Ploning which stars Judy Ann Santos will be the Philippines’ official entry to 2009 Oscars for the best foreign language film. The Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) has chosen Ploning over Sharon Cuneta’s Caregiver.
Ploning is a 30-year old promdi lass from Cuyo, Palawan. The story revolves around her and her relationship with a boy she has sort of adopted. It’s about love, friendship, selflessness amidst the backdrop of life …

Merry Christmas! It’s unique in Filipino culture that as early as September when the “ber” months starts, the Christmas spirit is already felt. Starting this month, you will already hear Christmas songs being played on the radio. The breeze will be a little colder, the mood a little jollier.

We Pinoys celebrate Christmas the longest. At this time, most Pinoys will already start making their Christmas list of relatives, friends and …

It’s a good thing that the winner of the Philippines Gold Medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the rest of the Wushu team will be given cash incentive. Willy Wang, the Gold Medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympis for wushu, will receive P500,000, Mary Jane Estimar, the Ilongga SIlver Medal winner will receive P300,000 and Bronze medal winners Benjie Rivera and Marian Mariano will each receive P100,000. The …

The Philippines gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was further boosted by Ilongga Mary Jane Estimar who won the Silver Medal in Wushu. Albeit only a demonstration sport, the medals won by the team give us reason to celebrate and hope for a better performance in 2012 London Olympics. Four medals in wushu were won by the team, Willy Wang - Gold, Mary Jane Estimar - Silver, and Bronze …

Never mind that it is for a demonstration sport, a gold medal is still a gold medal. Finally, the Philippines won a gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Willy Wang won the gold medal for the Philippines at the Beijing Olympics’ wushu competition. Three wushu athletes, Benjie Rivera, Mary Jane Estimar and Marian Mariano, were also assured of bronze medals.
There couldn’t have been a better timing since the Philippine’s …

Today, we remember that fateful day of August 21, 1983 when NInoy Aquino was assassinated at the tarmac of what was then the Manila International Airport. Twenty-five years had passed, his assassination remain unsolved.
I was too young to remember the events of 1983. What I know of Ninoy are what’s written about him in high school history books, articles and television features. And the fact that an International Airport was …

Do you know the different Philippine Provinces? I suggest you familiarize yourself with all the different Philippine Provinces from now on before they cut us up and separate the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity from the Map of the Philippine Archipelago.

He is probably the first pregnant man, but he is pregnant no more. The 34 year-old Thomas Beatie gave birth to a baby girl last June 29, 2008.  Well, if we are going to be technical about it, legally he’s a man since the State of Oregon is recognizing him as a man, but biologically , he’s still a woman.
He was born a baby girl, Tracy Laguindino, to a Caucasian …

Filipino life today is like walking on a tightrope. You don’t know if you’re going to cross to the other side safely or you’re going to fall down to your death. There seem to be a never ending of crises hammering Filipinos – rice crisis, oil crisis, energy crisis, economic crisis, to name the most recent ones. I know we have survived and thrived in worse situations but to be continuously battered by these problems can be very taxing, challenging the limits of the ever resilient Pinoy.

Yup, Gladita - The PromdiBlogger (ehem, that’s me) will start blogging at Blogging Pinoy under the nick Promdiliving. What is Blogging Pinoy all about?
Blogging Pinoy is a multi-authored blog that provides a view on being a Filipino and the Philippines in general.