Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Loud and Proud to Present the Official Wazzup Pilipinas TV Jingle

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Just a few days before the May 2 pilot episode, we've finally completed the arrangement of the official Wazzup Pilipinas TV jingle. The night before the big fight of one of our great Filipino icons as he steps into the ring and fight against Floyd Mayweather, we are like Manny Pacquaio whose primary goal is to bring honor to our country, the Philippines.

Wazzup Pilipinas TV is proud to bring you the lyrics of the said jingle, with an additional rap lyrics at the end due to special request and to cater to the younger audience of this generation. The jingle will soon be incorporated in our official introductory video for the TV show.

The variety infotainment show aims to highlight Philippine events, destinations and lifestyle features that are of great interest to everyone especially the Filipinos. Hosted by the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas, Ross Del Rosario, with the Philippine Barter King, Bart Abaya and the Common Sense Investor, Coach Dave Aguila, as co-hosts, Wazzup Pilipinas TV originated from one of the most popular, fast-rising and most awarded Filipino community blog WazzupPilipinas.com.

From its humble beginnings as a personal blog, to guestings on radio and TV shows, and now to having our own cool TV show on a primetime slot on national television at IBC 13 (every Saturday from 8 to 9 pm), WazzupPilipinas.com has dramatically leveled up beyond our wildest dreams. Who would have thought we would be reaching this moment in our lives when we can proudly shout out to the world that we have made it big time!

But our journey has just began. We believe that there are still more awesome achievements for us as we collaborate further with many outstanding partners towards greater glories.

We encourage you all to sing with us since this amazing song. This is for all of us!

The Best Choice Awards 2015 is Now On!

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The Best Choice Awards 2015 mission is to motivate companies to continue raising the bar of quality in their products and services for the benefit of the customers.

The awards is promoted to instill on companies the core values of Quality and Excellence namely:

INTEGRITY, SUCCESS, COMMITMENT, BUSINESS BALANCE, CUSTOMER SERVICE

The awards provide business owners a unique and highly effective marketing strategy that's designed to promote and recognize business quality, and at the same time, generate new and significant business growth.

Business, Professionals and Civil Servants will be recognized for their efforts and contributions. Awards Nite will be held on the 7th May 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila Ballroom.

The event is sponsored by the Philippine Events Specialst, Shopbest Magazine, Novellino Wines, Country Bankers Life Insurance Corp., International Marketing Group together with the Lifestyle Network of ABS-CBN and Wazzup Pilipinas as media partners.

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Tupperware Brands was cited in the 2015 World’s Most Admired Companies list for eight straight years by Fortune Magazine. The company is ranked on the annual list under the Home Equipment, Furnishings category.

Throughout the years, Tupperware Brands has been unwavering in its commitment to Enlighten, Educate and Empower women and their families across the globe. With extreme passion to change lives in every one of its millions of sales force, Tupperware Brands continues to provide limitless income opportunities and develop innovative and world-class products, like Tupperware, that has been a staple in homes for over 50 years. Product brands and categories include design-centric preparation, storage and serving solutions for the kitchen; plus beauty, personal care, and baby care products for the whole family.

"More than this award, the assurance that we are able to carry out our commitment in empowering and improving lives of Filipinos in support of Tupperware Brands’ global mission to change lives through opportunity, support and relationships, year on year, is what we are most grateful for," says Mr. Graciano Pangilinan Jr., Tupperware Philippines President and Managing Director.

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The University of the Philippines Junior Marketing Association brings you West Palm, the sweetest pool party to wrap up the summer season, happening on May 9, 2015 1-7PM at New World Hotel Manila Bay!

Experience a summer getaway featuring today's up & coming bloggers as we treat you to a day of fun and relaxation. Enjoy the dessert buffet and summer giveaway while you lounge at the pool area of New World hotel. Get a chance to win prizes and an all expense paid road trip for you and your friends!

West Palm is this semester’s UP JMA Publicity Event that aims to showcase the organization and its 57-year heritage of excellence in innovative marketing and project management, while introducing new experiences to an even wider demographic.

This event is by invitation only.

For blogger invite requests, please contact Sam at 0927 565 3793.

Laborers Deserve a Break at Burgoo!

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Celebrate Labor Day by showing that you value your workers. Give them their much-deserved break at Burgoo American bar and Restaurant as it offers sumptuous and satisfying dishes such as Shrimp and Ribs Platter, Seafood Caesar Salad, Chicken Dianne, supreme pizzas and pastas and luscious desserts, among others.

On Labor Day Weekend, Burgoo highly recommends “Marvelous Combo” for only P999.00. Valued at P1525.00, you can save P526.00 for these quality dishes composed of Extra Supreme Nachos; Country-Style Fried Chicken with five servings of rice pilaf and potato wedges or any two side dishes of your choice; and Tomato-Basil Spaghetti with special garlic bread. This delicious treat also comes with 1 liter of Coca Cola.
Visit Burgoo at Tomas Morato in Quezon City, Powerplant Mall in Rockwell, Podium and Robinsons Galleria in Ortigas, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Gateway Mall in Cubao, The Block at SM City North EDSA, SM City Marikina, Fairview Terraces Mall, The District Ayala Mall in Cavite, SM Southmall in Alabang, and Starmall in Taguig. For reservations and inquiries, please call 9277396, 8981815, 6875565, 7264663, 9136112, 5560091, 6336256, 4420115, and 4771932.

Game-Changing Developments In Emerging Markets

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From customizable designs to pioneering smart home technology, the emerging markets are breaking new ground when it comes to property development.

As the real estate sectors in Asia, Africa and Latin America mature, the level of innovation has also skyrocketed, with many developers seeking new ways to attract an increasingly discerning property buyer.

Global property portal Lamudi takes a closer look at seven game-changing residential developments in the emerging markets.

Green City - Colombia

Based in Soacha, a small city outside Bogotá, the Green City projects represent the present and future of the country’s real estate market. This is a great example of urban development: combining efficient technologies, smart spaces and a sense of community for residents. The project offers common areas like green spaces, playgrounds and more: a city within a city.

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Pangasinan's beach in Tondaligan will definitely confirm that the Philippines is truly a tropical country. Inspite of the fact that it’s crazy hot in here (especially now that it is summer time), Pangasinan has some beaches to help cool you down and forget about the sweaty 4 hour trip (improved with the access to a new road that shortened the usual 6 hour trip from Manila.

Tondaligan beach is just one of the lesser attractive beaches in Pangasinan. Yup! There's a lot of great beaches with white sands, great views and several other attractions, however most of them are just too far by road, and many would require you to travel by plane.

With grayish sands, and a not really fascinating view, it is good enough for the ordinary traveler who wants to dip into the waters to refresh himself from the summer heat. It is not a “must-see” destination whenever you happen to pass by Pangasinan since the Hundred Island beaches are more popular for the more picky and adventurous tourist.

But we were not exactly in Pangasinan for the beaches. We were there because we attended a family get-together with my mother's relatives, so the fairly satisfactory beach will have to do just to refresh us and feel the cool waters. The visit to the beach was just a side trip to treat our relatives who came with us to Pangasinan from Manila aboard our official transportation provider - Fox Travel Services.

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Galleria Duemila presents Woven into Being, a solo show by Kidlat de Guia. Equal parts patchwork and photography, the exhibition takes the form of fragmented photographic tapestry, which wields and merges craft and technology.

Much like the tactile method of Kidlat de Guia’s practice as a filmmaker, the process in Woven into Being similarly entails cutting, splicing, and weaving, but this time of collected photographs from trips and fieldwork around the Philippines. Transforming the quotidian form of photographs, he manipulates strips of digital prints by either breaking the weave to expose nuances or to continuously overlay to keep something unseen. The outputs are rivetingly composite and texturized layers of photographic images that disclose an alternate reality. Evocative woven images of drivers and their beat up trucks, portraits of loved ones and the spaces they occupied pushes forward through that all memory is social. A saturated feel of human experience pervades in his images and seemingly attempts to structure and approximate the past, loss, hope, and memory.

Kidlat de Guia completed a BA Broadcasting Communications degree at University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, in 1998. He was the recipient of Award of Excellence at the Aqua Planet Video Festival in Japan in 2003. His works has been exhibited in the Philippines and Singapore. “Woven into Being” runs from May 9-30, 2015 at Galleria Duemila located at 210 Loring Street, 1300 Pasay City. For more information you may reach us at + 632 831 9990; Telefax no. + 632 833 9815, email: gduemila@gmail.com, Twitter and Instagram: @galleriaduemila, you may also visit our website at www.galleriaduemila.com, or like us on Facebook.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

50 Years @ Pangasinan: A Double Birthday Celebration

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It was our uncle and aunt’s fiftieth birthday (and apparently also their wedding anniversary celebration - all falling on the month of April). We were supposed to visit them the previous week, but most of us were unavailable and so we decided to change the date. Now that the day has finally arrived, we woke up, grabbed our prepared stuff and left home. Having descended the stairwell of our building and left the village, we hopped aboard the van at around three in the morning. Bags were packed and seats were chosen by each family member. As we left the avenue and drove towards our rather distant first stop, Taguig - where our cousins were supposed to wait for us – we greeted our driver, Mr. Jun from Fox Travel Services - our transportation service, and exchanged introductions. While the rest of the family was talking, I was trying to regain a few more winks of sleep. Finally realizing that the bumpy road and noisy chatter lead me to inevitable failure, I finally gave up trying to sleep. The motion and inertia brought about by the vehicle weren’t helping either.

As we moved on, pointless chatter still went on and I was hopelessly trying to refrain from saying anything impolite. You know how grumpy a person can be without having enough sleep, right? My dad convinced me to transfer seats since according to him and his ego I could catch their “stupidity”, but I refused since if I did I would just become more vexed. With that in mind, I just transferred to the next seat, still in the same row at the back, and watched the passing surroundings through the window. I also checked the time on my phone every now and then.

After a few hours our cousin ate Jennifer, along with her companion, were the next ones to join the van. A few kilometres later, in our point of view were now our aunt and the rest of our cousins. The van was now packed with people, who were surprisingly cheerful even at such an early time of the day. My mom wanted my aunt to sit beside me near the back end of the van. With that, we went onwards to our real destination – to the province of Pangasinan.

Watch Pacquiao - Mayweather in True Pinoy Style - Call Now to Book!

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Want to watch the Pacquiao - Mayweather fight with a delicious buffet of local favorites? See the fight unfold LIVE as it happens, with brunch buffet beginning at 8:30am, May 3 at True Deli. Watch it indoors on a curved LED TV (PHP1000), or poolside on a hi-def projector (PHP800).

If you haven't been yet, True Deli is located right by the GMA/Kamuning MRT Station, in Victoria Towers. Their theme is Filipino unique. Their goal is to serve different styles of Filipino cooking and provide delicious variations on what Filipinos usually eat. To accomplish this, True Deli offers unique and delicious takes on the usual chicken, pork, duck, goat, etc.

True Deli sells only local products, in order to demonstrate that Filipino products are world-class, in an attempt to elevate the way Filipino consumers see them. True Deli goes beyond promoting culture through food; they are promoting Filipino culture through the entire dining experience, including appreciation of the language. Their menu, for example is written entirely in Filipino, and the servers are trained to cater to the guests by speaking in Filipino.

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Imagine long stretches of uninterrupted sunshine, lazy afternoons on the beach, and more fresh air than you could ever need. But this is more than just your next vacation—it’s your new home, in a place where summer never really ends.

This list of the world’s sunniest locations to live, compiled by global property portal Lamudi, reveals seven of the best countries offering near-daily sunshine and warm temperatures. Whether you are looking to retire or just escape the winter, these are some of the top locations to cultivate that relaxed holiday feeling, year-round.

Tanzania

Skip the mainland and head straight to the beaches of Zanzibar, one of the country’s main tourist destinations. The archipelago's booming tourism industry is one of the reasons for a recent growth spurt in the property market. And no wonder more and more locals and foreigners are looking to settle down here: Zanzibar offers more than 25 white-sand beaches set against the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, with an average of up to eight hours of sunshine per day.

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Taking part in the worldwide celebration of International Dance Day, Ballet Philippines presents the Young Dancers and Choreographers Showcase. The show shines the spotlight on the young artists of Ballet Philippines. Through glimpses of their beginning choreographies and more recent works, the company brings forth the next generation of choreographers who are set to push the Philippine art scene into the 21st century.

The showcase is directed by Ballet Philippines’ Artistic Director Paul Alexander Morales. Featured choreographers include Richardson Yadao, Gillianne Gequinto, Edana Labitoria, Ian Nick Tiba, Danilo Dayo, Bonifacio Guerrero, and Erl Emmanuel Sorilla, who won the Trudl Dubsky Zipper Award (Outstanding Contemporary Choreography) at the 1st CCP Ballet Competition.

Widely recognized Hip Hop International Elite Judge and current guest teacher at Ballet Philippines Dance School Margherita Vasselli will also present new choreography featuring BP Crew, the Dance School’s hip hop performing arm.

The cast of the Young Dancers and Choreographers Showcase is comprised of Ballet Philippines company members, scholars of the Ballet Philippines Dance School, and BP II, Ballet Philippines’ junior performing company. Aside from actively touring and performing locally, it has already participated in international festivals including performances in Asia and France. BP II was formed to provide a venue for promising young dancers to develop their talents in accordance with Ballet Philippines’ standards of performance and technique. These young talents would be the most outstanding apprentices and scholars of the company and the BP Dance School.

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One Million Lights Philippines (OML) recently received a donation from DHL Express Philippines to help provide solar-powered lights to 84 households in impoverished communities. The donation came from the total proceeds collected at the auction during DHL’s recent customer thanksgiving dinner.

OML is a nationally awarded, youth-led, nonprofit and for-purpose organization that improves the quality of the life of Filipinos through better lighting by providing clean, safe, and affordable solar-powered lights to impoverished, off-grid communities around the country.

Seen in photo: Mark Lozano, Country Head & Founder of OML, receives a check donation from Yati Abdullah, Country Manager of DHL Express Philippines.

Epson Prints ‘Love’ for Children With Cancer in “Portraits of Love” Event

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Continuing their support for the ‘Portraits of Love’ advocacy, digital imaging leader Epson Philippines recently joined a group of volunteers to once again bring smiles to the faces of children afflicted with cancer.

Organized by renowned photographer Pilar Tuason and in cooperation with the Kythe Foundation, ‘Portraits of Love’ is a recurring initiative designed to give children with cancer a magical day full of laughter and love. The most recent event was held at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center.

“It’s always a joy to be a part of such a worthy endeavour. We are thankful to be here,” said Epson Philippines Corporation’s Head of Marcom & PR, Donna V. Ferro.

“It’s a small offering – a print out of the portraits of the children with their parents. And yet, witnessing how the faces of the children light up when we give their photos to them is a profound experience. We’re happy to be part of the team that made their day even a little bit brighter,” Ferro added.

Fortinet FortiSandbox Catches Zero-Day and Advanced Threats

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Fortinet, a global leader in high-performance cyber security – today announced the launch of FortiSandbox 2.0, delivering enhanced features to their top-rated FortiSandbox Advanced Threat Detection Appliances and FortiSandbox Cloud solutions with the power to discover and isolate more advanced threats from more places than ever before. Integrated with FortiGate, FortiSandbox Cloud offers the ability to quarantine compromised users and end points with one-click, delivering additional mitigation against zero-day and advanced threats. When used together with FortiMail, previously unknown email threats are proactively and automatically blocked. FortiSandbox 2.0 combined with Fortinet’s Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Framework ensures a new level of protection from sophisticated cyber threats.

Protection from Advanced Threats
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, what you can’t detect can hurt you; with highly targeted and tailored attacks increasingly bypassing traditional security defenses disguised as innocuous files constantly exchanged in an organization’s day-to-day workflow.

Combatting these advanced threats, Fortinet’s FortiSandbox enhances its independently rated and NSS Labs Recommended 99% breach detection rating with new features that scan more file types including Microsoft Office, PDFs, Internet Explorer, web URLs, shared file repositories and can even unzip and scan archived files so IT departments have confidence that they are protected from malicious code no matter where it tries to hide.

“The number one most exploited vector for attacks within an enterprise has consistently been through an organizational emails.” Said John Maddison, Vice President, Marketing Products at Fortinet. “Our updated FortiSandbox 2.0 and overhauled Advanced Threat Protection Framework were engineered to shine a light on the dark places, like emails and attached documents, where many other security solutions just can’t see. This provides Fortinet customers with the peace of mind that they are protected from the most nefarious threats out there.”

At the same time, procurement and legal departments are assured of license compliance based on Genuine Microsoft Windows and Office licenses that ship with every appliance. FortiSandbox with FortiGate or FortiMail reports the who, when, and where on malicious and suspicious files and makes it easy to block or quarantine any incursion, taking advanced threat protection a step further than just threat detection.

Flexible Deployment

FortiSandbox advanced threat protection is available as physical, virtual and new add-on cloud solutions so customers have the flexibility to select a deployment mix that fits their needs, while seamlessly integrating with existing FortiGate and FortiMail infrastructure to deliver an advanced integrated security solution without the complexity and cost.

A Constantly Evolving Framework of Protection

Part of Fortinet’s newly enhanced Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Framework, FortiSandbox seamlessly integrates with Fortinet’s FortiGate firewall appliances and FortiMail email security platforms, all backed by the industry-leading FortiGuard threat research lab; delivering continuous and automatic updates with immediate protection against the latest threats whenever they arise. The combination of Fortinet’s Prevent, Detect and Mitigate approach to advanced threats enables organizations to stop known threats before they infect the infrastructure, discover new threats and then learns to continually evolve and deliver enhanced threat prevention.

Breaking The Kill Chain

Say a malicious email is sent to someone in the network that protected by Fortinet ATP framework featuring FortiGate firewalls, FortiMail email security and FortiSandbox. FortiGate reroutes file elements within the email to FortiSandbox for analysis, while FortiMail automatically holds the offending mail until it can be confirmed clear of malicious intent. If that email is found to contain nefarious elements, FortiMail will block the email and FortiSandbox uploads the data from its analysis to FortiGuard, which then triggers an automatic update to the entire Fortinet security ecosystem across the globe.

That is just one example. Fortinet’s integrated approach to Zero-day and advanced threat protection delivers seamless security designed to break the kill chain in a way that individual standalone solutions never could.

For more information:

Fortinet Advanced Threat Protection Homepage: http://www.fortinet.com/solutions/advanced-threat-protection.html

Fortinet FortiSandbox Homepage: http://www.fortinet.com/products/fortisandbox/advanced-threat-protection-appliances.html

FortiSandbox Video: http://www.fortinet.com/videos/fortisandbox-protects-against-advanced-threats-fast.html

Breaking the Kill Chain Video: http://www.fortinet.com/videos/breaking-kill-chain-advanced-attacks.html

Improve Mitigation to Address Advanced Threats Video: http://www.fortinet.com/videos/how-improve-your-security-mitigation-better-address-advanced-threats.html

Availability

FortiSandbox 2.0 is available for order now from authorized Fortinet channel partners. For more information about Fortinet’s Advanced Threat Protection solutions, please visit: http://www.fortinet.com/solutions/advanced-threat-protection.html