Boxing-I still have two or three years left, says Pacquiao

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I don't think he has anything left if he lose to Rios in their upcoming fight. Win convincingly and we'll closer to a Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight.

Get knocked out again and we are closer to "PACQUIAO for PRESIDENT".

Pacquiao - I still have two or three years left

Eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao believes he has two or three years of fighting left before he quits the sport and still retains the hope of securing a bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

 Two straight defeats, the second a brutal sixth round knockout by old foe Juan Manuel Marquez in December, prompted pundits and fans to suggest retirement for the 34-year-old Filipino.

 But he will step back in the ring after an extended break on Nov. 24 to take on American Brandon Rios for a first fight in Macau, keen to re-establish himself as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.

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Aquino declares August 9 a holiday

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August 9 is Regular Holiday. Lucky day for all permanent employees and students - no work and no classes. Unlucky day for non-permanent employees - no salary. It's a long weekend again, more time for you to get a  life (no, chatting with your FB friends and updating your status every 30 minutes don't count as "real" life).

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It will be a long weekend and families and friends will have extra time for bonding as President Benigno Aquino III signed Proclamation No. 629-2013 declaring August 9, Friday, a regular holiday.

The declaration came as the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan ends with the
Eid’l Fitr or the celebration of the Feast of Ramadhan. The holiday in this Catholic-dominated country aims to “promote cultural understanding and integration,” Malacañang said.

Lanao Muslim Traders Association president Mac Bitiarra told Sun.Star Pampanga that in the City of San Fernando, hundreds of Muslims from different communities will troop to their mosque in Barangay San Pedro Cutud for the feast as they do annually.

Other holidays this month, per Proclamation No. 459-2012 are Ninoy Aquino Day on August 21 (Wednesday), which is a special non-working holiday and August 26 (Monday), National Heroes Day, another regular holiday.

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Chito Miranda and Neri Naig Sex Scandal

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Bakit, mga gwapo lang ba ang may karapatang gumawa ng sex scandal???

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Chito Miranda, girlfriend in deep sex scandal

Rumors have been swirling on the Internet about an alleged steamy tryst between Parokya Ni Edgar lead-vocalist Chito Miranda and his actress girlfriend Neri Naig.

A video purportedly of Miranda and the 2004 Star Circle Quest 6th runner up shows them in their birthday suit and having sexual intercourse. It was uploaded on video-sharing site YouTube but was quickly taken down.

Screenshots were being reposted on social media.

In his Instagram account, chitomirandajr, the 37-year-old singer-songwriter apologized for a leaked “private video.”

“We are truly saddened by the fact that someone leaked the private video of me and my girlfriend, Neri Naig,” Miranda posted on Instagram.

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President Aquino wants PDAF to stay - Valte

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This isn't surprising news at all. PNoy needs PDAF to keep congressmen and senators inline. Without the multi-million pork barrel, the president won't have anything to entice our lawmakers into supporting his agenda.

The only surprising thing is why we, the people, even entertained the notion that the pork barrel will be scrapped. Are we that gullible?

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President Aquino wants PDAF to stay - Valte

As lawmakers debate over the proposed abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), President Benigno Aquino III has made his stand on the matter clear: He wants pork to stay.

"Parang ganoon po yung nakuha ko rin sa conversation namin ng pangulo [It's also the idea I got in our conversation with the president]," Undersecretary Abigail Valte, deputy presidential spokesperson, said.

President Aquino was a lawmaker for 18 years. It was likely that it was during that period when he realized that projects at the local level were better left under the auspices of lawmakers who were more familiar with the needs of their constituents.

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Philippine journalist gunned down

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Being a journalist is really not good for your health, especially if you are living in the Philippines. While we are so proud of how we are the most democratic country in Asia, our journalists are getting killed one by one.

This is another sad news for journalists around the world...

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Philippine journalist gunned down

Three journalists have been gunned down in the Philippines in its worst spate of media killings in nearly four years.

Police and rights watchdogs say the latest victim, freelance news photographer Mario Sy, was killed in front of his wife and child by two suspects who broke into his home in the southern city of General Santos.

The attack followed the shooting deaths in Manila on Tuesday of two columnists of a tabloid that had recently ceased publication, said Rupert Mangilit, secretary-general of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.

"We're quite alarmed that despite claims that the environment for journalists is safer now, we have three killings happening in a week," he told AFP.

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World’s largest crocodile Lolong is dead

TAGUM CITY— Lolong, the world’s biggest reptile in captivity, is dead.

The 20.4-foot (6.12-meter) saltwater crocodile died at its pen in Consuelo village, Bunawan town, Agusan del Sur province, around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to Mayor Edwin Elorde.

“He refused to eat since last month and we noticed a change in the color of his feces,” Elorde told the Inquirer by mobile phone. “Our personnel also noticed an unusual ballooning of the reptile’s belly.”

Rowena Bunawan, media coordinator of Bunawan, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone that Lolong was declared dead Dr. Alexander Collantes, animal doctor at the Davao Crocodile Park.

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Twitter, Washington Post targeted by hackers

Social media giant Twitter is among the latest U.S. companies to report that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, saying that hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users. And now, The Washington Post is joining the chorus, revealing the discovery of a sophisticated cyberattack in 2011.

Twitter said in a blog post on Friday it detected attempts to gain access to its user data earlier in the week. It shut down one attack moments after it was detected.

But Twitter discovered that the attackers may have stolen user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords belonging to 250,000 users they describe as "a very small percentage of our users." The company reset the pilfered passwords and sent emails advising the affected users.

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Chinese navy fleet enters West Phl Sea

A Chinese navy fleet entered the South China Sea on Friday for patrols and drills after passing through the Bashi Channel, state media in Beijing said, quoting military sources, as tensions with neighbors over disputed waters remain high.

The official Xinhua news agency reported the navy fleet that included three Chinese warships entered the South China Sea at 03:40 GMT after five hours sailing to pass through the Bashi Channel.

The Bashi Channel, situated between Taiwan and the Philippines’ Luzon island, is an international sea route connecting the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and the Pacific Ocean.

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Bishop accuses Comelec of ‘stonewalling’ on PCOS

A Catholic bishop on Saturday accused the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of repeatedly “stonewalling” when questions are raised about the integrity of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that will be used in the May 2013 automated elections.

Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo cited in particular the warnings from the election watchdog Automated Election System (AES) Watch that “wholesale cheating” could occur with the use of the PCOS machines.

AES Watch and Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. gave a briefing for the bishops in a plenary session last month but Pabillo said the Comelec chief left them with more questions than answers.

According to the bishop, even with the elections now being completely automated, he has received information that so-called “election operators” were asking for P20 million to “fix” a provincial gubernatorial race and P70 million for a mayoralty race in Metro Manila.

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