Gem Magan
Malacañang defends additional P17-B on the budget of the President’s office next year A high official of the Malacañang Palace defended the big increase on the budget of the office of President Rodrigo Duterte for next year 2017. This is after allocating P20.03 billion for next year. The amount is around P17 billion more than … Read more
Duterte finally says Senator De Lima’s name in connection to illegal drugs in public. President Rodrigo Duterte named a female senator in public and directly said that she is linked to illegal drug trade in the Philippines, making her driver rich. According to the President, this senator whom he said at the later part of … Read more
Thousands of police personnel were deployed at Rio for Olympics, but it’s still not safe For how many days already, several crimes were recorded at Rio de Janeiro, the host city of Olympics where athletes and some officials are also the victims. Before the start of the games more than a week ago, Brazilian authorities … Read more
Streets were reduced to rubble, over 175 structures were burned in Northern California wildfire as it continues to spread The very huge wildfire that devastated the community in Northern California was believed by the authorities as arson, with the arrest of the suspect as a positive development. The wildfire in the Northern California continues to … Read more
Usain Bolt gets title as the first to capture three straight 100-meter titles in Olympics Jamaican runner Usain Bolt once again proved that he is the fastest in the whole world as he get the title in Olympics again. On Sunday (Brazil Time), Bolt won the 100 meters in 9.81 seconds. Meaning, he can run … Read more
Firefighters brace for heat as people flee houses in California wildfire Ten houses and 4,000 people were forced to evacuate as wildfire in two Northern California towns continue to get wider. The fire broke out Saturday afternoon and grew to nearly 5 square miles as firefighters struggled to get a handle on the largely out-of-control … Read more
White House transfers $81 million funds to develop Zika vaccine. The administration of US President Barack Obama is determined to develop a vaccine to combat the Zika virus which is rapidly spreading in some states now. This is in the absence of any funding from the US Congress even it was proposed in the previous … Read more
President Duterte will not say sorry to US Ambassador Philip Goldberg. President Rodrigo Duterte maintained his position that United States Ambassador Philip Goldberg should ask sorry first before he does the same. Duterte on Friday (August 12) said he was not going to apologize to US ambassador after his remarks that the diplomat is gay … Read more
Duterte orders Philippine forces to arrest and deport ISIS teachers in Mindanao. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the members of Armed Forces of the Philippines to validate the presence of alleged ISIS indoctrinators in Mindanao. According to him, military should arrest and deport them once reports against these persons have been confirmed, immediately. “I have been … Read more
Hidilyn Diaz aims gold in 2020 Tokyo Olympics Filipino heroine Hidilyn Diaz plans not to quit on eyeing gold medal in the next Olympics after coming back from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she received a grand welcome ceremony. Diaz, who finished second in the competition this past week after lifting a total of 200kg, … Read more