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At 2:00 a.m. local on Sunday, most of the United States (except Hawaii and Arizona) will leave daylight saving time behind and fall back an hour to standard time.
The annoyance of resetting clocks (or forgetting to, and showing up an hour early for appointments on Sunday) may raise the question of why we bother with this rigmarole in the first place.
Daylight saving time is most often associated with the oh-so-sweet extra hour of sleep in fall (and the not-so-nice loss of an hour in spring), but some of the original reasons for resetting our clocks twice a year including saving energy and having more daylight hours for retailers, sporting events and other activities that benefit from a longer day.
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Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.
Finally fed up, God said, "THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job."
So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.
They moused.
They faxed.
They e-mailed.
They e-mailed with attachments.
They downloaded.
They did spreadsheets!
They wrote reports.
They created labels and cards.
They created charts and graphs.
They did some genealogy reports
They did every job known to man.
Jesus worked with
heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.
Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off..
Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld.
Jesus just sighed.
Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming:
"It's gone! It's all GONE! "I lost everything when the power went out!"
Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work..
Satan observed this and became irate.
"Wait!" he screamed. "That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?"
God just shrugged and said,
JESUS SAVES
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Like me, who have been deleted because of some various reason, they said I only blog because of advertising purposes. And it's not true, You can see reviews on my blogs but I don't have reviews everyday I only signed for 2 advertisers and some of my blogs only got one.
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*INFURIATED*
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New Trinoma Mall across Philam Homes Edsa and adjacent to Shoe Mart at North Ave. Quezon City, Philippines. Video taken June 2008. This is proof that the Philippines is not a poor country. If shoppers are only going there for a stroll and not buy, then most shops will be closed. Aside from the Food Court, all floors are peppered with Dinning Places with waiting lines. Any Filipino that says Philippines is poor, sees the cup half-empty. I see the cup, half-full.
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Fil-Am Travis Kraft is a Los Angeles-based actor and model who has graced Philippine TV, billboards and fashion spreads in 2006 and 2007. He was a three-time North Dakota state wrestling champion and a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a Telecommunications and Film Degree. After attending EMU on a wrestling scholarship, Travis moved to LA and studied acting and stunt fighting. Travis' mother is a Filipina. In spite of his Caucasian looks, Travis is a Filipino at heart who loves authentic Pinoy cuisines like adobo, lumpia and kare-kare. Travis is known for his unique, funny, and entertaining instructional cooking videos in Filipino that he wrote, directed, and hosted like American Adobo and Salo-salo. American Adobo has become one of the top favorites on youtube.com. In fact, he was invited to guest on TFC's Adobo Nation a few months ago. Salo-salo video can now be seen on limited DVD copies only and available upon ordering on-line. American Adobo video and Salo-salo teaser can be viewed via www.poolboyfilms.com, www.youtube.com, and other related sites.
His enthusiasm for the Filipino cuisine, language and culture is quite admirable. He was the host in the 17th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture last month in California. He was also featured on the July 11 issue of The Asian Journal SF magazine as "The White Dude Who Loves Pinoy Culture."
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Dumaguete’s Wayne Larsen and Rachel Cabral of the National Capital Region (NCR) complete the Philippine men’s and women’s national recurve teams that will see action in the 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix later this month at the Ateneo grounds. Larsen is the only non-NCR player in the men’s recurve team that is named by the National Archery Association of the Philippines (NAAP). Other members Florante Matan, Marvin Cordero, Paul dela Cruz, Neil Divinagracia and Zander Lee Reyes Cabral will be joined by Joann Tabanag and Marie Cabral in an all-NCR women’s recurve team, which was finalized by the NAAP in time for the October 25 to 31 Grand Prix. In the compound event, the men’s team is be made up of NCR’s Earl Yap, Kit Cojuangco, Cristian Cubilla, Fermin Barrenechea and Jorge Vargas, and Cebu’s Dondon Sombrio. The women’s squad will have a mixed group composed of national team mainstay Jennifer Chan of Dumaguete, Bacolod bet Arlene Infante, NCR’s Abigail Tindugan, and Kristin Bismark and Quinnie Cabuguason of Gandiva Sports.
They have a very competitive team that they sure will contend for honors not only in the Southeast Asian Championship but also in the Asian Grand Prix. The NAAP came out with the final RP team roster after the second leg of the qualifying event at the Philsports Complex in Pasig City. Both recurve and compound teams will undergo extensive training under Korean coach Won Tae, who is a former Olympian. Eleven countries have so far confirmed of sending teams in the Grand Prix and the Southeast Asian Championship. The teams are Chinese-Taipei, Bhutan, Qatar, Mongolia, Thailand, Myanmar, China, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Iran and North Korea. The NAAP has also extended the deadline to give the other interested countries to submit their respective line ups in the dual event.
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Filipino's now are beating records around the world by having an entry into the Guiness Book of World Records. Theres numerous attempt and wins. Like this one I got from Inquirer.net. Another fun moment but at the same time, the know world is knowing it. Posted “A Big Thank You to Our Teachers”, the “longest” thank you banner for teachers is part of the culmination of the Teacher’s Month celebration in the Philippines.
High school and college 
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Who is this Chris guy?
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The 27-year-old cofounder of Tuldok Animation Studios will compete for the prestigious Screen Entrepreneur prize in the United Kingdom with his counterparts from China, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Slovenia and Thailand. He will also be the country’s delegate to the London Film Festival, where he will meet film and TV professionals from London, Cardiff and Bristol. Carandang is the producer of Ramon del Prado’s Libingan (The Burial), a 20-minute animated feature about a child who encounters mythical creatures on her first visit to the province to meet relatives. The film takes inspiration from Sagada’s hanging coffins. Carandang’s dream of building a predominantly Filipino animation studio was born in 1998 when, as an exchange student in Pittsburgh, he won a prize to visit Pixar Animation Studios to observe the making of “A Bug’s Life.” Libingan is the product of that collaboration. They got a grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the rest is history.
“The main thrust of Tuldok, which now has more than 70 freelance animators, is to develop an independent animation production model without the physical studio. “Utilize your available resources and take risks,” Carandang advises. “We want to inspire other groups to create similar models. After all, animation is not just about outsourcing—we can also create animation with original Filipino content. Will power is all we need!
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After Charice amazing performance all over the world, She shine again at 13th Annual Andre Agassi Foundation’s Grand Slam for Children benefit concert held at the Wynn, Las Vegas, Nevada last October 12. Many singer is in the benefit concert like Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow
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Gone are the days when journals were kept from prying eyes. With the advent of blogs, thoughts of an individual -- whether just plain ranting or take on national issues -- can now be read in full and accessed by anyone around the Internet. Notwithstanding the issues the popularity it may have stirred, blogs have provided a venue where one can show off his creativity and writing prowess in a wide range of topics. In the Philippines, Filipino bloggers are also making their niche in the fast-growing blogging industry, especially with the opening of this avenue of non-traditional media.… normally these (bloggers) are individuals who wouldn’t find themselves, for example, in traditional media. They wouldn’t have the time to [do the] real job of a writer but [if] they have free time, they would devote [their time], for example, blogging. Sonido pointed out that blogging is not limited to written words. It can also involve videos, podcasts and photographs. The style of writing itself is also not restricted to descriptive type only. Poetry is one way to put across a blogger’s thoughts. Sonido was one of the organizers of the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) 2008 held last month. The event is held yearly to recognize Filipino blogger talents and "help give Filipinos a louder voice in cyberspace."
Diversity
The PBA, now on its second year, basically showcases what the Philippine blogging community can and has achieved, according to Sonido. In last month’s contest, more than 20 bloggers in at least 30 categories were named winners. By 2009, more categories are expected to be added to the current list. The growing number of categories shows diversity in the blogging community.
It's not limited to moneymaking and ranting. I mean they’re not bad, kung baga there's many colors in the rainbow… when you do this (blogging), one of the many benefits you develop [is] your writing and presentation skills.
A big percentage of blogs are personal, Sonido admitted, and the biggest challenge for the blogging community is to go beyond this "stereotype." For instance, blogger Ferdz Decena, who started his blog five years ago, chronicles his adventures and experiences as he travels to different places. Decena’s blog was named the 2008 best travel blog by PBA. He updates his blog thrice a week at least and he said it would take him four hours to finish one entry.
It's like a magazine. The discipline of creating a magazine also applies in the Web as well.
Aside from travel blogs, Sonido said bloggers also dwell on subjects such as yoga and their restaurant-hopping experiences. Juan Karlo Licudine, whose blog was declared the best technology blog, said that the hardest part of keeping a blog is sustaining and increasing the readership. For Sonido, being consistent in writing is also one of the things that a blogger should be aware of in order to entice the readers to keep coming back to his blog.
A single lucky bettor correctly guessed the six-number winning combination of the Superlotto 6/49 draw Sunday, earning him or her more than P 131 million. Sunday's winning combination was 42, 12, 46, 26, 49, and 19, and the exact jackpot as of 8:30 p.m. was P 131,367,621.60. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said Sunday's jackpot was one of the biggest jackpot prizes for the Superlotto. It was also the biggest since March 2008 when a single bettor won the prize pot of more than P249 million. Sunday's draw was the 15th since the first in August, when the prize money was just P16 million. The jackpot ballooned because nobody won the P117 million during Thursday's draw.
"Nakikita natin yung sudden na pagspike ng ating premyo. From an average of P10 million, noong Huwebes po ang ating itinaas, from last Sunday's draw, ay P13 million," PCSO spokesman Larry Cedro said. The PCSO said sales for their lotto tickets did not go down despite the economic crisis as their patrons are pinning their hopes on lotto jackpot prizes during these hard times. "Bagamat sa sitwasyon na hinaharap ng ating bansa, hindi apektado at patuloy yung pagtangkilik ng ating mga kababayan sa ating produkto. Malaking tulong hindi lang para sa kanila kundi sa mga nangangailangan rin," Cedro said.
Two Filipino films, both winners in this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, topped the 13th Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea. Milo Tolentino’s “Andong” won Best Short Film in Pusan, Digna Santiago of the Film Development Council of the Philippines. Santiago is in Korea to attend the film event. “Andong” also won Best Short Film at the Cinemalaya last July. Best Short Film or Sonje Award comes with a $10,000 cash prize. Chris Martinez’s “100” won the Audience prize, which is dubbed the KNN Award and which comes with a $20,000 cash prize from the KNN Foundation. Martinez, who is in Korea with actress Tessie Tomas, said that he and Tomas “jumped for joy” upon learning the news from festival programmer Kim Ji-Seok. China’s “Jalainur” and Korea’s “Land of the Scarecrows” won Best Films. “100,” which competed in the New Currents section, also received a favorable review from The Hollywood Reporter’s Maggie Lee who described it as “thoughtfully scripted and performed with a delicate balance of gravity and humor.” All the screenings were sold out in one minute. “100” and “Andong” are among seven films from the Philippines that were screened in the Korean festival, along with Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto’s “Confessional,” Francis Xavier Pasion’s “Jay,” Joel Ruiz’s “Baby Angelo,” Dante Mendoza’s “Serbis” and Adolf Alix Jr.’s “Adela.”
“100” will have its commercial run in local theaters on Dec. 3.
INTERNATIONAL fashion designer Josie Natori and BBC World News business anchor Rico Hizon are the 2008 BPInoy Awardees for overseas Filipino excellence. International broadcast journalist Rico Hizon is based in Singapore (with wife Melanie and son Migo), and designer Josie Natori is based in New York (with husband Ken Natori). Hailed as one of 2006’s Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) for International Journalism and Community Service, Hizon is the first Filipino broadcast journalist to work for global broadcasting networks BBC World News and CNBC Asia. Rico started his TV career covering the business beat for GMA Network and in 1995 joined CNBC Asia in Hong Kong and later in Singapore. He moved to the BBC in 2002 and currently anchors Asia Business Report and World Business Report. Rico is a very active community Filipino community leader and with his wife champion of Filipino art in the city-state.
Josie, on the other hand, moved from the finance world to fashion design. She was the first female vice president for investment banking at Merrill Lynch when she left Wall Street in 1977. Her Natori Company started with lingerie and now her designs —women’s fashion and accessories — are sold in upscale department stores around the world. In September 2009, her Natori perfume will debut.
Now on its third year, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recognizes the achievements of overseas Filipinos in their various fields of expertise, and showcases BPI’s commitment to excellence and seek to instill nationalism among Filipinos abroad. On behalf of Hizon and Natori, BPI made a grant of P50,000 each to the awardees’ chosen charities, namely, Munting Tahanan ng Nazareth and Asian Cultural Council.
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Young singer-actor Sam Concepcion shared his excitement as he readies for his debut concert "I'll Find Your Heart" at Music Museum on Saturday, October 18. "It's my first concert and I'm very, very excited and I hope to see you there," he said. Concepcion said that his concert that will happen a day before his 16th birthday is dedicated to all his fans and supporters. "It's for the fans for all of them.. it's about them my thank you sa kanilang lahat," he said. Concepcion said for his birthday he wishes for good health and for him to continue to do good in school and in his career. Dubbed "Singing Crush ng Bayan", Concepcion said that Star Magic talent Jessa Ortega, Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2's expelled scholars Iñaki and Bea Munoz are going to be part of his concert as guest artists. Concepcion who started his career when he joined ABS-CBN's Little Big Star is also known as the boy who beat the country's pride international singing sensation Charice.
When asked if he would like Charice to be her guest star, he replied: "Nakakahiya naman. Hindi po, Iba international na siya eh. Mahirap na siyang kunin. The singer said that if he would be given a chance he would really want his friend -- Charice to be her guest and he would really be happy to perform a duet with the young diva. "Kung may chance o may opportunity yeah," Concepcion said. He admitted he admires Charice for her outstanding achievements and for giving the country honor and pride . “Of course what she has done, wala pang nakakagawa na ibang artista sa Pilipinas. So I admire her talent and her achievements at saka inspiration din sa mga singers na mayroon tayong chance talaga to make it,” he said. Like Charice who already performed with her idols Andrea Boceli and Celine Dion, Concepcion is also dreaming to do a duet with his music idols Michael Jackson and Chris Brown.
CONTROVERSIAL FILIPINO film “Serbis” won two top awards at the 6th Pacific Meridian International Film Festival held in Vladivostok, Russia from Sept. 13 to 19. Brillante Mendoza was named Best Director and lead star Gina Pareño, Best Actress. “Serbis,” the RP entry in the main competition of the Cannes International Film Festival last May, received negative reviews from international critics. “That’s why I feel vindicated now,” Mendoza told the Inquirer via SMS. The movie is about a family in Pampanga living in a decrepit theater that is a front for male prostitution. Mendoza competed with 18 other filmmakers from Asia-Pacific countries, including the US, Korea, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and Russia. Indian filmmaker Shivajee Chandrabhushan’s “Frozen” won the Best Feature Grand Prix. Canadian director Anais Barbeau-Lavalette’s “The Fight” won the Special Jury Prize.
According to the festival’s website, the Best Director award comes with a $15,000 cash prize; the Best Actress honor, with $10,000. The all-female jury was headed by Denmark’s Vibeke Windelov who produced Lars von Trier’s films, including the Cannes 1996 Grand Jury Prize winner “Breaking the Waves.” The members were Japanese actress Momoi Kaori, Korean producer Oh Jungwan, US producer Sarah Hoch and Russian director Svetlana Proskurina. Prior to leaving for Russia, Mendoza wrote a letter to Rolando Andaya, secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, appealing the reimbursement of his expenses at the Cannes film fest.
Mendoza said he requested for P1.5 million but the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) approved only P1.1 million, which was reduced to P942,000 by the DBM. In the end, Mendoza said he received only P696,097.20 five months after the Cannes event. Lali Suzara, FDCP executive director, told the Inquirer that the grant was subject to government accounting procedures. “Mendoza failed to produce required documents and receipts,” she said, so he didn’t get his full reimbursement.
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PARIS-BASED ROSE ANNE Cu-unjieng de Pampelonne is set to be the next big Philippine fashion star, if she isn’t one already. Her bejeweled accessories, or “cuddly ornamentation” as she likes to call them, were recently featured in In Style (modeled by pop superstar Rihanna) and Elle. Last September, they get prominent exposure in Vogue (Rachel Weisz on the cover) in the magazine’s jewelry report. It was also in that magazine that she was featured about two years ago as one of Paris’ “secret addresses,” for her embellished clothing designs, which are made in Nepal. She is in the spotlight again as her accessories make a big dent in the creative and crowded world of international fashion. Last June, I was in Paris to interview and photograph this design powerhouse for this newspaper and for the cover of the Philippine Tatler, out this October. We did her shoot and interview at one of the homes she designed, a gorgeous toney two-story apartment with a breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower.
I have known Rose Anne for quite some time and we manage to make time for catching up whenever I go to the City of Light. She is always very accommodating and kind-hearted. She loves to entertain and hobnob with the city’s ultra-chic crowd. The last time I was there, the wife of Louis Vuitton chair and chief executive Yves Carcelle, Rebecca, was giving Rose Anne a birthday party. Invited were some Filipinas like the very lovely Yvette Lhuillier-Warnod (Monique’s beautiful sister, a carbon copy of her mom Amparito) and Ria Agousti whose furniture and accessories are sold in Barney’s as well as in Paris.
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Rose Anne’s passion for creativity and sense of style has always been innate. She has taken lessons in painting in Florence and design in Paris. A good friend prodded her to open an interior design company upon seeing her work on the apartment she was then living in. Today she is an accomplished interior designer with a coveted clientele all over the world. Her home has been featured in countless magazines and this column reported the coverage of her own home in Elle Décor (US) last April. She also had a showroom in Manila called Artemis (now owned by Baby Girl Fricke) and her partners include her sister Libet Virata, Conrad Onglao, Anton Mendoza and Doris Ho. Her jump to fashion, and now jewelry, has progressed naturally. She says it all started with embroidery that did not work on the clothes she designed. She kept them and made them into necklaces.
When asked how growing up in the Philippines has influenced her work, she answered, “What I appreciate about having been born in the Philippines is the Filipino sense of flexibility and diplomacy (good manners over brutal frankness) as they help cushion the rough bumps along the way.” Prompted further on why she went into accessories/ jewelry design after being an interior and fashion designer, she said, “I know that it is mad to have added another profession albeit one which does complement the other; but it just happened!” So how does she put it altogether—being an interior, fashion, jewelry designer, a wife and mother? Rose Anne has been married for 20 years to the investment banker, Baron Bruno de Pampelonne; they live with their three handsome sons Dominic, Ludovic and Alexis. (Incidentally her oldest son Dominic was photographed her for the Tatler cover). She says, “I’m so busy that it would be a great luxury to have more time. Problem is, even when I’m tired, I don’t want to stop, because I love what I’m doing... When I feel I’m beginning to be overwhelmed, I go home.” Rose Anne adds, “I am looking forward to spending more time with my family; they are really my most incredible inner circle. Hopefully more years of creating and, wistfully, finally learning how to delegate in the good old Filipino way.”
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Ruiz initially studied pharmacology and was on his final year at Ohio State University when he grew enamored with industrial design. Quite a big shift from chemistry to engineering but Ruiz dove into it and, soon, was in the center of the world of automobile design. Shortly thereafter, he was assigned to a leadership position in one of GM’s high-priority projects, the E-Flex Design Studio, where he and his team were charged with the aesthetics of the exterior design of GM cars, particularly the Chevy Volt. He was also involved in the initial designs of the GM’s latest muscle retro-car, the 2008 Camaro. Ruiz is proudest of the fact that GM put in a concerted effort to produce a vehicle like no other — an electric car that’s “beautiful, and that’s going to decrease dependence on oil, reduce emissions, appeal to environmentally conscious drivers as well as to gear heads.”
Here is an electric vehicle that will run for 40 miles on single battery charge before it switches to gasoline use. In an all-electric mode, when the generator kicks in, it will rack up 100 miles to the gallon. The Chevy Volt has just catapulted GM to world prominence and, in Ruiz’s own words, “long term prosperity.” At 100 years old, GM has left big footprints in automotive history and is leaving fresh new ones at the forefront of the race to save the planet.
America's award-giving body for the finest work in television has honored a Filipino animator, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday in a statement. Citing a report from the Philippine consulate general to Los Angeles, the DFA said Jess Espanola won the 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) given by the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences for his work on "The Simpsons - Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind."
Philippine Consul General to Los Angeles Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon, together with Zen Lopez, former Arts and Culture Commissioner, City of Glendale; Mr. Errol Santos of Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital; and Mr. Larry Pelayo of Asian-American Peoples Journal, congratulated Espanola. Disney and Japanese animation companies are among those that have employed Filipino animators.
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A premier of Ina, Anak, Pamilya Mother, Child, Family) ” is part of the European road show by the Overseas Filipinos Worldwide Caucus for Sustainable Development that began on Sept.12 to 14 in Bern, Lucerne and Geneva, Switzerland, moved on to Rome on Sept.21, and ends in Amsterdam and Maastricht in the Netherlands on Sept.27 and 28.
This hybrid documentary-feature film is written and directed by Jenny Pearl "JP" Bautista, and produced by IMPACT (Information Media for Progress thru Alternative Communication Technologies Inc.). It stars veteran actors Joel Torre, Eula Valdez and Angel Aquino, with upcoming artists Miguel Aguila and Jade Lopez.
Launched last July at Cinema 10 of SM Megamall, Ina, Anak, Pamilya has been described as a "non-mainstream” film “presenting the vicious cycle of problems that hound OFWs and their families. Information and entertainment, fact and fiction were conscientiously mixed to raise consciousness among migrants, families, policymakers, private and civic sectors of society as well as move viewers."
Director Bautista notes, “The experience of coping with the Lebanon crisis is one sad and painful reality and must not be repeated and this is what makes the movie timely and relevant. The film can be a good rallying point for all sectors to re-visit the 'Reintegration Program’ of government’ in the hope of putting all ‘actions and resources’ together to ensure full force implementation – as a long term empowerment for OFWs and their families towards achieving social and economic stability – starting with the family."
A forum on the topic is conducted after the film showings. Part of the activities are trainors’ training in financial literacy and a peer counseling seminar offered by the Philippine-based Atikha Overseas Workers and Communities Initiatives Inc.
Towards a Global Forum on Migration & Development
Launched by Filipino migrant organizations in Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France and Italy, this European tour is a follow-up activity of the Expert Meet and International Migrant Conference held in the Netherlands in October and November 2007, when the Overseas Filipino Worldwide Caucus for Sustainable Development was organized with Stichting Habagat as secretariat. This road show is part of preparations for the coming Global Forum on Migration and Development in Manila in October 2008. The Overseas Filipino Worldwide Caucus is working on signing cooperative Memorandums of Agreement with local LGUs partnered by OFW hometown associations. The Caucus “hopes to work with at least 30 LGU officials” on sustainable development.
Working with them in the Philippines are Atikha, IMPACT, and the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment National Reintegration Center for OFWs (DOLE-NRCO).
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is reaching out to the Cebuanos to come and visit their country. The STB has identified Cebu as a target market for its tourism roadshow. “I find a lot of potential here in Cebu with the number of Cebuanos visiting Singapore. I think the time is also good (to promote Singapore),” said Lynelle Seow, Singapore Tourism Board area director for Philippines and Brunei. Cebu is Singapore’s second visitor-generating city from the Philippines, next to Manila. More than 20,000 Cebuanos visited Singapore in 2007. The figure was 27 percent higher compared to 2006 record, said Seow. But the number went down by 14 percent or about 2,000 Cebuano arrivals from January to August this year compared to the same period in 2007. “But this is a global trend because of the performance of the economy,” Seow told . She said the Philippines is the ninth tourism source market of Singapore. The country has 10.3 million tourist arrivals in 2007.
The STB will have its first roadshow in Cebu, carrying the Uniquely Singapore brand from Oct. 4 to 5 at SM City Cebu. For the Cebu roadshow, Seow said they target families and young professionals, who travel with their friends, to come and visit Singapore. Seow said they had focused marketing efforts and advertisement in Manila since the STB office was established in the Philippines last 2004. Under the Uniquely Singapore brand, the STB is promoting the country as exciting leisure destination, a global education schoolhouse, a center of business meetings and conventions and as a leading healthcare service provider. “Singapore is a unique combination of the east and the west. There's so much to do in every place that you can create a story in every destination,” she said. Based on the 2015 development master plan, Seow said all estates will be connected by parks and gardens, a way of strengthening Singapore's image as a garden city. While it is known as a shopping destination, Singapore is still up for more developments. In 2010, Universal Studio will open on Sentosa Island. In 2009, an integrated resort will rise along Marina Bay where underwater restaurants, arts and sciences museum and casino, among other,s will be located.
In terms of education, Seow said business, culinary, fine arts and new media courses are popular among Filipino students. Other tourist attractions include the Singapore Flyer, which gives visitors a view of the islands at 42 stories high, and the Orchard Road, a retail and entertainment hub which has 30 malls. Since Singapore is a “unique blend of cultures,” Seow said the country also has its version of Chinatown where trendy retail stores, bars and restaurants can be found.
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“The Philippines is well represented,” Drago said. “Not having those players just took a little spice out of the event. But the Philippines remains formidable. “And besides, who would want to miss playing here,” he asked. “Playing pool in the Philippines is like playing soccer in Brazil.” Manalo refused to acknowledge the pressure of being one of a few who is now being looked upon to deliver for the Filipinos. “It would have been better had they been here,” Manalo, the recently crowned national champion, said of Reyes and company. The opening ceremonies will be at 10 a.m. Monday. The draw was held late Sunday night. A total of 128 players in the main draw will be divided into groups of six who will play a double elimination format. Play shifts to knockout in the last three days.
Wu Chia-ching, another former 9-ball champ, banners the rock-solid Taiwanese delegation. Though he will be playing with a borrowed cue stick after losing his old one, worth more than P300,000, in a cab in Guangzhou, China, Wu is also giving himself a good chance. Shane Van Boening, the consensus player to beat in last year’s WPC won by Englishman Daryl Peach, is also among the favorites.
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Travelers from all over the region have chosen Boracay Island and Palawan province in the Philippines as two of the best holiday destinations in Asia this year, according to a Web poll by online travel magazine Smart Travel Asia. The 2008 online poll showed Boracay and Palawan ranking seventh and eighth respectively in the top 10 holiday destinations in Asia. Palawan shared eighth place with Chiang Mai, Thailand. Both Philippine destinations were jointly ranked seventh in the 2007 Smart Travel Asia poll. Boracay is famous for its white sand beaches, which make it a popular tourist spot in the country. On the other hand, Palawan is rated by National Geographic Traveler magazine as the best island destination in East and Southeast Asia region in 2007, and the 13th best island in the world having "incredibly beautiful natural seascapes and landscapes." Some of the most famous tourist spots in Palawan are the Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, Coron Bay in Busuanga and the El Nido Marine Reserve Park.
The otherworldy Bali, Indonesia was chosen Asia's top holiday destination in the Smart Travel Asia poll for the third straight year followed by Phuket, Thailand; Kerala, India; the island republic of Maldives; shopping mecca Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand. Angkor, Cambodia ranked ninth place while Koh Samui, Thailand and Rajasthan, India both shared tenth place. Smart Travel Asia said the poll results revealed the continued dominance of Thailand as a "holiday brand" with four destinations in the Top Ten, and the strong emergence of India. The same poll also showed El Nido Resort Lagen Island in Palawan ranking among the top 25 leisure hotels and resorts in Asia this year.
According to Smart Travel Asia, the poll results reflect the online voters' "substantial hands-on travel experience, word-of-mouth at dinnertime chats, as well as an idea of the brand drawn from advertising and editorial exposure in the media, which is mostly online." Smart Travel Asia is the region’s only dedicated online travel magazine with over one million readers worldwide. Vijay Verghese, Smart Travel Asia editor, said voters in the annual travel poll took an average 15.5 annual air trips and earned $175,162 with roughly 60 percent based in Asia, 20 percent in UK/Europe and 20 percent in the United States
The Philippine Centre, a Filipino charity organization based in Hounslow, West London has been conducting Filipino classes for over a decade now. The classes, which aim to promote and cultivate Filipino language for the benefit of the next generations of Pinoys in the United Kingdom are held in a community center in Hounslow. Parents chip in funds for the rent of the venue but the classes, which are held every Saturday for two hours during the school term, are free. Many of the Pinoy students attending the classes were born in the UK and consider English their mother tongue. Speaking Filipino is now a challenge for them. “Para lang they will familiarize with the terms and the meanings. It has been going on for quite some time now. At saka ‘yong aking mga students din as they grow up nawawala. Tapos ‘yong mga anak pumapalit. So it’s just generation to generation,” said Ester Limotlimot, a volunteer teacher at the Philippine Centre.
The classes, composed of some 15-20 students, are conducted in a very informal style. Basic greetings, grammar and pronunciation are taught and topics for discussion are injected with information about Philippine history, geography, and culture. Sessions in the afternoon include Pinoy songs and folk dances which are part of the children’s cultural exposure and enrichment. “They have to learn the language and also the Philippine history and bits and pieces of things about the Philippines. They have to know their origin. It’s very important kasi yung identity nila malalabas nila through their language. Hindi naman kasi lahat dito nagta-Tagalog sa kanilang bahay. So kawawa ang mga bata ‘pag umuwi sa Pilipinas. Although ang mga bata sa atin nakakapag-English. Di naman everything na lang mag e-English ka,” explained Limotlimot. There is no age limit for the classes. Although most of the attendees are under 16, three-year-olds and adults alike enjoy the general experience of bantering in Filipino.
Charina Padua Boys is a forensic fire investigator in London. She has been attending the classes for over a year now. For Boys, the only adult professional in the group, it is never too late to learn Filipino. “My mother is Filipino. I have a lot of family and relatives (in the Philippines) and we visit once a year and we go back every Christmas. Everyone else speaks English to me and I just thought it would be nice to go back to the Philippines and actually conversate in my own language rather than expect everyone to include me by having to speak English. I didn’t learn it as a kid because I didn’t have a lot of Filipinos around me and I just thought if I don’t learn now I don’t think I ever will,” she said. Thirteen-year-old Alyssa Babaran takes her Filipino classes seriously. “I guess I don’t really know the real feeling to be a Pinoy because I’m not living there at the moment but my classes bring me a step closer to feeling like a full Pinoy. You don’t really have an excuse not to know Tagalog. It’s the national language of the Philippines and I think every Filipino should know it,” she said.
They are maybe thousands of miles away from the Philippines but learning Filipino culture and language make them feel closer to home. “I live in the UK so I can get all of the British culture that I want. Coming here gives me that little bit of the Filipino culture,” said Boys.
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The Canadian province of Alberta has opened its doors to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE). The agreement, signed by Labor Secretary Marianito Roque and Alberta Minister of Employment and Immigration Hector Goudreau, will allow Filipino doctors, engineers, nurses, and other professionals to work in the Canadian province. This is the fourth such MoU signed with a Canadian province; the others were with Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba. "The MoUs with the four Canadian provinces underscore our efforts at ensuring that Filipino workers seeking overseas employment are afforded ample protection from unscrupulous illegal recruiters and exploitative employers overseas," Roque said. The MoU also seeks to ensure that the Philippine workers’ training and credentials are recognized in Alberta and meet the Canadian province’s occupational standards.
It commits to the "ethical recruitment, selection, and protection and skills development" of OFWs who will be deployed there, but did not specify the number of workers to be hired. Deployment would have to meet not just Philippine and Alberta laws, but also those of international bodies. Among these is that no recruitment fees will be charged the worker. "All recruitment costs related to the hiring of OFWs under the MoU shall be covered by the employers in Canada. This means that neither the employment agency in Canada nor the recruitment or sending agency in the Philippines is allowed to charge any recruitment fees in any form from OFWs bound for Alberta," the labor chief said. Roque said OFWs who wish to work in Alberta still need to apply through recruitment agencies authorized to recruit for Canada.
To actualize the MoU, both parties will establish a working committee tasked to coordinate activities on their shared priorities. For the Philippines, the labor department will develop mechanisms to facilitate the deployment of qualified OFWs to Alberta, including those living outside the Philippines. As a start, Alberta employers who wish to recruit OFWs working temporarily outside the Philippines are encouraged to course their manpower requests through the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in the country where the OFWs are located. Many OFWs in the Middle East, particularly professionals, use their experience there as jump-off points for jobs in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Government statistics show that as of December 2007, there are 462,935 Filipinos in Canada, 410,626 of who are permanent residents, 49,309 temporary, and around 3,000 irregular.
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Heading the line-up is the Philippine concert queen Pops Fernandez (fresh from her Divalicious High-energy concert series), RP’s Comedy King Dolphy (who’s still in cloud-9 following his successful movie team-up with his heir-apparent Vic Sotto and his four-score b-day celebration), enticing chanteuse par excellence Zsa-Zsa Padilla, plus an array of fresh and in-demand talents in the local showbiz and tin pan alley: voluptuous performer Geneva Cruz, “Star In A Million” singing sensation Kris Lawrence, the R&B Prince Jay-R and the new generation’s Jukebox King April Boy Regino.
As if the above-mentioned A-1 caliber celebrities won’t suffice to fill the stage, Dolphy’s equally talented sons also join the cast. Actor-director Eric Quizon leads his siblings Jeffrey, Boy 2, Ronnie and Vandolph in their specially prepared production numbers as part of the event’s tribute to Dolphy’s long successful career span in the entertainment business.
Had there been a show elsewhere in the East Coast with such impressive cast? There’s none yet but this one. What better way to spend a Thanksgiving weekend than watching an all-star Filipino concert on Saturday, Nov.29, 7pm in Atlantic City! The BACK2BACK concert is a talent-loaded event that promises a total entertainment package for the entire family to enjoy.
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Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan is in the Guinness World Records with the longest barbecue measuring 3,803.96 meters using its own product, the white glutinous corn. The new record which dethroned Montevideo, Uruguay, was confirmed by Kaoru Ishikawa, records manager of the Guinness World Records based in London. In a statement, he confirmed that the achievement was entered into the record books as “The longest barbecue measured 3,803.96 meters and was created by the municipality of Santo Tomas (Philippines) in Santo Tomas, Pangasinan, Philippines on February 11 2008. Local government officials said the much-coveted crown which they wrestled from a large South American city was a product of a year-long sacrifice and several sleepless nights, series of dry-runs just to perfect their grilling.
Pangasinan Longest Barbecue
The longest barbecue bid of this agricultural town was made on Feb. 10 where the grills were set up along the 10 barangays here from the boundary of Rosales up to Alcala towns as the highlight of their 10-day celebration of the town’s centennial celebration. In their offical bid submitted to Guinness, there were 1,559 meters interconnected fabricated grills made of bamboo, chicken wires and galvanized iron sheets, where 93,540 pieces of corn ears were grilled by 3,500 cooks. Prior to its creation as a municipality in year 1898, Sto. tomas was only a barrio of Alcala. The town is bounded on the northern part by Villasis town, on the eastern part by Carmen, Rosales, western part by Alcala and southern part by San Manuel, Tarlac.
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Money supply in July grew 4.1 percent from a year earlier, lower than the 5.1 percent rise in June, although it declined only 0.02 percent on a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, the central bank said Tuesday.
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The Philippines’ top women billiards players, Iris Rañola and Rubilen Amit, are making big strides in the world of pool. After only a few years in the sport, Iris and Rubilen are now eyeing a much bigger stake, that of joining the handful of women billiards greats. I say that is not hard to achieve. They are still young, thus I expect many good years ahead of them. Rañola recently won the Arizona Women’s Billiards Tour in Tucson, nosing out American Emily Wilmoth, 7-6, in the finals. According to RP team coach Boyet Asonto, Wilmoth had asked for a break after a 4-4 stalemate and, when play resumed, the American stormed to a 6-4 lead. But the Philippine bet did not lose heart and squared the count before scoring a dramatic come-from-behind 7-6 victory. A native of Divisoria, Zamboanga, Rañola earlier finished runner-up at the US Women’s Open 9-Ball tournament. A mainstay of Puyat Sports, Rañola also won last year’s national women’s pool championship under the
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The Philippines’ junior booters, Rizal Football, swept all of their seven games to win the gold in the Norway Cup held at the Baekkelagets Sportsklub open fields. Team Philippines, represented by students from Colegio de San Agustin in Makati and Southridge School in Alabang, won its last three games demolishing their opponents en route to winning the gold. Rizal Football scored consecutive wins over Lyn 2, 4-1l Gruner, 2-0; and Holmlia, 3-1. They also scored back-to-back victories against Hakadal, 5-1, and Hoybr/Stovn, 5-2. Team Philippines had a strong start in the week-long tournament with a 10-0 crushing of Norway’s Strømmen.
Another Norwegian team, Nordstrand, also became their victims after scoring a 4-1 win on Sunday. The 15-member team, despite complaining of stiff legs and tiredness, won all their games because of their willingness to win and boosted by the cheering Filipino community. “I have my complete confidence with them," said coach Potenciano Fernandez, who added that all asked from the team is their “heart". Fernandez led the 15-man Filipino delegation who came from Denmark to Oslo to compete at the week-long tournament. Dubbed as the world’s largest youth football tournament, the Norway Cup is now on its 36th year. Some 1,500 teams with 30,000 participants from 50 countries competed in the event where 4,400 matches were played held at 62 football fields.
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Young football/soccer players with Filipino heritage are showing class and poise in Europe’s top leagues in England, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. The one at the top of his class is Fil-British youngster Neil Etheridge, The 18 year old, is the number two goal keeper for the Fulham FC, which plays in the English Primiere League. Brothers Chris and Simon Greatwich are also exceptional players. Chris, 23, plays as a midfielder for West Brom while his 20-year-old brother, Simon suits up for Ewes in the Coca-Cola Cup in England. Fil-Dutch Jason De Jong, a midfielder, represents NAC Brenda, a first division team in the Netherlands. Fil-Danish Jerry Lucena, 28, also a midfielder, plays for AGF FC, a first division team in Denmark. Fil-German Stephan Schrock plays for a first division team in the German national league.
Fil-American Chad Gould, 26, on the other hand, saw action for the AFC Wimbledon team in England. Pinoy booters have also done well in the U-S with Fil-Am Henry Brauner, 24, a midfielder who plays in the NCAA. This new breed of talent are set to be tapped as the Philippines gears up for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Elimination Cup in Cambodia. Newly-installed RP men’s coach Juan Cutillas said four Fil-Britons, two Fil-Americans, one Fil-Dutch, Fil-Danish and Fil-German will reinforce the RP team in the Asian meet set for Oct. 17 to 25. The Philippines will be up against the host Cambodia, Brunei, Laos and East Timor in the eliminations where the top two finishers will advance into the next round which will be played in Thailand and Indonesia.
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Asian Karting queen Michele Bumgarner made history in the Rock Island Grand Prix in Illinois by becoming the first female champion in the world’s largest street kart racing event. Bumgarner bagged the Tag Seniors crown, also earning her the distinction as the seventh foreign-born winner in the event’s 14-year history. With the victory, the media is now making comparison of her to Danica Patrick, who also emerged the first female champion of Rock Island’s counterpart, the Indy Racing League, last April. The 19 year old bet surprised everyone as a first-timer in the event when she piloted the Margay Team to a 1-2-3-4 finish and clocked 11 minutes and 24.144sec. Teammate Kyle Erdmann came in 0.916sec behind for second place, while Scott Hamble and Brett Johnson finished third and fourth places, respectively.
For years, the Rock Island Grand Prix has been known as a stepping stone to barge into the Indy Racing League (IRL) and has drawn hundreds of entries annually from all over the world, including Argentina, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, France, Italy and Mexico as well as Canada and the United States. “This will stick with me my whole career. Everyone goes on about how great this race is and it’s special that this is my first time here and my first win here. I hope to come back,” said Bumgarner, who credited the support of Margay’s experienced crew that includes crew chief and former RIGP champ Rick Fulks and RIGP’s winningest racer until last year Jason Birdsell. Bumgarner is also backed up by Petron XCS, Spectrum-OSO Asia, Department of Tourism, Molecule, City Kart Racing, Oakley and Goodyear.
“I’ve got fantastic support here,” Bumgarner said. “How could I not be up front?” Even RIGP officials were impressed, predicting a promising racing career for Bumgarner who’s planning to move to Indianapolis to pursue hopes of going the Indy Racing League route by the end of the year. “I think she has a pretty bright career ahead of her, and it depends on how that career goes,” RI Grand Prix president Roger Ruthhart said. “It served us well when Scott Speed went on to Formula One, with him saying how he had been a Rock Island Grand Prix champion. It could be the same thing with Michele.” Bumgarner didn’t come to Rock Island with expectations to win. But the media already speculated her historic feat after posting a top qualifying speed of 33.096 seconds that made her the first female pole-winner in RIGP history. “I didn’t come here intending to be a trailblazer, but it’s an extra perk,” she said. “What I know is, it was going to be a close race to the end.”
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Three Filipino college students won first prize in the recently concluded Asian Science Camp art competition in Bali, Indonesia. Fourth year Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry student Joey Mangadlao of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, UP-Los Baños (UPLB) Physics student Raymund Lorenzo Abejuela IV, and Elvis Chua, a BS Chemistry student at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), bagged first prize in the poster-making contest. The team bested 50 other groups in the poster-making competition, bagging certificates and three million rupiah (R13,328.18).
The winning poster, entitled, “DNAzymes: Gene Carriers of the Past, Catalysts of the Future,” was inspired by the talk of Rizal Fajar Hariadi of the California Institute of Technology on Molecular Machines Made of and Fueled by DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
Mangadlao said the competition made him more eager to pursue a Science career, especially after hearing various Nobel Laureates speak about their accomplishments. Mangadlao won the 3rd Grand Award for Microbiology at the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Arizona, United States back in high school for his project, “Biologically Potent Broad Spectrum Antibiotics Obtained from Tetrodoxin-Rich Organs of Puffer Fishes.” Department of Science and Techology (DoST) Science Education Institute (SEI) Director Dr. Ester Ogena said the success of the Filipino students in the competition showcased the Filipino’s talent not just in Math and Science but also in the arts. “Our students’ international exposures enable them to see the real world with their very eyes and we are confident that once they step into it, they too, shall shine,” she said.
The proud province of Bulacan has once again captured the nation’s attention and imagination with its recent bid to put the province’s name in the Guinness Book of World Records by making the World’s Longest Pastillas. Stretching 202.6 meters long and measuring 5 inches in diameter, the record-breaking activity served as one of the highlights of this year’s Singkaban Festival.
The colorful Singkaban Festival offers a window to the Bulakeños’ rich cultural landscape and an opportunity to savor the many celebratory flavors of its cultural diversity. The province choose the pastillas for its distinct and original ingredient--carabao’s milk--and because the product is one of the most famous and saleable Tatak Bulakenyo products.
"[If we make it to] the Guinness [Book of] World [Records] by being the province [with] the longest pastillas, [this will] not only [show] how unified Bulakeños are but also [establish] the good quality of the products of Bulacan," expressed Gov. Jonjon Mendoza during the preparations for the longest pastillas.
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In 1989, Rafe Totengco left a successful business that he started in Manila to pursue his dream of a career in fashion design. He moved to New York, enrolled in FIT, and supported himself as a design assistant. In 1994, he produced his first collection of accessories: belts and watchbands ¬for a SoHo boutique, they sold out instantly. When the shop asked him if he had bags to go with the items, he enthusiastically said 'yes'...even if he didn't have a single bag to show for it. One year later, the first collection of Rafe New York handbags debuted at uptown department store Bergdorf Goodman. Since then, Rafe has become one of the most acclaimed of a new generation of New York designers. He has been recognized in his field with numerous honors including:
* FRESH FACES IN FASHION
Gen Art Foundation, 1996
* THE “TEN BEST” AWARD
ENK International, Fall 1997
* FINALIST, PERRY ELLIS ACCESSORY DESIGN AWARD
CFDA, 1999
* RISING STAR AWARD
Fashion Group International, 2000
* BEST ACCESSORIES DESIGNER
Accessories Council, 2001
* TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men)
Philippine Jaycees, 2002, awarded by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
* ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD
Filipinas Magazine, 2005
* ASIAN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Asian Enterprise Magazine, 2007
In 2006, Rafe was tapped as the first accessories designer to collaborate with retail giant, Target, to create a limited edition capsule collection. The Rafe brand has grown over the years to include women’s handbags, shoes and small leather goods. For designer Rafe Totengco, accessories are the exclamation points to your fashion statement.
The Rafe New York collection is available in upscale department stores and specialty stores throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Russia, the Caribbean, South America and the Middle East, as well as select online shopping sites.
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Twenty-six years after it was shown in the Philippines, Nora Aunor's Himala is once again in the spotlight. The 1982 Ishmael Bernal film about a faith healer is the only Filipino film that entered the Best Asian Films of all Time chosen by CNN UK (United Kingdom). The writer of this piece, Mairi Mackay, points out that Asia is home to 4 billion people in 70 countries. As such, it responsible for half of the world's film output. The Ishmael Bernal movie is cited for having "austere camera work, haunting score and accomplished performances sensitively portray the harsh social and cultural conditions that people in the third world endure." In Himala (which translates to Miracle), Nora Aunor portrayed Elsa, a simple barrio lass who believes that she has seen apparitions of the Virgin Mary--allowing her to go on a healing crusade in her small town.
Locally, Himala won nine of 11 awards given at the 1982 Metro Manila Filmfest including Best Story/Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design. Written by Ricky Lee, this dramatic film also won the Bronze Hugo Award during the 19th edition of the Chicago Film Festival.
ASIA'S BEST.
The other entries are works of acclaimed Asian directors such as Akira Kurosawa (Ikiru, 1952) and Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood for Love, 2000). CNN grouped New Zealand as part of Asia and came up with 2 entries for this list: Whale Rider (2002) and Utu (1983). Mother India (1957) was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Academy Awards. Others were shortlisted for the Cannes Film Fest such as In The Mood for Love (2000). Some of the films chosen proved to have a major influence on Hollywood films. Japan's 1998 film Shall We Dansu? is the basis of the 2004 Hollywood flick starring Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere. A Touch of Zen (1969), a kung fu movie from Hong Kong/Taiwan, had a massive influence on Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon starring Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh.
Completing the list are The Ballad of Narayama (1958), The Host (South Korea, 2006), Syndrome and a Century (Thailand, 2006), Still Life (China, 2006), Shower (China, 1999), Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong/China, 2002), Mandala (South Korea, 1981), To Live (China, 1994), When the Tenth Month Comes (Vietnam, 1984), and Gabbeh (Iran, 1996).
Credit : Philippine Entertainment Portal
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Three Filipino boxers fighting out of Sydney , Australia have won their bouts in Ingleburn, New South Wales with Danilo Lerio headlining the fight card and winning the vacant Australian flyweight title while Roberto Lerio and Ernie Gonzales Jr also won their bouts. Lerio (15-2-1, 4 KO’s) won by an 11th round TKO over Thailand ’s knockout artist Nuapayak Sakkriprin (7-3-1, 7 KO’s). Nuapayak was the same fighter who lost by a 4th round TKO to WBO minimum weight champion Milan Melindo of the famed ALA Gym in Cebu. The 27 year old Lerio was coming off a first round knockout of Matt Meredith last May 23. Featherweight Gonzales Jr who is ranked No.2 by the Australian National Boxing Federation scored a second round TKO in a rematch with 25 year old Jerry Spanidis in a rematch after he beat Spanidis by a unanimous decision over six rounds last June 20. Prior to that Gonzales scored an 8th round knockout victory over Ben Warburton and has improved his record to 4-2-1 with 3 knockouts.
The third Filipino fighter to win was No. 2 rated super bantamweight Roberto Lerio. The 22 year old Lerio won by a fourth round technical decision over Kartu Arang of Papua New Guinea who was ranked No. 3 bantamweight but according to boxrec.com had a record of 0-9-3. The 32 year old Arang reportedly suffered a nasty cut due to an accidental headbutt forcing the referee Brian McMahon to stop the fight at 2:35 of round four. Lerio was ahead by a 30-27 shutout on the scorecards of all three judges. Lerio was coming off a first round TKO over Jeff Clulow last July 11 while Arang dropped an eight round unanimous decision in his last fight against Dean Livanos on August 8.
credit : PhilBoxing.com
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The Philippines' Dennis Orcollo improved on his runner-up finish in the Singapore leg of the Guinness 9-Ball Championships by winning the Guangzhou, China stop by beating Chinese-Taipei’s Wang Hung Hsiang in the finals, 11-7. Orcollo whipped the “Son of Pool” Yang Ching Shun in the semis after compatriot Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan. Incidentally, Pagulayan defeated Orcollo in Singapore. Pagulayan, meanwhile, blew a great chance for an all-Filipino final when he lost a 9-8 heartbreaker to Wang that was a mixture of some spectacular shots and forgettable errors. On Pagulayan's part, his gambles backfired during safety battles.
In the final battle, Wang took a 2-1 lead. Orcollo then ran off six of the next seven racks to lead 7-3 after a breathtaking safety battle marked by an incredible safety by the Filipino who is ranked No. 1 in the world. A lucky bank shot on the 1-ball enabled Wang to come to within 5-7 before he broke to get one more rack back to come to within one at 6-7. But Orcollo quickly eased the pressure somewhat to open up a two-rack lead at 8-6 . After Orcollo, who was leading 7-3, squandered his chances with a poor miss on the number 2 ball, Wang who won four of the last five racks closed to within one, 8-7, before the Filipino played a fantastic jump shot to go ahead, 9-7. He then cut the cue ball between the 4 and 6 balls to get to the hill9-7.
Both players felt the pressure and committed a series of errors but when Wang missed a fairly straightforward shot on the 2 ball which would have given him a chance to join Orcollo on the hill at 10-10. Orcollo seized the opportunity to clean up and pocket the top prize of $15,000.
Credit : abscbn news
Joann Rolison was just five years old when she learned karate from her British dad. Her father, John, is very much concerned for the safety of her daughter because of the worsening street violence involving the youth in London. He is a retired bomb disposal expert in the Hong Kong police whose wife, Leony, is a Pinay from Quezon City. In her tender age of 14 years old, Joann is world kickboxing champion in her division, and she recently won the European Taekwondo Championships in Italy. She received two gold medals under the 42-kilogram sparring category and team power event. Now a second dan black belt, Joann is member of the Master Wolf's Taekwondo Academies in Margate, Kent.
She is now in her sophomore year at the Grammar School. Joann is also doing well in academics, and has been active in other sports activities. With her rare skills in martial arts, Joann admits no one has dared to mess around with her. Despite having been raised in the United Kingdom, and behind the quiet and serious personality, Joann exudes some semblance of Filipino character. She likes Filipino food and its warm people.
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A period film set in Cuyo, Palawan, beat a movie about caregivers in London, an indie film about Tondo gangsters, and a love story among contractual workers in the Oscars derby.
Ploning, a film produced by Panoramanila Pictures Co. has been chosen as the country’s entry to the 2009 Oscar Awards’ best foreign language film category.
The Board of Governors of the Film Academy of the Philippines approved the selection of Ploning.
The special committee members were Director Jose Carreon, secretary of the Directors Guild of the Philippines, Inc.; Director William Mayo, president of the Philippine Motion Picture Directors Association; Johnny Delgado, chairman of the Actors’ Workshop Foundation; Pablo S. Gomez, president of the Screenwriters’ Guild of the Philippines; and Manny Morfe, president of the Productions Designers Guild of the Philippines.
Also reviewed were Caregiver, Tribu, a Cinemalaya festival winner and Endo.
Source : Good News Pilipinas
GM Wesley So of the Philippines did not waste time in hurdling his opening-day assignment in the fourth Prospero Pichay Cup international chess championship at the Duty Free Fiesta Mall in Parañaque City on Sunday. So, ever so eager to redeem himself following a so-so performance in the recent President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup, where he finished only 25th, made short work of IM Aleksander Wohl of Australia in 42 moves of the Sicilian Dragon to serve strong notice of his title aspirations before a big crowd. The 14-year-old high school student from St. Francis College of Bacoor, Cavite, who is set to breach the ELO 2600 mark in the coming month, capitalized on Wohl's faulty knight push on the 16th move and came away with a crushing victory with the disadvantageous black pieces. "He (Wohl) made a weak knight move and I took advantage. Magandang simula ito," said the soft-spoken So, who is playing in his fifth straight international tournaments in less than two months. When the end came, So had three unstoppable queening pawns in a bishop versus knight endgame.
Sharing the limelight were IMs Petronio Roca and Ronald Bancod who provided the biggest upset wins for the day. Roca toppled No. 12 seed GM Konstantin Shanava of Uzbekistan in 58 moves of the Sicilian Dragon while Bancod stunned No. 14 seed GM Saidlali Iuldachev of in 57 moves of the Pirc. Three other well-known Filipino campaigners –GMs Mark Paragua, Darwin Laylo and Buenaventura "Bong" Villamayor – also made successful debuts.
Paragua shows top form
Paragua, the second highest-placed Filipino in the PGMA Cup, demolished NM Hamed Nouri in 40 moves of the Philidor, wile Laylo, a member of the Philippine team to the World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany in November, crushed Jayson Salubre in a pair of all-Filipino matches. Villamayor outwitted WIM Irine Sukandar of Indonesia in 55 moves of the Queen's Indian. Top seed GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev of Kazkahstan whipped NM Ernesto Fernandez at the top board to lead the march of the favorites in this prestigious, nine-round tournament organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP). Meanwhile, second seed GM Zhang Zhong of Singapore and third seed GM Mikhail Mched lishvili of Georgia also hurdled their opening-day matches, beating Reggie Olay and Amir Mallahi of Iran, respectively. Fourth seed GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran settled for a draw with Wang Li of China, while fifth seed GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam halved the point with compatriot Nguyen Van Huy.
Newly-crowned PGMA Cup champion GM EugeneTorre begged off from participation at the last minute, saying he is still tired from winning the grueling, nine-round tournament which ended only last Friday. Torre, however, graced the colorful opening ceremony. In other notable results, GM-candidate Julio Catalino Sadorra outplayed Karl Victor Ochoa; GM-candidate John Paul Gomez downed NM Mirabeau Maga; IM Ronald Dableo crushed Xu Tong of China; IM Richard Bitoon humbled Wang Xiaochui of China; IM Barlo Nadera stopped Leonardo Carlos; Deniel Causo trounced Ali Branzuela; Haridas Pascua bested David Elorta; and University of Manila standout IM Chito Garma drew with IM Rolando Nolte; Pichay and GM Zhang Zhong of Singapore made the ceremonial moves during the colorful opening ceremony. Pichay Jr, the driving force behind the revival of Philippine chess in recent years, reiterated his commitment to the annual staging of the event that bears his name. He also said that the Philippines will hold five to six GM tournaments next year as part of the APAC Pro Tour 2008-09.
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Director Lav Diaz added another feather to his cap after his latest film Melancholia won the Best Film Award in the Orizzonti Section of the 65th Venice International Film Festival.
According to a report from Venice, the decision of the Orizzonti Jury (composed of Chantal, president; Nicole Brenez, Barbara Cupisti, Jose Luis Guerin, and Veiko Ounpuu) was unanimous.
The three runners-up are:
No Filipino film competed for the Golden Lion, the top prize in the Main Section which was won by The Wrestler (USA), directed by Darren Aronofsky; and Russia’s Paper Soldier, directed by Aleksey German Jr., placing second (Silver Lion).
Chosen as closing film of the filmfest, Melancholia, which runs for almost eight hours and shot in various places in the Philippines, tries to explore the question of why there’s “so much sadness and so much madness” in this world, in the end finding no answer at all.
It stars Angeli Bayani, Perry Dizon, Roeder Camanag, Raul Arellano, Dante Perez, Malaya and Soliman Cruz.
It’s the second time for Diaz to have won an award at the VIFF. Last year, he won a Special Mention award for his nine-hour film Kagadanan Sa Banwaan Ning Mga Engkanto (Death in the Land of Enkantos) which depicts the death and desolation of the Bicol region after a killer typhoon.
The Venice International Film Festival was initially known as D Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia.
Born in 1958 in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, an island in Mindanao, Diaz is recognized as “the ideological father of the New Philippine Film Movement,” noted for making films that run for hours, also including Batang West Side (2002), Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (2005) and Heremias subtitled Ikalawang Alkat: Ang Alamat ng Prinsesang Bayawak (2006).
Source : Good News Pilipinas
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The central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), expects money remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to reach $17 billion this year, a new record high and topping the earlier BSP forecast.
BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. also told reporters at the sidelines of an economic briefing in Congress that the country’s external accounts would sustain surpluses this year and next.
“Remittances will continue to be our source of inflows,” Tetangco said.
In the central bank’s earlier forecast, OFW remittances were expected to hit about $16.45 billion this year, up 10 percent from 2007 despite some fears that the US-led global slowdown could temper inflows. Of the total overseas remittances earlier projected for this year, about $15.89 billion was expected to be coursed through the banking system.
“We remain positive that the external accounts would still show a surplus in 2009,” Tetangco said in a separate e-mail, when asked about prospects for next year given the recent softening of global food and fuel prices.
For this year, the balance of payments is expected to post a surplus of $2.5 billion.
“We also expect that even as further slower growth in major economies hangs over us, the demand for our highly skilled and better paid overseas Filipino workers would not be severely affected,” Tetangco said.
Through the years, the Philippine banking system has made substantial progress in capturing remittance flows. Banks continue to provide expanded financial services to overseas Filipinos and their families through tie-ups with foreign financial institutions, establishment of remittance centers and marketing offices abroad, and stronger partnership with manning agencies.
The deployment of Filipino workers has not declined this year despite the looming US recession that is widely expected to create ripples across the globe. From a stop-gap measure initiated by the government to curb unemployment in the 1970s, overseas employment has developed into a vital industry generating foreign exchange exceeding foreign investment inflows for the Philippines.
OFW money remittances through the banking system have exceeded the $1 billion a month since May 2006.
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HE’S often referred to as the “King of Latin Soul,” a musical legend raised in Spanish Harlem New York, who grew up around Puerto Rican gangs and actually learned to play music while serving time in prison.
Bataan Nitollano, better known as Joe Bataan, is a musical pioneer. In his illustrious career, he’s credited for being one of the innovators of SalSoul (Salsa and Latin Soul), Boogaloo, Latin Funk, Latin R&B, and Latin Jazz during the 1960’s and 70’s and produced one of the very first rap and R&B albums in 1980. His daughter, Asia Nitollano, won the television series Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. And University of Hawaii Professor Dr. Theodore S. Gonzalves has dedicated a class on the impact of Joe Bataan’s music, in "Joe Bataan’s Mestizo Soul" to his students. But few in the greater Filipino community know of this musical trailblazer. So when Joe Bataan and his band performed in front of a large Filipino gathering at the Filipino Performing Arts and Culture (FPAC) event in San Pedro last weekend, it was a homecoming for this legendary performer. "It’s great. I get my chance to see all the Pinoys and Pinays that I don’t get a chance to see back home in New York," said Bataan before his performance. "[FPAC organizer] Winston Emano is responsible for bringing me out here, helping me get a fan base of Asians and Filipinos that I never had. The Latinos, the Blacks, and the Anglos have followed me all over the world. Now, Asians and Filipinos can see one of their own even though I’m mestizo."
"Joe is a legend in Latin Soul music," added Emano, who brought Bataan to perform in his first ever FPAC in 2001. "He’s hugely popular worldwide in fact after performing here he’s going to Paris and he’s doing three sold out shows in France. He’s a gentleman that’s partly Filipino but only a few people knew." Born to a Filipino dad and African-American mother, Joe Bataan was a product of an interracial marriage during a time of extreme segregation. Growing up in New York was tough, he said. He mixed in with the wrong crowd, allegedly stole a car and spent time at a New York correctional facility. However, his time there was a blessing in disguise. A few months after being released, he formed Joe Bataan and the Latin Swingers and thus, began his recording career. Influenced by Latin boogaloo and doo-wop, he recorded his first album "Gypsy Woman" with Fania Records in 1967. He recorded eight more albums for the record group before founding his own record label, Ghetto Records.
By this time, Bataan was making a name for himself. His music was widely popular in the New York Latin scene. His music was different mostly because he sang English lyrics to Latin tunes. In the late 1970’s, Bataan made a big splash when he recorded "Rap-O Clap-O." Not very popular in the US, it was much more appreciated in Europe where the song went top 10 and accredited as the first rap song to make it big in the country. By the 1980’s, Bataan took time off to raise his family. He worked as a counselor and spoke to kids about his experience in the music industry. In 1995, he resurrected his music career. But it wasn’t until 2001, when he performed in front of a large Filipino crowd for the first time, said Emano. "I remember I saw him perform in New York in the late 1990’s and I was one of less than a handful of Filipinos in the crowd," recalls Emano. "When I found out that Joe was Filipino I had to bring him to FPAC." Bataan said he never hid where he came from. Many people in the music industry knew about the "Afro-Filipino" singing Latin soul in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Bataan said that playing in front of a large crowd of Filipinos is especially gratifying in a more personal reason. "My father would have been proud," said Bataan. "My father was Filipino (from Manila) and I remember all the Filipinos would come to my house, [and] talk Tagalog. I didn’t understand it and my mother was Black. My father gave me information about the Philippines. He always wanted to go back home. He never got a chance to so I want to do that for him." He said performing in front of a large Filipino crowd gives him "a sense of belonging. It’s like you’re really coming home and it’s something that I missed out on for a great part of my life," he said. "It’s like I’ve been in the wilderness for so long. Growing up, I wasn’t totally accepted by the Latino population, I mean they supported me, but as far as being an integral part of that culture I wasn’t. I grew up around them; most of my friends are Latino. Then the Black situation, I was never considered totally black. "I know I’m never going to be considered totally Filipino but I am," he added. "I may look different but I got Filipino blood in me and you’re not going to change that." In a way, he said, it’s ironic that Filipinos are now embracing his career. "It must be for a reason God has something in store for me," he said.
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