Last Call for Entries to the 69th Palanca Awards

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The Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc., the sponsor and organizer of the 69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, is reminding aspiring authors to submit entries before the deadline of 6pm on 31 May 2019.

This year’s edition of the country’s longest-running and most prestigious literary contest is accepting entries in all of its 22 categories:

· Novel and Nobela categories

· English Division – Short Story, Short Story for Children, Essay, Poetry, Poetry Written for Children, One-act Play, and Full-length Play;

· Filipino Division – Maikling Kuwento, Maikling Kuwentong Pambata, Sanaysay, Tula, Tulang Para sa mga Bata, Dulang May Isang Yugto, Dulang Ganap ang Haba, and Dulang Pampelikula;

· Regional Languages Division – Short Story-Cebuano, Short Story-Hiligaynon, and Short Story-Ilokano.

· Kabataan Division – Kabataan Essay and Kabataan Sanaysay

o Kabataan Essay: “At a time when spreading of misinformation is getting common, what can you do to help people, especially the youth, search for the truth?”

o Kabataan Sanaysay: “Sa panahon na laganap ang pagkalat ng maling impormasyon, paano mo matutulungan ang mga tao, lalo na ang kabataan, na hanapin ang katotohanan?”

Participants may submit only one entry per category. Published/produced works which were first published or first produced between 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019 and/or unpublished/unproduced works may be entered in the contest. For the Novel and Nobela categories, published works which were first published within a period of two (2) years prior to 31 May 2019 and unpublished works may be submitted. Only unproduced works may be entered in the Dulang Pampelikula category. A work which has been awarded a prize in another contest before 6pm of 31 May 2019 is not qualified.

Contest rules and official entry forms are available at Palanca Awards’ official website,www.palancaawards.com.ph

Entries may be submitted personally or via courier at the Palanca Foundation office at Ground Floor, Greenbelt Excelsior Bldg., 105 C. Palanca Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City. All submissions must be printed copies. The Carlos Palanca Foundation will NOT accept online or email submissions for all categories.

All winners will be honored in a special ceremony later this year. Contact the CPMA office at cpmawards@gmail.com or at (632) 843-8277 for further inquiries and other concerns. Ask for Leslie B. Layoso or Ester Alfaro.

Free Admission to the 11th Gawad Buhay Awards on May 28

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The 11th Philstage Gawad Buhay Awards is all set on May 28, Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Makati City.

It will be open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The awards show, with the theme “Generations,” will be hosted by Carlo Orosa and Kakai Bautista, and will feature an original song aptly titled “Buhay na Buhay,” jointly composed by veteran writer-director Freddie Santos and musical director Ejay Yatco.

Philstage President Audie Gemora, who is directing the event, says, “The dream of the founding members of Philstage companies — the likes of Zeneida Amador—was to build a thriving performing arts industry. That dream is now a reality, with several theater companies having been established in the last decade. Workshops are teeming with youngsters while theaters in the campuses are vibrant. 

The influx of Broadway touring companies in Manila has not put a dampener on the local theater scene. 

And in 2018, we saw groups that usually stage Western musicals take a stab at staging original Filipino musicals, which is a positive trend.”

Presenters of the 23 competitive and two lifetime achievement awards will include past Gawad Buhay winners namely Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Menchu Lauchengco Yulo, Michael Williams, Dennis Marasigan, Jaime del Mundo, and National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes; Tanghalang Pilipino artistic director Fernando “Tata Nanding” Josef; Peta President CB Garrucho; newly minted “Miss Saigon” alumni Gerald Santos and Aicelle Santos; and Joanna Ampil, who will headline the touring production of “Cats” in November. The trophies will be designed by sculptor and longtime Gawad Buhay collaborator Reg Yuson.

The awards show will feature performances by the original casts of the nominated musicals of 2018—“Ang Huling El Bimbo,” “Eto Na! Musikal nAPO!,” “Himala, Isang Musikal,” and “Balag at Angud” — as well as tribute performances by Ballet Manila and PETA for this year’s Natatanging Gawad Buhay awardees, dance icon and teacher Felicitas 'Tita' Radaic and Lutgardo Labad, Head National Drama Committee Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Capping off the evening, and in keeping with the theme, will be a special performance by the “future of Philippine theater” — children of theater practitioners who are now taking to the stage, members of the Ateneo Blue Repertory, students of Trumpets Playshop and Don Bosco Tulay Performing Arts Group, and scholars of Philippine Opera Company to be coached by Sweet Plantado-Tiongson. Joseph Matheu will be the show’s lighting designer.

What is Openload Pairing for Better Streaming and Free VPNs for Netflix?

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Unlike any other streaming service providers as Chromcast, Plex, or Amazon Firestick, Kodi is operated by XBMC Foundation, which is a non-profile organization. This platform is consistently upgraded and enhanced through the support of a huge number of coders from everywhere.

Kodi was introduced in 2003, from when it has constantly been evolving till date and getting shaped by about 500+ developers and 200+ translators. You can also try and customize Kodi for your needs. There are plenty of add-ons and builds available for Kodi to enhance its functionality too.  Most importantly, all these open-source resources come for free.


Openload

For any Kodi user, Openload host is the place where all the media gets saved. Openload is a file repository which is similar to Dropbox. The users may upload all their files to this folder and then share the links of it to be accessed by others. We cannot find any such indexing, but the users need to know what they have to look for and how to locate it. For this, developers had created some software which can scrape the Openload and find media content to watch openload streams.

Openload pair

As we saw, Openload is free, and the primary source of revenue for any such free service is publicity like banner ads.  While accessing content through Kodi, many users are unaware of the fact that Openload works based on advertising. When you are trying to access content through Openload, you may end up seeing the message as to pair your device. Each Openload source is requested to be paired for gaining access. There are also many smart hacks for this, but the ideal approach is to do openload pair to access Kodi streams.

Pairing can be done very easily.

Open the browser to access https://olpair.com
Check the box "I'm not a robot."

Scroll down to choose the Pair option.
You will receive pairing confirmation, and the videos will start to play.

Choosing the top Netflix VPNs for 2019

A Virtual Private Network will allow you to access the Netflix content from anywhere without any geographic restrictions. Here, we will check out some best options in Netflix VPN free access to Netflix content.

1. ExpressVPN

It is called the best all-round Netflix VPN which has about 3000 servers at 160 locations. Supporting up to three devices, it can carry 30,000 different IP addresses. The major features of Express VPN are high speed, Netflix support; however, it is not a free provider apart from the money back trial it offers.

2. IPVanish

It is a fast VPN with powerful features. Offering a 30-day free trial, IPVanish gives access through 1200 servers at 60 locations. It has 40,000+ IP addresses, and 10 devices are simultaneously supported.

3. VyprVPN

This user-friendly VPN offers a fine mix of security and speed. There are 700+ servers at 70 locations. With access to over 200,000+ IP addresses, you can connect up to five devices at a time.

In fact, there are many other choices also to make in Netflix VPNs, but the above three are found to offer steady access whereas many others tend to drop off in between.