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Craving for ‘binignit’ leads to death of a security guard

By admin On April 25, 2011 No Comments
By Justin K. Vestil
Monday, April 25, 2011

 

CRAVING for “binignit”, a 55-year-old security guard climbed a coconut tree on Good Friday to harvest a key ingredient, but instead fell to his death.

Placido Gabihan, 55, a resident of Barangay Guadalupe in Cebu City, fell after stepping on a rotten branch

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VP Binay confirms execution of 3 Filipinos in China

By admin On March 30, 2011 No Comments

Vice President Jejomar Binay confirmed that the three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking were  executed in China on Wednesday.

“I just want to inform you that our three compatriots have been executed, malungkot na araw… Patay na po ‘yung tatlong kababayan natin” Binay told ABS-CBN television and GMA news ,

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29,711 Graduates Pass December 2010 Nursing Board Exams

By admin On February 19, 2011 No Comments

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 29,711 out of the total 84,287 pass the Nursing Board Exams given in Manila and 17 other cities last December 2010.

The December 2010 exam’s passing rate is pegged at 35.26 percent, lower than the 41.4-percent passing rate registered in the previous exam in

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Former Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes death sets social media on fire

By admin On February 9, 2011 No Comments

By Faye Valencia, Yahoo! Southeast Asia

Filipinos’ social media networks were abuzz early this morning because of former Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes’s reported death. The reactions ranged from sympathy to sarcasm. There were also speculations about Reyes’s death.

Reyes, who has been embroiled in a recent military

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Kilimanjaru Band Live Concert sa Upper Canduman

By admin On December 31, 2010 No Comments

Sa makausa pa malampuson  na usab ang kapistahan sa mahal nga patron “Our Lady of Fatima” sa Upper Canduman, Mandaue City.

Ang mga opisyales sa “Our Lady of Fatima Chapel” pinangulohan sa ilang Presidente, Edgar Ragasajo ug Vice Presidente, Jun Jabas gineyahan usab sa mga Advisers nga sila

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PRC July 2010 (NLE) Nursing Licensure (Board) Examination Results

By admin On August 28, 2010 No Comments

First of all, I would like to congratulate my sister-in-law, Janice Rachel Jabas for passing the recently held Nursing Licensure Examination given last July 3 & 4 , 2010 in Manila and in all Regional Offices in the Phlippines.

The July nursing board exam was held in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de

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May 2010 CPA Board Exam Topnotchers

By admin On May 27, 2010 No Comments

Congratulations to Gecel Gabucan Codera of USJR for topping the CPA Board Exam and all those who passed the recent exam on May 2010. Actually there were five examionees from Cebu City who made it to the Top 10 list.

1. GECEL GABUCAN CODERA UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE-RECOLETOS 93.14

2. JAN

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Governor and 4 others were killed in a Philippine chopper crash

By admin On May 17, 2010 No Comments
The Associated Press

In this photo taken on April 16, 2010, Quezon provincial Gov. Rafael Nantes, right, who was running for re-election at that time, joins Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III in a campaign sortie

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Arangkada ni Leo – Milagro sa Presyo…

By admin On April 12, 2010 No Comments

Ang kontrobersiyal nga luna sa mga Balili unang gitanyag ngadto sa Kepco (Korea Electric Power Corp.) niadtong Disyembre 2003. Segun sa real estate brokers nga unang gitahasan pagbaligya sa luna, P65 milyones ang ilang gibungat nga presyo alang sa lapad nga luna. O P256 matag metro cuadrado.

Sa pasiunang sabutsabot, ilang

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Jabasphere joins Team Mandaue’s “Caravan for Unity and Teamwork”

By admin On April 11, 2010 No Comments

By Flor Z. Perolina (from The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes yesterday claimed victory after thousands of supporters joined him in a caravan around the city.

More than 6,000 people and more than 2,000 vehicles took part in the

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