What a Filipino Christmas is??

On Christmas eve, family members partake of a sumptuous Filipino meal by twelve midnight, called noche buena. This usually comes after the entire family has attended a late evening mass or church service about an hour or so before midnight. The typical noche buena foods prepared on the table are: lechon, pancit, fried chicken, lumpia, rice, adobo, among others for the main course; desserts include halo-halo, rice cakes, ice cream, patries and cakes; drinks include soda, wine, beer, juice.

Noche buena is also an opportunity for family get together, opening of Christmas gifts, singing and story-telling. It is also a chance for kids to earn some money aside from toy gifts. In some homes, it is also one way to welcome the less-fortunate by inviting orphans or poor people to join in the Christmas celebration. Some carolers who raise funds for civic organizations are also welcomed and given donations (in cash or kind) into the home.

The noche buena could last until about four o'clock in the morning on Christmas day. The whole family will again attend mass or church service during the morning. When they go back home, the salu-salo (partaking of the meal) will continue. It is during Christmas day that some inaanak (godchildren) visit their ninong (godfather) and ninang (godmother). It is also the day for some families to hold grand reunions of extended family clan members (grandparents, grandchildren, cousins, uncles and aunts).

MO Twister Deny

Mo Twister said he did not upload the newest video of him and ex-girlfriend Rhian Ramos that surfaced on YouTube earlier this week.

“I know so many theories are out there on how these videos are being uploaded online. I hope I can be as clear as possible that this is not my doing,” he wrote on his Tumblr page posted on Wednesday, December 21.

The video, which has already been removed from YouTube, showed the 34-year-old disc jockey and television host and the 21-year-old actress in an intimate moment.

'Not in my possession'

Mo explained the said video was not in his possession.

“This latest video was not one in my possession. It was not recorded on my laptop,” he said.
Mo further wrote: “These files are amongst some of our more private and intimate moments and right now, it looks like even though I ask beg the person to stop uploading these videos, it will not make a difference. I hope this will all end soon.”

Earlier this month, a video of Mo crying over the alleged abortion of Rhian surfaced online. Mo denied uploading the first video, explaining that he had deleted all his digital data before selling his laptop. He added that “apparently, someone ‘repaired’ the erased files/hard drive and uploaded some personal files of mine.”

Following the controversy, the Kapuso actress asked to take a break from showbiz. Last week, GMA-7 announced that Marian Rivera will take Rhian’s place in the upcoming primetime soap opera “My Beloved.”

Iran says it will not return US drone

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will not return a U.S. surveillance drone captured by its armed forces, a senior commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guard said Sunday.

Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Guard, said in remarks broadcast on state television that the violation of Iran's airspace by the U.S. drone was a "hostile act" and warned of a "bigger" response. He did not elaborate on what Tehran might do.

"No one returns the symbol of aggression to the party that sought secret and vital intelligence related to the national security of a country," Salami said.

Iranian television broadcast video Thursday of Iranian military officials inspecting what it identified as the RQ-170 Sentinel drone.

Iranian state media have said the unmanned spy aircraft was detected over the eastern town of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225 kilometers) from the border with Afghanistan. U.S. officials have acknowledged losing the drone.

Salami called its capture a victory for Iran and a defeat for the U.S. in a complicated intelligence and technological battle.

"Iran is among the few countries that possesses the most modern technology in the field of pilotless drones. The technology gap between Iran and the U.S. is not much," he said.

Officers in the Guard, Iran's most powerful military force, had previously claimed that the country's armed forces brought down the surveillance aircraft with an electronic ambush, causing minimum damage to the drone.

American officials have said that U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that Iran neither shot the drone down, nor used electronic or cybertechnology to force it from the sky. They contend the drone malfunctioned. The officials had spoken anonymously in order to discuss the classified program.

But Salami refused to provide more details of Iran's claim to have captured the CIA-operated aircraft.

"A party that wins in an intelligence battle doesn't reveal its methods. We can't elaborate on the methods we employed to intercept, control, discover and bring down the pilotless plane," he said.

Brian Viloria Beats Giovanni Segura, Defends WBO Flyweight Title

Brian Viloria defeated the formidable challenger Giovanni Segura today, December 11, during the “Island Assault 3″ at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

The 31-year-old Fil-Am fighter successfully defended his World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight crown which he just won five months ago after defeating the hard-hitting Giovanni Segura, 29, who has a fearsome record of 28 wins, 24 of which are knockouts.

“The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria stopped Segura during the eighth round of their fight and bagged the biggest victory of his career.

Viloria’s now holds a record of 29-3 (16 knockouts).

The heavily-favored Segura of Bell, California now stands at 28-2 (24 KO).

COCA-COLA HIV

SMS Hoax - Pepsi HIV Contamination, Blood Infection

There has been an anti-Pepsi campaign that has been circulating through sms and even spreaded online via networking sites and local blogs.

The rumors said that the popular softdrinks - Pepsi has been contaminated with an HIV infections and that the total number of infected bottles are unknown and recalls cannot be made as the contamination area cannot be pinpointed.

According to reports, a worker that is closely working on Pepsi's pouring process had came out positive on HIV virus from its annual medical examination. Annual medical examination is mandatory on all companies nationwide.

One sms reads:
ALERT: JUST HEARD A PEPSI WORKER WHO AS INFECTED WITH HIV WAS PUTTING HIS INFECTED BLOOD INTO THE DAMN POP'S WHILE WORKING IN THE WARE HOUSE AND HE WAS EMPLOYED THERE FOR 5 YEARS! NASTY BASTARD NO MORE PEPSI FOR ME! SMDH PEOPLE)

A facebook status also had this message:
To all my fellow facebook friends n family please do not drink pepsi from tha bottles a company worker has put his contaminated HIV blood in some of tha bottles thanks

Is there any truths on this news?
We, at keywordspeak.com wants to retain the credibility of this site and this article only and plainly intends to inform that such news has been circlating online and offline, locally.

We cannot confirm where and who started this rumor, but it can be clearly known that this will hurt the sale of Pepsi and its related products even on small scale.

Pepsi Company in its official website's Frequently Asked Question or FAQ page has released this statement.

Is it true that Pepsi bottles / Tropicana packs were contaminated with HIV infected blood?
No, there is not even a shred of truth to this absurd story. This fake story is an attempt to malign the company's reputation.

Are Pepsi and Tropicana safe for consumption?
Please be assured that Pepsi and Tropicana are 100% safe; they are manufactured in fully automated plants, untouched by hand, that maintain global standards of quality and excellence. There is a fraud SMS being circulated raising concerns that Pepsi bottles and Tropicana packs are contaminated with HIV AIDS infected blood. This is absolutely untrue.


However, here are some facts about how HIV virus can be transmitted.

HIV virus can spread only (that's only) by Blood Transmission , Transfusion Unsafe Sex with an HIV positive. Through birth from HIV positive mother (wich is 70% preventable now). Experts even a dismissed mosquito bite as a mean to transmit it. HIV virus cannot live long in external environment and no ideal condition can keep it alive outside the victim's living cell. Its only survival habitat is a living blood. If the blood comes out and gets frozen or dissolved before entering another body the HIV virus surely dies.