MAFBEX Opens Its Doors Once Again This June 15!

This June 15, the country’s premier food and beverages expo goes back on-ground once again at World Trade Center Manila. MAFBEX brings everyone to a new world of good taste as the return was welcomed by various speakers and guests of honor at the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was held at the World Trade Center, and started with a doxology and after that, an entertaining dance and song performance. 

Along with that, WSI’s founding chairman, Joseph Ang, also gave his thanks for the continuous support for MAFBEX. Mayor Imelda Calixto-Rubiano represented by Chief Peter Eric D. Pardo, the chief of staff of the Mayor of Pasay, also talked about the importance of local tourism and revitalizing the economy from the pandemic. Mr. Woodrow C. Maquiling, the undersecretary of the Department of Tourism, also welcomed the return of MAFBEX on-ground. Lastly, Senator Imee Marcos also discussed the importance of the logistics of food and the role of agriculture in the food industry during her speech. Sen. Imee Marcos, Chief Peter Eric D. Pardo, Mr. Woodrow C. Maquiling, along with Joseph L. Ang, Levi Ang, Jill Aithnie Ang, and Rene Ramos initiates the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of MAFBEX.

Important figures in the food and beverages industry such as the Department of Agriculture's Undersecretary Evelyn Lavina and Undersecretary Ms. Kristine Evangelista, Dr. Ramon Yedra, the OIC Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Services (AMAS), Mr. Benhur Ong, Chancellor of De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, Dean Marie Castro of SHRIM DLS-CSB, and celebrity chef Ninong Ry also joined the opening ceremony and participated in the ribbon cutting.

This year’s 16th edition of MAFBEX brings the Chefs of the World program, Demo stages, and the Flaircup Competition on-ground once again. Besides that, there are also various zones, including the Brew District, that professionals, home cooks, and hobbyists can visit to find new and familiar products that can help elevate their cooking. 

MAFBEX will have its doors open from June 15-19, 2022 at 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM at World TradeCenter Manila. You can buy your tickets online at http://register.worldbexevents.com/ 

For more information about MAFBEX, you can check their Facebook page here: facebook.com/ManilaFoodsandBeveragesExpo/ or their Instagram page @MAFBEX 

MAFBEX is organized by Worldbex Services International in cooperation with De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management, and for the benefit of ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation.

MAFBEX 16th Edition is Going to A New World of Good Taste!

With the pandemic affecting restaurants and small food business owners. Manila Food & Beverages Expo, or MAFBEX aims to revitalize the burgeoning Filipino culinary scene. MAFBEX, has always shown visitors and guests the best that the Philippines F&B industry could offer and this June, they’ll be back to bring everyone into a world of good taste online and on-ground once again at World Trade Center!

The 16th edition of MAFBEX will be a hybrid event with the online activities starting June 1 until 10, leading to the on-ground activities on June 15-19, 2022 from 10AM-7PM.

From June 1, 6 & 10, the highly anticipated MAFBEX Talks will be back. Industry professionals will be talking about the trends and opportunities that can be found in the food and beverages industry, the on-going digitalization in the industry along with a forecast of its post-covid future. 

Aside from that, the video series, MAFBEX Basics and MAFBEX Mixed will also be posted on Facebook and Instagram. These series will showcase tutorials and guides on how to create scrumptious food and unique beverages. 

For the on-ground event happening on June 15-19, 2022 at World Trade Center, industry players, business owners, and anyone interested in the food and beverages industry can visit the different areas such as the Franchising Zone, where people can create connections and start their own business. There's also The Brew District, which features coffee and tea, along with Beverages, Wines and Spirits, Packaging, Condiments, and Food and Equipment areas. Home cooks, interested business partners, young professionals, and professionals will surely get everything they need and more at MAFBEX with different sections and activities they can enjoy.

You can check out top hotel and celebrity chefs showcasing their amazing recipes and cooking skills while sharing their insights on the food & beverages industry at the Chefs of the World area.

There will also be the Manila Flair Open Competition at MAFBEX. Up-and-coming flairtenders will flare up World Trade Center and show you their flairtending tricks. 

Lastly, different exhibitors would take the stage to demo their products. Giving everyone a first-hand experience of their various products. 

MAFBEX's comeback is setting up to be the biggest food and beverages expo in the country and is one of the events that industry players, professionals, and even the casual cooks and bakers can't miss this June. 

Get your tickets here: mafbex.com/  

MAFBEX is organized by Worldbex Services International. In cooperation with De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management. 

Go Negosyo MENTOR ME ON WHEELS this JUNE 25!

Go Negosyantes, ready ka na ba sa isa na namang FREE MENTORSHIP this coming JUNE?

Dahil na-miss namin kayo agad, magkakaroon na naman ng GO NEGOSYO MENTOR ME ON WHEELS this coming JUNE 25, 2022 sa THE BLOCK, SM NORTH, EDSA!

Kaya sa mga Northies diyan, eto na ang chance niyong ma-mentor ng mga naggagalingang Go Negosyo mentors. At take note, LIBRE ’TO! Ano pang hinihintay niyo? Yayain na ang buong pamilya at barkada at sabay-sabay na matuto ng tips at tricks sa pagnenegosyo. OPEN ang Go Negosyo MMOW sa lahat ng mga EXISTING at NAGBABALAK pa lang mag negosyo. 

SAVE THE DATE NA: June 25, 2022, THE BLOCK, SM NORTH EDSA 

At dahil Birthday month din ng pinakamamahal nating Go Negosyo founder na si Joey Concepcion, siyempre may surprise din kami sa inyong lahat. Kapit na sa inyong mga upuan dahil mamimigay si PA Joey at ang Go Negosyo ng total of P1,000,000 na PUHUNAN PANG NEGOSYO sa ating lucky mentees sa June 25!

Visit here to register: Go Negosyo

Humanility Launches Unique NFT Collection under Likha NFT Platform

Manila - Humanility, a non-profit organization who is dedicated to the rescue, emancipation and rehabilitation of foster children under their care – has launched an incredible Non-Fungible Token (NFT) art collection: the Humanility Empowered Children - From Street to School – Art Collection. It is a series of unique art made by the children under Humanility and it is one of a kind in the world to date. 

Launched in Likha, an NFT marketplace that features a growing number of Filipino artist and brands – with their distinct identities and signatures all curated exclusively under Likha. The Humanility Empowered Children are among the latest and youngest home-grown Filipino artists to make their mark in the NFT Art industry. 

Humanility’s From Street to School Art Collection by the Empowered Children of Humanility has a total of 76 unique NFT items in its launch. The goal of the collection is to showcase the young artists and with NFT technology’s that recognizes the digital signature of artists within each art piece by their respective creator, the Empowered Children of Humanility are making their indelible mark in the new frontier of the global digital art industry.

“The Humanility NFT art collection is ground-breaking as far as the digital arts scene of the Philippines,” said Gail Cruz-Macapagal, Humanility’s Country Representative for the Philippines. “These children are young, full of hope and serves as an inspiration as they all have overcome a lot of challenges.” 

The collection, all of which are hand-drawn and with each set piece --- expresses the hopes, dreams and aspiration of each children – all encapsulated into NFT format. “By 

purchasing a part of the collection, NFT collectors are not only empowering the children of Humanility – but are also becoming a part of the children’s journey into their future careers – whether it is art, the sciences or technology – we all can become a meaningful part of their journey.”

For NFT collectors, Humanility Empowered Children - From Street to School – Art Collection is now available in Likha. With each NFT art purchase, new owners are helping Humanility’s Education Fundraising efforts.

About Humanility

Humanility is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of street children who were once abandoned and exploited. The organization places awarm, caring and foster home and environment for the holistic development and 

upbringing of the foster children under their care. 

Visit here:

Facebook: facebook.com/humanility

Twitter: @humanility_org

Instagram: @humanility

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DOST, DICT, DTI to seal collaboration in support of PH innovative startups

QUEZON CITY, Mar. 17 — Sharing the commitment to support innovative startups as a way to boost national socioeconomic development, especially at this time when the government moves towards the new normal, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has joined hands with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to work together and help Filipino innovative startups get their bearings.

This multi-agency collaboration is expected to be sealed via virtual presser on 22 March 2021 at 3:00PM through an official signing of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) by the three Department Secretaries: Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña of the DOST, Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II of the DICT, and Secretary Ramon M. Lopez of the DTI. The virtual signing can be viewed live at the DOST-Philippines Facebook page.

The signing of the JAO underscores the commitment of the three Departments to pursue the objectives of the Innovative Startup Act or Republic Act No. 11337 (RA 11337), to aid in the growth of the innovative startup companies and business ventures in the country.

The Innovative Startup Act shall provide incentives and remove constraints, aimed at encouraging the establishment and operation of innovative new businesses —businesses crucial to growth and expansion — that will strengthen, promote, and develop an ecosystem of businesses and government and nongovernment institutions that foster an innovative entrepreneurial culture in the Philippines.

The Act also aims to streamline government and non-government procedures to help ease constraints for startups and encourage more creative minds to start their own enterprises in a more conducive innovation environment.

Under the Act, a Startup Grant Fund (SGF) shall be created under DOST, DICT, and DTI. Each agency, on the other hand, shall use its respective SGF to provide initial and supplemental Grants-in-Aid (GIA) for startups and startup enablers that have passed the selection and application process

The JAO is being issued to create a Steering Committee (SC) that will provide strategic guidance and oversight in teh formulation, implementation, and development of the program.

The Steering Committee per Section 1, Rule 2, Chapter 1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 11337 is to be constituted by DOST, DTI, and DICT for the implementation of the IRR and the management of the Philippine Startup Development Program. The SC will be composed of nine representatives from the DOST, DICT, and DTI as designated by their respective Secretaries.

This accord is truly beneficial as it is aligned wif the other innovation-related programs of DOST like the Science for Change Program wif its four sub-programs CRADLE, NICER, RDLead, and BIST; Technology Business Incubation (TBI) Program; Technology Innovation for Commercialization Program (TECHNICOM); the Startup Nation Program; and the Young Innovators Program (YIP), to name a few.

In concertizing dis collaboration, it is expected that the startups that will be supported will eventually contribute to the overall goal of the government to ignite economic activity, nurture a robust innovation ecosystem, enhance productivity, and heighten global competitiveness.  (S&T Media Service)

Statement of the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea on the recentl aggression of China in the West Philippine Sea

The presence of the Chinese Liaoning Aircraft Carrier conducting high-intensity drills by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the West Philippine Sea is a blatant violation by China of international law, which they have been perpetrating for years. For this reason, the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea (NYMWPS), a peaceful trans-global and non-partisan organization that advocates for the preservation of the Philippines’ sovereignty and territorial integrity, stands on the grounds that: (1) in alignment with the mission and goals of the NYMWPS, we vehemently condemn the continuous presence of the Chinese Coast Guard and other Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. On July 12, 2016, the Arbitral Tribunal unequivocally awarded the Philippines sovereign rights within the 200 nautical miles of the West Philippine Sea; (2) the presence of these Chinese military vessels does not reflect the friendship both our countries have committed to foster; (3) We, thus, call on the various responsible agencies of the National government to soundly advise the incumbent and president-elect president to assert our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea and to uphold the constitutional mandate to defend our territorial integrity and national interest; and (4) The National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea has always maintained that SOVEREIGNTY AND SOVEREIGN RIGHTS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE issues and that the Chinese vessels operating within our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and territorial waters must be immediately expelled.

National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea

DOST's Webinar on the Importance of Food Packaging and how it could Affect Vaccine Efficacy

The recently concluded May 17 2022 webinar of the Metro Manila Health Research and Development Council (MMHRDC) and the Department of Science and Technology Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI), research on components of food packaging that restaurants normally use contain a chemical that is found to weaken the efficacy of vaccines which may include the COVID-19 vaccine. 

According to Mr Elyson P. Encarnacion, Spvg. SRS, PTD-DOST-ITDI, a common component of food packaging from restaurant called Per-/Polyflouroalkyl Substances (PFAS) has been found to suppress the effects of several vaccines when ingested.  PFAS is used to make paper packaging resistant to yeast and moisture.  Examples of these paper packaging includes hamburger paper wraps and French fries containers.  Mr Encarnacion pointed out the irony that during the COVID-19 pandemic where people prefers to order take out food from restaurants to avoid infections may end up consuming food with PFAS that suppresses the effects of COVID-19 vaccines.  Hopefully, once the study is completed we would have definitive data on such adverse effects to make a recommendation to ban these hazardous materials.

Another surprising finding is that many brand of canned sardines in the market has lead contents way above the acceptable limits for human consumption.  Lead is a poison that when ingested damages the brain and the kidney.  We should be careful when consuming these canned sardines products.

In a study, coffee cups and brown bag used to package food contains above normal limits amount of Benzophenone - a cancer causing substance already banned by the US Food and Drug Administration late 2020!  Imaging consuming pan de sal and coffee stored in these carcinogens daily.

There are also current studies on the amount of other dangerous chemicals commonly found in packed food items.  These harmful chemicals include Epoxidized Soybean Oil (EPSO) found in spanish sardines in bottle packaging, Phthalates found in plastic that is known to cause cancer, male infertility, miscarriage, and metabolic disorders.

Hope the food processing and manufacturing industry is able to utilize the results of this study in order to avoid materials containing these harmful chemicals in the future and make Filipino food safer for everyone to consume.

Watch a replay of the webinar here:

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