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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Classical Japanese Artists Comes to Manila for Mar. 20 One Night Concert at UP Abelardo Hall

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Independent Philippine Art Ventures, Inc., presents THREE, TWO, ONE…ARAI ! - an afternoon of contemporary and classical guitar music with three outstanding artists from Japan namely Tomonori Arai, soloist and Takashi Endo and Eisei Tanigawa of the Trussardi Duo.

THREE, TWO, ONE…ARAI ! will be held on March 20 (Sunday) - 5:30 p.m. at the UP Abelardo Hall Auditorium located at the UP College of Music, UP Diliman, QC.

The repertoire includes classical and samba music as solos, duets, and trios.

Two promising young Filipino guitarists, Sting Asistores, 15, and Marlee Pabico, 18, both from the Philippine High School for the Arts, are slated to open the concert.

The concert is supported by Japan Foundation-Manila, and is part of the 60th anniversary celebration of Philippine-Japanese Friendship.

Concertgoers are encouraged to enjoy the UP campus that bustles with activity on Sundays. People hike, bike, walk, picnic, fly kites. The family-oriented concert will be a good way to cap a Sunday.

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Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Mabining Mandirigma,” a reappraisal in musical form of the heroism and legacy of Apolinario Mabini that featured the radical casting of a female actor in the role of the revolutionary patriot, took the lead in the 2015 nominations for the Gawad Buhay!, the Philstage Awards for the Performing Arts, with 13 nods in the performance and technical categories.

Following “Mabining Mandirigma” is the Philippine Educational Theater Association’s “Arbol de Fuego,” which transposed Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” to the haciendas of Negros in the martial law era, with 12 nominations.

Receiving 10 nominations each are 9 Works Theatrical’s production of the Broadway musical “La Cage aux Folles,” the Philippine premiere of Larry Kramer’s AIDS drama “The Normal Heart” staged by Actor’s Actors Inc. and The Necessary Theatre, and Ballet Philippines’ Christmas presentation “Peter Pan.”

Now on its eighth year, Gawad Buhay! is the first-ever industry awards exclusively for the performing arts juried by an independent panel of critics, scholars, artists and theater enthusiasts. Outstanding individual and group achievements in various artistic and technical aspects of play, musical and dance productions and performances are honored based on quarterly citations deliberated by members of the jury who are required to watch all productions of Philstage member-companies for the entire year.

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Tourism has become one of the major economic drivers in the Philippines, marked with strong, continued, and uninterrupted growth in both visitor arrivals and receipts, making the country ripe to become the world’s next tourism destination.

According to the Department of Tourism, tourism remained profitable and accounted for an estimated US$5.0 billion or P227.62 billion worth of international visitor receipts in 2015. This is 5.92% greater than the 2014 total earnings, with the month of December 2015 yielding the peak of all tourism activities at P23.47 billion and the month of September 2015 registering the highest growth of 24.24%.

Korea continued to be the top spending market with visitor spending amounting to P66.55 billion for the year 2015. The United States ranked second with P42.31 billion, followed by Australia with P12.83 billion, overtaking Japan which provided P12.20 billion to take the fourth spot. Completing the top five spending markets is China with visitor spending of P10.19 billion.

For the year 2015, tourists spend an average of P4,888.82. They also spent heavily last year, with an average per capita expenditure of P48,350.44. Their average length of stay in the country is registered at around 10 nights.

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The Department of Energy (DOE) is reiterating its warning to the public of the dangers "bote-bote" may cause to lives and properties. This is with the observed rampant proliferation of illegal sale of liquid fuels (i.e., gasoline, diesel) in “bote-bote.”

Energy Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada strongly emphasized that “peddling of liquid fuels in any container, such as, soda bottles, plastic bottles, jugs and other similar portable containers are strictly prohibited,” which is stipulated under the existing Department Circular No. DC2003-11-010 also known as the Retail Rules. She also stressed that improper handling of liquid fuels may lead to accidental fire, illnesses due to inhalation of hazardous fumes, and undesirable effects to the environment.

The DOE notes that liquid fuels are highly combustible and flammable products, and therefore require proper storage and handling as provided under the Fire Code of the Philippines. Thus, as the country observes the National Fire Prevention Month spearheaded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), "bote-bote" must not be patronized, especially following increase of cases of fire accidents during summer period.

In order to eliminate the bote-bote scheme, the DOE encourages persistent participation of the consuming public, mostly motorists, in this advocacy by buying from authorized and formal gas stations only, instead of patronizing illegal liquid fuel peddlers, as this does not assure the public of “proper fuel quality and right quantity.” The motorists should realize that they may actually be short changed, and end up spending more for repairs, or worse, accidents.

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The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Sorority of the UP College of Medicine brings you its annual Scholarship Week this coming March 28 to April 4, 2016.

The lineup of events for the week include:

Alam Mu Ba? A trivia quiz night for the brods and sisses of the Mu Sigma Phi on March 28, 2016 (7pm) at Astral Tower Roofdeck

Excellence Knowledge Genius (EKG): an inter-University Pre-Medical Quiz Show on March 29, 2016 (6pm) at Buenafe Hall, Calderon, UP College of Medicine

25th Brainstorm: an inter-medical school quiz competition on March 31, 2016 (6pm) at Robinsons Place Manila Midtown Atrium

EBM and Beyond: Basic Epidemiology Workshop on April 2, 2016 (7AM-5PM) at Buenafe Hall, UP College of Medicine

and MedEx: Medical Career Expo for PGH interns on April 4, 2016 (8AM-5PM) at the PGH Science Hall.

All these and more this coming Scholarship Week 2016!

Tips on Maximizing Our Potential As a Top-Notch Blogger

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The months of March, April and May are so tight with events, ang hirap maghanap ng time for meetings. No worries, pili na lang ng kayang puntahan then offer na lang sa iba yung di kakayanin. It's called blessing-sharing....better than event-hopping! Lol!

I don't have the stomach to cut events (coming in late or leaving early) so that I can attend the most events possible. It's more important to have less events but able to come up with more quality and substantial outputs. The less stressed we are, the more rested we are to write cleverly-crafted and timely stories with awesome photos and videos. Hindi yung puro partial and less creative event coverage, and delayed posting na lang palagi. Ouch!!! Iwas na lang ang tatamaan.

If ever I do come to events late, or leave early, those were for special reasons that requires my immediate and personal attention. Like receiving an award at the next event, or just dropping by at an event due to a special request from the organizers.

It is admirable that we exert every effort to make our outputs as timely and creative as possible regardless of how big or small the event is. I keep stressing timely, and creative, but would also like to emphasize on news and stories having complete and substantial content. Below are my thoughts about how to improve our blogging activities as I've personally experienced and learned throughout my few years within the community.

We are not sharing this because we think we are among the best blogs out there, we are sharing this because we believe our almost three years of experience as a blog is more than enough to qualify recommending tips based on our experience. We will soon be celebrating our third year only so there are still a lot to learn, and we are always open to learn and re-learn new or better things to maximize our potential as the self-declared Pambansang Blog ng Pilipinas, or the National Blog of the Philippines.

JPCS Explore IT and National General Assembly 2016

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The Junior Philippine Computer Society (JPCS) is pleased to invite your JPCS Chapter Members and Faculty Advisers to participate in the JPCS EXPLORE IT AND NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2016.

The theme for this year is “Building a Culture of Innovation, Responding to the Call of Change”. The objectives of this annual JPCS event are:

1. To explore the challenges that not only lay ahead, but also probe some ideas and solutions on various disciplines in IT and their applications. This is an event to watch as students are expected to display their brilliant ingenuity and exceptional ability.

2. To recognize the ability of students to produce and come up with real business solution outputs through innovation and creativity. As we aspire to develop innovate solution, this event will serve as venue to challenge student’s abilities and will add value to their work.

3. To further strengthen the connection among all the JPCS chapters by means of exposing the members to several challenging physical activities, promoting networking, and lead in today's environment in the labor force and in the forefront of technology in business.

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Why did you wake up this morning? What got you out of your bed and into the shower, to changing your clothes to leaving the house to go to wherever you need to go?

For most people, the answer is one and the same – to work and earn money.

But let me ask you… if that’s all you do day in and day out, does it make you HAPPY?

There’s nothing wrong with earning money. We all need money to fulfill some basic needs, and that includes me. But when money becomes your primary motivation to do anything, you end up tired and sad and bitter because you know in your heart there’s something ELSE you would like to do.

That something else is your PASSION.

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BalayMindanaw Group (BMG) is launching its first-ever BalayMindanaw Awards to celebrate its 20th year of existence by recognizing and acknowledging outstanding partner barangays.

“Through the awards, we will celebrate local victories in building empowered, sustainable, resilient and peaceful communities,” said President and Founder of BalayMindanaw, Charlito “Kaloy” Manlupig.

The BalayMindanaw Awards seeks to recognize citizens' initiatives of barangay governance to make a difference by working towards equity, development, peace and resiliency.

“We wish to recognize community-based and barangay-focused initiatives and best practices. Inspired by their examples, we see our 20th anniversary as the time to give back to our partners,” he said.

All BalayMindanaw partner barangays, of at least 3 years standing, in the Visayas and Mindanao can be nominated for the BalayMindanaw Awards.

There are 4 categories for the awards. The Kaangayan Award is for communities that have shown outstanding local capacities in addressing issues of injustice and inequities.

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The summer season has started, and a way to enjoy it is by coming to the PMA Summer Expo! Get the latest deals, be informed with the latest trends and be entertained in the two-day Summer Dance Craze competition.

The Summer Expo is a showcase of businesses from various fields that offer a wide selection of choices and deals. Having troubles where to go? We have a showcase of the popular resorts where you can relax. Can’t get enough and you want to go to other places outside the country? We have tips on that too. Thinking of making yourself fit? We’ve got your back! We even have suggestions on what to do as summer ends.

Alongside the exhibits, the Summer Expo also has its set of informative talks from people and businesses to give you an idea of what to do during and after a vacation.

Last but not the last, the two-day Summer Dance Craze competition will gather dance groups from all around the metro and nearby provinces to prove who’s better at dancing. With the theme “Summer na, Sayaw na,” this will pump out the vibe of everyone.

Come to the Glorietta Activity Area this March 29 to 31, 2016 and feel the summer vibe at the PMA Summer Expo! For partnerships, call tel. no. 633-0153, 643-3887, or email info@exlinkevents.com.

Wazzup Pilipinas is a proud media partner of the 3rd PMA Summer Expo.