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if you’re craving for authentic Mexican food, I think this is the closest you are going to get here in the Manila area. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nothing compared to the hole in the wall joints California but it’s definitely not your fast food “Mexican” food place.
I am not one to say no to an invitation offering chicken wings and beer. So, last night when my boyfriend suggested we try Wing Hub in Metrowalk, he didn’t get any objections from me.
I think the joint just opened recently. It’s really clean. Being a Sunday night, most of the patrons were with [...]
A passenger plane has crashed in the Russian Northwest, some 1 kilometer from the airport. According to Breaking News, 43 people which includes eight children and five crew were onboard the flight. At least 10 people are believed to have survived the crash, @mpoppel on twitter reports.
According his defense counsel, former Egyptian President Mubarak has cancer. Mr. Mubarak was ousted from power. He is set to stand trial in August for abuse of Power. Mr. Mubarak has been hospitalized in the Red Sea.
This is a developing story.
Wired talked about how the Sex Trade in New York has become high tech.
Points noted:
1. Escorts use smartphones like iPhones and Blackberries, which suggests they are drug free.
2. Facebook is fast become the place where they conduct business.
U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union address tonight. The administration has let the media know that the focus of the speech will be on jobs and the economy. Given the strong showing of the Republicans in the last election, and the fact that they have defined [...]
Paris prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin on Jan. 14 began an inquiry into allegations of commercial espionage carried out against French carmaker Renault. The allegations first became public when Renault suspended three of its employees on Jan. 3 after an internal investigation that began in August 2010. Within days, citing an anonymous French [...]
By Rodger Baker
Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting the United States, perhaps his last state visit as president before China begins its generational leadership transition in 2012. Hu’s visit is being shaped by the ongoing China-U.S. economic dialogue, by concerns surrounding stability on the Korean Peninsula and by rising attention to Chinese defense [...]
Paul Krugman wrote a brilliant piece on “Can the Euro be saved?”
It has been 60 years since the Schuman declaration started Europe on the road to greater unity. Until now the journey along that road, however slow, has always been in the right direction. But that will no longer be true [...]
Europe is on the cusp of change. An EU heads-of-state summit Dec. 16 launched a process aimed to save the common European currency. If successful, this process would be the most significant step toward creating a singular European power since the creation of the European Union itself in 1992 — that is, if it doesn’t destroy the euro first.
