Oldest Living Thing on Planet Earth Discovered in the Mediterranean Sea

Oldest living thing on earth is no longer the 43,000 year-old Tasmanian plant.

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Gloria Arroyo Intends to Attend Iggy Arroyo’s Wake

Gloria Arroyo made a request to the Pasay City court on Saturday, February 4, that she would be allowed to attend the wake of her late brother-in-law Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo.

The former President and now Congresswoman is currently in hospital arrest pending trial on a charge of electoral sabotage by the COMELEC.

According to Inquirer, the COMELEC demanded that the request should be made specific.

This is because there were reports that Grace Ibuna, Iggy’s live-in partner, plans to cremate his remains in London in contrast to legal wife Aleli Arroyo‘s plan to bring home his remains.

Until there’s no clear venue for Iggy’s wake as pointed by the COMELEC, the request of Gloria Arroyo to visit his remains is deemed premature.

Fukushima Pets Saved from Freezing Winter Weather

Fukushima pets abandoned by their owners after the nuclear accident that followed the tsunami in the Japanese city last year are in danger of freezing in the cold winter condition, WESH.com reported on Friday.

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14-pound Baby Photo and Video

A 14-pound baby boy named Asher was born naturally last Thursday, January 26, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, as reported by ABCNews.

[Check out the video link of this 14-pound baby at the bottom]

After 6 hours of labor, Kendall Stewardson gave birth to her 14-pound baby, one of the biggest baby born naturally in Iowa, without the help of surgery and epidural injection. This is because Kendall is worried that an epidural or cesarean delivery could endager either her or Asher.

Asher Stewardson measures 23 inches long and weighs about 13 pounds and 13 ounces.

According to statistics, only a tenth of 1 percent of all newborns or 1 in every 1,000 weigh more than 11 pounds at birth making Asher’s measurement of 14 pounds a rare incident.

His older brother, Judah, who is now 15 months old weighed a little more than 12 pounds at birth.

Watch the video report for the 14-pound baby here.

Noemi Lagman, a Missing Student Found with the Help of Facebook and Twitter

Noemi Lagman has been missing for 4 days. Thanks to Facebook and Twitter, she’s been found!

21-year-old Asia Pacific College student–Noemi Lagman–went missing last January 6, Friday, which prompted her cousin to post the following message and corresponding poster on Facebook and Twitter the next day:

“Hi, I hope you can help me find my missing cousin. Noemi Lagman (21, 4’10, mid-heavy build, morena) a student of Asia Pacific College, Magallanes left her house at Multinational Village, Paranaque yesterday (January 6) around 9am-10am to enroll carrying P33K. She was last seen at the entrance of Multinational Village near Duty Free, Paranaque. Her usual route going to school is from Multinational Village (Paranaque) to Heritage Hotel EDSA (Pasay) and to Asia Pacific College, Magallanes (Makati). Her classmates told us that she never reached school. Her mobile phone couldn’t be reached.
Please pass, please help. Thank you.”

Four days later, Noemi’s father Noel Lagman via her cousin Allan Lagman Capulong announced on the same social media site that Noemi has been found with the help of some netizens who were able to see the online poster above. They did not reveal, however, the information on how and where Noemi was found for the family’s security and privacy.

Here is the statement:

Noemi Lagman has been found and she is now safe. Our deepest gratitude to all of you who helped us. For the final time regarding this issue, I hope you can click once more your likes, comments, and share buttons. Everyone deserves to know. It was through social media where we got the first lead and it has played a vital role in connecting all of us. We were advised by the authorities that information on how and where she was found be kept confidential for her and her family’s security and privacy. We ask for your understanding on this matter. As of this writing, there are 213 likes, 111 comments, 96 tags, and a staggering 8,114 shares on my facebook wall on posts regarding Noemi. A total of 8,534 online activity. We ask the Lord to bless 8,534 times all of you who helped us during this time. This does not include online and offline activities that I could not quantify anymore. It has been an exhausting and emotionally draining 100 hours of non-stop search, the longest 100 hours of our lives, something we will never forget. Finally I want to share with all of you the lesson we learned from this experience: love your family, love them tirelessly, love them unconditionally, because at the end of the day, it’s what matters. Marami pong salamat at pagpalain po kayong lahat.

Allan Lagman Capulong
(Noemi’s Kuya Pinsan)

Noel Lagman
(Noemi’s Father)

7.3 Quake Rattles Sumatra Indonesia Again

7.3 quake shook the west of Sumatra, Indonesia (west of Jakarta) around 12:37 a.m. today, January 11 (January 10 US Time) CNN reported.

The quake, which was measured at 7.3 magnitude, prompted the local authorities to issue a tsunami warning causing people to panic and flee their homes. This is despite the bulletin from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discounting a tsunami threat in the region.

The local tsunami warning was lifted at 3 a.m.

According to the United States Geological Survey or USGS, the quake’s epicenter was located about 420 kilometers (260 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh at a dept of 29 kilometers.

No damage or injuries were immediately reported.

Indonesia, just like the Philippines, is part of the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines surrounding the Pacific Basin which make the country frequent to earthquakes.

Last 2010 alone, a 7.5 magnitude quake struck the Kepulauan Mentawai region of Indonesia leaving 113 people dead and 150 missing.

And in 2009, a 7.6 magnitude quake jolted the same area leaving more than 1,000 people dead in Padang.

It can be remembered that the great tsunami last 2004 also affected the northern Sumatra of Indonesia amongst 12 countries leaving 220,000 people dead or missing in the region.

Watch the report here:

Celine Acut Angers Netizens for Rude Post About Sendong Victims

Celine Acut has been the subject of hatred among Filipino Facebook users over the past 24 hours after she posted an insensitive statement on the social networking site about the typhoon Sendong victims.

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Miriam Santiago Elected as Judge in International Criminal Court (ICC)

Our very own Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago has been unanimously elected as one of the 6 judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to the Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, December 13.

Miriam Santiago won the highly powerful seat in the elections held last Monday, December 12, in New York City. She was reportedly the first to be elected out of 18 candidates vying for six seats on the ICC, garnering 79 nods out of 104 valid votes.
The stint makes Santiago the first woman from an Asian developing state to join as a judge in the Netherlands-based international court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern.

DFA Secretary Albert del Rosario considers Santiago’s election a “day of pride” for the country.

“We are pleased that the international community has listened to us. Indeed, it is a new day for the Philippines, a day of pride for our country and a day of honor, knowing that this is a tremendous responsibility and mandate placed upon our compatriot,” he said.

Meanwhile, Sen. Santiago shared via an interview that she would resign as senator before she take her oath in March next year.

“I’ll have to resign [as senator]. Isn’t that good news for my enemies? I would have to live in The Hague. I will look like a European and speak like a European and I will be as snooty as a European when I come back,” she said.

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