Thank you for the prayers! What a roller-coaster ride it has been these past five years — with many lessons learned and true friendships cherished… Greg B. Macabenta, veteran journalist and publisher/editor-in-chief of Ang Panahon and Filipinas Magazine, who witnessed Ben Menor’s September 18 sentencing, wrote this special news article. To contact Greg, email him […]
Filed under: Communications, Non-Profit Connections on September 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
The One World Institute has been generating ripples of positive, healing energy across the Pacific Ocean. Nowadays, if you know where to look, you can experience the magic and joy wheelchairs are bringing to those who cannot afford it, “wheelchairs of mercy” that can handle the urban and rural terrains of the Philippines, rain or […]
Filed under: Communications, Non-Profit Connections on April 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’re in Greater Manila (or if you’re visiting the Philippines at that time), mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 1, 2008 for a Book Launching event at Fully Booked, Serendra-Fort Bonifacio. A friend of mine, Raju Mandhyan — motivational speaker extraordinaire, a mind-mapping coach (Tony Buzan method), and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) advocate (yes, […]
Filed under: Communications, Marketing & Public Relations on March 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Eve Ensler, the author of “The Vagina Monologues,” is encouraging everyone worldwide to celebrate V to the 10th in the most profound ways possible.
Click here to go directly to YouTube.com.
For the fifth year since these US-based Filipina women started this social justice project, Filipina Women’s Network continues to honor the Vagina and Puki in […]
Filed under: Communications, Marketing & Public Relations, Non-Profit Connections on March 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a revised version of the press release for media outlets outside the Philippines that I had sent out on February 29, 2008.
Calling all Filipina bloggers worldwide! Join FilipinaImages.com’s collaborative project with wikiPilipinas.org, the “Filipina Stories” Writing Contest, to celebrate Women’s History Month.
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MY OPINION
I thought about this quote when I first heard the news about Larry Formalejo. “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” (by Aldous Huxley, English Novelist and Critic, 1894-1963)
Larry Formalejo may have resigned as Mayor of the Town of Colma — and life […]
Filed under: Communications on February 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
“More time to buy stuff yet less time for things that make us happy.”
These were the words that resonated with me as Annie Leonard guided us in her 20-minute online presentation, “The Story of Stuff.” Part 1 of this amazing video is found here, courtesy of FreeRange Studios.
Annie Leonard speaks clearly about the hazards of […]
Filed under: Communications, Non-Profit Connections on February 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
Vintage photos of OLD CEBU can be found at BisayaBulletin.com.
Trainers at their post during the Inaugural Celebration of the Cebu Capitol Building, Cebu City. June 4, 1938. Photos taken by Dr. Mamerto Escano (provided by Fred Umabong), as seen in BisayaBulletin.com.
I was resting in my Chicagoland home in early […]
Filed under: Communications, Marketing & Public Relations on February 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is every event organizer and public relations practitioner’s issue: When you’ve invited many speakers to talk before an audience and you want to adhere to tight time management guidelines for this particular function. I am not a protocol or etiquette expert. However, I write “sequence sheets” or “time schedule slash scripts” for some tightly-produced […]
Filed under: Communications, Marketing & Public Relations, Talk Story (a.k.a. "blog") on August 7th, 2007 | No Comments »
If you were a public relations practitioner who is interested in bringing attention to your community cause, what would you do in this scenario?
Check out the events that happened within a few days’ span.
I found out, from my experiences, that political friends oftentimes become advocates of issues wherein they see each other “on opposite sides […]
Filed under: Communications, Marketing & Public Relations on April 6th, 2007 | No Comments »
