MANILA, Philippines - Its Fifa World Cup dream dashed for now, the Philippines shifts its aspirations to the next big competitions in the region – the Southeast Asian Games in November for the Under-23 team and the AFC Challenge Cup next year for the Azkals seniors side.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Azkals set sights on SEAG, AFC
PRC lists 507 new nutritionist-dietitians
MANILA, Philippines — The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 507 out of 757 passed the Nutritionist-Dietitian Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nutrition and Dietetics in Manila and Zamboanga this month.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Azkals out of 2014 World Cup qualifiers with 2nd leg defeat
source: gmanews.tv
Kuwait foiled the Philippines' bid of earning even a win in their second leg match of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday night at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
'Juaning' intensifies; NCR, 17 other areas under Signal 2
Metro Manila and 17 other areas were placed under Storm Signal No. 2 Tuesday afternoon as Tropical Storm Juaning (Nock-Ten) intensified slightly.
3 killed, 4 hurt as bus falls from Skyway (video inside)
(Updated 6:10 p.m.) Three people were killed while four others were injured when a passenger bus fell from the South Luzon Expressway Skyway Tuesday morning.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Azkals bow to Kuwait, 3-0
Kuwait City - Kuwait played like a fluid team all throughout, handing the Philippine Azkals a 2-0 spanking in a highly physical first leg of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers held at the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadion in Kuwait.
UK singer Amy Winehouse found dead-Sky News
source: gmanews.tv
LONDON - British singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in north London, Sky News reported on Saturday.
Police said they had found the body of a 27-year-old woman at a flat in Camden Square, north London, after being called by ambulance services around 1500 GMT.
They said they were treating the death as unexplained. A spokesman for the singer could not immediately confirm she had died.
source: gmanews.tv
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Pacquiao congratulates Viloria, gives tips to Azkals
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino boxing icon and pound-for-pound king congratulated fellow boxer Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria after the latter won the WBO flyweight championship last Sunday.
TicketWorld asked to review Azkals ticket records to spot scalpers
The Philippine Football Federation has asked its ticket retailer, TicketWorld, to review its records last Saturday to determine if there were sales of tickets for the July 28 World Cup Qualifiers match between that might be invalidated.
Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and the Random Blood tests
It seems with each passing day things are becoming more and more interesting, if not comical, about the hottest issue that has plagued boxing in recent years, RBT. We all agree, court or no court, this issue will continue to grow stronger and stronger, louder and louder.
Pacquiao-Marquez tickets to go on sale Friday
MANILA, Philippines – Tickets to the much-awaited third fight between archrivals Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will be available to the public this Friday, July 22, Top Rank Inc. announced today.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
The Myth of the Hypoallergenic Dog
source: healthland.time.com
You may now file hypoallergenic dogs under Things That Are Too Good to Be True.
Light traffic in LA despite Carmageddon
source: reuters.com
(Reuters) - Traffic moved fast in Los Angeles on Saturday despite a freeway shutdown and a so-called "Carmageddon" with the potential to clog streets, as a race between a plane and bicyclists upstaged fears of congestion.
8 banks fail Europe's stress test
European regulators said 8 banks will need 2.5 billion euros ($3.5 billion) to survive a serious downturn, and that 16 other lenders passed but should raise more money.
Penis Size: It May Be Written in the Length of His Fingers
The ratio of the length of a man's index finger to that of his ring finger may seem like a strange thing to measure, but new research suggests that it's linked with penis size. The lower the ratio, the longer the penis.
Top 10 ugly buildings around the world
source: reuters.com
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but then again, so is ugliness and the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) have some very strong opinions about buildings that fall into the latter category.
Gone in a Flash: New Fossil May Prove an Asteroid Wiped Out the Dinosaurs
A recently discovered dinosaur fossil might prove once and for all that dinosaurs went out with a bang.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Fans, stars, Hollywood say farewell to Harry Potter
(Reuters) - Thousands of fans braved rain and battled security restrictions in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday to say farewell to the boy wizard Harry Potter at the world premiere of the final movie in the record-breaking series.
Jobs barely rise, dousing hopes of revival
U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in June, with employers hiring the fewest number of workers in nine months, dousing hopes the economy would regain momentum in the second half of the year.
Syria's 'secret doctors' risk their own lives
Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- Hands twisting anxiously, the young doctor says: "I am always scared, everyone is scared."