The US Agency for International Development (USAID) recently launched the solar-powered boat Adlao Azul, capable of delivering basic goods across remote island communities in Palawan as well as promote energy-efficient transportation. Adlao Azul sailed for the first time in the waters of Coron, Palawan, with USAID Philippines Environmental Officer Dr. Paul Brown and representatives from the Coron municipality and Sangat …
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DUBAI – Flying Taxis – the stuff of several sci-fi stories – are an inch closer to reality, first in the United States, then in the United Arab Emirates and India. “What we used to think of as science fiction is now science fact,” Billy Nolen, Archer Aviation’s chief safety officer, told AFP at the Dubai Airshow. “This is happening. …
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Section 19. Construction in favor of natural right. – When an instrument is equally susceptible of two(2) interpretations, one in favor of natural right and the other against it, the former is to be adopted. (18) Basic is the rule that a contract constitutes the law between the parties. Parties may validly stipulate the unilateral rescission of a contract. (Associated …
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After eleven long years of romance, on and offstage, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are officially separated. This was confirmed by Kathryn herself. A brave Bernardo said that the split was caused by their stormy relationship. In her Instagram posts, though, Kathryn said that her love for DJ, Daniel’s pet name which means Daniel John, was unsurmountable. Half of her …
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My film director Bon Labora–visual artist, naturalist, polymath, environmentalist, culture advocate, teacher etc.–and I were at the Xentro Mall in Tumauini, Isabela on an early Monday morning last week. We had an audition for the roles of three young daughters of a healer mother who lives in the boondocks. Our film, a collaboration between Agos Media and BVV8 Media Productions …
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In spite of the many award givers in the Philippines from practically all fields, awards on films are still the most awaited, intriguing and mind-boggling of them all. It is because the nominees and winners themselves, especially the major ones, in movie awards derby made popular by the dominant star system or each of them owns up horde of fans …
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Filmmaking in the post-modern world is a complex affair. Societies in all parts of the globe are getting more complicated and the quotidian onscreen is also as diverse that brings out the multiverse. Simplicity is beauty, we are told. There is beauty as well in the complications, off and especially on-screen that makes illusions more realistic. Linear filmmaking, though, is …
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Another very young Filipino driver made his first international racing debut in the last stages of the exciting Formula 4 South East Asia Series Championship last weekend at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. As of press time, the 19-year-old Inigo Anton, who recently received a monicker “Fast Filipino,” competed against highly-competitive international drivers in what was billed as a …
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Grab Philippines is ready to tackle the proverbial Christmas rush as it implemented a range of mobility solutions aimed at optimizing fleet utilization – guaranteeing that every GrabCar on the road is maximized. An expected 20 percent spike in demand this December also made Move It, the motorcycle taxi that is an strategic partner of Grab, also positioned itself to …
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Ford Philippines successfully held its last Ford Island Conquest (FIC) test drive event this year at the Bonifacio Global City Amphitheater in Taguig City last weekend with huge cash discounts and live musical performances. Over P3-million worth of cash discounts and prizes were at stake for customers who purchased Next-Gen Ranger, Everest or a Territory. As much as P200,000 cash …
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