Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Let's Do The News! (August 16, 2016)


- Back to the imminent Marcos burial, two lawmakers proposed changing the name of the Libingan ng mga Bayani to end the debate on the hero's burial for the late President Ferdinand Marcos. For Senator Ping Lacson, the heroes' cemetery should be renamed so that public perception may change because the cemetery is not just for heroes but also for soldiers.

- The death toll from the habagat is now at seven, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. In the latest update, one person was dead and five went missing after a flash flood at the Sumag River tunnel project in Gen. Nakar, Quezon City last Saturday. At least one worker of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System was saved. Incidences of drowning were reported in parts of Iloilo and Manila while six were injured.

- Another week, another week of Trump-related provocations and while he was speaking at the anti-terrorism conference at Ohio, Republican presidentiable Donald Trump promised "extreme vetting" of immigrants, including ideological screening that that will allow only those who "Share our values and respect our people" into the United States. US Vice President Joe Biden warned that Trump can't be trusted.

- The coach for the German Olympic team was killed in a car accident in Rio de Janeiro. Police said Stefan Henze died in hospital on Monday from massive head injuries. He was a coach for the canoe slalom team. The German team is planning a memorial ceremony on Tuesday, and German flags at all Olympic venues will be lowered to half-mast.

- The German government approves software fix for another 450,000 VW diesel models affected by the fuel efficiency discreption

- A new 2,0L Variable Compressed Turbo engine was introduced by Infiniti, which will be introduced on the next-generation QX50 (Skyline Crossover). The new engine makes 268 HP of power and 288lb-ft of torque. This new turbo engine promises a compression ratio that ranges from 8.0:1 for high-power turbo needs to a 14.0:1 ratio for fuel-sipping efficiency.


- TV personality Aga Muhlach returns to ABS-CBN to become one of the judges of the upcoming reality talent search show, Pinoy Boyband Superstar. He will be joining alongside Sandara Park, Vice Ganda, and Yeng Constantino as judges of the said show.

- Today marks the 13th monthsary of AlDub.
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Rio 2016 Highlights - Day 11


August 15, 2016 - DAY 11

Monday's events of the Rio 2016 Olympics include Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Boxing, Cycling Track, Equestrian, Marathon Swimming, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.

Let's focus on the medal winners of the day.

Men's Rings Final
Gold - Eleftherios Petrounias (Greece)
Silver - Arthur Zanetti (Brazil)
Bronze - Denis Abliazin (Russia)

Men's Vault Final
Gold - Ri Se Gwang (North Korea)
Silver - Denis Abliazin (Russia)
Bronze - Kenzo Shirai (Japan)

Women's Balance Beam Final
Gold - Sanne Wevers (Holland)
Silver - Lauren Hernandez (USA)
Bronze - Simone Biles (USA)

Women's Hammer Throw Final
Gold - Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland)
Silver - Wenxiu Zhang (China)
Bronze - Sophie Hitchon (UK)

Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
Gold - Ruth Jebet (Brunei)
Silver - Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi (Kenya)
Bronze - Emma Coburn (USA)

Men's Pole Vault Final
Gold - Thiago Braz Da Silva (Brazil)
Silver - Renaud Lavillenie (France)
Bronze - Sam Kendricks (USA)

Men's Welter 69kg Semifinal 1
Bronze - Mohammed Rabii (Morocco)

Men's Welter 69kg Semifinal 2
Bronze - Souleymane Diop Cissokho (France)

Men's Heavy 91kg Final Bout
Gold - Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia)
Silver - Vassiliy Levit (Kazakhstan)

Men's Omnium Points Race 6/6
Gold - Elia Viviani (Italy)
Silver - Mark Cavendish (UK)
Bronze - Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)

Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle
Gold - Charlotte Dujardin (UK)
Silver - Isabell Werth (Germany)
Bronze - Kristina Broring-Sprehe (Germany)

Women's 10km (Marathon Swimming)
Gold - Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Holland)
Silver - Rachele Bruni (Italy)
Bronze - Poliana Okimoto (Brazil)

Men's 105kg Group A
Gold - Ruslan Nurudinov (Uzbekistan)
Silver - Simon Martirosyan (Armenia)
Bronze - Alexandr Zaichikov (Kazakhstan)

MGR 85kg
Gold - Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine)
Silver - Davit Chakvetadze (Russia)
Bronze - Denis Maksymilian Kudla (Germany) and Javid Hamzatau (Belarus)

MGR 130kg
Gold - Mijain Lopez Nunez (Cuba)
Silver - Riza Kayaalp (Turkey)
Bronze - Sergey Semenov (Russia) and Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan)

SIDE NOTE: The controversial Russian athletic team is starting to make headlines this day with Evgeny Tishchenko won the heavyweight boxing match and things get a lot dirty when an athlete from a reclusive nuclear state, Ri Se Gwang of North Korea, won the Men's Vault final. Like I said, should I consider North Korea's another gold medal win a "threat"? Sadly, this isn't the time to talk about it because we're still in the Olympics.

Onto the gold medal tallies, USA still leads with 26, UK got 16, China got 15, Russia annoyingly catches up to the top 5 nations with 11 golds, and Italy with 8 golds. The halfway point of the Rio Olympics is heating up really good (or bad).

For Full Schedule and Results: https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results
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A twister struck Manila last Sunday?


I saw in the news last night about a viral video of a twister struck the Metro Manila for a short period of time last Sunday. It got me scared and confused but still could be worse.

According to reports, over 300 homes and structures got damaged by a sudden twister or tornado, whatever they call it, passed through Baseco Compound, Sampaloc, Intramuros and Lawton.

Thank God, no one was killed, although some are hurt during a rare twister and the city government will do whatever they can to rebuild houses and buildings affected by it.

How twisters formed? A twister or a tornado is formed during super cell thunderstorms in which a column of air rotates counter-clockwise. The air adds speed in an updraft of the thunderstorm, and a funnel cloud forms. Once the funnel of the win hist the ground, a tornado was formed.

Let's hope things like this won't happen to day, I swear to God.

Report: http://www.philstar.com/metro/2016/08/16/1613928/manila-tornado-damaged-300-homes
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Monday, August 15, 2016

Let's Do The News! (August 15, 2016)


- On the imminent burial of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, victims of the Martial Law asked the Supreme Court to halt the late dictator's burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. In their petition for  Certiorari and Prohibition with Application for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction, victims led by former political detainees and activist leaders said the Department of National Defense, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Marcoses “ committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in ordering and allowing the burial of the remains of Marcos at the national hero’s cemetery.”

- As around eight people died and 70,000 displaced during monsoon rains, the Malacanang officials asked for more time for transition of all emergency numbers to the 911 system. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the government is still going through the process of collapsing all local and national emergency numbers into 911 emergency system.

- Vice President Leni Robredo asked the Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to dismiss the protest filed against former senator Bongbong Marcos due to lack of merit and lack of jurisdiction of the PET over the grounds alleged in Marcos' election protest. The Marcos camp filed a complaint based on the action of COMELEC on the lease of the Vote Counting Machines from Smartmatic.

- A protest against police killing of a black male in Milwaukee turned violent. The incident began on Saturday when police stopped a car with a drive who was behaving suspiciously. The 23-year-old man escaped and was later killed. He was reportedly carrying a stolen firearm. Over 100 residents gathered in protest near the scene. Some of them turned violent, burning police vehicles and six businesses.

- The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has released a video apparently showing school girls they abducted over two years ago. The extremists abducted over 200 girls from a boarding school in a town in northeastern Nigeria and have threatened to sell them as slaves. Boko Haram posted the video on social media on Sunday. One of them is seen standing in front of about 50 girls.

- The electronic account from the Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova at the World Anti-Doping Agency may have been hacked. Officials said on Saturday that Stepanova's password was illegally obtained last week. They say that allowed another party to access her account.

- The man behind the iconic R2-D2 robot from the Star Wars franchise, Kenny Baker, passed away at the age of 81. A relative found his body at his home on Saturday. Baker, despite his dwarfism condition since birth, earned fame for playing the iconic R2-D2 role in the Star Wars franchise and he appeared in six Star Wars films from 1977 up to 2005. In the past few years, he has been suffering from a respiratory disease.

- Meanwhile, a new trailer for ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story hits the airwaves. The movie, served as the bridge between the prequel and the original, will hit theaters this 16th of December. Surprises in store in this official trailer!



- J-Pop boy band SMAP to break up at the end of this year but the five members will remain with their agency to pursue solo careers.

- Square Enix delays launch of the hotly-anticipated Final Fantasy XV game to the 29th of November, due to the addition of the new Master Version so game won't need a day-one patch.

TTFN!!!
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Rio 2016 Highlights - Day 10


August 14, 2016 - DAY 10

Sunday's highlights of the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics include Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Boxing, Cycling Track, Diving, Fencing, Golf, Sailing, Shooting, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.

Let's list down the medal winners of that day...

Men's Floor Exercise Final
Gold - Max Whitlock (UK)
Silver - Diego Hypolito (Brazil)
Bronze - Arthur Mariano (Brazil)

Women's Vault Final
Gold - Simone Biles (USA)
Silver - Maria Paseka (Russia)
Bronze - Giulia Steingruber (Italy)

Men's Pommel Horse Final
Gold - Max Whitlock (UK)
Silver - Louis Smith (UK)
Bronze - Alexander Naddour (USA)

Women's Uneven Bars Final
Gold - Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Silver - Madison Kocian (USA)
Bronze - Sophie Scheder (Germany)

Women's Marathon
Gold - Jemima Jelagat Sumgong (Kenya)
Silver - Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa (Brunei)
Bronze - Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia)

Women's Triple Jump Final
Gold - Caterine Ibarguen (Colombia)
Silver - Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)
Bronze - Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan)

Men's 400m Final
Gold - Wayde Van Niekerk (South Africa)
Silver - Kirani James (Grenada)
Bronze - Lashawn Merritt (USA)

Men's 100m Final
Gold - Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Silver - Justin Gatlin (USA)
Bronze - Andre De Grasse (Canada)

Men's Light Semifinal 1
Bronze - Lazaro Jorge Alvarez (Cuba)

Men's Light Fly Final Bout
Gold - Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan)
Silver - Yurberjen Herney Martinez (Colombia)

Men's Light Semifinal 2
Bronze - Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu (Mongolia)

Men's Sprint Finals
Gold - Jason Kenny (UK)
Silver - Callum Skinner (UK)
Bronze - Denis Dmitriev (Russia)

Women's 3m Springboard Final
Gold - Shi Tingmao (China)
Silver - He Zi (China)
Bronze - Tania Cagnotto (Italy)

Men's Epee Team Match
Gold - Italy
Silver - France
Bronze -Hungary

Men's Round 4 (Golf)
Gold - Justin Rose (UK)
Silver - Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
Bronze - Matt Kuchar (USA)

RS:X Men Race
Gold - Dorian Van Rijsselberghe (Holland)
SIlver - Nick Dempsey (UK)
Bronze - Pierre Le Coq (France)

RS: X Women Race
Gold - Charline Picon (France)
Silver - Peina Chen (China)
Bronze - Stefaniya Elfutina (Russia)

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men's Finals
Gold - Niccolo Campriani (Italy)
Silver - Sergey Kamenskiy (Russia)
Bronze - Alexis Raynaud (France)

Women's Doubles Match
Gold - Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
Silver Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

Mixed Doubles Match
Gold - Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock (USA)
Silver - Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram (USA)
Bronze - Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)

Men's Singles Match
Gold - Andy Murray (UK)
Silver - Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)
Bronze - Kei Nishikori (Japan)

Women's 75kg Group A (Weightlifting)
Gold - Suping Meng (China)
Silver - Kim Kuk Hyang (North Korea)
Bronze - Sarah Elizabeth Robles (USA)

MGR 59kg Wrestling
Gold - Ismael Borrero Molina (Cuba)
Silver - Shinobu Ota (Japan)
Bronze - Stig-Andre Berge (Norway) and Elmurat Tasmuradov (Uzbekistan)

MGR 75kg Wrestling
Gold - Roman Vlasov (Russia)
Silver - Mark Overgaard Madsen (Denmark)
Bronze - Saeid Morad Abdvali (Iran) and Kim Hyeonwoo (South Korea)

On the gold medal tallies; USA still dominates with 26 golds, UK now in the top two alongside China with 15 golds, Russia bagged 9, and Germany got 8.

For full schedule and results: https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Super GT 2016: Fuji


The fifth round of the 2016 Super GT season, held at Fuji Speedway on the 7th of August, saw some dramatic racing action to one of Japan's premiere touring car championship and in that 66-lap round held in one of Japan's premiere racing circuits, victory goes to the #12 CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R, driven by Hironobu Yasuda and J.P.L. De Oliveira, for the GT500 class and the #55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3, driven by Shinichi Takagi and Takashi Kobayashi, for the GT300 class.

Onto the overall rankings, in the GT500 class, the #1 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R still leads by 50 points while the #39 DENSO KOBELCO SARD RC F is 13 points behind the leader and #37 KeePer TOM'S RC F is 20 points behind the leader. Meanwhile, in the GT300 class, the #55 ARTA BMW M6 leads by 37 points while the #25 VivaC 86 MC is four points behind the leader and the #3 B-MAX NDDP GT-R is five points behind the leader.

Highlights:



The next race is at Suzuka Circuit, on the 28th of August.
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20 Years of Pokemon: Best bits from 2016's Pikachu Outbreak

Of course, Pikachu may have lost the title of being "the best Pokemon all things considered" to Greninja, but that doesn't stop Pikachu from throwing its annual Pikachu Outbreak, occurred from the 7th to the 14th of August at Yokohama Minato Mirai, and because it's Pokemon's 20th anniversary after all, it was the biggest Pikachu outbreak ever occurred since two years ago. There are fun, games, music, special guests, and most of all, a swarm of Pikachus swarming through the streets!

Let's take a look at the best bits from this year's Pikachu outbreak, courtesy of the official Pokemon Pikachu instagram...






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Thanks to them, the biggest Pikachu Outbreak event in celebration of Pokemon's 20th anniversary was a huge success and if by huge, it was electrifying like Pikachu's Thunderbolt! Let's see them again sometime and in the meantime, let's all do the Pikachu anthem while going home with happy faces after the Pikachu outbreak, and be sure to see more Pikachu fun in Pokemon Sun and Moon, in stores November 18, and be sure to play with Pikachu wherever you go with Pokemon GO, download on the App Store or Google Play!

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