17th Orgullo Kan Bikol Regional Trade Fair : Bicol's Best Products in One Venue

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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Bicol brings 102 entrepreneurs to Megatrade Hall 2 located at the 5th Level Building B of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong. The event is ongoing from the 10th until the 13th of October 2013 for the 17th Orgullo Kan Bikol Regional Trade Fair (OKB-RTF).

The OKB-RTF 2013  will display Bicol's best products made from the finest handcrafted materials to prime food delicacies. It will bring the Bicolano entrepreneurs distinctive skills in weaving, innovating, and
producing new products and designs to the world.

This annual marketing event offers wearables and homestyle products, processed foods, ceramics and pottery, furniture, fine jewelry, and oher products that will surely delight the buyers.

Joining this year's fair are one hundred and two (102) exhibitors coming from all over the region. Thirty (30) will come from Albay, eleven (11) from Camarines Norte, sixteen (16) from Camarines Sur, fifteen (15) from Catanduanes, twelve (12) from Masbate and sixteen (16) from Sorsogon. It will feature 28 new entrepreneurs, who will now be given full marketing assitance by the DTI via this trade fair. It will also feature 129 new products resulting from DTI's product development activities prior to the event.

Coffee Origins 2013 : The Country's Biggest Coffee Event

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A cup of coffee would always be the first thing I would look for every morning. It's the perfect drink to start the day right along side my favorite breakfast meals cooked by my adorable wife.

We take pride in drinking brewed coffee sourced from Filipino farmers coming direct from nearby provinces. If there is none available, that is the only time we resort to instant coffee.

Coffee drinking is indeed a common sight here in the Philippines. That is probably why there has been a proliferation of coffee shops in our country. Almost everyone appreciates coffee not only in the morning but at every hour of the day.

The Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) and Ayala Malls have once again joined forces to bring us the country's biggest coffee event dubbed as Coffee Origins 2013. The event is set for October 10 to 22 at the second level of Greenbelt 5 Ayala Mall, Makati city.

Kubalovci in a Czech Folklore Evening : Part of the 40th Anniversary Celebration of Czech-Phil Diplomatic Relations

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As part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the Czech Republic and the Republic of the Philippines, the Czech Embassy in Manila in cooperation with its project partners TRAVELIFE Magazine and The Dusit Thani Manila will present a series of different cultural events entitled “Bohemian Rhapsody" introducing the rich culture of its country to the Philippines and its people.

Among the events is the presentation of traditional folklore music from the Moravia region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic will be presented by Kubalovci, a group of young non-professional musicians. The performance is dubbed as the Czech Folklore Evening. The performance will be held on October 21 at the Dusit Thani Manila hotel in Makati.

In today’s modern technical world, these artists decided to engage with the music, which characterized by their region for the past generations. After some years of performing together, they made their hobby to become mastery.

Their music is cheerful, relaxed and comradely and was traditionally part of the rural fiestas and celebrations in their region, which is known for production of quality wine and strong home made distillates. For the Philippine audience, their series of concerts will be unique, when not the first ever chance to get encountered with cymbalo, a special music instrument which the group is using,