The Pacquiao - Mayweather fight may soon become a reality if both parties will agree. Series of tweets from Mayweather stating that he wants to fight pacquiao on 5/5/12 (before his scheduled detention July this year).
Though both camp didn't confirm anything since the deal is not yet sealed, One thing is for sure Pacquiao will fight on the first half of this year. And it would be very good if Its between the two best fighter of this decade.

Lets just wait for updates and hope for this fight to happen.

Few weeks after unveiling the new slogan of DOT, Puerto Princesa Underground river has been officially declared as one of the New Seven Wonders of  nature, making it second to be declared as winner next to Jeju Island.

Other five provisional winners which is currently undergoing verification process are Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu falls, Komodo Island and Table Mountain.

Based on the QS -World University rankings 2011/12, University Of Cambridge in London bagged the Top spot for 2 consecutive years followed by Harvard University. Only four schools from the philippines are in the top 700 and none of them made it to the top 200.

332 - University of the Philippines (ranked 314 in 2010 and 262 in 2009)
360 - Ateneo De Manila University  (ranked 307 in 2010 and 234 in 2009)
551 - 600   De La Salle University (ranked 451 - 500 in 2010 and 401-500 in 2009)
601+ University of Santo Tomas  (ranked 551 - 500 in 2010 and 501-500 in 2009)

Meanwhile, in the QS - Asian University rankings. Only 15 University was included in the list and only 4 University made it to the top 200 spot. Universities  from Hong kong grabbed  the top spot (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and the second spot (University of Hong Kong) respectively 

62 - University of the Philippines
65 - Ateneo De Manila University
104 - University of SantoTomas
107 - De La Salle University

Other Universities  included in the 201+ ranking were as follows

Mapua Institute of Technology
PolytechnicUniversity of the Philippines
University of Southeastern Philippines
Central Mindanao University
Saint Louis University
Mindanao State University
University of San Carlos
Siliman University
Father Saturnino Urios College
Adamson University
Xavier University

for further readings regarding the methodologies used you may opt to visit the site below:
Topuniversities.com

After the contoversial "Pilipinas kay Ganda" last 2010, The Department of Tourism launched  “It’s more fun in the Philippines" campaign to attract more tourist to visit Philippines. The campaign showcases the good qualities & hospitable character of Filipino People in addition to the tourist attactions which can be found in the country.

Happy New Year Everyone!!.  Enjoy the videos of Fireworks display all over the world!

Launching Party

Finally, the much awaited phone has been launched in the Philippines, the IPhone 4S . After several years of being exclusively offered by Globe,  Smart finally gets a chance to offer the world's best selling phone.

The showdown begins last Dec. 15 (The day before the release of the much awaited phone) where Both Telcos arranged a bootcamp in two separate venue. Smart conducted the bootcamp in rockwell while Globe  made it at the Ayala Museum. This was actually a trending topic in twitter for that day.

But which telco shines? . Well, as we all know Smart spent millions for this event. Aside from the party they also gave Imac, ps3 and xbox for the first 10 subscribers.



The Price


Telcos offer this unit for both Postpaid  and prepaid. But I will only post the prepaid one you may check their official website for Postpaid pricing

Below is the price offered by smart for prepaid kit.


iPhone 4S 16GB – Php33,200
iPhone 4S 32GB – Php38,200
iPhone 4S 64GB – Php43,200


No official yet for globe prepaid.

The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2012 shall be observed in the country:

A. Regular Holidays

• New Year's Day - January 1 (Sunday)
• Maundy Thursday - April 5
• Good Friday - April 6
• Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Monday)
• Labor Day - May 1 (Tuesday)
• Independence Day - June 12 (Tuesday)
• National Heroes Day - August 27 (Last Monday of August)
• Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Friday)
• Christmas Day - December 25 (Tuesday)
• Rizal Day - December 30 (Sunday)
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B. Special (Non-Working) Days

• Chinese New Year - January 23 (Monday)
• Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Tuesday)
• All Saints Day - November 1 (Thursday)
• Additional special (non-working) day - November 2 (Friday)
• Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Monday)
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C. Special Holiday (for all schools)

• EDSA Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Saturday)

NOTES:

WHEREAS, on January 23, 2012, the Chinese nationals all over the world will celebrate Spring Festival, popularly known as the Chinese New Year, which is one of the most revered and festive events celebrated not only in China but also in the Philippines by both Chinese Filipinos and ordinary Filipinos as well; and the joint celebration is a manifestation of our solidarity with our Chinese Filipino brethren who have been part of our lives in many respects as a country and as a people; 23 January 2012 may be declared as a special (non-working) day without detriment to public interest.

WHEREAS, Friday, 2 November 2012, falling between Thursday, 1 November 2012 (All Saints Day) and Saturday, has been traditionally declared a special (non-working) day throughout the country.

WHEREAS, to give full opportunity to our people to properly observe All Saints Day with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to and from different regions in the country, Friday, 2 November 2012, may be declared as a special (non-working) day without detriment to public interest.