Oks! News from the Philippines

The following dates are the schedule of Pinoy Big Brother Season 3 auditions in their respective cities and provinces:
February 27 PDA – Concert Hall 9AM-3PM
March 1 – Batangas
March 6 – Laoag
March 8 – Pampanga
April 17 – Bohol
April 19 – Roxas City
April 24 – Butuan City
April 26 – General Santos City
May 8 – Camarines Sur

Applicants for the teen edition must be 14-17 years old, and for the regular third season, must be 19 to 35 years old. Bring your birth certificate (original and photocopy), a closeup and a fullbody picture, an ID, and a ballpen.

LG Electronics, today unveiled its eco-friendly mobile phone equipped with a solar panel battery cover at the Mobile World Congress 2009. This solar-powered handset is part of the company’s aggressive green initiative, proving LG’s commitment to creating a healthier environment for everyone.

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Cebu Pacific Air is doing another round of promo fares across Asia and the Philippines. The following prices are the current promos being offered by CebuPacific Air and valid for travels in 2009.

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Congratulations to the top 10 board exam passers of the recent Physician Licensure Board Exams.

The top 10 board passers are as follows:
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A total of 1,087 out of 1,685 passed the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila and Cebu this February, the PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) announced today — February 18, 2009.

You may download the complete list of passers here.

A recent study revealed the top 20 universities in the Philippines based on the passing scores of board exams in the last 10 years.

The university results are as follows:
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Nokia have just announced the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic to join the Nokia music/N-Gage family. The phone comes with music player, FM and Internet radio, Bluetooth, 3.2 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD slot.

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Over 600 people were affected in the latest round of mass layoff by contact center company KGB Philippines. It turns out that their SMS account has been overloaded with agents without anything to do as industry demand slows down in the midst of the financial crisis.

The lay off was announced last February 9 at the KGB Sta. Rosa office with more than 600 agents affected. More details about this story here.

Fall Out Boy comes back in the Philippines with another entourage of brilliant songs as they also came out with this new album – Folie A Deux released under MCA Music, with hit singles I Don’t Care and America’s Suitehearts.

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Globe Telecom, through its wholly-owned subsidiary G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI), has partnered with leading Internet social networking site Friendster for online money transfer.

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