Mocha Uson Appointed as MMFF Ambassadress

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"Grabeh talaga ang mga elitista ngayon. Lahat na lang negative. MMDA GM Tim Orbos asked for our help to push for the changes they made in MMFF. At hindi po ako nag dalawang isip na tumulong dahil malaki po ang pagbabagong ginawa nila kung saan ang mga quality movies ang isinama ngayong taon na ito. Meron mang mga involved na tao na hindi natin kapareho ng pananaw sa politika ngunit ako po ay pumayag tumulong bilang Ambassadress ng MMFF. Ngunit itong mga ibang mapanlait na elitista negative na naman ang tingin.

Sino ngayon ang sarado ang isip???

Minsan nakakainis lang talaga sa bansa natin. Tumutulong ka na nga ng walang bayad ang ilang kababayan pa natin ay negatibo pa." - Mocha Uson

Basta tayo mga kaDDS tuloy tuloy lang ang pagtulong natin sa pagbabago at maging aktibo tayo sa mga bagay na makakatulong sa ating bayan. MABUHAY TAYONG MGA ORDINARYONG PILIPINO!" - Mocha Uson

The Metro Manila Film Festival announced that Mocha Uson, a known supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte is the MMFF Ambassadress for this year.

The appointment of Mocha gained criticisms from the Netizens, especially to the Elite who don’t like the blogger entertainer.

But despite of the hate messages that she received on social media, Mocha is dedicated to do the task given to her to help the MMFF to promote its movies.

For the first time, MMFF ignored the big time movie makers to give way to the Indie (Independent) Film Makers.

The decision of the Metro Manila Film Festival 2016 became controversial after the movies that we traditionally watched every Christmas day didn’t make it to this year’s MMFF.

The organizers are nervous that cinemas would pull out the indie entries because of it’s unpopularity to the masses.

That’s why they need someone who has the influence to promote the unpopular but high quality movies in MMFF and that is Mocha Uson.

It’s undeniable that Mocha Uson may greatly help the MMFF to promote its movies to the masses because most of her fans on her 4 Million Likes Facebook fan pages come from the masses.

By using the influential Facebook page of Mocha, she can promote these high quality made MMFF movie entries this year for free.

She has also some connection with other Facebook pages which can help her in promoting the movies on social media.

Just like what happened to the movie Heneral Luna that got promoted by the Netizens on Social media, we can also do the same by promoting all the MMFF entries by the use of the internet.

She can really help the MMFF, but Mocha can’t do it alone, we must help her on her task to promote the entries on social media.

Forget your political beliefs and your hate for Mocha Uson, let’s try to bring back the high quality movies to the mainstream.

*Reposted from Pinoy Trending

De Lima Warns vs Attempts to Undermine PHL History, Identity

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Sen. Leila M. de Lima warned against the reconstruction of the Philippine history and the national identity of the Filipino people by the so-called “agents of change” who want us to think and act contrary to the values and principles we fought hard for.

She also alluded to "authoritarian leaders who excel at manipulation" and who have been able "to prey on our fears and self-interests in order to divide and conquer us." 

Speaking at the Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2016 here, De Lima said there are some disturbing events in the past few months of the country’s political history that are being used to manipulate and decimate the national psyche and identity.

“One year ago, our country seemed well on its way to realizing these aspirations and ideals as embodied in the Preamble to our Constitution,” she said, referring to the year 2016 are “the year of interesting turns of events.”
“Never could I have foreseen the extent to which the very face and values of my country and my people could have changed in just 12 months, nor the disturbing direction we seem to be hurtling towards from here on,” she added.

De Lima noted the rash of vigilante-type killings in the first six months of the administration of Philippine President Duterte since his assumption in July. To date, about 6,095 people were reportedly killed in the government’s all-out war against drugs.

She also took issue at the apparent rush by the administration-dominated Congress to pass a law restoring the death penalty law purportedly to deter crimes in the country despite worldwide abolition of the capital punishment.

“That is the true horror of it all: we are fast becoming a nation where killing is seen as the solution to our problems. Not a solution; not the first or the last resort; but the solution,” she said.

“Clearly, the only real solution is to give them a carte blanche (blank card) authority to kill the suspects outright. That is our brand of justice these days. And the true horror is that some of our people will stand up and applaud this reality,” she added.

The former justice secretary also lambasted a hero’s burial given to the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, an administration’s move she said violated the Constitution which ensured that similar abuses will and should never happen again in the country’s history.

“That was baffling to us. How can we reconcile our political history thus far, with this act of honoring the one man who single-handedly brought on the darkest period of our post-colonial history?,” she said.

The neophyte senator also lashed out at the Duterte administration for continually dangling the declaration of martial law and suspension of the writ of habeas corpus to curb threats of drug-related reprisal and possible terrorist attacks.

“He and his men (are) preying on the people’s fears from so-called anticipated reprisals by those involved in the drug trade, or from terrorist attacks, or some other undefined threats that prey upon their feelings of insecurity,” she said.

“(They) are keeping the threat of a declaration of a state of national emergency, martial law and suspension of the writ of habeas corpus perpetually hanging above the Filipino’s heads, thus priming them for malleability for other extreme actions,” she added.

De Lima challenged the people that the year 2017 should be an opportunity to reclaim our national identity by resisting attempts to prey upon our marginalization and victimization by so-called “agents of change and champions of cause.”

“That is the challenge that we Filipinos face in 2017. We must find who we are. To know who we are is to trust who we are. We must define the identity of the Filipino. To know it is to recognize it in others; to recognize it is to feel revulsion when their lives are taken,” she added.

*Reposted from Leila De Lima's web site

Overexposed 2016 GAIA: Nationwide Photography Exhibition

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Join the Nationwide Photography Competition and capture how we Engineer the Nature.

Win up to Php 10,000 worth of cash and freebies. Just send your entries by capturing what best represents the interaction of the engineering process and nature.  Registration is FREE! Join now! Visit overexposed.up-crest.org for more info.

Overexposed is a photography contest open to all photographers, photographers-to-be, photo enthusiasts or generally creative persons with access to camera nationwide. Overexposed started on 2010 and is now on its 7th year.

This year, the event will adapt the name, Overexposed 2016 GAIA, with the overall theme focusing on the personification of the nature through engineering. This year’s overexposed will be a culmination of the arts, engineering, and environment. The activities listed below will aim to promote the different fields of art and engineering and to further raise awareness for our environment.

·         Photography Contest   

o   With the theme “Nature Redesigned”, will run until January 8, 2017

·             Art Installation Exhibit

o   Positioned at strategic locations around UP Diliman

·             Photography Workshop

o   Which aims to further improve skills on photography and arts

·             Engineering Discussion

o   With the theme “Green Buildings and Sustainable Infrastructures”

·         Environmental Awareness Act

o   Which aims to raise awareness for the environment

This competition is brought to you by the University of the Philippines Circle of Engineering Students (UP CREST), a duly recognized academic and engineering-wide organization of the 8 institutes and departments of the College of Engineering, UP Diliman. Celebrating its 20^th year, UP CREST shall pursue its mission and vision by producing top quality events for its 20^th Anniversary Week. Included in the event list it Overexposed 2016 GAIA.

This event is powered by OICA UPD, i-Mag Photography Magazine, SparkLab Innovation Center, Trampoline Park, Tony and Jackey, UBER, special thanks to: Orange Segment, Kalibrr, Localove.org. Our media partners:  DZUP Radio Station, ClickTheCity.com, Wazzup Pilipinas, PSST.ph, Astig.PH, INQ Pop, Manila Bulletin, Business World Online and our official radio partner: Magic 89.9

For more information, visit: overexposed.up-crest.org or fb.com/upcrest.oex