Chaos Night Club Brings The House Down For Its Second Anniversary With La-Based Trap & Electro House DJ Party Favor

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Chaos night club at City of Dreams Manila heralds yet another eventful year with its second anniversary celebration. The trendsetting venue will feature Los Angeles-based Trap and Electro House artist Party Favor who will spin his trademark bass-laced tunes to get all partygoers in a frenzy of excitement on February 25. To jump start the 2nd anniversary party scene, Chaos resident DJs MVRXX, Jet Boado, and MC Ronthug will perform during the early part of the event.

Since its opening, Chaos consistently showcases an impressive roster of both international and local artists from all genres of the EDM and Hip-hop spectrum on weekends, and also highlights live performances by stellar local bands on Wednesdays.

As one of the top rising artists in EDM, Manhattan-born Dylan Ragland aka Party Favor’s career in music took off in 2013 when he worked on a remix for Miley Cyrus’ “Someone Else”. He signed on to record label Mad Decent and released the chart-topping electro track “Bap U”, notably his most recognized original song, which became a staple in numerous club playlists across the US and Europe.

Party Favor's newest EP release Party and Destroy hit #2 on the iTunes album charts and the lead single "Give It To Me Twice" garnered over 1 million plays on Spotify in its first two weeks. The 2016-released EP boasts of collaborations with Dillon Francis, Gucci Mane, Sean Kingston, Rich The Kid, Gent & Jawns and Georgia Ku. 

Cloudfone Advocates E-Learning & Provides 1,200 Cloudpad Epic 8.9 Tablets To Public Schools

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Cloudfone, one of the fastest rising mobile tech companies in the country, further strengthened its commitment to being a partner of change through its latest CSR initiative, in celebration of the National Reading Month last November 2016.

In partnership with Globe, 1,200 Cloudpad Epic 8.9 devices were distributed to 80 selected beneficiary public schools nationwide that are part of the Global Filipino Schools (GFS) program. As part of Globe’s initiative, GFS is a long-term educational program that seeks to transform selected public schools into centers of ICT (information and communications technology) excellence. By 2020, Globe, with the help of Cloudfone, aims to establish GFS in each of the 226 DepEd divisions nationwide. Through these efforts, Cloudfone and Globe aim to promote e-learning by utilizing Cloudfone’s tablets as learning/teaching tools for academic institutions and their hardworking teachers and students.

Through Cloudfone’s wide range of powerful devices, students can now enjoy better connectivity and gain access to more online educational sources. On the other hand, teachers may also use Cloudpads as part of the school’s new and modern approach to integrated teaching in the classroom. This effort to use advanced technologies, an important step forward for the participating institutions and education sector as a whole, as this sets the stage for 21st century learning.

Perfect for the classroom, the Cloudpad Epic 8.9 is a handheld, slate tablet that can be used in lieu of traditional laptops. With a unique “crossover” technology feature, this tablet offers the best of both worlds - rich multimedia experience care of Android, and an ideal productivity environment with Windows making it compatible with many other devices that may be used in the classroom. 

Hontiveros to Duterte: Heed Colombia's Warning, Stop Mimicking Failed War on Drugs

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Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros, a staunch critic of the government's police-centric war on drugs, called on President Rodrigo Duterte today to listen to a former Colombian president's advise not to mimic his country's failed drug war campaign.

In a New York Times article published on Wednesday, Cesar Gaviria, the president of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, wrote that Duterte is repeating his mistakes in confronting the drug problem.

Gaviria, who during his term waged a bloody war on drugs that killed notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar and slaugthered thousands of Colombians in the process, said that any anti-drug campaign cannot be won by armed forces and law enforcement agencies alone. He admitted that the drug war his government waged was a failure.

"Throwing more soldiers and police at the drug users is not just a waste of money but also can actually make the problem worse. Locking up nonviolent offenders and drug users almost always backfires, instead strengthening organized crime," Gaviria wrote.

Hontiveros said that Gaviria's admission is proof that a strictly law enforcement approach to the drug problem is flawed.


"Cut and paste approach"

"The Duterte government should stop its 'cut and paste' approach to illegal drug trafficking. If Colombia's war on drugs, acknowledged as one of the most relentless and heavy-handed in the world, failed, what makes President Duterte think that his own drug war, smeared with thousands of extrajudicial killings and human rights violations, will succeed? What's so special about the president's war on drugs that it will not end up just like the rest of the failed drug wars implemented by Colombia, the United States and Thailand?" she said.

Last year, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronaldo Dela Rosa visited Colombia to learn from its drug war. Dela Rosa expressed his desire to form a Philippine version of Colombia's Search Bloc, a special Colombian police force that targets wanted and dangerous personalities or groups.

Hontiveros reiterated her call for a strong public health framework to address the country's drug problem, which was similarly advocated by Gaviria. The former Colombian president said that real reductions in drug supply and demand will come through improving public health and safety, strengthening anticorruption measures and in investing in sustainable development.

On Monday, Hontiveros filed Senate Bill No. 1313 otherwise known as “the Barangay Health and Rehabilitation Strategy Act of 2017” to replace the government’s "corrupt and abusive anti-drug campaign" with an “alternative health and law enforcement strategy” to address the country’s drug problem.