Typhoon Ondoy gave Filipinos a deadly foretaste of what climate change can bring and the deadlier, floods and landslides that came in its wake simply confirmed that Mother Earth is warming up. Whether it’s the beginning of a new age that some people tend to believe or it’s a continuation of a climatic pattern that is rendering an increasing number of places less livable, one thing is sure – something must be done. It starts with one thing as far as WWF-Philippines is concerned. In its efforts to conserve and sustain the environment, the group recently launched a campaign that…
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Last October 24, global partners United Nation World Food Programme (UN WFP) and Unilever will be launching a new project that will benefit 40, 000 children affected by malnutrition in Central Mindanao. The campaign is called “Sandwich Heroes” where Unilever Food Solutions through its partner restaurants will offer this sandwich on their menus and part of the purchase will be donated to WFP Philippines to help feed school-age kids in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat. It takes a dollar to feed four children, here in the Philippines it only takes…
Come in your scariest costume as we celebrate Halloween on October 31 at the Patio Carlito and White House on 84th in Mother Ignacia Avenue cor Eugenio Lopez Drive in Quezon City near ABS-CBN. Entrance fee is P300 and the event starts at 7pm onwards.
Regardless of who needs help–relative, friend, neighbor, and even strangers– Filipinos come together to help their kababayans during times of calamities. So it comes as no surprise that when Bulacan experienced heavy rainfall and floods, Abenson stepped up to help Bulakeños in need. Through its ‘We Serve’ program, the leading appliance store in the country will be offering free laundry services, free appliance cleaning, checkups, and discounts on spare parts for electronics. This bayanihan effort is in cooperation with Samsung, Sharp, LG, TCL, Kelvinator, Condura, Fujindenzo, and Whirlpool, though the help of the Bulacan provincial government.
On October 27-29, the Trade Advertising Exhibitions & Conventions International Inc in cooperation with Franchise Institute of the Philippines (FIP) headed by Armando “Butz” Bartolome, the franchise guru in the country brings the Philippine SME & Franchise Expo 2011. It is the 3rd exposition on small and medium enterprises, franchising, direct selling and business opportunities that will happen at the PICC Forum at the CCP Complex in Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. There will be 120 SME and franchise business on display that is open to more than 8, 000 visitors joining the 3-day event. Admission is free; all they need…
The United States Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) gave US$750,000 cash grant to empower the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) Disaster Preparedness and Response project in four of the most disaster-prone provinces of Northern Luzon. WFP’s 12-month project in Benguet, Cagayan, Laguna and Sorsogon, which is already up and running, is being implemented in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and WFP’s local NGO partner the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP). “WFP highly appreciates USAID/OFDA’s…
We all love to eat and sometimes we just appreciate the taste and flavor without knowing the story or culture behind the food that we eat. I may not be a certified, 100% Foodie Blogger, but I know how to value the taste, ingredients, preparation and more the stories behind the delicious taste of every dishes especially those coming from the provinces. I believe that culinary tourism promotes our country though our distinctive and delicious regional cooking, aside from our sceneries and beautiful places here in the country.
The people had spoken its balladeers Maasinhon Trio of Southern Leyte is the Pilipinas Got Talent Season 3 Grand Winner. While singing teen heartthrob Khalil Joseph Ramos of Paranaque City and singing acoustic duo Bringas Brothers of Davao Del Sur bags the runner up positions. The rest of the contestants who competed at the Grand Finals of PGT Season 3 were the Shadow play act El Gamma Penumbra of Batangas city, reggae band Sandugo of San Pablo city, singing and dancing twins Twin Divas of Nueva Ecija, Pinoy rappers Kiriko of Laguna, Lucky Twins of Tacloban, Pinay-Nigerian diva Muriel Lomadilla…
Cebu Pacific Air is giving away great discounts on international and domestic flights from October 23-26, 2011 or until seats on sale last. For travel period from December 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012, flights from Manila to Brunei, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau and Taipei or flights from Cebu to Hongkong and Singapore will be available for as low as P888 per seat. You and your family and friends can now enjoy Christmas and New Year abroad with this deal that Cebu Pac is offering to its loyal patrons. Aside from the great deals on international flights, Cebu Pacific…
In line with Freeway’s immortalizing the legacy and works of the National Artist here in the Philippines, they created their National Artists Series Collection where they already featured Nick Joaquin (Literature), Ang Kiukok (Visual Arts), Jose Garcia Villa (Literature), Ramon Valera (Fashion Design) and F. Sionil Jose (Literature). Now on their Holiday 2011 collection Freeway introduces the Manansala collections inspired from the works of National Artist for Visual Arts Vicente Manansala, a well known Philippine cubist painter and illustrator, reinterpreted or indigenized cubism as he drew his themes from the familiar Filipino environment. The campaign that started in 2009 aims…