Google has officially launched “Google Music Search” in partnership with Lala.com, MySpace, and a couple other music-related companies and record labels. Try it out at www.google.com/music. Read the rest of the details in a post at Google’s official blog.
(Article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer)
TAIPEI – At the age of 62, film director Yonfan believes the time is finally right to tell childhood memories that are painful not just for himself, but for much of Taiwan.
The Hong Kong-based movie maker’s new release, “Prince of Tears”, deals with the period of Taiwan’s “White Terror”, when the Nationalists, recently arrived from China, ruled the island as a right-wing autocracy.
“It’s a real story that happened during the early 1950s. They were catching Communist spies, imprisoning them or shooting them,” Yonfan told Agence France-Presse in an interview in Taipei.
U2’s sold-out concert this Sunday, October 25 at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California, will be streamed “free, in full and live” on YouTube. It’s the first time a show of this size will be streamed live on the video sharing site. Click here for U2’s official YouTube Channel Read here U2’s statement
Angel Locsin listens to stories of militarized communities in an evacuation center in Munai, Lanao del Norte with Suara Bangsamoro's Amirah Lidasan (left). Photo from PinoyWeekly
Recently, Angel Locsin in partnership with other Filipino celebrities organized an online auction for the benefit of Typhoon Ondoy victims. But even before that, Angel has been active with her pro-people and women’s rights advocacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Angel Locsin and fellow celebrities launched Shop&Share – an online auction of items owned by celebrities, and with the proceeds to be used for the relief efforts for the victims of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng that ravaged the country recently. As of posting, the website is up but still a work in progress. In the about page you can read the following:
When typhoon “Ondoy” clobbered Metro Manila and its sorrounding areas, hundreds of lives were lost, almost half a million people were displaced and millions of pesos in properties were damaged. Five days later, typhoon “Pepeng” came and delivered what was like a knock out punch to Northern Luzon and to other already damaged areas. Leaving hundreds dead and billions of crops destroyed, once again the Philippines is faced with a crisis that would seemingly take forever to resolve. Help would come as early as the day “Ondoy” hit Manila and it came from different sectors of society and even from unexpected places. Assistance in any shape or form was welcomed. But no matter how much support was being taken in, the destruction of two typhoons was enormous. To rebuild people’s lives and livelihood is a long journey. We hope to join in this journey.
Shop and Share is here to assist in rebuilding the lives of those who were affected by typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng”. The items being auctioned were pledged by the celebrity supporters as their own committment to the rebuilding process.
Be a part of our way. Be a part of this auction.
Angel was one of the first celebrities to join and help in the relief efforts for the victims of typhoon Ondoy. She was with the Gabriela Women’s Partylist immediately after the onslaught of the floods and helped in distributing relief goods to the community of Brgy. Bagong Silangan. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
Dukot (Desaparecidos) is scheduled to have its premiere screening on November 19. Here’s another trailer of this timeless and fearless film about human rights violations in the Philippines written by Bonifacio Ilagan and directed by Joel Lamangan.
Dukot (Desaparecidos):
Fearless and Socially relevant film!FANTASTIC Sad Timely Gripping Great story-telling Tour de force performances from the lead actors (Iza Calzado and Allen Dizon)
This is the verdict passed on Dukot (Desaparecidos) by the foreigners as well as the Filipino immigrants who saw its world premiere at the recently-concluded Montreal World Film Festival. This is based on the true stories of desaparecidos those abducted political activists and later summarily liquidated. Read the rest of this entry »
Filipino-American Black Eyed Peas band member Allan Pineda Lindo, a.k.a. Apl.de.ap promotes the Philippines in a song and music video created jointly with the Department of Tourism. “Take U to the Philippines” started airing in MTV Asia last October 1, 2009. He was born to a Filipino mother and American father in the Angeles City, Pampanga.
In the aftermath of typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng, Rico Blanco writes a song to boost the moral of the Filipinos and raise additional funds for the relief efforts. Former Rivermaya band member posted the announcement a while ago in Facebook including a link to free downloads of the song.
Countless Filipinos have heroically gone out of their way to help our brothers and sisters in this time of need. This is just my humble contribution as a singer and musician. I hope, in my own little way, I can …help raise additional funds for our countrymen affected by the typhoons, and perhaps give a little boost to their morale to help them get back on their feet again. Read the rest of this entry »
(Reposting from Bloggers Kapihan)
On October 15, bloggers worldwide will speak as one on climate change. We, Filipino bloggers, have much to say and share in this global conversation.
We just survived and continue to grapple with supertyphoons Ondoy (Ketsana) and Pepeng (Parma) that snatched hundreds of lives, destroyed property and livelihood and took the issue of climate change to the very center of our conversations with family, friends, classmates, colleagues. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo from the Serve the People Brigade of the Cordillera People's Alliance
Barely two weeks after Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana), Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) ravages Northern Philippines leaving more than 200 deaths. People’s organizations in the Cordilleras are asking for help in providing immediate relief to the victims of mudslides and flood brought about by Pepeng.
Photo from the Serve the People Brigade of the Cordillera People's Alliance
URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON PEPENG IN THE CORDILLERA, PHILIPPINES
Oct. 9, 2009BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera Region in Northern Luzon, homeland of indigenous peoples collectively known as Igorots, is one of the areas hit most with Typhoon Pepeng, after the supertyphoon Ondoy. This mountainous region may not have been as victimized by the flood, but the very nature of the land and terrain has resulted in massive, disastrous landslides that claimed both properties and lives, especially in the mining-ravaged areas of Itogon and Mankayan in Benguet province. Read the rest of this entry »
