Archive for March, 2010

Dove gives honor to all the women in the world

Women claim their Magna Carta rights

As part of Dove’s 10^th year anniversary line-up of activities in 2010, Dove joined hands with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the City of Taguig to kick-off the annual Women’s Month celebration at the Fort Bonifacio Global City on March 1, 2010.

Leading the Walk for Women’s Rights (L-R) Akiko Thomson, Pia Magalona, Executive Director of Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Emmeline Verzosa, Kaye Tinga, Chiqui Hollman-Yulo, Pinky Marquez

Over 5,000 women participated in this historic affair that highlighted the recent enactment of the Magna Carta of Women’s Rights into the Philippine law.

The whole-day event started off with a Walk for Women’s Rights, a 30-minute march on a designated route around Fort Bonifacio led by ten Dove ambassadors – women of beauty and substance who epitomize Dove’s platform for 2010: “Dove at Ten: Totally Beautiful.” These women include: Philippine Sports Commissioner Akiko Thomson, stage performer Pinky Marquez, educator Nicole Fonacier, model and writer Raya Mananquil, fashion photographer Sara Black, DJ and radio host Pia Magalona, retail heiress Marielle Santos-Po, peace advocate Timmy Cruz, socialite Susan Campos, and events and image consultant Chiqui Hollmann-Yulo.

Following the march is a program hosted by the dynamic Tessa Prieto-Valdes with Pinky Marquez co-hosting alongside her. The ever gracious first lady of Taguig, Kaye Tinga, got onstage to welcome the crowd which included contingents from the various government agencies, NGOs, colleges and universities, LGUs, and private organizations.

Unilever Philippines’ Managing Director for Health and Beauty, Gilbert Simpao then spoke about Dove’s continuing advocacy to help women see real beauty in themselves, no matter what shape, size, or color they may be. Also present to show their support and share their messages regarding the Magna Carta of Women’s Rights were Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, Department of Social Welfare and Development Acting Secretary Celia Yangco, and PCW Commissioner Apolonia Tolentino.

After the program, women were invited to the NBC Tent for a mini fair which had various booths catering to women’s health, beauty, wellness and livelihood. Dove set up a product demo booth and offered massage treatments with takeaway Dove beauty bars and deos.  Pascualab gave out samples of their natural medications and  Anlene conducted bone screening tests.   Other exhibitors included Natasha Goulbourn Foundation, Brahma Kumaris, Nurture Spa and Century Tuna, among others. Women were also offered free counseling and legal services as well as NSO civil registry services.

** Looking back at a decade of real beauty in the Philippines, Dove has consistently promoted positive self-image through campaigns that trained the spotlight on issues important to real women. From its new-millennium opener Dove Moments to Dove’s Bukod Tanging Pilipina, to the internationally- acclaimed Campaign for Real Beauty, Dove’s battle cry through the years has stayed true to its advocacy:

“To encourage women to accept, celebrate and nurture how beautiful they truly are, just as they are.”

For months, Filipinas across the nation have been joining the Modess Angels Facebook Group Page to share in the chance to help other women in need. Every member sign-up means one comfort kit donation to a typhoon victim. Membership reached over 30,000; thousands of comfort kits were donated to women in evacuation centers.

Today, the group page is a portal of information where women can transform their compassion into action, driving them closer to other women who need their comfort the most. What began as a call for membership, evolved into an online help center for volunteers.

But it doesn’t stop here. The Modess Angels community keeps growing and encouraging the culture of helping. By partnering with socio-civic organizations, we can seek out more opportunities to extend our comforting care to fellow sisters in need.

This Women’s Month, Modess Angels salutes all women who have taken the time to help our troubled sisters. We would also like to encourage all the other women to join and extend comfort to our sisters in need. Together, as Modess Angels, we can spread the goodwill and be well informed on how we can give comfort to other women. Arm in arm, we can make things happen – starting with ourselves, our family, the community, maybe even the world.

It doesn’t take an army to rebuild a nation. It takes Angels.

It’s payback time to mother Earth

The National Geographic Channel (NGC) is inviting all Filipinos to join its Earth Day Run 2010 as a way of expressing care and love to the planet and to save the environment.

This run is not just to make you fit but it is also promoting to NOT use of carbon.

“We Filipinos care a lot about our health. This time, let’s show our planet we care about its health,” said FOX International Channels Territory Director Jude Turcuato.

The Earth Day Run is will be on April 18, 2010 (Sunday) at five o’clock in the morning at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

Earth Day Run will feature 3-kilometer (K), 5K, and 10K races. Entry fees are Php 500 for 3k, Php 600 for 5K and Php 700 for 10K.

Each participant will get a limited edition Earth Day Run technical shirt.

Students, professional athletes, celebrities, health buffs and the whole Filipino family are all invited to register and participate in NGC’s Earth Day Run.

Online registration is available at www.natgeorun.com until April 4, 2010. For walk-in registration, you may visit the Nike outlet in Bonifacio High Street and Times outlets in SM Mall of Asia and North EDSA until April 11, 2010.

Coach Rio De La Cruz will be in charge organizing this event.

RULES & REGULATIONS

1. Participants below 18 years old must have their entry form signed by parent or guardian.
2. Race BIB Numbers must be worn infront of technical shirt at all times.
3. All protests related to results must be made in writing and submitted to race organizer after the official announcement of winners.
4. The organizer’s decision is final.
5. Change of race category after registration is not allowed.

Race category          Assembly Time          Gun Start

3KM                             5:30am                          6:00am

5KM                             5:20am                          5:50am

10KM                          5:00am                          5:30am

“I don’t want to focus on the run; I want to focus on the cause. This is for future of survival and not just for run.”

“A little sacrifice will definitely inspire people to care about our planet. Show the world how much we care. Join the thousands who will wake up early to run, walk, and be counted,” Jude added.

Mr. Turcuatco explains that “funds we’ll generate out of the event will help build affordable, sustainable, eco-friendly and disaster-resistant model houses for a 3 hectares land in Taguig City that can withstand environmental calamities.”

Proceeds of this project will be donated to the Design Against the Elements (DAtE), a global architectural design competition meant to find a solution to the problems and threats presented by disasters caused by climate change.

Practitioners and students are invited to join this competition.

The competition has two categories: the Open Category (Category 1) which is open to registered and licensed architects; and the Student Category (Category 2) which is for senior students and graduates of an architecture course. Four winning entries in the Category 1 will take home a total of US$21,000 and $7,500 for winners of Category 2.

This is a local problem that needs a global solution.

- Illac Diaz.

For this matter, FOX International Channels Territory Director wants everyone to understand why we should go run and be present on April 18 (Sunday) for climate change sake.

“I want you to think that you are a part of something big and that will make a big difference,” Jude Turcuato ends.

So before I wrap this up, here’s a stanza from the song Stand Up, lyrics by Boogie Romero for the Earth Day Run 2010.

We gotta join hands with shield
We gotta do our part and start from within
We gotta stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Get ready!

For inquiries email @ secretarial@natgeorun.com

“Stand Up”

- Adapting to a Climate Challenged World (Design Against the Elements)

Sung by: Various Artist

Composed by: Boogie Romero (Kjwan)

Directed by: Henry Posadas

Seasons come, seasons go
Why won’t the rain stop falling?
Did you notice?

She’s suffering the world is weighing on earth
Bring their home, bring them home
Bring them, bring them home
Bring them home, oh..

We gotta join hands with shield
We gotta do our part and start from within
We gotta stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Get ready

One heart, one soul, one world
Stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Yeah, yeah
Get ready, get ready, yeah

[New climate situation we have to customary to be able to be more resilient to the world]

Bring hope amidst change
Bring home our brothers are need to be safe
They need to be safe, they need to be safe
Today, today they need to be safe

Bring love in one world
We must work together to persevere
One world, oh…

We gotta join hands with shield
We gotta do our part and start from within
We gotta stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Get ready

The time to moving up
Stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Get ready, get ready to face the storm
Get ready

There are no better people to do this
than you and I (you and I)
There’s no better time to do this
than now
Bring them home

[We need the one people and see all of ourselves as solutions rather than part of the problem]

Stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Get ready, get ready

[This is a local problem that needs a global solution - Illac Diaz]

Stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Get ready, get ready
Get ready for the storm
Stand up, rise up, stand up

Stand up the world is changing
Rise up get ready to face the storm
Get ready, get ready

Let’s bring them home
We gotta bring them home

[It could be a better world  for the next generation simply because we are learning from lessons to the past and we have great hope for the future.]

Do you think love can bring two different worlds as one?

Better not to fall back on seats as the aggressive mind director Mae Czarina Cruz will give us moviegoers the unusual way how to find love this summer break in Star Cinema & Viva Films newest charmed movie – Babe, I Love You!

According to a kapamilya source, this is the 3^rd film of the year from Star Cinema that will be shown as the lent season occurs on the 3^rd day of April this 2010 (Black Saturday).

Starring the hunk Sam Milby as Niccolo “Nico” Veneracion (History of Architecture professor) and the very hot babe Anne Curtis as Sandra “Sasa” Sanchez (promo-girl).

Babe, I Love You is the first movie of Anne and Sam in Star Cinema which electrifies the ex-couple after their previous team up in booming fantaserye Dyosa.

Sometimes…

Differences make love exciting…

But are those enough to keep the relationship going?

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We fall back to the saying that “All is fair is love” personally is there a possibility for you to fall in love with a girl to the opposite world?

“Yes, it’s very possible. It’s not like what she’s doing. It’s not about the differences. It’s about the connection. Sometimes for me I guess, very true to life yung movie. You know sometimes differences what makes love exciting. Sometimes yun mga kulang sa buhay ng isa, you get that exciting from the other person from a different world,” Sam replied.

“A different romance with a touch of light comedy and drama will surely get the movie-goers engrossed from start to end as Sam and Anne sets into the cinema’s foreground this summer. “Babe I Love You” is set to hit theaters nationwide on Saturday, April 3, 2010!”

Completing the cast of Babe, I Love You film are: Nikki Valdez, Guji Lorenzana, Tetchie Agbayani, AJ Perez, Megan Young, Thou Reyes, Kitkat, Nikki Bacolod, CJ Jaravata, Angel Sy, Cheska Ortega, Nina Dolino, Justin Gonzales, Joem Bascon, Nicole Uysieuseng, Leo Rialp, Roden Araneta and Laurice Guillen.

For more information, log on to www.starcinema.com.ph and www.staradprom.multiply.com

I know you guys are too excited for the upcoming Twilight Saga movie to hit the local big screen.

But before anything else, keep yourself up ‘cause after the fresh official trailer of the movie Twilight Saga: Eclipse is a two-minute spoiler from the lead characters and also from the director…

..all for the love of you!

Summer Time . . .

Summer Love . . .

So let’s all be in love this summer as Star Cinema offer’s a Summer Love film involving two super intriguing hot babes, Anne Curtis and Sam Milby in the movie – Babe, I Love You.

Babe, I Love You is the first movie of Anne and Sam in Star Cinema which electrifies the ex-couple after their previous team up in booming fantaserye Dyosa.

Catch the official trailer of Babe, I Love You tomorrow (I mean later) before ASAP XV (2pm-ish) and the Buzz . . .

For now here’s Babe, I Love You official music video.

This movie is directed by Mae Cruz.

Watch out for Babe, I Love You movie in cinemas this April!

For more check out Babe, I Love You official multiply account @ http://babeiloveyoumovie.multiply.com/