>After the Christina Aguillera merchandise that Pizza Hut and Taco Bell offered last year in support for the UN World Food Programme’s effort to reach out the Filipinos in the conflict-affected areas in Mindanao. Pizza Hut and Taco Bell continue its support the WFP by offering a share to the earnings they will get from the selected food purchase in their store. Right now, WFP is supporting 76,000 elementary school students in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao through their program Emergency School Feeding programme which is mostly located in Central MindanaoPizza Hut will be selling signed World Food Programme’s Christmas post…
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>One of my goals in visiting Iloilo was to try their dishes and one of them is La Paz Batchoy. I know that there’s already Ted’s La Paz Batchoy restaurant here in Metro Manila one in SM Cubao and the other one is in SM Mall of Asia, but who cares I wanted to try the restaurant where it was first established.I tried Ted’s La Paz Batchoy Extra Special and honestly I am not a fan of liver especially when I am aware of it. The Extra Special La Paz Batchoy cost only P68 pesos and I can’t believe with…
>Ayala Mall Cinemas brings another movie that will touch everybody’s heart and inspire its viewers not to give up in reaching their dreams. Secretariat is an inspirational movie that is based from the life of Penny Chenery Tweedy played by Diane Lane and her horse named Big Red who tried their luck at the 1973 Triple Crown competition. The movie is directed by Randall Wallace. It is showing in Ayala Mall Cinemas beginning December 1. The movie follows the story of Penny who is a simple housewife, who took the responsibility of fulfilling a promise to her bed ridden father.…
>Former President Fidel V. Ramos and other advocates of population and sustainable development came together for a friendly golf game named after Rafael M. Salas, a Filipino and first Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The Rafael M. Salas Cup is an event organized annually by the Forum for Family Planning and Development (The Forum) since 2008. This year, it was held at the Riviera Golf and Country Club, Silang, Cavite.Rafael M. Salas is known as Mr. Population and served as the first Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with the rank of U.N.…
> Few days from now, we will celebrate Christmas and the best way to commemorate it by having a feast with your love ones. It is always a tradition in every table during Christmas is a scrumptious meal with a ham in the center. CDO brings Holiday Whole Meat Premium Cut Ham to satisfy the cravings of every family for a juicy and no-extender ham this Christmas.The Holiday Premium-Cut Ham is a whole boneless meat with no extenders. It came from the hind leg of the pork that made it meatier and tastier unlike other common shaped ham. It is…
>As of August 2010, the number of reported cases of people living with HIV/AIDS reached 5, 742. Making the record of 2-3 new cases each day, and it is alarming that in all part of the world there are new cases each day that reaches almost 70, 000. The issue of HIV/AIDS falls on the UN Millennium Development Goal number 6 which is combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases that hinder the campaign of UN to end poverty. In connection of HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, the United Nation Joint Project for AIDS created an online campaign called Prevention Revolution. This is there…
>MANILA, Philippines – In relation to recent media reports about a shooting incident, currently under investigation, involving a World Food Programme (WFP) contracted truck that was off-loading rice and mung beans for a WFP food-for-work distribution on Friday, November 26, in Barangay Maul, Marantao, Lanao del Sur, which resulted in the death of the truck driver’s assistant, the WFP Country Office in the Philippines would like to convey the following: WFP strongly deplores this act of wanton violence that has led to the tragic and senseless loss of life of an individual who was assisting in the delivery of humanitarian…
>Against the background of one of the Constitution’s guarded principles on the separation of Church and State (Art. II, Sec. 6), the discussions on the Reproductive Health Bills have so far included not only a legal dimension, but religious, moral, human rights, ethical and medical dimensions as well. A series of events triggered an increase of discussion about the RH Bill including what advocates are saying as interference of the Catholic Church in government policies particularly on RH and the provision of family planning services. In a recent forum entitled, Search for Common Ground: Religion, State and the RH Bill…
>Members of the media are invited to join the Tribunal on Friday, 26 November as it sends off its football team across the English Channel for a five-day tour in the United Kingdom. The UN Workers Football Team will be playing a series of friendly games in an effort to help eradicate stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS and who play sports.From 27 to 30 November, the UN Workers Football Team will play against the UK Members of Parliament, the Trade Union Congress, as well as teams from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The UK football tour is part of the…
>Last November 23, Enteng Romano resigned from his post in the Department of Tourism as Undersecretary. Enteng takes full responsibility on the failed campaign of DOT entitled Pilipinas Kay Ganda. The said project gained negative criticism because of the plagiarized logo, website that when mistakenly typed can lead to a pornography website and the weak campaign. As a member and one of the leaders of Black and White Movement, his group issued a statement supporting him on his resignation:Official Statement of Black and White Movement on Enteng Romano’s ResignationThe true measure of a man as public servant is to put…