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I just saw this documentary about illegal gold mining in the Philippines using children to look for gold in underwater gold mines. Children breathe underwater using only a thin pipe connected to an air compressor. They go as deep as 30 feet underwater, surrounded by rock in the pitch black darkness of the water. "I'm afraid, if the earth collapses, I will get buried underneath" says the teenager. Watch how they risk their lives to earn earn P500 to P1,000 a day.

A former OFW worker allegedly won P12M jackpot in the lottery. However, he cannot claim his prize because his ticket was crumpled by his grandchild and decided to iron it to flatten it. However, not knowing that the lotto ticket was made of thermal paper...well, watch.

This video shows that Bonifacio Global City (BGC) guards arresting two British Nationals. According to the report, the 2 Englishmen (Sam and Chris) where skateboarding along Fifth Avenue when two lady policewomen instructed them nicely that they could not skate there and told them to do it at the park, which they did. According to the Englismen, while at the park, a lady marshal shown on 1:16 of the video stopped them rudely. They explained to the marshal that the policewomen told them they can skate there. The marshal called for backup and confiscated their skateboard. One of the Englishman (Sam) said he got scared and ran off. The marshals successfully caught him as shown in the video. According to a comment by Julie on the  When In Manila   page. She said, I was there at the park when it started. A lady guard was asking them nicely to transfer since the park is not intended for skateboarders. The simple argument went wild when one of the foreigners went amok and hi...

With only 28.5 seconds left in the game, a bench-clearing brawl broke out in this afternoon's Mapua Cardinals vs. EAC Generals game. With each team having only one player available after the brawl, NCAA officials decided to end the game and award the win to EAC. Final score: 86-77.

Tagalog speaking Aussie Chris Urbano (Host of Maputing Cooking) orders at Jollibee... in deep Tagalog. Watch as he inspires Jollibee employees to use more Filipino language - and even try to get a discount. Jollibee - bida ang sarap!!

I saw this on my Facebook feed. I thought I'd share. Photos of several “VIP” BDO employees taken around 7:30 in the morning on March 24, 2014 at the Quezon Ave shuttle terminal going to Ortigas. What’s so special about them? Well, people who regularly take the shuttle to Ortigas at the Quezon Ave terminal call them “The Singit Queens”. And I can see why given the fact that I saw them in action numerous times. My wife and I recently begun taking the shuttle going to our respective offices in Ortigas, and most the convenient terminal for us is the Quezon Ave terminal. The first few days were quite normal. The queue was long but not as long as with the other terminals. Then recently, my wife and I started noticing these BDO employees. At first there were only one of them in the queue, but after several minutes another will come and join the 1st one not minding the other people who waited for several minutes in line. Ok lang sana kung isa lang ang sisingit, but then, after seve...

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From the I nquirer MANILA, Philippines—Makati Mayor Junjun Binay ordered the arrest of three security guards of a posh subdivision in the city when the guards refused to allow his four-car convoy to pass through a restricted gate close to midnight on Nov. 30, according to a source privy to the incident. The entire incident at the gate of Banyan and McKinley Roads was recorded by the closed-circuit television cameras of North Forbes Park and Dasmariñas Village, the source, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal from City Hall, told the Inquirer. Based on a 24-minute video, a copy of which was obtained by the Inquirer, the standoff was witnessed by the mayor’s sister, Sen. Nancy Binay, a passenger of one of the vehicles. The siblings are the children of Vice President Jejomar Binay, a former mayor of Makati who has declared he will run for president in 2016. The mayor came from his sister’s house in Dasmariñas Village when their convoy was not allowed to get past ...

Wedding proposals are getting more and more elaborate. This sets the bar higher for the yet to be married guys out there.

For those who missed the most exciting finals of the UAAP between DLSU and UST this past October, here is the full game.

Amazing success story from humble beginnings.

Here's a video of a house being swept away by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). Here's the description from the make of the video. "Footage taken at 6am on Friday 8 November as the storm hit Hernani in Eastern Samar. Plan staff member Nickson Gensis took this while sheltering on the 2nd floor of a house less than a few hundred metres from the sea. "Six of us took refuge on the top floor of a boarding house. Five were praying and I was filming. The others called me to pray with them but I said that I needed to document this." "Three of our group were male and we all wore trunks so that we could swim if we needed to. We were so scared. But I thought, 'if I die, so be it'." "It was like a huge tsunami but the water receded quickly afterwards. We ventured downstairs and outside around noon. I took shots of the boarding house we had been in because I was so thankful thank it protected me. At 2pm I started work, travelling to assess the damage...

Anderson reflects on everything he has seen and the strength he witnessed in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.

This comment by Anderson Cooper is stinging. Post by Sheryl Garcia Reyes .

The NY Times has compiled a list of organizations where you can donate to help the Typhoon victims in the Philippines. I suggest you send your donations to these confirmed and legitimate organizations only. The other day, while grocery shopping, I was approached by a lady asking me to sign something. When I asked what it was, she told me it's to help the Typhoon victims in the Philippines. She never asked me for a donation right away, but instead, handed me a pen and a clipboard to sign my name and on the clipboard is a small brochure with a name of an organization and some photos of some children. Only when I asked what it was for did she tell me it was for donation to the Philippines (initially, I thought it was to sign up for credit card). I have never heard of the organization before and I do not know if they are a legitimate organization. I don't even know if they were allowed by the store to be in there to solicit donations. Maybe there are legitimate, but I am a...

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Super Typhoon Yolanda has now been rated as the strongest typhoon in the world this year. Storm Signal No. 4 has now been raised in several parts of the country.

Here's a video of a swimming pool at Villa Teresita during October 15, 2013 earthquake in Bohol and Cebu registering 7.2 on the Richter Scale.

From ANC | Yahoo! Philippines News Bayan Patrollers, netizens show damage caused by M7.2 quake (UPDATED 2:00 pm) A magnitude 7.2 quake hit Bohol on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the quake occurred 2 kilometers southeast of Carmen town at 8:12 a.m. The following quake intensities were felt: -Intensity VII - Tagbilaran, Bohol -Intensity VI - Inigaran, Negros Occidental -Intensity V - Iloilo City; La Carlota, Negros Occidental -Intensity IV - Masbate City; Roxas City; San Jose, Culasi, Antique; Guihulngan, Negros Oriental -Intensity III - Davao City More photos at ANC | Yahoo! Philippines News

Metro Manila, Philippines through the eyes of three foreign expats from USA, New Zealand and India. Shot by Sabrina Flores & Mark Viterbo Music: "Rossio" by Jahzzar