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Celebrating Elderly Filipino Month – this is for our grandparents!

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 5 ) -Grandparents: the people who taught us great life lessons, cared for us like we are their own, and loved us deeply aside from our parents. The wisdom and experience that they imparted on us had helped us grow into the people we are now. By virtue of Proclamation No. 470, the first week of October has been designated as Elderly Filipino Week. This is in recognition to the selfless […]

“Felix Manalo” sets two world records

BOCAUE, Bulacan – It bodes well for the “Felix Manalo” when on its very premiere screening, it managed to set not one but two world records. Held at the Philippine Arena, the adjudicators from Guinness officially announced that “Felix Manalo” was able to garner “Largest Audience for a Film Premiere” and “Largest Audience for a Film Screening”. The Guinness adjudicators added that the total number of the audience 43,624 which is more than enough to […]

“Felix Manalo” premiere night trends on Twitter

QUEZON City, Philippines – As the biopic film “Felix Manalo” held its premiere night, the hashtag #FelixManaloWorldPremiereNight trended on the micro-blogging site in Twitter. Said hashtag reached the Top 1 this morning and Top 6 tonight, as one of the trending topics in the Philippines. The premiere was held in the Philippine Arena, in a star-studded event attended by thousands. The film had just successfully obtained the two Guinness World Record: “Largest Audience in a Film […]

Bangladesh PM says no sign of Islamic State in the country despite killings of foreigners

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday (October 4) there were no signs of Islamic State in the country despite the killings of two foreigners this week claimed by the group which has vowed further similar assaults in the Muslim-majority nation. Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi, 65, was gunned down on Saturday (October 3) by three masked men on a motorcycle while on his way to visit a grass farm project in the northern district […]

Flash floods kill at least 13 on French Riviera

Flooding caused by torrential rain along part of the French Riviera has killed least 13 people, officials said Sunday (October 4). The downpour hit the Alpes-Maritimes region — which lies at the eastern end of France’s Mediterranean coast and borders Italy — on Saturday evening (October 3). Eight people have been found dead and another five are missing, the government’s local office said. President Francois Hollande had earlier said there had been at least 12 […]

“Felix Manalo” exhibit greets guests in Philippine Arena

BOCAUE, Bulacan – As the crowd enters the world’s largest indoor arena, the Philippine Arena, they were greeted by the exhibit in the lobby. Said exhibit features props and costumes used in the epic film “Felix Manalo”. Said exhibit aims to impart on the visitors the proper appreciation of the historical period as well as the atmosphere of the time during which Brother Felix Manalo was alive. (Photo Courtesy: Leonie Laguinday,Angel Pegollo Jr)

Guinness adjudicators express admiration for Philippine Arena

As the Vice-President of the Guinness Book of World Records and his fellow adjudicator ensure that everything is up to form as the film “Felix Manalo” aims to set two new world records, they expressed their amazement at the Philippine Arena, in itself a  holder of a world record. As the most-awaited film of the year “Felix Manalo” holds its premiere screening at the Philippine Arena, another two world records will be attempted, that of […]

All roads lead to Philippine Arena as many awaits the premiere screening of “Felix Manalo”

BOCAUE, Bulacan – It is a flood of photos as members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo and others once again fill the Philippine Arena to the rafters, this time for the long-anticipated premiere screening of “Felix Manalo”. Already, actors and actresses who were part of the film are being sighted by the crowd as the red carpet event nears. There will also be an attempt to achieve the world-record of the “largest audience in a […]

Make everyday grandparents’ day!

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 4) – In today’s “me, me, me” society, it is indeed a blessing that children learn through close inter-generational relationships that they belong to something larger than themselves. Having a close relationship with grandparents will be beneficial to the children for they can acquire wisdom and wealth experience through their grandparent and can also receive unconditional love and support from them without expecting for any reciprocal. As for the parents, it is […]

“Felix Manalo” tickets, sold out!

QUEZON City, Philippines – As the most awaited biopic film of the year nears its release on theaters and cinemas nationwide, tickets of said film are now quickly running out, with members of the public availing of different methods to ensure that they have seats for the said film.   (ENS, uploaded by Jay Paul Carlos and Jericho Morales)

Region XII, leading coffee producer in the Philippines

SOCCSKSARGEN, Mindanao (October 2) – The Department of Agriculture in Region XII plans to increase investments in the coffee industry of the said region in 2016. This is to maintain the status of the said region as the leader and primary coffee producer in the Philippines. (ENS, uploaded by Jay Paul Carlos and Jericho Morales)

New ASEAN headquarters to be constructed

LOS Baños, Laguna (October 2) – As part of the ongoing Association of South East Asian Nations economic integration, the new headquarters of the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity or ACB is to be constructed in the campus of the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna. After ten years, the ACB will finally have its own headquarters, funds for the construction of which was donated by Germany. (ENS, written by Juliet Caranguian, video uploaded […]