By Kit Bagaipo (The Bohol Chronicle)
The organizing committee of the New 7 Wonders (N7W) of Nature campaign will be reinstating the world renowned Bohol's Chocolate Hills in its official list of nominees anytime today.
Better yet, the search organizers have also assured that the votes gathered by Chocolate Hills in the online polls before it was delisted as a nominee will also be restored.
This information was relayed to the Chronicle yesterday by Dr. Oscar Galang, the organizer of the Chocolate Hills support committee in the United States. He was interviewed over dyRD's top-rated "Inyong Alagad" yesterday.
Galang, who had been in touch with the New 7 Wonders Foundation, said that Nadja Rahal, head of the search registration committee, made the assurance that the Bohol hills will be listed again in official nominees.
This after nomination documents, official support committee (OSC) endorsement and an agreement-contract signed by Carmen town Mayor Manuel Molina were already submitted to the N7W Foundation headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
The delisting of Chocolate Hills last week was due to the non-compliance of the said documents required by the foundation.
Before it was dislodged from the official list of nominees and the online rankings, Chocolate Hills occupied the 6th place of the live rankings at the N7W website.
"I talked with Molina yesterday, then called up Rahal who confirmed that the documents are already received," Galang said.
According to Galang, Chocolate Hills was previously nominated to the N7W but no group officially stood up as the official support committee (OSC).
"The nomination and OSC must come from officials of the locality where the natural site is located," Galang said.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Did You Miss the Fiesta Activities in Tagbilaran City Bohol?
By Bong Recemilla
The Bohol Chronicle
Nine nights of pre-fiesta activities continue to unfold as the city of Tagbilaran prepares for the traditional celebration on May 1, the feast of St. Joseph the worker, its patron saint.
With venue at the back of the Tagbilaran City Central Market, These nightly activities kicked off last Tuesday with Punchfest.
Highlighting the series of events is the search for Ms. Tagbilaran, which pageant and coronation is set on Tuesday, 8 p.m. at the Bohol Cultural Center.
Tonight's event is The Jingle Singing Contest to be presented by The Peacock Garden Resort while tomorrow evening is Cruisin' in the Market with Versatile Band to be presented by Cruztelco.
On Wednesday evening, which falls on the vesper, will be the Gabii sa Agik-ik ug Katawa, to be presented by the Bohol Gay Association and Unitop Merchandising.
A live drama on stage entitled "Goliat, ang Makoy Makalolooy" will be presented on Thursday evening.
The rest of the events were Punchfest, Ms. Tagbilaran talent night, Banda Night with SMB, Hiphop Dance Competition with Pepsi and Comedy and Magical Variety Show with FCB, since April 22 until last night, respectively.
While the city girds for the fiesta celebration with nightly events, the city's top malls and other entities have also lined up presentations including post-fiesta events at their respective venues.
Child actor Makisig Morales, of the Super Inggo fame, will be here on May 3 for a performance at the Island City Mall Activity Center. On fiesta eve, April 30, a sexy female band from Manila, Aegies Pink Lilac, will take centerstage at the Activity Center at 4 p.m.
Bohol Quality Mall highlights fiesta presentations with movies at BQ Cinemas while Club Atmospheres' of the MetroCentre showcases Fiesta Elektronica featuring DJ Regiel.
Also Ongoing at the BQ Mall Atrium is the Fiesta Exhibit 2008 of Du Ek Sam.
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The Bohol Chronicle
Nine nights of pre-fiesta activities continue to unfold as the city of Tagbilaran prepares for the traditional celebration on May 1, the feast of St. Joseph the worker, its patron saint.
With venue at the back of the Tagbilaran City Central Market, These nightly activities kicked off last Tuesday with Punchfest.
Highlighting the series of events is the search for Ms. Tagbilaran, which pageant and coronation is set on Tuesday, 8 p.m. at the Bohol Cultural Center.
Tonight's event is The Jingle Singing Contest to be presented by The Peacock Garden Resort while tomorrow evening is Cruisin' in the Market with Versatile Band to be presented by Cruztelco.
On Wednesday evening, which falls on the vesper, will be the Gabii sa Agik-ik ug Katawa, to be presented by the Bohol Gay Association and Unitop Merchandising.
A live drama on stage entitled "Goliat, ang Makoy Makalolooy" will be presented on Thursday evening.
The rest of the events were Punchfest, Ms. Tagbilaran talent night, Banda Night with SMB, Hiphop Dance Competition with Pepsi and Comedy and Magical Variety Show with FCB, since April 22 until last night, respectively.
While the city girds for the fiesta celebration with nightly events, the city's top malls and other entities have also lined up presentations including post-fiesta events at their respective venues.
Child actor Makisig Morales, of the Super Inggo fame, will be here on May 3 for a performance at the Island City Mall Activity Center. On fiesta eve, April 30, a sexy female band from Manila, Aegies Pink Lilac, will take centerstage at the Activity Center at 4 p.m.
Bohol Quality Mall highlights fiesta presentations with movies at BQ Cinemas while Club Atmospheres' of the MetroCentre showcases Fiesta Elektronica featuring DJ Regiel.
Also Ongoing at the BQ Mall Atrium is the Fiesta Exhibit 2008 of Du Ek Sam.
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Submit Your Entry to the 7th Ecotourism Awards
Skål International is inviting companies from the public and private sector as well as NGOs to submit entries for the 7th Ecotourism Awards. As a new feature this year, the category of Corporate/Global Establishments was added to the list of options for entries.
Following the evident effects of climate changes on the environment, Skål International is even more aware of the need to continue its efforts to create awareness for sustainable and responsible development in tourism and to this end continues to support initiatives around the world.
The 2008 Awards, sponsored by Johnson Diversey, Evian Water and Iznik Foundation, will be presented in Taipei on 13 October 2008 during the Opening Ceremony of the 69th Skål World Congress by the President of Skål International Philip Sims.
Skål, founded as an international association in 1934 is the largest organisation of travel and tourism professionals in the world, embracing all sectors of the tourism industry from hoteliers to travel agents, to airlines, tourism media, tourism students and similar. Skål, with 22,000 members is active in 90 countries and in almost 500 locations worldwide.
Skål International is an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation whose mission is to promote the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Skål International in line with this vision and following the United Nations declaration of 2002 as the Year of Ecotourism and the Mountains, launched the Ecotourism Awards in the same year and the first awards
were presented during the World Congress in Cairns in 2002.
Skål, as an international organisation of industry leaders, is a powerful force in the travel and tourism industry to initiate change and encourage the conservation of the environment in order to promote tourism and travel. The awards presented on these grounds, while highlighting best practices in tourism around the world, also serve the purpose of acquainting the world with this new concept that puts emphasis on the importance of the interaction of the physical, cultural and social environment the traveler's responsibility and the need for active community participation for Ecotourism.
Skål values sustainable development in Tourism as the key to the industry's future success and considers Ecotourism but one area of the various components of sustainable development.
Awards are presented under 7 different categories;
1. Tour Operators – Travel Agents
2. Accommodation providers of any size and category in:
2.1 urban areas
2.2 rural areas
3. Transportation
4. General Countryside (Alpine Tourism, Underwater Projects, Beaches, Theme Parks, Scenic Mountains, Rivers, Lakes)
5. Cities–Villages (Community and Government Projects)
6. Educational Programmes – Media
7. Corporate /Global Establishments
The primary criteria for the evaluation is based on such points like contribution to the conservation of nature and cultural heritage, community involvement, educational features, business viability and innovation.
The evaluation of the entries are made by 3 independent judges from important Institutions/Organisations dealing with Eco and Sustainable tourism. The names of previous years' judges can be found on the Skål website.
The names of the judges for each year are only announced during the Awards ceremony which take place at the Skål International Annual World Congresses attended by members from all around the world and dignitaries from the host country.
The impressive list of sponsors now include Johnson Diversey (www.johnsondiversey.com) who identifies its global mission to assume a green position supporting sustainability in terms of ecology, efficiency, low emissions, food and employee safety.
Iznik Foundation (www.iznik.com.tr) for the forth consecutive year will continue to sponsor the quartz trophies, specially designed for Skål International. Combining ecology with the unique art of Iznik (Ancient Nicea); the awards are a sign of preservation of natural sources and traditions and with their special characteristics they are specially chosen to emphasis the value of our global riches.
Evian (www.evian.com) continues to be one of the major sponsors of the Awards, completely coherent with their environmental commitment. DANONE Group identifies as one of their first responsibilities to protect the area and the springs it manages.
The deadline for entries is 30 June 2008.
More information and an entry form can be found at www.skal.org
http://www.skal.org/html/ecotourism/guidelines.asp
Press Release
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Following the evident effects of climate changes on the environment, Skål International is even more aware of the need to continue its efforts to create awareness for sustainable and responsible development in tourism and to this end continues to support initiatives around the world.
The 2008 Awards, sponsored by Johnson Diversey, Evian Water and Iznik Foundation, will be presented in Taipei on 13 October 2008 during the Opening Ceremony of the 69th Skål World Congress by the President of Skål International Philip Sims.
Skål, founded as an international association in 1934 is the largest organisation of travel and tourism professionals in the world, embracing all sectors of the tourism industry from hoteliers to travel agents, to airlines, tourism media, tourism students and similar. Skål, with 22,000 members is active in 90 countries and in almost 500 locations worldwide.
Skål International is an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation whose mission is to promote the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Skål International in line with this vision and following the United Nations declaration of 2002 as the Year of Ecotourism and the Mountains, launched the Ecotourism Awards in the same year and the first awards
were presented during the World Congress in Cairns in 2002.
Skål, as an international organisation of industry leaders, is a powerful force in the travel and tourism industry to initiate change and encourage the conservation of the environment in order to promote tourism and travel. The awards presented on these grounds, while highlighting best practices in tourism around the world, also serve the purpose of acquainting the world with this new concept that puts emphasis on the importance of the interaction of the physical, cultural and social environment the traveler's responsibility and the need for active community participation for Ecotourism.
Skål values sustainable development in Tourism as the key to the industry's future success and considers Ecotourism but one area of the various components of sustainable development.
Awards are presented under 7 different categories;
1. Tour Operators – Travel Agents
2. Accommodation providers of any size and category in:
2.1 urban areas
2.2 rural areas
3. Transportation
4. General Countryside (Alpine Tourism, Underwater Projects, Beaches, Theme Parks, Scenic Mountains, Rivers, Lakes)
5. Cities–Villages (Community and Government Projects)
6. Educational Programmes – Media
7. Corporate /Global Establishments
The primary criteria for the evaluation is based on such points like contribution to the conservation of nature and cultural heritage, community involvement, educational features, business viability and innovation.
The evaluation of the entries are made by 3 independent judges from important Institutions/Organisations dealing with Eco and Sustainable tourism. The names of previous years' judges can be found on the Skål website.
The names of the judges for each year are only announced during the Awards ceremony which take place at the Skål International Annual World Congresses attended by members from all around the world and dignitaries from the host country.
The impressive list of sponsors now include Johnson Diversey (www.johnsondiversey.com) who identifies its global mission to assume a green position supporting sustainability in terms of ecology, efficiency, low emissions, food and employee safety.
Iznik Foundation (www.iznik.com.tr) for the forth consecutive year will continue to sponsor the quartz trophies, specially designed for Skål International. Combining ecology with the unique art of Iznik (Ancient Nicea); the awards are a sign of preservation of natural sources and traditions and with their special characteristics they are specially chosen to emphasis the value of our global riches.
Evian (www.evian.com) continues to be one of the major sponsors of the Awards, completely coherent with their environmental commitment. DANONE Group identifies as one of their first responsibilities to protect the area and the springs it manages.
The deadline for entries is 30 June 2008.
More information and an entry form can be found at www.skal.org
http://www.skal.org/html/ecotourism/guidelines.asp
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The Philippines Beyond the Usual Country Fair in Singapore
A rare opportunity will be created for tourism stakeholders to tap the Singapore market. Dubbed as "The Philippines –Beyond the Usual" Country Fair, the event will be held in Singapore on June 12 to 15 at the Tropics Atrium at the Suntec Mall in Singapore.
Organized by the Department of Tourism Singapore Office, the four-day event will showcase various Philippine destinations, attractions and tour packages, as well as products to the Singapore public. Hotels, resorts and convention centers will find the fair ideal to reach out to a vibrant Singapore tourist market.
DOT Tourism Attaché in Singapore Gerosel Siquian, in a recent meeting with ASEAN Tourism Envoy Charles Lim in Davao City said, "Singapore is the ASEAN region's best tourist market. Singaporeans take three to four overseas trips per year, creating a continuous demand for short but frequent holidays."
"This fair will be an excellent showcase for Philippine hotels, resorts, dive centers, spas, adventure and leisure tour operators," added Siquian.
Lim agreed that the event will be a very effective way to tap the Singapore market and an opportunity to also create more awareness for investments in the Philippines.
Travel and tourism participants will also have a business networking session strictly for the trade visitors to be conducted by the DOT Singapore Office.
"Moreover, air linkages between Singapore and Philippines are at an all-time high," commented Lim. "There are now four direct gateways to the Philippines from Singapore – Clark, Manila, Cebu and Davao – serviced by no less than six airlines! Now, this is unprecedented and definitely an ideal situation to increase tourist arrivals to all parts of the country from Singapore."
He hopes that more local tourism councils, resorts, hotels, tour operators and tourist facilities will participate in DOT sponsored events such as the Country Fair. Participation fee is only USD100.00 per participant. - Press Release
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Organized by the Department of Tourism Singapore Office, the four-day event will showcase various Philippine destinations, attractions and tour packages, as well as products to the Singapore public. Hotels, resorts and convention centers will find the fair ideal to reach out to a vibrant Singapore tourist market.
DOT Tourism Attaché in Singapore Gerosel Siquian, in a recent meeting with ASEAN Tourism Envoy Charles Lim in Davao City said, "Singapore is the ASEAN region's best tourist market. Singaporeans take three to four overseas trips per year, creating a continuous demand for short but frequent holidays."
"This fair will be an excellent showcase for Philippine hotels, resorts, dive centers, spas, adventure and leisure tour operators," added Siquian.
Lim agreed that the event will be a very effective way to tap the Singapore market and an opportunity to also create more awareness for investments in the Philippines.
Travel and tourism participants will also have a business networking session strictly for the trade visitors to be conducted by the DOT Singapore Office.
"Moreover, air linkages between Singapore and Philippines are at an all-time high," commented Lim. "There are now four direct gateways to the Philippines from Singapore – Clark, Manila, Cebu and Davao – serviced by no less than six airlines! Now, this is unprecedented and definitely an ideal situation to increase tourist arrivals to all parts of the country from Singapore."
He hopes that more local tourism councils, resorts, hotels, tour operators and tourist facilities will participate in DOT sponsored events such as the Country Fair. Participation fee is only USD100.00 per participant. - Press Release
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Dagupan City Celebrates 19 Days of Bangus Festival in the Philippines
Dagupan City Philippines - The 19-day Bangus Festival that showcased the city's No. 1 product, bangus, benefited all sectors, including ordinary citizens -- stakeholders of Dagupan's development.
This was the unsolicited comments from various citizens of the city who participated in the just concluded Bangus Festival held from April 16 to May 4, attended by an overflow crowd from the local population and visitors.
Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the 2008 Dagupan Bangus Festival said local businessmen who participated in the festival's Dagupan Great Day Sale admitted that their sales went up despite offering special discount of up to 50 percent on the cost of their goods.
Really a tourist charmer, the Bangus Festival made all hotels and inns in Dagupan fully booked from beginning to end of the festival, Fernandez said.
Ordinary sidewalk vendors, including jeepney drivers, also confessed they were happy because they earned more as compared to their incomes in previous Dagupan Bangus Festivals because of the big crowd that flocked to the city.
"Everybody was saying that the Bangus Festival was very successful and would like to see this same kind in other future festivals in the city," Fernandez said.
She said officials were exulted when people said that the crowd that attended the just-concluded Bangus Festival was thrice bigger than similar festivals held in the city during the previous years," said Vice Mayor Fernandez.
Fernandez said all those they invited to perform, including artists and famous bands from Manila, came to the satisfaction of the crowd that flocked to Dagupan during the Bangus Festival.
Director Martin Valera of the Department of Tourism, said the Bangus Festival is the biggest festival he had seen in northwestern Luzon.
Fernandez thanked his fellow officials led by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., festival's honorary chairperson, for lending their support to the festival and who chaired different events. - Philippine News Agency
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This was the unsolicited comments from various citizens of the city who participated in the just concluded Bangus Festival held from April 16 to May 4, attended by an overflow crowd from the local population and visitors.
Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the 2008 Dagupan Bangus Festival said local businessmen who participated in the festival's Dagupan Great Day Sale admitted that their sales went up despite offering special discount of up to 50 percent on the cost of their goods.
Really a tourist charmer, the Bangus Festival made all hotels and inns in Dagupan fully booked from beginning to end of the festival, Fernandez said.
Ordinary sidewalk vendors, including jeepney drivers, also confessed they were happy because they earned more as compared to their incomes in previous Dagupan Bangus Festivals because of the big crowd that flocked to the city.
"Everybody was saying that the Bangus Festival was very successful and would like to see this same kind in other future festivals in the city," Fernandez said.
She said officials were exulted when people said that the crowd that attended the just-concluded Bangus Festival was thrice bigger than similar festivals held in the city during the previous years," said Vice Mayor Fernandez.
Fernandez said all those they invited to perform, including artists and famous bands from Manila, came to the satisfaction of the crowd that flocked to Dagupan during the Bangus Festival.
Director Martin Valera of the Department of Tourism, said the Bangus Festival is the biggest festival he had seen in northwestern Luzon.
Fernandez thanked his fellow officials led by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., festival's honorary chairperson, for lending their support to the festival and who chaired different events. - Philippine News Agency
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Expose Don't Buy Gas For 1 Day Email Message Chain
We are all victims of misinformation. I am not sure of the email chain below is another misinformation campaign. Filipinos love to forward emails, including scam letters from Nigerian scammers, without knowing they are helping the shenanigans. The email below is circulating the email hemisphere today. I don't really know. I need definite sources and real person to contact to in order to verify information before I believe in anything.
THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO P30.00 PER LITER.
This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gasprices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to
read this please.
Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain "day" campaign that was going around last April or May! It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!! !!
I hear we are going to hit close to P60.00 a LITER by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?
We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"ourselves by refusing to buy gas.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at P30 - P35/liter, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace...not sellers.
With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.
The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.
But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.
Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the three biggest companies SHELL, PETRON and CALTEX.
If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of SHELL, PETRON and CALTEX gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) .. and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
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THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO P30.00 PER LITER.
This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gasprices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to
read this please.
Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain "day" campaign that was going around last April or May! It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!! !!
I hear we are going to hit close to P60.00 a LITER by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?
We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"ourselves by refusing to buy gas.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at P30 - P35/liter, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace...not sellers.
With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.
The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.
But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.
Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the three biggest companies SHELL, PETRON and CALTEX.
If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of SHELL, PETRON and CALTEX gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) .. and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Bol-anon Top Notcher in Teachers Board Exam
Bohol Philippines - Topping the 2008 national board exam for teachers was farthest from his mind. He did not even expect to pass.
"But I prayed so hard for Divine help and did the best that I could to pass the exam. So when I was informed that I landed in top 10, I could hardly believe it," Jessie Auxilio said.
Auxilio, a 2006-2007 Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) graduate of BIT-Talibon landed 6th place in this year's successful board passers.
The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) released the result last Thursday.
Following its publication in national dailies, Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado was the first to extend congratulations to lawyer Dionisio Balite, Chairman of the Board and President-Emeritus of the BIT International College.
A top official of Cebu Normal University (CNU) in Cebu City also congratulated the administration and teaching staff of the Teachers College for the accomplishment.
Aida Dela Serna of CNU told BIT officials that BIT is the only school in Central Visayas that landed in the top 10.
Auxilio, sixth child in a brood of seven, is a consistent honour student since the elementary and high school years.
He took the exam and qualified for the President Carlos P. Garcia Scholarship Program.
The semestral and monthly stipend that he received from the program provided the means to complete his BEED degree at BIT-Talibon in Talibon town.- The Bohol Chronicle
Attend Forum on Reproductive Health of Mothers
Save the Children through its Advocacy for Improved Maternal & Child Health and Family Planning project is launching two policy briefs: (1) Children Having Children: Protecting Filipino Adolescents from the Dangers of Early Pregnancies" and (2) Health of our Heroes: Ensuring the Reproductive Health of Filipina Overseas Workers in a forum on May 6, 2008 entitled "Mothers, Migrants and Youth: A forum on the Reproductive Health of Mothers."
This afternoon's forum will be held at 1:00PM at the House of Representatives, Batasan Complex, Quezon City, Philippines
Please find attached copies of the program and press releases on the two policy briefs.
If you want to know more about the event and the policy brief, please contact Dr. Stephanie Sison, Adolescent Health Specialist of the Save the Children : 02-8523059 0r 64 loc 204; +6391786550491.
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This afternoon's forum will be held at 1:00PM at the House of Representatives, Batasan Complex, Quezon City, Philippines
Please find attached copies of the program and press releases on the two policy briefs.
If you want to know more about the event and the policy brief, please contact Dr. Stephanie Sison, Adolescent Health Specialist of the Save the Children : 02-8523059 0r 64 loc 204; +6391786550491.
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Deal or No Deal Philippines Shown Abroad
Deal or No Deal, a widely popular show in the Philippines and in many parts of the world, will rock the Philippines as its top host will co-host with a Philippine actress, Kris Aquino. Here's the report of BuddyTV.Com:
At present, there are at least 40 versions of Deal or No Deal that are produced worldwide, and most have variations in their rules, staging and game play. In attempt to come up with new ideas to keep the game show fresh, NBC has decided to visit and play on foreign-based production sets, starting off with the Philippines.
On tonight's episode, host Howie Mandel and contestants from the United States will be playing the game according to the rules of the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal.
The two-hour episode follows Mike Levy of Baltimore, Maryland and Patrick Hook of Roberts, Wisconsin as they try their luck at becoming millionaires with host Mandel and Philippine counterpart Kris Aquino at their side explaining the rules of the game.
At present, there are at least 40 versions of Deal or No Deal that are produced worldwide, and most have variations in their rules, staging and game play. In attempt to come up with new ideas to keep the game show fresh, NBC has decided to visit and play on foreign-based production sets, starting off with the Philippines.
On tonight's episode, host Howie Mandel and contestants from the United States will be playing the game according to the rules of the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal.
The two-hour episode follows Mike Levy of Baltimore, Maryland and Patrick Hook of Roberts, Wisconsin as they try their luck at becoming millionaires with host Mandel and Philippine counterpart Kris Aquino at their side explaining the rules of the game.
Philippines: World's Biggest Rice Consumer?
By Liza Ann Javier
Bloomberg Asia
The Philippines, the world's biggest rice importer, canceled a tender to buy 675,000 metric tons after only one company submitted an offer amid limited global supplies. Grain futures rebounded in Chicago.
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The Philippines, the world's biggest rice importer, canceled a tender to buy 675,000 metric tons after only one company submitted an offer amid limited global supplies. Grain futures rebounded in Chicago.
Vietnam Southern Food Corp. was the only company to offer the grain, National Food Authority Deputy Administrator Vic Jarina said. The authority will wait until the ``market softens'' before holding another tender, possibly in the second half, he said today.
The Philippines failed to fill a tender last month, helping rice prices rise to a record in Chicago on April 24. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said on May 2 that today's planned purchase was intended to boost stockpiles and the country was prepared to reject offers if it deemed prices were too high.
``Global supply until the end of the year will remain tight,'' Chookiat Ophaswongse, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said in a telephone interview. The Philippines ``will probably need to issue another tender.''
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