Elon Musk shifts blame to Donald Trump over disruption on Ukraine’s Starlink access
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has accused President Donald Trump of being behind the technical glitch that…
By James Mario Ajero
James studied for a BA in Communication Arts at STI Caloocan, Philippines.
A self-confessed Game of Thrones nerd and MTG card collector, James’ interest in other world and fantasy fiction was sparked by reading the novels of George RR Martin and JRR Tolkien.
James is also a huge sports fan, and will happily watch his favourite basketball team Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA and NLEX Road Warriors in the Philippine Basketball Association.
In college, he was an essay competition champion in his first year before becoming a two-year impromptu speech contest champion.
James owns two male cats, Shadow and Snow.
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