Philippine students of state universities and colleges (SUCs) led by the University of thePhilippines (UP) on Friday walked out of their classes and conducted protest actions in Luzon and the Visayas against cuts in subsidy.
“UP is a state university and cutting its allocation can be considered abandonment. That is why we are staging this strike,” said Mark Simbajon, spokesperson of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) in Tacloban City.
In Baguio City, about 600 students and teachers of UP Baguio blocked the noon traffic for 10 minutes by lying...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Smart Gilas Pilipinas smothers Chinese Taipei and book FIBA ASIA semis
Smart-Gilas Pilipinas surprise team Chinese Taipei and end a 24-year semifinal drought in FIBA tourney thus gave millions of Filipino fans back home a lot to cheer by with an impressive come from behind victory against a dangerous Taiwanese team with the score of 95-78.
Naturalized center Marcus Douthit once again proved his dominance with game-highs on either end of the floor and with the support of JV Casio who sparked the Filipino rally tonight and all the around Filipino offense which put them in the semifinals...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Douthit leads a successful and spirited Filipino rally
WUHAN, China (26th FIBA Asia Championship): Naturalized center Marcus Douthit raised the bar of his performance to the next level in the second half, and with the ‘just cleared’ Marcio Lassiter playing a very good second fiddle, Philippines rallied from a first half stutter to beat Jordan 72-64 in a pivotal Group F game on Monday.Jordan ran the floor, and rolled the dice, for the entire first half and even seemed to head towards what would have been an unsurprising victory.Sam Daghlas (white jersey in pic above) shelved all doubts about his...
Monday, September 19, 2011
EUROBASKET 2011 - Spain wins over France
KAUNAS (EuroBasket 2011) - Juan Carlos Navarro was named the Most Valuable Player of EuroBasket 2011 and headlined the All-Tournament team which included Tissot Ambassador Tony Parker.
Navarro had 27 points and five assists as Spain defeated France 98-85 in Sunday's Final to successfully defend the title they won in Poland in 2009 and clinch an automatic place into the 12-team field for next year's Olympic Basketball Tournament in London.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Brad Pitt aims for home run with "Moneyball"
(Reuters) - Brad Pitt has turned to the insular world of baseball economics for his latest movie and yet the Hollywood heavyweight is a relative rookie in terms of obsessing over one of America's great pastimes.The A-list actor is one of the top draws this week at the Toronto International Film Festival for the launch of his new drama, "Moneyball." He plays Billy Beane, the real-life general manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland A's, who is famed for reinventing the game by running a competitive team in a cost-effective way.Pitt told Reuters...
Winners at the 2011 Venice film festival
(Reuters) - Russian director Alexander Sokurov's "Faust," loosely based on Goethe's classic German text, won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival Saturday.Following is a list of all the main prize winners decided by a jury led by U.S. director Darren Aronofsky.(The main production country behind each movie is in brackets.)BEST FILM GOLDEN LION- "Faust" by Alexander Sokurov (Russia)BEST DIRECTOR SILVER LION- Shangjun Cai for "People Mountain People Sea" (China)SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- "Terraferma" by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)BEST...
World Trade Center attacks etched on New York psyche
(Reuters) - Some days New Yorkers look up and remark wistfully that the sky is the same blue as on September 11, 2001. Other days they look up at the sound of an airplane, momentarily worried that it may be flying too low.
New Yorkers, often characterized by outsiders as rude, if not hard-hearted, were dramatically changed by the hijacked plane attacks that felled the World Trade Center towers a decade ago.
Many are anxious, some are angry and most are saddened, yet New Yorkers seem to feel more caring and compassion toward one another, say experts...
World Trade Center attacks etched on New York psyche
(Reuters) - Some days New Yorkers look up and remark wistfully that the sky is the same blue as on September 11, 2001. Other days they look up at the sound of an airplane, momentarily worried that it may be flying too low.New Yorkers, often characterized by outsiders as rude, if not hard-hearted, were dramatically changed by the hijacked plane attacks that felled the World Trade Center towers a decade ago.Many are anxious, some are angry and most are saddened, yet New Yorkers seem to feel more caring and compassion toward one another, say experts...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Philippines catches 'largest crocodile on record'
MANILA, Philippines - A monster 21-foot (6.4-meter) saltwater crocodile, believed to be the biggest ever captured, has been trapped in the southern Philippines after a spate of fatal attacks, officials said Tuesday.The 1,075-kilogram (2,370-pound) male is suspected of eating a farmer who went missing in July in the town of Bunawan, Agusan del sur Province and of killing a 12-year-old girl whose head was bitten off two years ago, crocodile...
Dell and Baidu team up for tablets, mobiles
Dell Inc and China's top search engine Baidu Inc plan to jointly develop tablet computers and mobile phones, targeting the Chinese market dominated by Apple Inc and Lenovo.
China is one of the fastest growing markets for tablets and is home to more than 900 million mobile phone subscribers, but analysts were skeptical that the partnership would unseat Apple as the dominant force in the market.
"I suspect this is just Dell, who has a lot of...
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