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PHILIPPINES: Successful celebration of Kadayawan Festival 2015

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The annual festival in the city of Davao, went very successful yet a peaceful celebration. Kadayawan Festival 2015 in Davao City, Philippines marks the 30th Kadayawan celebration from August 17 to 23. It honors artistic, cultural and historical heritage, past personified by the ancestral Lumad people in the city. Festival held every third week of […]

Ashley Madison hacked, stolen all customer data

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The most famous name in infidelity and married dating hacked,  all customers data been stolen. Ashley Madison, is an online dating service and social networking service.  A Canadian-based, marketed to people who are married or in a committed relationship.  Recently, all customer data been hacked, including names, addresses and phone numbers submitted by users of the site. […]

2015 Bangkok Blast Death Toll Update

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BANGKOK, (UPDATED) 2015 Bangkok blast death toll update, Monday’s bombing resulted to 19 confirmed casualties. Thai Police confirmed 19 people were killed, including 10 Thais, one Chinese and one Filipino citizen. More than 120 others were injured, police said. The Bangkok explosion  inside the Erawan shrine complex at the Ratchaprasong intersection detonated at 6.55pm, using […]

Saving The Orangutans Habitat in Borneo

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Saving one of our Closet Living Relatives by Protecting the Orangutans habitat. Saving one of our Closet Living Relatives by Protecting the Orangutan’s Forest. Orangutans have called the forests of Borneo home for millions of years, but today their forests are disappearing at alarming rates. The world’s last orangutans are fighting for their survival. August […]

Ideas for Celebrity Halloween costumes

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(Updated) What about Hollywood stars in Halloween costumes or the upcoming Celebrity Halloween costumes 2015? When you think of Halloween, you think about scary, ghostly and eerie stories along with the costume parties for Halloween props and masks addict and yes, the trick-or-treating express. In Asia, Halloween is a marketable holiday, even non-christian business establishments […]

Djokovic advances to semis, Nadal out in Montreal Masters

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– Novak Djokovic defeated Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis 5-7, 7-6 (9/7), 6-1 in the Rogers Cup quarterfinals. The Serbian professional tennis player pulled off a remarkable victory as he survived two match points before beating Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Djokovic is currently ranked world number one and is eyeing to win fourth Canadian crown, winning the tournament […]

Woman dies from brain-eating amoeba in Oklahoma

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Woman dies from brain-eating amoeba in Oklahoma contracted from swimming in a local Lake. The woman contracted a rare infection called Naegleriasis, the Oklahoma State Department of health said Wednesday. Naegleriasis is also known as Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), amebic encephalitis, and naegleria infection, an infection of the brain by a protist Naegleria fowleri amoeba, also […]

Cebu Pacific flight steward accused of Theft

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Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) is investigating a flight steward who allegedly stole Chinese Yuan from passengers in a China-bound flight. According to lawyer and CEB officer-in-charge for corporate affairs Paterno Mantaring Jr. that the company has been informed of the theft and has been “conducting a thorough investigation in parallel with an independent third-party investigating […]

Numbers of tigers died in India this year

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In the first seven months this year, 41 tigers have died, wildlife group said. Awareness campaigns done across India to save the big cats. In January, Indian environmental authorities had claimed conservation efforts were working as the number of tigers in the country had risen to 2,226 in 2014, up from 1,706 counted in 2010. […]

Oklahoma City: Zookeeper injured by cow-nosed Stingray

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Around 8:40 am, Wednesday, two zoo keepers were holding a cow-nosed stingray out of the water as a part of a medical procedure, Zoo officials said. One of the zookeeper injured when the cow-nosed stingray stung him while handling the abdomen. Zoo staff responded and followed safety protocols. The zookeeper injured was transported to a […]