April, 2022

• 25 April

  Ford Mustang world’s best-selling coupe

  

  Ford Mustang, which celebrates its 58th birthday this year, is the world’s best-selling sports coupe for the seventh straight year, according to Ford analysis of registration data from S&P Global Mobility.  Mustang retains its sales crown for 2021 led by the pinnacle of 5.0-liter V8 performance — Mustang Mach 1 — and the track-ready Mustang Shelby GT500, the most powerful …

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• 25 April

  Double ‘coding’ in Metro Manila?

  

  Faced with the chaotic traffic situation after the strict restrictions on Covid-19 pandemic were loosened up recently, the Metro Manila Development Authority is back trying to implement another experiment on our roads.  A proposal to make a new twist on the existing Modified Number-Coding Scheme, otherwise known as the Unified Volume Reduction Program, is expected to be implemented probably middle …

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• 25 April

  Maja Salvador and Rambo Nuñez engaged, prepare love nest

  

  As early as now, engaged couple Rambo Nuñez and Maja Salvador are planning not only their wedding day but the place they will spend their entire lives together.  In her social media spaces, Maja posted her video preparing the house she and Rambo would settle in, obviously, courtesy of a construction firm.  In the vlog, Salvador would pick up a …

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• 25 April

  In-person launch of PH sex cinema book star-studded

  

  After its virtual launch late last year, the book “SekSinema (Gender Images in Philippine Sex Cinema Enfolding Pandemia)” written by yours truly, finally, saw its on-site and in-person presentation recently at the Cinematheque of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) at 588 T.M. Kalaw Street in Ermita, Manila.  Actually, the event was scheduled earlier last January 29, 2022 …

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• 25 April

  Sharon Cuneta, Iza Calzado, Celeste Legaspi etc. vs Nora Aunor, Toni Gonzaga, Dulce etc. in show politics

  

  Who says dialectics is only studied and found in the hollow hallways of the academe and its resident intellectuals?  Who says dialectics is only cluttered in the corridors of power of any governing body of the elite and the powerful in any field?  Who says dialectics is only idealized in the jungles and war zones of the revolutionaries?  Dialectics, since …

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• 25 April

  Pia, Catriona remain pro-Leni, Margie Moran denies Kakampink, Gloria Diaz, no word

  

  While Margie Moran, 1973 Miss Universe, denied that she is endorsing the presidential candidacy of VP Leni Robredo, Pia Wurtzbach and Catriona Gray, Misses Universe, 2015 and 2017, respectively, have publicly expressed their votes for Leni Robredo.  “I am not endorsing anyone,” clarified Margarita Moran-Floirendo, who is currently Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Center of the …

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• 25 April

  Arevalo rules National Stroke Play Championship

  

  Coming off a life-changing break from golf, Kristoffer Arevalo pulled off a sensational victory at the Philippine National Stroke Play Championship on Friday.  Arevalo pulled away early with birdies on three of the first four holes then held off a late rally by Korean teen Rho Hyun Ho to escape with a two-shot win at the Legends course of the …

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• 25 April

  Puerto Princesa hosts Ironman 70.3 in November

  

  Ironman Philippines levels up in the new normal with new challenges awaiting local and international bidders when the IRONMAN 70.3 holds its inaugural staging in Puerto Princesa, Palawan in November.  The event is part of IRONMAN’s expansion in Asia with the host city guaranteeing a smooth and successful staging of the event on Nov. 13 with hopes of extending its …

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• 25 April

  Business leaders see better economic prospects under Leni-Kiko

  

  By Ibarra C. Mateo  Less than a fortnight to the May 9 elections, leading financial and banking executives and top economists in the Philippines have projected a rosy business climate and encouraging economic growth under a Robredo administration.  Former presidents of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) have issued a joint statement in mid-March declaring “We Choose Not …

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• 25 April

  Marissa del Mar: All her sacrifices pay off

  

  She was dubbed as one of the TH stars in the early 1980s by entertainment writer Mario E. Bautista. TH as in Trying Hard. It was a moniker not necessarily derogatory but replete with wittiness and defiance. It carried with it an optimistic tone to succeed against all odds. Marissa del Mar might be sidetracked most of the time in …

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