Women Unite to Lead and Win the Battle against Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Gender Inequality

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Here is the SARILAYA statement to open its observance of the 2016 National Women’s Month. In commemoration, there will be a launch of an INQUIRY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS. The event will be held in a few hours today (March 1, 2016), at 6:00 a.m., Tuesday morning, ends around noon. The venue is the Quezon Memorial Circle. 

"The Filipino nation opens today the 2016 celebration of women’s month in the country. Here at the Quezon Memorial Circle, we are holding thus motorcade rally to reaffirm our commitment to work for solutions to the burning women’s issues of our times. SARILAYA is honored to co-convene this event with the Commission on Human Rights, and we are delighted that we are joined here by representatives of several women, human rights, and environmental advocacy groups such as Engenderights, the Food first Information and Action Network (FIAN), Greenpeace-Philippines, Likhaan (Center for Women’s Health), the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), World March of Women, and the UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). We are also pleased to welcome to our ranks some national, local government officials, and faith-based groups, who like us, want to put an end to hunger, poverty, gender-based violence, and other various forms of women’s rights violations."

Mozilla Philippines, IECEP QC Chapter and St. Paul Tuguegarao on Vigattin of Radyo Inquirer

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Last Saturday's episode of Vigattin rdaio at Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 90 AM was composed of three sets of guests, two personally in the studio and one on phone patch all the way from Tuguegarao.

We had Bob Reyes from Mozilla Philippines who talked about their initiatives toward a more connected experience with the development of connected devices. It's like the everyday appliances and gadgets conspiring with one another to keep us on the loop and well-informed via devices that can sense our needs and communicate with us when necessary.

People usually think of the Firefox browser when you mention Mozilla since it was the more popular competitor of the other browsers back then. Bob says they are different for being non-profit and prioritizing security and confidentiality above anything else.

Meanwhile, MJ Guttierez from the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) -QC Chapter, talked about the future projects of their school organization including their social responsibility programs, their career development program, leadership training seminars and many more. MJ is keen on joining the mother IECEP organization which caters to the ECE professionals already.

Downtown 1956 Cafe by Bale Dutung: Definitely A Great Choice to Visit When in Pampanga

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It was not my first time in Pampanga as I was there for so many times already. One of the most memorable is my visit to Porac where we went to a resort called Poracay, one of the most popular weekend destination in Central Luzon. You get there by first passing through seemingly dangerous terrains made out of ashfall - what once destroyed Pampanga after the volcanic eruption has become part of the tourist attraction. Poracay was composed of several swimming pools, a man-made lake where you can go kayaking and a zipline that will take you from one side of the lake to the next.

The next memorable was the culinary tour in Pampanga which Museo Angeles sponsored. Our tour was not limited to Angeles as we also went to nearby parts of Pampanga aside form the talks held at the museum. One of the speakers was celebrity Chef Claude Tayag, known worldwide as one of the Philippines celebrated chef for he rose into fame when he was one of the personalities interviewed by Anthony Bourdain, world-renowned chef, bestselling author and multiple Emmy-winning television personality.

Chef Claude Tayag was interviewed by Anthony Bourdain at his Bale Dutung restaurant which is sort of a high-end restaurant in Pampanga serving innovative Pampango cuisine with that special and unique touches of chef Claude Tayag. Bale Dutung means House of Wood, and is the home of Chef Claude Tayag and his wife Maryann. the house turned restaurant is inside Villa Gloria Subdivision of Angeles.

This is our visit to another restaurant venture of Chef Claude Tayag called Downtown 1956 Cafe by Bale Dutung. They got so many offers to bring his brand in Manila but the chef has his reasons why he remains at his hometown.