I just found out we can be part of this even though we’re here in the Philippines. I received an email today from PayPal, stating that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just sent me $1.99 (roughly ₱123.00) in settlement, from a $2.5B lawsuit against Amazon Prime’s deceptive enrollment and cancellation practices from 2019-2025. I used to import things from Amazon to sell here back in 2020-2022.
Still cackling thinking with what to do with $1.99.
Source: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/amazon-refunds
The country's 1st supertall at 318 m (1,043 ft) height.
When I first saw it in BGC, the first thing that came to my mind was the Empire State Building in New York.
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A few years ago, I read that Moises Salvador brought instructions from Del Pilar in Madrid to establish the Katipunan. Salvador allegedly forwarded these instructions to Deodato Arellano and Andres Bonifacio. Is this true?
Rosa Rosal (born Florence Lansang Danon-Gayda; October 16, 1928 – November 15, 2025) was a veteran actress and legendary humanitarian in the Philippines. Known as the "original femme fatale" during the Golden Age of Philippine Cinema, she became even more beloved as the face of public service and the Philippine Red Cross for over seven decades.
She really looks like a mixture of Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr, and Vivien Leigh.
Source: https://journalnews.com.ph/rosa-rosal-pumanaw-sa-edad-97/#google\_vignette
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual competition for students, ages 13-18, to share their passion for math and science with the world! Each student submits a video that explains a challenging and important concept or theory in mathematics, life sciences, or physics.
The winner receives a $250,000 college scholarship. The winning student's teacher and school also benefit: $50,000 for the teacher and a state-of-the-art $100,000 science lab for the school.
On Apr 19 or 20, 2042 magkakaron ng total solar eclipse mismo dito sa Pilipinas. I was just browsing the predictions website and I notice that its going to pass through Mayon Volcano. Ngayon pa lang naiimagine ko na ang ganda siguro ng pics na lalabas sa araw na yun. Can't wait to see it, kung buhay pa ako by then hahaha.
Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2042-april-20
I was searching Dr. Mike in youtube when it autofilled "Dr. Mike and Pia Wurtzbach Relationship" and I was like huh?
Upon looking it up, they met in New York and dated for 3-4 months in early 2016 (She won the Ms. Universe title in Dec 2015). Not much credible sources on the real reason they stopped, but Pia gave the most PR answer that she needed to focus on her Ms. Universe duties.
Later that same year, she dated the Filipino-Swiss former Formula 1 contender, Marlon Stockinger (which I'm also shocked kasi Formula 1 fan ako haha).
Tonight with Boy Abunda: Pia Wurtzbach talking about Dr. Mike
Not the type of person to care about the personal lives of celebrities, but Dr. Mike is such a big figure now so it's just surprising to hear.
Edit: Let's not get crazy with the theories and hallucinations on why they stopped especially that this was a decade ago and Pia is now married. TIL to not r/ChikaPH.
Though she never assumed her functions and had to resign in 2014 for personal reasons. It was a supposed to be a 9 year term.
Source: https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/passing-senator-miriam-defensor-santiago
I first saw this tomato in Erwan Heussaff’s YouTube video, “The Rarest Tomatoes in the Philippines,” and I had no idea we had our own heirloom tomato varieties!
Kinalabasa, also known as Kamatis Tagalog, is a local Philippine heirloom tomato. It has a distinctive deeply ribbed, almost pumpkin-like shape, and when fully ripe, it turns a deep red. It’s described as fleshy, sweet, and very flavorful.
What’s interesting is that traditional Philippine tomatoes like this have become less common as farmers shifted toward newer commercial hybrids. There are also similarly shaped local varieties with different regional names, such as Bakka-bakka and Kamatis Iloko.
If you saw Kinalabasa for the first time at a market, especially next to the usual smooth, round commercial tomatoes, you might honestly think “Imported ba 'to?” because it's so uncommon compared with the tomatoes we're used to seeing.
Sources:
- Erwan Heussaff - The Rarest Tomatoes in the Philippines
- University of Antique researchers - Journal of Innovative Technology Convergence (2024)
May nakita akong tweet about Batrisha the Vampire Girl and i remembered reading tons of those comics sa K-Zone Magazine. I did a bit of research and I was surprised to see na K-Zone is orginally from Australia (Source: https://kzone.com.au/)(Another source about the origin country is here.). Si Summit Media ang nag license(?) to release dito sa PH. Even though discontinued na dito sa PH nung 2017 (their last issue was this), K-Zone Magazine in AU is still in circulation.
The Philippines supplies roughly 85% of the worlds largest abacá. It’s processed into specialty paper: tea bags, coffee bags, cigarette paper and currency paper.
Philippine peso notes are roughly 20% abacá.
Japanese yen notes use abacá fiber blended with mitsumata bark.
Description ng Annual Program nila
Of course, they're proud of Alex ;-)
(sources are linked in my post)
Probably common knowledge na sa mga fans ng tennis pero ako kasi hindi ko talaga alam ito (sorrna hahaha). Hindi lang pala puro tennis courses/trainings ang ino-offer ng Rafa Nadal Academy kung saan nag-train si Alex Eala, isa rin syang full-fledged boarding school. Based sa mga nabasa ko sa website nila, comparable ito sa sistema ng Philippine High School for the Arts sa Los Banos, Laguna and sa National Sports Academy sa New Clark City sa Tarlac, kung saan half ng oras mo e puro acads and then half naman e puro training. So by the time na natapos na si Alex Eala dito, meron na syang high school diploma.
And as expected, kumpleto sila sa facilities. Based dun sa info (and photos) na nasa brochure nila, yung mga estudyante nila e meron ding access sa medical facilities (and personalized health care), spa, gym and 44 tennis courts (22 hard, 22 clay). Meron din silang full-time nutritionist na syang nagpeprepare ng menu ng cafeteria. Limited lang ang capacity nila (parang 70-something lang yata ang boarding rooms nila), so I guess baka competitive din ang admission process nila.
EDIT: nakalimutan kong idagdag hehehe. Bukod sa full-time tennis trainings, they will also arrange tournaments for their students. That's why before sya nag-pro, ang dalas magcompete ni Alex sa mga junior competitions because hinahanapan talaga nila ng laban si Alex. Yung current coach nya, by the way, is one of the head coaches of the RNA (and one of her teachers).
One other thing: hindi unique ang Rafa Nadal Academy kasi meron ding ibang tennis academies sa Europe. They all don't come cheap though, pero sa nakita natin ke Alex (who was a scholar) it paid off naman.
