Korean Youtube Star to Release Album
0The largest video site Youtube has unleashed another singer potential from South Korea in the name of Kim Yeo-Hee known as applegirl002.
Definitely different from the other Youtube’s sensation, the cute gal shined through her unique use of iPhone music apps in her uploaded videos with million of views.
Kim, 22, joined Youtube three months ago but she is now set to release her first official album later this June under record producer Dreamhigh-Ent. Her first album, Hajima (Don’t Fall in Love) hit the iTunes store on May 27.
ShareFirst Pilipinas Got Talent Grand Winner
0Jovit Baldivino, 16, a born Batangueno, took home the first Pilipinos Got Talent (PGT) grand winner title held at Araneta Coliseum, Cubao.
Jovit vested the other 11 grand finalists from around the archipelago getting 48.81% or almost half of the total votes.
Jovit was a just a poor siomai vendor before he joined PGT. Not anymore, because along with the title, he won 2 million pesos.
“Gusto ko pong matulungan yung mga kapatid ko, yung pamilya ko,” Jovit answered when Kris Aquino asked him what he asks for to ABS-CBN and to the Filipino people.
From thousands of talented Pinoy who auditioned, the 36 semi-finalists were deduced to 12. Each of the twelve grand competitors was assigned to a group to form unique production numbers.
Velasco Brothers and Baguio Metamorphosis joined Jovit Baldivino in the top three. The two received 100,000 pesos each while the other nine finalists got 50,000 pesos each.
Luis Manzano and Iya Villania hosted the grand competition. Joining them were of course the judges, Kris Aquino, Ai-ai delas Alas and FMG.
Present in the event were ABS-CBN heads lead by Miss Cory Vidanes.
ShareElmo Magalona Sings Tribute to Francis M.
0Elmo Magalona, son of the late master rapper Francis M., sang one of his father’s masterpieces “Mga Kababayan Ko” in GMA7’s Sunday noontime show Party Pilipinas.
Elmo sang together with Francis’ concert version of the piece when he was still alive.
Young Francis it was, Elmo received countless claps from the audience.
Critics said he was as great as his father. He has the same singing ability plus he looks good on screen.
Pia Magalona, mother of Elmo, together with her two other children watched him in his performance. Maxene was not there. Pia was teary-eyed while seeing his son performing because added to the performance were pictures and videos tribute to the late legend of Pinoy music.
ShareRevilla to Host Wowowee?
0After Senator Bong Revilla confirmed that he was given the offer of ABS-CBN to become the permanent host of Wowowee, he said he had to turn down the offer out of respect to Willie Revillame.
Willie Revillame is still on his “indefinite leave” while the “Kanto Boys” Billy Crawford, John Lloyd Cruz and Luis Manzano took over his place to entertain the Filipino people every noontime.
Senator Revilla who ranked as number 1 in the last senatorial race was the last person offered by ABS-CBN after Aga Muhlach who also declined the hosting opportunity.
Idol Robin Padilla hosted the show for about a month before Revilla and Muhlach got the offer.
Is Revillame going back after his leave? Or is there any other guy who has that “mass-factor” who will take over his place?
ShareVillar, Roxas: Biggest Election Spender
0Senator Manny Villar who placed third in the presidential race topped the poll expenses among all the candidates of Election 2010. With P431,557,816 in expenses, Villar was the biggest spender among nine presidential bets.
On the other hand, Senator Mar Roxas who had a very tight fight with VP-elect Jejomar Binay ranked third among all the hopeful political candidates with the biggest election expenses. Roxas spent the most with P279,351,224 among vice-presidential bets.
Here is the list of presidential and vice-presidential candidates who submitted statements of contributions and expenditures in the May 10 polls:
Manny Villar- P431,557,816
Mar Roxas- P279,351,224
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino- P403,119,981.81
Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro- P3,463,307.21
Jamby Madrigal- P55,182,264
Loren Legarda- P210,280,000
Bayani Fernando- P80,081,865.61
All the candidates are expected to submit the copy of their election expenses on or before June 24.
Reports said that the over-all expenses for this year’s election is 15 billion, P4.3 billion of which came from political advertisements of national candidates.
Atty. Ferdinand Rafanan, Comelec Law Department head, said the poll body will tap independent groups such as the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Pera’t Pulitika, Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants to help audit the statements of expenditures and contributions of the political parties and the candidates underneath the list.
ShareCanvassing of Votes End, it’s Noy-Bi!
0The canvassing of votes in the Congress for the president and vice-president position was done. Benigno “ Noynoy” Aquino III and Jejomar “Jojo” Binay got the positions respectively.
President-elect Aquino got 15,208,678 votes while Vice-president-elect Binay received 14,645,574 votes. Binay defeated Mar Roxas with 727, 084 lead.
Reports said that the canvassed votes from Davao City gave Binay edge over Roxas. There were some canvassed votes plus the null votes which were not counted because according to the canvassing committee this are not enough for Roxas to take advance in the race.
The counting of canvassed votes from Lanao del Sur, which were the last votes to count, was only for formality.
Camp of Roxas urged Congress to scrutinize the ballot boxes. However, the Joint Canvassing Committee didn’t allow that to happen.
On the other hand, Former-president Erap Estrada conceded to Aquino as the rightful winner in the May 10 elections. He offered his sincerest congratulations to Aquino and mentioned that he will continue to serve the masses in any way he can.
Today is the proclamation of Aquino and Binay in Congress as newly elected president and vice-president of the Republic of the Philippines.
ShareAl Gore Arrives in Manila
0Sponsored by SM Prime, Former US vice-president and environmentalist Al Gore will keynote a lecture about climate change entitled the “Inconvenient Truth” which is an updated Asian version.
The leadership conference will be held in SMX Convention Center at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City at 4pm.
At around 11:10 a.m., Gore arrived from Seoul at NAIA Terminal 1 via Korean Air flight KE-621. He was escorted to the NAIA dignitaries’ lounge waving hands and giving smiles to the crowd. Gore will have his meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo before his scheduled lecture.
Gore, world-renowned steward for environment, is a Nobel Prize awardee who bang the bulletin last week because he and his wife announced that they will be ending their 40-years marital status.
ShareApple Makes iPhone 4 Official!
0Apple announced on Monday their latest entry on the red-hot smartphone market called iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone ever.
Stephen Jobs, Apple’s chief executive wowed the audience with the slimmer and faster iPhone model. With listed 100 plus brand new features, iPhone 4 surely can battle with Android and HTC units.
Top on list is iPhone 4’s video chat making each call a reality. Yes, you can see friends and family while they are talking to you through the Iphone 4.
Add the fact that iPhone has its double the picture quality meaning a clearer view at the screen; Apple called it “Retina Display”. Every image is so crisp that your eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels.
The iPhone 4 specs:
Apple A4 chip
3.5? display @ 960×640 pixels
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
WiFi 802.11n
GPS
Gyroscope
5MP camera with LED flash + HD video recording @ 720p 30fps
2nd front-facing camera
Records HD video – a full 720p at 30fps.
iPhone OS 4: Multi-tasking
iPhone is amazingly built with its all new design with stainless steel back, front-facing camera, new integrated antenna, microSIM, and a second mic for noise cancellation.
To include also is its better battery life- 40 hours of music, 10 hours of video, 6 hours of 3G browsing and 10 hours on WiFi browsing.
ShareKC Concepcion Joins Walk-a-thon with 7000 Participants
0KC Concepcion, National Ambassador of the Philippines against hunger, lead the 7,000 participants in the walk-a-thon held at Taguig City on Sunday.
“Merong mga budget siguro na maaaring hindi buong-buo napupunta sa dapat puntahan,” KC mentioned regarding the cause of hunger in our country.
The overflowing number of attendees, according to UN World Food Programme country director Stephen Anderson, showed that many people are willing and caring enough to help to the said cause.
The yearly event was our country’s version of UN World Food Programme’s “Walk the World: End Hunger” participated by 70 countries. It was started in Australia and will end in Samoa.
The event’s aim is to raise fund to help save the world from hunger.
ShareNoynoy will Prioritize FOI Bill
0Presidential race front-runner Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III affirmed his support to Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill. Noynoy said he will prioritize the bill as soon he gets the presidency.
“Iba pa rin yung may force of law. So that will be the more complete route, pero kailangang pag-aralan kung pu-puwede dun sa…Executive Order,” Aquino mentioned.
Last Friday, the 14th Congress killed the FOI Bill due to the lack of a quorum. The bill is pending to become a law for 14 years now.
135 congressmen were needed for a quorum. However, only 128 congressmen attended the last session out of a total of 269.
This lead to Camiguin Rep. Pedro P. Romualdo’s objection in the ratification of the bill. He also noted that the bill passed the second reading without debate.
The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), on the other hand, will continue its support for the approval of the bill.
“The failure of Congress to pass the Freedom of Information Bill is a shameless betrayal,” CBC-NASSA Fr. Edu Gariguez said.
The Freedom of Information bill or House Bill 3732 requires all agencies, departments, bureaus, government-owned and -controlled corporations, local governments, chartered institutions, constitutional offices, government financial institutions, the military, the police, and state universities and colleges to make available, upon formal request, information on official acts, transactions and decisions as well as research data for policy development.
The act was provided to secure transparency among all agencies of the government.
The act will still be pursued in the 15th Congress when apparent president Aquino took the administration.
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