3 of 10 College Grad May Find Job

Only three out of ten college graduates looking for work may be able to find jobs if the government remains unable to create sufficient jobs, according to a non-government research agency. In a release sent Thursday, independent think tank IBON Foundation said around 848,000 new and old graduates may be looking for work after this year’s graduation, but only about 256,000 openings may be available to them. The figure was based on the government’s Labor Force Survey (LFS) in April last...

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7 Rapist Fall in Cebu

Seven suspects linked to the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl and the killing of her boyfriend in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province in central Philippines were finally arrested. On Friday, radio dzXL reported that the seven were members of a gang who attacked the victims because the boyfriend belonged to a rival gang. Police said that of the seven members of the Bloods gang, five were minors. The girl positively identified the seven suspects, the report said. Investigation showed the gang...

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The Great Wall of China

 In ancient times, the Chinese people used the Great Wall to keep an eye on their enemies. Now, they’re using it to keep an eye on their allies, at least in Dandong anyway. Only the Yalu River separates the northeastern Chinese city in Liaoning province from the North Korean mainland, and Dandong capitalizes on a few sites that fuel people’s fascination with its reclusive, headline-grabbing rogue neighbor. According to official figures, Dandong gets 10 million visitors a year – not...

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Intel's Fastest Microprocessor

The Philippine subsidiary of Intel Corp. unveiled to the local market on Friday its fastest microprocessor to date, an “expensive" chip that is the first to use the 32-nanometer manufacturing technology. Dubbed the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition processor, the speed demon is targeted primarily at the resource-hungry gaming market and is priced at $999 (about P45,000) per unit. The chip, for now, is targeted for the desktop market because of its thermal requirement (the product comes with...

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Dispute Over Picasso's Art

 This would end anyone's blue period. A once-disputed Picasso masterpiece set to hit the auction block this summer is expected to sell for up to $60 million -- which would be a world record for the artist's work. "Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (The Absinthe Drinker)" is being sold by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's charitable foundation after being withdrawn from a sale in 2006 when the heir of a German banker claimed his ancestor was forced by the Nazis to sell the work...

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Tolkien's "Hobbit" starts to Shoot on July

Shooting of Peter Jackson’s long-awaited movies based on the JRR Tolkein fantasy “The Hobbit” is due to start in July in New Zealand, star Ian McKellen said. The two-part film to be produced by Jackson, who directed the Oscar-winning trilogy of Tolkein’s “The Lord of The Rings”, will take over a year, McKellen said on his website. “Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started,” said the British actor, who will again play the wizard Gandalf. “The script too...

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Kate - Sam Split Update

 Sounds like their careers might have gotten in the way of their marriage! Apparently the trouble between Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes began when they were filming Revolutionary Road back in 2007. An insider reveals, "Sam told friends Kate would talk about the film the moment they woke up, and it was overbearing." The couple faced even more troubles when they both took time off in 2009 to be with each other, supposedly going "stir crazy" and arguing constantly! Once Kate decided to film...

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Another Astonish Performance Axe in American Idol

 After this week's underwhelming debut of "American Idol's" top 12, Wednesday's elimination felt like a relief. During Tuesday's performance round, only three contestants (Siobhan Magnus, Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze) managed to impress with their takes on Rolling Stones classics, leaving the rest of the singers in a vulnerable position. In the end, there was no luck o' the Irish for Lacey Brown, whose snoozy "Ruby Tuesday" earned her the fewest votes. Joining her in the bottom...

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Rumors Tim Burton may Direct Next Addams Family

Though I've moderately enjoyed his recent adaptations of Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland (in 3-D no less), I have to admit that I'm a bit frustrated as Deadline reports writer/director Tim Burton will take on a 3-D stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams' original cartoon creations of The Addams Family. Though the previous film and television incarnations of this drew inspiration from these cartoons, this new animated venture is completely unrelated...

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New Planet Discovered

A planet discovered 1,500 light years from Earth is remarkably similar to those in our own Solar System, according to astronomers. The Jupiter-size world is, called Corot-9b, is orbiting a distant star in our Milky Way every 95 days. Scientists believe it could become a ‘Rosetta stone’ by helping them to understand other ‘exoplanets’ elsewhere in the galaxy. The planet was detected by the CoRoT space telescope operated by the French space agency, CNES. Its Sun-like parent star, Corot-9,...

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New Lord of The Rings Revealed

 Are you longing for a trip back to Middle-earth? Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has your back as it officially revealed Lord of the Rings: War in the North for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. If you’ve been waiting to see your Hobbit friends, you’ll have to wait until 2011 for the game’s release. This is a Mature-rating multiplayer action-RPG game based on both the movies and the novels from J.R.R. Tolkien. The game is being developed by Snowblind Studios, in conjunction...

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Teacher Hangs Obama Effigy

A teacher at a failing Rhode Island school where he and all his colleagues were fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama's support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in schools. Gallo did not immediately respond to calls from the AP seeking comment, but she told CNN that the 12 inch-tall (30 centimeter-tall) Obama doll that she saw Monday was hung from its feet from a white board and was holding a sign that said "Fire Central...

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Virus Stealing Password Attack Facebook

 Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc. If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including...

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"A Dream Come True" says Michael Jordan

 A relaxed Michael Jordan broke into a wide smile as he sat at his desk Thursday night amid his whirlwind week of realizing a longtime goal of becoming an NBA owner. Soon, though, that steely resolve that defined his superstar playing career peaked through as he fielded a question about his commitment to turn the Charlotte Bobcats from a money-losing, non-playoff team into a winner in both areas. “It’s motivating,” the six-time NBA champion said of the naysayers who joke he’ll be more...

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Top 5 Most Trusted Politician, says Reader's Digest

An actress, singer, philanthropists, and a journalist made it to the top five in terms of “trustworthiness”. So did Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, the only politician to rank high in the survey by Reader's Digest, whose nationwide poll of the “most trusted” persons in the Philippines headlines its March 2010 issue. Bottom dwellers in the poll include President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (no. 78), former President Joseph Estrada (no. 79) and sex video scandal celebrities Katrina Halili...

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Know Your Precint

 An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged voters to know their clustered precincts and prepare a list of their candidates ahead of the May automated polls to prevent delays and long queues. “We encourage our voters to know their clustered polling precincts and have a list of their preferred candidates with their corresponding numbers so they can finish voting early on May 10 and avoid long lines, especially during the time near the close of polls at 6p.m.,” said Comelec...

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Talks for Next Pacquiao Opponent

Whatever happens on May 1 in Las Vegas, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said he’s open to reopening negotiations with Top Rank chief Bob Arum regarding Manny Pacquiao’s next fight. But Schaefer, in a conversation with boxing chronicler Michael Marley, said only after the May 1 showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley will talks with Arum start. Mayweather and Mosley are both under Golden Boy, and whoever wins the fight, set at the MGM Grand, can take on Pacquiao, still fresh...

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Olympic Style, Cries Mayweather

 Floyd Mayweather Jr. and welterweight champion Shane Mosley will undergo Olympic-style drug testing for their May 1 fight in Las Vegas, which they hope will set a new standard for boxing. Representatives of the two fighters joined Travis Tygart of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on a conference call Thursday to discuss the program, which is more extensive than the testing that currently falls under the jurisdiction of state athletic commissions. "This is one of the biggest events I've...

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Fusari Filed Suit Against Lady Gaga

A songwriter and music producer says in a New York City lawsuit pop star Lady Gaga squeezed him out of her lucrative career after he co-wrote some of her songs, came up with her stage name and helped get her record deal. Rob Fusari filed a $30 million lawsuit Wednesday against the Grammy Award-winning singer. He says his protege and former girlfriend ditched him as her career soared. Fusari's lawsuit says he has credits on such hits as Will Smith's "Wild, Wild West" and Destiny's Child's...

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Gaiman's Fav Pinoy Myth Character

English scribe Neil Gaiman, author of genre favorites Stardust, American Gods, Neverwhere, Coraline and the Sandman series, said Filipino authors and artists are ready to make a name for themselves among the heavyweights of the fantasy genre all over the world.Gaiman breezed into town earlier this week to talk to fans and hand out prizes for the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards, which he has funded for the past 3 years.In an interview with ABS-CBN News, the author said he is proud of the...

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Eric Morales Calls for 4th Bout with PacMan

Returning Mexican champion Erik Morales, the last fighter who defeated pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, is setting his sights on his erstwhile rival for a possible fourth clash with the 7-division world champion. “Defeating Pacquaio is my greatest accomplishment in the ring. I would love another chance at Pacquiao,” Morales said in a media event as quoted by Gareth A. Davies of The Telegraph. “El Terible” Morales, 33, is coming out of retirement after leaving the sport in 2007. He...

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New York's New Pop Princess

International singer Charice has been dubbed a "newly crowned pop princess" by the New York Post. Charice's song "Pyramid" was cited in New York Post's PopWrap's fave five article for March 17. (http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/popwrap_fave_five_dHI00FY5PWSGTY83...) It identified Charice as a "new little chick...who's mountain-and-valley vocals (that means range, kids) are the only reason you will need to fall in love with her sound." The article also featured four other songs including...

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Yahoo to Buy Citizen Sports

 Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book. Citizen Sports offers fantasy leagues for sports such as football, soccer and basketball that fans can manage online at social-networking sites and through mobile applications for Apple's iPhone and smart phones running Google Inc.'s Android operating software. With Citizen Sports, Yahoo is looking...

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Viacom, YouTube Legal Battle

Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet. The previously confidential information came out as part of the evidence in a copyright lawsuit that Viacom filed against YouTube in 2007 for alleged copyright infringement of "The Colbert Report," "The Daily Show" and other shows. The sensitive documents were...

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Gaza's Missile Killed Farmer

A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel's massive offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza more than a year ago. The launch defied a long-standing ban by the Hamas on such attacks and highlighted the growing challenge to the Islamic militant group from more radical rivals, including al-Qaida-inspired firebrands. The rocket also raised the specter of Israeli retaliation and further...

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Politician TV Ads War

 It’s an expensive air war for presidential candidates; it’s an equally costly air war for their vice-presidential running mates, too. Just like their respective parties’ standard bearers, the leading candidates for vice president have poured in hundreds of millions of pesos on political advertisements on television. The official campaign period started only last February 9, but from November 2009 to February 8, 2010, four candidates for vice president—Liberal Party’s Manuel “Mar"...

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