A new storm named Typhoon Pepeng is already coming into the area of responsibility of the Philippines. The typhoon is about 700+ kilometers away and should be expected to reach Metro Manila in 48 to 72 hours from today.
The Teacher’s Board Exams (LET) have been re-scheduled from today – Sunday, September 2009 — to a unconfirmed date.
However, the LET board exam will still push through in testing centers in Batanes, Angeles City in Pampanga, Baguio City, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan, Lucena City in Quezon, Palawan, the Visayas and Mindanao. Exam takers from Metro Manila are advised to wait for the new schedule from the PRC.
The National Disaster Coordination Council (NDCC) has announced that classes will be suspended in all levels this Monday. Included in the suspension announcement by Gilbert Teodoro (Gibo) are Metro Manila and other neighboring provinces like Bulacan, Laguna and Cavite.
Schools and universities have also announced that they will be closing tomorrow to assess the damages brought by floods due to Typhoon Ondoy.
Last Saturday morning, Ondoy hit Metro Manila with heavy rains that flooded the entrie NCR region. NLEX and SLEX were also closed down and were impassable. Rescue efforts are being conducted until now especially in heavy-hit areas like Pasig, Marikina and Quezon City.
Typhoon Ondoy ravaged the entire Metro Manila area with heavy rains that flooded almost all of the major cities of Taguig, Makati, Pasig, Quezon City, Rizal, Pasay and Marikina.
Here are some collection of videos from people that got caught in the floods.
University of the East (UE) Red Warriors defeated the FEU Tamaraws in two consecutive games to advance in the 72 UAAP Basketball Finals. UE will now face off with AdMU for a best of 3 games starting this Sunday, September 27, 2009.
Ateneo de Manila is the defending champion of the UAAP Men’s Basketball. Tickets for the games are sold at Ticketnet.
Benigno Noynoy Aquino will be running for president in the 2010 national elections. Mar Roxas will be his running mate as vice president under the Liberal Party.
Mar Roxas had earlier announced he wanted to run for president but since the death of former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino, there has been a lot of clamor that Noynoy should run for president instead in order to further the legacy of the Aquino family. Mar Roxas then made an announcement that he will step down and withdraw his presidential candidacy to make way for Noynoy.
A new line of CPU has been announced by Intel recently. Among them is the mid-range Intel Core i5 750 which runs at a clock speed of 2.66GHz.
This CPU will cost around $200 when it comes out in the market, which should be coming very soon.
Previously codenamed HTC Click, it’s now called HTC Tattoo and probably the cheapest Android Phone by HTC.
HTC Tattoo Specs:
2.8 inch touchscreen @ 240×320 pixels
256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
528 MHz Qualcomm CPU
up to 16GB with a microSD card
3G (HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 kbps)
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
Stereo FM radio with RDS
3.15 MP AF camera @ 2048×1536 pixels
GPS with A-GPS support
We are not sure of the price of the Tattoo but it could be somewhere around $300.
Here are the winners of the first Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) TV Awards held last September 4, 2009 at Gateway Cinema 5, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City:
Best Educational Show – Sineskwela (ABS-CBN)
Best Reality Show – I Survived (ABS-CBN)
Best Teleserye – Kahit Isang Saglit (ABS-CBN)
Best Public Affairs Show – I Witness (GMA 7)
Best Drama Special – Obra (GMA 7)
Best Talent Show – Talentadong Pinoy (TV5)
Best Comedy Show – Wow Mali (TV5)
Male Star of the Night – Ryan Agoncillo
Female Star of the Night – Isabel Oli
Best Actor – Michael V
Best Actress – Bea Alonzo
Best Male Host – Edu Manzano
Best Female Host – Jessica Soho
Lifetime Achievement Award – Gloria Romero
The event was hosted by Edu Manzano and Jackie Aquino with performances from Ogie Alcasid, Jojo Alejar, Pooh, and Charice Pempengco.
A total of about 6,080 law graduates went to the De La Salle University (DLSU) in Taft Avenue, Manila today to take the 2009 bar examinations.
The exams will be held for four Sundays of this month, September 6, 13, 20, and 27 on the following subjects — Political and International Law, Labor and Social Legislation, Civil Law, Taxation, Mercantile Law, Criminal Law, Remedial Law, and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises. Results of the said exams are expected by April 2010.