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A New Queen Has Been Crowned 2007-11-12 21:19:00 Jessica Nicole Domingo Trisko of Canada MISS EARTH 2007Jessica Nicole Domingo Trisko of Canada is the newly-crowned Miss Earth for 2007. Trisko bested 89 other contestants for the title at the climax of the awards ceremony Sunday night at the University of the Philippines Theater. Trisko, is 22 years old, is a first-generation Canadian of Asian and European descent, and was raised in Vancouver. But she's actually Half-Filipino and partly Russian, partly Ukrainian. A Political Science student, Jessica wants to focus on educational programs to achieve her environmental platforms.Last year's winner Miss Earth 2006 Hil Hernandez of Chile, passed on the crown to her successor amid enthusiastic applause. The Miss Earth candidates officially began their quest for the crown two weeks ago, embarking on goodwill vists to various destinations in the Philippines and Vietnam. In keeping with the pageant's purpose and theme, all destinations highlighted the beauty of the environment and the impor Read more:Queen
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Miss Canada as Miss Earth 2007 2007-11-11 20:08:00 Miss Canada
wins Miss Earth
2007 crownMiss Earth 2007, Miss Canada Jessica Nicole Trisko, second from the right, flanked from right, Miss Earth Water, Miss Venezuela Silvana Santaella Arellano, Miss Earth Air, Miss India Pooja Chitgonekar and Miss Earth Fire, Miss Spain Angela Gomez during the coronation night Quezon City, Manila, Philippines late Sunday November 11, 2007.source: http://news.yahoo.com/
Gold Medal in the Light Welterweight 2007-11-19 19:13:00 GOLDRuben Zumido to show off his gold medal in the light welterweight round of the Macau 2nd Asian Indoor Games.source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/ Read more:Medal
Miss Earth 2007 2007-11-15 01:17:00 Final ResultMiss Earth
Miss AirMiss WaterMiss FireCANADAINDIAVENEZUELASPAINJessica TriskoPooja ChitgopekerSilvana Santaella ArellanoAngela GomezFinalistGEORGIANana MamasakhlisiPERUOdilia Garcia PinedaSWITZERLANDStefanie GossweilerTHAILANDJiraporn Sing-ieamSemi-FinalistCZECH REPEva CeresnakovaDOMINICAN REPThemyaleska FebrielLEBANONAmale Al KhoderMARTINIQUEElodie DelorNIGERIAStacy GarveyROMANIAAlina GheorgheSOUTH AFRICABokang MontjaneSWEDENIvana GagulaSpecial Awardees:Beauty for a Cause: SOUTH AFRICA Bokang MontjaneMiss Friendship: LEBANON Amale Al KhoderBest in Talent: LITHUANIA Monika BaliunaiteMiss Photogenic: PHILIPPINES Jeanne HarnBest in National Costume: THAILAND Jiraporn Sing-ieamBest in Long Gown: VENEZUELA Silvana Santaella ArellanoBest in Swimsuit: VENEZUELA Silvana Santaella Arellanosource: http://www.missearth.tv/
Miss Earth 2007 Host City 2007-11-04 21:13:00 Host City: Manila, PhilippinesFascination is an understatement of the feeling that one gets by visiting Manila, a lively metropolis commanding a magnificent view of the world-famous Manila Bay and its golden sunset. Historic, bustling, awe-inspiring, the “Philippine Cosmopolitan Capital” is a blend of cultures and flavors that offers an endless serving of places to see, sights to behold, and experiences to never forget.Right in the heart of Manila is found the “Walled City” – Intramuros. Constructed in 1571, during the period of Spain’s colonization of the Philippines, it comprised of European buildings and churches that have been replicated in different parts of the archipelago. It had been one of the world’s best preserved medieval cities. Here, dungeons and old churches share space with art galleries, theaters, a nature park.At the center of Intramuros is the grand Manila Cathedral, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Then there is San Agustin Church, the o Read more:Earth
2007 Iloilo Kawayan Market Week 2007-11-22 22:29:00 Celebrate Kawayan WeekFashion show of dresses made of bamboo.The Department of Trade and Industry, provincial and city governments of Iloilo, DOST, TESDA, DENR, School of Technology-UP Visayas, Municipal Government of Maasin and WESVARRDEC open the doors to the fourth bamboo resource and fashion fairs.The 2007 Iloilo Kawayan Market
Week, a fair that will place the focus firmly on bamboo and hablon design that hope to bring out the ‘must have’ urge in every buyer.The Bamboo Resource Fair showcases furniture and designs in the limelight, make new contacts and reach a new, international public.The event has proved to be the ideal showroom for high-end bamboo furniture.The Iloilo Kawayan Market Week is a promotional event with government agencies and private sector working as partners and sharing a common interest of promoting the sale and recognition of bamboo furniture, related bamboo furnishing products and hablon fabric.The events’ exhibitors represent more the 80% of Ilonggo bam
Dinagyang '08 Innovations 2007-11-26 20:28:00 More innovations in Dinagyang '08The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) will initiate more changes in 2008 Dinagyang Festival to make the affair more colorful and festive.From changing the color of the body paint of Dinagyang tribes performers, IDFI executive director Ben Jimena said there will also be the infusion of "Hala Bira Iloilo" song during the street dancing, reduction of performance stages and addition of drum and bugle competition.As of press time, the foundation is also deliberating on the possibility of transferring the Dinagyang tribes competition from morning to afternoon. Traditionally, the tribes competition is being held in the morning of Sunday, the festival's last day.Jimena said they came up with an idea to transfer the time of the competition from morning to afternoon to avoid a lull after the tribes have performed. He said holding the competition in the afternoon would also force the visitors to stay in the city. It will mean more income to kiosk owners, h Read more:Innovations
PRIDE OF PLACE 2007-11-25 22:36:00 Layers of Ilonggo RealityThe book, “Iloilo, a rich and Noble Land,” launched last week by the Lopez Group Foundation, uncovers the province’s agricultural, civic and social history that interweave to form the multi-layered Ilonggo reality that gives the province and its people such a strong identity.Ask any Filipino and he will tell you that Iloilo is unlike any other place in the country. She is one of the few places in the Philippines with an identity and image distinct from that of any other province. Filipinos know Iloilo as the gentle, genteel land of smiles, imagining Iloilo days as unfolding graciously and moving in measured choreography of the rigodón, the outdated, stylized dance ritual highlighting each glittering baile (ball) in moneyed mansions. Fiesta mode is what Filipinos imagine Iloilo life to be most of the time: laid-back, peaceful, refined and always celebratory.Another layer of Ilonggo reality overlaps the celebratory layer. Hard-working Ilonggos are vigorous
2007-11-25 22:35:00 Layers of Ilonggo RealityMobility, dignity Today’s middle- and working-class homes, smaller and more modest, reflect lifestyle conditions of a majority of Iloilo City residents. Instead of projecting stability and gentility as the old mansions once did, the aura of the middle-class neighborhood is mobility, dignity, work and a strong sense of community. Unlike the genteel streets of the moneyed class where nobody is seen outside of their fenced gardens, streets in middle- and working-class districts fill with everyday life. Residents live their lives on the street. The local barangay hall spills out into the street, bringing governance to the people level, as it were. The street is where men hang out, drink or play basketball tournaments. The street is a social center, where the overflow of guests at a neighborhood christening, wedding or funeral is seated. On the other hand, the rural landscape, dotted with bahay-kubo clustered in barrios and agricultural land, tells another story.
2007-11-25 22:35:00 Layers of Ilonggo RealityUnrivaled For many years Iloilo prosperity was unrivaled, reaching a peak when the irritating delay and occasional damage to cargo caused by transshipment of sugar through the Port of Manila was finally bypassed, and from 1865 produce was exported directly to international points from Iloilo. “The condition of business in Iloilo largely depends on the size of the sugar crop and the price of the staple,” further reported the Manila Daily Bulletin in 1907. When the sugar trade boomed, so did Iloilo. Now known as the Queen City of the South, roads and infrastructure were laid out, hospitals and schools opened. In 1907, Iloilo was no backwater. “Iloilo has an electric-light plant and the city is well-lighted. There is also an ice factory and cold-storage plant. Among the possibilities of the near future are an up-to-date telephone system and streetcar line connecting all parts of the city. One institution Iloilo can boast of, that might well be copied in othe
2007-11-25 22:28:00 Layers of Ilonggo Reality Romantic view There exists a romantic view of downtown Iloilo remaining in a time warp, woven around blocks of superlative, intact 1920s-’40s commercial structures, heritage that gives Iloilo one of the most elegant business areas in the country. What a graceful, outstanding heritage ensemble, it is probably the best, most extensive remaining collection of heritage commercial buildings in the country. Buildings of the same height, size and of similar design line streets, a rare but vanishing example of urban unity of architectural scale and style in the Philippines. Building layouts are similar—shophouse-type, two-story rental spaces connected by an arcaded sidewalk. The style of embellishment indicates the date of construction. Structures from the 1920s are decorated in the feminine, lacy Iloilo wedding-cake style. The next generation of buildings designed in Art Deco geometry of the 1930s is followed by a post-World War II generation of structures in the
2007-11-25 21:42:00 Layers of Ilonggo RealityHeritage surprises To really know Iloilo today, one must look beyond the overlapping layers of decay, congestion, chaotic architecture and pockets of wealth existing almost side by side with pockets of poverty. Peel back the multiple layers of architecture, bad architectural facelifts and urban blight for the surprise of your life. Layer after forgotten layer of the Iloilo story comes to view. Uncover revealing evidence about the city and what her people were like, culturally, socially and economically during key epochs of Iloilo city’s rich history. Walk the downtown area to the point of sensory overload. Suddenly come to the old, majestic Customs House by the Iloilo River, a monument to the former Queen City of the South. Around the corner, step farther back to a vanishing era. Find a Spanish colonial-era warehouse where young women still twine abaca strands by hand into rope as they have done for centuries. Iloilo is at a cusp. The city has to deal with th
2007 Seagames first GOLD 2007-12-05 23:28:00 Cycling wins first SEA GAMES gold for RPGOLDEN BOY. Mountain biker Joey Barba holds the first gold medal won by the Philippines in the 24th Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.KHAO YAI THIENG, Thailand -- The Philippine campaign in the 24th Southeast Asian Games finally picked up courtesy of downhill mountain biker Joey Barba.Barba upended the fancied home bet in the final run Thursday morning to scoop up the first Philippine gold in the biennial event.The feat of the 23-year-old snapped a nine-day drought for the Filipinos in these Games.Mountain biker Joey Barba, a carpenter’s son from Dumaguete, ignored the danger posed by the rugged mountain trail in the men’s downhill run to win by almost three seconds at the end of the 1.9-kilometer event.Barba, his elbows and knees tattooed by scars from spills that are common in his sport, timed three minutes 56.920 seconds as the Filipinos crashed the gold medal rank after the shooters’ winless performance last week in B
Active Volcanoes, the Next Tourist Attraction 2007-12-05 02:36:00 The Next Tourist Attraction
The Philippines might someday be known as one of the premier locations for watching a volcano in action. A government project is seeking to market the country’s active volcanoes to thrill-seeking tourists and adventurers.Active
volcanoes not only offer exciting, though dangerous, spectacles during an eruption. The thermal activity in surrounding areas is also a prime attraction for developing spas or campsites. Case is point is Mt. Makiling, which supposedly hasn’t shown volcanic activity in eons, but is surrounded by commercial hot spring pools. I say supposedly, because isn’t the activity in Mudspring volcanic? But, I digress.“We have to appreciate the fact that our country has many volcanoes,” said Perla de los Reyes of the government’s volcanology and seismology institute. “They are beautiful attractions.”“Volcanos show how dynamic or dangerous they can be, and people appreciate it,” De los Reyes said, adding that the unique shapes of
The New 7 Wonders of the World Philippines Entry 2008-03-11 00:10:00 Philippines Entry
to The New 7 Wonders
of the of NatureThe Philippines have 3 entries for The New 7 Wonders of the of Nature. The nominees are are the Tubbataha Reef, coral reef in the Sulu Sea. Then the Chocolate Hills of Bohol and lastly the Mt. Mayon Volcano in the Legaspi, Albay. The Tubbataha Reef and the Chocolate Hills already belong in the top 77.Chocolate HillsThe Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills, all about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 sq km The hills are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, giving them the name "Chocolate Hills." Tubbataha Reef, ReefTubbataha Reef is an atoll coral reef in the Sulu Sea that belongs to the Philippine Read more:World
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Binibining Pilipinas 2008 Winners 2008-03-09 21:18:00 The newest batch of Beauty Queens were proclaimed last Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Bb. Pilipinas
2008 coronation night pageant held at the Araneta Coliseum. Jennifer BarrientosBb. Pilipinas 2008 - UniversePatricia FernandezBb. Pilipinas 2008 - InternationalJanina San MiguelBb. Pilipinas 2008 - WorldDanielle CastanoBb. Pilipinas 2008 - 1st Runner-upElizabeth Jacqueline NacuspagBb. Pilipinas 2008 - 2nd Runner-upThe three reign queens during the coronation night.13 Finalists Patricia Fernandez - Candidate No. 2Toni Alyessa Hipolito - Candidate No. 3Jennifer Barrientos - Candidate No. 7Danielle Castano - Candidate No. 8Kathleen Phyllis Guerrero - Candidate No. 9Jaysel Arrozal - Candidate No. 12Tabetha Jo Frick - Candidate No. 13Karen Golar - Candidate No. 14Janina San Miguel - Candidate N Read more:Winners
Negros "piaya" 2008-03-06 23:05:00 Heavenly fill of Negros
"piaya"Negros’ muscovado sugar, which is gaining popularity in the growing health-conscious global market, is synonymous with those mouth-watering pastries only its people can make best.The dark brown, slightly coarse, unrefined sugar, which still contains the minerals and vitamins originally found in sugarcane, has a pleasant bitter-sour taste from molasses not found in regular sugar, says pastry reinventor Millie Kilayko. It is also this sugar that makes Negrense pastries delightfully different, bringing back memories of the old days of leisure and long lunches. Carrying on the tradition of making muscovado-laced pastries are second cousins Maritess Sanchez of Silay City’s famous El Ideal and Kilayko of Casa Carmela in Bacolod City. Both come from old Silay f
Top Ten songs for astronauts 2008-03-05 23:00:00 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are to get an unusual treat -- an MP3 player loaded with a playlist of songs
specially chosen for people in orbit. The Top Ten
was selected by a 14-year-old Norwegian girl, Therese Miljeteig, who won a competition staged by the European Space Agency (ESA). Her prize is to watch the launch this weekend of ESA's space freighter, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), at the Kourou space base, French Guiana. After launch, the cargo ship will dock automatically in low Earth orbit with the ISS, bringing food, water and other essentials to the ISS crew, as well as clothing and other personal items. This was the winning selection, which beat out 1,000 rivals from 10 countries: • Here Comes The Sun - Beatles• Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinat Read more:astronauts
Pacquiao vs Marquez 2 2008-03-04 21:49:00 Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez
vs Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao II: Unfinished BusinessThe much awaited event this year and the fistic debate as to who will finally be settled this coming Saturday, March 15 2008 when World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion JUAN MANUEL "Dinamita" MARQUEZ defends his title against three-division world champion MANNY "Pacman" PACQUIAO. March 15, 2008Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada In a fight fittingly titled Marquez - Pacquiao II Unfinished Business is the rematch of their May 8, 2004 legendary battle which ended in a draw. Pacquiao, was a 150-pounder when he arrived in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, he tipped the scales at 133 pounds, just three lbs over the required weight in his rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez.Over in Mexico City, Mar
Educators win awards for innovative teachers 2008-03-04 19:02:00 Educators from Iligan and Makati win awards for innovative teachers
.Two teachers from Iligan City, and one from Makati City won Microsoft Philippines' Innovative Teachers Leadership Awards. Fedelyn Gomez, Noemi Bagayaua, and Julius Hechanova went home with cash, a brand new laptop, and bragging rights.Three teacher top in this year’s Innovative Teachers Leadership Awards (ITLA). Were most of the finalists focused on science, math, and language subjects.Fedelyn Gomez, a high school teacher at the Tomas Cabili National High School in Iligan City received a coveted award for most innovative teachers in the country.Gomez was a teacher for 12 years currently teaching Makabayan (Civics), she was ecstatic when Microsoft Philippines officials called out her name from among the 10 finalists. Her Read more:Educators
Competitor of Boracay 2008-03-03 23:51:00 'Guimaras best competitor of Boracay
'This island province in Western Visayas has been considered to have the same potentials of world famous island resort of Boracay in Aklan.This was the assessment of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-6) regional director Evelyn Trompeta.Trompeta told an executive briefing with assistant secretary Raul Banias, the presidential assistant for Panay and Guimaras and some 40 regional directors last November 2007 that Western Visayas has been positioned as tourism haven in the country.“Guimaras is the best competitor of Boracay. While Iloilo is an economic hub, the proximity of Guimaras has very best potentials for tourism,” said Trompeta.What makes Guimaras the next tourism destination?Trompeta explained there are three things to consider:
Pinoy Products in Dubai 2008-03-02 23:23:00 Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap points to the sign indicating the Philippine supermarket in Satwa, Dubai
, United Arab Emirates. Yap was in the Middle East country on an agricultural trade mission on February 28. It's only show a world class Pinoy
that can compete globallysource: Read more:Products
Boracay flight with new plane 2008-02-29 02:49:00 Cebu Pacific begins maiden Boracay
flight with new planeBORACAY – Cebu Pacific brings its first passengers to Boracay Island via its brand new ATR plane that will touch down early today at the Caticlan airport in Malay, Aklan from Manila.Government officials, top airline executives and the media will be on hand to welcome the first batch of Cebu Pacific passengers.Caticlan is the gateway to the world-famous island resort of Boracay.Boracay tourism officials and owners of tourism-related establishments welcome Cebu Pacific’s decision to fly the Manila-Caticlan route. This wi
Film on Pinoy ‘queen’ 2008-02-29 02:38:00 Film on Pinoy
‘queen’ reigns in Berlin film fest A FILM on a Pinoy transvestite won last February the top prize at the Berlinale’s Teddy Queer Film Awards. “The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela,” which stars Raquela Rios of Cebu, bagged the Best Feature Film Award in the sidebar of the Berlin International Film festival. “Queen Raquela” was cited by the jury “for its ability to address race, gender and poverty in an entertaining way, while also playing with audiences’ expectations of form.” Filipino director Auraeus Solito won the same award in 2006 for his acclaimed “Ang Pagdadalaga ni (The Blossoming of) Maximo Oliveros.” The prize includes a 3,000 Euro endowment to the film’s director, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson. Arlene Cuevas co-produced “Qu
Holidays for the year 2008 2008-02-28 18:33:00 The Declared Holidays
for this year 2008Regular holidays this year:- Maundy Thursday (March 20, Thursday)- Good Friday (March 21, Friday)- Araw ng Kagitingan (April 7, Monday nearest April 9)- Labor Day (May 1, Thursday)- Independence Day (June 9, Monday nearest June 12)- National Heroes’ Day (Aug. 25, last Monday of August)- Bonifacio Day (Dec. 1, Monday nearest Nov. 30)- Christmas Day (Dec. 25, Thursday)- Rizal Day (Dec. 30, Tuesday)Special (Non-Working) holidays:- Ninoy Aquino Day (Aug.18, Monday nearest Aug. 21)- All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1, Saturday)- Additional Special (Non-Working) Day (Dec. 26, Friday)- Additional Special (Non-Working) Day (Dec. 29, Monday)- Last day of the year (Dec. 31, Wednesday)Regular holidays and special (non-working) holidays declared close to
Good computer science training 2008-02-27 19:13:00 Good computer science training is key to more IT jobs in RPMANILA, Philippines--"Training will create jobs," said a Sun Microsystems executive here, as he explained the impact of having more training programs established in local universities and tertiary schools. "Worldwide, there is a shortage of IT talent," said Matt Thompson, director of the Sun Developer Network and Open Source Programs Office of Sun Microsystems. "If the Philippines can become a place where high quality IT talent found coming right out of the university, more jobs can be created here," he said. Thompson said that his experience showed that "training creates the jobs." Sun Microsystems introduced high-level computer science training in the Philippines in local universities through the Java Education and Development In
Filipino students going to US 2008-02-20 19:04:00 Filipino students who won in 2008 Science Fair going to USTen high school students will head for Atlanta, Georgia this summer to represent the country in Intel's annual Science and Engineering Fair.Intel held an exhibit Friday in Tagaytay City showcasing the 113 science projects selected in this year's finals. This year's winners included two teams -- one from the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) in Quezon City and Gingoog City National High School from Misamis Oriental.The PSHS team won for their research project that involves the construction of a mechanical prototype of a "micro tremor" recorder. The team from Gingoog City, meanwhile, won for its comparative study of mangrove species in Pangasihon Forest in their province.Read More...By Erwin Olivasource: Read more:Filipino
Filipina addresses UN on global development 2008-02-19 02:16:00 Filipina, 18, addresses
UN meet on global development An 18-year-old Filipino student showed them how.The Department of Foreign Affairs said Hannah-Lyn Creencia, a mass communications junior at Silliman University, took part in last week’s high-level discussion on the challenges of global sustainable development held at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) headquarters in Paris, France.She joined some of the world’s top policymakers, business leaders and the international geoscientific community at the meet.Creencia had won an international essay-writing contest in connection with Unesco’s launch of “International Year of Planet Earth.” She began the panel discussion on the theme “Earth Resources: Threat or Treat?” by reading an excerp
More outsourcing talent outside Manila 2008-02-14 20:01:00 Demand for more outsourcing talent outside Manila
growingThe road to one million outsourcing jobs in 2010 is not as easy as government and the private sector would have thought.In an interview, Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) chairman Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III said the outsourcing industry demand is expected to grow by 50 percent year-on-year for the next three years.With that demand, government led by the CICT and the Department of Trade and Industry Regional Operations Group, in tandem with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) are now identifying more than 20 cities where they can develop and recruit more talent.Read more...source:
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