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It’s another rainy day but the good news is that 25 women mountaineers were rescued in Negros Occidental.
Another woman is making the headlines, with Ligao City police chief Lea Supelana named top performer in the Bicol drug war campaign. And more on drugs, Star Magic celebrities took drug tests to dispel talks of rampant drug use in the showbiz community. Zealous Duterte defenders, meantime, hit a low point when it was revealed a photo they used to justify the war vs drugs was taken in Brazil.
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President Rodrigo Duterte wasn’t surprise that suspected drug lord Melvin “Boyet” Odicta Sr has been shot dead. He said, “That Odicta was really being hunted. In Iloilo, he is the number one [drug lord]. Bad luck caught up with him.” Locals know Melvin Odicta as “Dragon.” His supposed links to illegal drugs is common knowledge in the city. Meantime, the top performer in the Bicol region anti-drug campaign is a woman – Ligao City police chief Lea Supelana, is the top performer for Oplan TokHang in the Bicol Region. From July 1 to August 27, at least 1,523 have reportedly surrendered. Supelana said most drug users are out-of-school youth with the youngest being 17 years old, while the oldest is 80 years old.
Star Magic conducted a voluntary drug test for 40 of its artists. Results were 100% negative for Jake Cuenca, Enrique Gil, Diego Loyzaga.” Aside from the 3 mentioned, Star Magic also manages artists like Kathryn Bernardo, Yeng Constantino, Sam Concepcion, and more. A few weeks ago, radio DJ Karen Bordador and her boyfriend Emilio Lim were arrested for allegedly violating several sections of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act Of 2002.
Critics accuse the President’s supporters, among them election campaign spokesman Peter Tiu Laviña, of misleading the public for posting a photo of a 9-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Brazil in 2014.
Former Justice Secretary and now Senator Senator Leila De Lima reacted to President Duterte’s remarks that she should should just resign and hang herself after being involved in controversies. She shot back, “Is there any reason why I should be taking advice from the person who is persecuting and maligning me?” She added, “I’m neither weak nor guilty.”
President Rodrigo Duterte intends to appoint Malacañang Palace Chief Protocol Officer Marciano Paynor as the Philippines’ Ambassador to the United States. Duterte picked him on the strength of his “stretch in the foreign service” and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s recommendation. Former UN attache and ABS-CBN anchor Robert Borje will replace Paynor in the palace.
Singapore clinics on Monday reported more Zika infections, bringing the suspected total to 50, as mosquito-fighting teams saturated the scene of the outbreak in eastern Aljunied Crescent district.”It’s quite frightening because I thought Zika is something happening on the other side of the world. But now it’s right here in my neighbourhood,” a resident said.
Beyonce may have walked away with the most number of awards at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday but Rihanna performed 4 times – opening and closing the show. But sad news hit Hollywood Monday, with the death of legend ‘Willy Wonka’ star Gene Wilder. Fellow stars said goodbye on social media, among them Mel Brooks, Debra Messing, Russell Crowe, and Uzo Aduba. Wilder had a body of work spanning five decades, with two Oscar nominations and an Emmy Award.
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