Sampa The Great Drops Huge ‘Time’s Up’ Remix Featuring Junglepussy
Sampa the Great has dropped a remix of her powerful The Return standout ‘Time’s Up’, featuring New York-based rapper Junglepussy. All proceeds from the remix will go to Pola Psychology, who the rapper recently partnered with. The practice “provides culturally responsive mental health care for African youth and musicians in their own community, by their own […]
Duterte considered abolition, privatization of PhilHealth — Sotto
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on September 14, 2020. ACE MORANDANTE/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines —President Rodrigo Duterte wanted the beleaguered Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) abolished or privatized amid […]
Trump, eyeing undecided voters, loses one during TV exchange
President Donald Trump arrives for an ABC News town hall at National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) PHILADELPHIA — If President Donald Trump agreed to a Pennsylvania town hall to sway undecided voters, his exchange with a literature professor born with a chronic disease lost him at least one […]
Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks after participating in a coronavirus vaccine briefing with public health experts, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden said Wednesday that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President Donald Trump. […]
Tropical Storm Leon exits PAR, isolated rain showers due
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Leon (international name: Noul) has exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) and is now heading towards Vietnam, the state weather bureau said Thursday. In its 4 a.m. live weather update, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that “Leon” left the Philippine territory at 3 a.m. […]
Kanye West Pisses On Grammy, Tweets Out Record Label Contracts
Kanye West has continued to slam major recording companies in a series of new tweets. They arrive after the rapper called the music industry “modern day slave ships” and compared himself to Moses earlier this week, saying he wouldn’t release any more new music until his contract with Sony and Universal had ended. Now, he’s […]
There’s A COVID-Safe Music Festival Coming To Aus Next Month With A World First Format
As Western Australia becomes the only area of mainland Australia that seems to be returning to some level of normalcy, there’s a new type of music festival coming to the state that fits COVID-19 safe standards. Good Day Sunshine festival is set to go down on Saturday, 31st October in Busselton, WA, with a pretty […]
Metro Manila mayors want to keep 1 meter distancing policy
MANILA, Philippines — As government officials argued over the new rules that reduced physical distancing on public transportation, Metro Manila Council (MMC) chair and Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Wednesday that he and the other Metro mayors were not consulted about the new policy. According to him, the MMC — composed of the 17 […]
Seven nominated to Supreme Court
he Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has nominated six Court of Appeals justices and the Court Administrator to replace Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr. who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 on Friday. On the list submitted to Malacañang by the JBC on Wednesday were the names of Court of Appeals […]
SC resolves Panay ‘power struggle’
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of More Electric and Power Corp.’s takeover of power distribution facilities in Iloilo City from previous long-time power distributor Panay Electric Co. (Peco). The tribunal voted 8-6 on Tuesday to uphold the legality of two key provisions in the 25-year power distribution franchise granted to […]