You’ll No Longer Need A Visa To Visit Taiwan Come November 1st

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Oct 162017
 

We’ve all been excited about the prospect of visiting our neighbor to the north, Taiwan, without visas ever since they announced the plan to lift visa requirements back in June. Finally on Monday October 16th, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office announced that Philippine passport holders visitng Taiwan “for the purposes of tourism, business, visiting relatives, attending functions or events can now enjoy visa-free entry for up to 14 days, beginning November 1, 2017. Taiwan’s lifting of visa requirements and the overall friendlier travel climate for the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations is part of their “New Southbound Policy”, which enhances co-operation and exchanges with 18 countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australasia. To qualify for visa-free entry, visitors must meet the following requirements: A regular passport with remaining validity of at least six months from the date of entry Return ticket or a ticket to the traveler’s next destination No criminal record in Taiwan Proof of accomodation/booking, contact information of host/sponsor in Taiwan or official invite to conference, tour, events, etc. in Taiwan That’s it! If you’re looking for a unique (and relatively affordable) travel destination in the near future, why not make it Taiwan? The post You’ll No Longer Need A Visa To Visit Taiwan Come November 1st appeared first on Good News Pilipinas.

Los Angeles Times Praises Filipino Food from Silog to Halo-halo

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Oct 162017
 
Los Angeles Times Praises Filipino Food from Silog to Halo-halo

Filipino food offered by the new Sari Sari Store in Downtown LA’s Grand Central Market is getting raves reviews for appealing to foreign taste buds while staying true to Filipino roots. The all-Filipino dish menu offered by Sari Sari Store, a Filipino concept stall set up by Philippines-born and raised Chef Margarita with business partner and fellow chef Walter Manzke, was praised by Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, and the LA Eater. The menu is based around savory rice bowls or ‘silog’ that pull from Margaritas’s Pinoy heritage, as well as a few sweet items like halo halo. LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold admitted to him and his colleagues crushing on the new Grand Central stall quipping, “I have stopped by Sari Sari Store five times in the last three days, and I’m not sure if I should be admitting this to you or to a therapist.” Gold also attests to sampling and recommending any and all items on the Sari Sari Store menu saying, “It may be an odd thing to say about a restaurant, but at Sari Sari Store it really doesn’t matter what you order.” Gold’s review details how he tried the arroz caldo, the sisig fried rice, the adobo fried rice and is eager to keep coming back for the same. The article hailed the Filipino Rice Bowl Stall’s lechon manok, grilled pork ribs, silog made with homemade “Spam’’ and tortang talong as keeping the food reviewer coming back day after day. Filipino desserts buko Read More …

Qatar-based Pinoys get a Taste of Home through Filipino Entrepreneur

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Oct 162017
 

Dahlia Agbanlog knew early on that Pinoys living and working in Qatar would want to eat traditional meals that reminded them of home. Transitioning to working at a foreign land isn’t easy, and chomping down on Adobo served by fellow Pinoys certainly helps your mind feel at ease in a foreign country, she reasons. Dahlia Agbanlog has serving OFWs a taste of home ever since 2001, when she first visited her brother in the Arab nation. It was her first and last visit—she never went back to the Philippines, deciding instead to make a life for herself in Qatar, and bring a taste of home to Pinoys based there. Agbanlog told Rappler that her first restaurant opened in 2001, and consisted of just her, her brother as the chef, her father as cashier, and another relative as a dishwasher. The very first day that her restaurant opened, lines from the cashier spilled over to the streets, which was a hint of things to come. That first restaurant eventually closed down due to a downturn in business partnerships, but Agbanlog did not give up. After that, she opened the first Nayong Filipino restaurant in Mesaieed in 2004. She later closed that branch two years later to open a new one in Al Khor, sensing that there would be a flood of Filipinos that were flocking to the country to work, amid the start of the migration that would make Qatar the third most populated country by Filipinos. She grew Nayong Filipino from a Read More …

Pinoys to Star in Lion King Musical 20th Anniversary Int’l Tour

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Oct 152017
 

Six young Filipino actors have been cast in “The Lion King” musical’s first international tour in celebration of its 20th anniversary of the Disney production as a stage musical. The Lion King international tour which will have its first stop in Manila in March 2018 will have young artists from the Philippines performing together with international stage artists. Alternating in the role of Young Simba are: Julien Joshua Dolor Pablo Palacpac and Juan Gabriel Tiongson Young Nala will be performed by: Sheena Bentoy Uma Martin Felicity Napuli The six young Filipino artists join the cast after months of auditions which began in March this year in South Africa. “After six months of intensive auditions, we have been able to bring together a truly international group of performers that will showcase the talent from almost every corner of the world. From seasoned professionals to actors making their professional debut, this company of ‘The Lion King’ will be sure to delight and amaze audiences as we tour this phenomenal production around the globe,” revealed Michael Cassel, producer of the international tour. “Julie Taymor and her extraordinary creative team have brought together a truly diverse company, representing twelve countries in this production of enormous scale, beauty and heart. I cannot wait for new audiences in the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan to share an indelible theatrical experience for the first time, with this talented cast,” said Thomas Schumacher, president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions. The young Filipino actors will join the Read More …

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Oct 142017
 
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Duterte leads Philippine Army’s 58th change of command rites

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Oct 142017
 
Duterte leads Philippine Army’s 58th change of command rites

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte walks past honor guards upon his arrival at Fort Andres Bonifacio in Taguig City for his attendance to the 58th Philippine Army Change of Command Ceremony on October 5, 2017. Accompanying the President is outgoing Philippine Army Commander Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda. (Photo by Karl Norman Alonzo/Presidential Photo) MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, October 5, reminded the members of the Philippine Army to remain loyal to the Constitution and to the people as he led the Philippine Army’s 58th change of command ceremony at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. “Maintain your loyalty to the Constitution and to the flag. Do not nurture a personal or a person diyan,” the President said in his address before the troops. “Kaming lahat diyan sa gobyerno, dumadaan lang. But it behooves upon you, I said, to see to it that this country will grow, prosper until the end of time,” he said. The President also said he wants to leave the presidency with a strong army and police that can respond to simultaneous attacks. But to achieve that goal, the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police must upgrade their equipment and capability to cope with the present challenges, especially in fighting terrorism, he said. One of the President’s suggestions is for the Armed Forces to use its properties and forge join ventures with the private sector. The AFP could enter into long-term lease agreements to fund its modernization program. “I’ll give you this place. Lahat ito with a one sole condition. ‘Yung lahat Read More …

Cayetano tells Al Jazeera: More than 3,000 killed in police ops all drug dealers

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Oct 142017
 
Cayetano tells Al Jazeera: More than 3,000 killed in police ops all drug dealers

SELFIE WITH THE DFA CHIEF. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano grants a selfie with Consul General Tess Dizon de Vega (2nd from left), and other officers of the FilAm Press Club of New York — Marivir Montebon (left), Cristina Dc Pastor (right), and Elton Lugay of the Inquirer International, outside the Philippine Consulate General Office in New York on September 21, 2017 at 3 a.m. (Philippine time). (Photo by King Rodriguez/Presidential Photographers) MANILA, Oct 7 (Mabuhay) –Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs in an in-depth interview on Al Jazeera on Friday. Cayetano answered UpFront host Mehdi Hasan’s questions regarding the country’s anti-illegal drug campaign, including more than 3,000 deaths as a result of police operations. The DFA chief told Hasan that the victims of the drug war were drug dealers despite the host questioning the lack of due process in anti-drug operations. “How do we know that? You didn’t try them. You didn’t prosecute them. You didn’t charge them. You shot them on sight. That’s not a democratic way of solving crime, is it?” Hasan asked. “You’re absolutely saying it as if you’re not on the ground. Come and look. So, if I pull a gun on you here, right now, and you shoot me, it’s your fault? Or it’s my fault?” Cayetano said. Hasan countered, “That’s not what I asked. I said three and a half thousand people have been killed… Are they all criminal drug dealers?” “Yes,” Cayetano answered. In Read More …

President Duterte returns from fruitful trip to Brunei — Abella

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Oct 142017
 

MANILA, Oct 7 (Mabuhay) — President Rodrigo Duterte is back from a short but productive  trip to Brunei Darussalam, a Malacañang official said Saturday. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the President personally conveyed his warm greetings to His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah on the occasion of the golden anniversary of his accession to the throne. Abella said the President also reaffirmed the long and enduring ties between the Philippines and Brunei and renewed the special friendship between the two countries. Likewise, the occasion had given President Duterte a chance to reaffirm ties with key leaders from within and outside of the region, including Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak. Moreover, Abella said “The President described His Majesty the Sultan Bolkiah as a friend of the Philippines in the truest and most profound sense…” and that the Brunei ruler has maintained  a “principled commitment to the pursuit of just and lasting peace and development in Mindanao.” Duterte arrived in Davao City at about 1:47 a.m. (MNS)

Senators weigh in on dip in Duterte’s satisfaction, trust ratings

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Oct 142017
 
Senators weigh in on dip in Duterte’s satisfaction, trust ratings

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the 58th Philippine Army Change of Command Ceremony at Fort Andres Bonifacio in Taguig City on October 5, 2017, reminds the government troops to remain loyal to the Constitution and to the flag. KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO MANILA — Senators on Monday expressed various reactions to the dip in the recent net satisfaction and trust ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte — some downplaying it and others saying it should be a cause for concern. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, an ally of Duterte, said that it should not be a cause for concern because historical data shows that presidents usually experience a dip in trust and approval ratings after their first year in office. “It’s just a part of the cycle of politics, and it shouldn’t be a cause for concern in Malacañang,” Gatchalian said in a statement. Gatchalian pointed out that despite the ratings dip, what is clear in the survey results is that the Filipino people continue to trust the President and approve of his performance. He, however, said that this does not mean that the Executive Branch should not be complacent and urged the administration to view the survey results as “constructive challenge” to do more for Filipinos. Senator Panfilo Lacson, like Gatchalian, said that the drop in trust and approval ratings was “bound to happen.” “It was bound to happen kasi ganyan naman talaga ang trend. After the so-called honeymoon period nagkakadiperensya lang kung mas mabilis ang one presidente sa iba Read More …

Duterte: I just fired 2 Malacañang employees

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Oct 142017
 
Duterte: I just fired 2 Malacañang employees

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over the 19th Cabinet Meeting in Malacañan Palace on October 4, 2017. (MNS photo) MANILA, Oct 6 (Mabuhay) — President Rodrigo Duterte has fired two employees of Malacañang. But he did not elaborate on this in his speech at the Agrilink, Food Link, Aqualink 2017 at the World Trade Center on Thursday. “I promised you corruption. I will stop it. I will stop it. I just fired two… two employees from Malacañan for making a tool and suggesting that, you know, they were suggesting,” he said, before leaving for Brunei. “Yesterday… I said, talk—I fired Cabinet members at this early. Either you really stay clean, or you have to have clean… no corruption ako diyan,” he added. Duterte also said the same in his interview with Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson in Brunei. He said in a video posted on Uson’s personal Facebook page that the two Malacañang employees were using their influence. “I even fired today, I sign, firing two people from Malacañang for using their influence. Empleyado diyan tapos kung anu-anong pinagsasabi sa labas, na malakas. I hate that,” he said. Malacañang has yet to respond to requests for clarification on the President’s revelation. In his speech at the World Trade Center, Duterte also urged the public to call the 8888 hotline for their complaints against government workers. He said he would give them protection. “As a matter of fact, you’re afraid to make an exposé? Go to Malacañang, there Read More …

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