THERE ARE TONS OF HEADLINERS THAT SHOCKED THE PHILIPPINES IN 2009. BUT HERE ARE MY TOP PICKS THAT PUT THE PHILIPPINES RIGHT ON TOP OF THE WORLD HEADLINES.
MANNY PACQUIAO'S WIN AGAINST MIGUEL COTTO
- Manny has done it again! He has defeated world- renowned boxer Miguel Angel Cotto and has become the world's best pound- for- pound champion, which also earned him an edition of Time magazine having him as a cover and a recognition by time as one of the MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE YEAR
SHOCK VALUE- 6
CNN'S HERO OF THE YEAR 2009 IS A FILIPINO!
- Efren Penaflorida's heart and passion towards helping the unfortunate to experience education, even in his littlest way, has awarded him as 2009's CNN HERO OF THE YEAR. He has battled alongside different competitors from around the globe yet his Karitela classroom has won the hearts of the judges for it's uniqueness and effectiveness in making the world a beautiful place to live in for every human.
SHOCK VALUE- 7
SUPER TYPHOONS ONDOY, PEPENG, RAMIL AND SANTI
- The whole nation was under a state of calamity for 3 months as four (4) super typhoons struck the country and left around a thousand dead: buried under landslides and drowned in flashfloods. The Philippines has experienced a collective amount of a month's rainfall in a day which buried Manila, Benguet, Pangasinan, Northern Luzon, Ilocos, and Albay under 5- 10 ft. of floodwater. Apart from the devastation, what has captured the entire world is the innate goodness of Filipinos. All the rich corporations, celebrities and able Filipinos joined hand in hand to help those who have been deeply devastated by the super typhoons. According to one American Journalist, "WHAT THE WORLD FAILS TO SEE AMIDST ALL THE DEVASTATION AND NEGATIVE NEWS IS THE EXPRESSION OF INNATE KINDNESS AND THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY IN EVERY FILIPINO AS THEY HELP THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THE CALAMITY".
SHOCK VALUE- 8
DEATH OF CORAZON AQUINO, THE MOTHER OF PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY
- Cory Aquino's untimely farewell has once again created history for the Philippines as millions of Filipinos gathered around the street to pay respect to the woman who brought back the freedom to the Filipinos. A gathering event as big during her final procession was never witnessed since the death of her husband, freedom fighter Benigno Aquino.
SHOCK VALUE- 8
MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE
- This incident is tagged as the MOST VIOLENT POLITICAL WARFARE AGAINST MEDIA PERSONS and has moved the world through the United Nations to summon the government of the Philippines to take immediate action and condemn those who are behind the massacre of 76 Media persons, Lawyers, and members of the Manguna- Datu family.
SHOCK VALUE- 10
*ANY HEADLINES THAT YOU THINK HAS PUT THE PHILIPPINES IN THE WORLD HEADLINES?
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