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Getting to know US first lady Melania Trump

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US first lady Melania Trump may have skipped Manila when her husband US President Donald Trump attended the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Summit and Related Meetings from Nov. 13-15. But Melania, no doubt, is a popular figure among Asians, including Filipinos. Melania, 47, grew up in Yugoslavia and she speaks five languages - Slovenian, English, French, German and Serbian. She is the first US first lady to be born in a communist country. She has a half brother. As she embraces her role in politics, Melania said that his son Barron is the priority for now. "Barron is the priority for now. I am very involved in his life," the former fashion model told Us Magazine. Arriving on a chauffeured Cadillac Escalade, Melania drop-offs and pickups her son everyday. One local told the same magazine that Melania is always camera-ready when she arrives in school but very sweet and kind. During school hours, Melania focuses on her je...

LTO modernization pushed

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Despite the call of President Rodrigo Duterte for a clean and honest government, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) remains allegedly one of the most corrupt government agencies in the country, according to a non-government organization. In a statement, The Filipino Alliance for Transparency and Empowerment (FATE) said the LTO is still confronted with the problems of alleged corruption, manual system in car registration and fixers. Jo Perez, FATE spokesperson, cited the long daily lines of people at the LTO particularly at its main office in Quezon City, allegedly having so many fixers in and out of the LTO offices, stenciling and fake emission testing, faking of physical and medical results from those who get and renew their driver’s license, giving of “already answered sheet” to applicants of driver’s license and faking of the results of smoking belching clearance. FATE has conducted a research together with United Filipino Consumers and Commuters and BadAss Elite Pil...