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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Pupil to front for N.I.N.

By DJ Mojo Jojo

Manila’s rock-scene is about to go hardcore in just a few weeks! The Philippines’ very own Pupil, the local hit-makers fronted by Ely Buendia, was recently chosen as the opening act by the international rock band, Nine Inch Nails, coming to Araneta Coliseum this August 5, 2009. Out of a possible ten local bands suggested by Splintr.com, the honor ultimately went to Pupil.

Splintr.com recently confirmed that Pupil was chosen as opening act for Nine Inch Nails, coming to Araneta Coliseum on August 5. The band, fronted by Ely Buendia, who gained fame with his former band, The Eraserheads, is a relative newcomer to the local music scene, having been formed in 2005. Despite being new to the scene, Pupil has already made big waves by winning various awards including ‘Artist of the Year 2008’ at the NU107 Rock Awards and Best Rock Band at the Pasiklaband Awards, 2008.

Nine Inch Nails (N.I.N.) personally chose Pupil among the shortlist provided by Splintr.com. Manila represents the first stop on the Asian leg of the NIN world tour, entitled WAVE GOODBYE. It represents what may be the farewell tour, maybe the last. Frontman and driving force behind NIN, Trent Reznor, indicated that after this tour the band would take an indefinite hiatus to focus on other projects. Taken from their official website, Reznor himself broke the news to his legions of fans “In N.I.N. world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases," Reznor wrote. "I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year."

Catch Nine Inch Nails Live together with Pupil in Manila this August 5 for a one-night only concert at the Araneta Coliseum. For ticket inquiries, please log on to www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555 or visit www.splintr.com for more details.

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Legendary rock band Nine Inch Nails will invade Manila this August

Ely Buendia and his Pupil bandmates hand-picked by N.I.N.

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UnknownAugust 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Hmm i commented on this one I remember....anyway, it was politics...everyone in the music industry knows it...they were not in the list...
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World body holds NOYNOY on vow to fight CORRUPTION

The Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, or Gopac, has called on President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd to deliver on his promises that he would rid government of corruption and keep his administration off government coffers, Sen. Edgardo Angara reported over the weekend.

Aquino's campaign platform in the May 10 election focused on stopping corruption and bringing positive change in Philippine bureaucracy.

Angara attended a recent executive committee meeting of Gopac in Canada during which he was asked by the executive board to convey their call to the newly elected Aquino and his administratin.

Gopac is the only parliamentary network with the singular focus on combating corruption. Its current 900-strong membership represents over 90 countries in all the regions of the world.

Angara, who sits in the executive board of the Canada-based organization, said the group voted to hold its biennial conference in 2013 in Manila.

“Hosting a conference that would gather the world’s parliamentarians to unite behind fighting corruption perfectly fits the Aquino agenda of fighting corruption in the government. This would be an opportunity to link up with parliaments all over the world who are confronting the same challenge of eliminating corruption from our institutions,” he said.

He himself called for a national strategy to fight corruption, involving both the public and private sectors.

“Multilateral institutions like the World Bank, IMF [Inetrnational Monetary Fund] and ADB [Asian Development Bank] have long come to the conclusion that there is a linear relationship between corruption and development, that the public sector cannot do it alone, the private sector and civil society must get firmly on board. But most important, there should be a national strategy so that the various sectors can perform their roles in a concentrated and coordinated manner,” he said.

Philippine Ambassador to Canada Jose Brillantes supported and provided necessary staff support during the executive board meeting and welcomed the hosting of Gopac’s biennial conference in Manila.

In September of this year, the group will hold a meeting of its global taskforce committee in Manila that will be hosted by the Philippine Senate.

As the only Asian representative in Gopac’s executive board, Angara initiated the organization in April 2005 of the Southeast Asia Parliamentarians Against Corruption, or Seapac, with 26 parliamentarian-members from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Gopac’s founding conference was held in Ottawa 2002, followed by its second Global Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2006, then in Kuwait 2008 and the most recent conference in Mexico City in 2009. BY FRANCIS EARL A. CUETO

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Pupil to front for N.I.N.

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World body holds NOYNOY on vow to fight CORRUPTION

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