The grand lotto frenzy has taken the Philippines instantaneously by storm as millions of Filipinos from all social strata lined up to get a crack at the more than P700 million jackpot, the highest in Philippine lotto history.
And the bad news for all those who gambled, one bettor from Luzon is by now smiling from ear to ear on his [...]

A guest post by Jeniffer Rio Capanang.
The ship of our nation is plunging towards an iceberg, the passengers and crew are shouting in agony, but nobody’s daring to stop the impending catastrophe.
Now, barely five months after a new tenant occupied The Palace, many of us are busy judging him as if he is a contestant in a talent search. In [...]

The jackpot prize of the 6/55 Grand Lotto is estimated by the PCSO or the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to reach P408 million on Saturday night.  This will be a big jump from the last jackpot of more than 380 million pesos.
This is also the biggest lotto jackpot in Philippine history that even Senators and plunderers are lining up to [...]

The Malacañang Palace declared that November 16, 2010, Tuesday is a non-working holiday in line with the celebration of our Muslim brothers of Al Adha.
Eid’l Adha is also known for the Muslims as the Feast of Sacrifice.
The official declaration is as follow, as posted on the Official Gazette Website of the Philippine Government:

WHEREAS, RA 9849 provides that Eid’l Adha shall [...]

Everyone is already excited with the upcoming fight of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao against the taller and bigger fighter Antonio Margarito of Mexico.  The fight is on November 13, 2010 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas.  The fighters will battle it out for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight title.
For Pacquiao, the win could give him the [...]

I remembered my friend who is always enthusiastic about sharing stories of her European trips aboard the famous Euro train which she had easily visited the whole of the beautiful continent by just jumping from one train to another.
In the Philippines, the railway system has a very bad image, a bad reputation:  dilapidated trains and coaches, dangerous rides, accidents, piles [...]

Brazil has elected a new president after Sunday’s election.  In the middle of a steady rise of Brazil in terms of economy and political influence in Latin America, Brazilians has chosen Dilma Rousseff to succeed to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who has been very popular to the people but was prevented from running a new term.
Rousseff is a [...]