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October 2008 CPA Board Exam Topnotchers

The list of the October 2008 Philippine CPA Board Exam Topnotchers and list of the top-performing schools is now available here. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 2,442 out of 6,663 (36.65%) passed the Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination given by the Board of Accountancy in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, [...]

Ateneo vs La Salle: UAAP 71st Men’s Basketball Finals

Long-time rivals in almost everything, the Ateneo Blue Eagles will battle the La Salle Green Archers for the coveted crown of the UAAP 71st Men’s Basketball Finals. It will be the fourth overall Finals confrontation between these two elite teams. The series will commence this Sunday, 4pm at the Big Dome but the tickets were [...]

Hurricane Ike: Typhoon Ike

Hurricane Ike After Gustav and Hanna, here comes Ike. A category 2 Hurricane Ike, with winds up to 105 mph is heading towards Texas and may hit land late Friday or early Saturday. Nearly a million residents along the Texas coast were ordered to leave and evacuate ahead of the storm. Weather forecasters said that [...]

Argentina beats Brazil in Beijing Olympics Football

Argentina inched closer to retaining the gold in Men’s football by beating Brazil 3-0 in the semifinals of the Olympic Men’s Football Competition. It was a close game at the half with each side failing to convert opportunities. But Argentina took the second half by scoring two from Sergio Aguero and a penalty shot by [...]

Badminton Medal Results for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Here are the latest and final badminton medal results in the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Men’s Singles Gold – Lin Dan (China) Silver – Lee Chong-Wei (Malaysia) Bronze – Chen Jin (China)  Mixed Doubles Gold – Lee Hyojung / Lee Yongdae (South Korea) Silver – Liliyana / Widianto Nova (Indonesia) Bronze – He Hanbin / Yu [...]

Googleminton And Latest Badminton News from Beijing

Google plays badminton too with this logo. Here’s some badminton news from the Olympics: No. 3 Seed Bao Chunlai bows out of the Olympics after being beaten by Lee Hyun-Il of South Korea. On the other hand, top seed Lin Dan prevailed over Denmark’s Peter Gade, in another quarterfinals match. In mixed doubles, Athens silver [...]

Bach/Malaythong of USA Bowed Out Of Beijing Olympics Badminton

Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong of USA could not withstand the barrage of shots coming from the 2006 World Champion tandem of Cai Yun/Fu HaiFeng as they were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Beijing Olympics today. Final score is 21-9, 21-10 and took only 29 minutes. The US tandem from California had high [...]

Taufik Hidayat, Gao Ling Are Out Of The 2008 Beijing Olympics

Badminton’s Men’s Singles Athens Gold Medalist and pride of Indonesia, Taufik Hidayat, lost to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia in the round of 32, 19-21; 16-21. Taufik reportedly suffered dengue fever weeks before the tournament. This could be the last Olympics for Taufik who has been sliding in the ranks in 2007 and this year. [...]

Solar Eclipse on August 1

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, blocking totally or in part the Earth’s view of the sun. Can we see it from the Philippines? The solar eclipse that takes place on August 1, 2008 will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.039 [...]

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