tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158666852012-01-31T00:39:49.734+01:00Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-21266499025607702812009-07-15T13:51:00.002+02:002009-07-15T13:56:23.344+02:00

This is not about spontaneous regeneration but a British teen who survived a dire heart condition as an infant, has made a "magic" recovery, her doctor said. The secret? The surgery she endured as an infant gave her two hearts..! (Read on at ABC News)

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-32423927197491003062009-07-15T13:50:00.000+02:002009-07-15T13:51:33.458+02:00

More than 160 people are feared dead in Iran today after a passenger plane crashed in the northwest of the country. (Read more at Times Online)

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-85035531347807191102009-07-15T13:48:00.001+02:002009-07-15T13:50:18.689+02:00

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken New Zealand, setting off a tsunami alarm for parts of the Pacific Ocean... (read more at BBC)

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-57969312223632961472009-02-06T11:27:00.001+01:002009-02-06T11:27:13.022+01:00

Could whales have been land dwellers once? Some scientists think so..  Feb. 4, 2009 -- A rare fossil of an ancient whale with a fetus still inside reveals that its species -- an ancestor to modern whales -- gave birth on land 47.5 million years ago, according to a paper published in the online journal PLoS. The discovery, along with prior fossil finds, suggests the first whale ancestors were

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-56639302257214705252009-02-06T07:17:00.001+01:002009-02-06T07:17:07.473+01:00

I find this blog post simply touching, and wish to share it here... "I was so timid when I was young. I was born a Catholic and always followed what my auntie said who always told me what to do, as if she owned me. She would often cut my hair and dressed me up on her style. I then looked boyish and skinny. She would always want me to be in the church and participate in all of the activities being

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-3484089832802088862009-01-27T11:12:00.002+01:002009-01-27T11:17:44.973+01:00

`This juicy bit is a rip-off from the The Huffington Post. Could we call this toilet discrimination!?A Filipino contract worker Amador Bernabe, 43, lost his job Friday January 23 for not using the toilet "the Australian way". Bernabe works as a machine operator for Townsville Engineering Industries. He said that on Thursday, his foreman followed him into the bathroom questioning his toilet

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-51697780419342568312009-01-27T11:03:00.002+01:002009-01-27T11:18:24.021+01:00

`About 250,000 Filipino workers may lose their jobs in the next six months...Philippine labor officials said more than 30,000 workers were laid-off since last December and the figure could double by the end of January 2009.If the trend continues, the figure could reach 250,000 displacements in six months. Most displaced workers came from small- and medium-enterprises and companies in Southern

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-57041553753415634632009-01-27T10:12:00.001+01:002009-01-27T10:12:36.552+01:00

A California woman gave birth to eight babies in a span of five minutes on Monday. This is considered only the second time in history that live octuplets have been born The mother, as you've might have guessed, gave birth by cesarean section. Six boys and two girls weighing between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds. The doctors were expecting seven live births only so their obsession for methodical

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-23300297619337861722009-01-27T09:49:00.001+01:002009-01-27T09:49:20.043+01:00

Is it possible that traits such as shyness and sociability are dictated by our genes? To think that such traits could determine a person's attitude and material success says a lot about what we inherit from our parents. Another intriguing implication of the research is the feasibility that an individual's genetic makeup can influence the behavior of others. MONDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) --...

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-28344706962089925962009-01-06T16:04:00.000+01:002009-01-20T16:05:42.093+01:00

One horrible night I dreamed that I rebooted this blog.. and when I turned it on again my personal posts were all gone!I was gasping when I woke up.. hurried up to the damn computer only to realize it's true!Then it dawned on me.. slowly at first. It was I who did the ghastly crime..!?What the f..! No, not that word. What the fluke did I do!?In panic I got myself a freshly brewed Barako coffee..

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-34939842678583700922008-11-11T06:43:00.000+01:002008-11-11T06:44:46.593+01:00

Weeks ago, I've decided that this blog deserves some serious hacking... Today it remains under a state of hack but I'm happy to report that the overall look became a little better. Just my opinion though...My profound apologies to people I've dragged here to critique the changes I've implemented. I hope to recompense your annoyance someday, somehow... but I was in dire need of inputs you see and

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-80959404645028794402008-10-10T08:09:00.000+02:002008-10-10T08:10:52.258+02:00

Russia is on the verge of a super tuberculosis outbreak.Pravda Online says experts have discovered a new deadly culture of tuberculosis, which cannot be treated with existing medications;“high death-rate among people with tuberculoses from the former Soviet Union has to do with people’s weak immune systems. Also, we noticed that such widespread of tuberculosis coincides with the overall rise of

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-68144225347544572732008-07-21T09:28:00.001+02:002008-07-21T09:28:34.791+02:00

The benefits of switching a car to run on water are incredible. With the use of a Hydrogen Car Conversion Kit the immediate payoff is an improved gas mileage of around 50%. It also reduces carbon byproducts that release harmful chemicals and gas into the air for us to breathe.These kits come with everything needed although you may need a few small items from an automotive or hardware store. 

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-67822704889742238612008-07-21T09:14:00.001+02:002008-07-21T09:14:04.630+02:00

The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel raked in $155 million between Friday and Sunday, outselling the previous top weekend grosser, 2007's Spider-Man 3, by more than $4 million and driving the movie business to a record $253 million weekend.The movie's unprecedented box office strength is "mind-boggling" according to Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros.

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-11422825086834387772007-08-06T09:23:00.000+02:002007-08-07T10:03:42.324+02:00

Google, the king of the internet, is supposedly working to gain dominion of the wireless phone business via its GPhone, which it will make available to consumers within a year.The long-rumored phone has been speculated for some time in various forum but gained renewed credence by a Wall Street Journal report last week.The WSJ report read in parts:...A Google spokesman yesterday declined to

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-8474189953253823032007-08-01T16:42:00.000+02:002007-08-14T09:06:30.479+02:00

The long, protracted research and development in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has of late produced it first tangible corporate marketing application in the guise of the virtual business representative. It is the first virtual employee "who" not only works 24/7 for the benefit of the company but also for that of its online visitors, customers and clients. Who would not want such a reliable guy

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-61463587648266888802007-07-20T08:59:00.000+02:002007-08-07T08:27:47.746+02:00

There’s this website of Emerge Skin Care Inc. that I checked out lately and agreed to make this sponsored post. Personally I have always been adamant of cosmetics products sellers who prey on people’s insecurity about their looks. I mean they tell us indirectly, in their ads, that even the most attractive people (whom they use as endorsers) are anxious of the way they look and so use their

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-29627177961955133182007-06-26T21:32:00.000+02:002007-08-07T08:30:09.617+02:00

China’s central government website (www.gov.cn), says lightning was the main cause of death among 48 victims who died after storms swept up the Yangtze River valley and across southern China recently. These include, five people building a tomb in Zhejiang, twelve farmers in Jiangxi while they were working in their fields. Also in Jianxi, lightning struck a grandmother and her grandson... when

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-74324151379962811832007-06-18T16:51:00.001+02:002007-08-07T08:32:08.682+02:00

That’s according to Isaac Newton, the father of modern physics and astronomy.In what is turning out to be quite a revelation, an exhibit by Jerusalem's Hebrew University shows that Newton was more odd (or well-rounded depending on your orientation) than his publicist of old would have him remembered by people.The public exhibit entitled "Newton's Secrets" puts on display previously unpublished

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-50286908360440070652007-05-25T10:43:00.000+02:002007-08-07T10:47:19.486+02:00

The Philippine-based Church of God International have been generating a lot of buzz these days over the world wide web. The church's chief minister, brother Eli Soriano, has recently gone international following what he calls as persecution by the Philippine government officials who are partial to Soriano's enemies.Initially brother Soriano went country hopping from Singapore to China, Macao and

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-60633955722235289042007-05-24T19:21:00.000+02:002007-05-28T19:23:30.782+02:00

BATAS Party-list has consistently remained in the winning zone based on the Comelec's count.In the Partial and Unofficial tally of ABS-CBN as of 5:23 p.m. May 23, 2007, BATAS is 13th in ranking with a total of 258,804 votes. This gives it over 2.5% of the votes based on the running total of the party-list votes. [READ MORE]

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-32192036317273046732007-05-18T19:18:00.000+02:002007-08-07T08:46:36.133+02:00

Brother Yoyoy Villame has passed away around 2 pm today at the Las Piñas Medical Center. His doctor pronounced him dead due to cardio-pulmonary arrest. My condolences to his family.Many Filipinos will best remember Yoyoy as The Novelty King. Among members of the Church of God International, however, he will be remembered as a fellow brethren and journeyer who was there to lend what he can for

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1142179825708696862006-03-12T17:05:00.000+01:002007-08-07T10:53:57.309+02:00

We, the people, are in a crisis of irrelevancy.As Bystander hinted at the creeping irrelevance of the legal profession in the Philippines so too we, the Filipino people are increasingly reduced to apolitical irrelevance.Assuming a psychology of absolute impunity, the power elite has decided to lift Proclamation 1017 as if they have in fact a moral basis for making the declaration in the first

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1140844040357331602006-02-25T06:05:00.000+01:002007-08-07T08:33:23.721+02:00

MRS. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COUNTRY?The DOJ filed coup d'etat charges against former Senator Greg Honasan for his alleged involvement in the failed Oakwood Mutiny, which happened two years ago.Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran was arrested by the CIDG on the strength of a Warrant of Arrest issued in 1985! And government plans to charge him with inciting to sedition with no

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1140811825572733702006-02-24T21:06:00.000+01:002007-08-07T08:33:23.722+02:00

Defiance in the face of arrogance.The Arroyo administration was on a verge of self-destruction friday when it decided to yield to its lust for emergency power.Again, it blamed everybody but itself for all that ails Philippine society. She had, indeed, little choice in this shame game she herself authored when she decided not to heed the people's call for her to resign...[READ MORE]

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1137780125627960012006-01-20T19:00:00.000+01:002007-08-07T08:33:23.722+02:00

LAST year, there was reason to hope for a creative fix out of the quagmire we're in.This time, people are just tired. They're just waiting. Waiting. Waiting for something to happen. Waiting for hope. Waiting to take their cue to act.[READ MORE]

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1135284677422375822005-12-22T21:49:00.000+01:002005-12-22T21:54:00.980+01:00

Wow! Pre-new year's fireworks display! Now, Ramos is really talking! Read all about it in the Inquirer!Ramos said he had received minutes of the con-com's discussions until December 12. Apparently that was when the con-com has yet to take flights of fancy to propose a NO-EL and term limit extenders. But something mysterious happened within the last 12 hours after Tabako received his last report

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1133510985161407042005-12-02T09:07:00.000+01:002005-12-02T09:09:45.196+01:00

Ramos is worried that federalism "could lead some regions to secede". I'm sorry but this worry betrays his utter lack of vision and leadership. His distrust for the people in the regions surely must make them want to secede from Manila as soon as The Ramos Parliament is in place. . .[READ MORE]

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1133349920598719902005-11-30T12:23:00.000+01:002005-11-30T12:25:20.636+01:00

One in three Filipinos want to migrate to another country if they had the chance. This was confirmed by the recently released Pulse Asia survey published in INQ7. And this, I believe, is not a case of brain drain but a sign that at least 1 in 3 Filipinos are ready for a radical social change if a true visionary leader will just assume the task of leading this so-called nation despite the legion

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1132054012459086932005-11-16T06:54:00.000+01:002007-08-07T10:56:55.124+02:00

I was about to update my blog last Thursday regarding my recent post to happily announce that Bro Eli's name was witheld from the Bureau Of Immigration (BI) watchlist when this item on INQ7's breaking news was published...Gonzalez orders: Put evangelist Soriano on watch list First posted06:07pm (Mla time) Nov 10, 2005 By Tetch TorresINQ7.netJUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez has ordered the Bureau

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1131366080201072282005-11-08T06:03:00.000+01:002005-11-07T13:21:20.216+01:00

A very angry Bro. Eli Soriano finally announced what we in the Church of God International (a.k.a Ang Dating Daan or ADD) have long been waitingto hear. We will all definitely march to Malacañang! This is to peaceably address ourgrievances regarding the persecutions our religious group have been receiving from the Gloria Arroyo government... [MORE]

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1129097977976601462005-10-12T06:09:00.000+02:002005-10-12T08:19:37.983+02:00

It's been seven days since I was last online and the world was so much different then. I took a 5-day leave from work in preparation for our religious congregation's 2-day National Thanksgiving Celebrations in Apalit, Pampanga and to help out my wife in reviewing the kids for their major exams at school. Seven days ago people were talking that Martial Law was about to be declared. Now they say

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1127469571838203592005-09-23T16:10:00.000+02:002007-08-07T08:47:16.529+02:00

Whether we like it or not, our generation lives under the shadows of Ferdinand Marcos and his Martial Law. As a people we pledged to "never again" allow for a return of the likes of him in the political landscape or, failing in that, to remove him/her in office before he/she gets a chance bring us back in that dark era. Our actions today are judged to the degree that we conform or digress against

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1126818968062820832005-09-16T14:01:00.000+02:002005-09-15T23:16:08.070+02:00

I am no fan of the vice president except when he was still in the news anchoring business. In my opinion, he was the best Pinoy TV news anchor of his time, if not for all time. He could cry or laugh or mumble or get lost in the middle of a spiel without ever losing face. His was a perfect sense of live broadcast timing that if ever there would be crowned as king of the "pregnant pause" that would

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1126179466481024762005-09-09T06:22:00.000+02:002005-09-13T09:56:46.140+02:00

Its never over until it's over. That is to say, until Gloria is over. This is the damning consensus that the nation is getting at. A group claiming to represent the business community has released its stand on the issue calling for the nation to accept the house decision to junk the impeachment charges against the president and for everyone to move on. That is to be expected of business people.

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-1125179041623865772005-08-28T20:58:00.000+02:002005-08-29T08:40:11.433+02:00

It's official. (Well, sort of.) No work on Monday, August 29, 2005. Just about one of the very few slightly good reasons to have Gloria still around. The trademark lapse in judgment, however, manages to make it more newsworthy than necessary.Just when you prepare for a longer-than-usual-weekend, I was hit by this unkind NEWS UPDATE also from inq7.net. It turns out, the order only covers gov't

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15866685.post-49745253569057012552005-08-08T05:13:00.000+02:002007-08-08T05:15:56.623+02:00

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