Globe Telecoms and Smart Communications, Inc. has both launched the much anticipated Apple iPhone 4S today. Globe Telecom hold the launched party at Ayala Museum, while Smart Communications rented out the Rockwell Power Plant Mall. Smart’s first iPhone 4S user is Sherwin Soriaga, who bought a 64GB White iPhone 4S,  while Globe’s first  iPhone 4S subscriber is non other that The Philippine President Noynoy Aquino III himself.

Cheering World Championships is held every two years since it started last 2001. The Team Philippines – UP Pep Squad hit the 3rd Place in the Cheer Mix category after a wonderful performance in Hong Kong Coliseum.

Other cheerleading teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru, Poland, Slovenia, Thailand, and United Kingdom also participated in the two day event last November 26 and 27, 2011.

Former Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition housemate Riza Santos was crowned as Miss World Canada 2011 in a pageant held in Richmond, British Columbia last May 19, 2011.

Riza Santos is an engineering student at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering.

She will represent Canada in this year’s Miss World pageant to be held in London in November.

*image borrowed from missworldcanada.org

President Benigno Aquino III attended the ceremony of the 25th anniversary of People Power in EDSA monument. He led the officials and the people in celebrating the so called bloodless revolt.
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Is your green tea made of real tea and real honey?

This was the challenge Real Leaf Green Tea posed before everyone when it held The Perfect Pair, a one-of-a-kind “green carpet screening” held last September 25, 2010 at Greenbelt 3 Cinema Lobby in Makati City. As the curtains rolled up, the mini-movie goers witnessed and tasted for themselves how Real Leaf puts a refreshing spin to our typical green tea!

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The Miss Universe is on its last leg of the beauty pageant and our very own Miss Maria Venus Raj has landed on the top 5 of the finalists.

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Sponsored by SM Prime, Former US vice-president and environmentalist Al Gore will keynote a lecture about climate change entitled the “Inconvenient Truth” which is an updated Asian version.

The leadership conference will be held in SMX Convention Center at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City at 4pm.

At around 11:10 a.m., Gore arrived from Seoul at NAIA Terminal 1 via Korean Air flight KE-621. He was escorted to the NAIA dignitaries’ lounge waving hands and giving smiles to the crowd. Gore will have his meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo before his scheduled lecture.

Gore, world-renowned steward for environment, is a Nobel Prize awardee who bang the bulletin last week because he and his wife announced that they will be ending their 40-years marital status.

KC Concepcion, National Ambassador of the Philippines against hunger, lead the 7,000 participants in the walk-a-thon held at Taguig City on Sunday.

“Merong mga budget siguro na maaaring hindi buong-buo napupunta sa dapat puntahan,” KC mentioned regarding the cause of hunger in our country.

The overflowing number of attendees, according to UN World Food Programme country director Stephen Anderson, showed that many people are willing and caring enough to help to the said cause.

The yearly event was our country’s version of UN World Food Programme’s “Walk the World: End Hunger” participated by 70 countries. It was started in Australia and will end in Samoa.

The event’s aim is to raise fund to help save the world from hunger.

What is it that makes running such a desirable pastime? It started out as a solitary sport reserved only for serious athletes. Lean, gaunt runners rose at dawn, guzzled electrolyte drinks, and braved the elements to ply deserted race ovals or rain-drenched streets. Then a few years ago, people started to see running as a gym alternative: Easy to start, with no complex routines, expensive gear or even much time needed. Its popularity soared when excited gymgoers persuaded workout buddies to join the fun, and soon scores of converts were racing to sign up for the sport christened “the new badminton”.

No longer just a solo pursuit nor a trendy pastime, running is now a mainstream physical activity with a unique social character, with thousands turning up at the frequent runs held around the metro. It is fun, healthy and a great way to meet new folks as well as cement friendships you already value. And there is nothing like the mind-blowing feeling of crossing your first finish line with your buddies in close stride, sharing that adrenalin high. High fives abound, and everyone rushes to Tweet success or shout out “Just finished my first 5k!” on Facebook®. You’ll even develop a newfound respect for your friend who runs a 21k in under two hours and barely breaks a sweat.

This year you and your pals can share your proud day at Globe-Ayala Land Run for Home 2010. On March 21, 2010, runners of every ilk — serious athletes, health buffs and weekend warriors alike — will converge at Makati City’s Ayala Triangle Garden to join one of the biggest urban runs of the year. With a route winding through the premium Makati Central Business District, casual runners can cruise the 3k or 5k routes, while the more competitive can test their mettle with the 10k or 15k. As for the hardcore runners, they can get their game on with a 21k half-marathon.
Last year’s Run for Home event, held at the Bonifacio Global City, was one of the first races to breach the 6000-runner mark. And that day in 2009 was peppered with personalities, many of whom were already good friends, such as business scions Fernando Zobel De Ayala and Lance Gokongwei, political powerhouse Senator Pia Cayetano, celebrities Christine Reyes and Samboy Lim, and power couples like Anton and Nina Huang, Paco Sandejas and Christine Jacob, and Anthony Pangilinan and Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan.

This year, Globe lets you bring along your whole brood by offering special packages for group registration. In 2010, Run for Home will give out discounts of up to P 1000 for groups who register for the shorter runs, while groups who sign up for the longer distances can get up to P 2000 off their registration fees.

If you’ve got well-wishing non-runners in your party, they can wait for you at the Ayala Triangle Garden, noshing on finger foods and drinks, or getting online via Wi-Fi to tweet news and post live Facebook ® updates.

In a unique bonus, race kits come with the first-ever environmentally-friendly singlet made from recycled PET bottles. And when you cross that finish line, your success will automatically be posted on your Facebook® page, thanks to the electronic timing chip provided by Run for Home, which tracks your progress to the second. In the days following the run, you can check your race photos and post-run results and analysis on Globe’s website, so you can see how you and your pals did and relive the moment you powered past that finish line.

Add in the very worthy cause of providing Filipinos with affordable housing, with Globe and Ayala Land donating a portion of the race proceeds to Habitat for Humanity, and Globe adding an additional P 200 for every Globe Platinum subscriber who joins the run, and Globe-Ayala Land Run for Home 2010 is now this year’s top human race.
Globe Chief Marketing Officer Menchi Orlina explains, “Globe-Ayala Land Run for Home 2010 is all about bringing people together to share that sense of achievement and the enjoyment of doing something they love, and then using that collective passion to make a difference in the lives of others. With the support of our Ayala family and the goodwill of our subscribers, we can do great things. Now, being Globe-connected is more than just being able to call, text and surf affordably and conveniently; it also means celebrating the bonds that keep us together, and using our shared strength to be a force for positive change.”

Registration for Globe-Ayala Land Run for Home 2010 opens on February 14 and continues till March 5 at participating Globe Stores; runners can also register online at globe.com.ph/run.

Filipino fans of multi-awarded author Neil Gaiman will have the chance to have up to 2 of their favorite Gaiman books signed by the famed author this coming March 18, 2010.

The year’s biggest book signing event happens on March 18, 2010 at the Powerplant Mall North Court, from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. To get in all you have to do is purchase P2000 worth of Neil Gaiman books from Feb 27 to March 4, 2010 at any Fully Booked branch in Luzon. You’ll be issued a Book Signing Pass for the event.

If you weren’t able to get a Book Signing Pass, you still have another chance at getting your books signed. Just bring your two books and attend the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards on March 17, 2010, 7:00 PM at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. You might be one of 100 lucky Gaiman fans to win book signing slots! The book signing will take place on the same night. Entrance to the event is free of charge.

Neil Gaiman and Fully Booked initiated the “Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards” in 2005, after Gaiman visited the country for the first time. During that visit Gaiman and Fully Booked decided to help spur the growth of unrealistic fiction in the country, after the author realized that “there is already a fine tradition of realistic fiction in Filipino literature.”

Fully Booked branches in Luzon are located in Bonifacio High Street, Rockwell, Greenhills, Gateway, Mall of Asia, North Edsa, EDSA Shangri-La, Trinoma, Greenbelt 5, Eastwood Mall, Marquee and SM Clark; Bibliarch branches are in Glorietta 3 & Pasong Tamo; while Sketch Books is in Greenbelt 3.

It’s the time of the year folks. The stage is set for this year’s World Pyro Olympics. (more…)

The Metro Manila Flood that hit the capital of the Philippines by Typhoon Ondoy left hundreds of thousands of people affected and hundreds killed.

Here’s a screenshot of the map photo of the areas affected (powered by Google Maps):

View Ondoy situation map for Metro Manila in a larger map

Photos of the Manila Flood are all over Flickr. See slideshow of flooding photos below:

Thousand and thousands of people took pictures of the aftermath and uploaded them on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.

Katy Perry who popularized the song “I Kissed a Girl” will be having a one-night-only concert in Manila, Philippines on October 3, 2009, at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.

Joining her is pop rock band Boys Like Girls with a special performance. Tickets are now available at P3,500 for VIP, P2,200 for Gold, P1,200 for Silver, and P400 for Bronze at TicketWorld (02) 8919999.

Visit Ticket World Online to book a ticket for the concert show.

NBA stars will be having a duel with our very own PBA stars tonight at the Araneta Coliseum. The four former NBA greats will see action as they play an exhibition game against the PBA All-Stars. Coach Rory White will be coaching for the NBA generations while coach Yeng Guiao will call the shots for the PBA All-Stars. For those basketball fanatics out there, its your time to see them play live. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see your favorite basketball stars tonight at the Araneta Coliseum.

Saturday Youth-Oriented Show Ka-Blog celebrates their 1st Year Anniversary this coming September 12, 2009. Hosted by Mico Aytona, Lucky Mercado, Andrea Torres, and Monica Verallo, they brought different features on their episodes about culture, the latest in technology and the issues that involves teen life. In line with their 1st year anniversary, Ka-Blog is serving you with one blasting night of rock and roll this September 12 at 7PM as the hottest bands in the country unite to celebrate Ka-Blog’s first birthday in “KA-BLOGAN!, The Ka-Blog 1st Anniversary Concert ” happening at Eastwood City in Libis. Tune in this Saturday and join with your favorite Ka-Blog barkada this Saturday as they celebrate this special event.