DepEd to re-open application for Senior HS Voucher Program

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The Department of Education through the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) will be re-opening the application for the Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program next week. 

The SHS Voucher Program is intended for completers of Grade 10 who would like to pursue SHS education in private schools, private universities and colleges, local or state universities and colleges offering SHS and technical and vocational institutions offering SHS starting School Year 2016-2017. It provides students with a subsidy that enables them to get a discount on the cost of tuition and other school fees for SHS.

To date, more than 50,000 non-ESC private school grade 10 completers have been awarded vouchers. All public school Grade 10 completers and all private school Grade 10 completers who are Education Service Contracting (ESC) grantees are automatically qualified voucher recipients. These students do not need to apply for vouchers.

The application will be re-opened to enable more Grade 10 completers to have the option to enroll in SHS in private schools, private universities and colleges, local or state universities and colleges or technical vocational institutions in June 2016.

All applications must be done strictly online by accessing PEAC's Online Voucher Application Portal (OVAP) at http://ovap.deped.gov.ph

Applications will be accepted from April 22 to May 6, 2016 only. The deadline is non-extendable. Results will be announced on or before May 20, 2016.

Concerns and queries regarding the ESC and SHS Voucher programs can be directed togastpe@deped.gov.ph or to the DepEd Action Center at (02) 636-1663 or (02) 633-1942.

Freelance Interior Designer Maxine Medina crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2016

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Maxine Medina, 25 years old from Quezon City was crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2016 at the Grand Coronation Night held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, April 17, 2016.

Maria Mika Maxine Medina is a model and Freelance Interior Designer. Her modeling since 2008, with Professional Models Association of the Philippines (PMAP).

List of Winners : 

Miss Universe Philippines 2016 – Bb 29, Maxine Medina

Bb Pilipinas International 2016 – Bb 31, Kylie Verzosa

Bb Pilipinas Supranational 2016 – Bb 13, Joanna Eden

Bb Pilipinas Intercontinental 2016 – Bb 26 Jennifer Hammond

Bb Pilipinas Globe 2016 – Bb 28, Nichole Manalo

Bb Pilipinas Grand International 2016 – Bb 11, Nicole Cordoves

1st runner-up – Bb 38, Angelica R. Alita

2nd runner-up – Bb 37, Jehza Mae S. Huelar

Binibini #16 Vina Prulla Openiano, Miss Talent and Miss Friendship Photo courtesy of BPCI facebook page.

Miss Photogenic - Binibini #31 Kylie Vezosa Photo courtesy of BPCI facebook page.

‬Special Awards:

Miss Friendship - Binibini 16 Vina Openiano

Miss Talent - Binibini 16 Vina Openiano

Best in National Costume - Binibini 3 Angela Fernando

Miss Photogenic - Binibini 31 Kylie Verzosa

Miss Cream Silk --Candidate no. 28 Nichole Manalo

Best in Long Gown--Candidate #26 Jennifer Hammond 

Miss Philippine Airlines--Candidate no. 29 Maxine Medina

Miss Fashionista--Candidate no. 31 Kylie Versoza 

Best in Swimsuit--Candidate no. 13 Joanna Eden

Miss Manila Bulletin is Binibini 31 Kylie Verzosa

She's So Jag – Bb 31, Kylie Verzosa

Top 15

31    Kylie Verzosa

16    Vina Openiano

5      Riana Pangindian

38    Angelica Alita

22    Apriel Smith

9      Roshiela Tobias

4      Kimberle Penchon

13    Joanna Eden

29    Maxine Medina

27    Dindi Pajares

26    Jennifer Hammond

11    Nicole Cordoves

37    Jehza Mae Huelar

28    Nichole Manalo

12    Edjelyn Joy Gamboa

The 53rd edition of Binibining Pilipinas, this year 2016 Grand Night was hosted by KC Concepcion and Xian Lim.

Ovialand Investment Video

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Investments need careful planning, assessment, review, research when it comes to the business being eyed for. 

For real estate it takes intelligent decision making, finance-management skills, intensive research. Definitely it will help to do background checking on the developer whether it’s reliable, trustworthy and responsible, with only the client’s benefits in mind. So planning to invest in the real estate business, you need a responsible developer, a company like Ovialand, Inc., where premium living is what they designed for clients.

Ovialand Inc. has over 30 years of experience in residential development where all its projects were delivered to clients. Ovialand Inc. is a real estate developer that commits to providing premier living to its clients through its many projects, the latest being the Terraza de Sto. Tomas in Batangas. 

For every transaction, clients can expect nothing but excellent service all the way through. There is no second guessing at Ovialand because they make sure that clients’ most significant investment is its topmost priority. 

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GStuff Stuffs Us with Everything Healthy and Helpful!

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G stuff was created out of a desire to conserve the natural beauty of the Philippines while growing sustainable wealth and creating stability in local communities. By sending profits of the sales of premium Filipino products back into supporting local, social and environmental projects, GStuff aims to eradicate poverty, while protecting the natural environment. G Stuff's mission is to be a model of social entrepreneurship embodying the qualities of integrity, creativity, dynamism and social conscience at its best. This means when poverty is reduced, a community benefits. When we protect our natural environment, everyone benefits.

Owned by ABS-CBN Foundation Lingkod Kapamilya’s Chairman Gina Lopez, G Stuff offers a wide variety of health and wellness products! They range from Sun Blocks, Herbal Rubs and Lotions, Lip Balms, Natural Insect Repellants, Moringa-based products from Breath Sprays, Lip Care to Hydrating Lotions to , VCO Massage Oils and Oil Pulling Solutions, Essential Oils to Home Collection like Room Sprays and to gorgeous Abaca-Sinamay Roses, woven stool boxes, woven bags and clutches. G Stuff also offers healthy food products like all-natural Coconut Flour, Kefir Spread, Duck Eggs, Gluten-free untreated Taro Chips, Volcanic Pili Nuts, the amazing Anvil Tsokolate Drink and Coffee with Malunggay, Healthy Oatmeal Cookies with Duck Eggs, and Healthy Gourmet Tuyo.

The G in G-Stuff is a play on G-Spot therefore these are goodies that hit your health and hoist it to a premium level. It also ushers to G of Gina Lopez, an advocate of health and wellness. Being a person who will never do anything to put anybody’s health in danger, GStuff gets to the three famous slogans:

Good for You

 It's committed to promoting products that are good for your health, and to things that are Filipino. They’re made from the country’s natural resources.

Good for Communities

 It pays fair trade prices for raw materials, and the profits go back to community projects, helping the micro-entrepreneurs in the provinces, for their businesses to thrive.

Good for the Environment

 Profits go back to protecting the environment because G-Stuff uses products from sustainable farming.

GStuff is at the Powerplant Mall Rockwell,  Alabang Town Center, and Trinoma. 

Visit our website at www.gstuff.ph, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gstuffph and Instagram at @gstuffph. 

Call 09175864530, 5005623, 5005587, 5005604, 4161828.

UP student bags first prize in local digital art contest - 'DigiPinoy”

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A fine arts student form the University of the Philippines, Juan Paolo L. Magtira was recently declared as the winner in a nationwide arts contest dubbed “DigiPinoy” organized by Globe Telecom venture company AdSpark, an advertising solutions provider for local and global brands.

Magtira’s artwork, titled Intertwined, was picked as winner for the art contest for its sheer beauty and artistry. 

Image credit: AdSpark.ph, Juan Paolo Magtira

“His entry was a unanimous choice among the judges out of 39 entries in the contest,” said Jean Lander Agor, marketing and creatives associate director at AdSpark.

“His piece was judged based on how well it exemplified the theme DigiPinoy, its originality and artistic merit. Intertwined will be displayed as a mural at the Creative Wall for the AdSpark office,” the company statement said.

Magtira is a graduating student of Visual Communication program of the College of Fine Arts in UP Diliman.

The description for his entry read:

This image depicts the ‘love story’ between man and technology; technology (represented by a robotic woman) is connected to man in an effort to foster advancement. To allow man to live efficiently and easier by removing his own limitations which is depicted by stones that cover his body (a reference to ‘stone age’ that connotes a primitive way of living). A robotic woman is chosen as symbolism because women are the conduits for the gift of birth; the concept being that women have the ability to create an entirely new essence. This can be compared to the technological advancements that can push mankind, or to be more specific our country the Philippines, to greater heights. Someday we may be free from our innate weaknesses; to live up to our infinite potential as a race granted with the gift of technology.

“The theme DigiPinoy delves on the concept of how Filipinos are impacted by the rise of technology and how going digital is shaping the Filipino culture while preserving our age old traditions,” AdSpark statement said.

According to AdSpark, “Social media and other digital platforms have profoundly transformed the way we carry on with our lives, especially for us Filipinos. It has opened up the possibilities of discovering new information, sharing ideas and revolutionizing how we interact with one another and the world around us. Among those in the frontline of the most digital savvy people in the world are the youth.”

Prizes for the winner include P10,000 cash, a Macbook Pro and 6-month paid internship at AdSpark. A formal awarding ceremony is being scheduled this month.