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A few months ago, Grab released the feature enabling passengers to add extra stops to their Grab Car rides. This feature worked so great I had to use it several times, mostly to drop friends to their houses before going home. As you may have know, to use the feature, you just tap the "+" button in the destination box to add the an extra stop. Recently though, I haven't been using that feature and at the same time, the Grab app has been updated several times. Early this week though, I need to use it but to my surprise, I can't find it. Tapping the "+" button allows you to add extra stop to your Grab Car journey.

Due to the bad weather condition prevailing over Metro Manila because of the thunderstorm, some areas has already declared class suspensions. The following are the list of class suspension announcements as of 9:05 AM. - Pasay City - pre-school to High School - UST, all levels - Ateneo de manila University , Grade school to High School - Makati City  - Afternoon classes from pre-school to high school - Cavite, entire province, all levels, public and private - matero manila, all levels, public and private - Quezon City - pre-school to high school Marikina City - pre-school to high school Pateros - pre-school to high school San Juan - pre-school to high school Caloocan - pre-school to high school Mandaluyong - pre-school to high school Muntinlupa, all levels, public and private Samsuan, Pampanga, all levels, public and private  Parañaque, all levels, public and private  - Valenzuela City, all levels - FEU East Asia College, all levels - Adamson University, wo...

American Idol logo 2008–2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Jessica Sanchez along with the top 10 American Idol Season 11 finalists have arrived in Manila early this morning. The 10 finalist will be having a concert this coming September 21 and from today until then, they will be very busy touring the malls in Metro Manila to promote not only the concert but also their album: American Idol Highlights. Jessica Sanchez is the first runner up of AI Season 11. She has a Filipino-Mexican roots. Well loved by the judges because of her powerful voice and fearless renditions of her songs during the contest, she went all the way to the finals despite an instant where the votes wasn't able to save her. Philip Philips ends up the the winner and Jessica as the runner up.

A new announcement regarding suspended classes emerges early this evening that will prevent confusion as to which places have suspended their classes for tomorrow, August 9, 2012. Based on the recommendation of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Executove Secretary Pacquito Ochoa Jr issued Memorandum Circular No. 34 effectively suspending all classes in the following regions and provinces: National Capital Region (NCR) Zambales Bataan Pampanga Pangasinan Tarlac Bulacan Laguna Cavite  Rizal Habagat Rains to Continue Tomorrow The torrential rains that flooded Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon in the past several days brought about by Soutwest Monsoon (Hanging Habagat) is expected to continue until tomorrow, Thursday. The major dams (Ipo, Lamesa) around Metro Manila has been in overflow levels since Monday. Marikina river is also in a dangerous level forcing evacuation of affected communitie...

Amid the continuous rain and flooding in Manila that caused several nearby dams to overflow and Marikina river reaching dangerous state, online rage out-poured against the person named "Marian Tan". As of the time of writing Marian Tan is trending in twitter. And as you read over the tweets, you can easily notice the anger of the twitter citizens. Who is Marian Tan? Well, based on her Facebook profile , she was a Freelance model. And based on several information I obtained from the tweets, there was apparently a fake Marian Tan twitter profile that posted several tweets that made fun of the floods occurring in the country. Below is the posts of the allegedly fake Marian Tan Twitter profile. This is apparently the true Marian Tan account: Cyber bullying If proven that the post indeed came from someone pretending to be Marian Tan, this is a good example of cyber bullying, where a person's reputation can be destroyed by fake and ...

Due to continous raining and the rise of floodwater in some areas of Metro Manila, some of the Local Government Units have suspended their classes for tomorrow, August 7, 2012 (Tuesday). Here are the latest list as of the time of writing. - Manila - all levels suspended, public and private - Muntinlupa  - all levels suspended, public and private - Marikina - all levels suspended, public and private - Navotas - all levels suspended, public and private - Paranaque - all levels suspended, public and private - Pateros - all levels suspended, public and private - Makati - all levels suspended, public and private - Taguig - all levels suspended, public and private - Malabon - up to High School suspended, public and private - Cavite Province -  all levels suspended, public and private ( updated ) - Taytay, Binagonan, Rodriguez, Angono, San Mateo , Rizal   - all levels suspended, public and priva...

Skyline of the City of Manila, seen from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has formally suspended the afternoon classes all over Manila due to heavy rain and floods. This suspension covers pre-school, elementary and secondary (high school) level. It is not sertain whether the announcement covers college classes. Classes in other Metro Manila cities was also suspended by their Mayors. For instance, all classes, except college, in Paranaque City has already been suspended earlier. Update: Pasay City suspends public and private classes up to high school. - @DepEd_PH Navotas suspends classes up to High School. Classes and offices in UP Manila until 12nn today Classes are now suspended in PUP-Sta. Mesa, PUP-San Juan, PUP-Commonwealth and PUP-Taguig. (TO BE UPDATED)

A new trailer of the upcoming movie Bourne Legacy , the fourth installment of Bourne series of movies based on Robert Ludlum's novels, has been released. Unlike the first teaser trailer though, the latest one already features scenes shot in Manila including the car/motor chase. Please see the video below: It's fun to see the wires lines, narrow alleys, and heavy traffic that is common in Manila towns. Bourne Legacy will be released on August 3, 2012.