The Facets of Wellness

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The Facets of Wellness is a conference and a trade fair on September 14 and 15, 

SMX Convention Center. 

With today’s fast-paced lifestyle, more premium is placed on health and wellness. More and more people are becoming conscious of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and are eager to explore various avenues to achieve it. But more than just a physical state, wellness can also be defined through the environmental, emotional, mental, social, spiritual, financial, and occupational dimensions.

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izing the various dimensions of wellness, the “Facets of Wellness” is a conference and exhibit co-located at the Manila International Book Fair, Function Rooms 1 and 2, SMX Convention Center, Pasay City, Metro Manila on September 14-15, 2012. 

The focus of this fair is holistic and total wellness in all aspects of life --- physical, environmental, mental, social, spiritual, emotional, occupational and financial. It aims to educate the public about the latest products and services to improve not just physical health, but the overall well-being of a person.

The exhibit will feature various booths from different industries such as medicine, beauty, fashion and lifestyle, fitness, relaxation, food, and books. It will run from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm on both days.

On the other hand, the conference will run from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm on both days at the Function Room 1. Each conference day is divided into a morning and an afternoon session wherein a different aspect of wellness will be highlighted. 

Featured on the morning session of September 14, 2012 is financial and occupational wellness with topics such as healthy money habits and surviving financial storms. In the afternoon, the focus would be physical and environmental wellness. The feature of this session is a Zumba demonstration at 3:00 pm. The morning of September 15, 2012 is all about emotional and spiritual wellness. The afternoon, on the other hand, will focus on mental and social wellness with talks on taking care of your brain and corporate social responsibility.

Parents, children, educators, academicians, health enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, working adults, and the general public are all invited to visit the exhibit and attend the conference.

Come and learn and experience a healthy lifestyle!  

Let us enjoy all that life to the fullest! 

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, 

and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. 

(World Health Organization, 1948)

Mar Roxas replaced Jesse Robredo as DILG Secretary

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President Benigno S. Aquino III appointed Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas II as the new head of the Department of Interior and Local Government, replacing Secretary Jesse Robredo who died in a plane crash off the coasts of Masbate on August 18. 

Aquino expressed his full confidence on Roxas saying, "Sa kanya ako nagtiwala: Anuman ang mangyari, alam kong itutuloy ni Mar ang mga ipinaglalaban natin, at oras na hingin nating sumabak siya sa anumang giyera, hindi niya tayo bibiguin. (I trust him: Whatever happens, I know Mar will continue what we are fighting for, and when we ask him to go to war, he won't disappoint us.)" 

Statement of Secretary Mar Roxas on his appointment as the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, August 31, 2012.

Pahayag ni Manuel A. Roxas II:

Sa kanyang pagkakahirang bilang Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal

[Ika-31 ng Agosto 2012]

Unang-una, nagpapasalamat po ako sa Pangulong PNoy sa patuloy na tiwala na ipinagkaloob niya sa akin. Gagawin ko ang lahat upang hindi mabigo ang Pangulo at ang sambayanan sa tiwalang ito.

Napakalaki, napakalawak, napakaselan at mabigat ang responsibilidad ng pagiging Kalihim ng DILG. More than this, I have big shoes, or big tsinelas, to fill. Hindi po ako si Jesse Robredo. Kumpara sa kanya, marami po akong mga kakulangan. Subalit maaasahan po na gagawin ko ang lahat, sa abot nang aking makakaya, upang bigyang respeto ang legasiya ni Sec. Jesse. Magiging gabay ko ang kanyang alaala habang tinutupad ko ang mga tungkulin bilang Kalihim ng DILG.

Pabubungahin ko ang kanyang mga itinanim. Kasama na diyan ang pagbabalik niya ng respeto at dignidad sa mga ordinaryong mamamayan at sa buong sambayanan. Transparency, accountability, iyong people empowerment—iyong pagsasali ng pangkaraniwang tao sa mga desisyon ng pamahalaang lokal at pati na rin sa pamahalaang nasyonal—ang mga hallmarks ng liderato ni Sec Jesse; at lahat ito ipagpapatuloy po natin.

Nagpapasamat din ako kay Ma’am Leni sa suporta at kumpiyansa na ipinaabot niya sa akin. Makakaasa po siya at ang kanyang pamilya na hindi mababalewala ang mga itinanim ni Sec Jesse sa kanyang trabaho sa pagiging Kalihim ng DILG.

Nagpapasalamat din po ako sa DOTC family sa lahat ng kanilang trabaho na ipinakita nitong nakaraang higit sa one year, at masasabi ko po kay incoming Secretary Jun Abaya na mayroong mahusay na team diyan sa DOTC na gagawin ang kanilang trabaho para maging mas magaan ang kanyang pagpasok sa ahensyang ito.

Muli, nagpapasalamat po ako sa tiwala ng Pangulo. I continue to serve at his pleasure. Habang tinitimon ng Pangulo ang barko ng bansa, karangalan ko po na makisagwan, sa pagtulong sa kanyang agenda.

Maraming salamat. Magandang hapon.

Bucoy’s ‘Walang Kukurap’ explores the darkest Filipino soul

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After a successful run of the 110-year-old sarswela of Severino Reyes’ ‘Walang Sugat’, Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) resident theater company presents a highly-controversial play ‘Walang Kukurap’, written by Ms. Layeta Bucoy, considered by many as Quentin Tarantino’s female in theaters. Ms. Layeta Bucoy’s play is set to open on September 14 at CCP’s Tanghalang Huseng Batute.

In an interview with the playwright Layeta Bucoy, she mentioned that she got inspired by a political blogger named Christopher Bonoan that brought her attention to the Article 11 Section 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which states that public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency; act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives.

Bucoy stressed: “The questions that lingered in my mind: But what if the public office is taken as the extension of one's private or personal interests or what if the public office is perceived as the means to further such interests? What if public trust is ignored for the public office is treated as a private trust fund?”

The play is highly political in nature that explores the darkest Filipino soul. ‘Walang Kukurap’ as a production will serve as a forceful reminder that if people do not take the responsibility to better this world, then there is no need to die just to experience hell.

The same team that brought Dulaang UP’s shocking adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ is the artistic collaboration between the director-playwright tandem of Tuxqs Rutaquio and Layeta Bucoy together with TP’s homegrown talents—the Actors Company led by Jonathan Tadioan, Marco Viaña, Regina De Vera, Nicolo Magno, Ralph Mateo, Remus Villanueva, Doray Dayao, April Joy Iñigo, and Jovanni Cadag.

It will also feature veteran and competent theater actors who have crossed over to the mainstream arts, like Suzette Ranillo, Sherry Lara, Mymy Davao, Crispin Pineda, Pewee O’Hara, Lou Veloso, Ding Navasero, Nar Cabico, and Delphine Buencamino. 

With the TP Actors Company:

JONATHAN TADIOAN

MARCO VIANA

REGINA DE VERA

NICOLO MAGNO

RALPH MATEO

REMUS VILLANUEVA

DORAY DAYAO

APRIL JOY INIGO

JOVANNI CADAG

Another highlight of this second offering is the featuring of GLOC 9 on special dates of its run.

For more details of the play please visit, Tanghalang Pilipino’s official website on tanghalangpilipino.org.ph or contact TP office at (632) 832-1125 locals 1620/1621 or +639177500107 or call TicketWorld at (632) 891-999. The show will run until October 7.

Jericho Rosales as the very first Mega Man on Mega Magazine Big Fashion September issue

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MEGA MAGAZINE BIG FASHION ISSUE this September features the very first MEGA MAN - the dashing Jericho Rosales.

From style to grooming, each feature is specially cut out for the era's new breed of gentlemen. Rock leather, all-white, or knits with What Real Men Should Wear, and defy age and hair loss with the best grooming products on the market  today!

Grab a copy of MEGA's BIGGEST FASHION ISSUE now!

Kim Chiu revealed her beauty secret in Star Studio Magazine September 2012 Issue

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Kim Chiu revealed her beauty secret in Star Studio Magazine September 2012 Issue. 

Aside from Kim, this issue also features interesting articles on celebrities Sarah Geronimo, Judy Ann Santos, Chic Sisters Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith and many more.

Star Studio Magazine September 2012 issue is now available in magazine and book stores nationwide.