2015 Nissan Sentra earns Top Safety Pick from IIHS

 Entertainment
Mar 122015
 
2015 Nissan Sentra earns Top Safety Pick from IIHS

2015 Nissan Sentra: Nissan Sentra’s exterior design is elegant, modern and refined, reflecting a “professional” character targeted at upwardly bound buyers who aspire to drive something more premium than some of the other designs in the segment. It adopts Nissan’s bold signature trapezoid-shaped grille and large wraparound headlights with standard LED accents. In the rear, LED taillights are also standard, which complement the sophisticated styling. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today awarded the 2015 Nissan Sentra a “Top Safety Pick” vehicle safety rating. The Institute’s “Top Safety Pick” award recognizes passenger vehicles that excel in protecting passengers in moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests and also achieve a “Good” or “Acceptable” rating in the small overlap frontal test. The 2015 Sentra scored “Good” in all five of the “Top Safety Pick” categories. “Nissan is committed to safety and innovation, and Nissan is proud to achieve the IIHS Top Safety Pick rating for the 2015 Sentra,” said Fred Diaz, senior vice president, Nissan Sales & Marketing and Operations U.S., Nissan North America. “As a compact sedan, Sentra is a critically important vehicle in Nissan’s lineup and with its standard safety features we’re bringing a high level of safety and security to a growing consumer segment.” Safety and security features standard on all 2015 Sentras include the Nissan Advanced Air Bag System (AABS) with dual-stage supplemental front air bags with seat belt and occupant classification sensors; front seat-mounted side impact supplemental air bags; roof-mounted Read More …

Coco, Julia in no rush for romance

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Mar 122015
 
Coco, Julia in no rush for romance

Coco Martin and Julia Montes (MNS Photo) BUSY work schedules have kept Kapamilya talents Coco Martin and Julia Montes from entertaining romance at this point. Julia, who is turning 20 this March, said in the press launch of “Wansapanataym Presents: Yamishita’s Treasures” that she still has a lot of plans with her showbiz career. Coco, on the other hand, shared he is focused on providing a better life for his family. “May mga bagay na hindi dapat minamadali at iba’t iba ang proseso ng tao. Marami pa kaming priorities and ayokong mag-take advantage na pag nasa soap or magkasama kayo ay mangliligaw ka,” Coco said. “Ako ang gusto ko, if ever lang, ang gusto ko, kung ano man ako, yun ang magugustuhan niya sa akin. Walang pretentions na parang gentleman ka lang.” But if the time comes that they have something to share to their fans and supporters, Coco said they will not hide anything from the public. “Oo naman (aaminin ko). Honestly from my indie days ko, wala namang naitago. Ang importante lang ay nagta-trabaho ako para din sa pamilya ko. Hindi naman ako showbiz. Kung wala naman akong dapat itago at wala naman akong ginagawang masama, anong reason para itago,” he said. Julia said she is happy that Coco remains a very dear friend. “Magkakilala na talaga kami. Ilang taon pa lang kami and wala pa siya sa ABS and hindi pa siya Coco Martin. Siya din yung pinaka-close kay lola,” she said. “Kami naman ni Julia, ang Read More …

Top Alphaland execs skip Senate hearing on Boy Scouts land deal

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Mar 112015
 
Top Alphaland execs skip Senate hearing on Boy Scouts land deal

Top officials of property developer Alphaland Crop. skipped on Thursday the continuation of the Senate probe on the controversial land deal it entered into with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, which supposedly benefited Vice President Jejomar Binay. Alphaland president Mario Oreta was not able to attend the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee hearing due to “medical reasons,” his lawyer told the panel. To this, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, who is heading the investigation, commented, “Medical reasons? He doesn’t want to hear the opinion of Commissioner [Kim] Henares?” Henares, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) chief, was present during Thursday’s hearing. She is expected to give her insights on whether Oreta’s supposed failure to declare his share from the land deal was tantamount to tax evasion. Alphaland owner Roberto Ongpin was also absent during the hearing. He is currently in Europe, according to his lawyer. During the last hearing, former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado accused Binay of getting as much as P651 million from the land deal between Boy Scouts and Alphaland Corp.    Binay’s camp has repeatedly said that Mercado’s accusations are politically motivated. Boy Scouts and Alphaland officials also insisted that the land deal they entered into was not anomalous. — RSJ, GMA News

CIDG chief Magalong: BOI report still being printed

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Mar 112015
 
CIDG chief Magalong: BOI report still being printed

The Board of Inquiry report on the bloody Jan. 25 Mamasapano clash is still being printed Thursday morning, PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group head Director Benjamin Magalong said. But Magalong did not indicate how many pages and copies are being printed. Meanwhile, police sources said Magalong is set to meet PNP officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina at 1 p.m. on Thursday. Earlier, Magalong told GMA News Online that the BOI will “definitely” submit its report on Thursday, adding that the turnover of the report to Espina will be announced to the media. He also said that if he would have his way, he wants the report be made public. However, Magalong said to Interior Secretary Mar Roxas if the contents of the report will be released to the public. The BOI was originally supposed to submit its report by end of February, but the team asked twice since last week for an extension. Forty-four elite policemen died during the Mamasapano clash with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, together with the men of its splinter group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, and some members of other armed groups in Maguindanao. At the time, the police commandos were on a mission to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifi bin Hir alias Marwan of Jemaah Islamiyah and Filipino bomb-maker and Abu Sayyaf member Basit Usman. The Board of Inquiry was formed to look into the circumstances surrounding the bloody clash, which also left 18 MILF fighters and five civilians. — Amanda Fernandez/RSJ, GMA Read More …

Magalong prefers BOI report on Mamasapano clash released to public

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Mar 112015
 
Magalong prefers BOI report on Mamasapano clash released to public

(Updated 9:47 a.m.) If Philippine National Police Board of Inquiry chairman Director Benjamin Magalong would have his way, he would release the BOI report on the bloody Jan. 25 Mamasapano clash to the public. “The public should know,” said Magalong in a text message to GMA News Online. Magalong is also head of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.  “But it depends on SILG [Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Manuel Roxas II], who has the final say. It was he who created the BOI,” he added. At the same time, Magalong said the Board will “definitely” submit the report on Thursday, adding that the turnover will be announced to members of the media by PNP officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina. On Wednesday, Espina told reporters that the decision to make the BOI report public is up to the members of the Board and higher officials. The BOI was supposed to submit its report on the Mamasapano bloodbath by end of February, but the team had asked for an extension twice since last week. Forty-four elite police troopers died during the Mamasapano clash with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, members of its splinter group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, and some gunmen of other armed groups in Maguindanao. At the time, the police commandos were on a mission to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifi bin Hir alias Marwan of Jemaah Islamiyah and Filipino bomb-maker and Abu Sayyaf member Basit Usman. Authorities claimed Marwan was killed but Read More …

Danish police arrest 10 over Philippine online child sex abuse

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Mar 112015
 
Danish police arrest 10 over Philippine online child sex abuse

COPENHAGEN – Danish police on Wednesday arrested 10 men and raided their homes on suspicion that they paid for watching the live-streaming of children being sexually abused in the Philippines. “They have been questioned and a number of computers, phones and tablets have been seized,” Flemming Kjaerside of the Danish police’s cyber-crime unit told AFP. One of the men was remanded in custody in Herning in western Denmark while nine others had been released pending an investigation of the computers that had been confiscated, he added. “Only when we have gone through all the computers can we confirm if our suspicions are correct,” he said. Danish police said in a statement that “a number of money transactions” had led to the arrests being made. In the first Danish case of its kind, a man was last year sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his online involvement in the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines, having paid other adults between 150 and 300 kroner (20 to 40 euros, $21 to $43) to carry out the acts.  — Agence France-Presse

Walden Bello hits PNoy for fraternity-like style of running govt

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Mar 112015
 
Walden Bello hits PNoy for fraternity-like style of running govt

Having severed his political alliance with President Benigno Aquino III, outgoing Akbayan party-list Rep. Walden Bello criticized the president anew by likening his governance style to that of leading a fraternity wherein loyalty is what matters. Following his aborted attempt to deliver a privilege speech on his resignation as a House member Wednesday, Bello told reporters he agreed with Senator Sergio Osmeña III’s statement earlier this month that Aquino was a “super hard-headed person.” “He’s (Aquino) a very stubborn President. I think that’s one of his flaws. Another flaw is he’s very loyal to his subordinates, who are either corrupt or incompetent. Parang fraternity ang takbo ng Cabinet. Instead of competence as the primary consideration in rational discussions, it’s loyalty that counts,” he said. While admitting he had mulled on resigning since last year over differences in opinion with the administration on various issues, Bello said Aquino’s decision to hold sacked Special Action Force (SAF) Director Getulio Napeñas for all the errors in the the botched Mamasapano operation was the “last straw” that prompted him to resign as a party-list representative.  “I think [Aquino’s statement] was an act not expected of a President because he was supposed to be part of the planning and execution of the Mamasapano operation. By the practice of command responsibility, he should have taken responsibility for it from the start but we now see that instead of doing that, he’s trying foist responsibility on a ground commander,” he said. Alleged US involvement in Mamasapano ops Read More …

Wanlu at Resorts World Manila

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Mar 112015
 
Wanlu at Resorts World Manila

MANILA, Philippines – 2015 promises to be a good year for Philippine puppetry as far as Wanlu (photo) is concerned. On March 19 to 21 at Resorts World Manila, in celebration of World Puppetry Day, Wanlu holds his fourth Battle of Ventriloquists, plus an exhibit of ASEAN puppetry arts which will include performances by puppeteers from Indonesia and Singapore. Wanlu also organized, with the help of Terence Tan from Singapore, an ASEAN Puppetry Exchange between Indonesia and the Philippines. In April, Wanlu has been invited by the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to hold two puppetry workshops. Wanlu finds it special considering the fact that the Philippines does not have its own puppetry art while Malaysia is famous for Wayang Kulit or shadow puppetry. “We might not have our own puppetry art but Pinoy puppeteers are very good with ventriloquism and hand puppetry. In fact, we are probably the best in Asia,” Wanlu explains. Dr. Luy Chee Luen of the University of Malaya has scheduled two puppetry workshops — one inside the university for students and faculties and one in a library in downtown Malaysia. From Malaysia, Wanlu flies to Tokyo, Japan to take part in the ventriloquist convention organized by the Japan Ventriloquists Association (JVA). JVA president Takeshi Ikeda has asked Wanlu to show the members of their organization how ventriloquism and puppetry were used in Tacloban after Supertyphoon Yolanda. From Japan, Wanlu flies back to Manila for several school shows for Dolan and Jolly Cow Fresh Read More …

Recipe File: Create special moments at home with an easy-to-cook recipe from Glad

 Entertainment
Mar 112015
 
Recipe File: Create special moments at home with an easy-to-cook recipe from Glad

MANILA, Philippines – Busy homemakers and career women can still create special moments during meal time as Glad, which has wrap bags and containers, takes the burden off meal planning chores by offering these easy-to-prepare recipes for family gatherings and special occasions. This dish was developed by chefs from San Miguel Culinary Center with the help of Glad Non-stick Aluminum Foil, which can be used for grilling, roasting, steaming or baking delicate food like fish and cheesy pasta. MUSHROOM AND BEEF CHEESY RAVIOLI Ingredients (filling): 2 tbsps. Magnolia Gold butter (unsalted) 2 tbsps. chopped onions 1 tbsp. chopped garlic                                                                                            Lifestyle Feature ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1/2 cup minced button mushrooms 1/2 cup minced shiitake mushrooms 1/4 kg. Monterey ground beef 1 tsp. iodized fine salt 1 tsp. pepper Ingredients (ravioli): 2 cups Magnolia all-purpose flour 3 pcs. Magnolia brown eggs 2 tbsps. olive oil 1 tbsp. iodized fine salt For the sauce: 2 tbsps. Magnolia Nutri-Oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup minced garlic 1 cup canned tomatoes 1 tbsp. Italian spice 1 tsp. iodized fine salt 1 tsp. pepper 1 (185g) pack Magnolia Quickmelt cheese, grated Procedure: 1. Heat butter in a pan over medium heat. Sauté onions, garlic, mushrooms, beef, salt and pepper for 5 minutes. Set aside. For the ravioli: 1. Combine ingredients. Mix until a dough forms. Wrap with Glad Cling Wrap and rest for 30 minutes. For the sauce: 1. Heat oil in saucepan. Sauté onions, garlic, tomatoes, Italian spice, salt and Read More …

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