Bubble Gang - September 30, 2016 #BGNagmahalanNasaktan

On the September 30, 2016 episode of Bubble Gang

- Winter gags

- An interview with different kinds of gay

- Hugot lines in cooking shows

- Mang Tańong thinks he's involved with Encantadia a decade ago

- An emergency phone call goes awry,..

- Online classes gone weird

-  Intimate moment at an evacuation center

- A fashion show

- Basa Basa Pik!

Let's Do The News! (September 30, 2016)

- Tropical storm Chaba will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility tomorrow, according to PAGASA, but is unlikely to hit land. As of 4PM, yesterday, Chaba was located at 2,170km east of Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 75kph near the center and gustiness of up to 95kph. It will be locally named Igme when entered the PAR.

- The United Kingdom, addressing the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, joins the global call against the deaths in the Philippines amid the Duterte administration's war on drugs in the Philippines while China backs the Duterte administration's drug war.

- Female lawmakers of the House of Representatives warned that showing an alleged sex video of Senator Leila de Lima demeans women.

- At least 500 visitors gathered last night to welcome the late former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago to her wake in the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral in Cubao, Quezon City.

- Reports told that the company belonged to Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump violated the United States' trade embargo against Cuba years ago. A company controlled by Trump secretly conducted business in Communist Cuba during Fidel Castro's presidency despite strict American trade bans that made such undertakings illegal, according to interviews with former Trump execs, internal company records and court filings.

- One person was killed in a fatal train crash in the eastern US state of New Jersey, injuring 114 people. US investigators are looking into the cause of the accident while US traffic safety authorities plan to question the driver of the train. Officials of the NTSB are analyzing speed, braking, and other data on the train's event recorder, as well as images recorded at the driver's seat.

- RAM Trucks showcased their Rebel TRX Concept at this year's Texas State Fair, previewing a potential offroader equipped with a supercharged 6.2L V8 engine producing 575HP of power.

RAM Rebel TRX Concept

- Lupin the Third's archnemesis, Inspector Zenigata, will have his own spin-off live action drama in 2017, starring Ryohei Suzuki as the said character as well as former AKB48 idol Atsuko Maeda and Takahiro Miura.

- Comedienne and TV presenter Melai Cantiveros is pregnant with a second child.

TTFN!!!

Stars of 2016 Paris Motor Show

Renault Trezor Concept

The 2016 Mondial de l'Automobile will occur on the 1st to the 16th of October, 2016, at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles amid concerns of the whole nation's in complete lockdown due to the alert level attack of the plan Vigipirate, following last year's terror attacks in the French capital as well as other parts of Mainland Europe. Because of security concerns, visitors who are eager to be in the show will face a slowdown of traffic as they make it to the entrance due to security checks but security concerns aside, there will be some great world premieres of new and exciting machines, especially concept cars made specifically for this show witnessing the future of automobile thanks to science.

So, who will be the stars of this year's Paris Motor Show?

2017 Audi A5 Sportback

2017 Audi A5 Sportback g-tron

2017 Audi Q5

2017 Audi RS3 LMS Racecar

2017 Audi RS3 Sedan

2017 Audi S5 Sportback

2016 BMW X2 Concept

2017 Citroen C3

2016 Citroen C3 WRC Concept

2016 Citroen CXperience Concept

2017 Dacia Logan

2017 Dacia Logan MCV

2017 Dacia Sandero

2017 Dacia Sandero Stepway

2017 Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T

2017 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta

2016 Honda Civic Type R Concept

2016 Hyundai RN30 Concept

2016 Infiniti QX Sport Inspiration Concept

2017 Land Rover Discovery

2016 Lexus UX Concept

2017 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT C Roadster

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain

2016 Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ Concept

2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC43 AMG 4Matic Coupe

2016 Mercedes-Benz Vision Maybach 6 Concept

2017 Mini John Cooper Works Clubman

2016 Mitsubishi GT-PHEV Concept

2017 Opel Ampera-e

2017 Opel Karl Rocks

2017 Opel Zafira

2017 Peugeot 3008

2017 Peugeot 3008 GT

2017 Peugeot 5008

2017 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

2017 Porsche Macan Turbo with Performance Package

2017 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid

2016 Renault Trezor Concept

2017 Renault Zoe

2016 Seat Ateca X-Perience Concept

2017 Skoda Kodiaq

2017 Smart forfour electric drive

2017 Smart fortwo Cabrio electric drive

2017 Smart fortwo electric drive

2016 SsangYong LIV-2 Concept

2017 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross

2016 Volkswagen ID Concept

...and more.

Gallery: https://www.netcarshow.com/ncs_paris-2016.htm

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: US to probe China for N. Korea sanctions

Sourced from NHK World:

A senior US official says more Chinese companies and individuals are under investigation for suspected sanctions violations against North Korea.

The State Department's coordinator for sanctions policy, Daniel Fried testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific on Wednesday.

On violations of sanctions imposed by the United Nations and unilaterally by the United States against the North, Fried said US officials are actively looking at all possible targets.

The US government on Monday announced criminal charges and penalties against a Chinese trading company and 4 of its executives for conspiring to evade sanctions against Pyongyang.
Fried said the actions clearly indicate that the United States is willing to sanction Chinese companies that are evading US and UN sanctions.

Calls are growing among Republican lawmakers to increase pressure on China. Many speculate President Barack Obama's government is unwilling to do so out of consideration for US-China relations.

Fried also claimed North Korea earns around 1 billion dollars annually from coal exports, largely to China.

He said the United States aims to toughen embargos on coal in additional sanctions being discussed at the UN Security Council.

Let's Do The News! (September 29, 2016)

- Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago passed away at the age of 71. Her death was confirmed by her husband, lawyer Jun Santiago on Thursday morning. Miriam was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer two years ago but declared she had beaten her illness a year later. She then pursued her presidential bid despite health concerns but heavily lost to President Rodrigo Duterte in the May elections earlier this May. Santiago was known to be one of the most endearing figures in Philippine politics, pop culture, and academia.

- President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to visit China on the 20th of October in order to restore ties between them amid territorial issues in the South China Sea. Earlier, Duterte declared that the Balikatan exercises with the US will end, saying this will be its last year. He said that during his Vietnam visit but assured that the military alliance between the Philippines and the US will be maintained.

- The Congress has approved the 40.5-billion peso proposed 2017 budget for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao following deliberations made tense by a lawmaker whose father ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman defeated in the May 9 elections.

- Another black man was killed by police, this time in California. Two police officers responded to calls that an African-American man was walking in traffic and not acting like himself in El Cajon, southern California. Police say the officers ordered him to remove his hand from his pocket, but he refused. Police released a photo from a video taken at the scene; showing a man raising hands toward an officer in what looks like a shooting stance. About 200 protesters gathered at El Cajon police headquarters. Earlier this month, black males were killed by policement in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sparking protests.

- The US Congress has voted to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill that would allow families of victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, meaning the bill becomes law. This is the first time an Obama veto has been overturned. President Obama told reporters the lawmakers had made a mistake. The Saudi Arabian government was strongly opposed that bill and warned that it would sell US bonds worth 750 billion dollars if the bill would become law.

- The full-length trailer of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is now here. Check it out.

- Die Beautiful, an indie film that stars Eat Bulaga presenter Paolo Ballesteros, was one of the entries competing in the 2016 Tokyo Film Fest. The indie film's director, Jun Lana, was so impressed that his film marks his return to a foreign film fest where, three years ago, his movie Barber's Tales won the Best Actress award for Eugene Domingo.

- The cast of Mano Po 7: Chinoy were temporarily stranded in Taiwan due to strong thunderstorm but they recently returned from that country where they shot key scenes for the next installment for the upcoming Regal FIlms movie. Cast members Jean Garcia, Janella Salvador, Enchong Dee, and Richard Yap did scenes in Taiwan's famous landmarks such as the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum and Lotus Pond in Kaohsiung.

TTFN!!!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: US to speed up THAAD deployment in South Korea

A senior US official says Washington plans to speed up deployment of THAAD in South Korea as soon as possible to counter North Korean threats.

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel testified at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, expressing concerns about North Korea's repeated missile launches and test to develop nuclear warheads to be mounted on missiles. He stressed the US policy of heightening its deterrence capability to defend South Korea and Japan.

The US government plans to deploy an advanced missile defense system of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense in South Korea by the end of next year.

China is opposed to the deployment of THAAD in South Korea, saying it would harm Beijing's security as the system could be used to spy on the activities of Chinese forces deep inside the country.

Russel told Congress that China shares concerns about North Korea's nuclear program and suggested that the planned THAAD deployment is not likely to affect the ongoing negotiations at the UNSC to impose more sanctions against the Korean Peninsula.

Source: NHK World

Let's Do The News! (September 28, 2016)

- A high-profile inmate on Wednesday morning was killed inside Building 14 of the New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City. According to reports, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II confirmed the death of one inmate named Tony Co, while three other inmates were injured from the riot. They were rushed to the Medical Center ng Muntinlupa.

- The Office of the Ombudsman approved the filing of charges against MNLF founder Nur Misuari over an anomalous contract when he was the governor of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao in 2000 and 2001. Misuari is facing three counts of malversation and three counts of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act over the irregular procurement of educational materials.

- President Rodrigo Duterte left on Wednesday for a two-day visit to Vietnam that seeks to boost the ties between the two nations and to strengthen their cooperation against illegal drugs. Duterte said he is looking forward to renewing the ties of friendship between them and to affirm the commitment to work closer to attain common goals.

- Former Israeli leader Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, passed away at the age of 93. Reports told that he died at a hospital in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. He had been hospitalized for a stroke since the 13th of September.

- SpaceX, the US space development venture firm, unveils plan of spaceship flying to Mars. They say they will launch a manned spaceship within the next eight years and it will carry up to 10 people and be launched using a new kind of rocket.

- BMW officially announced that they will return to Le Mans with a GTE-class competitor coming within the next two years.

- It's the time of the year when Motor Trend pits out the best of sportscars in their annual World's Greatest Drag Race and for 2016, guess who make it on the top? NOTE: It's not what it seems...

- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure will be getting its first live-action film showing in theaters this summer 2017. Titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter 1, it will star Kento Yamazaki as Josuke Higashikata, Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi Hirose, Nana Komatsu as Yukako Yamagishi, and many others.

- I know it sounds weird but there was this less-than-a-minute clip done by a Japanese man and it became a viral sensation with lyrics that will stick your mind like...barbecue on a stick (metaphorically speaking). It's called Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen and this viral video got you in the sticks. Never get the idea? Watch this...

 

TTFN!!!