Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mega Manila TV Ratings for July 25 to 28

Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the recent survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households from July 25 to 28.

July 25 (Friday)
Daytime:
1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) / Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 19.8%
2. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 18.3%
3. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17.7%
4. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 17.3%
5. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 15.8%
6. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.8%
7. Marimar (GMA-7) - 14.6%
8. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 13.4%
9. Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) - 13.3%
10. SiS (GMA-7) - 11%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 39.1%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 35.1%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 31.6%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 26.4%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 22.9%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 22.5%
7. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 22%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 21.9%
9. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 20.2%
10. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19%

July 26 (Saturday)
Daytime

1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 21.6%
2. Pinoy Records (GMA-7) - 19.7%
3. Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) - 17.6%
4. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 16.6%
5. Cinema FPJ: Da King on ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) - 14.9%
6. That’s My Doc (ABS-CBN) - 14.3%
7. Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) - 12.6%
8. Entertainment Live (ABS-CBN) - 11.2%
9. StarTalk (GMA-7) - 11.1%
10. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 9.1%

Primetime:
1. Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (GMA-7) - 26.1%
2. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) - 25.5%
3. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 23.9%
4. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 23.4%
5. Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN) - 21.4%
6. Imbestigador (GMA-7) - 19.4%
7. Kapitan Boom (ABS-CBN) - 18.7%
8. XXX (ABS-CBN) - 15.9%
9. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 10.1%
10. Songbird (GMA-7) - 8.1%

July 27 (Sunday)
Daytime

1. SOP (GMA-7) - 16.2%
2. ASAP ‘08 (ABS-CBN) / Showbiz Central (GMA-7) - 14.1%
3. Your Song (ABS-CBN) - 14%
4. Dear Friend (GMA-7) - 13.9%
5. Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) - 12.6%
6. Pinoy Idol Extra (GMA-7) 12.4%
7. The Buzz (ABS-CBN) - 12.1%

Primetime:
1. Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) - 24.5%
2. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 24.1%
3. Mel & Joey (GMA-7) - 23.9%
4. Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) - 23.8%
5. Pinoy Dream Academy: Little Dreamers (ABS-CBN) - 22.1%
6. All Star K (GMA-7) - 21.7%7. Rated K (ABS-CBN) - 19%
8. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 17.7%
9. Sharon (ABS-CBN) - 16.4%
10. Ful Haus (GMA-7) - 12.9%

July 28 (Monday)
Daytime:

1. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 21.7%
2. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 19.9%
3. Breaking News: SONA (GMA-7) - 18.3%
4. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.9%
5. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 17.8%
6. Marimar (GMA-7) - 14.7%
7. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.6%
8. News Patrol: SONA (ABS-CBN) - 13.9%
9. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 13.7%
10. Pinoy Dream Academy Uber (ABS-CBN) - 11.2%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 42.5%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 37.3%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 31.9%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 30.1%
5. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 25.1%
6. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 24.7%
7. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 23.5%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 21.4%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 21%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 19.6%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s SONA 2008

State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the 2nd Regular Session of the 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines28 July 2008


Thank you, Speaker Nograles. Senate President Villar. Senators and Representatives. Vice President de Castro, President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen:

I address you today at a crucial moment in world history.

Just a few months ago, we ended 2007 with the strongest economic growth in a generation. Inflation was low, the peso strong and a million new jobs were created. We were all looking to a better, brighter future.

Because tough choices were made, kumikilos na ang bayan sa wakas. Malapit na sana tayo sa pagbalanse ng budget. We were retiring debts in great amounts, reducing the drag on our country’s development, habang namumuhunan sa taong bayan.

Biglang-bigla, nabaligtad ang ekonomiya ng mundo. Ang pagtalon ng presyo ng langis at pagkain ay nagbunsod ng pandaigdigan krisis, the worst since the Great Depression and the end of World War II. Some blame speculators moving billions of dollars from subprime mortgages to commodities like fuel and food. Others point of the very real surge in demand as millions of Chinese and Indians move up to the middle class.

Whatever the reasons, we are on a roller coaster ride of oil price hikes, high food prices and looming economic recession in the US and other markets. Uncertainty has moved like a terrible tsunami around the globe, wiping away gains, erasing progress.

This is a complex time that defies simple and easy solutions. For starters, it is hard to identify villains, unlike in the 1997 financial crisis. Everyone seems to be a victim, rich countries and poor, though certainly some can take more punishment than others.

To address these global challenges, we must go on building and buttressing bridges to allies around the world: to bring in the rice to feed our people, investments to create jobs; and to keep the peace and maintain stability in our country and the rest of the world. Yet even as we reach out to those who need, and who may need us, we strive for greater self-reliance.

Because tough choices were made, the global crisis did not catch us helpless and unprepared. Through foresight, grit and political will, we built a shield around our country that has slowed down and somewhat softened the worst effects of the global crisis. We have the money to care for our people and pay for food when there are shortages; for fuel despite price spikes.

Neither we nor anyone else in the world expected this day to come so soon but we prepared for it. For the guts not to flinch in the face of tough choices, I thank God. For the wisdom to recognize how needed you are, I thank, you Congress. For footing the bill, I thank the taxpayers.

The result has been, on the one hand, ito ang nakasalba sa bayan; and, on the other, more unpopularity for myself in the opinion polls. Yet, even unfriendly polls show self-rated poverty down to its 20-year low in 2007.

My responsibility as President is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future.

Many in this great hall live privileged lives and exert great influence in public affairs. I am accessible to you, but I spend time every day with the underprivileged and under represented who cannot get a grip on their lives in the daily, all-consuming struggle to make ends meet.

Nag-aalala ako para sa naka-aawang maybahay na pasan ang pananagutan para sa buong pamilya. Nag-aalala ako para sa magsasakang nasa unang hanay ng pambansang produksyon ng pagkain ngunit nagsisikap pakanin ang pamilya. I care for hardworking students soon to graduate and wanting to see hope of good job and a career prospect here at home.

Nag-aalala ako para sa 41-year old na padre de pamilya na di araw-araw ang trabaho, at nag-aabala sa asawa at tatlong anak, at dapat bigyan ng higit pang pagkakakitaan at dangal. I care for our teachers who gave the greatest gift we ever received – a good education – still trying to pass on the same gift to succeeding generations. I care for our OFWs, famed for their skill, integrity and untiring labor, who send home their pay as the only way to touch loved ones so far away. Nagpupugay ako ngayon sa kanilang mga karaniwang Pilipino.

My critics say this is fiction, along with other facts and figures I cite today. I call it heroism though they don’t need our praise. Each is already a hero to those who matter most, their families.

I said this is a global crisis where everyone is a victim. But only few can afford to avoid, or pay to delay, the worst effects.

Many more have nothing to protect them from the immediate blunt force trauma of the global crisis. Tulad ninyo, nag-aalala ako para sa kanila. Ito ang mga taong bayan na dapat samahan natin. Not only because of their sacrifices for our country but because they are our countrymen.
How do we solve these many complex challenges?

Sa kanilang kalagayan, the answer must be special care and attention in this great hour of need.
First, we must have a targeted strategy with set of precise prescriptions to ease the price challenges we are facing.

Second, food self-sufficiency; less energy dependence; greater self-reliance in our attitude as a people and in our posture as a nation.

Third, short-term relief cannot be at the expense of long term reforms. These reforms will benefit not just the next generation of Filipinos, but the next President as well.

Napakahalaga ang Value Added Tax sa pagharap sa mga hamong ito.

Itong programa ang sagot sa mga problemang namana natin.

Una, mabawasan ang ating mga utang and shore up our fiscal independence.

Pangalawa, higit na pamumuhunan para mamamayan at imprastraktura.

Pangatlo, sapat na pondo para sa mga programang pangmasa.

Thus, the infrastructure links programmed for the our poorest provinces like Northern Samar: Lao-ang-Lapinig-Arteche, right now ay maputik, San Isidro-Lope de Vega; the rehabilitation of Maharlika in Samar .

Take VAT away and you and I abdicate our responsibility as leaders and pull the rug from under our present and future progress, which may be compromised by the global crisis.

Lalong lumakas ang tiwala ng mga investor dahil sa VAT. Mula P56.50 kada dolyar, lumakas ang piso hanggang P40.20 bago bumalik sa P44 dahil sa mga pabigat ng pangdaigdigang ekonomiya. Kung alisin ang VAT, hihina ang kumpiyansa ng negosyo, lalong tataas ang interes, lalong bababa ang piso, lalong mamahal ang bilihin.

Kapag ibinasura ang VAT sa langis at kuryente, ang mas makikinabang ay ang mga may kaya na kumukonsumo ng 84% ng langis at 90% ng kuryente habang mas masasaktan ang mahihirap na mawawalan ng P80 billion para sa mga programang pinopondohan ngayon ng VAT. Take away VAT and we strip our people of the means to ride out the world food and energy crisis.

We have come too far and made too many sacrifices to turn back now on fiscal reforms. Leadership is not about doing the first easy thing that comes to mind; it is about doing what is necessary, however hard.

The government has persevered, without flip-flops, in its much-criticized but irreplaceable policies, including oil and power VAT and oil deregulation.

Patuloy na gagamitin ng pamahalaan ang lumalago nating yaman upang tulungan ang mga pamilyang naghihirap sa taas ng bilihin at hampas ng bagyo, habang nagpupundar upang sanggahan ang bayan sa mga krisis sa hinaharap.

Para sa mga namamasada at namamasahe sa dyip, sinusugpo natin ang kotong at colorum upang mapataas ang kita ng mga tsuper. Si Federico Alvarez kumikita ng P200 a day sa kaniyang rutang Cubao-Rosario. Tinaas ito ng anti-kotong, anti-colorum ngayon P500 na ang kita niya. Iyan ang paraan kung paano napananatili ang dagdag-pasahe sa piso lamang. Halaga lang ng isang text.

Texting is a way of life. I asked the telecoms to cut the cost of messages between networks. They responded. It is now down to 50 centavos.

Noong Hunyo, nagpalabas tayo ng apat na bilyong piso mula sa VAT sa langis—dalawang bilyong pambayad ng koryente ng apat na milyong mahihirap, isang bilyon para college scholarship o pautang sa 70,000 na estudyanteng maralita; kalahating bilyong pautang upang palitan ng mas matipid na LPG, CNG o biofuel ang motor ng libu-libong jeepney; at kalahating bilyong pampalit sa fluorescent sa mga pampublikong lugar.

Kung mapapalitan ng fluorescent ang lahat ng bumbilya, makatitipid tayo ng lampas P2 billion.

Sa sunod na katas ng VAT, may P1 billion na pambayad ng kuryente ng mahihirap; kalahating bilyon para sa matatandang di sakop ng SSS o GSIS; kalahating bilyong kapital para sa pamilya ng mga namamasada; kalahating bilyon upang mapataas ang kakayahan at equipment ng mga munting ospital sa mga lalawigan. At para sa mga kalamidad, angkop na halaga.

We released P1 billion for the victims of typhoon Frank. We support a supplemental Western Visayas calamity budget from VAT proceeds, as a tribute to the likes of Rodney Berdin, age 13, of Barangay Rombang, Belison, Antique, who saved his mother, brother and sister from the raging waters of Sibalom River .

Mula sa buwang ito, wala nang income tax ang sumusweldo ng P200,000 o mas mababa sa isang taon – P12 billion na bawas-buwis para sa maralita at middle class. Maraming salamat, Congress.
Ngayong may P32 na commercial rice, natugunan na natin ang problema sa pagkain sa kasalukuyan. Nagtagumpay tayo dahil sa pagtutulungan ng buong bayan sa pagsasaka, bantay-presyo at paghihigpit sa price manipulation, sa masipag na pamumuno ni Artie Yap.

Sa mga LGU at religious groups na tumutulong dalhin ang NFA rice sa mahihirap, maraming salamat sa inyo.

Dahil sa subsidy, NFA rice is among the region’s cheapest. While we can take some comfort that our situation is better than many other nations, there is no substitute for solving the problem of rice and fuel here at home. In doing so, let us be honest and clear eyed – there has been a fundamental shift in global economics. The price of food and fuel will likely remain high. Nothing will be easy; the government cannot solve these problems over night. But, we can work to ease the near-term pain while investing in long-term solutions.

Since 2001, new irrigation systems for 146,000 hectares, including Malmar in Maguindanao and North Cotabato, Lower Agusan, Casecnan and Aulo in Nueva Ecija, Abulog-Apayao in Cagayan and Apayao, Addalam in Quirino and Isabela, among others, and the restoration of old systems on another 980,000 hectares have increased our nation’s irrigated land to a historic 1.5 million hectares.

Edwin Bandila, 48 years old, of Ugalingan, Carmen, North Cotabato , cultivated one hectare and harvested 35 cavans. Thirteen years na ginawa iyong Malmar. In my first State of the Nation Address, sabi ko kung hindi matapos iyon sa Setyembre ay kakanselahin ko ang kontrata, papapasukin ko ang engineering brigade, natapos nila. With Malamar, now he cultivates five hectares and produces 97 cavans per hectare. Mabuhay, Edwin! VAT will complete the San Roque-Agno River project.

The Land Bank has quadrupled loans for farmers and fisherfolk. That is fact not fiction. Check it.
For more effective credit utilization, I instructed DA to revitalize farmers cooperatives.
We are providing seeds at subsidized prices to help our farmers.

Incremental Malampaya national revenues of P4 billion will go to our rice self-sufficiency program.

Rice production since 2000 increased an average of 4.07% a year, twice the population growth rate. By promoting natural planning and female education, we have curbed population growth to 2.04% during our administration, down from the 2.36 in the 1990’s, when artificial birth control was pushed. Our campaign spreads awareness of responsible parenthood regarding birth spacing. Long years of pushing contraceptives made it synonymous to family planning. Therefore informed choice should mean letting more couples, who are mostly Catholics, know about natural family planning.

From 1978 to 1981, nag-export tayo ng bigas. Hindi tumagal. But let’s not be too hard on ourselves. Panahon pa ng Kastila bumibili na tayo ng bigas sa labas. While we may know how to grow rice well, topography doesn’t always cooperate.

Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam , with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific. So, we import 10% of the rice we consume.

To meet the challenge of today, we will feed our people now, not later, and help them get through these hard times. To meet the challenges of tomorrow, we must become more self-reliant, self-sufficient and independent, relying on ourselves more than on the world.
Now we come to the future of agrarian reform.

There are those who say it is a failure, that our rice importations prove it. There are those who say it is a success—if only because anything is better than nothing. Indeed, people are happier owning the land they work, no matter what the difficulties.

Sa SONA noong 2001, sinabi ko, bawat taon, mamamahagi tayo ng dalawang daang libong ektarya sa reporma sa lupa: 100,000 hectares of private farmland and 100,000 of public farmland, including ancestral domains. Di hamak mahigit sa target ang naipamahagi natin sa nakaraang pitong taon: 854,000 hectares of private farmland, 797,000 of public farmland, and Certificates of Ancestral Domain for 525,000 hectares. Including, over a 100,000 hectares for Bugkalots in Quirino, Aurora, and Nueva Vizcaya. After the release of their CADT, Rosario Camma, Bugkalot chieftain, and now mayor of Nagtipunan, helped his 15,000-member tribe develop irrigation, plant vegetables and corn and achieve food sufficiency. Mabuhay, Chief!

Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his but productivity will keep him on his feet.

Sinimula ng aking ama ang land reform noong 1963. Upang mabuo ito, the extension of CARP with reforms is top priority. I will continue to do all I can for the rural as well as urban poor. Ayaw natin na paglaya ng tenant sa landlord, mapapasa-ilalim naman sa usurero. Former tenants must be empowered to become agribusinessmen by allowing their land to be used as collateral.

Dapat mapalaya ng reporma sa lupa ang magsasaka sa pagiging alipin sa iba. Dapat bigyan ang magsasaka ng dangal bilang taong malaya at di hawak ninuman. We must curb the recklessness that gives land without the means to make it productive and bites off more than beneficiaries can chew.

At the same time, I want the rackets out of agrarian reform: the threats to take and therefore undervalue land, the conspiracies to overvalue it.

Be with me on this. There must be a path where justice and progress converge. Let us find it before Christmas. Dapat nating linisin ang landas para sa mga ibig magpursige sa pagsasaka, taglay ang pananalig na ang lupa ay sasagip sa atin sa huli kung gamitin natin ito nang maayos.
Along with massive rice production, we are cutting costs through more efficient transport. For our farm-to-market roads, we released P6 billion in 2007.

On our nautical highways. RORO boats carried 33 million metric tons of cargo and 31 million passengers in 2007. We have built 39 RORO ports during our administration, 12 more are slated to start within the next two years. In 2003, we inaugurated the Western Nautical Highway from Batangas through Mindoro, Panay and Negros to Mindanao . This year we launched the Central Nautical Highway from Bicol mainland, through Masbate, Cebu, Bohol and Camiguin to Mindanao mainland. These developments strengthen our competitiveness.

Leading multinational company Nestle cut transport costs and offset higher milk prices abroad. Salamat, RORO. Transport costs have become so reasonable for bakeries like Gardenia, a loaf of its bread in Iloilo is priced the same as in Laguna and Manila . Salamat muli sa RORO.

To the many LGUs who have stopped collecting fees from cargo vehicles, maraming, maraming salamat.

We are repaving airports that are useful for agriculture, like Zamboanga City Airport .

Producing rice and moving it cheaper addresses the supply side of our rice needs. On the demand side, we are boosting the people’s buying power.

Ginagawa nating labor-intensive ang paggawa at pag-ayos ng kalsada at patubig. Noong SONA ng 2001, naglunsad tayo sa NCR ng patrabaho para sa 20,000 na out of school youth, na tinawag OYSTER. Ngayon, mahigit 20,000 ang ineempleyo ng OYSTER sa buong bansa. In disaster-stricken areas, we have a cash-for-work program.

In training, 7.74 million took technical and vocational courses over the last seven years, double the number in the previous 14 years. In 2007 alone, 1.7 million graduated. Among them are Jessica Barlomento now in Hanjin as supply officer, Shenve Catana, Marie Grace Comendador, and Marlyn Tusi, lady welders, congratulations.

In microfinance, loans have reached P102 billion or 30 times more than the P3 billion we started with in 2001, with a 98% repayment record, congratulations! Major lenders include the Land Bank with P69 billion, the Peoples’ Credit and Finance Corporation P8 billion, the National Livelihood Support Fund P3 billion, DBP P1 billion and the DSWD’s SEA-K P800 million. For partnering with us to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit, thank you, Go Negosyo and Joey Concepcion.

Upland development benefits farmers through agro-forestry initiatives. Rubber is especially strong in Zamboanga Sibugay and North Cotabato . Victoria Mindoro, 56 years old, used to earn P5,000 a month as farmer and factory worker. Now she owns 10 hectares in the Goodyear Agrarian Reform Community in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, she earns P10,000 a week. With one hectare, Pedro and Concordia Faviolas of Makilala, North Cotabato , they sent their six children to college, bought two more hectares, and earn P15,000 a month. Congratulations!

Jatropha estates are starting in 900 hectares in and around Tamlang Valley in Negros Oriental; 200 in CamSur; 300 in GenSan, 500 in Fort Magsaysay near the Cordero Dam and 700 in Samar , among others.

In our 2006 SONA, our food baskets were identified as North Luzon and Mindanao .

The sad irony of Mindanao as food basket is that it has some of the highest hunger in our nation. It has large fields of high productivity, yet also six of our ten poorest provinces.

The prime reason is the endless Mindanao conflict. A comprehensive peace has eluded us for half a century. But last night, differences on the tough issue of ancestral domain were resolved. Yes, there are political dynamics among the people of Mindanao . Let us sort them out with the utmost sobriety, patience and restraint. I ask Congress to act on the legislative and political reforms that will lead to a just and lasting peace during our term of office.

The demands of decency and compassion urge dialogue. Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. This was the message of the recent World Conference in Madrid organized by the King of Saudi Arabia, and the universal message of the Pope in Sydney .

Pope Benedict’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est reminds us: “There will always be situations of material need where help in the form of concrete love for neighbour is indispensable.”

Pinagsasama-sama natin ang mga programa ng DSWD, DOH, GSIS, SSS at iba pang lumalaban sa kahirapan sa isang National Social Welfare Program para proteksyonan ang pinaka-mahihirap mula sa pandaigdigang krisis, and to help those whose earnings are limited by illness, disability, loss of job, age and so on—through livelihood projects, microfinance, skills and technology transfer, emergency and temporary employment, pension funds, food aid and cash subsidies, child nutrition and adult health care, medical missions, salary loans, insurance, housing programs, educational and other savings schemes, and now cheaper medicine—Thanks to Congress.

The World Bank says that in Brazil , the income of the poorest 10% has grown 9% per year versus the 3% for the higher income levels due in large part to their family stipend program linking welfare checks to school attendance. We have introduced a similar program, Pantawid Pamilya.

Employers have funded the two increases in SSS benefits since 2005. Thank you, employers for paying the premiums.

GSIS pensions have been indexed to inflation and have increased every year since 2001. Its salary loan availments have increased from two months equivalent to 10 months, the highest of any system public or private—while repayments have been stretched out.

Pag-Ibig housing loans increased from P3.82 billion in 2001 to P22.6 billion in 2007. This year it experienced an 84% increase in the first four months alone. Super heating na. Dapat dagdagan ng GSIS at buksan muli ng SSS ang pautang sa pabahay. I ask Congress to pass a bill allowing SSS to do housing loans beyond the present 10% limitation.

Bago ako naging Pangulo, isa’t kalahating milyong maralita lamang ang may health insurance. Noong 2001, sabi natin, dadagdagan pa ng kalahating milyon. Sa taong iyon, mahigit isang milyon ang nabigyan natin. Ngayon, 65 milyong Pilipino na ang may health insurance, mahigit doble ng 2000, kasama ang labinlimang milyong maralita. Philhealth has paid P100 billion for hospitalization. The indigent beneficiaries largely come from West and Central Visayas, Central Luzon , and Ilocos. Patuloy nating palalawakin itong napaka-importanted programa, lalo na sa Tawi-Tawi, Zambo Norte, Maguindanao, Apayao, Dinagat, Lanao Sur, Northern Samar, Masbate , Abra and Misamis Occidental. Lalo na sa kanilang mga magsasaka at mangingisda.

In these provinces and in Agusan Sur, Kalinga, Surigao Sur and calamity-stricken areas, we will launch a massive school feeding program at P10 per child every school day.

Bukod sa libreng edukasyon sa elementarya at high school, nadoble ang pondo para sa mga college scholarships, while private high school scholarship funds from the government have quadrupled.

I have started reforming and clustering the programs of the DepEd, CHED and TESDA.

As with fiscal and food challenges, the global energy crunch demands better and more focused resource mobilization, conservation and management.

Government agencies are reducing their energy and fuel bills by 10%, emulating Texas Instruments and Philippine Stock Exchange who did it last year. Congratulations, Justice Vitug and Francis Lim.

To reduce power system losses, we count on government regulators and also on EPIRA amendments.

We are successful in increasing energy self-sufficiency—56%, the highest in our history. We promote natural gas and biofuel; geothermal fields, among the world’s largest; windmills like those in Ilocos and Batanes; and the solar cells lighting many communities in Mindanao. The new Galoc oil field can produce 17,000-22,000 barrels per day, 1/12 of our crude consumption.

The Renewable Energy Bill has passed the House. Thank you, Congressmen.

Our costly commodity imports like oil and rice should be offset by hard commodities exports like primary products, and soft ones like tourism and cyberservices, at which only India beats us.
Our P 350 million training partnership with the private sector should qualify 60,000 for call centers, medical transcription, animation and software development, which have a projected demand of one million workers generating $13 billion by 2010.

International finance agrees with our progress. Credit rating agencies have kept their positive or stable outlook on the country. Our world competitiveness ranking rose five notches. Congratulations to us.

We are sticking to, and widening, the fiscal reforms that have earned us their respect.

To our investors, thank you for your valuable role in our development. I invite you to invest not only in factories and services, but in profitable infrastructure, following the formula for the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway.

I ask business and civil society to continue to work for a socially equitable, economically viable balance of interests. Mining companies should ensure that host communities benefit substantively from their investments, and with no environmental damage from operations.

Our administration enacted the Solid Waste Management Act, Wildlife Act, Protection of Plant Varieties, Clean Water Act, Biofuels Act and various laws declaring protected areas.

For reforestation, for next year we have budgeted P2 billion. Not only do forests enhance the beauty of the land, they mitigate climate change, a key factor in increasing the frequency and intensity of typhoons and costing the country 0.5% of the GDP.

We have set up over 100 marine and fish sanctuaries since 2001. In the whaleshark sanctuary of Donsol, Sorsogon, Alan Amanse, 40-year-old college undergraduate and father of two, was earning P100 a day from fishing and driving a tricycle. Now as whaleshark-watching officer, he is earns P1,000 a day, ten times his former income.

For clean water, so important to health, there is P500 million this year and P1.5 billion for next year.

From just one sanitary landfill in 2001, we now have 21, with another 18 in the works.

We launched the Zero Basura Olympics to clear our communities of trash. Rather than more money, all that is needed is for each citizen to keep home and workplace clean, and for garbage officials to stop squabbling.

Our investments also include essential ways to strengthen our institutions of governance in order to fight the decades-old scourge of corruption. I will continue to fight this battle every single day. While others are happy with headlines through accusation without evidence and privilege speeches without accountability, we have allocated more than P3 billion – the largest anti-graft fund in our history – for real evidence gathering and vigorous prosecution.

From its dismal past record, the Ombudsman’s conviction rate has increased 500%. Lifestyle checks, never seriously implemented before our time, have led to the dismissal and/or criminal prosecution of dozens of corrupt officials.

I recently met with the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US agency that provides grants to countries based on governance. They have commended our gains, contributed P1 billion to our fight against graft, and declared us eligible for more grants. Thank you!

Last September, we created the Procurement Transparency Group in the DBM and linked it with business, academe, and the Church, to deter or catch anomalies in government contracts.
On my instruction, the BIR and Customs established similar government-civil society tie-ups for information gathering and tax evasion and smuggling monitoring.

More advanced corruption practices require a commensurate advances in legislative responses. Colleagues in Congress, we need a more stringent Anti-Graft Act.

Sa pagmahal ng bilihin, hirap na ang mamimili – tapos, dadayain pa. Dapat itong mahinto. Hinihiling ko sa Kongreso na magpasa ng Consumer Bill of Rights laban sa price gouging, false advertising at iba pang gawain kontra sa mamimili.

I call on all our government workers at the national and local levels to be more responsive and accountable to the people. Panahon ito ng pagsubok. Kung saan kayang tumulong at dapat tumulong ang pamahalaan, we must be there with a helping hand. Where government can contribute nothing useful, stay away. Let’s be more helpful, more courteous, more quick.

Kaakibat ng ating mga adhikain ang tuloy na pagkalinga sa kapakanan ng bawat Pilipino. Iisa ang ating pangarap – maunlad at mapayapang lipunan, kung saan ang magandang kinabukasan ay hindi pangarap lamang, bagkus natutupad.

Sama-sama tayo sa tungkuling ito. May papel na gagampanan ang bawat mamamayan, negosyante, pinunong bayan at simbahan, sampu ng mga nasa lalawigan.

We are three branches but one government. We have our disagreements; we each have hopes, and ambitions that drive and divide us, be they personal, ethnic, religious and cultural. But we are one nation with one fate.

As your President, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people’s wellbeing. Hindi ko papayagang humadlang ang sinuman sa pag-unlad at pagsagana ng taong bayan. I will let no one – and no one’s political plans – threaten our nation’s survival.

Our country and our people have never failed to be there for us. We must be there for them now.

Maraming salamat. Magandang hapon sa inyong lahat.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Christian Alvear is the 3rd PDA Scholar Expelled



“The Small Boy Wonder,” Christian Alvear is the third expelled scholar from Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2.


Christian got 43.99% of the total votes, while his fellow probee Inaki Ting got 56.01%.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Mega Manila TV Ratings for July 21 to 24

Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the recent survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households from July 21 to 24.

July 21 (Monday)
Daytime:

1. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 22.9%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 21.9%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.7%
4. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 19.3%
5. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 17.9%
6. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.5%
7. Marimar (GMA-7) - 16.5%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 15.6%
9. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 13.8%
10. Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) - 11.9%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 38.2%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 35.4%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 28.6%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 25.5%
5. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 24.2%
6. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 24%
7. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 23.2%
8. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 22.2%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 20.4%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 19.4%

July 22 (Tuesday)
Daytime:

1. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 23.6%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 22.2%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 21%4. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 20.8%
5. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 17.4%
6. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17%
7. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.4%
8. Marimar (GMA-7) - 12.6%
9. Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) - 11.9%
10. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 11.7%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 38.2%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 35.4%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 28.4%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 28.3%
5. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 27.1%
6. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 26.1%
7. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 24%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 22.8%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 21%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 19.2%

July 23 (Wednesday)
Daytime:

1. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 20.6%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 20.2%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 19.6%
4. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 19%
5. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 15.1%
6. Marimar (GMA-7) - 14.9%
7. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 14.4%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.1%
9. Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) - 11.6%
10. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 10.3%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 37.7%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 34.4%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 29.4%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 28%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) / Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 23.9%
6. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 22%
7. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 20.3%
8. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19.3%
9. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 18.3%
10. Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) - 14%

July 24 (Thursday)
Daytime:

1. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 21.3%
2. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.6%
3. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 19.1%
4. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) / Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 18.4%
5. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 18%
6. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 15.9%
7. Marimar (GMA-7) - 14.7%
8. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 14.4%
9. Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) - 12.9%
10. Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 8.6%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 34.8%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 33.3%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 29.3%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 26.4%
5. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 25.9%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 24.9%
7. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 24.1%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 23.7%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 22%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 18.7%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP

Monday, July 21, 2008

Erik Santos to Sing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics


The country's Prince of Pop, Erik Santos, will go to Beijing this August after being tapped to sing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics closing ceremony.

In an interview, Santos said that he is thrilled about being chosen to represent the country in the world's biggest sporting event. "Since I'm carrying the flag of the Philippines, talagang papatunayan ko na 'yung pinapakitang talento ng mga Pilipino mas higit pa doon ang kayang ipakita ng mga Pilipino," Santos said.
He said he is now studying on how he will render his song and and how he will introduce his song in Mandarin dialect. He said he also had his throat checked and was advised to vocalize daily.

For the Olympics concert, each country will be representated by their local celebrity superstars. The concert, which is considered one of the major highlights of the Olympic games, will be televised worldwide.


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SWS Survey: More Filipino families going hungry

Overall rise slight but intensity has ‘worsened significantly’ — SWS

MORE FILIPINOS ARE GOING HUNGRY amid a backdrop of rising food prices but the increase, despite a first semester scramble for rice, was relatively minimal and is far from historical highs, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.

However, with around 2.9 million Filipino families having experienced involuntary hunger in the last three months, the independent survey research institution said the increase was significant as the number of those saying they frequently had nothing to eat had risen.

The national percentage of 16.3%, it added, remained above a 10-year average.

Hunger in the survey refers to involuntary suffering due to the lack of anything to eat. It was at 15.7% in the first quarter, and 16.2% in the period before that. The historical high is 21.5%, recorded in September 2007, and the ten-year average is 12.1%.

A government official said rising prices of commodities were to blame, and added that the government would continue to implement targetted programs. An economist, meanwhile, said the government needed to look at how such programs were being implemented to ensure that these help the poorest sectors.

The results of the June 27 to 30 survey, made exclusive to BusinessWorld, covered 1,200 household heads nationwide. They were asked "Nitong nakaraang tatlong buwan, nangyari po ba kahit minsan na ang inyong pamilya ay nakaranas ng gutom at wala kayong makain? Kung oo: Nangyari po ba ’yan ng minsan lamang, mga ilang beses, madalas o palagi?" (In the past three months, was there an instance when your family experienced hunger or had nothing to eat? If yes, did it happen only once, a few times, often, or always?).

The margin of error is plus or minus 3% at the national level and plus or minus 6% for regional percentages.

While total hunger rose by a small 0.6 percentage point between March and June, its intensity "worsened significantly" because the share of severe hunger increased, the SWS said.

Severe hunger — experiencing it "often" or "always" in the last three months — rose to 4.2%, equivalent to 760,000 families, in June from 3.2%, or 570,000 families, in March.

"The new figure is one point above the ten-year average severe hunger rate of 3.3%," the SWS said.

Moderate hunger, referring to those who experienced it "only once" or "a few times" in the last three months, declined slightly to 12.1% (about 2.2 million families) from 12.5%. The new figure, however, is four points above the nine-year average of 8.8%. Respondents who did not state their frequency of hunger were included in this category.

Total hunger was at the highest in Metro Manila, up six points to 22% and matching the capital’s record hit in June 2007. The result was also 11 points above the ten-year average of 11.2%.
"Both severe hunger and moderate hunger are now higher in Metro Manila than in other areas," the SWS said.

Moderate hunger in Metro Manila went up to 16% from 10.3%, a result above the ten-year average of 8.1%. Severe hunger rose to 6% from 5.3%, also above the ten-year average of 3%.
In the Visayas, total hunger went up to 19.7% from 12.3%, above the nine-year average of 11.8%. Moderate hunger rose to 16.3% from 11%, also above the ten-year average of 8.6%, while severe hunger rose to 3.3% from 1.3%, similar to the ten-year average of 3.2%.

Total hunger in Mindanao went to 17.7% in June, barely changed from 18% last March. The latest figure, however, was four points above the nine-year average of 14.2%. Hunger in the island was described as having intensified as moderate hunger declined to 13.3% from 15.3% but severe hunger rose to 4.3% from 2.7%.

Gains, meanwhile, were noted in the rest of Luzon where total hunger declined to 12.3% from 16%. The result was one point above the ten-year average of 11.5%.

Moderate hunger in the rest of Luzon declined by four points to 8.3% from 12.3%, slightly lower than the ten-year average of 8.8%. Severe hunger went up slightly to 4% from 3.7%, above the ten-year average of 2.7%.

Asked to comment on the latest hunger survey, Maria Bernardita T. Flores, executive director of the National Nutrition Council, said soaring prices of commodities were to blame.

"I think inflation played a role, especially the higher prices of rice. Even fuel prices jacked up the prices. We have established in our meetings that the result of hunger incidence is sensitive to the prices of food and if salaries don’t increase at the same rate, it would not be enough to buy food," she said in a telephone interview.

Ms. Flores, whose agency oversees the government’s hunger mitigation program, said the figure would have been higher had the government failed to come up with measures to address poverty.

"Now interventions are taking place ... Domestic factors are not the only ones pushing prices but also external factors ... The government is on top of it. While it is true that we cannot do much on factors driven by external factors, we will not stop improving our food production. Our feeding programs are also continuously being implemented" she said.

"The local governments must fast-track the preparation of access cards as well as the list of beneficiaries of cheap rice to be provided by the government."

The government has directed the Department of Social Welfare and Development to come up with access cards to be distributed to the poor. This will allow them to avail of subsidized National Food Authority rice. Local governments have been tasked to provide the national government a master list of poor residents.

Leonor M. Briones, former National Treasurer and now an economist at the University of the Philippines, said the government must rethink its policies and come up with ways to ensure that the poor are really benefiting.

"There are governance issue here ... If we have x amount of money, are we going to place it on subsidies or use it for sustainable programs? Can we sustain it (subsidies)?," she asked.

"Everyone is suffering. We are not just talking about those eating garbage and the jobless but also those with small jobs ... If you resort to one-shot giveaways, you are only taking away from the earners who are also suffering."

Ms. Briones was referring to a government program that seeks to use excess revenues from the value-added tax (VAT) on oil for various subsidies and social services.

Dubbed as "Katas ng VAT," (roughly Fruits of the VAT) the program has so far involved some P8 billion of the VAT "windfall". It includes cash grants to small power users (P3 billion so far), some P2 billion in credit facilities for affected sectors, and even P1 billion in scholarships and student loans.

Officials said the program would allow the government to use VAT collections — the bulk of which are said to be paid by the rich — to fund pro-poor programs. Critics, however, have claimed that these are not sustainable and are merely being used to enhance the President’s image.

Ms. Briones said that while it is necessary to provide immediate relief to the poor, the government should strictly audit its pro-poor programs to ensure that funds are not being lost to corruption. — A. D. B. Romero

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Bea Munoz is the Second Scholar Expelled from PDA




"The Sweet Chanteusse,” Bea Munoz is the second scholar who was expelled Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2.



Bea got a total of 25.15% of the total votes, while her fellow probee Miguel Mendoza got 74.85%.

Mega Manila TV Ratings for July 15 to 17

Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the recent survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households from July 15 to 17.

July 15 (Tuesday)
Daytime:

1. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 24.3%
2. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 23.4%
3. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 21.6%
4. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 21.4%
5. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 16.4%
6. Marimar (GMA-7) / Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 14.5%
7. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14%
8. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 11.8%
9. SiS (GMA-7) - 8%
10. Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 7.3%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 42.7%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 38.6%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 30.3%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 28.7%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 25.4%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 25.2%
7. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 24%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 21.8%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19.2%
10. Gobingo (GMA-7) - 17.1%

July 16 (Wednesday)
Daytime:

1. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 23.4%
2. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 23.3%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.6%
4. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 19.9%
5. Marimar (GMA-7) / Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17.7%
6. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 16.4%
7. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 14.7%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.2%
9. SiS (GMA-7) - 12.9%
10. Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 7.6%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 38.2%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 35.9%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 29.7%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 29.1%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 25.3%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 23.2%
7. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 22.6%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 21.3%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 20.5%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 17.7%

July 17 (Thursday)
Daytime:

1. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 23.1%
2. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 21.7%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.1%
4. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 19.3%
5. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 19.1%
6. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.7%
7. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 17.3%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 16.1%
9. Marimar (GMA-7) - 13.8%
10. SiS (GMA-7) - 9.3%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 40.5%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 38.5%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 29.8%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 29.3%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 24.4%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 23.5%
7. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 23.4%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 22%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19.2%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 18.5%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Las Piñas Boys Choir wins 2 golds in 5th World Choir Games in Austria

Another superb performance by the Las Piñas Boys Choir (LPBC) in the ongoing 5th World Choir Games in Garz, Austria allowed the group to bag two gold medals in two categories: the Musica Sacra (Music of the Religion) and Children’s Choir.

“The opening song of the Las Piñas Boys Choir was so inspiring and breathtaking,” said Fr. Didoy Molina in the LPBC’s daily blog. “I can even feel the crowd holding their breath after the song. And then Armando (the conductor) proceeded to lead the boys in their next repertoire, and song after song, the silence of the crowd was deafening if not eerie, a reaction and attention I believe given only now among the competing choirs.”

Molina said that “when the boys ended with the rousing Halleluia, the applause was long and loud. Some even gave the boys a standing ovation. It was the LPBC at their best!”

Last Saturday, Fr. Joey de Moy, the Chaplain of the Filipino Catholic Community, proudly announced after the mass at the opening of the Barrio Fiesta Celebration in Vienna, that the LPBC got the gold for the Musica Sacra category.

Bowling Champ Paeng Nepomuceno Gets 3rd Guiness World Record

51-year-old Paeng Nepomucenowho is dubbed as the “Greatest Bowler of All Time made it to The Guiness Book of World Records for the third time - the record for the bowler with most titles.

Paeng won 118 titles on his 36 years of bowling career.

His first Guiness Record was for being the Youngest World Cup champion when he was 19 years old. His second Guiness Record was for being the bowler with most number of World Cup wins, a total of four. No one was able to beat these records until now.

2008 Asian Excellence Awards Winners

Fil-am celebrities Cheryl Burke of Dancing with the Stars, the JabbaWockeeZ of America’s Best Dance Crew and comedy actor Rob Schneider were among the honorees and winners of the recently concluded 2008 Asian Excellence Award.

Here are all the winners/honorees this year:

OUTSTANDING FILM
-Lust, Caution - Director, Ang Lee

OUTSTANDING FILM ACTOR
-Tony Leung, Lust, Caution

OUTSTANDING FILM ACTRESS
-Sharon Leal, This Christmas

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTOR
-B.D. Wong, Law & Order, SVU (NBC)

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTRESS
-Lindsay Price, Lipstick Jungle (NBC)

SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTRESS
-Sonja Sohn, The Wire (HBO)

SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTOR
-Rex Lee, Entourage (HBO)

FAVORITE TV PERSONALITY
-Cheryl Burke, Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

FAVORITE REALITY STAR
-JabbaWockeeZ, America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV)

HALF ASIAN AWARD
-Rob Schneider

PIONEER AWARD
-Steve Chen (Youtube co-founder)

INSPIRATION AWARD
-Kristi Yamaguchi

Other Pinoy nominees were Vanessa Hudgens, Mark Dacascos, Jonathan Silva and Ramiele Malubay.

Live performances during the event included JabbaWockeeZ, an all-male dance crew that gained fame by appearing on America’s Got Talent and then went on to win the MTV hip hop dance reality series America’s Best Dance Crew earlier this year. Also, the street dance group KABA Modern, a top finalist in America’s Best Dance Crew show, and rapper Roscoe.

In addition, internationally known actress and singer Tia Carrere sang two songs from her 2008 Grammy-nominated Hawaiian music album Hawaiiana.

The Asian Excellence Awards also included such celebrity presenters and attendees as Steven Seagal, Quentin Tarantino, Kelly Hu, Lindsay Price, Sonja Sohn, Verne Troyer, B.D. Wong, Andre Royo, Ian Ziering, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bobby Lee, Jack Yang, Rob Schneider, Daisy Fuentes, Roger Fan, Russell Peters, Devon Aoki, Sharon Leal, Tamlyn Tomita, Bai Ling, Cheryl Burke, Cristián de la Fuente, Se7en, Daisy Fuentes, Will Yun Lee, Michelle Krusiec, Michael Yo, Brenda Song, Rex Lee, Navi Rawat, Jack Yang, Michaela Conlin, James Saito, and Teresa Cheung.

Nationwide Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) Ratings for June 2008

Here is the AGB Nielsen’s TV ratings in Nationwide Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) based on sample homes all over the country for the month of June 2008.

Here are the Top 10 weekday and weekend programs for the month of June:

Top Weekday Programs (Daytime)
1. Paalam Daboy 1952-2008** (GMA-7) - 26%
2. El Cuerpo Del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 23.6%
3. Paalam Daboy** (ABS-CBN) - 22.9%
4. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 22.2%
5. Ligaw na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 19.4%
6. Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) - 19%
7-8 Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17.9%
7-8. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 17.9%
9. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 17.8%
10. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 16.4%

Top Weekday Programs (Primetime)

1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 33.6%
2. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 32.9%
3. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 32.4%
4. Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) - 31%
5. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) - 30.1%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 29.5%
7. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 29.5%
8. Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita (GMA-7) - 26.4%
9. Ako Si Kim Samsoon*** (GMA-7) - 26%
10. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 23.2%

Top Weekend Programs (Daytime)
1. Lethal Combination: Pacquiao vs. Diaz** (GMA-7) - 46%
2. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 22.5%
3. Pasukob** (ABS-CBN) - 20.1%
4. You Got Me!** (ABS-CBN) - 18.8%
5. Cinema FPJ: Da King On ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) - 18.7%
6. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 18.2%
7. ASAP ‘08 (ABS-CBN) - 17.3%
8. Your Song (ABS-CBN) - 16%
9. Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) - 15.9%
10. The Buzz (ABS-CBN) - 15.4%

Top Weekend Programs (Primetime)
1. Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus: The Big Night** (ABS-CBN) - 42.4%
2. Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus: The Big Reunion** (ABS-CBN) - 32.7%
3-4. Kapitan Boom (ABS-CBN) - 29.4%
3-4. Pinoy Dream Academy (Season II) (ABS-CBN) - 29.4%
5. Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) - 29%
6. Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) - 27.2%
7. Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (GMA-7) - 25.3%
8. Rated K (ABS-CBN) - 22.9%
9. Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho (GMA-7) - 22.3%
10. Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) - 20.5%

Legend:
** Special
*** Pilot Episode

Source: AGB Nielsen Media Research, Philippines via Bong Godinez of PEP

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Mega Manila TV Ratings for July 14

Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the overnight ratings conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households for July 14.

July 14 (Monday)
Daytime:
1. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 24.2%
2. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 22.7%
3. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 21.5%
4. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20%
5. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 19.1%
6. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 18.4%
7. Miss Universe 2008 (ABS-CBN) - 16.7%
8. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 15.7%
9. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 14.3%
10. Marimar (GMA-7) - 13.4%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 40.5%
2. Codename: Asero (GMA-7) - 40.1%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 32.8%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 27.7%
5. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 25.9%
6. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 25.5%
7. Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) - 24.3%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 21.7%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19.4%
10. Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) - 19.1%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP

Monday, July 14, 2008

Mega Manila TV Ratings for July 11 to 13

Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the recent survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households from July 11 to 13.

July 11 (Friday)
Daytime:
1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 22.8%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) / Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 20.5%
3. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 19.1%
4. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 17.3%
5. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 15.7%
6. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.7%
7. Marimar (GMA-7) - 14.5%
8. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 14%
9. SiS (GMA-7) - 9.4%%
10. Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 7.8%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 41%
2. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) - 40.8%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 29.6%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 27.1%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 25.2%
6. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 24.4%
7. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 22.4%
8. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 22.1%
9. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 20.5%
10. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 20.2%

July 12 (Saturday)
Daytime

1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 21.7%
2. Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) - 19.2%
3. Cinema FPJ: Da King on ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) - 19.1%
4. Pinoy Records (GMA-7) - 17.3%
5. Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) / Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 15.8%
6. StarTalk (GMA-7) - 14.1%
7. That’s My Doc (ABS-CBN) - 13.2%
8. Entertainment Live (ABS-CBN) - 10.6%
9. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 10.5%

Primetime:
1. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) - 31.1%
2. Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (GMA-7) - 29.7%
3. Imbestigador (GMA-7) - 26%
4. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 23.1%
5. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 22.2%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 18.2%
7. Kapitan Boom (ABS-CBN) - 17.9%
8. XXX (ABS-CBN) - 15.8%
9. Songbird (GMA-7) - 10.1%
10. Sine Totoo (ABS-CBN) - 8.2%

July 13 (Sunday)
Daytime

1. ASAP ‘08 (ABS-CBN) - 16.8%
2. SOP (GMA-7) - 14.8%
3. Showbiz Central (GMA-7) - 13.3%
4. Your Song (ABS-CBN) - 12.5%
5. The Buzz (ABS-CBN) - 11.6%
6. Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) - 11.2%
7. Pinoy Idol Extra (GMA-7) 10.9%
8. Kay Susan Tayo (GMA-7) - 10%
9. Bakbakan (ABS-CBN) - 9.6%
10. Tasya Fantasya (GMA-7) - 9.5%

Primetime:
1. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 23.6%
2. Mel & Joey (GMA-7) / Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 23.2%
3. Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) - 22.6%
4. Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) - 20.7%
5. All Star K (GMA-7) - 18.7%
6. Rated K (ABS-CBN) - 16.8%
7. Sharon (ABS-CBN) - 14.7%
8. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 14.5%
9. Kidnap (ABS-CBN) - 13.6%
10. Ful Haus (GMA-7) - 11.4%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP

Friday, July 11, 2008

Mega Manila TV Ratings for July 7 to 9

Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the recent survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households from July 7 to 9.

July 7 (Monday)
Daytime:

1. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) / Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 21.6%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 20.3%
3. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 18%
4. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 17.9%
5. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.3%
6. Marimar (GMA-7) / Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 14.7%
7. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 12.4%
8. SiS (GMA-7) - 8.2%
9. Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) - 7.8 %

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 36.1%
2. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 32.6%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 30.4%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 25.7%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 24.6%
6. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 23.7%
7. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 23.6%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 23.4%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 18.8%
10. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 18.3%

July 8 (Tuesday)
Daytime:

1. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) -23.1%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 22%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.8%
4. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 19.9%
5. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.9%
6. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 17.6%
7. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 15.5%
8. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 14.4%
9. Marimar (GMA-7) - 14%
10. SiS (GMA-7) - 9.8%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 39.3%
2. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 34.9%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 33.5%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 27.4%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 26.3%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 23.4%
7. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 23.3%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) / Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 19.8%
9. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 18.9%
10. Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) - 14%

July 9 (Tuesday)
Daytime:

1. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) -24.2%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 22.4%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 21.1%
4. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 19.9%
5. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 16.9%
6. Marimar (GMA-7) - 16.6%
7. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 15.2%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 13%
9. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 12.8%
10. SiS (GMA-7) - 11.6%
Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 40.6%
2. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 36.2%
3. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 31.3%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 29.4%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 26.4%
6. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 23.8%
7. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 22.5%
8. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 21.3%
9. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 21%
10. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19.7%


Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

U.P. centennial literary awards winners announced

The U.P. Institute of Creative Writing has announced the winners of the Gawad Likhaan: U.P. Centennial Literary Awards.
In the English division, the winners are:
Jose Marte A. Abueg (poetry, for his collection, “ Bird Lands , River Nights and Other Melancholies”);
Criselda D. Yabes (fiction and creative nonfiction, for her novel, “Below the Crying Mountain,” and her nonfiction narrative, “Sarena's Story: The Loss of a Kingdom”).
In the Filipino division, the winners are:
Jerry B. Gracio (poetry, for his collection, “Aves”);
Jose Rey Munsayac (fiction, for his novel, “Duguang Kamay sa Nilulumot na Pader”;
Lualhati M. Abreu (creative nonfiction, for “Agaw Dilim, Agaw Liwanag”).
There is only one grand prize of P200,000 for each of the six categories.
Award ceremonies were held on Tuesday, July 8, at the Pulungang Claro M. Recto, Faculty Center , UP Diliman. The affair is open to the public. All entries to the contest were book-length, previously unpublished work.
The double winner, Yabes, is a U.P. Journalism graduate, and a freelance journalist and writer. She has worked for AP, Reuters, Newsweek, The Washington Post , and The Economist ; and has written three other books including one on the coup d'etats of the 1980s, her personal sojourn in Europe, and the almost extinct Pala'wan syllabary.
Abueg, a graduate of the UP School of Economics , is managing editor of INQUIRER.netas well as overall editor, in charge of INQUIRER.net Money website. He has won other awards, like the Carlos Palanca Awards and the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards.Gracio, a U.P. Malikhaing Pagsulat alumnus, is a writer of screenplays, and won a National Book Award in 2006 for Apokripos.
Abreu does research work and writing for non-government organizations in Metro Manila and Mindanao . Munsayac, editor of the weekly Bulacan paper Dyaryong Pilipino Luzon Times, shared the first prize with Jun Cruz Reyes in the 1998 National Centennial Literary Awards for his novel, “Ang Aso, ang Pulgas, ang Bonsai at ang Kolorum.”
The U.P. Centennial Commission set up and funded the Gawad Likhaan as part of the UP Centennial Celebrations, to highlight the University's contribution to the advancement of Philippine letters, through the prestigious UP National Writers Workshop held by the UP Institute of Creative Writing; its various ground-breaking publications; and the creative writing programs which have produced so many of the country's writers.
The contest was administered by the UP Institute of Creative Writing.
Members of the panel of judges were:
J. Neil C. Garcia, Ricardo M. de Ungria, and Gémino H. Abad (poetry in English);
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, Charlson Ong, and Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio (fiction in English);
Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr., Rosario Cruz Lucero, and Vicente Garcia Groyon (creative nonfiction in English);
National Artist Virgilio S. Almario, Vim Nadera, and Romulo Baquiran, Jr. (tula);
Jun Cruz Reyes, Roland Tolentino, and Soledad Reyes (nobela o maikling katha);
National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera, Fanny Garcia, and Nicanor Tiongson (sanaysay).
The major sponsor of the Award ceremonies is the Book Development Association of the Philippines through its president, Lirio Sandoval. Other sponsors are the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, San Miguel Corporation, and Tanduay Distillers.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com

Pupil wins Best Music Video award in New York City

Filipino band Pupil won gold and was hailed as the Best Music Video in 2008 Promax/BDA Awards held in New York City.

In the music video, Pupil performed Animax Asia’s theme song, "Set Me Apart," which celebrate youth and individuality.


In a press statement, Sony Pictures Entertainment, which owns Animax, said the music video’s anime-inspired visual style characterizes Animax channel.


The music video featured Ely Buendia and bandmates Yan Yuzon, Dok Sergio, and Bogs Jugo as animated characters in the worlds representing science fiction, mystery, and action.


"Set Me Apart," which premiered June 2007 on Animax across Asia, has garnered tens of thousands of hits online.


Tracy Wong, Animax Asia director of creative services, directed the video, which was designed by Hue Visualab, a Malaysian broadcast design and animation studio.


Wong said Animax Asia is not stopping with the success of "Set Me Apart" as they are looking to animate their viewers’ original works with "My Friend is an Alien" drawing contest and is set to produce its biggest project in 2008 – LaMB, which will be the channel’s very first original anime production.


LaMB is based on the award-winning script written by Filipino contestant Carmelo Juinio, who participated in the pan-Asia script writing competition in 2007.


Promax/BDA is a professional association for promotions and marketing executives in electronic media worldwide. Its members include all major terrestrial, cable, and satellite television stations and associated media, including advertising and production companies.


It promotes best practice in the expanding world of marketing and promotion in the electronic media.

NU 107 14th Rock Awards Winners

Here is the complete list of winners during the 2007 NU 107 Rock Awards:

Best New Artist - Hilera

Vocalist of the Year - Kat Agarrado of Sinosikat

Guitarist of the Year - Ira Cruz of Bamboo

Bassist of the Year - Nathan Azarcon of Bamboo

Drummer of the Year - Vic Mercado of Bamboo and Mark Escueta of Rivermaya

Best Live Act: Bamboo

In the Raw Award - Reklamo

Song of the Year - "Will You Ever Learn" by Typecast

Album of the Year - Moonlane Gardens by Orange & Lemons

Artist of the Year - Bamboo

Best Music Video - "DVD-X" of Sandwich (Directed by Marie Jamora)

Best Album Packaging -Sarah Gaugler and Clementine for Moonlane Gardens of Orange & Lemons

Producer of the Year - Lourd and Francis de Veyra for Tangina Mo Ang Daming Nagugutom sa Mundo Fashionista Ka Pa Rin of Radioactive Sago Project

Listeners Choice Award - Bamboo

Hall of Fame - Mike and Angelo Villegas

NU 107 14th Rock Awards Nominees

Here is the list of nominees for the 14th NU Rock Awards:

BEST NEW ARTIST:
1. Hilera
2. Sinosikat?
3. Giniling Festival
4. Hardboiledeggz
5. Salamin
6. Wake Up Your Seatmate

VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
1. Bamboo Mañalac of Bamboo
2. Miggy Chavez of Chicosci
3. Steve Badiola of Typecast
4. Ebe Dancel of Sugarfree
5. Kat Agarrado of Sinosikat?
6. Marc Abaya of Kjwan

GUITARIST OF THE YEAR:
1. Mong Alcaraz of Chicosci
2. Ira Cruz of Bamboo
3. Mike Elgar of Rivermaya
4. Boogie Romero of Kjwan
5. Steve Badiola of Typecast
6. Junji Lerma of Radioactive Sago Project

BASSIST OF THE YEAR:
1. Nathan Azarcon of Bamboo
2. Carlos Calderon of Chicosci
3. Japs Sergio of Rivermaya
4. Francis De Veyra of Radioactive Sago Project
5. Ivan Garcia of Hilera

DRUMMER OF THE YEAR:
1. Vic Mercado of Bamboo
2. Melvin Macatiag of Typecast
3. Joel Salvador of Chicosci
4. Mark Escueta of Rivermaya
5. Chris Cantada of Spongcola

BEST LIVE ACT:
1. Bamboo
2. Chicosci
3. Typecast
4. Kjwan
5. Radioactive Sago Project
6. Jeepney Joyride
7. Hilera

IN THE RAW AWARD:
1. Subsscapular
2. Teenage Hero
3. Kastigo
4. Sutil
5. Reklamo

SONG OF THE YEAR:
1. "WILL YOU EVER LEARN" by Typecast
2. "CHICOSCI VAMPIRE SOCIAL CLUB" by Chicosci
3. "TATSULOK" by Bamboo
4. "SALA" by Pupil
5. "TURNING MY SAFETY OFF" by Sinosikat?
6. "SUNDO" by Imago
7. "DVD X" by Sandwich

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
1. Bamboo
2. Chicosci
3. Typecast
4. Kjwan
5. Sugarfree
6. Radioactive Sago Project

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
1. "WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER" by Bamboo
2. "EVERY MOSS AND COBWEB" by Typecast
3. "TANGINA MO ANG DAMING NAGUGUTOM SA MUNDO FASHIONISTA KA PA RIN" by Radioactive Sago Project
4. "TALA-ARAWAN" by Sugarfree
5. "MOONLANE GARDENS" by Orange & Lemons
6. "2STEPMARV" by Kjwan

BEST ALBUM PACKAGING:
1. Inksurge.com for Twilight of Hale
2. Paolo Lim for Isang Ugat, Isang Dugo of Rivermaya
3. Sarah Gaugler and Clementine for Moonlane Gardens of Orange & Lemons
4. Inksurge.com for Tala-arawan of Sugarfree

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
1. Bamboo and Angee Rozul for We Stand Alone Together of Bamboo
2. Typecast for Every Moss And Cobweb by Typecast
3. Lourd and Francis De Veyra for Tangina Mo Ang Dami Nagugutom Sa Mundo Fashionista Ka Pa Rin by Radioactive Sago Project
4. Robert Javier and Jonathan Ong for Moonlane Gardens by Orange & Lemons
5. Robin Rivera for Tala-arawan by Sugarfree
6. Angee Rozul and Kjwan for 2step Marv of Kjwan

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
1. "DVD-X" of Sandwich (Directed by Marie Jamora)
2. "FRAILTY'' of Urbandub (Directed by Pancho Esguerra and Bluerain Media)
3. "KUNG AYAW MO NA SA AKIN" by Sugarfree (Directed by Marie Jamora)
4. "LOVETEAM" of Itchyworms (Directed by Marie Jamora)
5. "PROBINSYANA" of Bamboo (Directed by Pancho Esguerra)
6. "SUNDO" of Imago (Directed by Marie Jamora)
7. "WILL YOU EVER LEARN" of Typecast (Directed by Pedring Lopez) -

Kids learn about Asian culture through PC game


Veronica C. Silva, GMANews.TV

MANILA, Philippines - High school students from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are learning to know more about each other’s culture through a computer game competition developed by Filipinos.

Launched on Tuesday morning during the opening ceremonies of the 2008 ASEAN Youth Science Summit is an ASEAN Quest Games Competition which involves a personal computer-based game especially designed to make learning fun.

Some 20 representatives from the ASEAN member countries will vie for the top three prizes which will be awarded tomorrow at the closing ceremonies of the two-day event.

Dr. Filemon A. Uriarte Jr., executive director of the ASEAN Foundation, which is funding the game, said the first prize winner will receive $400, second prize winner, $300 and third prize winner, $200.

“Computer video games have become extremely popular among the young," said Uriarte at the opening ceremonies. “We want to experiment in using this popular medium to capture the interest of young people while providing them an opportunity to learn about ASEAN and the ten ASEAN countries."

The objective of the game is to solve some almost real life problems, such as power outage caused by a powerful storm, in the shortest possible time. But since the game also intends to teach the youth about ASEAN culture, the gamers will have to respond to culture-related questions to navigate through the game which includes sub-quests and mini games.

To enter a level in the game, the gamer must use a password based on the language of the ASEAN country involved. For instance, to get to Malaysia to help solve their power problem, the gamer must enter Malaysia through the Malaysian greeting “Selamat Datang."

Gamers need to go through each country to be able to restore the power in the Southeast Asian region by building an ASEAN Electricity Grid, explained Uriarte, a former secretary of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

To make learning fun, country game rooms include valuable country information such as the national anthem, flags, and leaders.

Uriarte added that the youths’ participation in the game will hopefully “be a preview of their active participation in the political, economic and social affairs of ASEAN in the not too distant future."

The PC game was developed by professors of the Philippine De La Salle University and was pre-tested through a mock game last May in DLSU involving DLSU students.

The ASEAN Youth Science Summit is being held during the 2008 National Science and Technology Week, an annual event organized by the DOST, and the 8th triennial ASEAN S&T Week celebration. ASEAN S&T Ministers are also holding their 5^th Informal Ministerial Meeting in Manila during the week.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Donaire world-title fight Saturday confirmed

MANILA, Philippines - Glenn Donaire of the Philippines will challenge for the International Boxing Federation light-flyweight championship on Saturday (Sunday Manila time) in Hermosillo town in Mexico.

According to a report aired Tuesday over the Sports Chat program on dzSR radio, Donaire, older brother of world flyweight champion Nonito Jr., will take on Ulises Solis of Mexico. It will be Donaire's second attempt at a world title.

It is the second world-title fight in a span of two weeks featuring a Filipino after Manny Pacquiao secured the world lightweight championship last June 28.

A third Filipino, AJ Banal, will challenge for the World Boxing Association super-flyweight crown on July 26 in Cebu City. -
GMANews.TV

Climate change fund for poor countries 'seriously flawed'

MANILA, Philippines - A World Bank-managed climate change fund for poor countries is “seriously flawed" because these will be “disbursed largely as loans," Asian debt campaigners said on Tuesday.
In a statement datelined Sapporo, Japan, the Jubilee South-Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JS-APMDD) denounced the Group of Eight countries for giving the “World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) a major role in help[ing] developing countries in their efforts to mitigate rises in greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change."
Created in Potsdam, Germany, the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) were endorsed by the G8 Finance Ministers on June 14 and approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors last July 1, a few days before the G8 Summit of Leaders in Japan, the group claimed.
The World Bank has no credibility and legitimacy to manage funds intended for climate adaptation and mitigation. Furthermore, the concept and design of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds are seriously flawed," said Lidy Nacpil of JS-APMDD.
For his part, Md. Shamsuddoha of the Equity and Justice Working Group of Bangladesh, also a member of JS-APMDD, said that “why should developing countries have to borrow funds from the World Bank and rich governments to use for climate change adaptation and mitigation when in the first place these very same institutions are responsible for the climate crises?"
Nacpil stressed that G8 governments should not expect repayment of funds for climate change adaptation and mitigation, nor count their financing as aid or assistance.
Rather, G8 governments should pay reparations and restitution to South countries for the environmental damage and destruction their policies, their economies and their multinational corporations have caused.
Dr. Vinod Raina, a scientist from India and officer of JS APMDD, added that Climate Adaptation and Mitigation funds should be managed by democratic and accountable institutions.
“New multilateral mechanisms should be set up which provide for strong representation from developing countries both government and civil society. South countries should be able to design and implement their own appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies," stressed Dr. Raina. -
source: GMANews.TV

Ranjit Singh drops Out of the Academy



26-year-old, "The VideoJock", Jet” Singh has decided to leave the academy mainly because he misses his family.

Because of this, probation for this week is suspended. The other three probationary scholars namely, Laarni with 6.73 grade, Cris with 6.77 grade, and Bea with 6.40 grade are safe from being expelled this week.

Mega Manila TV Ratings from July 4 to 6



Here are the top 10 shows for daytime and primetime programming of GMA 7 and ABS-CBN according to the recent survey conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households from July 4 to 6.

July 4 (Friday)
Daytime:


1. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 24.2%
2. Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) - 23.5%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 23.2%
4. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) - 20.3%
5. Coffee Prince Rewind (GMA-7) - 19.2%
6. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.5%
7. El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) - 16.1%
8. SiS (GMA-7) - 15.3%
9. Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) - 13.3%
10. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 12.3%

Primetime:
1. Dyesebel (GMA-7) - 44.3%
2. Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) 39.7%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 37.1%
4. Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) - 35.5%
5. The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) - 25.5%
6. Lobo (ABS-CBN) - 24%
7. Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) - 22.4%
8. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 21.8%
9. My Girl (ABS-CBN) - 20.3%
10. Gobingo (GMA-7) - 18.1%

July 5 (Saturday)
Daytime


1. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 22.8%
2. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 17.4%
3. Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) - 16.3%
4. StarTalk (GMA-7) - 14.8%
5. Pinoy Records (GMA-7) - 14.5%
6. Cinema FPJ: Da King on ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) - 13.9%
7. Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) - 13.4%
8. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 11.6%
9. That’s My Doc (ABS-CBN) - 11.5%
10. Entertainment Live (ABS-CBN) - 11.2%

Primetime:
1. Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (GMA-7) - 31.5%
2. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) - 31.3%
3. Imbestigador (GMA-7) - 28.3%
4. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 23%
5. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 22.6%
6. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 19.3%
7. Kapitan Boom (ABS-CBN) - 16.1%
8. XXX (ABS-CBN) - 15.2%
9. Songbird (GMA-7) - 13.8%
10. Sports Unlimited (ABS-CBN) - 7.1%

July 6 (Sunday)
Daytime


1. SOP (GMA-7) - 17.6%
2. Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) - 15%
3. ASAP ‘08 (ABS-CBN) - 14.3%
4. Your Song (ABS-CBN) - 13.4%
5. Pinoy Idol Extra (GMA-7) 10.4%
6. The Buzz (ABS-CBN) - 10%
7. Showbiz Central (GMA-7) - 8.9%
8. Tasya Fantasya (GMA-7) - 7.6%

Primetime:
1. Mel & Joey (GMA-7) - 24.9%
2. Pinoy Idol (GMA-7) - 22.9%
3. All Star K (GMA-7) - 20.5%
4. Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) - 19.2%
5. Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) - 18.2%
6. Ful Haus (GMA-7) - 16.4%
7. Sharon (ABS-CBN) - 16.2%
8. Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) / Rated K (ABS-CBN) - 14.1%
9. Kalam (GMA-7) - 12.1%
10. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 11.1%




Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via Erwin Santiago of PEP



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