Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013 winners

Resplendent in redBy Nico Erle Ciriaco21-year-old looker Koreen Medina bested 30 otheraspirants and emerging as the 45th Filipina to win the Mutya ng Pilipinascrown. The St. Paul University (QC) coed is one of two candidates who qualifiedto represent the National Capital Region and Metro Manila. “I love to sing,”gushed the Quezon City rep, when asked what she wants to do after winning. Shethen regaled media-men with stanzas from Destiny’s Child’s...

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Dell's 'Powering the Possible' Program

Earmarking more support to empower street childrenBy Earl D.C. BracamonteDell  announced recently  its additional support  to the advocacy of Childhope Asia Philippines, Inc. (CHAP) in helping close the learning gap among underserved children. CHAP  received an additional P19K from Dell’s Powering the Possible grant during the company’s blocked screening of the movie “Wolverine” at Greenbelt 1 cinema in Ayala...

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Word 2007 Error: There is a problem sending command to the program

I've wasted half a day in my office just to fix this thing.  My Word went nuts when I needed it the most.  Every time I double-clicked a Word file, the circle was spinning for way too long and at the end, I got "there is a problem sending command to the program".I closed the Word and tried to open a file by right-clicking it and choose a default program.NothingI closed it again and triedStart > Run > winword.exe /r {ENTER}and...nothing.I...

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Have to Be Respected

There was this post about a bazaar in front of my HQ in Jakarta. It featured a picture of open area food court and a comment that those people really did not respect muslims that were currently fasting.  And there was another comment that muslims face enough "tests" everyday and people actually should not add more to it.  I could not help but think that I actually feel underestimated by those comments.I hide ice creams and chips from my...

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Please Be Kind With Your Campaign

Hi,First of all, I want to clarify that I am not against breastfeeding or campaigns about breastfeeding. Breast milk IS the best normal food for all healthy babies and mother and campaigning for it is noble.  So, what is my problem?Well, we must admit that some women just cannot breastfeed because of very acceptable medical reasons like HIV, sepsis, cancer, hepatitis, and seizures. And guess what? They feel terribly guilty for not being able...

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Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013

Who willwin the 2013 crowns?By NicoErle CiriacoA girlfor each day of the month – that’s the number of aspirants in this year’s Mutyang Pilipinas quest. The 31 hopefuls paraded before media-men during the PressPresentation held at the H2O Hotel, along historic Manila Bay.Fourcandidates from North America (Canada and the states of California, Arizona,and Maryland) together with representatives from Germany, Iceland andScandinavia make up the list of...

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Mr. Jones

BreakfastbountyBy DemiBraqueInspiredby the 1960s, the Mr. Jones diner in Ayala Center Makati is a new up-market andcontemporary food-stop conveniently located at the ground floor of Greenbelt 5mall. It is a destination restaurant offering a full array of authenticAmerican cuisine.Savortheir fish & bacon dish, Eggs “Benny” 2 Ways; that’s Canadian-style doublesmoked bacon and Norwegian smoked salmon with two poached eggs, wilted spinach,hollandaise...

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