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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Why we all need Christmas ?
MANILA, Philippines — Aside from the religious and spiritual significance of Christmas, there are other practical reasons why I and so many other people need it. The way I look at it, each year is like a chapter or a race which starts at the beginning of the year and ends towards the holiday season. Therefore, it is only fitting that we celebrate the completion of another year with Christmas and New Year back to back.
First is the holiday break adds at least two more days within a span of a week...
No Christmas at home for Arroyo: Philippine court
A Philippine court on Wednesday rejected detained former president Gloria Arroyo's request to spend Christmas at home or use her mobile phone and computer in the hospital where she is being held.
The 64-year-old Arroyo, who says she is suffering from a rare spinal illness, is expected to be tried as early as next month on charges of rigging the 2007 senatorial elections.
She was arrested in her hospital bed at a private Manila hospital last month and held without bail, but the court later ordered...
Jollibee Buying Into Restaurant Chain
MANILA, Philippines — Jollibee Foods Corporation, through wholly-owned Singapore unit JSF Investments Pte. Ltd., has formally initiated its plan to invest $60 million in the southeast Asian restaurant business of the SuperFoods Group.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Jollibee said it is acquiring a 50 percent stake in the business of the SuperFoods Group consisting of a 49 percent share in SF Vung Tau Joint Stock Company of Vietnam and a 60 percent interest in Blue Sky Holdings...
Get Paid for Playing Games
Hey! Are you a gamer? Yeah, I thought so. And you like your games a lot too, huh? I can see that. What would you say if I paid you to play games?
No, that’s not a scam. Just what the founders of Twitch.tv are saying.
You don’t have to just play games anymore. You can now potentially play games, stream it online, and earn cash from it. Twitch.tv offers a partner programme (similar to YouTube’s) for anyone who can hit 500 concurrent viewers and 25,000 views on their channel. In an interview with...
Mayweather sentenced to 90 days in jail
Unbeaten American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather was sentenced to three months in jail Wednesday after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges.
Las Vegas judge Melissa Saragosa also ordered Mayweather to complete 100 hours of community service and gave him a $2,500 fine.
The guilty plea, and no contest plea to two harassment charges, means the 34-year-old boxer will not go to trial on charges he hit his ex-girlfriend and threatened two of their children during an argument at her home 15...
The Hobbit Trailer Makes Its Debut on Facebook [VIDEO]
The Lord of the Rings franchise has released the trailer for its trilogy prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey slated to hit theaters next December. Although it’s not unusual for big films to be hyped this far in advance, the LOTR team has been giving fans incremental treats of behind-the-scenes footage on Facebook for nearly a year.
The much-anticipated trailer – which hit The Hobbit’s Facebook page late Tuesday night — follows the character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), a Hobbit who...
End Of The World: December 12, 2012 One Year Away
The countdown begins today and the end of the world is exactly one year away.
That’s right, we are now exactly one year away from December 21, 2012, the date dubbed doomsday. December 21, 2012 marks the end of an era according to Mayan Long Count calendar. To many, including major film producers, it has been interpreted to mark the end of humanity too.
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Many doubt the end of the world will really happen, like many other doomsday predictions including the most recent by Harold Camping....
'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo''s Controversial Movie Posters Raise Eyebrows
If you have not read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, the first book in the Millenium Trilogy, stop reading this article right now. Hit the back button, exit out of whatever Internet browser you are using and head to the nearest library to pick up a copy. After you’ve read it, you are of course allowed to come back to this article and form your own opinion based on how you read into the events and plot of the book.
However, if you have read Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, then you’ve also probably...
David Archuleta to embark on Mormon mission
Fresh-faced “American Idol” star David Archuleta is putting his promising career aside for a higher calling.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Archuleta – or Archie, as he’s known to fans – has announced that he’s embarking on a Mormon mission.
The 20-year-old Utah native shared his news at the Salt Lake City stop of his My Kind of Christmas Tour. “I would like to make a special announcement: That I’ve chosen to serve a full-time mission,” he told the audience.
“It’s not because someone told...
Debra Messing and husband Daniel Zelman separate
Debra Messing and her husband, writer-producer Daniel Zelman, have separated after more than a decade of marriage.
People magazine has reported that the couple — parents to a 7-year-old son, Roman — separated privately earlier this year. The news was not shared publicly until yesterday.
Messing, 43, and Zelman, 44, first met when both were pursuing graduate degrees in acting at New York University during the early 1990s. They married in September of 2000
Us magazine cites an individual close...
N.J. plane crash: Investigators search for clues in Morris County tragedy
MORRIS COUNTY — The takeoff from Teterboro Airport seemed uneventful.
Behind the controls of the single-engine, turbo-prop plane, according to friends, was Jeffrey F. Buckalew, who was flying his family — his wife Corinne, their two children and their dog — along with a colleague on a trip down to Georgia for a combination business meeting and early holiday getaway.
Within minutes, FAA officials said, there was a brief discussion with ground controllers about icing conditions ahead and an expected...
