President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared that September 7 will be a non-working holiday. This is due to national day of mourning for Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Erano “Ka Erdy” Manalo.
Ka Erdy’s interment will be held on that same day at 12:00 noon at the Tabernacle located near the Central Temple .
So be prepared for the heavy traffic.

M,asters in billiards Efren “Bata” Reyes and Franciscon “Django” Bustamante made it to the semifinal round of the 2009 PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool by Team England at the SM Edsa on Saturday. Reyes and Bustamante of Team B won over England’s Imran Majid and World 10-Ball Champion Darren Appleton with the score of 9 to 1 in their quarterfinals matchup.
The two legends’ next match will be Chinese Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo.
Reyes and Bustamante were the 2006 World Cup champs while Li and Fu were the title holders …

The new pride of the Philippines, 19 year-old Marvin Sonsona won over Jose Lopez of Puerto Rico, this Friday (Saturday in Manila). He won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight title at the Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada. The scores were 116-109, 115-110, 114-111, all in favor of Sonsona.
“Lopez was such a tough fighter, and winning a decision against him shows that I’m a real fighter, and a worthy champion,” the hard-punching Sonsona said shortly after winning the fight.

Sonsona, is also from General Santos City just like boxing icon …

In the 72nd UAAP men’s basketball which was held in the FilOil Flying V Arena, the UE (University of the Philippines) Warriors won over NU (National University) Bulldogs on Saturday. With the UE having the score of 70 and NU having the score of 58. The UE  starlayer Paul lee made up for their losses according to their coach Lawrence Chongson. Lee made 6 rebounds and 3 assists. This is the NU’s 6th straight loss.
Below are the scores of each player in the said game: …

So if you are looking for information regarding the release of Philippine Basketball Association line-up for 2009 NBA Asia Challenge on September 11 at the Araneta Coliseum. So here is the list :Benjie Paras, Allan Caidic, Alvin Patrimonio, Kenneth Duremdes, and Ronnie Magsanoc. Plus current PBA players Wynne Arboleda, Arwind Santos, Sonny Thoss, Willie Miller, Japeth Aguilar, Joseph Yeo, Dondon Hontiveros, Enrico Villanueva, Jay-R Reyes, and Marc Pingris. The PBA All-Stars will be coached by Yeng Guiao.
While their opponent are as follows :All-Stars and greats Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former Milwaukee …

Twenty three years ago, Corazon Aquino was there in EDSA for the filipino people. Corazon Aquino is an icon for the democracy of the Philippines because of the success of the “People Power” Revolution. Now, People lined up along EDSA  on Sunday to pay respect  to Philippines’ former president Corazon Aquino. The same place where the People Power took place.
People from all walks of life braved rain and fierce tropical heat to view Aquino’s glass-faced coffin, lying in state at La Salle Greenhills school a little over a kilometre (over …

The 96th Tour de France is set to complete on July 26, for Stage 21 of the lap. Everybody is looking forward for the results and who will be the Tour De France 2009 Winner You can see below the Tour De France 2009 Schedule for the next few days.  There are site that are giving Live Video Online Streams and Replay but I cannot provide the said Video.
The Tour will visit 6 nation, So to all of you waiting for the results of the tour , I will …

It is a great privilege for Philippines’ President Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo to be the first Southeast Asia’s first leader to meet US President Barack Obama this coming July 3o in the White House.
"The president will receive President Arroyo at the White House on July 30, where they will have an opportunity to discuss ways to enhance US-Philippine cooperation on critical global issues including counter-terrorism and climate change, as well as further the traditionally strong alliance and bond between our nations," the White House said in a statement.

President Arroyo’s last visit to …

Who would imagine that a hailstorm would hit the Philippines. Even the residents there could not believe what they saw. It was in Batangas province where Tropical storm Feria or Nangka as its international code name, that a hailstorm was seen and felt by the residents Tuesday afternoon.
Areas in the towns of San Pascual, Bauan and Batangas City said ice cube-like objects fell in the middle of a heavy downpour and strong winds

At that time there was no storm warning when that happened. The trees were uprooted and their rooftops …

A 49 year old employee of the House of Representatives who had swine flu died. But according to the doctors the death was mainly because the woman had swine flu also has a heart and liver disease which made her body really weak. Batasan Pambansa complex in Quezon City was shut down due to this. The suspension of work until Sunday was ordered by House Speaker Prospero Nograles. The buildings will undergo sanitation during the days of suspension of work.
I have already instructed the concerned House officials to coordinate and …