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Presidential Election Update: Duterte Leads 711 Election Survey by a Huge Margin

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines – With 38 more days to go before the National Elections, everyone is so busy now in dissecting every achievement and demeanor of all politicians who wish to be seated in the government.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RexJZ8LDTVI5rZkYignlco3GfWTj8nvoTRXzZ7RwIcXUKqneWssF2bjzFLGHwDg9C0RkyGgqEo79DXfupOCWUEHuDj9rL9EXvYEtDMIyYqeaSjTIJavwEDrQZLGXAlAo_wYdFiTAyAQd/s1600/duterte-leads-711-election-survey.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rodrigo Duterte leads 7-11 survey" border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RexJZ8LDTVI5rZkYignlco3GfWTj8nvoTRXzZ7RwIcXUKqneWssF2bjzFLGHwDg9C0RkyGgqEo79DXfupOCWUEHuDj9rL9EXvYEtDMIyYqeaSjTIJavwEDrQZLGXAlAo_wYdFiTAyAQd/s640/duterte-leads-711-election-survey.jpg" title="Rodrigo Duterte leads 7-11 survey" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />Surveys play a vital role in helping the citizens in decision making, on who they will root for during the election day. Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia are just two of the well-known survey firms which conduct nationwide poll together with the major TV stations, broadsheets and leading websites in the country.<br /><br />But, a brilliant idea initiated by the marketing department of a popular convenience store is now making noise in the archipelago in echoing the voice of the entire nation when it comes to its presidential bet. <br /><br />7-eleven for the 2nd time re-launched its “7-election: The voice of the GULP generation” local survey campaign. The mechanics is super simple, just visit any of its stores, purchase its signature drink, the “Gulp” and pick the cup of your choice with the image and name of your presidential aspirant. The staff will then record your preference and send the data to their website: http://www.7-election.com.ph/.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfpGK3gOtKUlqElZ6FGsJ1IzAokbpErkUZWiczbK4ZcVT4Ppkp2ujwduefMwa5debC39fnRj7wbKaiF7Yld7j1-NWc7qE7vBa9AgPw12C4XRjp81TNj4CkIRuT011h4sbd8ADqrUHRUI8/s1600/duterte-leads-711-election-survey-1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pick your gulp. Pick your cup. Pick your President." border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfpGK3gOtKUlqElZ6FGsJ1IzAokbpErkUZWiczbK4ZcVT4Ppkp2ujwduefMwa5debC39fnRj7wbKaiF7Yld7j1-NWc7qE7vBa9AgPw12C4XRjp81TNj4CkIRuT011h4sbd8ADqrUHRUI8/s640/duterte-leads-711-election-survey-1.png" title="Pick your gulp. Pick your cup. Pick your President." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Pick your gulp. Pick your cup. Pick your President. 7-election.com.ph</td></tr></tbody></table>On the website, a countdown timer to the national election is highlighted along with almost real-time survey results collated from the store chain’s 1,600 outlets all over the Philippines.<br /><br />As of publishing time, Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte leads the poll with 58% of total votes followed Senator Grace Poe with 11%, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Vice President Jejomar Binay tied at 3rd place with 6%  and last and yes the least, DILG Secretary Mar Roxas with 4%. The remaining 14% went to the “Nuisance Cup” which is dedicated to customers who are still undecided on who they will vote for or for folks who don’t really care about politics at all.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tAXTOg82B0uhiKtEEfC32eHkiFxjTry4La25BuInk4A3Ql1XYomN3qYQF4JZ3UaZ21JABvKuJkXgEXMoMCmGoS65dgExgOSLzoBVGmUhR1_8vCOFwOoeUiNGLnHlWfaOKGXALef0nzHM/s1600/duterte-leads-711-election-survey-2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mayor Duterte enjoys the huge margin of lead versus the 4 other presidential candidates. " border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tAXTOg82B0uhiKtEEfC32eHkiFxjTry4La25BuInk4A3Ql1XYomN3qYQF4JZ3UaZ21JABvKuJkXgEXMoMCmGoS65dgExgOSLzoBVGmUhR1_8vCOFwOoeUiNGLnHlWfaOKGXALef0nzHM/s640/duterte-leads-711-election-survey-2.png" title="Mayor Duterte enjoys the huge margin of lead versus the 4 other presidential candidates. " width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Mayor Duterte enjoys the huge margin of lead versus the 4 other presidential candidates. <br />Photo Credit: 7-election.com.ph</td></tr></tbody></table>We’ve checked the stats in each and every turf of the Presidential Candidates and it’s really amazing to know that Duterte cemented his top post. <br /><br />In Davao Region XI the fierce Mayor got 89% of votes. In Makati, the Binay territory, Digong is seating pretty over Jojo Binay with 56% while the Vice President garnered only 10%. <br /><br />In Pangasinan, where FPJ was loved by everyone and her daughter Grace Poe claims the same. Duterte Harry took the half of the pie leaving the Senator with only 17%.  <br /><br />While in Western Visayas, the origin of Secretary Mar Roxas’ family and hometown of Senator Miriam Defensor - Santiago, Mayor Rody still dominated them with 48% compared to the 10% of Roxas and 9% of Santiago. <br /><br />Although, possessing an ample and comfortable lead, Duterte is still not a sure win. The survey result is just a small chunk of the entire population and still far from over. Of course, this survey is non-bearing and doesn’t recognized by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). And for sure, the presidentiables will just shrug this off especially the bottom four. <br /><br />On May 9th, the election day, 7-eleven will release the final result. <br /><br />Let your voice be heard. Go out and Gulp. Go out and vote. – Friendly reminder from The Summit Express. <b>- Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

Presidential Election Update: Duterte Leads 711 Election Survey by a Huge Margin

MANILA, Philippines – With 38 more days to go before the National Elections, everyone is so busy now in dissecting every achievement and dem...

List of Passers: March 2016 Mechanical Engineer (ME), CPM board exam results

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Those awaiting results of March 2016 Mechanical Engineer (ME) and Certified Plant Mechanics (CPM) board exam can find here the complete list of passers, topnotchers (top 10), top performing schools and performance of schools as the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board of Mechanical Engineering released results in few working days after the exam.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3JLYxRftuEVg23Y5f0OSOJc8HNki16U3qHEPBE9wmc9GwYdixXo6-gH1C6_b9s-AIg2-Pr_yMF9jobpGAAmP8KhwxrQ4yxp4lcx4XhOl2Hr0Aabjwu4A-MnbRSvtyWIPBieomx4FME60/s1600/me-board-exam-results-march-2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="March 2016 Mechanical Engineer (ME), CPM board exam results" border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3JLYxRftuEVg23Y5f0OSOJc8HNki16U3qHEPBE9wmc9GwYdixXo6-gH1C6_b9s-AIg2-Pr_yMF9jobpGAAmP8KhwxrQ4yxp4lcx4XhOl2Hr0Aabjwu4A-MnbRSvtyWIPBieomx4FME60/s640/me-board-exam-results-march-2016.jpg" title="March 2016 Mechanical Engineer (ME), CPM board exam results" width="560" /></a></div><br />PRC has conducted the first mechanical engineering licensure exams this year on March 30 and 31 in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu.<br /><br />The members of the Board of Mechanical Engineering who gave the licensure examinations are Engr. Jesus M. Redelosa, Chairman; Engr. Fernando S. Guevara and Engr. Mirardo C. Malazarte, Jr., Members.<br /><br /><b>Roll of Successful Examinees in the</b><br /><b>MECHANICAL ENGINEER LICENSURE EXAMINATION</b><br />Held on MARCH 30 & 31, 2016<br />Released on APRIL  2016 <br /><br /><i>Updating for the list of passers...</i><br /><br /><b>Roll of Successful Examinees in the</b><br /><b>CERTIFIED PLANT MECHANIC LICENSURE EXAMINATION</b><br />Held on MARCH 30 & 31, 2016<br />Released on APRIL 2016<br /><br /><i>Updating for the list of passers...</i><br /><br />Examinations for ME board exam covered the following subjects: industrial and power plant engineering (Day 1); mathematics, engineering economics and basic engineering services, machine design, materials and shop practice (Day 2).<br /><br />CPM exams covered the folloing: elements of power plant machinery, shop machinery practice (Day 1) and elements of industrial plant machinery (Day 2).<br /><br />According to PRC, the <a href="http://www.prcboardnews.com/2016/03/prc-releases-march-2016-mechanical-engineering-me-cpm-board-exam-results.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">target release date of Mechanical Engineer board exam results </a>is on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 or in 3 working days after the exam.<br /><br />In September 2015 exam, results were announced online after 7 working days. 2,136 out of 3,866 passed the Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination and 24 out of 51 passed the Certified Plant Mechanic Licensure Examination.<br /><br />In the same period last year, PRC released results after 3 working days. 739 out of 1,247 passed the exam for ME and 19 out of 28 hurdled CPM exams.<br /><br />Aside from the complete results, the registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be announced. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 1 piece passport size picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2016-2019 for MECHANICAL ENGINEER; Initial Registration Fee of P450 and Annual Registration Fee of P420 for 2016-2019 for CERTIFIED PLANT MECHANIC. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.<br /><br />The date and venue for the oathtaking ceremony of the new successful examinees in the said examinations WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.<br /><br />The Summit Express will update this page for the list of passers, topnotchers and performance of schools. Like Us on Facebook, Follow Us on Twitter to receive relevant real-time updates. </div>

List of Passers: March 2016 Mechanical Engineer (ME), CPM board exam results

Those awaiting results of March 2016 Mechanical Engineer (ME) and Certified Plant Mechanics (CPM) board exam can find here the complete list...

'Courageous Caitie', girl with rare disease passes away

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines – “I will not bury my son! My son will bury me!” These are the most striking lines uttered by John Archibald portrayed by Denzel Washington in his “John Q” movie as he was fighting for his ailing son’s life.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aOshSr_inNNuL0UBMJaAL680XpOyc2fOoecAsQLIZVEHNO28Do9qyQtfTo3Gq8ii6skTsRuh2V3ZFHbpnHDwentIOZ24qn2H7JlrV75DvMi-iJQTt2yM5qvqVnDnwZKMLTa9i00E8rjz/s1600/courageous-caitie.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="'Courageous Caitie' girl with rare disease passes away" border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aOshSr_inNNuL0UBMJaAL680XpOyc2fOoecAsQLIZVEHNO28Do9qyQtfTo3Gq8ii6skTsRuh2V3ZFHbpnHDwentIOZ24qn2H7JlrV75DvMi-iJQTt2yM5qvqVnDnwZKMLTa9i00E8rjz/s640/courageous-caitie.jpg" title="'Courageous Caitie' girl with rare disease passes away" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />Our country had a real life John Q in the character of JayJay Lucas along with his wife Feliz who both joined their daughter’s journey and battle against a rare form of leukemia. Sadly, Caitie, the couple’s lovely angel passed away.<br /><br />It started late last year when Feliz recognized small insect bites in Caitie’s skin that eventually turned into bruises. Her parents had brought her into several skin specialists but all of them ruled her case as skin infections. <br /><br />Days gone by and the insect bites-turned bruises spread and got bigger. JayJay and Feliz were so worried and had decided to bring Little Caitie to well-known and arguably the best hospitals in the country to seek for further medical opinions. Caitie had been transferred from one hospital to another as the teams of doctors who were attending on her medical needs continued to dig in deep in search for the root cause of her ill condition. But even the best physicians in the archipelago had no clue and answer in the 3-year-old’s case.<br /><br />With almost couple of months of stay in the popular hospitals and with millions of pesos spent on bills and medicines, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas finally settled to fly their little miss to Singapore and hoping to see some light on their princess’ mystery disease.<br /><br />At last, with the use of better and more modern facilities in the hospital that they checked in, the Singaporean group of doctors had found what was wrong with Caitie. The little girl’s sickness is called juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a very rare form of leukemia where only one person out of a million acquires it. JMML commonly attacks infants and children.<br /><br />Upon knowing the diagnosis of Catie’s condition, friends of her family joined efforts to cheer them up and give encouragements especially to the adorable toddler. Thus, the moniker “Courageous Caitie” was born as a tribute to the Little Warrior’s unbelievable display of faith and hope despite of innumerable blood extractions, punctures, surgeries and tubes and wires attached all over her body.<br /><br />Even though seriously ill, Courageous Caitie defied all the troubles and pain. She even managed to play toys and paint in the hospital which delighted many Filipinos and foreigners.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXN0LH67MVccSyiek_1JnufV475QKkjvUUyqpR4L4bm9RbtvvBIPe4biuDCAdlJbZ6XrsLVbcAiiSmSBDePP-BA7Vie5gYnZ3idIRFbLOf_SUXKwac3XV7ISg1O72DDIm9Lf1SKTAH8LY/s1600/courageous-caitie-paints.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Courageous Catie enjoys painting with her brother." border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXN0LH67MVccSyiek_1JnufV475QKkjvUUyqpR4L4bm9RbtvvBIPe4biuDCAdlJbZ6XrsLVbcAiiSmSBDePP-BA7Vie5gYnZ3idIRFbLOf_SUXKwac3XV7ISg1O72DDIm9Lf1SKTAH8LY/s640/courageous-caitie-paints.jpg" title="Courageous Catie enjoys painting with her brother." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Courageous Catie enjoys painting with her brother. Courageous Caitie’s Facebook page</td></tr></tbody></table>Treating this rare type of leukemia is not an easy task to do and accomplish. There are plenty of tests and procedures that the patient must endure and aside from those things, money is really an issue. The friends of Caitie’s family initiated various kinds of fund raisers to support her mounting medical bills.<br /><br />But morning of March 31st, her condition became critical and her oxygen level depleted. By noon time, her parents posted on Facebook with the caption: “Today our daughter has gone to Jesus already.”<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquSN3oCf0jAMIF9zDqxeGlH5FoehayUUlNHzWuA9lkq66BDl1lZ7Jbeld0VbeG4uisaYpBXslyANJNZtH9hOQP2clyx-s39rpkaAbdB1xGJi31y5tXl9U82AGV792YB4au45yjslxWxnN/s1600/courageous-caitie-with-her-dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The heartbreaking photo of Courageous Caitie and her Dad." border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquSN3oCf0jAMIF9zDqxeGlH5FoehayUUlNHzWuA9lkq66BDl1lZ7Jbeld0VbeG4uisaYpBXslyANJNZtH9hOQP2clyx-s39rpkaAbdB1xGJi31y5tXl9U82AGV792YB4au45yjslxWxnN/s640/courageous-caitie-with-her-dad.jpg" title="The heartbreaking photo of Courageous Caitie and her Dad." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">The heartbreaking photo of Courageous Caitie and her Dad. Courageous Caitie’s Facebook page.</td></tr></tbody></table>It is undeniable that Courageous Caitie inspired and touched plenty of lives here in Philippines and abroad. Keep on fighting. Keep on believing. Keep on praying are the lessons that we have learned from our young hero. Prayers and words of encouragement overwhelmed Courageous Catie’s Facebook page which only means that she was loved and admired by everyone.<br /><br />Caitie’s body will be flown back to Philippines on Friday night for her funeral. Her wake will be at Arlington Memorial Chapel starting on Saturday and cremation will be on Sunday.<br /><br />On behalf of The Summit Express, our thoughts and prayers go to the Lucas family.<br /><br /><b>-Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

'Courageous Caitie', girl with rare disease passes away

MANILA, Philippines – “I will not bury my son! My son will bury me!” These are the most striking lines uttered by John Archibald portrayed b...

"Suntukan sa Ace Hardware" puzzles netizens, who's going?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines – For the past couple of days, the Philippine Facebook community scrambled and bewildered by a sudden event entitled: “Suntukan sa Ace Hardware” which is scheduled to happen on April 15, 2016 at Ace Hardware SM Lucena City created and organized by a certain “Mr. Balagbag: Tuberong kulay green” (His displayed name on Facebook is NSFW).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLq2nAR8KKTqVtTtsMfqRf_7XrBLO1lEDSEtoyUXfEANQuDi_WALvYQzyjYwlDstL_X-mf9LNWwqpRQ3S2BusoZc-dTid_FOhXQXrxC70aM-GFsGyppAb003Sqq0o_sDUnTpsP_4vxKVOC/s1600/suntukan-ace-hardware.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=""Suntukan sa Ace Hardware" Facebook" border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLq2nAR8KKTqVtTtsMfqRf_7XrBLO1lEDSEtoyUXfEANQuDi_WALvYQzyjYwlDstL_X-mf9LNWwqpRQ3S2BusoZc-dTid_FOhXQXrxC70aM-GFsGyppAb003Sqq0o_sDUnTpsP_4vxKVOC/s640/suntukan-ace-hardware.JPG" title=""Suntukan sa Ace Hardware" Facebook" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thousands of netizens are really looking forward to the fight of the year.</td></tr></tbody></table>Almost all Filipino yuppies saw the event and got curious. Various assumptions arose. Some guessed that it is one of the gimmicks of the well-known hardware to gain social media engagement. But many say that it is a total non-sense.<br /><br />We approached “Tokis,” a youth influencer from down South of the Metro who’s a caretaker in a computer shop and tuned in Facebook for almost 24 hours a day for a living to ask what he knows about the hyped event. <i>“Wala yun kuya, trip trip lang yun”</i>, said Tokis combined with a boisterous laugh.<br /><br />We checked the event page and to our surprise, the event garnered over 35,000 confirmed attendees! Must be a real blockbuster event!<br /><br />Mr. Balagbag, which is obviously a fictitious name, also manages a fan page full of humorous and viral posts. Interestingly, one of Balagbag’s most engaging page-participants is a parody account of actor Baron Geisler who eventually will be the acting referee of the boxing match that got the netizens pumped-up and excited.<br /><br />As we were browsing the event page and back-read the comments to look for relevant details such as: the combatants involved and the reason for the brawl, we were almost convinced by what Tokis had said that the event is a total non-sense and a waste of time. But there are tons of funny posts that even few personalities joined the “bandwagon” like Moonstar88 Band:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLazlUtsnsSVFkJmTXlMaRzGK1hPUfmPPJGh81yAeeSYUd5KO2bTmQURceJ_4SvxEviVuj7tBBum4G6ZTX2sFJ8YU6A85QDWO9Vp9OOlR32WpoGi7qZSdR4BGiTPhA9_czbYvV3_R1pMO/s1600/moonstar88-suntukan-sa-ace-hardware.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Moonstar88 Band Suntukan sa Ace hardware" border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLazlUtsnsSVFkJmTXlMaRzGK1hPUfmPPJGh81yAeeSYUd5KO2bTmQURceJ_4SvxEviVuj7tBBum4G6ZTX2sFJ8YU6A85QDWO9Vp9OOlR32WpoGi7qZSdR4BGiTPhA9_czbYvV3_R1pMO/s640/moonstar88-suntukan-sa-ace-hardware.png" title="Moonstar88 Band Suntukan sa Ace hardware" width="560" /></a></div><br />The popular OPM band didn’t directly mentioned the event but evidently pertaining to Mr.Balagbag’s event that delighted its followers on Twitter.<br /><br />Finally, someone had the guts to ask Ace Hardware on Facebook. And to clear everything out, the widely-known hardware released their statement via a post denying the event for the benefit of confused and wondered netizens.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHQIRGSyFUuoTAS1_0TUesMt_UdYnvL9opz0R2CRae2q2GNXPa-7PjFPmR41VoYra00qb3FyLEd_tnMmjMTb9XE966DV6skgMJesdE4DkHII0LNoFyp_Y1Qm0vZwinkeRRf2UFd5nz3cU/s1600/ace-hardware-statement-suntukan.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ace Hardware on Facebook statement" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHQIRGSyFUuoTAS1_0TUesMt_UdYnvL9opz0R2CRae2q2GNXPa-7PjFPmR41VoYra00qb3FyLEd_tnMmjMTb9XE966DV6skgMJesdE4DkHII0LNoFyp_Y1Qm0vZwinkeRRf2UFd5nz3cU/s640/ace-hardware-statement-suntukan.png" title="Ace Hardware on Facebook statement" width="560" /></a></div><br />Aside from the clarification and as of press time, Ace Hardware has no intentions to investigate, track-down and file some legal actions to the real persons behind the false event.<br /><br />Our hunch is, the people behind this fake event might be youngsters who just ended the school year for summer vacation.<br /><br />To sum this up, and to reiterate Ace Hardware’s words, there’s no such event as “Suntukan sa Ace Hardware”. It is purely fictional.<br /><br />Case closed. - <b>Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

"Suntukan sa Ace Hardware" puzzles netizens, who's going?

MANILA, Philippines – For the past couple of days, the Philippine Facebook community scrambled and bewildered by a sudden event entitled: “S...

Megaworld, Lamudi Philippines tie-up for 'next big thing in Makati'

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Real estate giant Megaworld has partnered with the online property portal Lamudi Philippines for the new big project in Makati Central Business District targetted for the tech-savvy millennials.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjpXTdYdav2SjBekIzDfThyUKfisGr7iwXcFG8gqt6tzSUzeomJy1dZLoLICICTvkxfdOxSt3de5ixXYszTJZjbBhAhiWMKiIPMb17dd8kQlB4agi_vFFL5Njo621tKwYJA81T4o4VRth/s1600/megaworld-lamudi-partnership.png" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lamudi PH CEO Jacqueline van den Ende" border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjpXTdYdav2SjBekIzDfThyUKfisGr7iwXcFG8gqt6tzSUzeomJy1dZLoLICICTvkxfdOxSt3de5ixXYszTJZjbBhAhiWMKiIPMb17dd8kQlB4agi_vFFL5Njo621tKwYJA81T4o4VRth/s640/megaworld-lamudi-partnership.png" title="Lamudi PH CEO Jacqueline van den Ende" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lamudi PH CEO Jacqueline van den Ende talked about digital trend that will strengthen partnership with Megaworld.</td></tr></tbody></table>In an event on Tuesday night at Resorts World Manila, Eugene Em Lozano, Megaworld vice president for sales and marketing for Makati CBD, announced its online marketing campaign for its San Antonio Residence project.<br /><br />“San Antonio Residence is Megaworld’s 20th residential masterwork in the Makati central business district designed as the ideal home for millennials. Its location and amenities complement the fast-paced lifestyle of the millennials, enabling them to make the most of their time, whether it’s moving up the career ladder or being with their loved ones,”  Lozano said.<br /><br />Taking advantage of Lamudi’s premier listings, recently upgraded mobile app and expert market data, Megaworld will up the game in real estate online advertising. “Now that digital is the way to go in real estate, we believe that Lamudi’s online expertise can help us reach our target market,” Lozano added.<br /><br />"Philippines has a massive market of millenials and they are mostly online," Jacqueline Van den Ende, managing director of both Lamudi Philippines and MyProperty.ph said.<br /><br />"Mobile is next big thing for us. We have 46 percent Internet penetration. Lamudi gets 40 percent of traffic from mobile," Van den Ende added.<br /><br />She noted that about 70 percent of the country’s top developers have already partnered with them.<br /><br />Lamudi Philippines, together with MyProperty.ph (which the former acquired in 2015), is now the dominant real estate listings portal in the Philippines. And in effort to make itself the go-to place for everything related to real estate, the company also released its <a href="http://www.lamudi.com.ph/research/whitepaper-2015/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Real Estate Market Report for 2015</a>.<br /><br />Scheduled to be completed in 2020, San Antonio Residence is equipped with amenities such as the very first B.O.N.D. (Begin, Open, Nurture, Discover) area, a Street Fitness Park and a two-story mall. This residential condo project is located along Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., near all landmarks of the Makati CBD.<br /><br /><b>RELATED STORIES</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/top-10-most-popular-cities-for-filipino-homebuyers.html" rel="nofollow">Top 10 Most Popular Cities for Filipino Homebuyers</a></li><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/live-work-play-14-top-townships-to-watch-out-2016.html" rel="nofollow">Live-Work-Play: 14 Top Townships to watch out for in 2016</a></li><li><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/02/more-pinoys-plan-to-buy-homes-in-near-future-research.html" rel="nofollow">More Pinoys plan to buy homes in the near future - research</a></li></ul></div>

Megaworld, Lamudi Philippines tie-up for 'next big thing in Makati'

MANILA, Philippines - Real estate giant Megaworld has partnered with the online property portal Lamudi Philippines for the new big project i...

Netizen explains why Korina Sanchez shouldn’t be used against Mar Roxas

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Over the past years, veteran broadcaster and Mar Roxas’s wife Korina Sanchez has consistently been plagued by criticisms and had been turned into an issue against the presidential candidacy of her husband.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2lDTnTALC8WYlNHG98SU7aTSL4miVgS5MEVIQtFPstqwgzcQ-DfGPp_AiCe_s8a-AkDvBr2netaNBkHmP3Qvf-5CUgvIs80YZir9aOf9AsbJRLwCYZYMfwub8SAFAQyzEdzjthmfT8Yp/s1600/korina-mar-roxas.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2lDTnTALC8WYlNHG98SU7aTSL4miVgS5MEVIQtFPstqwgzcQ-DfGPp_AiCe_s8a-AkDvBr2netaNBkHmP3Qvf-5CUgvIs80YZir9aOf9AsbJRLwCYZYMfwub8SAFAQyzEdzjthmfT8Yp/s400/korina-mar-roxas.jpg" title="Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas" width="367" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Compared to the spouses of other presidential candidates, Sanchez is more acceptable, <br />according to a certain netizen. PHOTO CREDIT: PhilStar</td></tr></tbody></table>While many netizens claim that they will not vote for the former DILG secretary because of Sanchez, a certain netizen has expressed her thoughts as to why the 51-year-old broadcaster shouldn’t be used as a reason not to vote for the Liberal Party standard bearer.<br /><br />Through a lengthy Facebook post, netizen Lisa Araneta questioned why Sanchez had become an issue against her husband. Although not a fan of Sanchez, Araneta said that Roxas should “not be made to hide her.”<br /><br />In her post, she wrote: ”Mar is okay," people say, "but I do not like his wife." My retort always is, "So you prefer Elenita Binay?" Then they laugh and say, "No." Sometimes I add, "Which of Duterte's mistresses do you want in Malacanan?" or "Would you rather the American, Mr. Llamanzares, the one who says he will become Filipino only if his wife wins, be the First Gentleman?”<br /><br />Moreover, Araneta emphasized that Sanchez is far more acceptable compared to the spouses of other presidential candidates including Elenita Binay, the mistresses of Duterte, as well as Mr. Llamanzares.<br /><br />According to Araneta, Roxas supporters shouldn’t be neutralized by his opponents since Sanchez has advantage with the CDEFG crowd.<br /><br />“It's only the AB who are eyeewed by her but the decent people will vote anyway for the Roxas-Robredo tandem,” she wrote.<br /><br /><center><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://web.facebook.com/lisa.araneta/posts/1180546408636136" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://web.facebook.com/lisa.araneta/posts/1180546408636136">ON KORINA SANCHEZ. I am very "permissive" or "supportive" when it comes to whom one chooses to love and/or marry. I...<br />Posted by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3208975531108139265#" rel="nofollow" role="button">Lisa Araneta</a> on <a href="https://web.facebook.com/lisa.araneta/posts/1180546408636136" rel="nofollow">Monday, March 28, 2016</a></blockquote></div></div></center><br />Meanwhile, a certain GR Rodis shared through one of the comments a supposed reply of Sanchez to Araneta’s post.<br /><br />Sanchez thanked Araneta for the said post and reportedly said: “I've long made peace with the narrow minded judgments of some people in the AB. I don't really care much about them as I embrace my universe of CDE with passion. I love the poor. The rich constantly disappoint. So, goodbye to them haha.”<br /><br />Here’s a screenshot of the full reply. PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/Lisa Araneta<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKNQK0LnqHQ84qroi0DFoEqdn55W7Dy4rDmUBcq-GIViuPLBcAfhKTIFWezcJZwlpJuWlKwHxsdBLrJt62aWqXZugx6Qxv98uxNPj5M96ontOtpJsGQvoGLBbPQV_3qXYZNJ05IZ-_nOc/s1600/korina-sanchez-mar-roxas1.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GR Rodis Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas" border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKNQK0LnqHQ84qroi0DFoEqdn55W7Dy4rDmUBcq-GIViuPLBcAfhKTIFWezcJZwlpJuWlKwHxsdBLrJt62aWqXZugx6Qxv98uxNPj5M96ontOtpJsGQvoGLBbPQV_3qXYZNJ05IZ-_nOc/s640/korina-sanchez-mar-roxas1.jpg" title="GR Rodis Korina Sanchez and Mar Roxas" width="560" /></a></div><br /><b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Netizen explains why Korina Sanchez shouldn’t be used against Mar Roxas

MANILA, Philippines - Over the past years, veteran broadcaster and Mar Roxas’s wife Korina Sanchez has consistently been plagued by criticis...

Netizen explains why Korina Sanchez shouldn’t be used against Mar Roxas

Netizen explains why Korina Sanchez shouldn’t be used against Mar Roxas

MANILA, Philippines - Over the past years, veteran broadcaster and Mar Roxas’s wife Korina Sanchez has consistently been plagued by criticis...

Passenger takes “best selfie ever” with EgyptAir hijacker

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Unlike the terrified passengers of the hijacked EgyptAir, a 26-year-old British man had the guts to take a selfie with the plane’s hijacker.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VigkS-xCBZ8_jCAtQHYBvS0A4khYcA1obh4TImOk1ROf9ahYkdNb1h47VA3pU0pAW4vwOuqNpORNBDhpZDA-2yDFIzyBDyMzuRHHUtPpXQL2uwk2HWRlTNFLss3UNOvdFDErQjiIyqNd/s1600/selfie-hijacker.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="This man had the guts to ask for a selfie with a hijacker." border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VigkS-xCBZ8_jCAtQHYBvS0A4khYcA1obh4TImOk1ROf9ahYkdNb1h47VA3pU0pAW4vwOuqNpORNBDhpZDA-2yDFIzyBDyMzuRHHUtPpXQL2uwk2HWRlTNFLss3UNOvdFDErQjiIyqNd/s640/selfie-hijacker.jpg" title="This man had the guts to ask for a selfie with a hijacker." width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">This man had the guts to ask for a selfie with a hijacker.</td></tr></tbody></table>Ben Innes, a health and safety officer, was among the passengers of EgyptAir flight MS181. The flight bound for Cairo carrying 62 passengers was hijacked by Egyptian national Mustafa on Tuesday, March 29. Mustafa, who was wearing a suicide belt which turned out to be fake, forced the plane to reroute to Cyprus. <br /><br />Instead of panicking during the hostage crisis, Innes courageously approached Mustafa and asked him for a selfie. Surprisingly, Mustafa “shrugged ok” after the cabin crew translated Innes’ request. <br /><br />Innes then sent “the best selfie ever” to a couple of his friends saying: “You know your boy doesn't f*** about. Turn on the news lad!!!”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt06xJVxm_LO103U5LgGsrTKAEJW2V4xBkITFAuS1azP9VdKsTqMGlBV-1o3cfoBCVtHARpWMDva03qvDW__uaDXaT5RGniKUCrp2UpjF8gzNDfWfMJ9gaWB2CNvJp61Ewq_QUFZvC_SHt/s1600/selfie-hijacker2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="“best selfie ever” with EgyptAir hijacker" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt06xJVxm_LO103U5LgGsrTKAEJW2V4xBkITFAuS1azP9VdKsTqMGlBV-1o3cfoBCVtHARpWMDva03qvDW__uaDXaT5RGniKUCrp2UpjF8gzNDfWfMJ9gaWB2CNvJp61Ewq_QUFZvC_SHt/s400/selfie-hijacker2.jpg" title="“best selfie ever” with EgyptAir hijacker" width="340" /></a></div><br />According to news reports, Mustafa hijacked the plane shortly after if left Alexandria early in the morning. Aside from asking the plane to re-route to Cairo, he also demanded to see his Cypriot ex-wife. Mustafa also made a series of bizarre requests including demanding to meet with the European Union representatives.<br /><br />Majority of the hostages except for the crew and four foreign passengers including Innes were released following negotiations with the hijacker. Six hours later, the crew and the rest of the passengers were released. Mustafa turned himself in just moments later.<br /><br />Based on the investigation, the hijacker appeared to be mentally unstable. Although his motives remain unclear, authorities believe that the incident was not related to terrorism.  Moreover, Cypriot authorities were able to verify that Mustafa’s suicide belt resembling a bomb was fake.<br /><br />In a statement, EgyptAir said: “According to security sources received from Cyprus Authorities at Larnaca International Airport, which stated that the explosive belt that the hijacker allegedly said that he was wearing, is fake.” <b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Passenger takes “best selfie ever” with EgyptAir hijacker

Unlike the terrified passengers of the hijacked EgyptAir, a 26-year-old British man had the guts to take a selfie with the plane’s hijacker....

Passenger takes “best selfie ever” with EgyptAir hijacker

Passenger takes “best selfie ever” with EgyptAir hijacker

Unlike the terrified passengers of the hijacked EgyptAir, a 26-year-old British man had the guts to take a selfie with the plane’s hijacker....

Actor Ian de Leon becomes a real-life hero for helping kid hit by a motorcycle

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines- Actor Ian de Leon has recently made headlines for his random act of kindness.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CpBDfohLLmcfNqfEf0P7PGXD2d0Q2qaEp4RE0lnvQR-bnMTumVUkn-9GKBT2cG54_UVsHF0I8rhmLcabi9yfMjMMwKE6kDN4y2hBMGUZdIcmSiER2CWHgSxtxVy12BgPONrHK4ji2zLe/s1600/Ian+de+leon.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Actor Ian De Leon" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CpBDfohLLmcfNqfEf0P7PGXD2d0Q2qaEp4RE0lnvQR-bnMTumVUkn-9GKBT2cG54_UVsHF0I8rhmLcabi9yfMjMMwKE6kDN4y2hBMGUZdIcmSiER2CWHgSxtxVy12BgPONrHK4ji2zLe/s640/Ian+de+leon.jpg" title="Actor Ian De Leon" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Ian de Leon has become a real-life hero after helping a 10-year-old kid hit by a motorcycle.</td></tr></tbody></table>In a viral Facebook post, netizen Kristine Madrigal Sarmiento expressed her gratitude to De Leon for rushing her 10-year-old son, who was hit by an overspeeding motorcycle, to a hospital. According to Sarmiento, the actor, despite not knowing her son, was the only one who came to the rescue of her son. While bypassers just looked at her lone, helpless son, de Leon carried the boy to his car and drove him to the Las Pinas Doctor’s hospital.<br /><br />A report by GMA News also revealed that de Leon was able to go after the motorist who hit her son and had him held at Robinsons Place Las Pinas before leaving the scene of accident. De Leon also stayed with her son until family members arrived at the hospital. <br /><br />Initially, Sarmiento had no idea that it was de Leon who helped her son. <br /><br />“Kahit naman hindi sikat na tao, malaking ang tinulong sa anak ko. Imagine, he helped my son and even used his car. Ang daming dugo noon. My son also told me na kinakausap siya ni Ian de Leon papuntang hospital—he was treated very well,” Sarmiento said.<br /><br />(Even if the person is not popular, he was a big help to our son. Imagine, he helped my son and even used his car. That’s a lot of blood. My son also told me that Ian de Leon talked to him while they were on their way to the hospital- he was treated very well.)<br /><br />Sarmiento also said that she had already forgiven the Makati call center security guard who hit her son. She will not be filing a case against him.<br /><br />As of press time, Sarmiento’s son is under observation and is his on his way to recovery after a major surgery.<br /><br />Although she has already contacted De Leon, Sarmiento wants to meet him privately to thank him personally for his good deed. <br /><br /><center><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://web.facebook.com/kristine.m.sarmiento/posts/10154115371607578" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://web.facebook.com/kristine.m.sarmiento/posts/10154115371607578">DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH IAN DE LEON, THE ACTOR AND SON OF NORA AUNOR AND CHRISTOPHER DE LEON? I WOULD...<br />Posted by <a href="https://web.facebook.com/kristine.m.sarmiento" rel="nofollow">Kristine Madrigal Sarmiento</a> on <a href="https://web.facebook.com/kristine.m.sarmiento/posts/10154115371607578" rel="nofollow">Sunday, March 27, 2016</a></blockquote></div></div></center><b><br /></b> <b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Actor Ian de Leon becomes a real-life hero for helping kid hit by a motorcycle

MANILA, Philippines- Actor Ian de Leon has recently made headlines for his random act of kindness. Ian de Leon has become a real-life hero a...

Toddler decapitated in front of her mother in Taiwan street

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A four-year-old girl was beheaded in front of her mother during a random knife attack in Taiwan on Monday, March 28.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrALLecnOpf8NvxMesLWLGwcCKkUtU8Nh193dCZYDH1AiWpfGZWa9JiHY74Xm1C4Xf-riuKygBYd5fIRk-8cjgafsHMGInxeIQMwd3xyojsDhfKb17A92u-QIhMGvz4nT2MNu3_DafFbW/s1600/toddler-beheaded-taiwan.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="toddler beheaded in Taiwan" border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrALLecnOpf8NvxMesLWLGwcCKkUtU8Nh193dCZYDH1AiWpfGZWa9JiHY74Xm1C4Xf-riuKygBYd5fIRk-8cjgafsHMGInxeIQMwd3xyojsDhfKb17A92u-QIhMGvz4nT2MNu3_DafFbW/s640/toddler-beheaded-taiwan.jpg" title="toddler beheaded in Taiwan" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">A toddler died on the spot after an attacker beheaded her in front of her mother in Taiwan. <br />PHOTO CREDIT: Express.co.uk</td></tr></tbody></table>According to Taiwan local media, the young girl was cycling her pedal-less training bike outside an underground rail station in Taipei when the attack carried out by a 33-year-old mentally unstable man occurred. <br /><br />The child was apparently cycling about a meter away from her mother when her bicycle became stuck. The mother saw the man approaching her daughter and initially thought that he was going to help her.<br /><br />To her horror, the man suddenly drew his knife and decapitated the young girl in front of her. She attempted to fight the attacker but he was too strong. Sadly, the child died on the spot.<br /><br />"I saw the suspect slashing my daughter with a cleaver. I immediately grabbed him but I could not pull him away,” the mother told CNN News.<br /><br />“I never thought that society could be so unsafe,” she added.<br /><br />The attacker surnamed Wang is now under the custody of the police. News outlets claimed that the man had a history of drug-related crimes and had received treatment at a psychiatric hospital in 2014.<br /><br />Based on police investigation, Wang waited near the rail station after reportedly buying a knife at a supermarket earlier that day. Meanwhile, the mother and the daughter were on their way to meet the girl’s grandfather, sister, and brother. <br /><br />A large angry mob gathered in front of the police station where Wang is detained. Although officers tried to escort Wang, who still had blood splashed across his face, the suspect was forced back into the building by the angry crowd. <b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Toddler decapitated in front of her mother in Taiwan street

A four-year-old girl was beheaded in front of her mother during a random knife attack in Taiwan on Monday, March 28. A toddler died on the s...

Carlos Palanca Foundation now accepting entries for 2016 awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature known as the Palanca Awards, the country’s longest-running literary contest, is calling all writers looking to showcase their literary genius.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjej_I87d6PVyq9ctPrnIQTeHFvygu4jECp8jN7MRX9Z29-UTBfpsX1QY_82230XjKnz6Py-oG6fQmrxqseClHgFLpkt_HkfLMU1FHhyx8PNYDMmE_qqy0B1Wz2RI9UfF7oeFgP6KATxUl6/s1600/carlos-palanca-awards-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carlos Palanca Awards 2016" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjej_I87d6PVyq9ctPrnIQTeHFvygu4jECp8jN7MRX9Z29-UTBfpsX1QY_82230XjKnz6Py-oG6fQmrxqseClHgFLpkt_HkfLMU1FHhyx8PNYDMmE_qqy0B1Wz2RI9UfF7oeFgP6KATxUl6/s400/carlos-palanca-awards-logo.jpg" title="Carlos Palanca Awards 2016" width="386" /></a></div><br />Now on its 66th year, its organizer and sponsor, the Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc. (Palanca Foundation), officially announced that it is now accepting entries for the Awards’ categories, which are as follows:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>English Division</b> – Short Story, Short Story for Children, Essay, Poetry, Poetry Written for Children, One-act Play, and Full-length Play;</li><li><b>Filipino Division</b> – Maikling Kuwento, Maikling Kuwentong Pambata, Sanaysay, Tula, Tulang Para sa mga Bata, Dulang May Isang Yugto, Dulang Ganap ang Haba, and Dulang Pampelikula;</li><li><b>Regional Languages Division</b> – Short Story-Cebuano, Short Story-Hiligaynon, and Short Story-Ilokano.</li></ul><br />Likewise, the Kabataan Division, a special division dedicated solely for young writers 17 years old and below is also now open for entries with the following theme:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Kabataan Essay</b> – How do social media affect the formation of self-identity in the youth?</li><li><b>Kabataan Sanaysay</b> – Paano makaaapekto ang “social media” sa paghubog ng sariling pagkakakilanlan sa mga kabataan?</li></ul><br /><br />The Novel and Nobela categories will not be opened this year since these are only open every two years.<br /><br />Contestants may submit only one entry per category. Published/produced works which were first published or first produced between 01 May 2015 and 30 April 2016 and/or unpublished or unproduced works may be entered in the contest. Participants are encouraged to submit their entries ahead of the deadline, which is on April 30, 2016.<br /><br />The Palanca Awards is open to all Filipino citizens, or former Filipino citizens, of all ages except current officers and employees of Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc.. Official contest rules and forms are available at the Palanca Foundation offices at Unit 603, 6th Floor Park Trade Centre Bldg., 1716 Investment Drive, Madrigal Business Park, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa City or at Unit 3G, OPL Bldg., 100 C. Palanca St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, or may be downloaded from the CPMA website at www.palancaawards.com.ph.<br /><br />For inquiries and other concerns, participants may contact the CPMA Administrator Ms. Leslie Layoso through email at cpawards@palancaawards.com.ph or at (632) 511-0003; +639253887103.</div>

Carlos Palanca Foundation now accepting entries for 2016 awards

MANILA, Philippines - The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature known as the Palanca Awards, the country’s longest-running literary ...

Youth groups hold ‘black graduation rites’ in front of DOLE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - YOUTH activists gathered in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to protest the increasing prevalence of contractual employment among newly-graduates.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLllgTmvz9PL3fwLp-XyAW4s3zqWPpbTE8kSde5xHKx09-Qq8VtawmSfLwJIsMEbeoiAJIs1wQNvrvD8RdMwGcfxKjOJSYEdCIsB-7XEUyEjGe7-qRc-Am-yBEXDJC27jJ7_qhDXM_yO0v/s1600/rally-contractual.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Workers turn ‘Endo’ into demand to end contractualization. " border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLllgTmvz9PL3fwLp-XyAW4s3zqWPpbTE8kSde5xHKx09-Qq8VtawmSfLwJIsMEbeoiAJIs1wQNvrvD8RdMwGcfxKjOJSYEdCIsB-7XEUyEjGe7-qRc-Am-yBEXDJC27jJ7_qhDXM_yO0v/s640/rally-contractual.jpg" title="Workers turn ‘Endo’ into demand to end contractualization. " width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workers turn ‘Endo’ into demand to end contractualization. Photo Credit: bulatlat.com</td></tr></tbody></table>Student-leaders from SPARK – Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan, slammed DOLE for facilitating the dependence of new members of the workforce on “unjust jobs,” which offer low salaries, unfair working conditions and deny employees security of tenure.<br /><br />“Unfortunately for the youth, the government’s neglect for their welfare does not end with their graduation,” said SPARK National Coordinator Arvin Buenaagua. “Out of the estimated 1.3 million applicants who applied in nearly 4,000 job fairs facilitated by DOLE, almost only 400,000 were able to get jobs, with a majority of them relying on contractual work in BPOs,” he added.<br /><br />DOLE had recently said in a statement that 1.19 million jobs will come from the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, claiming to provide adequate jobs for more than 1 million newly-graduates who are likely to face unemployment.<br /><br />“This reliance on contractual work does not address the mismatch of skill and work experienced by young workers,” said Buenaagua. “Without the promotion of a people-oriented industrialization across the nation, we will continue to rely on low-paying jobs responding to the needs of rich countries while people from our own country are tied to a life of poverty.”<br /><br />Buenaagua criticized DOLE for facilitating the prevalence of contractualization, which creates low-paying jobs and diempowered workers, who are bound by contract not to organize or renegotiate for better working conditions. “While contractualization makes us more palatable to foreign investors looking to cheapen their labor costs, it binds employees to low wages, unfair work hours and hazardous working environments, as well as insecurities about their source of livelihood every three to six months.”<br /><br />SPARK was joined by KAISA UP, a political organization based in the University of the Philippines, and speakers from Sanlakas partylist.<br /><br />“What we need in the next administration is a pro-people agenda which contains policies which respect the rights and dignity of the youth and the working class while honoring their potential and contribution to the country’s development,” said Leody de Guzman, Sanlakas Partylist’s first nominee. “This involves removing the DOLE Department Order A, which provides loopholes for companies to exploit workers by binding them to the level of contractual employess,” he continued.<br /><br />De Guzman also added that the minimum wage has yet to be raised to a level where it will serve as a sustainable income source. “We need to ensure that all workers and employees get living wages, sustenance enough for them to cope with the increasing burden of survival”.<br /><br />Joanne Lim of KAISA UP emphasized the role of contractualization in limiting the prospects for advancement in the youth sector, which is even harder especially given the current state of education system.<br /><br />“A great number of us enter and work to excel in college, enduring the high cost of tertiary education, in order to provide for our families and ourselves a better life,” said Lim. “Contractualization renders all our work to build a better future for ourselves and our families futile, considering that to some of us, it is a matter of life and death." - SPARK, The Summit Express</div>

Youth groups hold ‘black graduation rites’ in front of DOLE

MANILA, Philippines - YOUTH activists gathered in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to protest the increasing prevalenc...

Honest airport janitor to next PH president: “Never get anything that is not yours"

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Since becoming a janitor at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in 2012, Ronald Gadayan has passed up on several opportunities that would have made him instantly rich.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEL2hNteaRiQT-rJJ_Db4hq6MU1Nt62fashkY5bAu10aetoScG1rsXhoRZUS2-MjM-Nm5qX1E6Sgm30KOT7xIVR8hUHCp0UZAOdfAeLk7XjfE0brR4YqZ_zlDSoks9lEfgboVv-hMT25f-/s1600/honest-janitor-naia.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ronald Gadayan honest janitor" border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEL2hNteaRiQT-rJJ_Db4hq6MU1Nt62fashkY5bAu10aetoScG1rsXhoRZUS2-MjM-Nm5qX1E6Sgm30KOT7xIVR8hUHCp0UZAOdfAeLk7XjfE0brR4YqZ_zlDSoks9lEfgboVv-hMT25f-/s640/honest-janitor-naia.JPG" title="Ronald Gadayan honest janitor" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ronald Gadayan, the "honest janitor." Screengrab from CNN Philippines video</td></tr></tbody></table>Over the past years, the 39-year-old janitor from Norzagaray, Bulacan had willingly returned lost items he found at the airport. <br /><br />From gadgets to a pouch with jewellery and cash amounting to P2.4 million left by passengers at NAIA, Gadayan didn’t second guess himself in doing what is right.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulO-_5BOS30t2FGihX54UttlK59WhgVPCaR3OmcG8FdkiwIVFHs8nNSuts5Hc0AgU8LvC9yBV8rtL_tILhAuucFYGbTqhIrg4S4IFn8RHUGjtW_oys_Yd9GL5ubobtc0yK8MuV2G_5jPc/s1600/ronald-gadayan-honest-naia-janitor.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulO-_5BOS30t2FGihX54UttlK59WhgVPCaR3OmcG8FdkiwIVFHs8nNSuts5Hc0AgU8LvC9yBV8rtL_tILhAuucFYGbTqhIrg4S4IFn8RHUGjtW_oys_Yd9GL5ubobtc0yK8MuV2G_5jPc/s640/ronald-gadayan-honest-naia-janitor.jpg" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Various groups had recognized Gadayan for his honesty. PHOTO CREDIT: Inquirer</td></tr></tbody></table>Indeed, some of his friends had started calling him “bayaning tanga” or foolish hero for letting go of such “opportunities.” Even when two of his three children were hospitalized due to dengue in 2010, Gadayan chose to return the iPhone he found, which could have been “heaven’s answer” to his ordeal. Instead of selling the expensive smartphone to pay for the hospital bills, Gadayan borrowed money from a lender to whom he pawned his ATM card.<br /><br />In his interview with Inquirer, Gadayan revealed that he is not a religious person and doesn’t often go to church. But for him, being fair and honest, particularly to God, is enough.<br /><br />“If you are honest to God, everything will follow through.You may not be rewarded, but God sees you. And it shall bear fruit at the proper time,” he said.<br /><br />His good deeds had been recognized  by several groups including Manila Jaycee Senate Inc. in San Juan City which hailed him “Kahanga-hangang Pinoy”. He was also named Spirit of Edsa awardee in 2013, outstanding alumnus of Caloocan High School, and outstanding citizen by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle in 2012. Recently, the Rotary Club of Pasay-Sinagtala (District 3810) recognized him for his good deeds. <br /><br />Check out some of the awards Gadayan has accumulated over the past years through this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ronald.gadayan.94/media_set?set=a.1452844854955639.1073741830.100006904153468&type=3&pnref=story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a>. <br /><br />Believing that the country lacks honest leaders, Gadayan hopes that the next president will do what his parents used to tell him when they were still alive.<br /><br />“‘Never get anything that is not yours.’ I hope our next President knows and does that, too,” Gadayan said. <br /><br />Watch the video report below.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XMsmEnlHNCw" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

Honest airport janitor to next PH president: “Never get anything that is not yours"

MANILA, Philippines - Since becoming a janitor at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in 2012, Ronald Gadayan has passed up on sev...

LOOK: Mar Roxas depicted as Yolanda’s hero in comic book “Sa Gitna ng Unos”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Administration presidential bet and former DILG chief Manuel “Mar” Roxas II came under fire after he was portrayed as a hero in a comic book titled “Sa Gitna ng Unos.”<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMCBuFVj8W14ONdj_8vC52K6srhVkVWZA3G7VYgfP9TZVPPLUE-AWSDsI4_-ngHwcK-yJwf1Krfify3LV_2SHYFSoq_o2xfZuA_vwKz6hznTewb5deUvUProT6rwMhyphenhyphen8EozdKguwLAqj1/s1600/mar-roxas-sa-gitna-ng-unos.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Roxas: A superhero during typhoon Yolanda?" border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMCBuFVj8W14ONdj_8vC52K6srhVkVWZA3G7VYgfP9TZVPPLUE-AWSDsI4_-ngHwcK-yJwf1Krfify3LV_2SHYFSoq_o2xfZuA_vwKz6hznTewb5deUvUProT6rwMhyphenhyphen8EozdKguwLAqj1/s640/mar-roxas-sa-gitna-ng-unos.jpg" title="Roxas: A superhero during typhoon Yolanda?" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Roxas: A superhero during typhoon Yolanda?</span></td></tr></tbody></table>The cover page of the comic book shows Roxas saving victims of the super typhoon Yolanda. <br /><br />A photo of the comic book is making rounds online after author and blogger Katrina Stuart Santiago shared it on her Facebook account. The post quickly became a hot topic on social media with over 2,000 shares as of this writing.<br /><br />In her post, Santiago pointed out that the said comic book failed to mention how Roxas and the government “messed up rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in Samar and Leyte. <br /><br />Santiago wrote: “I don’t know where the gall and temerity, the kabastusan (rudeness) of this matuwid-na-daan comes from, but apparently none of the things we know about Typhoon Haiyan, none of the stories of those who survived, none of the reports that talked about the inefficiency and insensitivity and lack of compassion of this government, none of that matters.”<br /><br /><center><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/radikalchick/posts/10209224820996244" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/radikalchick/posts/10209224820996244">I don't know where the gall and temerity, the kabastusan of this matuwid-na-daan comes from, but apparently none of the...<br />Posted by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3208975531108139265#" rel="nofollow" role="button">Katrina Stuart Santiago</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/radikalchick/posts/10209224820996244" rel="nofollow">Sunday, March 27, 2016</a></blockquote></div></div></center><br />Netizen Dale Gozar also aired his negative sentiments towards the comic book depicting Roxas as a hero in the tragedy that claimed almost 10,000 lives in the country in 2013. Gozar even enumerated the failures of Roxas before, during and in the aftermath of typhoon Yolanda.<br /><br />According to Gozar, the natural calamity caused panic, chaos, looting and 10,000 casualties due to poor knowledge/ research, poor planning/preparation, poor communication, poor/slow response, and poor organization. Gozar also alleged that there were misused emergency funds and pocketed donations for the victims.<br /><br />“Mar must have thought his presence alone can make things better. And conducting meetings in Tacloban is not risking your life or maybe your life wasn't worth anything Mar Roxas Because you accomplished NOTHING,” Gozar wrote in his post.<br /><br /><center><div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/djgozar/posts/989981447748624" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/djgozar/posts/989981447748624">Thousands of People died and Mar Roxas think he's a real Super Hero... What is wrong with you? Why boast during debate...<br />Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/djgozar" rel="nofollow">Dale Gozar</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/djgozar/posts/989981447748624" rel="nofollow">Sunday, March 27, 2016</a></blockquote></div></div></center><b><br /></b><b>-Mini, The Summit Express</b></div>

LOOK: Mar Roxas depicted as Yolanda’s hero in comic book “Sa Gitna ng Unos”

MANILA, Philippines - Administration presidential bet and former DILG chief Manuel “Mar” Roxas II came under fire after he was portrayed as ...