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Friday, April 30, 2010

Open Happiness, TODAY!

Coca-Cola’s Happiness Ambassadors Toño, Kelly and
Tony bring Expedition 206 to Manila

Summer is the time for enjoyment, fun in the sun, and making memories with family and friends. With the season in full swing, today is a “happier” day than usual as we take happiness to the next level!

Online and on the radio, I’ve been counting down the days until the Expedition 206 bloggers touchdown on Philippine shores and now the time has arrived! After winning an innovative online contest, Coca-Cola’s “Happiness Ambassadors” Toño, Kelly and Tony have finally landed in Manila today to imbibe Filipino culture and blog about their one of a kind experience.

They have become overnight celebrities as they were chosen to travel to the 206 countries where Coke is sold in just 365 days… with the mission of asking people all over the globe what the meaning of happiness is for them!

While in the Philippines, the Expedition 206 trio will be traveling around the Metro in a special Ford Expedition modified to look like a pinoy jeepney. Keep your eyes peeled as I’ll be with them, asking random locals the question - ‘What makes YOU, as a Filipino, happy?’ Visit www.expedition206.com to follow more of the travels of Toño, Kelly and Tony!

The Magic hits the Beach

Today is another fine day to celebrate as it commemorates the 4th successful year of Magic 89.9’s “Magic Race!” The Magic DJs and their celebrity friends have invaded the shores of Boracay looking for listeners to join in the annual fun and festivities.

Pairs of “best friends” will take the challenge and put their brains and brawn to the test as they scour the island in search of clues and challenges scattered across the paradise island. More than P100,000.00 worth of treasures await the winners!

DJ Tyler with PDBA’s Rapunzel Garcia, Benedict Camara
& Rowell Balute for Dodge N’ Pop 2010

Also, today at the shore of Boracay Beach Resort in Station 2 Boracay, the Magic jocks will be hosting Nestle Pops’ Dodge N’ Pop 2010 as they kick-off this year’s University Dodgeball Games! Headed by the “Boys Night Out” DJ’s – Tony Toni, Slick Rick & Sam YG – beach-goers will have the chance to compete against each other as well as surprise celebrity guests as they vie for the grand prize of Php 20,000 in cold cash!

Players and spectators alike at the Dodge N’ Pop 2010 will be cooled down by snacking on Nestle Pop’s ice cream’s newest variant with "rice crispies" and "Pops in a box."

Dodge N’ Pop 2010 is made possible by Nestle Pops Ice Cream in cooperation with Flawless, Beauty & Butter, Ti-Braz, Café del Mar, the Philippine Dodgeball Association and “The Beat of Summer” Magic 89.9!

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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

Friday, April 30, 2010

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World body holds NOYNOY on vow to fight CORRUPTION

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