PH #SONA 2014 RED CARPET FASHION STATEMENT

MANILA, Philippines

Here are the photos of attendees during the Sona 2014 Red Carpet Fashion Statement at the Congress Plenary Hall.

Actress Heart Evangelista and Sen. Chiz Escudero, 

(Photo by Jonathan Cellona for ABS-CBNnews.com)

Sen. Pia Cayetano

Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez with husband Richard Gomez, 
(Photo by Fernando Sepe, Jr. for ABS-CBNnews.com)

Mommy D. Pacquiao  
(Photo by Fernando Sepe, Jr. for ABS-CBNnews.com)

Kris Aquino  (The Presidential sister) 

Sen. Chiz Escudero w/ Actress Heart Evangelista,

Photo courtesy of Xianne Arcangel @xianneangel  in Twitter.

Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez and her husband Richard Gomez,
Photo courtesy of  Richard Gomez IG.

Mommy D. Pacquiao, 
Photo courtesy of  Nimfa Ravelo @nimfaravelo on Twitter.

Assunta De Rossi photo courtesy of ABS CBN

Sheila Ysrael photo courtesy of ABS CBN.

Las Piñas Rep. Mark Villar (left) 
and Diwa Party-List Rep. Emmeline Aglipay (right) 

They are scheduled to wed soon..

Sol Aragones photo courtesy of ABS CBN

Former First Lady and now Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos

Photo courtesy of Xianne Arcangel @xianneangel  in Twitter.

Sen. Loren Legarda wears Mandaya Dress, 
handwoven by Mandaya in Davao.

Sen. Nancy Binay

Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, 

She's the daughter of House Speaker Sonny Belmonte

Cebu Rep. Gwen Garcia, 

Photo courtesy of  Nimfa Ravelo @nimfaravelo on Twitter.

Below photos is The Makabayan bloc,
wearing their peach-colored couture that symbolizes impeachment.

Party-List congressmen | Makabayan Bloc w/ aka Juana Change, 

Photo courtesy of  Nimfa Ravelo @nimfaravelo on Twitter.

Sen. Angara, Photo courtesy of Joesph Morong

Sec. Deles with Maguindanao Gov. Toto Mangundadatu.

Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez w/ her husband Richard Gomez.

Photos below are the Afternoon Formal Event at The Batasan Pambansa:

The Ladies of the Upper Chambers..

Sen. Grace Poe in a white Filipiniana gown by Paul Cabral, 

Photo courtesy of  Nimfa Ravelo @nimfaravelo on Twitter.

Sen. Loren Legarda

Sen. Pia Cayetano in Mia Urquico red-orange modern Filipiniana

Photo courtesy of  @MBHTorregoza | Hanna Torregoza 

Sen. Nancy Binay in Randy Ortiz gownPhoto courtesy of  Nimfa Ravelo @nimfaravelo on Twitter.

Sen. Bongbong Marcos and his family, 

Photo courtesy of  Nimfa Ravelo @nimfaravelo on Twitter.

Richard Gomez and Ormoc Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez with Mommy D. 

and the media people Marie Lozana (ABS-CBN, MJ Marfori (TV5),  Nelson Canlas (GMA Channel)

Related post:

PH #SONA 2013 Fashion Statement

PH #SONA 2015 Fashion Statement

75th Araw ng Dabaw Schedule: March 2012 Events

Schedule of Events: 75th Araw ng Dabaw
Theme: “Paghigugma sa Nasud, Pag-amuma sa Siyudad.” (Love for The Country, Care for The City)

March 1-31, 2012
Mall Hours
Araw ng Dabaw Competitions Roadshow
Abreeza, Gaisano Mall, NCCC, SM City Davao




March 1-31, 2012
9AM – 12NN / 1PM – 6PM
Davao: Then and Now in Museo Dabawenyo
Museo Dabawenyo




March 1-31, 2012
9AM – 5PM
Araw ng Dabaw Agri Trade Fair
SM Grounds, Ecoland




March 1-31, 2012
6PM – 2AM
Hudyakaan sa Araw ng Dabaw
Roxas Avenue




March 1-10, 2012
6PM
Band, Singing Competition (at Hudyakaan)
Roxas Avenue




March 9, 2012
6PM
1st Mayor Inday Sara Z. Duterte Athletes’ Recognition Night
The Ritz Hotel Garden Oases




March 10, 2012
2PM – 6PM
Folk Dance Competition
Rizal Park




March 12-18, 2012
Mall Hours
“Best of Davao” Showcase
Abreeza Mall




March 12, 2012
4PM
Thanksgiving Mass
San Pedro Cathedral




March 12, 2012
5PM
Opening Celebration: Davao’s 75th Anniversary!
Rizal Park




March 12, 2012
6PM
Mayor’s and Vice Mayor’s Leaders’ Recognition Night
Davao Convention and Trade Center




March 13, 2012
6PM
Mayor’s and Vice Mayor’s Leaders’ Appreciation Program
Davao City Recreation Center




March 13, 2012
6PM
Lankuban: Musiko Dabawenyo
People’s Park




March 14, 2012
6PM
Mutya ng Dabaw Coronation Night
Davao City Recreation Center




March 15, 2012
6PM
Datu Bago Awards
The Royal Mandaya Hotel




March 15, 2012
All day
Celebrity Adventure Race
Around Davao




March 15, 2012
2PM
Sayawan sa Da’n
Roxas, CM Recto, Bonifacio, Pelayo, San Pedro




March 16, 2012
7AM
Parada Dabawenyo (A Civic-Military Parade)
Roxas Ave. to Rizal Park (via CM Recto Ave., Bonifacio St., Pelayo St., San Pedro St.)




March 16-23, 2012
Mall Hours
Urban Sights and Sounds: The Stories of San Pedro Street Photo Exhibition
Abreeza Mall




March 16, 2012
6PM
Pahalipay Concert: AEGIS
Rizal Park




March 17, 2012
6PM
Pahalipay Concert
Rizal Park




March 18, 2012
5AM – 8AM
Araw ng Dabaw Fun Run
Assembly at Rizal Park. Around (San Pedro, Illustre, Camus St., Quirino Ave.,JP Laurel Ave.)




March 18, 2012
7AM
Bangkathon sa Davao Gulf 2012
Sta. Ana Wharf
Schedule of Araw ng Dabaw events as of February 14, 2012. Schedule may change without prior notice.






                                                                                  source: davaobase.com

Chinese New Year (January 23, 2012)

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!!
Happy Chinese New Year to all Chinoy (Chinese-Filipino) and Chinese in the Philippines and throughout the world.

Chinese New Year -  the most important traditional Chinese holidays. 
In China, it is known as "Spring Festival," .The festival begins on the first day of the first month in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. 

Red envelope / Red Packets 

 'Ang Pow' / Ang-pau

Chinese Food: Tikoy

Chinese New Year's Eve - a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Year." Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".

Chinese New Year begins according to the Chinese calendar which consists of both Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems. Because the track of the new moon changes from year to year, Chinese New Year can begin anytime between late January and mid-February. Below is a chart that shows the beginning day of Chinese New Year and the animal sign for that year.

Chinese New Year and Chinese Zodiac Years

You can check this chart,  below:

Chinese Zodiac Years 1936 to 2019 and its Elements Chart

Photos below were taken in Davao's Mall exhibit.

Traditional Chinese Dress

Software Freedom Day 2011

DAVAO CITY, Davao
 — Last Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 at around  1:30 pm, I was attending
the 2011 Software Freedom Day celebration at the Social Hall of University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) with The Davao Bloggers and the students coming from different Universities and Colleges in Davao City. The said event celebrated on September 17, 2011, but due to the hectic schedule of the Institute of Computing Department of USeP, the date was moved earlier than expected.


The Event was started with the National Anthem followed by the Opening Prayer. And next was the Overview of Software Freedom Day by Sir Val Quimno, Acting Dean, Institute of Computing, USeP.


Guest Speakers:

Iñaki Narciso, a 4th year BSCS student of USeP, he talked about his experience with Open Source Tools and likewise with the Ubuntu Linux  Operating System , It can be installed with  two web browser the Mozilla firefox and Google Chromium. For more help of this topic you can contact him at ionics@gmail.com

Kristine Mae Adlaon, IT Faculty of Mats College of Technology, and she graduated also in USeP. She talked about The Freelance Work in Open Source. She shared Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint and GCC as well as using the FOSS (open source) so that those people or establishments that are having difficulty in their budget for acquiring a license OS would not worry anymore.

Nathaniel Jayme, work in Tierracycle Cooperative, He talked about Firefox add-on, He was able to show his ideas on  how to make a Firefox Add-on.

SFD2011 Guest Speaker: Mr. Nathaniel Jayme

Charles Piño, connected in DabaweGNU, Inc., He talked about Mobile Application Development with Android. He was able to  share his knowledge in Developing Apps using Scripting SL4A.
Lang = ( Phyton, Perl, JRuby, Lua, Beanshell, Javascript, Tcl, shell)

Holden Hao, connected in AfterFive Technologies, Inc., talked about  Big Blue Button thru online conference using skype.

Atty. Mikhael Matunog, connected in Segworks Technologies Corporation, Talked about ICT4Health using LAMP, Mindanao Integrated Health Information System.

SFD2011 Guest Speaker :Atty. Mikhael Matunog

Lorencio Paolo Lagman, connected in Ultro Digital. He talked about Drupal CMS. He shared us that this is the best for  making a website, a free and open-source content etc. He was the most witty and energetic speaker on that event.

Engr. Marlouie Pidor, connected in Neural Tech, talked about Open street Map.

Lord Pableo, talked about Open Source Hardware.

The event lasted for four hours and It was ended with the awarding of certificates and prizes.The prime goal of the Software Freedom Day is to educate people on how free software can be used in education, government, businesses, personal computing devices, and everywhere else.

It was a very successful event, and 'twas organized by the Computer Science Society of the USeP.

The Davao Bloggers

Guests, IT students of USeP and the students from other schools.