In the News 5th edition

We've got the round-up of this week's news and today's headlines as well.

Rudy "Daboy" Fernandez; 56: God bless his soul
Masa action hero Rudy Fernandez- also known as Daboy- has been battling periampullary cancer for the past two years. Now the struggle has ended as he passed away a week ago aged 56.

Days ago, you may have also heard about his public wake, and burial which were obviously jam-packed. But that was simply the respected actor's last wish- to have a last "box office hurrah".

Enrile shuns foreign investors; but GMA welcomes them
The Joint Foreign Chambers received an embarrassing tongue-lashing courtesy of Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Miriam Quiambao for trying to erase the EPIRA (Electric Power Industry Reform Act) a week ago. June 12 was different, and that's because it was GMA who invited them so that she could praise and suck-up to them and stuff.

3G iPhone announced
Apple's WWDC didn't disappoint as it was home to the unveiling of several iPhone applications, and of course, the 3G iPhone. Globe Telecom also subsequently made a news page/announcement that vaguely stated that the Philippines will have its share of iPhone fever "later this year".

Maybe in between August and October?

Tornado kills boy scouts in central US
June 12 not only saw the release of much-awaited game Metal Gear Solid 4 in America, but also the release of a devastating tornado in central America. It destroyed the Little Sloux Scout Ranch and killed 4 teenagers from Omaha who were also boy scouts.

2 more lives were claimed in Dickinson County and Jackson County.

Greenpeace and the coal plant
Coal power plants are obviously contributing to global warming, and that's what environmental activist group Greenpeace is trying to avoid in the barangay of Ingore in Iloilo. Barangay officials are rallying back however because they claim that Greenpeace, though their protest is understandable, is trespassing in private property.

Celtics win against Lakers
'Twas the Finals yet again, and the Boston Celtics won 3-1 against the Lakers. The final score was 97-91.

"We asked for Ces, got Angelo instead"
This was the frontpage headline in today's Inquirer, and that's because yesterday saw the release of Angelo Valderama: one of the cameramen who was kidnapped along with TV news anchor Ces Drilon who was kidnapped by an unknown group of gunmen while in Mindanao. Families of the kidnapped party were relieved to see Valderama released, but they, of course, wanted the others back.

Kidnapped Marines released
The MILF released 2 kidnapped Marines from Basilan. The 2 released Marines' names are Jessie Duatin and Bernie Alcabasa which were "unharmed after a successful negotiation Thursday night," said MILF civil military affairs chief Eid Kabalu.

2 killed, 8 injured in Japan earthquake
Today saw an earthquake that happened in northern Japan which measured 7.0 in the Richter scale. The powerful earthquake claimed the lives of a fisherman in the Fukishima prefecture, and a person who was run over by a truck when the person evacuated from the house (which was in the Iwate prefecture: the epicenter).

There were 8 injured, one of them in critical condition.

More Blunders in Print

Let's play a game of find the error!

Maybe someone British was typing this.
Only one left?
Uhhh....

Movie Title Blunders

As I gear you up for the longest post I've yet to write, a little distraction wouldn't hurt. This post tackles the blunders of the folks that contribute movie schedules to the newspapers (as well as the mall's movie schedule "board" that can be easily found in the mall itself), so without further ado, here are today's blunders on paper.

That damned symbol

Ang Lee's Oscar-nominated erotic espionage thriller Lust, Caution is currently having sneak previews. So when we passed a few malls, it would be no surprise that we would encounter this on their, what I would like to call, "boards" that list the schedules of select movies but when we passed StarMall, we saw that it was written as Lust & Caution. It must've been that symbol in between the words Lust and Caution...

Bisaya Ka Man Dong
Stardust is a victim of the "Bisaya treatment"... and this theater isn't the only one who contributed the Bisaya version.30 Days Od What?!

30 Days of Night has become the victim of various typographic and grammatic errors, especially by SM Cinemas.

FUUUUUSION!
People may understand that two titles will mean the screening of the two said movies in one part of the day. But the problem is, if you aren't much of a movie-goer and you are not up to date with the latest movies, you may misconceive these blunders as only one movie.

CAPTION: A star falls from the sky as a woman struggles to find her Egyptian husband. Together with a teenage boy named Tristan, they discover a few funky things about love, rubies and terrorists...


CAPTION: The newest entry of "The Seeker" series is definitely NOT based on the acclaimed series of books. This time, Will Stanton goes overseas, more specifically the Philippines, to play hide and seek with Assunta de Rossi.