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You May Kiss The Bride’s Mask – Philippines Mass Wedding In The Age Of Coronavirus [Video]
24 Feb 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Wearing ‘something blue’ in the form of surgical masks, 220 couples exchanged vows amidst fears of the coronavirus.
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Philippines’ Premier Island Holiday Destination Labelled “Cesspool” By President
05 Apr 2018 by Reinhardt / No Comments
President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t one to mince his words, but he came down pretty hard on the country’s best-known holiday island.
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Stunning Footage Of Volcano In The Philippines Spewing Ash And Lava [Video]
23 Jan 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Mount Mayon is due for a major eruption, and over the past while it’s been warming up with a steady stream of ash and lava. Doesn’t make for a good night’s rest.
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The New President Of The Philippines Cracks Rape Jokes, Calls The Pope A Son Of A Bitch [Video]
16 May 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
Rodrigo Duterte has never been a man to mince his words, although a look at his past quotes and you’ll start believing Trump is pretty normal.
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Fascinating Images Show Mummified Sailor As He Died In Stranded Yacht
01 Mar 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Dry ocean winds, hot temperatures and salty air helped preserve the body of a sailor who presumably died of a heart-attack.
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Pic Of Homeless Kid Using McDonald’s Light To Do Homework Goes Viral
09 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re known to procrastinate your way through life, this nine-year-old filipino boy’s self-determination might just inspire you, as it did thousands of others.
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Paul Allen Finds Missing Japanese Warship
05 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Everyone has their own idea of fun. Mine doesn’t involve searching the world’s oceans for sunken warships but Paul Allen has struck the motherload with his latest finding.
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Incredibly Rare Megamouth Shark Found On The Philippines Shore [Video&Images]
30 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Well you won’t see this every day! An incredibly rare shark has washed up in the Philippines and it doesn’t look like anything we’ve ever seen before.
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We’re Not Too Sure About KFC’s New Double Down Dog – Would You?
27 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
We like trying new and exciting things here at 2ov. After all, variety is the spice of life, yes? Well, we may be giving this guy a miss if it reaches our shores.
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This Is What 6 Million People Attending Mass Looks Like
19 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Pope Francis has proven rather popular in the Philippines this last week, with Sunday’s mass pulling in a ridiculous number of religious revellers.
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Got An Idea? Live On This Island For Free While You Work On It
17 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Throughout history, creatively inclined people have had to sometimes rely on a rich benefactor for financial backing, while their ideas are still in the teething phase. “Ideas Island” is project by Fredrik Härén which allows creatives to stay on one of three private islands for free.
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Incredible Footage Captures Typhoon Haiyan [VIDEO]
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With a maximum sustained wind speed estimated at 315kph, Typhoon Haiyan was probably the strongest tropical typhoon to make landfall in recorded history, meteorologists say.
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Monday Morning Spice
11 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
10,000 Dead. Curved Screen Coming For iPhone. ANCYL placed under Provisional Liquidation. Justin Bieber kicked out of hotel. ‘Sir’ David Beckham? Atheist mega-churches are popping up everywhere. Costa Concordia looters busted.
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The Philippines Mermaid Swimming Academy Has Opened [VIDEO]
26 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A mermaid swimming school has opened up in Manilla in the Philippines. And it has become quite the attraction for aspiring mermaids, both young and old.
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300 Pit Bulls Saved From Dogfighting Farm In Philippines [PICS]
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Over the weekend, roughly 300 dogs were rescued from secret woodland kennels just south of Manila. They were part of an illegal online gambling operation in which players outside the Philippines bet on dogs fighting at a clandestine compound. But this is not the animals’ happy ending, as many of them are too injured or too wild to rehabilitate.
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The Breakdancing Filipino Traffic Cop [VIDEO]
23 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Don’t you just hate it when the traffic cops take over and direct traffic? They’re typically bored, only half interested in what they are doing, and obese. Not in the Philippines. Here you direct traffic by breakdancing. You have to see this, it’s amazing! Video after the jump.
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Fashion Designer By Day, Wannabe Superman By Night
14 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Herbert Chavez, a Filipino fashion designer, has taken his love for Superman a little further than most of us could possibly imagine. When I say a little, I mean he’s spent a decade undergoing plastic surgery to make himself look like a feminine Clark Kent. Let’s face it. People are weird.
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Women’s “Sex Strike” Ends Fighting In Philippine Villages
19 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Awesome. Women on the Philippine island of Mindanao, growing tired of the continuing separatist warfare interfering in their everyday goings-on, decided to take matters into their own hands. And by hands, I mean pants. They organized a “sex strike”, which brought a quick end to fighting between the two villages.
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Australian Flooding In A Global Context
13 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
While the floods in Australia are devastating, there are a number of natural disasters unfolding on a significantly larger human and geographic scale – and we don’t seem to give a damn.
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Man Photographs Own Killer Moments Before His Murder
05 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Philippino politician may have been among the first people in the world to die in 2011, but that’s not even the most remarkable part of the story. Reynaldo Dagsa of Calacoon City had been woken by his family just in time to celebrate the New Year with them on the street, where fireworks were on display. Moments later, his life ended.
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