Pinoy Meets World

CEBU, Philippines (AFP) – – Tourists flocked to a Philippine jail Saturday to watch about 1,500 inmates perform a special Michael Jackson dance tribute in honour of the dead star, officials said.

The jailbirds spawned a worldwide Internet hit two years ago with their morning exercise routine using synchronised movements based on the groundbreaking 1982 “Thriller” video.

An unusual number of visitors were signing in at the Cebu city provincial jail Saturday to watch the prisoners perform at 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) following the death of Jackson, 50, in Los Angeles on Thursday.  Read more... (214 words, estimated 51 secs reading time)

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Former world heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield have shared their sentiments over a possible showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“Well, until you beat the guy, Pacquiao’s the best and that’s the thing. Floyd hasn’t done that yet,” Holyfield told FightHype.com. “When Floyd left, he became the best because Floyd left, but now that Floyd is back, I guess they have to get it on to see who is the best.”

Mayweather held the No.1 pound-for-pound ranking of Ring Magazine until he retired in 2007. The title now belongs to the Filipino boxing icon.  Read more... (146 words, estimated 35 secs reading time)

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We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.

Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.

A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.

Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.

We’re told one of the staff members at Jackson’s home called 911.  Read more... (129 words, estimated 31 secs reading time)

Farrah Fawcett We’ve learned Farrah Fawcett died at 9:28 AM today. Ryan O’Neal and Alana Stewart were at her bedside. She was 62.

She died at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica in the ICU. Also present — Farrah’s longtime friend and hairdresser, Mila Murphy, and Dr. Piero, who has been caring for her.

Farrah’s only child, Redmond, was not present. He’s currently in jail. A petition will have to be filed for Redmond to be able to attend the funeral — as of now, this hasn’t happened.

The “Charlie’s Angels” star was diagnosed with anal cancer back in 2006.  Read more... (205 words, estimated 49 secs reading time)

WASHINGTON (AFP) – – Global use of cocaine, heroine and cannabis fell last year while production of stimulants rose, the UN drugs chief said Wednesday as he presented the United Nations’ annual report on drugs.

“The embedded story in this report is that the markets for the three main drugs — cocaine, heroin and cannabis — are on a downward trend,” UN Office on Drugs and Crime executive director Antonio Maria Costa told reporters in Washington.

But production of man-made amphetamine-type stimulants — including methamphetamines and ecstasy, which is harder to track — was up, the report showed.  Read more... (165 words, estimated 40 secs reading time)