- The Tax Reform Bill has been approved by the House Committee on Ways and Means The bill proposes to decrease the personal income tax rates based on the consumer price index inflation but increases the excise tax for petroleum products, except LPG.
- The Anti-Distracted Driving Act of the Department of Transportation will be on full effect starting May 18, prohibiting the use of cellphones while driving.
- An IT expert warns that the ransomware WannaCry has many effects on computers. One such example that even if the computer is powered down, the virus of the said cyber-attack will remain in the system. Over 200,000 people from 150 countries have been affected by the cyber-attack.
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- Reports told that US President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
- India's Central Bureau of Investigation searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son on Tuesday, in a probe into suspect criminal misconduct related to approvals of investment deals.
- The NIO EP9 electric supercar set the fastest Nurburgring record for production cars with the record-breaking lap time of 6:45.9.
- In Singapore, believe it or not, there is a world's largest luxury car vending machine owned by a dealership known as Autobahn Motors.
- The penultimate addition to the Love Live Sunshine Nendoroid lineup, Kanan Matsuura, has arrived. She's available to order starting at 3,241 Yen plus tax and delivery and arrives this October. Need a hug?
- The Sandiganbayan ordered the alleged Pork Barrel queen Janet Lim-Napoles to be transferred from the Bureau of Corrections to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. Justice Geraldine Econg, Chair of Sandiganbayan First Division issued the order despite the appeal of Napoles to be transferred at the National Bureau of Investigation.
- PAGASA warns that the El Niño phenomenon may hit the Philippines in the third quarter of 2017. However, El Niῆo might turned weak which possibly may develop in July, August until September.
- A video of the so-called "rude priest" in Iloilo went viral in social media due to multiple complaints of devotees for allegedly being rude. Among the complaints of devotees are shouting and getting angry inside the church to bride’s maids in a wedding years ago and also being disrespectful in an interment.
- World officials scrambled over the weekend to find out who;s behind the ransomware worm that disrupted operations at car factories, hospitals, shops and schools, while Microsoft on Sunday pinned blame on the U.S. government for not disclosing more software vulnerabilities. The ransomware known as WannaCry locked up more than 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries.
- Yemen declared a state of emergency in the village of Sanna over the cholera outbreak.
- The World Health Organization confirmed a second Ebola case in the outbreak in the Republic of Congo.
- Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old scientist from the District of Columbia, was named Miss USA and represent her country in the next Miss Universe pageant.
- The Yo-Kai Watch anime series enters the Busters arc this July, based on the spinoff game of the same name.
- DS Automobiles created a special vehicle made for France's new leader, Emmanuel Macron.
- Love Actually's Laura Linney returns for a Love Actually Red Nose Day trailer for NBC's Red Nose Day airing in the US this 25th of May. It's different than the one as seen in the original UK version of this year's RND trailer.
It maybe Mother's Day in America but in Kansas Speedway for the GoBowling.com 400 race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series, it's a man's world after all and in this all-out brawl, only the strongest and the fastest survive in this extreme oval drama.
The most intense moment in Kansas Speedway is when Joey Logano, Aric Almirola and Danica Patrick witnessed a fiery crash that is very catastrophic in NASCAR standards.
Behind the fiery catastrophe that erupted Kansas, Martin Truex Jr. in the #78 Toyota is the winner of the GoBowling.com 400 race, his first Kansas win in this season. Brad Keselowski's in 2nd place and Kevin Harvick's in 3rd respectively.
Next race is on Charlotte Motor Speedway for the NASCAR ALL-STAR event this Saturday, May 20th.
It maybe Mother's Day already but the Spanish Grand Prix of the Formula 1 2017 season has been given quite a heartbreak for a certain Ferrari fan after witnessing Kimi Raikkonen's crash during the race but heartbreak aside, the newly-formed Hamilton-Vettel rivalry is burning red hot as the race progresses.
Following a pass on Sebastian Vettel on lap 44, Lewis Hamilton scored his second career win in Spain, making him the first repeat winner at Barcelona in over a decade, joining alongside Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso as the only current drivers to have won twice in Spain. This is his 55th career win.
Onto the overall standings Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari still leads with 104 points while Hamilton's six points behind Vettel and Valtteri Bottas is in 3rd place with 63 points.
The next race will be on Monaco on the 28th of May.
The recent episode of Doctor Who Series 10 left the viewers literally breathless over the sudden twists and turns this episode truly delivers.
Titled "Oxygen", The Doctor and his allies, Bill Potts and his right-hand man Nardole, ventured through a mysterious space station that is swarming with zombie-like victims in spacesuits that uses artificial intelligence that monitors their conditions. With every breath counts, the trio must survive the infested space station and search for survivors while committing the ultimate sacrifice where the difference between life and death has been blurred.
That was quite a twist and not only they left them breathless but also sightless as well knowing the risky sacrifices The Doctor pulled one off to make sure things go smoothly in times of desperate measures.
After we got our minds blown from the recent episode, here's what they say about "Oxygen" in the recent DW Fan Show webcast.
Lookie right here, it's another one of the Porsche event cars offered for those who complete a specific challenge on this weekend's Forzathon event. It's the Porsche 911 (997) GT2 RS, the ultimate 911 for those who are brave enough to be subjected to its beastly submission like choking an armored knight in a middle of an MMA match.
Limited to 500 units, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is the ultimate 911 ever made. Based on the 997 Porsche 911 GT2, which is the rear-wheel drive version of the 911 Turbo, the GT2 RS adds 90HP of power, resulting to 611HP of power output, the most powerful 911 to date. It's 70kg lighter as well by adding lightweight materials and dropping stuff it doesn't need such as rear seats. Couple that with the 6-speed manual gearbox and the result is a 0-100kph time of 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 330kph.
Okay, enough explanations because let's give this ultimate 911 a dose of Forza fun and since we got the Hot Wheels on our side, why not take the latest Forzathon car out there to deliver the thrill it truly deserves?
Now that's more like it! The ultimate 911 in the orange track fantasyland, what more can you ask for? Time to wind this 911 up to the max!
Now that's how this car is made for, to deliver the thrills only a handful of drivers would overcome and seems that those who are chosen to drive the limited-edition 911 GT2 RS have the expression of a game changer ready to take on the ultimate challenge.
Anyway, there's still time for you to get the sensational 911 GT2 RS so do hurry!
Yesterday, Pope Francis was in Fatima, Portugal, to canonize the two Portuguese shepherd children now known as Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto in front of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims during a centennial year celebration.
Pope Francis presided over their canonization Mass during his two-day pilgrimage to Fatima to take part in celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the appearance of Our Lady of Fatima.
Francisco and Jacinta, who tended to their families' sheep with their cousin Lucia Santo in the Fatima fields, first saw the apparitions of Mary, who is now known as the Our Lady of Fatima. In her message to the children, Mary brought with her requests for conversion, prayer, sacrifices on behalf of sinners, and a three-part secret. The two followed Mary's requests and despite bribes, death threats, and threatening to lock them into cells, the two children never renounced their story to the anti-Catholic sentiment, which is rampant in Portugal in the distant past.
However, the two children are sickened by the influenza outbreak of 1918 that plagued the rest of Europe. Francisco died on the 4th of April, 1919, following his decline for hospital treatment the previous day, while the next year, Jacinta passed away on the 20th of February despite the hospital treatment in the hopes to prolong her life.
On May 13, 2000, Pope John Paul II beatified the Marto siblings on the 83rd anniversary and they were named the youngest non-martyrs to be beatified in the history of the Church.
The recent canonization of the two young non-martyrs are proof that even children like them can become saints.
The recent Monaco ePrix at this season's FIA Formula E Championship has been given quite a drama as the Buemi-Di Grassi rivalry stirred things up in this intense race held at the Southern France, which is now longer than it was in the past for more added thrills for the spectators.
Under cover of that intense rivalry comes a dramatic collision between NextEV NIO's Nelson Piquet Jr. and TECHEETAH's Jean-Eric Vergne where intense overtaking between the two caused Vergne's car to collide into the Tech-Pro barriers.
Although, Lucas di Grassi of the ABT Schaeffler Audi team took advantage of his pole position following his impressive qualifying round skills, Renault e.dams' Sebastien Buemi's decisive use of his FanBoost lead the two rivals to a dramatic last-minute clash until the winner is ultimately named at the end of this lengthy battle. Mahindra's Nick Heidfeld placed 3rd, NextEV NIO's Nelson Piquet Jr.'s in 4th place, and Venturi's Maro Engel placed 5th respectively.
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Onto the standings, Buemi's in the lead with 104 points while Di Grassi's in 2nd place with 89 points, and Prost's in 3rd place with 48 points.
The next race is on Paris, France, on the 20th of May.
- Mas Pinabonggang Sumbong Sumbong Kay Bonggang Bonggang Bongbong takes on people posting their stuff bought with other people's money, people engaging on hot issues for networking purposes, and people looking like dogs on their social media.
- The Jungle Belles are facing off against rich men!
Because Hot Wheels was born in the year 1968, I've been tasked to find a Forza car that is on the same year Hot Wheels was founded by Mattel, and looks like I've met my match on my ongoing Hot Wheels adventure in Forza Horizon 3.
This here is the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, one of the most valuable and ultra rare classic cars in the world and about 18 units were made from 1967 to 1969. True to its name, this is the road-legal version of the legendary Tipo 33 race car and this is the first car to use butterfly doors, like the ones from the McLaren F1, the world's fastest car of the 90's. Little did you know that because the 33 Stradale is a handcrafted beauty, each of the units are tailored differently as hinted by the exterior design cues ranging from the headlamps, windscreen wipers, vents, and so on.
Tailor-made aside, the 33 Stradale features an aluminium body on aluminium tubular chassis and unlike the race-spec Tipo 33, the 2.0L V8 engine has no relation to the race-spec engine. In fact, it was lifted from the Alfa Montreal while mated to a six-speed Colotti transaxle gearbox, resulting to a 0-100kph time of 5.5 seconds and flatout in 260kph, quicker than your average German saloon of today.
Anyway, enough chitter-chatter because time to send this ultra-rare, million-dollar, collector car for a flight through Thrilltopia and introduce to the stunts the world of Hot Wheels has to offer. Hold on because it's going to be one heck of a bumpy ride.
Who knew that you can alter what stunt you want to face with courtesy of Stunt Swap feature? Anyway, the ultra-rare Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale finished the competition alive and speaking of which...
I just got word that somewhere in Thrilltopia, there's a legendary barn find hidden somewhere and according to my sources, it's located three miles off from the Festival site but be warned; it's heavily fortified with dinosaurs guarding the barn find so how can you get through the mystery treasure that was heavily guarded by such primal monstrosities? Only one way to find out...
Now let's see what legendary machine we'll be encountering this time...
What is this? Wait, I know! That's one of the pre-war Fords that emerged during the Great Depression of the 1930's. It's a Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupe and what this is, is a template of a hot rod you can think of. But first, let's talk about this Five-Window Coupe. In the past, most Ford advertisements in the 1920's to 1930's targeted specifically for women but when they advertise this Five Window Coupe, they didn't specify the target gender. In fact, the topic they're targeting for the Ford De Luxe Five Window Coupe is specifically economy, a topic relevant during the dark days of the Herbert Hoover era of the USA.
Calling it a fuel-efficient car sounds ironic for a V8-powered Ford but the V8 engine that powers it uses no more fuel than a four-cylinder car, which sounds impressive during the Great Depression era but let's not get too much about this legendary Ford because let's talk about how a hot rod was made because like you and I, street rodding has been the creative force of car culture. It's all about men in sheds coming up with bright ideas to build something quite extraordinary and then show it off on the roads. Some might even race against other guy with a hot rod as well. Hot rods that are unique to the beholders have massively lowered bodies, chopped roofs, vivid colors, big engines, and some of the best bits too much to list on, resulting to a creative expression that makes people go crazy about one and even if the blokes who made one didn't have qualifications to design and engineer a car. How cool is that?
Because this Ford De Luxe Five-Window Coupe can be freely expressed into various kinds of street-rodding, I want to do my own kind of street-rodding with this legend and with the De Luxe Five-Window Coupe became what every hot rod should be, time to set ablaze through the twists and turns of Hot Wheels Thrilltopia with the legend that became the forefront of hot-rodding. Time to feel the heat with this one.
Man, nothing like a little piece of automotive history than trying out some iconic cars at the Hot Wheels Thrilltopia. From a street-legal version of a legendary racing car to a hot-rod, nothing comes close than enjoying some of the most historic cars in the extreme world of Hot Wheels and in here, it's all about Leading The Way.
- Former AFP Chief of Staff, now DENR Secretary, Roy Cimatu, made clear that there is no reason to fear that military men are being appointed as part of the Duterte administration. According to Cimatu, it's normal for the President to hire former military officials because of is desire to fully implement his programs in a more systematic and orderly way and he can fully utilize his expertise as a former official of the military and even as part of the local leader in Davao City.
- President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in Hong Kong early Friday morning as part of his two-day visit to meet with the Filipino community and then fly to Beijing for the Belt and Road Initiatives where Russian leader Vladimir Putin is present.
- PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa has issued an order for the investigation of the alleged "tanim-bala" accident in Pampanga.
- An eleven year-old Filipina was discovered to have an IQ exceeding Albert Einstein's. Mia Golosino, 11 years old, is the daughter of Jose and Twinkie Golosino. She used to stay in Malabon but now residing in Great Britain. Because of such discovery, her parents took her to a Mensa test and was discovered to have an IQ if 162, 22 more than the target level needed to be classified as a genius.
- Porsche produced 1,000,000 units of the 911 sportscar and the one millionth 911 was rolled off from the assembly line in Zuffenhausen, Germany.
- Stan Lee's Pow! Entertainment was recently acquired by the Hong Kong-based Camsing International.
- Bandai Namco announced that their latest Tales and Taiko no Tatsujin games are coming to the Nintendo Switch by March 2018.
- A reboot of Britain's most provocative TV drama in the 80's, Dynasty, is in the works.
After Daihatsu launched the all-new and more fuel-efficient, second-generation Mira e:S, Toyota decided to borrow the latest fuel-efficient Daihatsu for a while so they can sell it at their Toyota dealerships as the all-new Pixis Epoch.
2018 Toyota Pixis Epoch
For some people who can't afford Toyota's fuel-efficient offerings such as the Prius and its little brother, the Aqua, the Pixis Epoch kei-car got their backs because while it isn't as efficient as the two hybrids mentioned earlier, it is the most fuel-efficient petrol car offered at most Toyota dealerships across Japan with prices start from 907,200 up to 1,209,600 Japanese Yen plus on-road costs.
What you get in the all-new Pixis Epoch, like as shown from the second-generation Daihatsu Mira e;S, is a newly sharpened styling, refined interior for a more basic approach, new monocoque chassis, and a more fuel-efficient 660cc engine promising up to 35.2kmpl of fuel efficiency based on JC08 Mode standards.
In terms of safety, the Pixis Epoch comes with Smart Assist III, featuring the world's smallest stereo camera ever equipped on the production car, in addition to the false start restraining control function, Auto High Beam, corner sensors for parking purposes, SRS airbags, Vehicle Stability Control, Traction Control System, emergency stop signal, and Anti-Lock Brakes with Electronic Control Braking Force Distribution System.
Can you consider this to someone who can't afford a Prius or an Aqua but like a fuel-efficient Toyota that gives them more run for their money. Sure you can and the odds aren't bad for a fuel-efficient Toyota that is based on Daihatsu's latest, fuel-efficient, offering.
