Naga, Cebu Landslide Tragedy: This Man Saw It Coming

At least twelve people were killed while at 60-7- people were declared missing after monsoon rains caused a huge landslide that wiped out dozens of houses in Sitio Sandulo, Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, Cebu.

One of the wounded victims, Jay Lapitan of Sitio tagaytay, Brgy. Tinaan, Naga knew something terribly wrong was going to happen and he kept warning people as early as last week:

On September 15, 2018 - Mr. Lapitan posted a video of the cracks as seen on the ground on his Facebook account. 

A few days later on September 17, Mr. Lapitan posted another video on Facebook showing the cracks seen near his house.

After two days, Mr. Lapitan is now frantically asking for leads for immediate evacuation sensing imminent disaster waiting to happen. (see screen capture below)

September 20, 6AM - Mr. Lapitan was among the dozens who were caught by the landslide (see screencap). As per reports, he was injured by the landslide now is in a Cebu City hospital undergoing treatment. His family was able to evacuate yesterday.

WATCH: Never Seen Before Brutal Battle of Marawi Video Documentary

Very Intense. Brutal. Unnerving. 

These are some of the viewers comments on the latest combat footage released by the Philippine Army - Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Most of the video clips included those shot by the Maute-Islamic State affiliate terrorists were previously not released to public until now. 

You can view the combat footage by clicking the player below. Warning: The video you are about to watch contains graphic battle scenes that may be upsetting to some people and not suitable for young audiences. 

WATCH: Boy Uses 2-String Guitar To Play Bisaya Christmas Song

BALAMBAN, CEBU - This young man earns a living going door-to-door and playing his homemade 2-string guitar called locally "Diwdiw". Using a small discarded medicine bottle as a slider this aspiring artist made this instrument himself. 

Check out this video to hear what a Diwdiw sounds like. By the way, the title of the song: "Pasko Sa Usa Ka Binilanggo: Merry Christmas na lang" a popular Cebuano Christmas song. 

NAIA Tanim Bala the Mobile Game - A Very Short Review

Count on the Filipino's unique sense of humor and indignation to come up with ways to cope with the current bullet planting scam happening at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA.

Aside from the usual memes and video spoofs, guys at Kulit Games have launched a mobile game called Tanim Bala (Bullet Planting) as way of protesting the current criminal schemes in the Philippines international gateway.

Because I am such a curious guy I quickly logged into Google Play and downloaded Tanim Bala (all 15MB+ of it) and here's my very short review:

Game play - pretty simple but bit challenging. You just need to move right to left (or vice versa) to avoid those bullets thrown by corrupt Filipino airport officers. The pace picks up after a minute ala old school tetris so you better be alert. If you get caught with a bullet, you have to cough up $1,000 (yes, extorted) or else you end up in jail (aside from missing your flight).

Sound - Not bad considering the idea of the game is to stick a big middle finger at NAIA & Transport officers via dark humor. The old school jazzy feel reminds me of The Benny Hill Show end credits chase soundtrack. Funny yes but the real life version of the is very tragic and infuriating.

Replay Value - You can play this over and over again until they clean up the airport stink. The only time this game will lose any relevance is when the authorities finally lock up all the guilty ones involved in the bullet planting scheme which is very unlikely.

Story - Just help the traveler avoid the damn bullets or he pays $1,000 to abusive Philippine Airport officers...or he stays in jail. That's it.

Graphics - Very good in my view. Reminds me of Roxio's Angry Birds. Wish they can develop a sequel like: Angry Passengers.

My rating: 4 bullets. This will keep you busy while waiting for your flight...assuming you were able to avoid the real Tanim Bala scam at the airport.

San Beda Grad Is 2014 Bar Exams Topnotcher

The long wait is over. The Supreme Court released today the results of the 2014 Bar Examinations with 1,126 passers out of a total of 6,344 examinees.

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San Beda College (SBC) graduate Irene Mae B. Alcobilla grabbed the top spot with an average grade of 85.50%.  She edged out  Christian A. Drilon of Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) with by a very slim 0.05% lead. Drilon got a grade of 85.40% to settle for 2nd place.

PBA Legend Ricardo Brown Calls Rain Or Shine-Ginebra Game "Disgraceful", Belga, Alamzan and Peña Meted Stiff Fines

PBA Legend Ricardo Brown took to social media to express his disgust over the conduct of  last Sunday's Rain or Shine and Ginebra game, calling the entire episode "an embarrassment to Philippine basketball."

In a Facebook post, the former rookie of the year and MVP questioned why Rain or Shine coaching staff or management failed to rein in Belga's behavior towards the fans who paid good money to watch professionals play "high level basketball."

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Rain or Shine Power Forward Beau Belga's actions directed against the Ginebra fans has caused an uproar and the play had to be stopped when bottles and other objects were thrown inside the court.

Power Forward Beau Belga taunts Ginebra fans during last Sunday's game

The PBA has already cracked the whip on key players involved in last Sunday's Rain or Shine and Ginebra fracas by meting out a total of 70,000 pesos in fines against Power Forward Beau Belga for "unsportsmanlike behavior". 

According to Interaksyon.com, Belga's teammate Raymond Almazan also was slapped a fine of 40,000 while Ginebra San Miguel's Dorian Peña will have to fork out 10,000 as well. Referees of the Ginebra-Rain or Shine game were also reprimanded for not spotting several flagrant fouls committed by both teams players which could have altered the result of the game.

In a statement, the PBA said "...let it be stressed that the fans are the lifeblood of the league. There is absolutely no excuse for any player to engage the fans in a hostile and provocative manner."