The Philippines will be the first Southeast Asian country who signed a defense equipment cooperation agreement which will allow Japan to transfer defense equipment and technology, possibly surveillance aircraft, to the country. In a statement released to the media, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin was quoted as saying “What underpins this agreement is not only our … Read more
The country’s most popular songwriter competition, the 2016 Philippine Popular Music Festival (PhilPop) announced the list of 12 songwriter finalists that will be vying for the much coveted P1 million cash as the grand prize of the competition. According to PhilPop’s organizers, this year’s finalists were composed of a mix of newbies and competition veterans … Read more
One of the country’s most prominent box office director, Direk Wenn Deramas died of heart attack. He was pronounced dead at around 2:00 AM at the Capitol Medical Center. The director was just visiting his sibling who also died of a heart attack. There were several attempts made by the physician to revive the director … Read more
One of the country most prominent military man and now congressman, Rep. Rodolfo Biazon suggests that the Philippine government and its allies should consider imposing economic sanctions on China if Beijing refuses to abide by the ruling of the United Nations arbitration court on the disputed South China Sea issue. In a radio interview the … Read more
One of the international contestant during the hit TV show “I Love OPM,” Samoan aspiring singer Nelson Leausa wowed the judges and the live audiences of the show with his spectacular performance on Sunday night. The Samoan missionary from Australia performed the song “Bakit Pa Ba” of Jay R. Nelson Leausa, the Samoan missionary who … Read more
Two of the country’s most popular college athletes of today, Kiefer Ravena and Alyssa Valdez is currently making the rounds online as the two superstar athletes from the UAAP sharing a quick post-game kiss went viral on various social media sites. Photographer Winston Baltasar caught the basketball and volleyball star kissing after the match between … Read more
Presidential aspirant, Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares and her running-mate Sen. Chiz Escudero admitted to the media that they get favors from multinational companies in the Philipppines such as the San Miguel Corporation and other companies in the country. The controversy of getting supporters from various prominent companies in the country were started by both Sen. Grace … Read more
The camp of Mayor Duterte denied the allegations made by Sen. Grace Poe and Sen. Chiz Escudero that the camp of Mayor Duterte was behind the junked rally of the Poe-Escudero tandem in Davao City. According to the spokesman of Mayor Duterte’s camp, the senators should blame their “lazy organizers” for their failure to secure … Read more
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced to the media that all government agencies will obtain next week the first tranche of pay hikes for their employees. According to DBM’s announcement a total of 59.91 billion will be subject to agency disposal any time. The pay hike for government employees was granted after President … Read more
PDP-Laban President, Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms urged the Commission on Elections, the organizers of the presidential debates that the event which will be aired on national TV will be aired non-stop and should be free of commercials. According to Sen. Pimentel during the first round … Read more