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Heavenly Worldliness (Free subscription) | yesterday

So after a few days of not too much we really had a full Lord's Day day here in Manila. Jose kindly brought me some breakfast around 8. I'd been up much earlier but had snoozed until then. At 9 am Sunday School started with adult Sunday School in the church led by Pastor Mon Macapagal, looking at the words compassion and kindness from Colossians 3. That ties in well with CCM, which he did mention at...

Bomb blast at Philippines cathedral kills five

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Five people were killed and dozens injured in a bomb blast outside a Catholic cathedral in the strifetorn southern Philippines on Sunday.

Philippines removes stamp tax on stock trading

Financial24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

MANILA, July 5 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has signed a law permanently removing documentary stamp tax on the sale, barter or exchange of listed shares to stimulate the market and make it more attractive to investors . The law, ...

Bomb hits church in Philippines

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Philippine army blames Islamist militants after a bomb blast outside a church in the south kills at least one person.

Picture of the Day: Philippines prison performs Michael Jackson tribute

The First Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Inmates perform a Michael Jackson number at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines. The convicts first shot to fame a year ago when a video of them was posted on YouTube. Photo: Dennis M. Sabangan

Bored and Miss Philippines

Wonderful Things In Life (Free subscription) | 24 minutes ago

I feel bored and I miss Philippines. I want to visit my family in there but time will not permit me to do that. I always remember the life in the Philippines even you do not have money as long as you have food you are happy and you can visit your friends quick. Here in USA you only see your neighbors house without anybody in there because they are working. If my friends will not chat me online or call...

Philippines: No 14 on Happy Planet Index 2009

The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Hurrah! The Philippines moved up by three places in the recent 2009 Happy Planet Index. The country is now the 14th Happiest Country in the World, according to the British Group, New Economics Foundation (NEF). The last ranking was conducted in 2006, which the Philippines placed 17th. The 2009 Happy Planet Index listed Costa Rica as the happiest place on earth among 143 countries surveyed.

Philippines win Asian 5 Nations promotion

International Rugby Board (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Philippines overcome Guam to complete a clean sweep in the HSBC Asian Five Nations and secure promotion to Division 2 in 2010.

Holiday fireworks accidents kill 4 workers (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | yesterday

Four people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, three of them by a single blast that rocked this remote village on the Outer Banks islands. In addition, a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Indiana as fans were leaving a fireworks show, injuring 25 people. Authorities said Sunday the crowd had overloaded the [...]

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Heavenly Worldliness (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

The main thing today was travelling over to the CCM homes in Antipolo. A birthday celebration for one of the church's founding members was going when I was picked up by one of the housemothers to be driven over. There is info about CCM here but it is way out of date. (This is true for the church website as a whole but will give some idea. What they now have is a big house in a gated community 20 minutes...

Buy and Sell Real Estate Philippines - Philippines Properties

REO Properties Listings (Free subscription) | yesterday

Buysellrealestates.net is a free real estate property listing website where you can search and post real estates in the Philippines for free http://www.buysellrealestat… Duration : 1 min 8 sec Technorati Tags: real estate

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Ian Geldard (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Four dead in bomb blast outside Catholic cathedral in Philippines

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Manila - Four people were killed and an undetermined number of others were wounded when a homemade bomb exploded outside a Catholic cathedral in a southern Philippine city Sunday, police said. The blast occurred as churchgoers were coming out of the ...

Philippines: police arrested in disco raid

History is made at night (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

KUALA LUMPUR: Five policemen, including a chief inspector, were among 70 disco revellers arrested by police yesterday after they tested positive for drug abuse. Deputy Superintendent Aida Abdul Hamid led a 50-strong police team from Bukit Aman in the 3am raid on the Raptor discotheque in Jalan Kepong, Jinjang..."When we entered the premises, police found more than 300 party revellers, aged between...

Pope Benedict Condeems Bombing Against Catholics In the Philippines

Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

See Pope Benedict decries bombing at Philippines cathedral

the first bawang painter is from the philippines

lauren mark libunao | 26/09/2008

In Sta.Lucia Guimba Nueva Ecija there's a guy who discovered that the garlic or bawang can be use to create a master piece or a good painting.and this guy really want u guys to appreciate his discovery,specially those who love arts.