UP, Ateneo, La Salle and UST drop ranks in world rankings

Manila, Philippines - What a sad news for the top Universities in Metro Manila for their ranking in QS World University Rankings drop severely. The University of the Phillippines is now rank 332 from 314 last year, Ateneo De Manila University now ranks 360 from 307 last year, De La Salle University is now in the rankings between 551-600 bracket from 451-500 bracket last year. The drop in their rankings happened under the government of Noynoy Aquino. They said that the cutting of funds for education greatly affects their rank in World Ranking.

Tsunami alert in Philippines due to the earthquake in Japan

After the 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Japan, a tsunami that destroyed a lot of infrastructures and took lives came as a result. Now, the Philippines might experience a tsunami wave since Philippines is located in the pacific ring of fire. Here are the list of areas that have a tsunami alert.

New list of recalled product of Saputo cheese announced!

Last November 26, 2010, Saputo Inc. recalled 150,000 kilograms of their cheese products. Today, an Internationale news announced that Saputo Inc. which is the Canada's largest dairy producer have added or expanded the list of their cheese products that may contain listeria monocytogenes; a bacteria that could bring serious illness to people.

The new list of recalled products of Saputo Inc. as of December 04, 2010

• Faith Farms
• Sunspun
• St.Albert

We do not know the root cause of the problem and that is why we are recalling all the process cheese slices that were manufactured on the production line until November 26. We have decided to put public interests first and the company is taking these broader precautionary actions to respond proactively to the situation.

Replied the spokesperson of Saputo Inc during an interview. Saputo Inc. is now under investigations and they are doing their best that they could do to clean their reputations so everything will go back to normal now.