipino students this year. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said that a big chunk… Read more
It’s Not Fun in the Philippines, Filipino Businessmen Say
Don’t ask Filipino businessmen if it’s more fun in the Philippines. They’re not having much of it. Results of an international research released the other day said more Filipino business… Read more
Pinoy Internet Users Urged to Protect Privacy
With almost 30 million Filipinos actively logging in to Facebook everyday and sharing the most mundane to the most intimate details of their lives, security experts are campaigning for data… Read more
More Filipinos Working Abroad Have HIV-AIDS
At least 271 Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been infected with HIV in 2011, 50 per cent higher than 174 OFWs who were tested HIV positive in 2010, a radio… Read more
Phl Ranked 8th Friendliest Country – Expat Survey
The Philippines ranked 8th in the list of the “World’s Friendliest Countries” in the “Expat Explorer Survey 2011” conducted by banking giant HSBC, it was reported on the website of… Read more
‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’ Trends Worldwide
#ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines trended worldwide today, at first place, as of posting time. It also trended locally, along with the hashtag #1ForFUN. Earlier, trending were the topics DOT, “More Fun In The… Read more
Filipinos Overseas Remember Seasons Past, Present Trends
How was it to celebrate the holiday season in the old way, growing up in the Philippines, and how they observe it now in their adopted country? I posed this… Read more
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