Let's Do The News! (March 2, 2017)

- A typhoon is being monitored to possibly enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this month despite the summer season. According to Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the tropical depression may enter PAR and make a landfall crossing the Visayas and Mindanao. However, PAGASA said that the tropical depression will possibly deviate its direction and return to the Pacific Ocean.

- A former officer of the Taiwan Army was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency members for allegedly peddling illegal drugs in the Philippines. Members of the PDEA Regional Office IV-A raided a condominium unit where the suspect identified as Ex-Army Cpt. Zhi Quan Wu, 79 years old, was staying. The suspect did not resist the said arrest.

- The next fight of Senator Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao has been moved to a later date, according to the boxer’s adviser Michael Koncz in an interview with a giant international website. The upcoming fight is now scheduled on May 20 in the United Arab Emirates. This move was done in order to have more time to promote the match.

- U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after the Washington Post reported he failed to disclose two meetings he had with Russia’s ambassador before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

- Chinese state media said that a prominent Chinese rights activist had made up “fake news” of torture to grab international headlines, but his defenders said the accusations were a coordinated attempt to smear his name.

State media said disbarred lawyer Jiang Tianyong, 46, was behind news reports of police torturing another detained rights activist, Xie Yang, and that Jiang had later admitted to telling Xie’s wife to make up details of torture in captivity to attract attention to the case.

- Land Rover unveiled the new Range Rover Velar ahead of this month's Geneva Motor Show. Based on the same underpinnings as the Jaguar F-Pace, the latest addition to the Range Rover family features a coupe-like design, cutting edge technology, and legendary Range Rover capabilities.

- The Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo comes alive as the shooting brake variant of the second-generation Panamera.

- The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet was officially unveiled prior to this month's Geneva Motor Show premiere.

TTFN!!!

Let's Do The News! (March 1, 2017)

- 500 native miners made a commotion in front of the office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The miners wish to stop the appointment of Secretary Gina Lopez. According to numerous mining organizations and groups, they will lose their jobs due to the continuous closing of mining companies. They argue that it isn’t the work of a public servant to deny them employment. The miners insist that they benefit from responsible mining.

- The car assemblers and importers in the country are condemning the Department of Finance’s plan to increase by four percent the prices of cars. Based on the submitted position paper in Congress, the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines and the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors said that a lot of people will lose their jobs and there will be a drastic decline in car sales.

- According to Deputy Minority Leader Senator Bam Aquino, the minority is going to be active during the arguments and they will be against the proposal since it is not the solution in the increasing number of heinous crimes in the country. He believes that passing the Death Penalty Bill should not be rushed, and that it needs to go through careful discussions. The Senate Committee on Justice has started the hearing regarding the Death Penalty Bill, but it was suspended due to the possibility that the Philippines will violate the Treaty of International Convention on Civil and Political Rights.

- Renato Solidum Jr., director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, will be named as the Undersecretary of the Department of Science and Technology's disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. According to Science Secretary Fortunato dela Peña, he would recommend that Solidum be retained as officer in charge (OIC) of Phivolcs.

- In his speech to the Congress, US President Donald Trump issued a broad call for overhauling the nation's health care system, significantly boosting military spending and plunging $1 trillion into upgrading crumbling infrastructure.

- Fighting has spread in Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on yesterday, wounding at least four people, including a three-year-old boy with a bullet-wound to the head, according to Palestinian security officials.

- Russia and China vetoed new U.N. sanctions against Syria and the U.S. ambassador accused both countries of refusing to hold President Bashar Assad's regime accountable for the use of chemical weapons.

TTFN!!!

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 09 Love Letter

The ninth installment of THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls STARLIGHT MASTER CD range, inspired by the Starlight Stage app game is worth more than checking in your mailbox today because today, it's time to open...a love letter! Literally!

This is the love letter you're looking for. It's titled ラブレター and this cover song was performed by the star highlights of this installment; Uzuki Shimamura (CV: Ayaka Ohashi), Miho Kohinata (CV: Minami Tsuda), and Kyoko Igarashi (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki). Once you listened to it, it's worth more than you've experienced it from Debut to the now mega difficult Master+ difficulty setting.

Apart from that, you can expect two new songs as well such as メルヘン∞メタモルフォーゼ! by Nana Abe (CV: Marie Miyake) and 薄紅 by Sae Kobayakawa (CV: Rika Tachibana).

Be sure to keep playing Starlight Stage and watch out for more on this range!

TRACK LISTINGS:

1) ラブレター (M@STER VERSION)

2) メルヘン∞メタモルフォーゼ!

3) 薄紅

4) ラブレター (M@STER VERSION) オリジナル・カラオケ

5) メルヘン∞メタモルフォーゼ! オリジナル・カラオケ

6) 薄紅 オリジナル・カラオケ

7) ラブレター (GAME VERSION)

Let's Do The News! (February 28, 2017)

- Former Senator Bongbong Marcos turned down the interest to lead the Department of Interior and Local Government despite speculations that he is replacing Secretary Mike Sueno. President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed the matter during his appearance, saying he spoke with Marcos wherein the former Senator confirmed that he's not interested with the position.

- President Duterte warned that the controversial Oplan Tohkang may be revived as he admitted that he is ready for the resumption of the administration's controversial operation against illegal drugs. Duterte expressed that there are indications that illegal drugs peddling has been increased since Tohkang was suspended in the past month.

- The House majority clarifies that the controversial death penalty bill only covers drug-related cases. Representative Rey Umali, Chairman of the House Committee on Justice, confirmed that plunder, treason, and rape cases were removed from the Death Penalty bill, and only illegal drug-related cases will be covered.

- The senators from the Liberal Party were stripped of their committee chairmanships and relegated to the minority bloc yesterday in a dizzying turn of events that lawmakers belonging to the once powerful party warned could weaken the independence of the Senate. Senators Franklin Drilon, Francis Pangilingan, Bam Aquino, and Risa Hontiveros lost their chairmanships and other Senate posts.

- President Duterte is supporting the Office of the Solicitor General in its move to recommend the acquittal of alleged pork barrel queen Janet Lim-Napoles on her serious illegal detention case. Duterte yesterday echoed the Solgen's argument that circumstances have shown that PDAF whistleblower Benhur Luy, who was allegedly detained by Napoles in a retreat house, was not restrained at all.

- US President Donald Trump to propose greater defense spending in his first budget plan for fiscal year 2018.

- SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying two paying tourists around the moon late next year. Announced on Monday, it will first begin flying crew to the International Space Station on board a new spacecraft possibly between April through June next year.

- Peugeot will showcase their Instinct Concept at the Geneva Motor Show this March, featuring autonomous technology showcasing the future of mobility.

Peugeot Instinct Concept

- The Hyundai Sonata minor change has been teased through official sketches.

- A must have for Cinderella Girls collectors! It's the Shiki Ichinose Mystic Elixir version figure that is going to be an ultra-valuable figure for big spenders elsewhere! It's now available to order starting at 15,555 Yen plus tax and arrives this November!

Shiki Ichinose Mystic Elixir ver.

TTFN!!!

Six Nations 2017: Round 3

The Welsh Rugby Union suffered a major blow to their career after their humiliating loss against Scotland at the score of 29-13. While this is a major loss for the Welsh, it's a turning point for the Scots as this win is their first for over a decade. As demonstrated by Tim Visser's second-half try, Scotland ended their decade-long drought in RBS 6 Nations history.

Under cover of the Welsh's bitter defeat. the IRFU defeated the FFR at the score of 19-9 while the England Rugby won the match against the FIR Italia at the score of 36-15.

The next match is on the 10th of March as Wales takes on Ireland, Italy takes on France, and Scotland takes on England.

Winners of the 2017 Academy Awards

This year's Academy Awards may have been filled with some controversies, confusions, and the suspense in each and every corner they might come across the moment the winner is introduced but with anticipation is in hindsight, it's no wonder some people are tuning in to see if their favorite will make it to the honor roll, especially big-time films such as Rogue One, La La Land, Moonlight, and many others.

So, in case you missed all the drama, the suspense, and all of what happened in the 89th Academy Awards, here are the list of this year's winners...

Best Picture: Moonlight

Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Actress: Emma Stone, La La Land

Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Fences

Animated Feature: Zootopia

Cinematography: La La Land

Costume Design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Direction: Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Documentary Feature: O.J.: Made in America

Documentary Short: The White Helmets

Film Editing: Hacksaw Ridge

Foreign Language Film: The Salesman

Makeup and Hairstyling: Suicide Squad

Music (Original Score): La La Land

Music (Original Song): City of Stars from La La Land

Production Design: La La Land

Short Film (Animated): Piper

Short Film (Live Action): Sing

Sound Editing; Arrival

Sound Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge

Visual Effects: The Jungle Book

Writing (Adapted): Moonlight

Writing (Original): Manchester by the Sea

La La Land

Moonlight may have stole La La Land for Best Picture due to some setbacks but this film scored six awards than any other film in the list, although Amazon's original movie, Manchester by the Sea proved even an underdog movie came from a streaming service CAN make it to the top, meaning that in the world of Oscars, everything is possible.

Congratulations to all of the Oscar winners!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Malaysia may use dental profiling to identify Kim

Sourced from NHK World:

Malaysia's heath minister has suggested that tools other than DNA testing could be used in getting a final identification of a body thought to be that of the half-brother of North Korea's leader.

Kim Jong Nam was killed on February 13th after being attacked by two women in Kuala Lumpur's airport. Malaysian police say a VX nerve agent was wiped on his face. The police chief has said no DNA samples from the victim's relatives have been supplied.

On Sunday, Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam told reporters that if a next of kin fails to show up, his ministry could use dental profiling as well as comparing the victim to photographs to look for identification marks such as moles.

The Malaysian government intends to hand over the body to the victim's family after confirming his identity.

Last week, North Korea's Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol, insisted that the victim was not Kim Jong Nam, and demanded a joint investigation into the murder.