NEW WORLDS 4: A BROKEN TIME MACHINE
THE 4TH PHILIPPINE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY CONVENTION
16th July 2006, Rockwell Tent

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The Northrail Project – much criticized – has caused the displacement of thousands of families. This has an unfortunate effect that no one seems to have commented on just yet: these families will be moving into new territorial jurisdictions where they aren’t registered to vote.

Thanks to some alert COMELEC officers, this problem has been spotted …

CANVAS presents

REFLECTIONS ON RED
a one-man show by Michael Cacnio

with stories and poems by
Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING)
(Featuring the works of Becky Bravo, Godfrey T. Dancel, Raissa Rivera-Falgui, Zarah Gagatiga, Rhandee Garlitos, Agay Llanera, Carla M. Pacis, Augie Rivera, Lara Saguisag, Mae Astrid Tobias, Cynthia Villafranca, Germaine Yia) Works are edited by Heidi Emily Eusebio-Abad.

Opening cocktails: July 21, Friday, 6:00pm,
at the Ayala Museum, Makati City
Exhibit runs til August 3.

The Northrail Project – much criticized – has caused the displacement of thousands of families. This has an unfortunate effect that no one seems to have commented on just yet: these families will be moving into new territorial jurisdictions where they aren’t registered to vote.

Thanks to some alert COMELEC officers, this problem has been spotted and things are moving very quickly to address the situation. COMELEC field officials in Bulacan (Region III) are cooperating with the COMELEC Education and Information Department (EID) to conduct an intensive information drive to remind these displaced families that they have to file applications for the transfer of registration from their old to their new places of residence.

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Congratulations to eRadioportal blog for making it to the Top 20 (#17 worldwide) of Performancing.com. Performancing.com is a group weblog written by professional bloggers, for professional bloggers. The emphasis at Performancing is commercial blogging. Blackboard and Pangasinan Blog is also using the Performancing.com metrics in monitoring its visitors, marketing and other blog activities.

By the way, eRadioportal blog is also Top 3 in the PinoyTopBlogs.

We met with the family of Karen and Sher in a press conference today. A fellow youth leader remarked that talking with the family of the missing persons was really difficult. There is really no way you could take it lightly.
Read full story at the youngradicals blog

please sign the online unity statement demanding the immediate release of UP students Karen and Sherlyn

Highlights of the Calendar of Business of the City Council for July 4, 2006:

Invocation – Councilor Domingo G. L’Dalodo (3rd District);

First Reading – Items No. 2545 – 2576 (32 Items)

e.g. Item No. 2548 – Sanitary Inspection Report on the operation of Monte Maria Poultry and Piggery Farm located at Barangay Catalunan Grande;

Item No. 2549 – Proposed establishment of the Davao City Museum System;

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Do you have any consumer complaint? Send them to my office at Room 3, City Council Building. The Davao City Local Price Coordinating Council will meet on Wednesday, July 5, at the conference room of the City Agriculturist Office.

Among others, the DCLPCC will take up consumer welfare protection and enforcement of the price tag law as mandated by DILG Circular No. 2006-58 issued on June 7, 2006.

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Two students from the University of the Philippines (UP) – Diliman and a peasant organizer were abducted in Hagonoy, Bulacan last Monday.

Karen Empeño, a BA Sociology student of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy and a member of the League of Filipino Students-UP Diliman, Sherlyn Cadapan, an award-winning triathlete from the College of Human Kinetics (CHK) and a former representative to the University Student Council of UP Diliman, together with Manuel Merino, were abducted by suspected military men at around 2 a.m, July 26.

More on this at the youngradicals blog.

From Pangasinan Blog:

Kabaleyans and Kalugayans,

The provincial government of Pangasinan, through its Provincial Council for Culture and the Arts, is conducting a survey on Pangasinan Cultural Heritage as part of its agenda to promote, develop and sustain culture and arts in the province.

Relative to this, a survey form is available for download here.

You may also wish to reproduce the questionnaire for distribution to other cultural workers you know and who may help us in our data gathering.

Please send accomplished form at email address, tourismpangasinan@yahoo.com on or before June 30, 2006. For further assistance, contact Provincial Council for Culture and the Arts at (075) 542-8007/6853.

From Pangasinan Blog:

Pangasinan radio, news, music and more now online!

Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan 1161 kHz DWCM can now be heard online through webcast/ audio streaming. The audio streaming was provided by Bitstop through its eradioportal.com website. To listen to Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan 1161 kHz (DWCM), Click Here.

Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan re-opened last June 20, Agew na Dagupan (Dagupan Day). The Official Journal of Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan is http://off-the-air.prepys.com .

Farmout Central Intouch Inc is now accredited by TESDA to offer a Finishing Course for Call Center Agents

The modular courses offered are English Proficiency, North American, Australian, and British Culture, Telemarketing and Sales, and Achieving Customer Delight.

Farmout Central Intouch Inc has been granted the Certificate of TVET Program Registration WTR No. 0601042009. Pursuant to Republic Act No.7796 creating the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and in accordance with TESDA Board Resolution 98-03 dated January 23, 1998. The certificate of TVET Program registration was granted on the basis of the institution’s compliance with the prescribed minimum requirements for the conducting the course.

This means that greater employment opportunities are now within the grasp of many of our fellow Filipinos and Filipinas looking for a promising career in the call center industry. Jane Chua, President of Farmout, explains, “Aside from offering excellent courses to better equip future and existing call center representatives, we offer them hands on training giving them a real experience on how the industry really works. This is definitely a distinct advantage for those who really want to learn and make a great career in the call center industry.”

This also will benefit existing call centers by outsourcing their training of agents to Farmout. Wison Chua, MIS Head explains, “Contact centers invest heavily on training their agents with good results but with a hefty price tag. Why not significantly cut the cost of training by outsourcing their training to us yet maintain or even surpass the performance of their CSRs? I also figure, why not let the career agents enroll in our program then go back to their respective centers as superstar professional agents?”

This also gives opportunities for entrepreneurs by franchising the Farmout Call Center and Farmout Call Center Training business in their respective areas. By replicating the success of Farmout, the business model may also work in their respective areas.

For enrollment and franchising inquiries please email: jobi.millar[at]farmout.ph

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Woohaa! Many thanks to Kuya Abe! & Cathcath for this. Sila ang mga “salarin” sa pagpasok ko sa mundo ng blog.

Red et her…

Another con pimping…

The New Worlds Alliance and Fully Booked present:
The First Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards
July 15, 2006 * Rockwell Tent, Power Plant Mall

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The New Worlds Alliance, Fully Booked, PLDT MyDSL and Level Up! present:
New Worlds 4: A Broken Time Machine
The Fourth Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
July 16, 2006 * Rockwell Tent, Power Plant Mall

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