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Current Human Events & Stories

Surface and underground mine workers can retire at age 50 – SSS

The Social Security System (SSS) lowered the age for optional and technical retirement of both surface and underground mine workers from the previous retirement age of 55 years old to 50 years old. Tis is in compliance with Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE) Department Order (DO) No.167 S-2016. SSS President […]

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Watch How We Got 1K Bananas from Youtube

We are sharing the simple experience of how we got 1,000 yes 1K bananas from YouTube. So watch the video and learn how and why. At last, YouTube confirms we have got 1K subs and over 4K hours of watched time. Our effort paid off. Watch the video from our […]

New “Cory” ant specie, highway, get names after former President Aquino

Which of the two groups can’t have enough of former Presidentt Cory Aquino nostalgia? The Filipino people in general, or the present government officials simply sucking it through the current Aquino administration? Just as it was noted that a boulevard in Camarines Norte will get its name after the Cory, […]

Call center employees in the PH receive low-end jobs

The news that the Philippines has overtaken India in the number of new hires in the call center industry has prompted a labor education NGO recently to warn industry stakeholders and the government against risking its workers’ welfare for the sake of such boom, or the projected boom up to 2016.

Big FOOT Hangs OVER Peak of MT. ISAROG #short

✅ This is a complimentary teaser for the premier of our Road Tour Calabanga, the third video on the return trip covering the section of Barangay Harubay to Barangay Manguiring. The link and video below: This #short video was culled from our visit to the town of Siruma and Barangay […]

Bicol’s man in Washington Ninio Fetalvo, is he on the way out, too?

We speculate on the fate of Ninio Hilario Fetalvo, Bicol’s man in Washington, USA. Will he stay longer, like maybe beyond August of 2017? Fetalvo earlier worked as Florida Communication Director for the Republican National Committee under Sean Spicer before joining him in the White House as Assistant Press Secretary. […]

Palace insists MRT, LRT fare increase means better service

MANILA, Jan. 7 — The Palace insists MRT, LRT fare increase means better service and new facilities. On Tuesday, Malacanang appealed for more patience from the public, saying the increase in MRT and LRT fares would mean better services and facilities. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Communications Secretary Herminio […]

Typhoon Ruby weakens as tropical storm – PAGASA

MANILA, Dec. 8 – The state weather agency Pagasa downgraded Typhoon Ruby into a tropical storm category in its latest bulletin. Ruby was moving towards the island-province of Marinduque on Monday morning. Nonetheless, the provinces of Bataan, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Lubang island and southern Quezon in Luzon […]

Kakampink Jim Paredes: Dahil Sila Ang Pinaka-tapat

Red Monkey Talks show of support by Jim Paredes of Apo Hiking Society for Tropang Angat (Gobernong Tapat Angat Buhay Lahat) of VP Leni Robredo and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan. Video culled from the Pink Sunday Rally in Kyusi. Ini-indorso si Leni bilang presidente, si Kiko Pangilinan bilang bise-presidente at ang […]

Naga City Winners and Losers May 13, 2013 Elections

MAYOR of NAGA CITY BONGAT, JOHN (LP) 39,423 PELAGIO, JUN 7,277 ORTEGA, LUIS 1,627 VICE-MAYOR of NAGA CITY LEGACION, NELSON (LP) 26,471 ROCO, CHO (NPC) 22,184 MEMBER, SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD of NAGA CITY – LONE DIST BORDADO, GABRIEL JR. (LP) 33,057 DE ASIS, CECILIA (LP) 31,840 ABONAL, ESTEBAN III (LP) 28,654 […]

Bicolanos are too poor to open a savings account – Survey

Many Bicolanos are either living dirt poor, pay check to pay check, do not have money left to put up a bank account, or do not have confidence in the Philippine banking system. Either one of the above could be true. Take a look at the recent finding based on […]

Robin Padilla, ARMM officials, entertain Mamasapano folks

Robin Padilla, ARMM officials, bring Valentine joy to Mamasapano folks MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao, Feb. 15 – A movie star and his TV personality-wife, together with the ARMM regional governor and his wife, on Saturday gave “extra love” to thousands of Muslim civilians displaced and affected by the Jan. 25 encounter here. […]

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Watch Pepper and Cooper Friendly Turtle Housemates

Meet our housemates, Pepper and Cooper, red-eared slider turtles. They will be twelve years old by August 2019, their birth month. The same number of years they have been with us. Already, they have outgrown their tank. These gentle big boys are both 7.5 inches already. Red-eared sliders generally live […]

Re-introducing the musings of Luis G. Dato

Reintroducing the musings of Luis G. Dato We are so privileged to present some of the works of one of the early, maybe the right choice of word is pioneering, Bicolano poet and writer as personified by the consumate and dedicated muse-inspired Mr. Luis G. Dato himself. We consider him […]

This flying preacher remind us of the hoverboard priest

Remember the Filipino priest who celebrated a mass rolling around using a hoverboard? Yes, he was Fr. Albert San Jose of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal parish of Binan in Laguna. His hoverboard mass video became viral but received flack from some netizens and the Catholic hierarchy. Eventually, the priest […]

Leni Mainit Suporta People’s Rally Odiongan Romblon

Mga kakampink, tinawid ang dagat, tiniis ang ulan, nagpa-araw pa! Sa mabungang pagtatapos sa pagbisita kampanya ng team Tropang Angat sa lalawigan na dinaluhan ng humigit kumulang sampung (10) libong mamamayan, matanda at kabataan na tinatayang (3.23%) 3.23 porsiyento ng kabuuang populasyon ng Romblon. 🔴 Red Monkey Talks ay ikinagagalak […]

Cayetano: BBM Anti-Corruption Salita Wala Gawa

Red Monkey Talks higlights this throwback post from the 2016 Vice Presidential debate between Sen. Alan Cayetano and Sen. Bongbong Marcos. Marcos, Jr. is the son of former President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., strongman and architect of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines from 1972 until 1983. Senator Cayetano […]

Mas Mahalaga Taumbayan kaysa Pera at Makinarya

Sa mabungang pagtatapos sa pagbisita kampanya ng buong Tropang Angat sa dalawang lalawigan ng Surigao del Norte at Surigao del Sur na dinaluhan ng malakas na pagpapakita ng suporta ng taumbayan, walang sinabi ang pera at makinarya. Kusang loob at maligayang nagsidalo ang mag tao ng walang pinilit, walang dumalo […]

Comelec raffles 185 party lists to determine order of listing in ballots

It would seem that the political parties do not represent or attempt to represent all Filipinos in all sectors in the lawmaking bodies of the republic. That is why there is the “party list” mechanism that came into being during the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos. On March 3, 1995, […]

Robredo Supporters Hindi Binabayaran Shoutout #short

A #short video of supporters’ shout out of Vice President Leni Robredo during the Cavite Grand People’s Rally. An overwhelming crowd estimated to reach as much as 47,000 pumped their fists into the air and screamed their lungs out during the grand rally of Robredo and her running mate Senator […]

APEC 2015 leaders depart Manila one after another

As the APEC 2015 in Manila closes, attending heads of states and their representatives are driven back to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for their departure. Watch here as some of them are given a send-off including the Prime Minister of Australia, the President of Peru, the PrimeMinister of Thailand, […]