For the second leg of its series “Underrated Films, Forgotten Filmmakers,” the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA) presents La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw by Joey Gosiengfiao, to be screened for free at the Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theater) on Thursday, November 26, at 4 pm. Shot in 1974 in black and white, [...]
The awaited boxing match between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto this Sunday will be shown live and for free in different venues in Manila. Mayor Alfredo S. Lim thus advised the holders of tickets to the free showing of the Pacquiao-Cotto fight to go to the site of their choice [...]
Long before President Barrack Obama chanted his slogan ‘Change We Can Believe In,’ Efren Penaflorida, also known as Kuya Ef, has been building lives of children in dump sites and squatter areas with his group, the Dynamic Teen Company (DTC), with their motto, “We are the Change.” Kuya Ef is a finalist among the Top [...]
Iloilo City is now prepared to host this year’s ‘Philippine International Mathematics Competition’ that will gather some 100 teams from about 30 countries worldwide slated November 28 to December 2. The competition that will gather mathematics wizards will not only serve as avenue for the exchange of ideas and information about the subject matter but [...]
A popular United Kingdom-based TV show that airs in the National Geographic and British Broadcasting Corporation channel is featuring the country’s unusual methods of transportation. Entitled ‘By Any Means,’ the travel documentary presents host Charley Boorman and his cameraman Paul “Mungo” Mungeam, as they go around using rare transport vehicles. Hosting the crew and providing [...]
The call center industry in Cebu ranks fourth in the country in terms of having the most number of major call centers, according to the Call Center Directory of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza). According to the Peza, the Philippines now has 788 major call centers in over 20 key locations. Metro Cebu ranked [...]
A young Filipino has bagged first place at the 2009 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Korea Multimedia Competition in Seoul, South Korea. Jophel Ybiosa of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) bagged first place in the photography category of the 2009 ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition. Ybiosa’s winning entry entitled, “Giants” feature the Higantes [...]
Department of Labor and Employment Marianito Roque on Wednesday maintained that the administration’s job generation program has provided sound employment to numbers of Filipinos and lifted them off from the quagmire of poverty. “The National Statistics Office labor force survey shows that the quality of employment continues to improve,” Secretary Marianito D. Roque said, highlighting [...]
The Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), the biggest and longest-running book fair in the Philippines, turns 30 this year. The 30th Manila International Book Fair is set on Sept. 16-20, at the SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. For three decades now, MIBF has united local and foreign publishers, wholesalers, [...]
According to Forbes Asia magazine’s, heres the list of Philippines’ 40 richest people published last August 25, 2009: 1. Jaime Zobel de Ayala and family ($2 billion) 2. Henry Sy and family ($1.7 billion) 3. Lucio Tan and family ($1.6 billion) 4. Andrew Tan ($1.1 billion) 5. Manuel Villar ($940 million) 6. George Ty ($870 [...]
