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The country’s leading LPG provider has launched a campaign that advocates positive Filipino values   and emphasizes the importance of family As the country gears up for change,   ISLA LPG Corporation (ILC), the leading LPG solutions company and owner of the brand Solane, launches an advocacy campaign that aims to remind consumers of the importance of family and positive Filipino values. Drawing inspiration from the popular Filipino expression, which in English means, “That’s how it should be… Rightly so,” ISLA LPG launches the “ Dapat Lang ” campaign — a program that emphasizes the importance of doing the right thing, for the family, for others and society as a whole. The campaign also touches on the importance of bringing back traditional Filipino values which have somehow been misplaced in our high-technology, fast-paced, modern setting. These values include commitment to the family, honesty, hard work, respect for others, and integrity. “As we p...

September marks the month-long commemoration of Alopecia Areata awareness worldwide. Alopecia areata is a condition when hair loss occur due to faults in the immune system attacking the hair follicles which results in partial or total loss of hair on the head and other parts of the body. Leading this year’s celebration in the country is Alopecia Philippines, a group founded by singer and songwriter Abby Asistio in 2012. She has been championing the cause of empowering citizens with this condition. Abby is no stranger to alopecia, having been diagnosed with alopecia areata since she was four years old. Abby’s decision to come out in public with her condition was a major turning point in her life. On September 2012, Abby decided to start an online campaign in time with Alopecia Awareness Month by inviting family and friends to pose with the double “A” (inverted “V”) sign using their fingers on the photo sharing site, Instagram. It quickly caught on and Abby was over...

MANILA, Another milestone takes place today at the historic College of the Holy Spirit Manila (CHSM) as Dr. Jesusa M. Marco is sworn in as the school’s 9 th President. Dr. Marco’s presidency also marks the transition of CHSM, making her the 1 st Lay President under the school’s new management by the Holy Spirit Alumni Management Corporation (HSAMC). The rites will be held at the Paraclete Auditorium, College of the Holy Spirit Manila. In September 2015, the Congregational Leadership Team in Rome gave the approval for the collaboration of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (S.Sp.S) and the CHSM Alumnae through a Management Contract for the continuance of CHSM mission.   On January 21, 2016, the Management Agreement was finally approved and signed between the College of the Holy Spirit of Manila and the Holy Spirit Alumni Management Corporation (HSAMC). CHSM remains to be owned by S.Sp.S, however, it is now managed by the HSAMC effective May 1,...

BEST (Basketball Efficiency and Scientific Training) Center, the award-winning school for basketball and volleyball, will have another series of clinics for aspiring basketball and volleyball players at the Ateneo College Covered Courts and Starmall Alabang. The highly anticipated classes at the Ateneo College Covered Court will be held every Saturday on September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, November 5 and Sunday, November 6 from 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Students in Preparatory Level and Levels 1-5 will be joining the basketball clinic while volleyball will be for levels 1 and 2.   Meanwhile, clinics at Starmall Alabang are held every Sunday on September 18 and 25 and October 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Joining these classes are students belonging to the Preparatory Level and Levels 1-4. “Sports are vital in the children’s growth and development. Aside from honing their athletic skills and encouraging kids to lead a healthy, active lifestyle, it al...

MediCard, a leading health maintenance organization (HMO) provider, is extending its clinic hours at its Centris-EDSA branch to provide customers with longer service hours. MediCard Centris-EDSA will now be open from 7:00am – 10:00pm on weekdays and 7:00am – 5:00pm on Saturdays. MediCard Centris-EDSA offers consultations in cardiology, dental medicine, dermatology, ENT, family medicine, gastroenterology, general practice, general surgery, internal medicine, nephrology and more. For dental services, it offers oral prophylaxis, TMJ consultations, tooth extractions, restorative consultations, temporary filling, dental nutrition and dietary counseling and gum treatment & adjustment of dentures, among others. In addition to its wide range of services, MediCard Centris-EDSA also has ancillary services such as ECG, treadmill stress test, spirometry and nebulization; laboratory services including hematology, clinical microscopy, drug test and more. The clinic also offers patie...

Not even two trips to the emergency room can stop Marriott Hotel Manila from retaining its glory as the Over-all Champion in the Professional Division of the Philippine Culinary Cup (PCC). “We were worried for our team captain and former team captain. Our Executive Chef Meik Brammer insisted that health is important so we carried on after our top chefs gave their instructions,” reveals one of the hotel’s chefs.  It may seem like a movie scene or a cooking show preview, but imagine what it was like for a culinary team to be winning one medal after another then the next minute being told to hold the fort? At the culinary arena dubbed as “Where the best meet to compete” because it is the only World Association of Chefs Society (WACS) endorsed continental competition in the country, Marriott Hotel Manila still garnered the most points. It was a feat―but how their chefs overcame the challenge is a story that should not be left untold. Behind the back-to-...

It was 50 years ago that the Beatles performed in their last ever public concert and now, a new film looks back at the early touring years. By: David Robson/Express The Beatles final live concert at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, Aug, 29, 1966. They ripped through Little Richard’s Long Tall Sally, as they had a thousand times before, then they were off. For the last time. The Beatles, the first band to make sports stadiums their stage were turning their backs on stadiums, stages and live audiences---forever. The crowd wasn’t told, nobody knew, maybe they didn’t quite know themselves but one thing they did know: they’d had enough of it. Back then, ‘audience’ is not really the word to describe the spectators. They, mostly girls, didn’t go to Beatles concerts to listen, they went there to scream. Nobody took in the music and that included the Beatles. They couldn’t hear themselves play. It was, said Ringo, it was turning them into bad musicians. In 1963 a British journali...

It has been said that the second most important festival in China is the Mid-Autumn festival and one cannot celebrate without the traditional Chinese pastry called mooncakes. One with the festivity and in preserving traditions, Marriott Hotel Manila introduces their version of the moist Chinese delicacy. Meticulously handcrafted by brilliant chefs to spread love in every bite, the hotel’s mooncakes have tasteful patterns on the crust of the pastry skin, which envelops the dense and delish filling. The hotel, considering the discerning tastes of patrons, made three variants to choose from depending on their fancy; the Lotus paste made of Lotus seed are considered to be the most delicious and luxurious filling for mooncakes; the red bean paste is sweet and is the most commonly used filling for the traditional pastry; while the red date filling is made of ripe fruits of the jujube plant that makes a dark red paste with a fruity tang and a pinch of sourness. While the hotel’s ...