Convicted rapist Daniel Smith had his
accuser recant, but only after US-PH
relations were strained.A Filipina woman accused a U.S. Marine of raping her, and got him convicted to a 40-year prison sentence. This rape victim became a cause célèbre for all those "America Out Now" groups, and this strained Philippines-America relations more than a little as anti-American protests abounded. Now? The rape victim says it was consensual. Never mind.
Legacy owner Celso de los Angeles Jr.
is doing his best to stay out of jail.
Good luck with that.The Legacy Bank was, for many years, a great way to double your money: You gave them x pisos, and they gave you postdated checks for 2x pisos. Legacy made their money from usurious microloans to poor people. Of course, the bottom was bound to fall out eventually. It did, when the owners started giving not-so-micro loans to themselves.
Overnight, Filipino Arnel Pineda went
from the obscure corners of YouTube
to the lead singer of Journey.In the ultimate "Rockstar", rags-to-riches, hometown hero homecoming story, Filipino Arlen Pineda played his first concert in The Philippines as the new lead singer of Journey. Close your eyes... maybe keep them open a bit even... and you'd swear you're in the presence of Steve Perry himself. (Pinoy singers seem to be all the rage these days.)
1 comment:
Damn, he is GOOD!
Too bad it had to be aired on the ultra-un-funny Ellen show.
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