This will be our fourth Earth Hour. We started participating in this exercise the first time we heard about it in Earth Hour 2008, and then again in Earth Hour 2009, and last year’s Earth Hour 2010. I learned that we only missed one year, as Earth Hour only started in 2007 in Sydney in [...]
Tags: beyond the hour, Earth Hour, Earth Hour 2011, Mother Earth, Nature, Save the planet, turn off lights
No, I don’t have superpowers. I cannot leap over tall buildings nor run faster than a train. I don’t have metal armors, laser vision eyes, magic potion, a powerful ring, telekinetic powers, or super speed. But even without these superhuman abilities, it doesn’t mean there’s nothing I can do to help. There is something I [...]
Tags: advocacy, bloggers against hunger, Fill the Cup, floods in Pakistan, WFP, World Food Program
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9, and many of us will be expressing our love and gratitude for the greatest person in the world – OUR MOTHER. We can make this year’s Mother’s Day extra special by doing our share in alleviating the plight of other mothers in other parts of the world. We [...]
Tags: bloggers against hunger, compassion, donation, eCard, honor, love, Mother's Day, Samaritan, WFP, World Food Program
Last month, I joined the whole nation in its campaign to help Efren Peñaflorida win in the search for the CNN Hero of Year. This time, I join the whole nation in celebrating because Efren won the CNN Hero of Year award! In a headline entitled “Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year,” the [...]
Tags: 2009 Hero of the Year, CNN, CNN Hero of the Year, Dynamic Teen Company, Efren Peñaflorida, Filipino, Kariton Klassroom, Philippines, Pinoy, Pushcart Educator, YouTube
The Philippines was included in the National Geographic’s list of “25 Best New Travel Destination in the World in 2010,” and it cited the country’s ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity as main reasons to visit the Philippines. The magazine, in its November 2009 Adventure issue, said that the Philippines has “as many islands as the [...]
Tags: 25 best new travel adventure, ancient culture, Coral Triangle, Filipino, ifugao, National Geographic, Philippines, Pinoy, rice terraces, tourism, tourist destination, Wilderness Travel
He was featured last March as a modern-day hero by CNN because of his simple act of teaching poor children how to read and write. His trademark ‘kariton‘ (push cart) always goes with him wherever he goes on a mission. That recognition has brought Efren Peñaflorida to the Top 10 CNN Heroes of the Year [...]
Tags: CNN, Dynamic Teen Company, Efren Peñaflorida, Filipino, Global, Hero of the Year, heroes, Kariton, online voting, Philippines, Pinoy, Raymundo Gonzalo, Top 10 Heroes of the Year
They after all gained international fame and recognition, when they’re performance of Thriller was uploaded on YouTube in 2007. It has since reached more that 25 million hits, with their performance even reported at CNN, BBC and other international media outlets. Last Saturday, the dancing inmates from Cebu gave tribute to Michael Jackson by performing [...]
Tags: Cebu's dancing inmates, dancing inmates, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Thriller, tribute
Susan Boyle maybe an early favorite to win the finals in “Britain’s Got Talent!” being an overnight internet sensation and all, but it was the 10-men troupe of street dancers from Essex that bagged the first place, with Boyle settling for the second place. Diversity won over Susan Boyle, and even the group was shocked [...]
Tags: BGT, Britain's Got Talents!, champion, Diversity, Finals, internet sensation, Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle, upset, Winners, YouTube
I’m sure most, if not everybody saw it, the punch that knocked Hatton out in the second round of the match. Wouldn’t you like to see it again? I bet it’s already in YouTube. But they could be long and you only want the punch… the exact moment. Well, here’s a gif image I found [...]
Tags: Hatton, knocked out, Pambansang Kamao, Paquiao, winning punch
A book that was given as a gift to President Barack Obama became an instant bestseller! The book given by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to Obama during the Americas summit, and in just two days it became a hit! The book, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent has [...]
Tags: Amazon.com, Americas summit, bestseller, book, Chavez, Obama, presidents, The Open Veins of Latin America, US, Venezuela, world news
