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Jojo Aguilar with actress, dancer, and robotics mentor Emma Dumont (star of NBC’s “Aquarius” and ABC Family’s “Bunheads”) at the 2014 FIRST Robotics World Championships. LOS ANGELES, C.A.  – We are pleased to announce that Filipino-American, Jojo Aguilar, is returning as the Master of Ceremony for the 2014 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics World Championships in St. Louis, Missouri on April 22-25, 2015 at the Edward Jones Dome. More than 10,000 high school students from around the globe will travel to compete their custom-built robots and put them to the test.    FIRST is non-profit organization which produces robotics competition around the world exposing students K-12 to  the exciting opportunities in science, technology and engineering fields through robotics. “After being the Master of Ceremony for the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles Regional Competition during the last six years and hosting the World Championships the last three years, being invited back to host another world championships is very exciting for me,” says Aguilar. FIRST Robotics Competition Director, Frank Merrick, recently said of Aguilar’s performance as Master of Ceremonies, “He was high energy all weekend long, hit all the right notes and kept tuned in to the spectators.” “Jojo easily gained the respect and admiration of competing students and other event workers at the competition in an atmosphere of significant pressure,” says FIRST Production Developer, Blair Hundertmark. FIRST Robotics Competition combines sports excitement with the rigors of science and technology.  Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams are challenged to fundraise, design a brand, exercise Read More …

Vice President Jejomar Binay (left) is given a tour of the Toledo copper mine in Toledo City, Cebu on Thursday, November 6. Binay did not attend the day’s Senate probe on the alleged overpriced Makati City Hall Building II. He is in Cebu to attend the Philippine Scouting Centennial Jamboree and meet with local officials to check their housing programs. Also in photo is Adrian Ramos (right), COO of Carmen Mining Corp. (MNS photo) MANILA, Apr 15 (Mabuhay) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV trained his guns on Wednesday at the daughter of Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay after the lawmaker challenged him to show proof that her family paid members of the Court of Appeals to stop the suspension of her brother as mayor of Makati City. “Alam nyo parang mga bata itong mga ito, puro na lang hamon. Inimbitahan mo sa Senado ayaw namang humarap,” (They are like children, who like to issue challenges. But call them to the Senate and they don’t appear) Trillanes told reporters. Instead of giving in to the challenge of Abigail, the senator said was looking into how she used her pork barrel funds or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). “I will take on the challenge to investigate yung anomaly ng PDAF nya,” he said. “Na challenge ako. Ginanahan ako. Pina-research ko yung mga bulate sa Makati and in time ipe-present natin,” he said. The senator said Representative Binay supposedly allocated funds for organic fertilizers in Makati City, which he said has no agricultural Read More …

The Philippine National Police on Thursday, August 29, released the mug shots of Janet Lim-Napoles at Camp Crame following her surrender to President Aquino on Wednesday night, August 28. Napoles’s surrender came hours after the President offered a P10M reward to anyone who could give information that will lead to her arrest. (MNS) MANILA, Apr 15 (Mabuhay) — The Palace believes that the guilty verdict handed down against Janet Lim Napoles in her illegal detention trial boosts the credibility of Benhur Luy and other witnesses in the pork barrel cases. Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said the guilty verdict has implications on the credibility of Luy as a key witness in the pork barrel cases. ”Pinatibay nito ang katayuan ni Benhur Luy at ng mga whistleblowers. At sa kabuuan, pagbibigay ito ng lakas loob sa mga nais tumulong sa kampanya laban sa korupsyon at katiwalian,” Coloma said. Coloma also noted how the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150, being presided by Judge Elmo Alameda, handed down a verdict in a relatively short amount of time. ”Kapansin-pansin na naging mabilis ang paggulong ng hustisya. Mula ng naisampa ang kaso ng August 2013, naibaba ang sentensiya, April 2015. Twenty months ang elapsed time. Siguro lahat ay magsasabi na kapansin pansin ito at dapat maging ganito ang takbo ng hustisya sa ating bansa,” he said. The Makati court found Napoles guilty of illegally detaining Luy. The businesswoman was sentenced to reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment) or 20 years and Read More …

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