They Speak To You By Association Art Exhibit at Galleria Duemila

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Galleria Duemila proudly presents They Speak to You by Association, a group exhibition which features the works of six contemporary artists, Felix Bacolor, Mariano Ching, Yasmin Sison, RM de Leon, Jonathan Olazo, and Trek Valdzino—together they present compositions which dislodge from traditional facets of painting and installation formats. Loaded with variation and modified styles, the artists reanimate and restructure existing edifications in art to conflicting yet visually decisive investigations on aesthetic identity and progression.

Felix Bacolor’s artistic practice combines a playful dynamic in production and investigation in art-making through a variety of thoroughly researched interests and media such as video, installation and sculpture. Over the years Bacolor mastered the production of object prototypes for his sculpture studies. All this enabled him to experiment rich possibilities in collecting and repurposing objects, and in working with digitized and tangible prototypes in manufacturing. Bacolor studied Studio Arts (Painting) at University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. Among numerous solo and group exhibitions in the Philippines, his work has also been exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design; Manila, Osage Gallery; Hong Kong, Equator Art Projects; and Valentine Willie Fine Art; Malaysia.

Having been trained as an illustrator and photographer, Mariano Ching’s work bellies a sophisticated spatial awareness. His references are largely attributed a surplus of his imagination and are bolsters a childlike receptivity, which comes with an underlying psychedelia pushed forward by his various paradoxical leitmotifs such as voodoo or colonial iconography. An accomplish artist he is a recipient of the Monbusho Japanese Grant and Cultural Center of the Philippines’ 13 Artists Award. His works have been exhibited in France, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (major in Painting) at the University of the Philippines. Some of his works belong have been acquired by prestigious art collections including that of the Singapore Art Museum.

Revitalizing or making an image from found images is key to RM de Leon’s practice—from the kitsch and cartoonish, or at times the banal, he interweaves them together, deconstructing or obliterating to the effect of abstracting the recognizable. Though the accumulated process of omitting or reanimating elements to aesthetic balance is certainly not a minimal task, his outputs are painstakingly sparse and comes with a certain sensitivity. He incorporates these fragmented elements with exquisite painterly acts—the result is a hybrid of images that bestride representation and abstraction, painting and graphic design, products that seemingly embody the contemporariness and ambiguity of the insurmountable surge of images in today’s technological apocalypse. De Leon completed a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines in 1984. He was a recipient of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Awards in 1990. An accomplished artist he has received numerous accolades and grants such as Vermont Studio Center (USA) scholarship for studio arts program for painting. He is currently an art professor at the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde.

Jonathan Olazo’s work manipulate and merge an array of materials and formats such as oil and acrylic on canvas, assembled objects in wood, aluminum, ready-made industrial materials, and photography related media. Olazo’s recent outputs pushes forward through and attempts to preserve William C. Seitz’s 1961 commentary on assemblage as, “all forms of composite art and modes of juxtaposition.” The artist situates his work to a rich possibility of dialogue between the bespoke and the readymade, painting and sculpture, and between the act of painting and the reproducibility of images. Jonathan Olazo completed a BFA Painting degree from the College of Fine Arts at University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, in 1992 and was a recipient of Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Thirteen Artists Award in 1994.

Yasmin Sison incorporates pop art and figurative elements in her oeuvre; she is also well-known for her sensitive and unwavering children portraits, which offers a panoptic view of the subjects shifting emotional, physical, and psychological transitions. An accomplished artist, Sison holds a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting in UP Diliman. She was a recipient of a 13 Artists Awards in 2006 and was shortlisted for the Ateneo Art Awards in 2007.

Trek Valdizno wields unconventional painting tools to achieve gestural abstraction, which is brought by his distinct process; mobilized with urgency; and mostly resulting in layers of quaintly overlapped biomorphic figures. Pluralistic and athletic, the works take the onlooker on a frantic gestural joyride. His work quintessentially showcase, in every sense of the word, a excess of painterly acts as it is not a secret that his acrylics can prance, skate, rollover, crochet, coil, collide, and coagulate. He completed a BFA Painting degree from the College of Fine Arts at University of the Philippines in Diliman. His work has been exhibited in Ayala Museum, Vargas Museum, and Cultral Center of the Philippines.

Exhibition Run: August 6 - 29, 2016 
Opening Reception: August 6, Saturday 4pm

They Speak To You By Association
Felix Bacolor, Mariano Ching, RM de Leon,
Jonathan Olazo, Yasmin Sison and Trek Valdzino

Hackzilla in Manila Video Interviews with Hackers at Freelancer.com

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Build the Tech, Stop the Carnage, Save the World.

Freelancer.com recently completed the largest inter-collegiate hackathon for disaster response management - Hackzilla in Manila which was held on July 22 to 23, 2016 at the Freelancer.com office, 30th floor, Ecotower, 32nd cor 9th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

The first-ever Hackzilla in Manila, with a theme of "Preparing the Philippines to effectively respond to natural disasters through the use of technology," is Freelancer.com’s inter-collegiate hackathon. Within 36 hours, students were challenged to build mobile applications, websites, and various other technological solutions that will concentrate on alleviating the harmful impact of natural calamities.

This event is in partnership with the Philippine Disaster Response Foundation (PDRF), The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Project NOAH, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Developers Connect Philippines (DevCon), and the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE).

Below are some photos and videos from the hackathon venue - Freelancer.com's office at BGC:

Below are the video interviews we conducted with the 11 teams who participated at Hackzilla in Manila:

Road or Online Rage: Which Should You Fear More?

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"Today, the Philippines is gaining a reputation for a rampant and nationwide campaign of extrajudicial killings. 

Voters knowingly endorsed this when they elected the incumbent president and his anti-crime platform that tacitly included extrajudicial killings. 

Citizens knowingly endorse extrajudicial killings when they post and comment death threats online against an erroneously identified road rage murderer or a college student critical of the incumbent president. 

Filipinos knowingly endorse the deaths of innocent fellow Filipinos as acceptable collateral damage with their silence and lack of outrage." - Romano Cortes Jorge

Now that the real killer of the cyclist from a recent road rage incident has been caught by the authorities, people now rant against him instead of the previously mistaken killer who was tagged by a popular online site and thus has gone viral due to a frenzy of shares on social media.

The suspect in the Quiapo road rage slay, Vhon Martin Tanto, apologized for the death of bicycle rider Mark Vincent Garalde. But sadly, any amount of apology won't bring back the victim to life. He could rot in jail but that won't return the lives of people from both the victim and accused side back to normal.

The ex-Army reservist who was caught by intelligence operatives in Masbate was seen on surveillance footage shooting a cyclist to death after a road altercation. He now faces murder charges after this arrest. PNP Chief Bato Dela Rosa says a "villain's welcome" awaits Vhon Tanto in Manila. The Manila police already has taken custody of the suspect.

A second victim, a scholar of the Manila City government, remains in an intensive care unit when a stray bullet from Tanto's gun pierced the left side of her back and grazed her kidney.

Cyclists held a memorial in honor of fellow cyclist Garalde. Please remember that cyclist have the same rights and responsibilities as motorists, and are subject to same rules and regulations. Motorists must look carefully for bicyclists before turning left or right, merging into bicycle lanes, and opening doors next to moving traffic. Respect the right-of-way of bicyclists because they are entitled to share the road with you.

What bothers me the most is not just the road rage incident but also how social media contributed to the smearing of reputation of the innocent causing possible harm and stress to both the wrongly accused and his loved ones. Please cut Top Gear Philippines some slack. They have done more good than bad for this country. It's also the gullible people that are responsible for many of them have shared without verifying facts.

People who accepted and shared the wrong information are as guilty as the first who shared the news. No matter how good are intentions are, we are liable if we did not validate our information as accurate and correct. A slight variation from the truth will always be nowhere near our search for fairness and justice.

The online bullies ranted and cursed like they know what really happened even though we only see a blurred video footage with no audio. The surveillance video showed no clarity of what really transpired before the incident. We don't hear any of the verbal exchange of assaults between the two individuals involved. Yet, many netizens quickly harassed the suspected car owner wrongly accused due to a wrong plate number.

I fear that we have gone more violent online where no one can prevent us from going wild and crazy.

We can also see from the CCTV footage that both personalities involved in the road rage were both violent in nature. I am just wondering that if the cyclist also had a gun with him, he could have done the same as what the car owner did.

Road rage is never cool and causes more harm than good. We should keep our cool when driving eventhough other motorists, or commuters, act irrational and abusive. It's probably the horrible traffic congestion we encounter everyday. It's probably the stressful realities happening all around us that has been so overwhelmingly turned us into savage beasts ready to strike anybody who crosses us.

However, with the rise of a new President with a reputation that is nowhere near decent, Filipinos today are more encouraged to openly curse and wish other Filipinos dead - following the example of the new leader of the country with a history of violence. 

Everyone is worried to be accused or mistaken for criminals, especially the drug users and pushers. Even Filipinos who might threaten the power of the idolized leader, including those who disagree with the leader's supporters, are not safe to roam the streets now.

Nowadays, people get killed and authorities will dismiss it as normal and reason out that the fatalities resorted to fighting back. However, it has always baffled us why they would kill and not incapacitate instead. The many bullet holes would say otherwise as just a means to protect themselves because that will be too much as defense to their safety. One bullet can already stop anybody who intends to hurt you, so why multiple shots are often seen at crime scenes.

Disturbing to know also that only the small time and lowly suspects gets busted and eventually killed. Seldom do we see big time criminals get caught, or even killed.

The road rage incidents happening is an indication that people are getting so confident in abusing their rights. Knowing the President endorses vigilantism and immediate killings of even the accused, more and more people are finding the nerve to kill when opportunity allows.

Are we blaming the President for the several occurrence of road rage, irrational killings by policemen, cardboard justice for drug pushers, snatchers and the likes? Maybe, maybe not. 

Remember that we should not be attacking the person but the behavior that he or she indulges. We are persecuting how gullible Filipinos are for patronizing Duterte justice and order, and not Filipinos in general.

Please take note that no matter how impressive it seems that "Change is Coming," we cannot welcome a change that puts us into violent times. We would never support a nation filled with raging hearts, may it be on the road or at the comfort of our homes behind our computers, smartphones or tablets. 

"This is not the Philippines I can be proud of. This is no longer the Philippines I can call my own.  

I want my country back. I will stand my ground."

Portkey Events Celebrates Everything About Harry Potter

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Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and all the rest at Hogwarts School of Witchracft and Wizardry, would be greeting Harry Potter now a "Happy Birthday!" ‪such as what the Potterheads from Portkey Events' last leg of their House Cup Series subtitled as It All Ends.

The last day of July is a special day for Harry Potter fans which deserves magical celebrations to commemorate the following:

First, it's the day in which the eighth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,is being released; it's already expected to be the best-selling book of the year. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now available at leading bookstores Fully Booked and National Book Store, selling for either P999 or almost at P1500 respectively depending on where you'll buy it.

Secondly, it's the day in which Harry Potter creator, J.K. Rowling, was born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England; she turns 51 today! 

Thirdly, it's the day in which fictional character Harry Potter was born in Godric's Hollow, West Country, England; he turns 36 today!

Going back to the event held at the Top Shelf of Fully Booked Bonifacio Global City in Taguig city on July 30, 2016, we would like to congratulate Gryffindor for winning the Portkey Events' House Cup Series 2016!!!

Meals-to-Go: Arlene's Cuisine Knows the Trend of the Near Future

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I hate to admit it, but the signs explicitly shows what would seem to be the trend of the future. Without any doubt, Catering Services, Meals-to-Go or Take Outs, Food Deliveries and everything else similar would be the future of every society.

With condos being the most prevalent means of housing easily accessible to many of our countrymen, there is no room enough for a big kitchen that's conducive to cooking meals, and since condos were designed for a small family basically composed of two to four individuals who would be either working or studying in school most of their waking hours, cooking for a small family may no longer be economically justifiable.

With so many emerging sources of take-out or delivery meals from fast-food outlets, home cooking is in the losing end. With services such as catering, meals-to-go or take outs, food deliveries, etc., easily available, it becomes more convenient to avail of them to accommodate more time for other activities.

Now, what I see that would differentiate these kind of services from each other is the quality and affordability, aside from the actual taste of their cuisine. Being innovative and creative in presentation, marketing and promotions, would also be a plus factor. Truthfully, there are so many great products out there are are not popularly known because of poor marketing due to lower access to resources for promotions or marketing campaigns.

Who Wants to be a Blogger?

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There are times when I think about not wanting to be a blogger anymore after witnessing numerous irregularities in the blogging community. I should pack up my computers, cameras and other gadgets, because blogging is not for the weak of heart.

There are so many shocking incidents that makes me cringe in horror. How would you react to the many online bullying, bashing, and attacks behind your back even to the point of tarnishing your reputation just to get you out of the way.

Those bloggers who post hate speech against you just because he sees you as a competitor. Those who would deceive others by never stating the complete facts and truth behind incidents. Those who can easily lie in the belief that his friends would support his mischief. Those whose minds and actions are controlled by their greed to gain financial rewards.

Some bloggers are motivated by loot bags, raffle prizes, perks and freebies they receive from the brands and companies. They become so grateful that they lose their sincerity in writing so as not to displease their sponsors. They would cease to write the negative facts about the products or services and only mention the positive stuff. 

Who suffers from all these? The readers for expecting too much from the brands bloggers write about. Readers would son realize that they are victims of false advertising. This becomes worst when the bloggers write about personalities. They make a person look good but in reality they are only hired to do so. Bloggers comply to the requests of brands because they want to keep the relationship even to the point of being dictated on what to write.

What happened to the original intention of blogging? It was supposed to be an online journal of our life, and as an outlet to bring out and share our thoughts, opinions and point of views. It was never meant to be a money-making tool. That's a welcome bonus but it should not be the only motivating element that made you get into blogging.

Some would say bloggers try so much to become journalists. But we should know that the main difference is that we are freely open to all kinds of writing style, and we could write any statement whether controversial or sensational. Unlike journalists whose works pass through an editor, bloggers have the freedom to publish whatever we want without fear. 

Should we just keep on blogging despite these unsatisfying issues? Should we keep on doing what we love to do best? and that is to blog, blog, blog without mental and physical hindrance and obstacles brought about by envious fellow bloggers. Should we remain our own selves or be influenced by what others conform to and recognize as standards or ethics? Should we continue to let our creative juices flow and not let social media "analysts" get into our nerves. Should we censor ourselves and be restricted to what they believe as inappropriate?

The way we blog should be uniquely our own so we should not let others turn our passion into a joke.

The Philippines' Cardboard Justice and Irrational Killings

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"Last night, I had friends and family tell me to "give Duterte a chance", "acknowledge the good he has done" and "consider going back to the Philippines". After all, "It's just only the drug dealers in danger. Carlos, you'll be fine". I was really considering the possibility and then I read this today. A man in custody killed by the PNP over a traffic incident. Sigh. Nope. Not moving back. Not for a long while. ‪#‎dutertopia‬" - Carlos Celdran

If you are to refer to comics, cartoons, and the movies, the so superheroes are what we know in real life as vigilantes.

They are usually not legally sanctioned or authorized by a government and would most of the time be an underground or secret operation especially for the group of heroes who all combined forces for greater strength and reach.

In the real world, vigilantes should be frowned upon and discouraged if they resort to killing. We don't want our heroes to freely kill people who they deem as negative elements of society.

These vigilantes include the police force who are more inclined to kill rather than incapacitate. Why are they trained to end a life rather than get the opportunity to dig in deeper into the crimes. If they keep the suspected criminals alive, they would be able to interrogate and investigate further, and find the real source or the "big fish" or mastermind.

I'd like to hear what's gonna happen next in terms of accountability for irrational incidents involving the police. If its not handled well, its a black mark against this administration.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Now Available at Leading Bookstores

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"This is funny. Fully Booked is selling the new Harry Potter book for only 999. While National Bookstore is selling it at almost 1,500. Of course, you would go to the one selling it at a lower price. 

By the way, both bookstores are selling the same story. Scholastic Asia's post made it appear that Fully Booked is selling it illegally. Fully Booked's editions are from the UK publisher. Scholastic Asia from the US publisher. 

It's just unfair that the Harry Potter books (through Scholastic Asia) in the Philippines is more expensive compared to other countries. 

What an injustice to the PH Potterheads, who happen to be one of the most dedicated fandoms in the world. 

I hope J.K. Rowling is aware of this." - Kat De Castro

You must be one of those Harry Potter fans who already have a copy of the book by visiting either Fully Booked or National Book Store early in the morning of July 31 here in the Philippines when the book is officially sold. 

Just keep on mind the price difference between the two leading bookstores since the two releases came form different publishers (US and UK). They have different pricing. But I'm sure for many Harry Potter fans, the price difference is insignificant. They would immediately bu at the nearest bookstore where the book is available in fear of running out of stock of the very popular book series.

The 8th book of the ‪#Harry Potter‬ Universe, which is a compilation of the rehearsal scripts for the play 'HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD', has been released today! The play is set 19 years after the conclusion of 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows'... and held its world premier on July 30, 2016 at London Palace Theater.

The story follows Albus Severus Potter, Harry and Ginny's 11 yr-old middle child, as he starts his own journey at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The play — which opened Saturday at London's Palace Theatre — is receiving equal enthusiasm.

For those who can't get to London, or wherever the show may debut next, Rowling said: "People will be able to read the play, so they won't know everything because there's lots of surprises on stage but they'll know the story."

The surprises of production and plot have stayed largely clandestine, despite two months of play previews, with the help of #keepthesecrets buttons handed out at each performance.

Cursed Child goes far beyond dutiful brand extension with an entirely original and hugely ambitious sequel to the Potter books, presented in two parts and nearly five hours long. Author J.K. Rowling, working with London theatre veterans Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, have delivered a production that’s as spectacular as it is ambitious, stuffed with special effects and twists that had a preview audience gasping, Cursed Childis a story that doesn’t play it safe with the Potter canon and will change how fans see certain favorite characters forever.

The plot, kept under an invisibility cloak of secrecy until now, has a very grabby premise.

WSOF Global Championship 3 Philippines Winners

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Global Fighters took over the decagon in the Araneta Coliseum we popularly know in the Philippines as the Big Dome located at Cubao, Quezon City. This is the venue where most big events are held in the country and we are proud to have been a part of another main event that happened on July 30, 2016.

The WSOF Global Championshi3: Philippines has been a highly anticipated event with 5 rising Filipino stars, namely Jujeath Nagaowa, Mario Sismundo, Jennifer Olsim, Neil Larano and Jessdan Dela Pena, ready to battle for the "Philippines VS The World" theme, along with other fantastic bouts from our talented global fighters and 2 Heavyweight Cops Erokhin and Odoms for the main event!

The official decagon ring girl Michelle Jeanpierre was awesome to look at the event where her beauty shine out very vibrantly as always. Seeing such a lovely creature between fights is a welcomed respite. Though I would love to see more of her, the night is meant for the fighters who are all eager to show the world what they are made of.

MMA fans were thrilled with two highlight-reel knockouts and three superb submissions.

Surprisingly, at the very first round, the policeman from Russia, Evgeny Erokhin, knocked out the policeman from the United States, Richard " "The Black Eagle" Odoms, to retain the WSOF Global Heavyweight Championship of the World. The victory marks Erokhin’s first title defense and an unprecedented 10th straight knockout victory. The Black Eagle was not able to fly high ad soar above the clouds this time as his wings were pinned down by Erokhin.

During the weigh-in, I thought that Odoms would be the one to rise above Erokhin for being strikingly bigger and meaner. But it seems you really should not judge a book by its cover, or a fighter by his physique, since Erokhin was obviously the better fighter, for that night specifically.

Though we wanted a longer fight for the main event, it's beyond our control that these giants are that powerful and speedy enough to end the fight just at the first round. Just as the livestream was not successfully established that night due to technical problems, the disappointment for fans who could not be there personally was something equally out of the control of teh organizers. You should blame our telcos for that. Since the venue is also called Smart Araneta Coliseum, I believe you know who the culprit was. Lol!

"Due to reasons beyond our control, WSOF-GC was unable to stream its 3rd event live from Manila. Tests of the streaming system had worked without fail, and unfortunately, the day of the event, there was a system error for the streaming feed.
Due to the time difference with the US company that houses the stream, WSOF-GC was unable to rectify the problem in an expedited fashion.

We recognize this news is no solace to the fans and casual fans who wanted to see the event. We can assure all of you that there is no group more disappointed than ourselves.

We will look to rectify these problems in the future, and will do all we can to assure this problem never occurs again." -WSOFGC Technical Team

China's Mai Mai Tuo Heti defeats Philippines' Mario Sismundo

Jujeath "Bad Girl" Nagaowa defeats Japan's Yuko Kiryu

Here are some of the results of the fights as reported by their official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/wsofglobal

Philippines' Jujeath "Bad Girl" Nagaowa defeats Japan's Yuko Kiryu by unanimous decision 30-27 / 30-27 / 30-27

Pakistan's Ahmed "The Wolverine" Mujtaba defeats Philippines' Neil Larano by 1st round triangle choke.

Malaysia's Kelvin Ong defeats Philippines Jessdan Dela Pena by 2nd round TKO!

China's Mai Mai Tuo Heti defeats Philippines' Mario Sismundo by rear naked choke in the 2nd round. It was an intense see-saw battle, with Maimai capturing and keeping the upper hand in the second round with a rear-naked choke.

By unanimous decision 30-27 / 30-27 / 30-27, Japan's Yusaku Nakamura defeats Australia's Tim Moore.

United States' Lawrence Digiulio defeats Brazil's Marcel Adur by split decision 29-28 / 28-29 / 30-27

Pakistan's Uloomi Karim defeats India's Yadwinder Singh by unanimous decision 30-27 / 30-27 / 29-28. In a very emotional, and well-deserved sign of respect for one another’s countries, the two warriors posed together with their country flags to show a unity between the two nations. It was an emotional moment and both fighters represented their countries with honor and pride. It was truly “Fight of the Night” in more ways than one.

Katherine Roy defeats May Ooi by unanimous decision 30-27 / 30-27 / 30-27

Pakistan's Uloomi Karim defeats India's Yadwinder Singh by unanimous decision 30-27 / 30-27 / 29-28

In the swing bout of the night, Brazil's Nayara Hemily defeats Philippines' Jennifer Olsim round 3 tap out by rear naked choke.

Congratulations to all the winners though we preferred to have more Filipino fighters winning, the night offered really outstanding fights that will be remembered.

Perhaps our very own kababayan fighters should train more so when WSOF Global returns to the Philippines, they would be more than ready to defeat their opponents that time.

World Series of Fighting Global’s ultimate mission is to bring together the best athletes from countries and organizations across the world to compete for a true, globally-recognized world champion.

You may check out https://www.wsofgc.com/ for more information about the fights.

Congratulations to the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2016 Winners

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We are sending our congratulations to the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2016 winners crowned recently on July 30, 2016 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila in Pasay City!

Five lovely and gorgeously talented young ladies have been recognized as now among the beauty queens of the Philippines all eager to again represent the country at respective international beauty pageants.

Do you think the judges made a great choice in picking these ladies, or was the question and answer portion that really made a big impact in the selection? But even before the Q&A, most of these ladies were really superb and belonging to top class beauties. I have to admit that the ladies that join beauty pageants such as the Mutya  ng Pilipinas keep getting better and better in both looks and intellect.

30 gorgeous ladies show off their toned physique during the swimsuit portion, followed by the evening gown presentation in red theme while being serenaded in acapella by a musical group. Best designer Philippine terno gown is worn by candidate number 30, Ashley Nicole Smith. The beauty pageant was hosted by Richard Guttierez and Arci Munoz.

The five winners are:

Mutya ng Pilipinas Asia Pacific Int'l: Candidate #28 Ganiel Akrisha Krishnan
Mutya ng Pilipinas 2016 Tourism Int'l: Candidate #26 Justine Mae San Jose
Mutya ng Overseas Communities: Candidate #10 Michelle Thorlund
2nd runner up: Candidate #30 Ashley Nicole Singh
1st runner up: Candidate #1 Lynette Bradford

A favorite among the beauties is Justin Mae San Jose or more popularly known as Jaya San Jose. She has been the photographers pick as seen from the many shots taken when she's on stage. Aside from being photogenic, she really exudes a vibrant charm that is so alluring that it shines even in photos. She's the bet of most and undoubtedly stood out among the many candidates.

Top Ten Candidates:

Candidate 12 Marielle Cartagena
Candidate 1 Lynette Bradford
Candidate 4 Jannie Loudette Alipo-on
Candidate 28 Ganiel Akrisha Krishnan
Candidate 30 Ashley Nicole Singh
Candidate 13 Mayu Murakami
Candidate 2 Joanna Rose Toledo

Candidate 26 Justine Mae San Jose
Candidate 10 Michelle Thorlund
Candidate 21 Diane Irish Joy Lacayanga

If you were not able to watch the live show, you can still get to watch it on TV for its delayed telecast on July 31 at 10 am at ABS-CBN channel 2.

Photography by Collin Sarthou Yap