>As the widely-publicized dolphin drive hunts begin in the town of Taiji in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) awarded three Filipinos for saving a stranded dolphin in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines. (WWF’s Johnjoe Cantos presents the awards to Jacinto Abdon,Terence Panado and Carl Andrei Leuterio. To the right is San TeodoroMayor Apollo Ferraren. Photo fromWWF-Philippines)Pelted by heavy rains, the 2.5-meter long Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) was found ailing by the shoreline of Barangay Poblacion in San Teodoro at around 1PM on 2 September. The dolphin appeared weak – with noticeable red eyes…
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>September 11, Quezon City – Waltermart North Edsa and Electrolux presents the Wok-a-Holic Grand Cooking Showdown where it is the final round of the Electrolux Wok-a-Holic Kitchen Masters competition. In the final round the finalists will be doing fusion of three (3) dishes – one (1) rice, noodles, and meat or seafood dish all will be cooked with the use of Electrolux cookers that are all designed for Wok cooking.There are three finalists, 2 members each team namely Big Brother Team composed of brothers Edwin and Robert Laceta, Mum and Ina duo composed of Cynthia and Monina Sto. Domingo and…
>September 12, Pasay City – Kraft Foods Philippines officially ended the quest in search for the lost lunchbox of Xyriel Mangabat where the campaign lasted for almost 2-3 weeks. The search happens in Metro Manila, Cebu City and Davao City where in this area giant lunchboxes were placed but the thing inside it remains a mystery until the official day where it will open simultaneously.(Xyriel Mangabat with Jayson Gainza and Dimples Romana)Three major events were set in SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, SM Cebu City and SM Davao City to reveal what’s inside the giant lunchbox and it…
>The long wait is over, food lovers who are inclined with authentic Chinese cuisine will surely rejoice now that the famous Crystal Jade restaurant that is located countries like Singapore, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea and Indonesia, is now opening its first outlet here in the Philippines. In partnership of Red Dragon Culinary Concepts Inc. who acquired the franchise for the Philippines will open the Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao in Unit 117-121, Ground Floor of Virra Mall, Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan beginning September 13.The store is open from 11AM – 10PM…
>After The Box, Ghost Writer, Crazy Hearts and Everybody’s Fine – all movies I enjoyed watching in in Ayala Mall Cinemas (Greenbelt 3 and Glorietta 4) comes a George Clooney film entitled “The American” and it that will be exclusively shown on the same cinema. The American is directed by Anton Corbin and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Johan Leysen, Irina Björklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. The film is based from the 1990 novel of Martin Booth entitled A Very Private Gentlemen.The movie follows the story of Jack (Clooney) who is an assassin hiding in an isolated town in…
>Warner Bros Pictures brings another best-selling children book in the big screen and it will be directed by Zack Snyder the same director of 300 and Watchmen. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is based from the novel created by Kathryn Lasky entitled Guardians of Ga’Hoole. The film will be shown in both 3D and regular format in all cinemas nationwide beginning September 24.The 3-D animation movie features the voice of Jim Sturgess (Soren), Geoffrey Rush (Ezylryb), Emily Barclay (Gylfie), Jay Laga’aia (Twilight), Helen Mirren (Nyra), David Wenham (Digger), Ryan Kwanten (Kludd) and Emilie de Ravin (Eglantine) where…
>Last September 11, E-Games with IAHGames of Singapore Barunson Interctive of Korea launches Dragonica Online in the Philippines at the Cyberzone area of SM North Annex in Quezon City. Dragonica Online is the latest casual MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) of IP e-Games and the only RPG games as of today that enables gamers to use joystick aside from the usual keyboard and mouse.Stanley Cheong the Art Director of Dragonica who is part of Buronson Interactive shares that Dragonica Online will give its gamers a manga-style action RPG with an 8-way, full 3D side scrolling system and new combo…
>SM Cares, the Corporate Social Responsibility division of SM Investment Corporation re-launches their Green Eco-Bag making it more stylish and appealing to the shoppers and those who wanted to extend it usage more than an alternative to plastic bags. From the usual “green” and simple design, SM Cares introduces four colors with unique designs on each bag. The four new designs includes; Flow (Dark Blue), Sparks (Orange), Breathe (Light Blue) and Renew (White and Green), each bag represents certain elements in the environment which SM Cares wanted to promote to their loyal shoppers. Flow represents water, sparks represent fire or…
>From drama, music and hosting, Megastar Sharon Cuneta will stepping to a new chapter of her career as the host of the two reality shows in ABS-CBN – Star Power and Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition. Aside from the two shows on ABS-CBN she will be hosting a lifestyle show in the Lifestyle Network entitled Sharon at Home.Sharon will be hosting the newest singing competition In ABS-CBN beginning October 10 entitled Star Power. The show is an all female singing show where Sharon aside from being the host of her weekly program, she will also help the contestants in their journey…
>Philippines is known for its long celebration of Christmas season from the first day of the ‘ber’ month which is September up to the feast of Epiphany or the Three Kings on January the following year. With this kind of tradition, Kraft Foods Philippines brings the Keso de Gallo Year 2, a long Christmas festivities where it features cheese infused dishes from 100 towns within the country. As we all remember the last year’s Keso de Gallo of Kraft Eden, the event brings home the Guinness World Record for having the biggest number of cheese infused dishes in one area…