Culture and Causes

Let us support the advocacy of the Swak Comedy Group and Jourdan Sebastian as they bring to light the most pressing issues of our time. More plzzz.

I'm in love right now. I'm in love with helping local talents and Filipino entrepreneurs. Any person who comes to me to ask for help in promoting an advocacy that helps local talents, businesses, etc., I will support. I might even give my insights and help you with your strategy on how to market them. Therefore, when I got this email regarding the Brown Bag Vintage and Crafts Market, I was glad to help promote it.

Have you ever reached that you want to do more for the community and help build lives and communities? VSO Bahaginan is a development organization that encourages every one to volunteer. VSO Bahaginan is a Filipino NGO that is committed to fight poverty and disadvantage through a wide range of volunteering development programs. They have been in existence for 10 years in the Philippines and they have a global network already, but they have been relatively quiet compared to other organizations. They are hoping to make a shift and acknowledging the opportunity of generating more awareness about the organization, what they do and how people can take part in their noble cause of fighting poverty.

Mang Demi Solar is an ingenious inventor who repurposes used soda bottles to light up homes in Metro Manila. The bottles are filled with just filtered water and bleach. The result is a light bulb that is...

For the second time, SOLO is brings out its 2nd installment of the well-loved Pinoy Cartoonist Memorabilia series. This time it features the greatest work of the Father of Philippine Cartoons, Tony Velasquez’s KENKOY.

Yabang Pinoy, the organization that promotes celebrating Filipino love and pride, is holding its 6th Global Pinoy Bazaar. The bazaar has been known in the industry to be THE bazaar to go to to look for interesting, new and unique products that are 100% Filipino. The Global Pinoy Bazaar will be at the Rockwell Tent and will be on November 5-6, 2011

A big shout out to the aspiring fashion designers in Manila! Get the chance to start your own fashion collections and win Php 100,000 worth of prizes. Join the Hot Young Designers Fashion Face Off 2011.

Have you journeyed with me for these past two days in Bohol? Here is day three of my 3D/2N stay in Bohol, Philippines. Check out my escapades in Panglao and Bohol Beach Club! Amazing!

From dolphin watching, to lounging around, to understanding how to culture bees and cultivate soil for planting organic vegetables. day two was unbelievable!

Planning a weekend getaway in Bohol? I'm sharing this great Bohol adventure. My adventure starts at the Tagbilaran Airport. We then made our way to Bohol Bee Farm. The rest of my day involves going through a Bohol man-made rainforest, visiting a Butterfly Garden, checking out the famous Tarsiers, cruising the Loboc River and visiting one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. Read all about it!

This weekend, the Philippines will be celebrating its Independence Day. This will be on Sunday, June 12. I received this email from my father-in-law. I really don't know the original source, but this is a list of trivia of the Philippines that we might want to know.

We are all excited to view the exhibits in the museum being built at the Bonifacio Global City grounds. Too bad, the museum is set to open on December 2011. We still have have to wait a little bit longer... 7 months to be exact. But great news has been released recently! Do you want to be among the first to witness and experience exhibits from this museum? The Mind Museum will have its first testing event: Minds at Work. Only a limited number of people will be allowed to join this event.