No, Bb. Pilipinas contestants on Sunday night were not asked about alien encounters or their crushes. But last night’s pageant seemed to have resulted in thousands of funny #RejectedBbPilipinas2014Questions, similar to what happened after the essay section of the UP admissions exam in 2012 became popular, reports Inquirer.net.
he Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday said it found probable cause to file plunder and graft charges against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr, as well as alleged pork scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles, reports Inquirer.net.
Favorite candidate Mary Jean Lastimosa was crowned Sunday night as Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2014 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, reports Inquirer.net.
Google Philippines Country Manager Narciso Reyes declared that the Philippines will be a mobile first country by the last quarter of 2014, reports Inquirer.net. Mobile first means people will access the Internet through their mobile phones more than desktop.
About 10,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters and supporters gathered under colorful tents inside Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao as they closely monitored the ceremonies for the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, reports Inquirer.net.
Excited about the news circulating on the internet that Spain is extending citizenship to those whose last names appear on a certain list? Well, you can rejoice only if you're a sure descendant of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, reports ABS-CBN News.
Two Filipino women are among the 25 “most influential” women in Asia-Pacific’s asset management scene, based on a list drawn up by financial publication AsianInvestor Magazine, reports Inquirer.net: Maria Theresa Marcial Javier, senior vice president and head of asset management and trust group at Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands, and Ramona Gertrudes Santiago, assistant governor and head of treasury at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
A Filipino-Canadian teenager, 16-year-old Ann Makosinski, invented a flashlight powered solely by body heat—absolutely no batteries are needed to make it work, reports Inquirer.net. She says her project was inspired by a friend from Mindanao whose family could not afford to pay for electricity.
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