Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas launched the new Philippine peso bills enhanced with new security features and a fresh new look.

The current achievements of the Philippine national football team also known as the “AZKALS” paved the way in turning a lot of Filipinos interested in watching their football games in the ongoing 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. The social networking sites are also abuzz with news about team AZKALS showing their skills in the tournament.

German doctors believe that Timothy Ray Brown also known as the “Berlin Patient,” is HIV-free for three years after receiving a stem cell transplant in 2007 to treat his leukemia.

Get a glimpse of Captain Jack Sparrow’s new adventures in finding the fabled Fountain of Youth in the first official trailer of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

Sexy actress Christine Reyes expressed her anger via Twitter throwing a series of hurtful tweets that were obviously directed to singer-actress Sarah Geronimo.

The video of Miley Cyrus smoking using a bong hits the web today, thanks to TMZ.com who obtained the so-called “Miley Cyrus Bong Video,” showing Miley Cyrus in a very laughable situation.

The search engine giant Google announced that Chrome Notebooks powered by the new Google Chrome OS will be available for sale in the first half of 2011.

A group of internet hackers known as “Anonymous” launched an attack on the websites of Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal to express their support to Wikileaks.

Catholic Church is celebrating the feast of the Immaculate Conception today, December 8. The dogma (Church’s official teaching) declares that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is free from original sin in the first instance of her conception.

Miss India Nicole Faria was crowned Miss Earth 2010. She was also the first Indian beauty to win the said pageant.

In the end, it was the Brapanese hunk who wins the heart of the jury. A teary-eyed Akihiro Sato was chosen to be the first celebrity sole survivor and took home 3 million pesos.

Jack’s got Jack Bauer! Returning for its eighth day (Season 8), the innovative and acclaimed drama, 24 premieres on Jack TV this December 7, Tuesday at 7PM. Having been nominated for a total of 68 Emmy awards, in 2006 24 won the coveted Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series while series star Kiefer Sutherland took home the Outstanding Lead Actor Award.

A dolled up Charice performed at Christmas in Rockefeller Center, the annual tree lighting event of the world famous Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. It was broadcasted live on NBC on Tuesday November 30.

Discover a new side of Mickey Mouse in the new video game titled “Disney Epic Mickey,” an action-adventure platforming game for Wii.

Legendary comedian Leslie Nielsen died of complications from pneumonia on November 28, 2010, he was 84. He died at around 5:30 pm during his sleep in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, surrounded by his wife, Barbaree and friends.

“MARQUEZ BEAT PACQUIAO TWICE!!”, these words were written on boxing champ Juan Manuel Marquez in a post-fight presscon after beating Michael Katsidis on Saturday and retained his WBA and WBO lightweight world titles. His record improved to 52-5-1 with 38 KOs.

Jackie Evancho, the little girl who wowed America’s Got Talent judges with her soprano voice became the Top-Selling Debut Artist for 2010 after her new album titled “O Holy Night” debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200 album chart with 239,000 copies sold in its first week.

Anuradha Koirala, a Nepalese woman fighting sex slavery was named 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. She was awarded $100,000 for her organization called Maiti Nepal.