Capacity Enhancement of the Energy Sector on Hazard, Risk Assessment and Exposure Database Development Through the Use of the REDAS Software

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The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) collaborated to enhance the capacity of the energy sector in terms of determining the areas of concern for earthquake incidents using their state-of-the-art software: Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System (REDAS).

The REDAS is a tool for emergency preparedness, contingency planning and mainstreaming disaster risk reduction on the adverse effect of earthquake.

The use of REDAS will benefit the energy sector by having a near real-time simulated earthquake hazard information that can help assess the situation on the ground.

Through this MOA signing, the Energy Sector will pursue REDAS Training to support and strengthen disaster management capabilities of the energy sector.

The partnership of the DOE and DOST-PHIVOLCS is in line with the recently signed Department Circular No. 2018-01- 0001 or the “Adoption of Energy Resiliency in the Planning and Programming of the Energy Sector to Mitigate Potential Impacts of Disasters” also known as the Energy Resiliency Policy.

WHAT: Signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DOE-PHIVOLCS entitled

“Capacity Enhancement of the Energy Sector on Hazard, Risk Assessment and Exposure Database Development Through the Use of the REDAS Software”/Press Conference

WHEN: March 16, 2017 (FRIDAY), 9:00 AM-12:00 NN

WHERE: DOE-Media Center, 3rd Flr., PNOC Bldg. 5, DOE Compound, BGC, Taguig

WHO: Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi

           DOE Undersecretary Jesus Cristino P. Posadas

           DOST Undersecretary Renato U. Solidum Jr.

Excellence, Knowledge, Genius: An Inter-University Pre-Medical Quiz Show

 

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As part of this year's lineup of activities for Scholarship Month 2018, the Mu Sigma Phi Sorority is once again holding its annual pre-medical quiz show entitled “EKG: Excellence, Knowledge, Genius” Several students from different big-time universities including De La Salle University, University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, University of the Philippines, University of the East, and many other schools, will take part in a battle of wits across various pre-medical fields. The competition sure is stiff as not only school pride is on the line, but also a grand prize of up to Php 5,000 in cash! More than twenty teams will contend in the elimination round, but only the lucky five teams will make it to the final buzzer-beater Jeopardy match. Only the best of the best will come out on top!

Find out who will bring home the trophy this coming March 16, 2018 in Buenafe Hall, Calderon Hall (UP College of Medicine) inside the University of Philippines Manila campus from 6PM to 9PM.

Excellence. Knowledge. Genius. 2018 is presented to you by the Mu Sigma Phi Sorority, Learnfast Review Center, Fitness First and Trampoline Park, in cooperation with Abaca Notes. This event is also brought to you by More Than Souvenirs, Inc. and Orange Segment Print and Design Studio, with special thanks to WhenInManila.com, Astig.ph, Wazzup Pilipinas and the UP MedChoir.

For further inquiries, kindly contact Kathy (09989849563) or Belfer (09176217563).

Top Entries in 32nd DPC-PLDT Visual Arts Contest on Exhibit at CCP Little Theater Lobby till March 20

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Thirty diverse visual interpretations of the theme, “Pinoy Pride”, in oil and acrylic are on exhibit from March 13 to 20, 2018 at the Little Theater Lobby of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

The exhibit pieces are the works of fine arts students, aged 18 to 24, from all over the Philippines. The 30 paintings constitute the finalists, chosen among more than 70 entries to the 32nd edition of the DPC-PLDT Visual Arts Competition (VAC 32), sponsored by Directories Philippines Corporation and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company. The annual nationwide competition showcases and immortalizes the winning artworks on covers of telephone directories distributed in Metro Manila and other key urban centers and regions across the land, as well as on multiple online and mobile platforms.

“It is heartening to see a broad national representation of the entries this year,” noted Ricardo D. Bautista, DPC president. “We had submissions from Mindanao, the Visayas, northern and southern Luzon, in addition to the usually prolific output from the fine arts schools in Metro Manila. Interpretations of this year's theme are just as diverse. Some student artists dwelt on our natural endowments; others on our customs, crafts, traditions, and unique aspects of our culture; still others on our admirable traits and on unheralded countrymen, like soldiers and overseas workers, who make great sacrifices for our country.”

The 29”x29” paintings rendered in a variety of styles—realist, impressionist, graphic, and abstract, among others—were the nation’s young artists’ response to the VAC 32 invitation to “bring to light the things inherent in our national identity, culture and diversity that are sources of immense pride unique to Filipinos”.

DPC-PLDT officially launched the contest in November 2017 and will announce the winners of VAC32 on March 20, 2018 at the Main Lobby of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City at 1:30 p.m.

The student who painted the first-place winning entry will receive P100,000 in cash and the VAC32 Grand Prize Trophy; in addition, his/her school will receive a P40,000 donation for it’s fine arts program. Second and Third Prize winners will receive P75,000 and P60,000 in cash, respectively, plus trophies and corresponding donations to their respective schools. Besides the trophies and cash prizes, the Grand Prize winner will have his/her work featured on the cover of the 2018-19 Metro Manila telephone directories of DPC (Yellow Pages) and PLDT (White Pages).

The VAC annual competition is a much-awaited event in the art world, particularly for young artists, as it gives recognition to the abundance of creative and artistic talent available in the country’s fine arts schools.

For more information, please visit VAC 32’s website, www.visualarts.ph, and its official Facebook page, VISUALARTSPH. Queries can also be emailed to visualartsph@gmail.com