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How to watch President Duterte’s SONA online

Heland Ortega

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa tomorrow, July 25.

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Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Sunday said the President wrote the speech himself and that it is a “powerful” one that also made him cry after reading the speech.

“It’ll be a powerful speech that will awaken the patriot in every Filipino. The speech made me cry.” – Andanar said to CNN PH

The Presidential Communications’ official Facebook page will be streaming the SONA via Facebook Live tomorrow. You can bookmark their page or post below. You can also follow their real-time video highlights and live tweets via @PresidentialCom and join the Viber group here.

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Visiting KickassTorrents’ website now will land you to this message

Heland Ortega

Few days ago, KickassTorrents’ domain went offline as the alleged owner of the popular torrent site has been seized by the US fed.

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Heading to the KickassTorrents’ official website right now will show you a different message compared to the recent offline status. Based on the image above, if convicted, an offender will face a maximum sentence of five years in prison or a $250,000 fine for each count of criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. However, KAT only housed the files itself with the use of peer-to-peer sharing technology, not the actual file.

Nevertheless, KickassTorrents is up again under different domains —  dxtorrent.com, kickass torrents.website and kat.am.

 

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#EtihadAirways wins honors in Skytrax awards

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For those traveling First Class, think of no other airline but Etihad Airways. The Abu Dhabi-based aviation company recently went home with triple honors in the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards held recently. Etihad was named World’s Best First Class Airline, World’s Best First Class Onboard Catering, and World’s Best First Class Airline Seat for […]

President Duterte signs Executive Order on Freedom of Information

Heland Ortega

President Rodrigo Duterte has just signed the executive order implementing the freedom of information (FOI) mandating full public disclosure of all offices under the executive branch.
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“We are now holding a final copy of an EO on the FOI… After 29 years of fighting to strengthen the right to freedom of information” Presidential Communications Office Secretary  Martin Andanar to GMA News

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He added that aside from agencies in the executive branch, state universities are also covered by the executive order.

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Facebook’s internet drone Aquila completes test flight

Daniel Morial

Mark Zuckerberg wants to provide internet connectivity to everyone on this planet but current solutions — cables, towers, repeater — is a challenge to deploy, and also expensive to set up in remote areas. That’s why Facebook made Aquila, a solar-powered internet drone, and it just complete its full-scale test flight.

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The test flight happened last June 28, 2016 in Yuma, Arizona. Even though they only plan to do to it for 30 minutes, the aircraft did well and remained in the air for 96 minutes during a low-altitude test flight. It flew at an altitude of 2,150 feet above sea level and only consumed 2,000W of power. That’s roughly the same energy of two flat irons at home.

The internet provides information, opportunity and human connection, yet less than half the world has access. We’re proud to announce the successful first test flight of Aquila, the solar airplane we designed to bring internet access to people living in remote locations. This innovative plane has the wingspan of an airliner but weighs less than a small car and flies on roughly the power of three blow dryers — incredible!

Posted by Facebook on Thursday, July 21, 2016

The next full-scale flights will bring Aquila higher, faster, and longer. Eventually, it will be able to be 60,000 – 90,000 feet above beaming internet connectivity to remote areas Facebook wishes to reach.

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