Arpie and D’Multivitamins on a musical mission to feed poor kids

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Nov 042017
 
Arpie and D’Multivitamins on a musical mission to feed poor kids

When Arpie & D’Multivitamins go on a concert tour, audiences are treated to more than just their trademark musical comedy. Arpie & D’Multivitamins engage audiences at their concerts to join their mission to feed poor kids in the Philippines – their stomach, their minds, and yes, even their soul. The band also saves part of their income to fund outreach missions. Read Related Story: Award-winning Broadway producer screens bio film for charity Arpie, aka Rafael Patriarca, is a psychologist and fashion designer by profession who left his corporate job and created a unique musical group named D’Multivitamins. Arpie is a natural born comedian who propelled his band to become “the country’s most sought after band, labeled as the best medicine for body and soul.” “I want to inculcate something to my bandmates – that we need to have a mission beyond music. I wanted to put a deeper meaning into what we do. Having this kind of musical skill, there must be something bigger. We did not ask for this, it was given to us, and we need to share it as well,” Patriarca said in a recent Philippine Star interview. D’ Multivitamins has been together for 18 years working on humanitarian projects such as fundraising concerts for typhoon victims, feeding program, medical mission, toothbrush and toothpaste campaign, song for a notebook drive, Project Sta. Maria Orphanage, donate a book project. These projects paved the way for Arpie and D’Multivitamins to dream bigger – thus the birth of Feed Hungry Read More …

GoodNewsPilipinas.Com Christmas Raffle: 10 x Globe P500 Load!

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Nov 042017
 
GoodNewsPilipinas.Com Christmas Raffle: 10 x Globe P500 Load!

Maligayang Pasko Kabayan! Merry Christmas Kabayan! To say thank you for supporting GoodNewsPilipinas this year magpapa-raffle kami ng 10 pieces of Globe 500 Load! Simple lang sumali! Just follow the steps below and we will announce the winner in two weeks! STEP 1: Like the GoodNewsPilipinas.com Facebook Page! Go to the GoodNewsPilipinas Facebook Page and LIKE it to join our community! STEP 2: Share this on Facebook! Share this article on Facebook! Pwede mo i-click yung Facebook Share icon sa taas or ilalim ng post! STEP 3: Answer the Questions below! GNP Globe Prepaid Draw Winners will be notified via e-mail and we will draw the winners LIVE via Facebook. One FB account can only win once. We will be sending the LOAD PIN electronically. Good luck and Merry Christmas! The post GoodNewsPilipinas.Com Christmas Raffle: 10 x Globe P500 Load! appeared first on Good News Pilipinas.

Filipina pilot Nelda Ibe crowned Miss Globe 1st Runner-up in Albania

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Nov 042017
 
Filipina pilot Nelda Ibe crowned Miss Globe 1st Runner-up in Albania

Miss Philippines Nelda Ibe finished first runner-up at the Miss Globe 2017 beauty pageant held on November 3 in Tirana, Albania. Miss Vietnam Do Tran Khanh Ngan won the Miss Globe crown. Ibe placed second among 53 contestants in the international beauty pageant held in Tirania, Albania early Saturday. In a post on Instagram, Ibe, who hails from Tarlac, said: “It was an honor and privilege to represent you my beloved country.” Nelda has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Tarlac State University and is currently a cadet pilot.   “Thank you, Lord! I’m so blessed beyond measure and thankful beyond words!” said Miss Globe 2017 first runner-up Nelda Ibe. Fondly called “the pilot queen,” she wowed the judges with her Sampaguita-inspired national costume designed by Frederick Berches. She also placed second runner-up at the bikini competition. Other winners at the Miss Globe 2017 pageant include Miss Serbia Elena Latypova (2nd runner-up), Miss Albania Alessia Coku (3rd runner-up), and Miss Cape Verde Simone Heijligers (4th runner-up). The post Filipina pilot Nelda Ibe crowned Miss Globe 1st Runner-up in Albania appeared first on Good News Pilipinas.

EcoWaste praises PHL for reducing harmful lead-containing paints

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Nov 042017
 
EcoWaste praises PHL for reducing harmful lead-containing paints

The Philippines has significantly decreased the availability of decorative solvent-based paints for home use containing lead which have proven to be hazardous especially to children’s health, signaling positive action from government, manufacturers, and civil society. The EcoWaste Coalition reported the decline in lead-containing decorative paints sold in hardware and paint stores as shown in the latest study it conducted in collaboration with IPEN (a global NGO network promoting safe chemicals policies and practices). The study evaluated the results of the government’s three-year phase-out program of solvent-based paints for ADH uses with high concentrations of lead which ended in December 2016. Read Related Story: Gina Lopez bags Int’l prize for championing islands ecosystems The EcoWaste and IPEN report credits the Chemical Control Order CCO for Lead and Lead Compounds issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in 2013 and the complementary efforts by the government, industry and civil society to push for compliance provided the impetus for most paint manufacturers to shift to non-lead raw materials and meet the deadline. Comparing the three studies undertaken by the EcoWaste Coalition and IPEN in 2013, 2015 and 2017, data show a significant decrease in the percentage of paints with lead levels above the regulatory limit of 90 parts per million (ppm) from 61 percent in 2013, 69 percent in 2015, to 24 percent in 2017. The percentage of paints with dangerously high lead levels equal to or greater than 10,000 ppm also dropped from 39 percent in 2013, 45 percent in Read More …

Focus is a Crucial Key to Success

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Nov 032017
 
Focus is a Crucial Key to Success

Chinkee Tan Are you easily distracted? Are you the type who sets goals but never really meet them? Well, if you are, you are not alone. This is a personal observation over the years, people get easily distracted. Have you ever said, “I have always wanted to have a business of my own, but I feel that I am too busy and are doing so many things at the same time?” If you want to get started, you just need to decide what you want to do first. No one has ever achieved anything great because of multi-tasking. You can never become great because you are a jack of all trades master of none. If you want to become successful in life, you got to choose what you want to do and learn the discipline of FOCUS. FOCUS on a single business opportunity when you are just starting. When you have succeeded in your first business, then you can move on to another venture. You cannot replicate what does not work. Forbes Magazine’s second richest man in the world in 2016, after earning $12 billion that year, never took his eyes off his goal. He always focused his eyes on the prize, to achieve financial freedom. Because of his focus and dedication, he made the necessary sacrifices. He is known to be THRIFTY. He lives in the same house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought in the 1950s even before he made his billions. Just like any ordinary person, he Read More …

Jacq Romero wins 2017 L’Oreal UNESCO for Women in Science fellowship

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Nov 032017
 

Filipina scientist Jacquilline Romero has won a prestigious fellowship from the 2017 L’Oreal UNESCO For Women in Science. The Australia-based Dr. Romero, an experimental quantum physicist at the University of Queensland, was awarded the fellowship for her research into the theory of entanglement – that information is shared between particles regardless of the distance between them. Dr. Romero’s work with quantum alphabets is expected to “provide the first experimental evidence to an existing theory to verify the fundamental differences in the way information works for larger quantum alphabets, compared to the classical encoding system we use today,” cites the For Women In Science website. The quantum world is relatively unknown, but holds a lot of potential for the future, in terms of increased capacity to transmit data, increased security, but more importantly unlocking a new science not yet fully understood. Jacq creates large quantum alphabets using a less well known property of light, known as the orbital angular momentum (or OAM). By creating an alphabet where the different OAMs, which are the different helical twist formations of a beam of light, serve as the different letters, Jacq is able to create a unique quantum encoding system of a much larger capacity (theoretically infinite!). By creating quantum alphabets, Jacq is able to unlock some of the mysteries of the very puzzling properties of higher dimension quantum information. – For Women In Science Read Related Story: Marianne Tarun discovery leads to faster tech devices In a 2017 L’Oreal UNESCO For Women in Read More …

Former Bond Girl Set To Promote PH As Tourist Destination

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Nov 022017
 
Former Bond Girl Set To Promote PH As Tourist Destination

Images from Rachel Grant’s Facebook account She was once a Bond girl, trying to seduce Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day. But this Bond girl has never forgotten her roots, and is back in the Philippines documenting at least seven stories to boost the Philippine tourism industry. Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil or Rachel Grant as she’s more commonly known, was born in the Philippines and starred with Hollywood heavyweights like Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry and Jean-Claude Van Damme. She’s back in the Philippines to help promote the Philippines to counter the recent negative image of the country as a killing ground because of the war on drugs. “I am a Filipina and I love the Philippines. Abroad, there are reports on the killings in the Philippines because of drugs. I would like to counter it by producing a documentary that will promote the country as a fun destination. It’s more fun in the Philippines,” she said. Grant was born in Paranaque but was raised in the UK with her family. She’s currently in Boracay with a videographer to document her adventures in the island paradise, which you can see in her Facebook account here. The post Former Bond Girl Set To Promote PH As Tourist Destination appeared first on Good News Pilipinas.

Bretman Rock, Shibby de Guzman among TIME’s Most Influential Teens of 2017

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Nov 022017
 
Bretman Rock, Shibby de Guzman among TIME’s Most Influential Teens of 2017

A student activist and a beauty vlogger were chosen by TIME magazine as the 30 Most Influential Teens of 2017. 14-year-old Shibby De Guzman, a St. Scholastica’s College-Manila ninth grader was recognized after she was photographed protesting the lionization of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, according to Time Magazine. “She carried a megaphone and wore a cardboard sign similar to those sometimes strewn over the bodies of drug-war victims. Then, in a widely shared social-media post, she shut down critics who alleged that her fellow protesters were “brainwashed,” the magazine said. Guzman: Courtesy of Shamah S. Bulangis; Getty Images Reacting to the Time accolade, Shibby said she mainly took opportunities “suddenly out there” for her to do good. Hawaii-based beauty vlogger Bretman Rock also made the cut after dominating social media with his fierce and hilarious make-up tutorials and Instagram antics. Rock is known for his makeup skills that could give the Kardashians a run for their money, according to Time Magazine. Bretman was born in Cagayan Valley and moved to Hawaii when he was 7 or 8 years old. The 19-year-old born in Cagayan with nearly 9 million Instagram followers toured the United States and returned home to the Philippines to host the Miss Universe red carpet show. The two Pinoy teens joined the year’s youngest celebrity heartthrobs, music stars, top-notch athletes, trend-setters, inventors, dancers, and goodwill ambassadors on Time’s list. Here’s the complete list of TIME’s Most Influential Teens of 2017: http://time.com/5003930/most-influential-teens-2017/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook&utm_campaign=time&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social The post Bretman Rock, Shibby de Guzman Read More …

Billionaire and Technology Icon Jack Ma in Manila

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Nov 012017
 

Chinese tycoon Jack Ma talks to students from De La Salle University and meets the media in Manila on Wednesday, October 25. Mr. Ma, the founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant the Alibaba Group is a global icon for entrepreneurship and business. The Chinese businessman is one of the most influential businessmen in the world and is in Fortune’s 2017 “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” list. The post Billionaire and Technology Icon Jack Ma in Manila appeared first on Good News Pilipinas.

Filipino food supplement using nuclear technology wins international recognition

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Nov 012017
 
Filipino food supplement using nuclear technology wins international recognition

Filipino researchers have been awarded the 2017 Excellent Research Team of the Year by the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) for developing the Plant Food Supplement (PFS) that exemplifies peaceful use of nuclear technology. According to a Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) report, FNCA recognized the project “for its great potential in helping spur the development of Philippine agriculture and attaining food security. It is also eyed to help mitigate the effects of El Niño and climate change that ravage farmlands in the countryside.” The formulation of 3.2 liters per hectare of water mixed with the right proportion of the PFS was proven effective in increasing the yield of rice, mungbean, and other crops by over 20 percent. Read Related Story: UPLB researchers develop insect-resistant Biotech Talong Field tests also showed that rice applied with PFS had improved resistance against tungro bacilliform virus and bacterial leaf blight. Further, fields sprayed with PFS had higher survival rate after a violent storm compared with nearby fields that had no PFS. The research team from the DOST-PNRI received the award from the Japan-led network of 12 FNCA countries which include Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The research team’s achievements were presented at the 18th FNCA Ministerial Level Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan held in October. Dr. Lucille Abad, Scientist I and head of the PNRI Chemistry Research Section, receives the Outstanding Research and Development Award for Applied Read More …

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