Новости за 23.01.2016

James Franco pens a song about the loss of innocence for his band Daddy. The album, titled Let Me Get What I Want, shares its second single Lime Green Dress, a ditty that chronicles the terror of losing one’s naivety to the bad boy. Music reviews say the track combines elements that are spacious and atmospheric with traditional pop/rock instrumentation that produces a sound which at once feels close in  proximity , yet also feeling far off in the distance. Daddy, James Franco’s band, signs worldwide deal with Kobalt. Читать дальше...

Here is a short list of some places to get good food when you are tired of the fare from coffee shops and local or international chains. Many of these places have all a good story to tell in the years we have discovered and revisited these places. The list does not include the bastions of high cuisine (you can get that in your published guides). The places are where the residents of the area go to be consoled or restored by spending their hard earned-money on the district’s food icons. These restos... Читать дальше...

Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach returned home to a rousing welcome at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday morning. “Sobrang saya ko hindi ako makatulog at makakain sa eroplano sa pagpunta ko dito (I was so happy that I couldn’t even sleep and eat during my flight home),” said Wurtzbach in an exclusive interview by ABS-CBN. The Filipino-German beauty queen, who was in brown cocktail dress, revealed that she brought home with her the real Miss Universe crown although she did not wear it when she emerged from the plane. Читать дальше...

For someone whose childhood is filled with dreams of being a princess, who cried when Andy had to let go of Woody and Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3, and who started to watch Mickey Mouse shows in black and white until it became technicolor, all the way to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, stepping at the “happiest place on Earth” was a proof that the dreams and the wishes that your heart make can definitely come true. Aside from the rides I was eager to try, I was looking forward to the things that Hong... Читать дальше...

She was too trusting. Merely learning that her immediate superior and several other higher-ups in her office had invested their money in what seems to be a legitimate company was enough for a government employee, who declined to be identified, to follow suit and invest P245,000 from her savings, expecting that doing so would give her handsome returns. Worst, the one who told her about the investment opportunity was a trusted, reliable colleague, who would also act as an agent for them in various transactions. Читать дальше...

The moment was magical like champagne bubble bursting. The Bryan Chua and Micheleen Subia nuptials had it all, a combination of elegance, style, grandeur, and clearly a love match. Looking every inch like a princess in a Veluz bridal gown, the radiant bride drew raves as Ernesto Subia led his daughter down the aisle at the Santuario de San Antonio, Forbes Park. Bryan is the son of Peru consul general Francis Chua and Tanzania consul Betty Chua while Micheleen is the daughter of businessman Ernesto and Pacita Subia. Читать дальше...

Whoever said you couldn’t teach old dogs new tricks must have been teaching the wrong dog. Recently, spoken word artist, art advocate, and educator Kooky Tuason invited me to join a little spoken word and performance art powwow at the Clayshop on Jupiter Street, a sort of studio, gallery, gathering nook, a real creative space in the heart of commercial Makati City. I’m not using the word powwow lightly, powwow having derived from the Native American word powwaw, a Narragansett word from the Algonquian tribe of Rhode Island. Читать дальше...

If his colleague Senator Juan Ponce Enrile was granted bail, Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada appealed to the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division that his own petition be granted too. After the court denied his petition for bail, Estrada, who has been detained at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame, has a filed a motion for reconsideration that asked the tribunal to reverse its January 7 resolution that kept him under detention. In his motion for reconsideration, Estrada’s... Читать дальше...

Recently, I read a report in The New York Times about how important daily exercise is to help us fight off colds and other infections. And I would add that the word “daily” is especially important. Many people exercise on weekends or once or twice a week, but it’s the daily exercise that counts most in maintaining good health. I swim every day—and I’m not even a particularly good swimmer. As a kid, I was afraid of water but in my mid-years, I decided that I needed to find something that I could do... Читать дальше...

By  Marky Ramone Go The film The Beach invigorated the backpacking culture, but very few people knew that the inspiration for Alex Garland’s novel The Beach was really El Nido, Palawan, where he lived for several months. Since the novel was set in Thailand, the immediate pop culture result was the sudden recognition of Khao San Road in Bangkok as the starting point of the “Banana Pancake Trail”—a term given to expanding routes around Southeast Asia frequented by travelers. These backpackers, mostly young people on gap years... Читать дальше...

In a large private hospital, more than 1,000 patients come every day either for consultation, tests, or confinement. The chaplain of the hospital says that when some patients are diagnosed with an incurable and terminal illness, they either rush to the hospital chapel to pray for healing or heave a sigh of grim resignation.They seem to have only two options: to plead for a miracle, or to welcome death. In truth, other possibilities await them depending on their lifestyle, belief system, family support... Читать дальше...

Hong Kong – Barclays has embarked on a fresh round of job cuts to its investment banking business worldwide which would result in a complete exit from cash equities in Asia, an internal memo showed, as new Chief Executive Jes Staley wields the axe in a bid to slash costs and boost returns. The harsher-than-expected cuts are among the most sweeping worldwide culls by an investment bank in recent years, as Staley in common with peers at other European lenders moves to reduce costs amid a tough global environment for banks. Читать дальше...

Baguio City — Two drug personalities were sentenced to suffer  life term in jail after being convicted by a local court for selling 4.7 kilograms of marijuana to a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) undercover agent in 2013. PDEA-Cordillera Director Juvenal Azurin identified the convicts as Melchor Martin Lagadeo and Kenneth Sagasa Lagadeo, who were found guilty of drug peddling by the court last January 18. The duo were arrested in a buy-bust operation on July 9, 2013 at Lourdes Grotto, here... Читать дальше...

Our first part last Sunday, titled “Dim Scenario For Asia-Pacific???,” was triggered mostly by negative predictions about China’s economic downturn and its continued bleak prospects (comparatively) for the year 2016 as announced by various sources. FOR MOST MARKET ANALYSTS, THE PROXIMATE REASON FOR THE GLOBAL ACROSS-THE-BOARD DROP MAY BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD – CHINA. IN THE SHORT TERM, DOMESTIC CHINESE CONSUMPTION HAS NOT BEEN ROBUST ENOUGH TO COMPENSATE FOR THE GRADUAL REDUCTION OF CHINA’S EXPORTS. Читать дальше...

Malacañang assured yesterday that drug buster-turned-drug suspect Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino would be granted due process of law in his current troubles. “Of course, and that [due process] is the right of every Filipino, nasa poder man o hindi (whether you’re in position or not),” Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III said in an interview on state-run DZRB. Marcelino Known for high-profile drug arrests in years past, Marcelino... Читать дальше...

Grandmaster Wesley So was held to a draw anew to remain half a point off the pace after six rounds in the Tata Steel Chess 2016 in Netherlands last Friday. So, playing white, couldn’t capitalize his positional advantage early on as Caruana held his ground to force a draw after a marathon 80 moves of a Giuoco Piano Opening. It was So’s fifth straight draw since winning the opening round, giving him 3.5 points behind leaders Caruana, Chinese GM Ding Liren and reigning world champion GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who have similar four points. Читать дальше...

Camp Olivas, Pampanga — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Groups’ (CIDG’s) “Oplan Big Berta and Paglalansag” collared  16 more persons and confiscated from them guns and “shabu” in Zambales while a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 netted 13 suspected drug pushers in this province, the other day. In Zambales, Senior Superintendent Benjamin Silo, Jr., CIDG director for Central Luzon, said the series of operations last Friday resulted in the arrest of 15 suspects in New Kalalaki... Читать дальше...

Melbourne, Australia — Pressure is a matter of perspective for Victoria Azarenka, who can recall days when she was worried as much about going hungry as she was about her next match. The two-time Australian Open champion is a growing favorite for the title, growing in confidence following two injury-interrupted seasons as she tallies victories and while leading contenders are making early-round exits to open up the draw. Azarenka dropped her opening service game without winning a point on Saturday... Читать дальше...

The House of Representatives extended its gratitude to the Canadian government for allocating  P700 million to support the long-term economic recovery initiatives in super-typhoon Yolanda-affected areas. Quezon Rep. Winston Castelo, chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development cited the Canada’s allocation of $20.6 million as second tranche of funds pledged through its Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund. The funding allocation was announced by Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Neil Reeder on Jan. Читать дальше...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has made an advance payment of P30 million to the National Food Authority (NFA) for the purchase of rice that will be distributed during future emergency and relief operations. The payment was made on January 20 at the Philippine Sugar Center in Quezon City wherein Augusto C. Iglesia, chief of the OCD Financial Management Division, handed over the P30 million cheque to NFA Administrator Renan Dalisay. The ceremonial turnover was witnessed by key officials of the... Читать дальше...

Montreal, Canada -- Thousands gathered Friday at Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica for the funeral of Canadian pop superstar Celine Dion's husband and longtime manager Rene Angelil.

Filipino-German beauty queen Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was reunited on Saturday with her mother for the first time since she was crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas, Nevada last December 20, 2015.

Several members of the US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria are doing "nothing at all" to help destroy the jihadists, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday.

In case you missed it, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is back in the Philippines for a visit. The 26-year-old beauty queen set foot in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday morning (January 23, 2016) at around 6 a.m., welcomed by media and supporters.

A life-threatening blizzard which is expected to pound a record 30 inches of snow has hit most part of the US' east coast including Capital Washington DC, leaving more than 120,000 homes without electricity and paralyzing lives of millions of people in the region.