The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) submitted a recommendation letter to President Aquino’s office on Friday to let Aldrin Jeff Cudia to graduate from Philippine Military Academy (PMA). It is now up to the President to decide on Cudia's fate. CHR conducted a a fact-finding investigation, including interviews with about 20 PMA cadets who were involved in the voting on Cudia's dismissal case.
Maja Salvador, Star awards host connived with her co-host, Robi Domingo, to take the Pinoy version of Oscars selfie. John Lloyd Cruz, Maja Salvador, Ai-Ai de las Alas, Dennis Trillo, Piolo Pascual, Geisler Baron, and Aga Muhlach were more than happy to join the fun.
Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Spacey, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong'o and half of Jared Leto's head
Oscar Selfie Tweet goes Viral with an unscripted star-studded selfie using Samsung Galaxy Note 3. According to insiders, Ellen’s idea to take selfie’s during the show was turned into a capital idea by ABC who suggested she use a Samsung phone as they were already planning to sponsor the show. Samsung exececutives reportedly showed Ellen how to use the phone in rehearsals. The start studded photo has been shared more than 3. million times.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) told Manila Bulletin Online on Tuesday that the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet, Aldrin Jeff Cudia, will not graduate on March 16. He was dismissed for violating the Honor Code, for lying as to why he was late for his next class. A unanimous 9-0 vote from the Honor Committee is required to dismiss a cadet from the academy. Cudia was supposed to graduate as salutatorian and was supposed to join the Philippine Navy.
"I am just as shocked as everybody else that a salutatorian, a bright boy, should not be allowed to graduate because he lied. When you look into the lie, I think it was just that he may not have been able to explain himself as accurately as he should have," CHR chairman Loretta Rosales told Rappler.
The following are the PMA Cadets included in the top 10:
1. CFC Jheorge Llona, Daraga , Albay, will join the Philippine Air Force.
2. CFC Liza Jumawid Dango, Cagayan De Oro City, will join the Philippine Army.
3. CFC Billy Casibi Codiam, Tanudan, Kalinga, will join the Philippine Army.
4. CFC Leo Mac Callueng Tuliao, Cagayan, will join the Philippine Air Force.
5. CFC Noel De Venecia Raguindin, Dagupan City, will join the Philippine Navy.
6. CFC Carlito Christopher Pajarillo Agustin, Tuguegarao City, will join the Philippine Army.
7. CFC Frank K. Anzale, Babatngon, Leyte, will join the Philippine Army.
8. CFC King Kristian Dennis Marca Argoso, Gumaca, Quezon, will join the Philippine Air Force
9. CFC Greg Philip Lesmoras Monsalud, Cagayan De Oro City, will join the Philippine Navy.
10. CFC Alvin Kanala Balangcod, Kapangan, Benguet, will join the Philippine Army.
Ellen DeGeneres, hosted The 2014 Oscars, on Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Here is the full list of the 86th Academy Awards winners and nominations.
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Matthew McConaughey for 'Dallas Buyers Club'
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Cate Blanchette for 'Blue Jasmine'
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron for 'Gravity'
BEST FILM: 12 Years a Slave
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron for 'Gravity'
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Great Gatsby
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING: Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): Mr Hublot
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Frozen
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): Helium
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: 20 Feet from Stardom
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Great Beauty (Italy)
BEST SOUND MIXING: Gravity
BEST SOUND EDITING: Gravity
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Gravity
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Gravity
BEST FILM EDITING: Gravity
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Great Gatsby
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Gravity
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 12 Years a Slave
BEST OIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Spike Jonze for 'Her'
The full list of nominees is as follows:
BEST PICTURE:
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Nebraska
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Judi Dench - Philomena
Meryl Streep - August Osage County
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Julia Roberts - August Osage County
June Squibb - Nebraska
BEST DIRECTOR:
David O Russell - American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Alexander Payne - Nebraska
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Despicable Me 2
Frozen - WINNER
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight
Billy Ray - Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope - Philomena
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter - The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Eric Warren Singer and David O Russell - American Hustle
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack - Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze - Her
Bob Nelson - Nebraska
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
Let It Go - Frozen
Ordinary Love - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Alone Yet Not Alone - Alone Yet Not Alone
Happy - Despicable Me 2
The Moon Song - Her
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr Banks
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
SaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
BEST FILM EDITING:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING:
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tour Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave
BEST SOUND EDITING:
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
BEST SOUND MIXING:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
At the height of the controversial Fair
Usage Policy (FUP) that caps the so-called “unlimited” Internet subscription in
the country, Globe Telecom's successful free Facebook access promo to all its
subscribers is being extended
until April 25, 2014. But, is it really a good or bad news?
FUP is probably one of the most talked
about issue in the tech industry this year. Though data capping has been in
placed years ago, it was only this year that it became a trending topic in
various social networking sites pushing the National Telecommunications
Commission (NTC) to review the local telcos' “unlimited” data marketing and
their versions of FUP. NTC then required all telcos to explain in details their
data packages but did not touch FUP.
Theoretically, FUP is pro-consumers. It
would weed out all the users who abuse the unlimited Internet that they have initially
registered to so majority of the subscribers can enjoy a fast and reliable
connection. It should only affect the abusers in the network. In reality, FUP
affects all users as it slows down your connection to absolutely nothing when
you reached the certain data limit assigned by the network.
The free Facebook promotion of Globe is
also pro-consumers. It allows all their subscribers to access Facebook for free
as long as they have an Internet-capable device and connected to their network
regardless if they are registered to a data plan or not. However, this is also
one of the reasons why the already clogged network of Globe – the very reason
why FUP was strictly implemented – is unable to provide quality data connection
to its paying subscribers.
While the free Facebook promotion benefits
both the growing number of Globe subscribers and the network itself as it tease
other subscribers to switch networks, its existing paying users suffer a lot
from network congestion. So, extending this free Facebook promotion isn't
really a good news, right?
