CSI Season 9: Spoilers, trailer, episode guide
August 11, 2008
Warrick’s dead, Grissom is leaving CSI, and the Miniature Killer’s back.
The 9th season of the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is definitely bound to be exciting.
(Pics, videos) Opening Ceremony - Beijing 2008 Olympics
August 9, 2008
Watch videos and view photos below from the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics held a few hours ago.
The Olympic opening ceremony is said to have been watched by 91,000 people at the National Stadium and a potential audience of 4 billion TV viewers worldwide.
It is also depicted as the largest and costliest opening ceremony in Olympic history, capped by more than 30,000 fireworks displayed, an amazing Olympic torch lighting ceremony, parade of thousands of athletes from around the world, and extravagant presentations and performances by host country China.
UP Centennial APO Oblation Run pics
June 19, 2008
In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the University of the Philippines, 100 members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity sprinted naked in UP Diliman in a special edition of the Oblation Run.
Not safe for work pics (NSFW) after the jump.
(Pics) PBB Teen Edition Plus Big Winner: Ejay Falcon
June 7, 2008
The “Promdie Hottie from Mindoro” is the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus Big Winner.
A visit to the Philippine Stock Exchange
March 28, 2008
Our “Investment Management” class in UP Diliman went to the Tektite Tower last week just before the Holy Week holiday to have a tour of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
It surely was exciting to actually visit one of the country’s stock trading floors but, at the same time, disappointing because we did not see a lot of “action.”
Remember pictures or movie scenes of stock traders where they shout and haggle their orders passionately on the floor? Well, there was nothing like that during our tour. In fact, at one point, we saw a few people taking a nap on their desks and also a group of traders chit-chatting — all during trading hours!
American Idol scandal #2: David Hernandez was a gay club stripper
March 10, 2008
Apparently, American Idol Top 12 contestant David Hernandez is not only a good singer. He is a good dancer too, having worked as a stripper in a gay club in Phoenix, Arizona appearing fully nude and performing lap dances for the club’s “mostly male” clientele.
The pics as proof: Read more
American Idol scandal #1: Ramiele Malubay’s breast-groping, lesbian photos
March 9, 2008
Here are the supposedly “scandalous, racy, lesbian” pictures of American Idol Season 7 contestant Ramiel Malubay having her breasts groped and she groping another girl’s breast. Read more
The Google Phone is not a phone but a software
November 6, 2007
Search engine giant Google ended today months of speculation of the existence of a Google Phone (or GPhone) by announcing that the GPhone is actually not a mobile phone but, rather, a free cell phone software package.
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA), to which Google is a member of, is to release an open-source platform called Android, named for and based on the technology of a company acquired by Google in 2005.
The 40 richest Filipinos in 2007
October 21, 2007
Forbes Magazine released last week its list of “The Philippines’ 40 Richest.”
The top 40 are worth a combined $17 billion, a billion dollars more than last year. For the first time in a decade, a Filipino broke into the billionaire ranks. The son of a poor immigrant factory worker, Andrew Tan restructured his holding company, Alliance Global, and as a result, his net worth jumped to $1.1 billion from $480 million last year.
Manuel Villar, the Philippine senate president, is the year’s biggest gainer. From $110 million last year, his net worth shoot up 755% to $940 million after the public offering of his company Vista Land & Lifescapes.
Seven other tycoons including Tony Tan Caktiong and Enrique Razon Jr. saw their fortunes jump by at least $100 million. Fifteen others are wealthier than last year.
A glimpse of the four (4) billionaire Filipinos:
1. Jaime Zobel de Ayala & family
Networth: $2 billion
Age: 73
Marital Status: Married, 7 children
Patriarch of country’s largest conglomerate, Ayala Corp. Family referred to as the Filipino royal family. Stepped down as chairman last year. Personally holds no shares; wealth now in children’s hands. Eldest son, Jaime II, Ayala’s chairman, chief executive.
2. Henry Sy & family
Networth: $1.7 billion
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married, 6 children
Completed merger of his Banco de Oro with competitor Equitable PCI in May, forming nation’s second-largest bank. His SM Prime Holdings is nation’s largest shopping mall developer. Shares fortune, which includes stakes in a dozen companies, with his children.
3. Lucio Tan & family
Networth: $1.6 billion
Age: 73
Marital Status: Married, 6 children
Former chemical engineer from China mopped floors to pay for school. With family, owns Fortune Tobacco, nation’s largest cigarette maker; Philippines Airlines, which just emerged from 9 years in receivership. Being sued on claims that much of his wealth belongs to late president Ferdinand Marcos’ estate.
4. Andrew Tan
Networth: $1.1 billion
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married, 4 children
Big boost to fortune from restructuring holding company Alliance Global; shares of his property company, Megaworld, also higher. Likes to eat breakfast at McDonald’s (his group owns stake in country’s franchise) and sip his Emperador brandy, world’s largest seller by volume. Son of factory worker walked to college campus — couldn’t afford bus fare.
Manuel Villar, George Ty, Andrew Gotianun, Enrique Razon, Tony Tan Caktiong, and Oscar Lopez complete the rest of the 10 Richest Filipinos.
Their photos and profiles after the jump.
