Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Sleepless (synopsis)

Gem (24) and Barry (30) are two lonely people who can’t sleep. They spend hours lying awake while everyone else is asleep. They are both stuck in a rut, both of them working dead-end jobs at a call center. They explore the city at night and find ways to kill time. Though there’s a certain loneliness when you’re awake in the dead of night, there’s also a bond that develops. Gem and Barry talk about zombies, love and everything in between. Together they fight the loneliness that keeps them awake. In the end, they realize, that even though you cannot cure insomnia, you just need someone to lean on until the sun comes up.

Director: Prime Cruz
Producer: Gino Parma
Screenwriter: Jen Chuaunsus
Director of Photography: Tey Clamor
Production Designer: Nestor Abrogena
Editor: Galileo Te
Musical Scorer: BP Valenzuela

Cast: Glaiza De Castro, Dominic Rocco, TJ Trinidad, Bea Galvez, Irma Adlawan, Dennis Marasi-gan


Sleepless is the 6th Circle Competition Finalist for QCinema International Film Festival 2015.

Catch Sleepless at the QCinema International Film Festival 2015

Friday, October 16, 2015

Coming to Bacolod for the weekend to celebrate MassKara?  Here are some tips for the digital folk:

1) If you are on Android, you can download the MassKara app which will show you schedules and tweets of MassKara, places to stay, and places to eat.

2) When at MassKara City (SMX Convention Center), download the Soovy app (available on Android and iOS) and take photos using the special frame with the label 2nd MassKara City.

3) Wherever you are, when taking pictures, the location to check in at is Bacolod MassKara Festival.

https://www.facebook.com/MassKaraFestival.PH?fref=ts

4) To check in at Bacolod Masskara Festival, simply go to https://www.facebook.com/MassKaraFestival.PH and check in from the page.

Bacolod Shows How To Have More (Digital) Fun at MassKara 2015

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Dulaang UP’s second offering for its 40th Theatre Season is William Shakespeare’s King Lear and its new Filipino translation by Nicolas Pichay, Haring Lear. The play, considered by critics as Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, is directed by DUP Founding Artistic Director, Professor Emeritus Tony Mabesa.


Play dates are:

ENGLISH
10:00 A.M.
October  10, 18, 24
3:00 P.M.
October  11, 17, 25
7:00 P.M.
October  7, 8, 16, 20, 22
FILIPINO
10:00 A.M.
October  9, 14, 15, 21, 23
3:00 P.M.
October  11, 17, 25
7:00 P.M.
October  10, 18, 24

Dulaang UP's King Lear | Haring Lear still ongoing

Saturday, October 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia, the modern day Flash Mob happened in 2003 in Manhattan, NY.  This  1980 video somehow debunks that piece of information and points to a group doing it in Makati City, the financial capital of the Philippines.

So, if anyone gets to talk about flash mobs. Tell them it all started here in the Philippine islands
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1980 Video Shows The Original Flash Mob Happened In Makati

Monday, October 5, 2015

4:00 PM Opening of Lacson Tourism Strip (3rd Lacson St. to BS Aquino-Lacson St.)

5:30 PM  ODD MassKaravan, People's House - Burgos - Lacson - Rizal - SM City

6:00 PM  RMN Pop Street Dance Showdown & Cignal Pop Signing Idol: Battle of the Champions, Plaza

October 15 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

2:00 PM  Mega Kite Flying Exhibition, People's House

2:00 PM  Parade and Showdown of Mascots, People's House

6:30 PM  MassKara Fashion Week: Night of Timeless Fashion & Glamour, People's House

7:00 PM  MassKara in the Sky (Aero lights show, until Oct. 18), People's House

9:30 PM  Fireworks DIsplay, People's House

October 14 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

City Employees Day, People's House

10:00 AM MassKara Media Day, Jollibee Lacson

2:00 PM   MassKara Festival Mask and Costume Exhibit (until Oct. 31), Robinsons Central City Walk

October 13 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

7:00 PM  MassKara Queen Pageant and Coronation Night, SMX Convention Center

October 12 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

PETRON Super Driver Card Super Saya Road Show, Villamonte Gym

6:00 AM - 10:00 AM  RMN Trisikad Race Year 11 Route Pandanon Muricia-Bacolod Plaza

7:00 AM  MassKara by the Sea-1st MassKara Bancarera (Finals), Punta Taytay

4:00 PM  Our Lady of Rosary Procession, Route: Araneta-Plaza-Cathedral

6:00 PM  MassKara by the Sea - Banca Float Parade, Baywalk

October 11 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

ABS-CBN Kapamilya Caravan with Kapamilya Stars

7:00 AM  MassKara by the Sea-1st Masskara Bancarera (Elimination & Semis), Punta Taytay

8:00 AM  Joy Fiestasaya, BAYS Center

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM ExtreMassKara, Centrale Bacolod, Mandalagan

4:00 PM  Living Rosary, Plaza

October 10 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM ExtreMassKara (MassKara Gone Extreme) Centrale Bacolod, Mandalagan

October 9 Events for Masskara Festival 2015

Sunday, October 4, 2015

DAVAO, Philippines - The province of Negros Occidental bagged three grand prizes at the 10th ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards, held in conjunction with the 16th Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) Convention at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao.


The three grand awards were:

Best Tourism Week Celebration, Grand Winner : Tourism Month Negros Occidental

Best Tourism-Oriented LGU, Grand Winner : LGU Negros Occidental

Best Tourism Event/Festival, Grand Winner : Panaad sa Negros Festival



The other awards won by other municipalities and cities within Negros included Sagay for Best Practices in Community-Based Responsible Tourism – All Levels, and Grand Winner for
Nature of Responsible Tourism Intervention.

Silay copped awards for Best Practices in Community-Based Responsible Tourism – Enterprise : Hda. Adela Folklore Village;  Sustaining Culture & Tourism, Second Runner Up;
1st Runner Up for Best Practices in Community-Based Responsible Tourism – Heritage Silay City Heritage Conservation; 2nd Runner Up for Best Tourism Week/MonthCelebration Silay Tourism Month; 1st Runner Up for Best Practices in Community-Based Responsible Tourism – All Levels for Ikaw-Ako Foundation.

Pulupandan bagged  Second Runner Up for the
Best Tourism Event, for Bird and Dolphin Watching; while Sipalay bagged First Runner Up for the Best Tourism Event, for its Tourism Kite Festival.

City of Bago also won
Second Runner Up for the Best Tourism Event – Festival,  for its Babaylan Festival.






Negros Occidental Bags Three Grand Prizes In ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards

Saturday, October 3, 2015

DAVAO, Philippines - The province of Negros Occidental garnered a number of awards tonight at the 10th ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards, held in conjunction with the 16th Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) Convention at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao.

Among the awards won for the province were Best Festival in the Country for Panaad sa Negros as awarded by the Dilliman Preparatory School.  Also bagged were 2nd Runner Up in the Best Tourism Event, Festival Category by Bago City; 2nd Runner Up for Best Adventure Tourism Event by Pulupandan, and 1st Runner Up by Sipalay.



The highlight award for Negros was First Place Best Tourism Event Festival Category for the "Panaad sa Negros". 
















Negros Occidental Hauls Multiple Honors at ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards

Friday, October 2, 2015



Davao City CTOO O-I-C, Lisette Marques, with Negros Island Region Officers Ian de Ramos and Jennylind Demerre-Cordero

DAVAO, Philippines - The delegates to the 16th National Convention of the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP)  arrived in Davao City the other day for yesterday's big-bang opening at the SMX Convention Center, Lanang.

Tourism officers, tourism council members, and tourism private stakeholders from Luzon to Mindanao gathered yesterday to begin discussions on areas of improvement and boost the tourist destinations int he country.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte attended the formal opening of the event to welcome visitors in Mindanao who dressed in their traditional/cultural attire.

The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) Davao program of the City Tourism Operation Office (CTOO) will also be launched during the three-day convention. One of the highlights of the program is its partnership with airline company, Air Asia.

"This is only one of the initiatives of the city to push for a sound tourism and to attract businessmen and travelers to go here", said CTOO officer-in-charge Lisette Marques.

Other topics included during the convention are the world tourism theme in the Philippine context and greening the tourism value chain. A speaker form Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will talk about Islamic and Halal tourism.







16th ATOP Convention Kicks Off In Davao

Davao City CTOO O-I-C, Lisette Marques, with Negros Island Region Officers Ian de Ramos and Jennylind Demerre-Cordero
DAVAO, Philippines - The delegates to the 16th National Convention of the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP)  arrived in Davao City the other day for yesterday's big-bang opening at the SMX Convention Center, Lanang.

Tourism officers, tourism council members, and tourism private stakeholders from Luzon to Mindanao gathered yesterday to begin discussions on areas of improvement and boost the tourist destinations int he country.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte attended the formal opening of the event to welcome visitors in Mindanao who dressed in their traditional/cultural attire.

The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) Davao program of the City Tourism Operation Office (CTOO) will also be launched during the three-day convention. One of the highlights of the program is its partnership with airline company, Air Asia.

"This is only one of the initiatives of the city to push for a sound tourism and to attract businessmen and travelers to go here", said CTOO officer-in-charge Lisette Marques.

Other topics included during the convention are the world tourism theme in the Philippine context and greening the tourism value chain. A speaker form Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will talk about Islamic and Halal tourism.







16th National Convention of the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines Kicks Off in Davao

DAVAO, Philippines - The Tourism Officers Of Negros Island Region came in early today for the second day of the 16th Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines Convention at SMX in Lanang, Davao.

Yesterday, the ATOP had no less than the highest public employee of the city, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, to welcome the Tourism Officers who jetted in from all parts of the country.












Negros Island Tourism Officers At The ATOP Convention

 
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