Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Wagas ang Bigayan sa CHRISTmas: The 700 Club Asia Levels Up the Spirit of Giving

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Fresh from its AnakTV seal award, The 700 Club Asia rallies Filipinos to level up their spirit of giving in “Wagas ang Bigayan sa CHRISTmas,” a series special live episodes on December 16-20, at 11:00 p.m. over GMA News TV.

The TV special hopes to raise more funds to be able to help more people through the CBN Asia Family of Ministries (CBN Asia Media that produces The 700 Club Asia and the top-rating Superbook, Operation Blessing, Asian Center for Mission and The Prayer Center).

“Many of our kababayans are still clamoring for our help and support. In this season of giving, we pray that God touches the heart of people so that they will be cheerful givers to their fellowmen who are needing help and hope.

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The deities of Philippine mythology are the gods, goddesses and diwatas worshiped by ancient Filipinos before the Christianization of the natives after the Spanish conquest of the Philippines. W

hile not as widely known as its European and Asian counterparts, they have similar elements and characteristics when compared to other mythologies.

Ancient Philippine mythology varies among the many indigenous tribes of the Philippines. During the pre-Spanish era, some tribes believed in a single supreme being who created the world and everything in it, along with lesser deities.

Others chose to worship a multitude of trees as an act of animism. Below are some of the gods and goddesses of the various ancient Philippine tribes:

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From the hills of Hollywood to the streets of Cubao, gear up for one of the best Soul/Hiphop/RNB nights you've ever had with..

Bluetown Syndicate Live in Manila! featuring Dianne Franc and TH8A (LA). Also stars Similar Objects x August Wahh, Brad Lee, and Kill Your Boyfriend.

Blue Town Syndicate (BTS) is an independent music production and publishing house founded by TH8A aka Joe Fabio along with other BTS artists- Neil Kogan and Karthnik Suresh in the summer of 2009; located in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles California.

It houses pure talents when it comes to singing, songwriting, performing and producing music with quality. It is where a group of artists collaborates for the sake of art and the natural expression of it. All music is produced, mixed and mastered by Joe Fabio who also is an in-house producer for SkeeTV.

Its main goal is to produce only quality music for the world to listen to. Its current roster of artists would prove its listeners how serious the production is when it comes to this goal. Having said that, it definitely also wants to educate and awaken the public on the current things that’s really happening in this generation through the music that they release. A real advocate of freedom of expression by means of sounds and frequencies blended with words and melodies, and that is something that you should remember about this production.

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.