Let's Do The News! (November 24, 2014)

Welcome back. Here is your current sitrep:

- Last weekend, there was an earthquake that struck the Nagano Prefecture in Japan, Over 41 people are injured, 35 houses collapsed, and 25 others were damaged. Over 300 people spent Sunday night at evacuation centers and the prefecture's water supply has been disrupted. Preparations are now underway to rebuild roads and a railway damaged by Saturday's quake.

- Japanese Coast Guard patrollers escorted a Chinese poaching ship to the port of Yokohama after it was suspected of poaching coral.

- Some say the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were responsible for the series of Cotabato bombings that killed four people and injured 41 others. One of the Army's 6th Infantry Division said but it's one of the possibilities because the investigation isn't quite done yet.

- Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago took a stab on the Philippines' 2015 budget, saying that the pork barrel and the savings are what she said the two dangerous minefields leading to corruption.

- The world's top diplomats and the country of Iran are on the final straw to agree a deal over Iran's nuclear programme before the 23:00 GMT deadline. They want Iran to curb their nuclear programme in exchange of lifting the sanctions proposed by the UN.

- Now until the 7th of December, Apple teams up with (RED) for their APPS FOR (RED) event. Every time users purchased a participating (PRODUCT)RED app or In-App Purchase Item, all proceeds will go to the Global Fund. Here are the list of apps participated to this wonderful collaboration by (RED):

• Angry Birds
• Bubble Witch 2 Saga
• Clash of Clans
• Clear - Tasks, Reminders, & To-Do Lists
• CSR Racing
• Cut the Rope 2
• Despicable Me: Minion Rush
• djay 2 for iPhone
• Farmville 2: Country Escape
• FIFA 15 Ultimate Team by EA SPORTS
• Frozen Free Fall
• GarageBand
• Heads Up!
• Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
• Kitchen Stories
• Monument Valley
• Over
• Puzzle & Dragons (English)
• Rayman Fiesta Run
• Star Walk 2
• The Human Body by Tinybop
• The Sims FreePlay
• Threes!
• Toca Town

All (RED) monies go to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Not only you're enjoying with the best promotions from your favorite apps listed above but you can also give back and make a change for the world.

- The first trailer of the upcoming 3D-animated Peanuts movie is now here. Check it out!

- In case you missed it, Eat Bulaga presenter Joey de Leon confirmed his negotiation with Willie Revillame to have his new show to be aired on GMA.

- After being debuted at the 2014 LA Auto Show, Mazda announced that they'll be selling facelifted versions of the Atenza (in sedan and wagon) and the CX-5 crossover this January 2015.

2016 Mazda Atenza

2016 Mazda CX-5

- DID YOU KNOW? The Crunchyroll streaming service reached over 400,000 paid subscribers.

TTFN!!!

FIA Formula E Championship - Putrajaya

In the second round of the FIA Formula E Championship held in the streets of Putrajaya, Malaysia, Sam Bird of Virgin Racing emerged as the winner in this race and he dedicate his win to his former teammate, Jules Bianchi, who remains in a critical condition following last month's fatal crash in Japan. Bird began from second place on the grid and he overtook every single opposition in the race, including this race's pole leader Oriol Servia of Dragon Racing.

Bird's in 1st place in the race followed by Audi Sport ABT's Lucas di Grassi in 2nd place and e.dams' Sebastien Buemi in 3rd place. His win placed Bird second overall in the standings, three points behind di Grassi.

Highlights:



The next race of the FIA Formula E Championship will held at Punta del Este, Uruguay, on the 13th of December, 2014.

Forza Horizon 2: The Reborn Veterans

The sixth-generation Ford Mustang is not in the mood to fight the Chevrolet Camaro for now but instead, it likes to take on one of America's oldest sportscar names that is none other than the legend itself, the Chevrolet Corvette.



Both the Mustang and the Corvette are the veterans in the American automotive scene and with those reborn looks and performances, both the new Mustang and the Corvette are ready to take on the world like they've never done before, well the Mustang is anyway because the Corvette's been around from Europe, Asia, and America like a certain rock band's world tour. With the Mustang now reborn as a global sportscar, looks like this car is ready for its world tour on the four corners of the world just like the Corvette does but in the meantime, they both have a nice time flexing their bodies in the world of Forza Horizon 2.



When engaged in a race, both of these reborn veterans are showing off their true selves and they became fierce aggressors against each other but after the race, they're just good mates trying to impress themselves. I was amazed to see those two racing together in the same place.

With the new Mustang and the new Corvette are in my hands now, looks like it's time to put these two to the test since I've signed them up to a Modern Muscle competition in the vicinity of Saint-Martin but first, further improvements have been made to match the opponents' levels of performance.



The C7 Corvette is now dressed in one of Belka's clothing as I give this car the Schnee makeover it deserves, in reference to the Schnee team from Ace Combat Zero. Although a mess, it feels like it's like the Schnee team after all and this car in this clothing will bask into glory. Looks like the opponents are messing up with the wrong Corvette.



Well, not much to tell you about what I did to my 2015 Mustang GT but I have to say that I made even more sleek and sporty. Since both of them have been given major improvements to match the opponents', I guess it's time for these two to take halves. The C7 Corvette will take on the very serious half of the championship while the 2015 Mustang GT will take on the slightly serious half of the championship. Looks like these two are doing half the chores at the same day.



Looks like mission accomplished to them. These cars made me win the championship and I know how to push these cars' true potential and basked our way to glory. I can almost smell the finale through the horizon.

F1 2014 finale

The fight to the finish has been subsided. Lewis Hamilton from the Mercedes F1 team is named the world champion at the recently concluded F1 2014 season held at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit. He is the fourth British racer to win two world titles after Jim Clark, Graham Hill, and Jackie Stewart. His teammate and his enemy Nico Rosberg managed to survived at 14th place after his car's energy recovery system malfunctioned at the halfway point of the race. Racers that gave up during the finale were Lotus' Pastor Maldonado and Save The Ring's Daniil Kvyat due to their cars' power unit failure.

Upon Hamilton's win at Abu Dhabi, the two Williams drivers, Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, done a 2nd and 3rd place finish. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo placed 4th.

In the final standings, Hamilton scored 384 points and placed 1st while Rosberg's 2nd overall with 317 points and Ricciardo's in 3rd place with 238 points.

This concludes the Formula 1 2014 season and with Hamilton garnered the title of World Champion, looks like there's a long way to go for this Brit.

Photo: Top Gear

Pacquiao wins fight against Algieri

Pacquiao vs. Algieri
(Image: Reuters)

Having spent 12 rounds at the Cotai Arena in Macau, Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao won by unanimous decision against his American challenger Chris Algieri, retaining his WBO welterweight title. He dropped Algieri to the canvas six times just to score his win by unanimous decision. That's 119-103, 119-103, and 120-102 from the judge's cards.

So, another clear win for the People's Champ, eh? That icon won't quit until his last dance, right? Congratulations, Pacman! You done us proud.

Report: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/boxing-pacquiao-beats/1489172.html

Tropa Mo Ko Nice Di Ba?! - November 22, 2014

On the November 22, 2014 episode of Tropa Moko Nice Di Ba?!

- The GANDUMB AND GANDUMBER girls are too dumb for their knock-knock jokes!

- Gardener gags

- In this episode's PAMINTA 101, we find out the differences between a male, a beki, and a paminta when they react on the music they're listening!

- DUDE THE MOVES says...Status It's Constipated kasi hirap ilabas ang puso ko.

- The GANDUMB AND GANDUMBER girls got themselves the wrong gamefowl...because it's a duck!

- ANINO & ABUNDAT tonight with Mai-Mai Delos Reynas.

- More fun with the BFFs! Best Fake Friends that is...

- The GANDUMB AND GANDUMBER girls are too dumb to learn French!

- The GANDUMB AND GANDUMBER girls are too dumb about computer viruses!

- WHACK-PAD presents EKANG: an almost Cinderella Story...hindi umabot.

- DUDE THE MOVES know that you end yourself from being mayabang is by being perfect!

- Ibulong mo kay Mahal!

Stars of 2014 LA Auto Show

2016 Ford Mustang GT350

The 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show is going on now until the 30th of November at the Los Angeles Convention Center and there has been a massive list of newcomers staging their debut for this year's show. From full model changes, facelifts, debutantes, concepts, there's a plethora of new cars showing up to wow the audience. So, it's time to list the stars of this year's show.

- 2015 Toyota Mirai

- 2015 Porsche 911 GTS

- Audi A7 Sportback H-Tron Quattro concept

- Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 concept

- Galpin Auto Sports Rocket

- Chevrolet Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turisom

- 2015 Porsche Cayenne GTS

- 2016 VW Golf VII R Variant

- 2015 Chrysler 300 (facelift)

- 2015 Mercedes-Benz S550 PHEV

- Scion iM Concept

- 2016 Acura ILX (facelift)

- 2015 Volvo V60 Cross Country

- 2015 Fiat 500X

- 2016 Mazda Roadster

- Lexus LF-C2 Concept

- 2015 Toyota Aqua (facelift)

- 2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600

- Audi Prologue Concept

- 2016 BMW X5 M

- 2016 BMW X6 M

- 2016 Ford Explorer (facelift)

- 2016 Mazda CX-3

- 2016 Mazda Atenza (facelift)

- 2016 Mazda CX-5 (facelift)

- 2016 Cadillac ATS-V

- 2016 Ford Mustang GT350

...and more.

Further reading:

a) Carscoops: 2014 LA Auto Show: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and 400+ Photos

b) Autoblog: We obsessively covered the 2014 LA Auto Show

c) Top Gear: The best and worst of the LA show