Japanese and Filipino authorities are calling on all
Filipino high school students in grade 10-12, except those who have already
been to Japan as part of previous Asian International Children’s Film
Festivals, to join the Asian International Children’s Film Festival 2019.
The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) of the
Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, in cooperation with the National Youth
Commission (NYC), is now accepting entries for the Asian International
Children’s Film Festival 2019.
Interested students may submit a three-minute videos tackling
the theme: “How do you think about causing others trouble? Is it okay if only
you are good? Can you think about other people?”
Deadline for submission of entries is on Aug.16, 2019.
The Asian International Children’s Film Festival was
launched as a platform for creative interaction and cultural exchange among
young filmmakers from Japan, East Asia, and Southeast Asia by allowing them to
share their thoughts on certain universal topics through short films.
The Philippines took home the Grand Prize for last year’s
film festival with the entry “I Did It.”
For this year’s top three Filipino finalists, they will
go to Japan on Dec. 2, 2019 to participate in activities related to the
international leg of the competition.
All expenses for the trip will be shouldered by the
Government of Japan through the Jenesys 2019 Program. The Jenesys Program aims
to strengthen international relations among the youths of Japan, East Asia, and
Southeast Asia by facilitating various cultural and academic exchanges.
For other inquiries, please call the Japan Information
and Culture Center at 551-5710 local 2318 or send an e-mail at
kouhou@ma.mofa.go.jp. You may also direct your questions to the office of the
National Youth Commission at internationalprograms@nyc.gov.ph or call the
number 426-8733.
Japan
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A play paying
homage to Filipino to farm workers, another giving life to an Ilocano epic
hero, a production fleshing out Muslim-Christian interactions, and the
restaging of a musical about Apolinario Mabini have been lined up for the
2019-2020 season of Tanghalang Pilipino.
Prof. Nicanor
Tiongson’s Mabining Mandirigma runs from Aug. 16 to Sept. 1, 2019, featuring
Monique Wilson, Arman Ferrer, David Ezra, and Jamie Wilson. Monique and Jamie
are children of actor Johnny Wilson.
Mabining Mandirigma is a steam-punk musical theater
production on the heroism and love of country by Apolinario Mabini, considered
at the “brains of the Philippine Revolution.”
Directed by Chris Millado,
the musical also has tapped Joed Balsamo
for music and Toym Imao for production design. Book and lyrics by Tiongson.
The husband-and-wife team of
Bibeth Orteza and Carlos Siguion Reyna shares the limelight with actors Jonathan
Tad Tadioan, Marco Viana, and the Tanghalang Pilipino’s Actors Company in
Katsuri.
From Oct. 4 to 28, Katsuri,
an Orteza adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men set in a feudal sugar
cane farm, is staged as “a tribute to Filipino farm workers.” Direction is by Siguion
Reyna.
The play Lam-ang, a Jen
Darlene Torres and Eljay Deldoc version of Pedro Bucaneg’s accounts of the
Ilocano epic hero, goes on stage from Nov. 29 to Dec. 15.
Direction by Fitz Bitana and
Marco Viana. Cast members are to be announced yet.
The season
closer is Malou Jacob’s Batang Mujahideen, a play advocating peace and
understanding between Muslims and Christians. It runs from Feb. 21 to March 8,
2020. Guelan Luarca directs.
For more information, please
call 8321125 local 1620 or 1621.
On June 20 and 21, Instituto Cervantes and the Embassy of Spain present “Contemporáneos”, a film cycle featuring four contemporary Spanish films at the UP Film Institute in Diliman, Quezon City.
The film series opens on June 20 at 5 pm with Julia Ist (2017) by Elena Martín. The future had been very clear for Julia, until she joined the Erasmus program in Berlin where she was completely alone. She realized that she did not know herself that well nor what she wanted to do with her life.
At 7 pm, No sé decir adiós (2017), by Lino Escalera is screened. Clara receives a call from her father, with whom she has not spoken for a long time. He is suffering from a terminal illness, which Clara refuses to accept. Against everyone’s advice, she takes her father to be treated, both of them escaping the reality which neither can accept.
The drama María y los demás (2016) is shown on June 21, at 5 pm. Ever since her mother died, María has been taking care of her family. She is responsible yet controlling, and when her father falls in love with his nurse and announces his engagement to her, María feels as though her life is falling apart.
On June 21, 7 pm, the film Saura(s) (2017) by Félix Viscarret closes the cycle. A documentary featuring film maker and writer Carlos Saura though his conversations with his seven children.
FREE ADMISSION on a first-come, first-served basis. For further information please visit Instituto Cervantes’ website (http://manila.cervantes.es) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila).
“The City Who Had Two Navels,” the Philippine Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018, returns to Manila, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila said on June 11, 2019.
Inspired by the novel “The Woman Who Had Two Navels” (1961) by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, the exhibition highlights two “navels” that are in constant dialogue: the forces of colonialism and neoliberalism as shapers of the Philippine built environment, it said in an announcement.
The exhibit opens on July 2, 2019 at 6 pm at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex, along Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Manila.
Residents of disaster-hit areas and those living in communities
affected by armed conflicts now have faster and easier access to financial
services to help them rebuild their lives.
A joint project by the global development organization
Oxfam International and the licensed financial institution and software company
LenddoEFL is to give financial inclusion support to people with no bank
accounts living in far-flung communities and disaster-ravaged places.
The innovation also aims to support communities
frequented by typhoons in Eastern Samar, and those displaced by the armed
conflict in Maguindanao, where Oxfam and its local partners currently implement
humanitarian responses.
The joint project also targets “the poor, underserved,
and unbanked” in line with the initiatives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP).
Maria Rosario Felizco, Oxfam in the Philippines country director,
said the partnership would not only provide more efficient registration of
people affected by disasters and ensure financial inclusion, but also help
boost local economies by increasing access to financial services such as
micro-credit and weather-based insurance.
“We have seen how the innovative use of digital cash
technologies has transformed the lives of Filipinos, particularly women from
marginalized communities,” Felizco said.
“In contributing to their economic empowerment, we also
amplify efforts in fighting poverty and increasing resilience in the face of
disasters and conflicts,” Felizco said.
At least 1,000 farmers from Cagayan province who were
affected by Typhoon Ompong in 2018 have benefited from the electronic “Know
Your Customer” (eKYC) product, which is an alternative digital verification
process to register unbanked and unserved people.
This means the registered farmers may now be able to
access a wide-range of financial services, including savings accounts and loans
from Philippine financial institutions, in line with BSP regulations.
The Know Your Customer regulations in the Philippine have
always required face-to face or real-time online interviews to register
new-to-card or new-to bank current account/savings account customers.
With this innovation, background of farmers will be
verified faster and more conveniently using their mobile phone.
“With our end-to-end fully digital verification solution,
we are able to prevent fraud, ensure Oxfam aligns with Bangko Sentral
requirements and quickly and efficiently onboard beneficiaries at scale” Paolo
Montessori, chief executive officer of LenddoEFL, said.
“We are proud to partner with Oxfam and help Filipino
communities that need urgent financial support. Providing a solution to help
disaster-stricken Filipino communities get access to financial services at a
lower cost, faster, and more conveniently is a step further to LenddoEFL’s
mission of financial inclusion.” Montessori said.
Data from the BSP’s latest Financial Inclusion Survey
show that 52.8 million, or 77.4 percent of adult Filipinos, remain “unbanked”
or have not bank accounts. Of these, 60 percent cited not having enough money
as a reason, while 18-percent of the respondents said they do not have the
documents required to open an account.
The initiative builds on the lessons learned from
previous humanitarian cash transfer programs during Super Typhoon Yolanda and
the Marawi crisis, which pioneered affordable digital financial services for
poor communities in the Philippines.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES: LenddoEFL CEO Paolo Montessori (left) and Oxfam in the Philippines Country Director Maria Rosario Felizco (right) during a meeting with BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi Fonacier (center) on June 6, 2019. (Photo: April Abello-Bulanadi/Oxfam)
To mark the 95th birthday of National Artist
for Literature F. Sionil Jose, the Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) will stage “Balete”
starring award-winning film actor Christian Bables as guest actor and TP
Artistic Director Fernando C. Josef.
Josef, in a Facebook post on June 1, 2019, said Balete is
a “special project sponsored by the Jose family and Cultural Center of the Philippines”
and is to be mounted in November 2019.
Balete is a Rody Vera’s stage adaptation of Jose’s novel
“Tree”. Tree is one of Jose’s five novels in the internationally acclaimed
Rosales saga, which traces the five generations of two families, namely the
Samsons (poor farmers) and the Asperri (wealthy mestizos) spanning the Spanish
and American periods until post-Philippine independence era.
Balete was first staged by PETA under the direction of Chris
B. Millado, now CCP artistic director and vice president.
Bables shot to prominence for his roles in the films ‘Die
Beautiful’ (2016), ‘Signal Rock’ (2018), and ‘Recipe for Love’ (2018).
He won the Best Leading Actor award at the 5th Hanoi
International Film Festival for his portrayal of “Intoy” in the movie Signal
Rock, directed by directed by Chito S. Roño.
In March 2005, TP staged “Mass”, the last of the five
novels by Jose in his Rosales saga series, as its season closer.
Director Millado tapped the relatively newcomer movie
actor Yul Servo in the lead role of Pepe Samson for Mass. It was Servo’s first
stage appearance.
An earlier piece about Servo’s portrayal of Pepe Samson
said: “The sheer searing rawness of Yul Servo’s performance and his genuine
emotions immediately connected him to his audience, young and old alike. Those
were no mean feat for a maiden lead role in a production by, arguably, the
country’s best theater company at the moment.”
After his final bow, the National Artist Jose approached
Servo and told him that his performance was “exemplary” and that he appreciated
Servo’s “take on the Pepe Samson character.”
For Vera’s stage adaptation of Mass, Millado assembled Madeleine
Nicolas, the versatile Lou Veloso, Bodjie Pascua, Ronnie Lazaro, Roeder
Camañag, Kokoy Palma, Tess Jamias, Diana Malahay, Johann de Guzman, Marjorie
Ann Lorico, Cris Pasturan, and Edralin Cabrera.
For his Mass set design, multimedia artist Norberto
Roldan’s was “unobtrusive yet artistically captured the sacred and the profane
by using images of the Sto. Niño, Guy and Pip, and a host of other religious
and non-religious icons.”
As if Roldan was “influenced by the traditional Japanese
architecture, he creatively designed sliding panels to match swift changes in
scenes.”
Tanghalang
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BALETE PRODUCTION: To mark the 95th birthday of National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose (left), the Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) will stage “Balete” starring award-winning film actor Christian Bables (center) as guest actor and TP Artistic Director Fernando C. Josef (right).
The
sudden telephone call sent key persons in the Philippine culture and the arts
sector scrambling.
However
unexpected, the telephone call wiped out the widespread dismay shrouding the
local culture and arts community for months. From a mood of resignation, there
was instant rejoicing. SMS and messengers messages were furiously exchanged, lifting
the spirit of thousands of Filipinos, initially, and then of the entire
country.
They
had been waiting for the presidential announcement since June 11, 2018. The
award is traditionally given on the eve of the Philippine Independence Day,
June 12.
When
the Malacañang Presidential Palace released to reporters on October 23, 2018
the official list of the 2018 Order of the National Artist, many were sincerely
thankful for the belated announcement.
The
2018 National Artists were: Larry Alcala (visual arts), Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio
(theater), Ryan Cayabyab (music), Francisco Mañosa (architecture), Resil
Mojares (literature), Ramon Muzones (literature), and Kidlat Tahimik (film).
The
surprised telephone call relayed the urgent message that President Rodrigo
Duterte was ready to confer the Order of National Artist, the first batch under
his administration, on October 24, 2018 at the Malacañang Presidential Palace.
The
Philippine president confers the Order of National Artist after a three-year
deliberation process and recommendation by a joint panel of the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP).
Order of National Artists
‘The
Order of National Artists (Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest
national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant
contributions to the development of Philippine arts, namely: music, dance,
theater, visual arts, literature, film, broadcast arts, and architecture and
allied arts,” according to a description of the order.
The
NCCA and the CCP jointly administer the order, and the president can only
confer the award upon the unanimous recommendation by the two cultural
institutions.
Among
others, a national artist is given a grand collar symbolizing their membership
to the order.
The University
of the Philippines said the order is similar “to the US National Medal for the
Arts and the Order of Culture of Japan” and “the recipients embody the highest
ideals of humanities and aesthetics and ideal expression of Filipinos as
exemplified by their outstanding works and contributions.”
If the
prescribed set of protocols were followed, the president confers the award at
the Malacañang Presidential Palace in the morning. A tribute to the new
national artists follows in the evening of the same date of the presidential
conferment and is held at the CCP.
Although
almost seven months delayed, the tribute called “Parangal para sa Mga Bagong Alagad
Ng Sining” was performed at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo on May 16,
2019.
CCP
Chair Margie Moran-Floirendo and NCCA Chair and National Artist Virgilio
Almario led the tribute.
‘Thank you’
“Tonight,
we are honoring seven distinct individuals whose artistic accomplishments have
promoted creative expression and helped develop a national cultural identity,”
Moran-Floirendo said in her speech.
“Through
their distinguished body of works that consistently displayed artistic
excellence, they have forged new paths and directions for the future
generations of artists while, at the same time, preserve, and enhance our rich
heritage,” she said.
“On
behalf of the Filipino people, I would like to say thank you,” Moran-Floirendo
said. “Thank you for sharing your wonderful works not just to the Filipino
people, but also to the world. You created something with a piece of your
artistic soul and share it unselfishly.”
Following
is the homage that the CCP chair paid to each new national artist.
“With National Artist Kidlat Tahimik, the films and the
filmmaker are one. He has epitomized the possibilities of alternative modes of
filmmaking and the artisanal form of production.
“In his
films, he has exhibited intense independence as an artist. He has continually
invented himself through his cinema. His inimitable singularity has become the
model of independent art practice for Filipino and foreign filmmakers.
“Thank
you for showing us that the Philippine arts can go global, exploring the
opportunities for urbanized Filipino.
“National Artist Ryan Cayabyab has produced
world-class music productions that are genuinely Filipino, albeit within the
context of the transnational. He is open to foreign influences but transforms
these into expressions that capture the very essence of the Filipino soul.
“The
mainstream OPM songs he had composed never sound foreign. His compositions
reflect a perspective of music that extols the exuberance of life and human
happiness.
“The
CCP resident dance company Ballet Company has enjoyed working with Maestro Ryan
in La Revolucion Filipina, which was originally staged in the 90s for the
Philippine Revolution celebration and re-staged for the fourth time as part of
BP’s 45th ballet season.
”Maestro
Ryan has also shared his genius to one of BP’s most memorable productions –
Rama Hari. The poetic libretto by National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera came alive
with Maestro’s music.
”Thank
you for reminding everyone that there are endless possibilities and
opportunities in the field of arts, for telling the people that there is more
to arts than meets the eye, that art is more than just a hobby. It is a
passion. It is a way of life.
“National Artist Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio has drawn upon the
untapped wealth of Philippine and Asian folklore, experimenting with various
forms and techniques of Asian theater arts and puppetry. She enriched our own cultural
heritage in drama, creating an indigenous fusion of puppetry, children’s
literature, folklore and theater.
“Her
achievements ushered in a renaissance of writing for children and young adults,
and reanimated the world of theater and literature for children. The title
“Grand Dame of Children’s Theater in Southeast Asia” is truly befitting her.
“Thank
you for creating dialogues through your art forms, opening up discourses and
conversations on issues that matter to the community. We see the world from a
different point of view through your works. They make us think. They provoke
us. They make us feel. They push us to grow.
“National Artist Larry Alcala’s comic strips
spiced up the slices of Filipino lives with witty illustrations executed
throughout his 56 years of cartooning. He believed that “cartoon is meant
to entertain, record events and capture local color. It can humorously expose
society’s ills and serve as a mirror in which people can see themselves. It can
also project the best in a people and a country.”
“He
helped “keep alive the Filipino’s ability to laugh at himself, through the
lively marriage of art and humour and through the commentaries that are at once
critical and compassionate, evoking laughter and reflection.”
“Thank
you for developing a legacy which is essential to our Filipino national
identity, as exemplified by National
Artist Francisco Mañosa who championed that Philippine architecture must be
true to itself, its land and its people with so much conviction.
“Through
his efforts, he created original Filipino forms, spaces with intricate and
refined details, and developed the use of indigenous materials applied on
architectural finishes, furniture and furnishings; like how he used bamboo and
experimented on laminated crushed bamboo for the walls of Pearl Farm Beach
Resort which he designed to resemble the salakot.
“The
Coconut Palace, one of his iconic designs that highlights the numerous uses of
the coconut, has been one of the main attractions at the CCP Complex.
“Thank
you for championing the regional arts, as what National Artist Resil B. Mojares
and Ramon Muzones have been advocating.
“National Artist Resil Mojares has been
acknowledged as a leading figure in the promotion of regional literature and
history, developing Cebuano studies as “an integral fiber in the national
discourse.”
“In the
process, he has produced works distinguished for the quality of its writing,
range and versatility, depth of research, theoretical sophistication, and
groundbreaking approach to varied, often neglected aspects of Philippine
studies.
“With a
literary career that spanned over 50 years, National Artist Ramon Muzones was a testament to the whole history
of the Hiligaynon novel, from its rise in the 1940s to its decline in the 1970s.
“As he
extended the remarkable versatility and inventiveness the scope and style of
the Hiligaynon novel, he enriched Hiligaynon literature through his strong
heroines and flawed heroes, anticipated trends like feminism while chronicling
important socioeconomic and political changes in Iloilo City and allegorically
of the emerging national condition.
“To all
the National Artists, thank you for being pillars of Philippine arts and
culture.
“Tonight’s
Parangal to the newly conferred National Artists is most appropriate at this
time, as the CCP celebrates 50 years of promoting and preserving the Filipino
arts and culture this year.
“We, at
the CCP, do our best to ensure that the gifts of arts bestowed by the National
Artists do not go to waste. We endeavor to recognize the continuing relevance
of their works. We hope to showcase their legacy and bring the fruits of their
rich imagination and artistry to the Filipino people, and to the world.
“Tonight,
let us celebrate the best of the Philippine arts and culture.
Every day, there are more than 1 million new cases of
curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among people aged 15-49 years, according
to data released on June 6, 2019 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
This amounts to more than 376 million new cases annually of
four infections – chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and syphilis.
“We’re seeing a concerning lack of progress in stopping
the spread of sexually transmitted infections worldwide,” said Dr. Peter
Salama, executive director for Universal Health Coverage and the Life-Course at
the WHO. “This is a wake-up call for a concerted effort to ensure everyone,
everywhere can access the services they need to prevent and treat these
debilitating diseases.”
Published online by the Bulletin of the World Health
Organization, the research shows that among men and women aged 15–49 years,
there were 127 million new cases of chlamydia in 2016, 87 million of
gonorrhoea, 6.3 million of syphilis and 156 million of trichomoniasis.
These STIs have a profound impact on the health of adults
and children worldwide. If untreated, they can lead to serious and chronic
health effects that include neurological and cardiovascular disease,
infertility, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirths, and increased risk of HIV. They
are also associated with significant levels of stigma and domestic violence.
Syphilis alone caused an estimated 200 000 stillbirths
and newborn deaths in 2016, making it one of the leading causes of baby loss
globally, the WHO report said.
STIs
remain a persistent and endemic health threat worldwide
Since the last published data for 2012, there has been no
substantive decline in either the rates of new or existing infections. On
average, approximately 1 in 25 people globally have at least one of these STIs,
according to the latest figures, with some experiencing multiple infections at
the same time, the WHO said.
STIs spread predominantly through unprotected sexual
contact, including vaginal, anal and oral sex. Some — including chlamydia,
gonorrhoea, and syphilis — can also be transmitted during pregnancy and childbirth,
or, in the case of syphilis, through contact with infected blood or blood
products, and injecting drug use.
STIs are preventable through safe sexual practices,
including correct and consistent condom use and sexual health education.
Timely and affordable testing and treatment are crucial
for reducing the burden of STIs globally, alongside efforts to encourage people
who are sexually active to get screened for STIs. The WHO further recommends
that pregnant women should be systematically screened for syphilis as well as
HIV.
All bacterial STIs can be treated and cured with widely
available medications. However, recent shortages in the global supply of
benzathine penicillin has made it more difficult to treat syphilis. Rapidly
increasing antimicrobial resistance to gonorrhoea treatments is also a growing
health threat, and may lead eventually to the disease being impossible to
treat.
The European Union Delegation to the Philippines’ first
stargazing and public telescope viewing event will be held on June 10, 2019 at
SM Aura from 6 pm.
The stargazing and moon-gazing event will be held in cooperation
with SM, the Philippine Astronomical Society, and the Manila Street
Astronomers. This is part of the Viva Europa 2019 cultural showcase to
celebrate the friendship of the EU and the Philippines.
• Have
you ever wondered how big the Universe is? How many stars are out there?
• Is
there life on other planets?
• Did
the Universe have a beginning or has it always existed?
• If
the Universe is infinitely big and the Earth infinitely small, are mankind and
life on Earth significant?
These fascinating topics will be discussed in the
stargazing and public telescope viewing event organized by the EU Delegation to
the Philippines on June 10, from 6 pm at Sky Park, SM Aura, BGC, Taguig City.
Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration starts at 5:30 pm.
Telescopes and other astronomy gadgets will be assembled
and illustrated by the presenters and will be used to identify the most
prominent constellations, to observe the Moon and the brightest celestial
objects that the heavily light-polluted evening sky of Manila will allow to
view.
Astronomers including Program Manager Giovanni Seritella
of the EU Delegation to the Philippines will lead the discussion about the
wonders of the universe together with Prof. Jun Cajigal of the Philippine
Astronomical Society, Christopher Lu and Ralph Tiburdo of the Manila Street
Astronomers Society. First Secretary Jerome Riviere of the EU Delegation to the
Philippines and a representative from SM Aura will be the guest speakers.
Giovanni’s interest in astronomy began when he was 9 year,
at the time his parents bought him a simple book on astronomy.
A toy telescope that he received for his10th birthday and
growing up in a country house under beautiful dark night skies were among the
factors which further stimulated his interest in astronomy. He pursued astronomy
as a hobby and as a passion.
While at a nautical college, Giovanni excelled in the
subject of astronomical navigation. He studied astronomy at the University of
Bologna for two years but pursued a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Earth
Sciences in the UK which eventually led him to begin working in the European
Union Delegation to Indonesia in 2001.
Giovanni is
currently program manager for the environment and is responsible for
climate change, plastic waste, and the Copernicus programs. Giovanni actively
pursues his passion for astronomy both in the Philippines and in Italy where he
has his own personal astronomical observatory.
The study of astronomy has been an important development
in the history of civilization and mathematics has been integral to the
advancement of astronomical studies.
The most famous invention that has contributed to the
advancement of astronomy is a telescope that could magnify what can be seen by
the naked eye in the night sky.
With the use of mathematics and telescopes, many
discoveries have been made. Relatively recently, an integral organ was added to
the body of amateur astronomy: the computer that allows vast amounts of
information to be processed, allowing more advanced explorations and enabling
astronomy to be grasped by even the
unexperienced users.
Without computers, exoplanets (planets beyond our solar
system) could not have been discovered. The origins of the universe could not
be adequately studied and asteroids and comets that are dangerous to us could
not be monitored.
Today, astronomy and space science are closely associated
under government agencies. Programs such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the
European Union’s Copernicus Earth’s observation program are particularly
important. The Hubble Space Telescope has allowed to view and to study the universe
to a level of detail unimaginable before. The Copernicus program is part of the
EU’s efforts to monitor the earth from space to ensure that citizens from
Europe and other regions are prepared and protected in the face of crises and
natural or man-made disasters and to better understand our living environment
and the many challenges it faces.
To mark the 22nd year of her
musical career, Anton Diva stages on June 15, 2019 a one-night-only concert at
the Cuneta Astrodome, from 8 pm.
Called Shine XXII AD, Diva’s special guests
include, Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Vice Ganda, Michael
Pangilinan, Miss Q&A 2019 Mitch Montecarlo Suansane, Jewel Jhonson, and the
Raging Divas.
Pepper Divas and the Rapture Girls will be
the front acts.
Let us get to know more about Anton Diva through this QNA:
1. If you
were to host a dinner, name at least five “dream” guests. What will you serve
them?
Invite ko si Mariah, si Celine si Barbara
tsaka si… of course si Regine, plus si Steph Curry. Mag di-dinner kami tapos
ang ise-serve ko sakanila Ilocano food. Bagnet, Kare-Kareng Bagnet, Poke-Poke,
Pakbet.. yun mga ganon kasi Ilocano kami tsaka ang sarap ng Ilocano food
magugustuhan nila yun. Si Steph Curry nga pala kasama nasabi ko ba? kasi super
crush ko si Steph Curry, at tsaka baka gusto rin nya ng Ilocano food.
2. Who
are your heroes/heroines?
Of course my parents, hero ko ang mommy at
daddy ko, lalo na ang mommy ko, kasi naalala ko nun talagang napaka sipag ng
nanay ko. Araw-araw nag titinda sa baklaran sinasamahan sya ng daddy ko
Hinahatid tapos nag tututro daddy ko that time sa public school so sususnduin
nya si mommy pagkatapos ng klase nya tapos iginapang nila yung pag aaral ko sa
La Salle. Kaya sobrang laki ng hirap nila sakin talaga kaya nung ako na yung
kumikita sabi ko sa kanila lalo na sa mommy ko “Ma, pahinga ka na sa pag
titignda, ako naman, ako nang bahala sa inyo.”
And next of course sa aking listahan ng hero,
walang iba kung di si Ms. Regine Velasquez. Kasi yung influence nya sakin yun
talaga nag dala sakin kung nasaan man ako naroon ngayon. Kung hindi ko sya
nakilala, kung hindi ko sya narinig, hindi ko marerealize na, I have a gift,
this is a gift, my singing voice is a gift and she was an instrument kaya ko na
realize yun. Hindi ko siguro mabibigay yung ginhawa na nabibigay ko sa pamilya
ko ngayon kung ano mang meron kami kahit kakaunti kung hindi dahil kay Ms
Regine Velasques kasi saan ako nag ta-trabaho ngayon kung hindi ako kumakanta,
kung hindi ako nagtatrabaho sa comedy car. Salamat Ms Regine Velasquez.
3. What
are your indulgences and passions?
Mahilig ako sa ano eh, I love movies,
watching movies. So I love collecting bluray discs dati kasi dvds eh pero
syempre sa panahon ngayon gusto ko yung mga favorite movies ko meron akong
copya in blue-ray or kung dvd or kung ano man kasi gusto kong ulitin ulitin
panoorin ulit. And of course compact disc, audio cds of my favorite artist ang
dami –dami kong cds sa bahay,dvds, hanggang ngayon pinupunasan ko sila. Yung
mga CDs medyo syempre wala na masyado ngayon eh kaya naiinis ako kasi mahilig
ako makinig, lialagay ko yung CD sa player gusto ko yung ganun eh. Hay sayang,
wala na yung ganun compact disc nowadays.
4. If
you were a luxury car, what brand will it be and why?
Luxury car? Either Mercedes Benz or BMW. Kasi
noon maliit pa ako meron nang Merecedes Benz na tsaka BMW tapos hanggang
ngayong matanda nako meron parin so feeling ko ang gaganda ng sasakyan na yun
hindi na wawala kya gusto ko ganun ang kotse ko.
5. What
music do you listen to?
Syempre Ballads. Mga songs na yun ang gustong
gusto kong pakinggang. Im more of a ballad person. May mga RNB din pero hindi
masyado POP gayan, POP songs, Love song and pwede rin RNB.
6. What
makes you laugh and cry?
My friends na kasama ko sa trabaho sa comedy
bar they make me laugh. What make me cry? ang dali ko lang mapaiyak eh syempre
yung mga pelikulang dramatic movies ang dali kong mapaiyak ano paba, simple
things mga anything about pagmamahal sa nanay. Sobrang ano ako, makananay ako
eh kaya madali akong mapaiyak pag tungkol sa mga nanay na.
7.
Would you secretly want to become famous?
Kahit hindi naman sobrang famous okay lang.
Yung sakto lang kasi for the longest time never ko naman naisip na sikat ako
kaya okay lang ako na nandito, yung steady lang
8. Are
you competitive?
I can say na I’m very competitive pag
sumasali kasi ako sa tv game shows laban talaga ako tsaka natatakot silang
kalabanin yung mga taga comedy bar kasi sabi nila magagaling, matatalino, mabilis
mag isip kaya tama naman sila, hindi nila kami pwede bastang basta matatalo.
Laban kami, laban ako.
9. What
is your favorite fashion era? Or do you dislike certain things about fashion?
Yung fashion era? ano ba? kasi hindi ako
masyadong fashionable kaya walang akong idea pero yun basta yung fashion sense
ni ms regine gusto ko yung ganun eh gustong gusto ko kasi lahat nang nakikita
ko sakanya bagay din sakin yung mga sinusuot nya yung ganon tapos yung ayoko
talaga yung mga oversized, parang hindi ko keri yung mga over size shirts,
oversized pant yung mga ganon hndi ko keri.
10.
What is your dream role?
Dream Role? syempre Darna. Pinaguusapan
nalang rin naman gusto ko maging darna. Pwede?
11. Who
is your dream ‘ leading man’?
Leading man? gusto ko sana, Gerald Anderson.
Sobrang crush ko sir Gerald Anderson. Sobrang crush ko siya.
12.
What is the ‘coolest’ destination that you had visited?
Japan! gustong gusto ko sa Japan. Ang sarap
ng weather, sarap ng pagkain, Japan ang coolest country for me.
13. Who
are your most treasured friends?
Para sakin yung mga high school friends ko
sila ang talagang masasabi ko na kaibigan ko noon hanggan ngayon mag kakaibigan
parin. Kasi hindi pa naman ako Anton Diva andyan sila, ngayon Anton Diva ako
andyan padin sila, and the usual dinners get together hindi ko nakakalimutan
yung company nila yung kwentuhan naming nung high school that keeps me grounded
yung mga kwentuhang ganun.
14. How
far will you go to get what you want?
Mapursigi ako pag may gusto ako talaga
tatra-bahuhin ko basta sa tama ha, I mean sa tamang paraan.
15. Where
is ‘comfort zone’?
Sa sinehan, sobrang love ko yung nanonood ng
movie talaga sobra. Kaya pa nalulungkot ako manonood ako ng sine, kung gusto
kong umiyak manonood ako ng sine, kung gusto kong tumawa manonoood ako ng sine,
kung gusto ko magpasaya ng tao ipapanood ko sila ng sine ganun ako.
The artistic team of Shine XXII AD is
composed of:
Teri Onor, producer/creatives head; Peter
Serrano, director; Mark Lopez, musical director; Roni Abario, Peter Aremm
Castrillo, and Aya Asuncion, writers; Mitoy Sta. Ana, production designer; Shakira
Villa Symes – lighting director; and Lou Oca,
choreographer.
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