Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Government should do the right thing with MRT3

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The government is now working to take over the MRT which is the train that runs along EDSA. There are a lot of people that ride this train every day of the week and there are a lot of problems they need to address. One problem they need to address is the lack of security in the train stations during rush hour. There are a lot of shoving, pushing and mangling going on usually during 8 AM in the morning and 5 PM in the afternoon. Those are the times where it would be difficult to ride the train due to the fact that there are a lot of people there. More security guards should be put there in order to prevent everyone from riding the train. The government surely has enough budget to hire more people with low salaries.

Of course, it won’t hurt to add more trains but all of them don’t necessarily need to be used all the time. They just need to be on the move during rush hour in order to accommodate all the people who want to go to their destination right away. The lines on each door should be fixed before the train arrives so each guard should make sure that nobody would suddenly barge in to the door and assert himself even if there is a line. That is very rude and it would be unfair to the other passengers who fell in line for a long time. Only time will tell if the government buying the MRT3 is a good thing or not. Since the government has a lot of budget then it is expected to be a good thing. However, they might not use it for the right purpose so they better be careful where they spend their money on.

SONA 2014 – P-Noy forgets to mention Binay?

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The President’s latest SONA came and went but he forgot to mention one person and that’s Vice President Jojomar Binay. It is no surprise he did that since Binay is expected to be the main competitor on the next elections against the election’s presidential candidate Mar Roxas. Binay uplifted the plight of the OFWs since he is the presidential assistant for Overseas Worker’s Affairs. However, that did not happen but that does not mean the president and the vice president of the country are at odds against each other. It just means the president had a lot of other people he thought that he should mention instead of his second in command. Whether they deserve to be mentioned on top of the vice president is another issue. Aquino obviously wants his best friend Mar Roxas to win the 2016 elections so the current projects of the government would be continued. However, he is not really sure if the public wants the same since his trust rate has gone down recently.

Nobody knows if Binay and Aquino really got along with each other during the President’s term. Now that there are only two years left on the current term of Aquino, that won’t really matter as it would be time to pass the torch in just a couple of years. If the elections would happen now, he would be touring Binay at the Malacanang palace. Some say the only way Binay loses is if massive cheating happens. That already happened in the past so it won’t be a surprised if it happens again. It won’t be fair though since the people should get who they want as the leader of the country. At least some lesser known cabinet members got mentions in the speech of the President. However, the person voted to be his second in command did not.

Escudero – “Step up Waste Management Campaign”

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Senator Chiz Escudero has applauded President Aquino’s mission to build a 100 km dike in Laguna de Bay as a solution to flooding there. A lot of people are now living in basketball courts due to recent monsoon rains that wiped out their homes. Chiz knew that this project of the President would take a long time as it could possibly carry over to the term of the next president which could be him if Chiz decides to run for the highest position in the country. If he does then he does have a good chance of winning no matter who he decides to run with. He suggest that ta chunk of the government’s budget should be used on the waste management campaign so the garbage on the streets should go to the proper places. There are a lot of irresponsible people who just throw them wherever they wish.

He pointed that there are still 27 percent of wastes that are everywhere and only 73 percent have been collected. He is not really pointing the finger at anybody but he knows that every Filipino should do his or her job in keeping the country clean. He pointed out that solid waste procedures should have been done a long time ago. He knows it is long overdue and each Filipino should recognize that. However, nothing can be done to those people who throw their trash anywhere they wish. It just means they don’t care about the effects of their misdoings. There are 5000 metric tons of wastes generated every single day in Metro Manila alone which means we are not really doing a good job of maintaining our environment clean. It is a good thing the chairman of the senate committee on Environment and Natural Resources voiced out his opinion. I wonder if the president heard him though.

R3RUN to Blaze New Trail for Filipino Consumers: Realizing a Sustainable Economy and Future

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Over 10,000 runners will rally behind Quanta Paper R3RUN or Run for Sustainability. On August 10, 2014, at the BlueBay Walk complex and along Roxas Boulevard in Manila, R3RUN will blaze a new trail for Filipino consumers to take part in realizing a more eco-conscious and sustainable economy. R3RUN is an advocacy program for environmental conservation and climate action designed in a healthy and fun lifestyle activity, which serves both a strategic marketing and social responsibility tools of Quanta Paper Corporation. Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Rj Padilla, Kylie Padilla and some TV personalities, government officials from Malacañan and executives from private corporations will grace the occasion.

The gun start for participants of the 12K run is at 5:00AM, the 8K run at 5:20AM, the 4K run at 5:30AM and the 1K run at 5:50AM. The starting line will be adjacent to the programme and activity area at the Metrobank Avenue of the BlueBay Walk complex. There will be three male and female winners per category who will be ranked first, second and third. For the 12k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 4,000 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 3,500 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 3,000 and bronze medal for third placer. For the 8k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 3,500 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 3,000 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 2,500 and bronze medal for third placer. For the 4k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 3,000 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 2,500 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 2,000 and bronze medal for third placer. For the 1k race category, winners will be awarded cash prize of Php 2,000 and a gold medal for first placer, Php 1,500 and a silver medal for second placer and Php 1,000 and bronze medal for third placer. All winners will receive additional prizes of gift packs and certificates from participating sponsors.

R3RUN this 2014 calls on Filipinos to embody the 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) basic principles of waste management as a way of consumer’s life. Nowadays, as the world faces many extreme and unusual weather conditions, R3RUN primary aim is to help recreate a new economy for the country where demands for green products and services are greater. “On a macro perspective, we ambitiously hope that the greater demands of consumers for green products and services may push for our businesses and the economy as a whole to shift into a more sustainable or eco-conscious production,” says Quanta Paper corporate strategist and Race Committee head Neil Erich Galicia. This objective directly addresses global warming since sustainable business practice, like in manufacturing industry is a key in reducing significant amount of C02 emissions.

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The Department of Education (DepEd) Division of Pasig City will hold its first ever division-wide career fair on August 18 to 22 at the Pasig Elementary School Covered Court.

The theme of the five-day event is dubbed as Stepping Up: Your Choice for a Brighter Future. It aims to present possible career choices to the average 9,900 students from the 12 public high schools of Pasig city who will participate in the activity.

Participating schools include Pasig City Science High School, Eusebio High School, Sagad High School, RESPSCI, San Joaquin Kalawaan High School, Santolan High School, Manggahan High School, Sta. Lucia High School, Nagpayong High School, Pinagbuhatan High Schoool, Kapitolyo High School, and Rizal High School (the biggest High School in the Philippines).

Several colleges like the University of the East, National University, Centro Escolar University, Central Colleges of the Philippines, ICCT Colleges, FEATI University, and a lot more were invited to participate in the career fair where they will have an opportunity to present to the high school students the different courses available at their respective school.

Career fairs are held to help high school students make decisions about their post secondary education and career paths. It helps increase awareness of careers so that the students would be able to decide which particular course they will take in college towards achieving their preferred dream job.

Schick’s Smooth Lee Promo Offers an Adventure of a Lifetime

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Want a trip to Hongkong and Macau for four days 3 nights with a free tour at Ocean Adventure and HongKong Disneyland and a $500 USD pocket money? How about an Apple I-Pad Air or a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4?

Join Schick razor’s newest craze #SMOOTHLEEADVENTURE promo where participants will be asked to create their own Schick television commercial using the Smooth Lee Adventure mobile application.

Participants joining the promo will be asked to download the “Smooth Lee Adventure” mobile application in IOS Apple and Android. Those downloading and playing with the app can now star in their own Schick TV commercial.

“We wanted the consumers to experience Schick Exacta 2’s refreshing, liberating, and stress-free shaving as Exacta 2 offers one-push cleaning button that helps remove hair easily. Exacta 2 likewise aims to precisely target hair in hard to reach areas leaving a smooth shave.

We want to connect Schick with the consumers and in today’s growing number of smart phones in the market, we chose to do an app and a digital promo to make it more exciting and fun for the consumers,” Claire Guevarra, Schick Senior Brand Manager said.

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Love is truly in the air as the crown prince of love songs John Ford Coley performed his hits last August 2, 2014 at the Grand Ballroom, Solaire Resorts and Casino, Entertainment City, Parañaque City. John Ford Coley made his name in the industry through his songs like it’s sad to belong to someone else, Love is the answer, I'd really love to See You tonight, Nights are forever without you, Soldier in the Rain, We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again, and a lot more.

Aiza Seguerra opened the show with pure vocal power and guitar artistry together with Mike Villegas. They performed covers of the famous Filipino and English love songs. The crowd was captivated as Aiza ended her set by singing her famous single Pagdating ng Panahon.

The jam packed crowd was even more dazzled by the performance of John Ford Coley. The singer returns the favor by telling jokes and speaking the new Filipino words that he have learned over the past week. He even said that “I’m Back home”! Philippines became his yearly concert tour route since the year 2000. You can actually see how comfortable he is while performing and bringing out laughter to each audience.

Down Through the Rabbit Hole and Out Into the Real World

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Rabbit Hole was presented to the press last July 31 by the Red Turnip Theater at Whitespace in Chino Roces Extension.

The storyline is relatable to a lot of people because some people are really having a hard time moving on especially when they lost someone in their life. In this case Becca (Agot Isidro) still don’t know how to accept the loss of her son but eventually Howie (Michael Williams) is helping her in some ways to recover. It is very hard for them because it is their only son. With Nat (Sheila Francisco) and Izzy (Che Ramos-Cosio) on her side, Becca is coping with the moving on part.

The director Topper Fabregas did a great job on directing his actors because everyone did a job well done with their characters. He had managed it well despite it is his debut play.

For the technical part of the play, it was smooth. The sound was fine except for some lapel not working or just not turned on. As for the lighting, it was mixed well because it all matched the set and the character’s emotion. The set was so nice, building a house inside Whitespace was a challenge for the production but they did well for that. It has a different and functional set for the characters to just move wherever they need to.

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We will be doing raffle and giveaways every month from now on courtesy of our amazing sponsors and partner brands.

We will start with the hashtag promo brought to you in partnership with Easy Taxi.

The instruction is very simple and you'll get to win lots of goodies from Easy Taxi like a shirt, baller, discount coupon worth P 6,500 for an overnight stay for two at a hotel in Makati, and a free hair keratin treatment at a salon.

Just tweet anything about Easy Taxi and add the hashtag #WazzupPilipinas. Please also do not forget to tag @WazzupPilipinas so we would easily spot you.

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You may tweet all you want everyday until the end of the month.

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Monthly Raffle and Giveaways Series: Smart Communications

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We will be doing raffle and giveaways every month from now on courtesy of our amazing sponsors and partner brands.

We will start with the hashtag promo brought to you in partnership with Smart Communications.

The instruction is very simple and you'll get to win lots of goodies from Smart Communications like a notebook, cube memo pad, ballpens and highlighter, and a watch)

Just tweet anything about Smart Communications and add the hashtag #WazzupPilipinas. Please also do not forget to tag @WazzupPilipinas so we would easily spot you.

Follow us on Twitter @WazzupPilipinas and @PinoyTekkie for more updates.

You may tweet all you want everyday until the end of the month.

Best tweet for the month of August will win the loots! It's that easy!