PELíCULA, Spanish Film Festival 2014

Ready for a this year's pelíkula?

Since its conception in 2002 by Instituto Cervantes de Manila, the Film Festival Película has grown through the years to become the most important showcase of Spanish Cinema in the Southeast Asian region. Pelikula starts its new edition with a collection of good quality movies, many of which have been rewarded in prestigious festivals. Comedy, drama, thriller, animation, documentary, short film… Finally, to cap off our line-up are the midnight screenings, always a must-see in every edition of PELÍCULA.

Pelikula Film Festival will run from Oct 9 to 19 in Greenbelt 3 Cinemas, Makati.

Visit here: https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila?ref=br_tf

FutureYou.ph Introduces Students To The Right Career Opportunities And A Lot More

    Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) launched FutureYou.ph, an online career exploration portal that aims to address the lack of information on the right job opportunities for Filipino students and graduates.

    The Philippines currently has the highest unemployment rate in Southeast Asia.

The country has an average of 2.8 million people who have been unemployed for the past 2 years. Majority of those are in the 15-24 age group followed by those aged 24-30, composing 48% and 30% of the unemployed in the country, respectively.
Of the total unemployed, 44% have either graduated or reached high school, and 34% have reached or graduated from college.

History Of Heritage Conservation In The Philippines

YOU ARE INVITED to witness something really great in the history of heritage conservation in the Philippines.
Join us this MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 8:30am at Tanghalang Leandro Locsin, Ground Flr., NCCA Bldg., Gen. Luna St., Intramuros, Manila for the official launch of Project Kisame

Visit here: https://www.facebook.com/NCCAofficial
RSVP on the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/547488195384230/?ref=22

"Last Links to Spain: A Visual and Personal Retelling of Philippine Churches" Lecture

Museum Volunteers of the Philippines (MVP) will hold a lecture entitled "Last Links to Spain: A Visual and Personal Retelling of Philippine Churches" on October 9, 2014, Thursday, 9:30 AM at the Amphitheater of Ateneo Professional Schools, Rockwell Drive, Makati City. Mr. John L. Silva, Executive Director of Ortigas Foundation Library will be the speaker.

Lecture fee:
P 150 - MVP Members
P 250 - Non-MVP Members

For inquiries, you may reach MVP at mvpmember@gmail.com
Visit here: https://www.facebook.com/Ortigas.Foundation

13 Reasons To Get Excited About OMFLIt at The 2014 Manila International Book Fair

    OMFLIt has been here for 57 years, touching lives of many, through their valuable books. Last night they held a bloggers night, which was fun and epic cause we get to know other bloggers who have read various title from their wide selection of good books. Watch out also for their new books to be launch at the MIBF this September, and other reasons why we should be excited about these.

   In case you haven’t been checking our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest the past few days, then you would have no idea that we are very much excited for the upcoming Manila International Book Fair 2014, happening from September 17-21 at the SMX Convention Center.

And since one of our biggest events of the year has finally come upon us, we’d like to share with you 13 reasons why you should drop by our booth, located at Aisle J.

1. WE’RE LAUNCHING 28 NEW TITLES
We’ve been previewing some of our new books everyday since August 27, and we’re still not done! We’re very much excited as our titles are diverse, creative, inspiring and Christ-centered. We’re excited to share them with you and there is surely something for everyone.

2. 30% OFF ALL FRONT LIST TITLES
All the books we mentioned above? Yep, they will be at 30% off for the entire duration of the MIBF!
3. 20% OFF ALL OTHER BOOKS
Everything you find in our booth, including imported books, Bibles and multi-media materials, will be at 20% off (well except the aforementioned front list titles and several selected items that have more than 20% discount)
4. SELECTED BOOKS AT P50 AND P100
Because bookworms love digging into sale piles right?

Ocean Park Hong Kong Launches Spook-tastic Halloween Fest Offering Fun and Scary Experiences All-day-and-Night for Entire Family

     Ocean Park Hong Kong today unveiled its upcoming seasonal attraction for this year’s all-day-and-night Ocean Park Halloween Fest. The management team of Ocean Park Hong Kong were in town to personally share exciting details on the Park’s much-awaited annual Halloween celebration, and express appreciation to its Filipino guests for their continued support, as shown by the 10% year-on-year increase in attendance by Filipino guests in 2013-2014. Hosted by Sam YG, Filipino trade partners and media were given the first look into the Park’s exciting line-up of Halloween festivities, including the first-ever reservation-only limited-admission attraction – H14 presented by Modern Education, an ultimate haunted attraction where guests would need to complete a series of tasks within a locked chamber, challenging the limits of the senses and their innermost fears; Asia’s first super-sized Doraemon-themed Halloween celebration at Whiskers Harbour, the mega Scaremonies show and many other unique, world-class attractions.
In addition to unveiling its wide array of spooky attractions, Ocean Park Hong Kong also revealed a special promotional offer in partnership with flag carrier, Philippine Airlines. From now until December 31, passengers presenting valid boarding passes may enjoy a 12% discount on Ocean Park admission tickets within seven days of arrival in Hong Kong. Additional discounts on the Park’s food and beverage, retail products, and animal encounter programmes valued over HKD 400 also await guests who purchase Ocean Park Halloween Fest packages from local travel agents in the Philippines. Furthermore, guests of the Park can also enjoy up to 10 to 15% discount on admission to 21 theme parks worldwide, including the Philippines’ own Enchanted Kingdom.
Present at today’s luncheon were: Mr. Tom Mehrmann, Chief Executive of Ocean Park; Mr. Paul Pei, Executive Director of Hotel and Hospitality; Ms. Vivian Lee, Executive Director of Sales & Marketing; Ms. Rosalind Siu, Sales Director; and Ms. Una Lau, Public Affairs Director. Enchanted Kingdom Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mario Mamon, together with wife and Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Cynthia Mamon, also attended the event as the afternoon’s special guests.

Karylle Is The First Celebrity Endorser of Status Salon

These days, Karylle dabbles into almost everything – singing, hosting, acting, writing, musical theater, songwriting.

She is seen on TV almost everyday hosting the ABS-CBN noontime show “It’s Showtime.” She is also currently promoting her newest album “K,” under PolyEast Records.

She also makes sure that she performs onstage every now and then, Just last weekend, Karylle was one of the performers of the 45th anniversary show of the Cultural Center of the Phillippines “Musikal,” a historic coming together of more than 200 local theater performers in the country. She reprised her Sita role from last year’s “Rama Hari” revival.

With everything that keeps Karylle busy, the singer-actress-TV host is thankful that STATUS Salon has chosen her to be their first celebrity endorser.

“I really am grateful to STATUS that they gave me their full trust and confidence to be their first celebrity endorser,” says Karylle. “It feels great that I was warmly welcomed by everyone, and I now have STATUS to take care of my hair.”

She adds, “with all my engagements, na siyempre kailangan ayusin yung buhok ko, sometimes it takes a toll on my hair, so ngayon I’m happy na kasi STATUS is there na.”

Karylle, who frequents Quezon City, San Juan, Eastwood and Ortigas areas, also notes that it is good that there is always a STATUS Salon near her always.