Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Friday, December 13, 2013

Bangon Tours to Help Recover the Philippines

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Let's support our recovery through the Tourism Industry.

The Philippines Department of Tourism and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) have partnered to create the Bangon Tours Project, an initiative aimed at boosting domestic tourism.

The new tourism project will assist with the government’s recovery and rebuilding efforts for the victims and survivors of the recent Typhoon Haiyan disaster.

The Philippines’ private sector has been encouraged to voluntarily share a percentage of their net income derived from the Bangon Tours, to help fund local foundations and charitable institutions.

Horticulture Philippines 2014

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Philippine Horticulture Society in partnership with Quezon Memorial Circle , Quezon City Government will present Horticulture 2014 .

This is the biggest garden show for 2014. There will be landscaping competition, plant competition , lectures, demonstration, raffles , tour, plant and agriculture bazaars

Special opening will be held on January 23, 2013 for invited guests, vips, members and media.

A 2-day conference will be held from January 24 to 25, 2014 at the Bureau of Soils, Visayas Avenue , Quezon City . Post Conference Tour will be held on January 26, 2014.

For details: Call 377-0234, SMS 0916-229-92-73, 0917-56354-74 PHS Secretariat

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It is now the time to end so better be there or you will miss the greatest gig for 2013 featuring TARSIUS, FLYING IPIS, CONSCIOUS & THE GOODNESS, JEFFREY ZULUETA, EXPERIENCE, BULLET DUMAS, & MORE SURPRISE BANDS!

See you all for the last time at Route 196 Bar, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City

The show starts at 9 pm

Genericmamaw Productions would like to thank all who have participated, supported this eventfull music scene we have here in the Philippines. To all the bands, sponsors, people & fans, we are forever grateful for your participation this whole year to make all our events possible!

Maraming maraming maraming salamat!

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To join this 14-part webinar / online learning series, sign-up at http://certified.digitalfilipino.com/course/virtual-staff-entrepreneur-program/

This is a gift to support freelancer aspiration of those we have met in various locations all over the country. Thank you DigitalFilipino.com Club members, Elance Philippines and Online Jobs University for supporting this initiative.

This 14 webinar session training program was inspired by our participation in the Next Wave Cities ICT Roadshow where we realized a lot of basic skills are necessary to support or pursue e-commerce and start-up entrepreneurship aspirations.

It will be conducted by Genesis Reonico of Online Jobs University, Ron Cirujano of Elance, and Janette Toral.

This free training program will be on the following schedule. Just sign-up on the links below to join. Videos and handouts will also be posted online for reference of those who joined.

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The fourth annual Better Living Through Xeroxography Small Press Expo and BLTX TALX II: Alternative Distribution Systems.

December 14, 2013 / Saturday / 2PM to 5PM / at the Lopez Library

Being an informal discussion on efforts to establish distribution systems alternative to the mainstream channels of bookstore red tape and monopolies!

Featured speakers are Mina Esguerra of Bright Girl Books, Wina Puangco of Moar Books, Kenneth Yu of By Implication, Honey de Peralta of Flipside Publishing, and Nida Ramirez of Visprint!

12/14/13 / 9AM to 5PM / at the Lopez Museum / free to the public

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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), and Metro Rail Transit III (MRT-3) today presented a proposal to increase fares for the LRT and MRT lines, at the one-time public consultation conducted at the LRT-2 Depot in Santolan, Pasig City.

As a background to the proposal, the transport agencies explained that the LRTA and the MRT-3 are both operating at a loss, requiring the national government to subsidize much of their expenses. These include daily operating expenses such as overhead, power supply, and salaries. They also include costs for repairs and replacement of train and rail parts, and for the payment of existing debts.

Based on their 2012 financial records, the LRTA had a deficit of P 4.704 Billion, while MRT-3’s deficit was at P 7.250 Billion.

The average cost per passenger for LRT 1 and 2 was at P 34.74. 59% of this, or P 20.46, was shouldered by the government, and only 41%, or P 14.28, was actually paid by the commuter. In the case of MRT 3, the average cost per passenger was P 53.96. 77% or P41.46 was subsidized by government, while only 23% or P12.40 was paid by the passenger.

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Following the Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) successful auction of the common ticketing system for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) lines yesterday, the transport agency has scheduled the opening of financial proposals for the first airport Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project on Thursday, 12 December 2013.

Like the Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) bid, the tendering process for the P 17.5 Billion Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Project has been fast-tracked by the transport agency to speed up the government’s infrastructure program.

“We are expediting work on our PPPs. Especially now that we are re-bidding the LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension (LRT-1 Cavex) project and preparing to bid out the Integrated Transport System (ITS) project later this month,” said DOTC Spokesperson Michael Arthur Sagcal.

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Getting five movie tickets to the Special Blocked Screening of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" was not the only thing spectacular. It was also having your blog logo printed prominently on the movie ticket itself. Being an online media partner of the event truly has its perks and privileges, and Wazzup Pilipinas, along with its team of bloggers, are enjoying every single one of them.

Though the three hour lengthy movie was reward enough especially for us fans of the The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) movie franchise, the mention of our blog name among the moviegoers was also an awesome recognition that make us truly proud to be partly responsible in promoting the event.

Our readers who learned about the special blocked screening through our blogs are obviously glad they were among the first to watch such a grand blockbuster.

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"Whether it be coming from Canada, USA, Dubai, Europe, Australia, other Asian countries, or elsewhere, we Filipinos love to receive a Balikbayan Box from our loved ones abroad!"

If this doesn't put you into tears because of laughing out loud uncontrollably, then you must be a zombie.

Mikey Bustos is at it again with another humorous video based from Miley Cyrus's controversial Wrecking Ball MTV.

Incidentally MTV recognized the formerly wholesome teenage pop star gone whoresome with the Artist of the Year award. Now, that's an accomplishment that was probably due to her no holds barred video that shocked the whole world.

Mikey Bustos is not going to let himself be left behind with another sure hit video that shows what he does best: poking fun on Filipino idiosyncrasies.

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From our first meeting one special night at Makati's newest hotel-like serviced residence they call One Pacific Place Serviced Residences, I knew the wedding would be very special.

I met with Miss Rhoda and Miss Mimi a few weeks ago and was told that they organized a surprise wedding proposal for their children. I was so excited to be part of this momentous event between two lovers so I didn't hesitate to jump in headfirst and let my camera take shots while I witness what seems like a fairy tale story done in real life.

The proposal was something out of a romantic movie or maybe from out of our favorite tele-serye. What was so real that night was the excitement that surrounded the venue. Everyone wanted the best for the couple.

The organizers also told me that they were gearing up to have the wedding sometime in April – less than six months away. They had their grand vision and plans to make it truly special. Now, after a few weeks, I received a call inviting me to once again continue my coverage of a fabulous bonding taken into insurmountable heights.

It was off to The Lakeshore, that prime real-estate haven located in Mexico, Pampanga - to plan for a dream island wedding that is soon to unfold and make our hearts beat as one with the couple.