CHECK out this video taken by INQUIRER.net business editor Ma. Salve Duplito. Mayor Maria Lourdes Fernando talks about Marikina’s unique Angkan Angkanan Festival, which may include this year a new competition on which clan has traced the most number of ancestors.
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CHECK out this video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Veronica Uy. Captain Cedric D’Souza, training manager for the Manila office of the International Maritime Employers Committee (IMEC), details the benefits of the 50 scholarships the global shipowners’ group is offering graduating Filipino high school students next school year. David Dearsley, IMEC secretary general, adds that those who finish the course will have guaranteed work with any one of their member-companies.
And here’s an excerpt from the Cebu Daily News story.
CEBU CITY, Philippines–More than P60 million will be spent by a group of shipping companies for 50 marine transportation and engineering scholars next school year.
The 50 scholars, who will be enrolled at the University of Cebu (UC), are beneficiaries of the cadetship program of the International Maritime Employers Committee (IMEC), a group of 120 European ship owners and ship management companies that operates 6,500 ships.
Captain Cedric D’Souza, training consultant of IMEC, said the association trust fund will be used to finance the students’ scholarship, which include tuition, board and lodging, uniform and books that is equivalent to more than P130,000 per student in one school year.
KARE-KARE is one of my favorite dishes. Nope, I don’t know how to cook (OK, I can fry stuff but that’s it), but here’s a video from YouTube user randyg1977 that shows you how kare-kare is made.
How about you, what’s your favorite Filipino food?
By Ma. Lurenda Suplido-Westergaard, M.D., Contributor
INQUIRER.net
15. GROCERY bags — Since I have to pay for each one I take here in Denmark, I have established a collection of plastic bags from the major supermarkets, all (sort of) neatly stored under the sink. They get to be used many times, until they end up as trash bin liners. I used to have a more massive collection of plastic bags from mall supermarkets in Manila, and they hardly ever got re-used. I wonder what would happen if I brought those to SM and Robinson’s and then say to the bagger, please use these, they’re perfectly recyclable. There’s a fashionable (environmentally friendly) cheesecloth bag here that’s supposed to be used for shopping — to do away with plastic altogether. But if I send this home, it would pale in comparison to our bayong. On her birthday, I gave my mother-in-law a sturdy and finely woven bayong that I bought from Aldevinco in Davao City. It’s her favorite shopping bag.
14. GPS (global positioning system) — There is this amazing car gadget that shows you how to get from one place to another. It has a map that displays exactly where you are and a pleasant female voice that tells you when to turn. Of course this would have to be configured for Philippine traffic where the best option isn’t always the shortest route. There are other factors — peak hours for going in and out of offices, big churches, schools and universities; the scheduling of three-day sales in big malls; fiestas and processions; political rallies; barangay basketball tournaments; burol sa bahay (vigils held at the home of the deceased, with family gatherings spilling over to the street); funeral processions; busted traffic lights; traffic collisions where both parties make a big deal out of superficial scratches on their bumpers; and then there’s flooding…
13. Trains and buses with a fixed schedule — It’s strange to be able to say to someone: “I’ll take a bus at this station at 10:43, transfer to a train at 11:08 and meet you at your office after a six-minute walk.” Yes, in Pinas there’s always a jeep, FX, bus, taxi, tricycle, or pedicab waiting to take you door to door. The adventure lies in when you will actually arrive, and if you have to report your time of arrival, you have to say: “Ah, eh, not sure, siguro mga 20 minutes pa, more or less.”
