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APPLE’S WORLDWIDE Developers Conference featured an all-new MacBook line, iOS 6, Siri for iPad, and OS X Mountain Lion on 11 June 2012. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Cook updated spectators with plans for upcoming hardware and software releases. Kicking off the event is a good comic spiel from Siri, saying: “I am excited about the new … Continue reading
FOR SIX hours and forty minutes, the world had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the transit of Venus, a phenomenon that occurs when Venus directly passes between the sun and Earth. The transit began 22:09 GMT on Tuesday, 05 June 2012 in eastern North and northwestern South America. It was also seen in East Asia … Continue reading
TWENTY SENATORS, sitting as judges on the Impeachment Court, convicted Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona on Article II of the complaint regarding the alleged betrayal of public trust and committing culpable violation of the Constitution, 29 May 2012. The charges were filed on the House of Representatives late last year, 12 December 2011. … Continue reading
AFTER THREE hours of giving his testimony on the impeachment case filed against himself, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona walks out of the witness stand even without proper discharge from the court. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, sitting as the presiding office of the Impeachment Court, ordered a lockdown of the Senate building in … Continue reading
FACEBOOK MADE its debut in the stock market on Friday, 18 May 2012 on its initial public offering. With an opening price of $42.05 per share, the stock reversed course to drop at a closing price of $38.23 per share. This is almost at the same level with the company’s offering price of $38 per … Continue reading
GENERAL MANAGER of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Angel Honrado admitted on Monday, 07 May 2012, that the management could not produce video footage of the brawl between showbiz couple Claudine Barretto and Raymart Santiago against veteran broadcast journalist Mon Tulfo. How did it start? According to Tulfo, he heard a woman cursing an … Continue reading
FACEBOOK GEARS to close its acquisition of Instagram at an astonishing $1 billion in cash and stock. The world’s biggest social networking service is buying the mobile photo-sharing application with its biggest acquisition to date. Instagram was valued at $500 million after recently raising $60 million from investors. The acquisition is expected to close before … Continue reading
NORTH KOREA (NoKor) prepares to fire a satellite into the earth’s orbit to study the country’s crops and natural resources. The event would also honour the centenary birthday celebration of national founder Kim II-sung on 15 April 2012. The United States (US) reserves its support on this endeavour and speculates that NoKor’s rocket launch is … Continue reading
AUSTRALIA’S ICONIC bridge, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, reached its octogenarian milestone since it was opened to public on 19 March 1932. The bridge has been an international symbol also referred to as the ‘Coathanger’, crossed by more than 160,000 vehicles on weekdays and climbed by thousands of tourists every year. The celebration was held at … Continue reading
WHILE AN early adjournment was expected for Day 26 of the Impeachment Trial against the Chief Justice, a member of the Prosecution panel irked Senator-Judges which caused him to be cited for contempt. Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre annoyed Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago when the latter was giving her manifestation towards the withdrawal of five articles on the … Continue reading
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