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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Toledo City:HINULAWAN FESTIVAL 2008 PHOTO CONTEST

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As part of the Independence day Celebration, Toledo City will celebrate its annual fiesta called HINULAWAN FESTIVAL every 12 of June. One of the events for the upcoming fiesta is the PHOTO CONTEST. Registration of the contest is free and Prizes are Stake. The mechanics of the contest are as follows: READ MORE HERE

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - What can Judy Ann Santos explain in less than a minute…

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You see these people wrestling over the thought of Judy Ann Santos defending what the Meralco people deems needed to be defended, God or Allah or Buddha knows what entertainment can truly bring and wring. It can bring political minds into hysteria over the first sight of a banana. It can wring political minds dry, too.

…that Meralco and the government find the hardest measures to explain? SYSTEM LOSS. (Lmfao)

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Lifehouse “You and Me Live in Manila” Concert

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It seems like the concert of Lifehouse band in Manila will definitely push through as concert tickets will soon be available and be on-sale in the coming days.

Lifehouse “You and Me Live in Manila” Concert details at Music Picks blog!

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Something wonderful on board just for you

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The two of the most imaginative vessels afloat of Disney (The Disney magic and the Disney Wonder) are as the greatest ocean liners of years gone by. So, if you are dreaming of a magical voyage across land and sea or cruising to exotic island retreats, Disney cruises has something wonderful on board just for you.Day and night you will discover enchanting entertainment for all around to enjoy, because these ships have dazzling entertainment for all ages and with separate activity areas for adults, teens, and kids. READ MORE HERE

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Go to Sun Tech Days Conference, Discover Java

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Sun Tech Days, now in it’s 10th year, is a Worldwide Developer Conference that spans 15 cities across the world reaching more than 100,000 developers. So if ever you want to enhance your skills in Java, learn new things, contribute to the community and meet new friends, this is the conference you don’t want to miss.

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Entrecard Temporarily Unavailable

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Entrecard Temporarily Unavailable

Entrecard is temporarily unavailable. I checked my widgets early this morning and found out that they are not appearing at all. Also slowing the loading time of my pages. I visited the site Entrecard.Com and is temporarily unavailable.

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Entrecard’s Site Down for 12 to 24 hours

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If you are wondering why Entrecard is not showing on your blogs or why you can’t access Entrecard’s website, it is because their DataCenter’s “ThePlanet” had an electrical fire.

If you haven’t received their email blast yet, then visit this blog for more information.

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Be Part of FireFox3’s World Guinness Record attempt!

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Be part of a Guinness World Record attempt as the “Most Software Downloaded in 24 hours”, an attempt FireFox 3 will do on its release date.

Of course, no cheating people - no bots, no multiple downloads on same machine/box, you know the rest

How to give your support? Read on!!

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Options for Hosting Multiple Websites

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The first thing to look for when going for multiple website account is whether or not to host them all with the same web hosting company. Several web hosting companies offer packages that let you set up multiple sites on a single account and almost all will let you set up multiple accounts. CONTINUE READING

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Panic Attacks Treatment: Easy to Follow Steps

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This article will give you some easy to follow steps on coping with a panic episode. And, if you want to permanently get rid of panic attacks, a new technique will be discussed in the later part of the article. CONTINUE READING

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Wave the Philippine flag on your blog!

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May 28 is National Flag Day, which is when the Philippine flag was raised for the first time in 1898 (in the Battle of Alapan, Imus, Cavite). Beginning this day until June 12, which is our Independence Day, everyone is encouraged to display the Philippine flag in front of our homes, schools, offices, and other places. This period is called National Flag Days.

Here’s an idea: why not wave the National Flag on your blog? Continue reading the whole post…

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - AA Reports Money Misery For Mobile Phone Using Motorists

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While those illegally using a mobile phone while driving on the road will face being fined, such an offence may only be the beginning of their finance-related motoring pressures.

This is claimed by AA Insurance, when it indicated that consumers who choose flouting the law by talking on a mobile phone while at the wheel will be stung with a fixed-penalty notice of 60 pounds. Click here to continue

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A couple of days ago, there’s this brewing idea of making text messaging services in the Philippines free of charge. If that proposal gets granted, imagine this nation truly living up to its prestige(?) as a texting capital. But there are IFs and BUTs there. Come to think of it, nothing really is free these days. You have to ‘pay’ for it one way or another. As for free text messaging? There’s a method in the madness and madness in the method, as De Quiros puts it.

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - A Piece of Green

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The Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior stirred a minor ’storm’ in the headlines these past few days. It literally stood against the way of coal shipments to a power plant run by Team Energy Philippines in Pagbilao, Quezon. Apparently, the crew and the ship irked the operators of the power plant and a few naval law enforcers.

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PinoyBlogoSphere.com - An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines

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Below is an open letter of Sass Rogando Sassot, a transgender woman, who experienced discrimination at one bar in Makati.

PEOPLE LIKE US
An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines
[25 May 2008 / Sunday / 6.04 AM to 6.45 AM]

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

My friends and I have been made to feel inferior approximately five hours before I wrote this letter. I’d like to sweep this incident under the proverbial rug but there is no more space to accommodate it.

On the 24th of May 2008, my friends and I were celebrating the anniversary of our organization the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), the first transsexual women’s support group and transgender rights advocacy organization in the Philippines. We settled to celebrate it in Ice Vodka Bar, located in Greenbelt 3, 3rd level Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila. It was my first time in that bar. Two in our group have been there before and they had nothing bad to say about it.

There were five of us. I was leading the way. The bouncer stopped us. I asked why. His reason was we were dressed “inappropriately”. We were rather dressed decently, tastefully, and most importantly just like any other human being who lives her life as female 24 hours a day.

I asked for the manager. The bouncer was nice enough to let me in. The manager, Ms Belle Castro, accommodated me. I don’t know if I spelled her name right. I asked for a business card but she had none available. Her telling feature though was her braced teeth.

I complained. Ms Castro listened to me. I found her sympathetic, even respectful as she addressed me all throughout as ma’am. She told me the following:

1. (Referring to my friends, and obviously to me) That “people like them” aren’t allowed in our bar every Fridays & Saturdays;

2. That that was an agreement between all the bars in Greenbelt (she particularly mentioned their bar, Absinthe, and Café Havana) and Ayala Corporation, the company which owns the Greenbelt Complex;

3. That the reason for this policy is: “Marami kasing foreigner na nag-kocomplain at napepeke daw sila sa mga katulad nila.” Loosely translated in English: “There are lots of foreigners complaining because they mistake people like them as real women”; and

4. That they have a “choice” to implement the policy.

I felt terribly hurt and uncontrollably agitated. This transphobic act is not the first time that it happened to me, to my friends, to people like us. To say that this has become almost a routine is an understatement.

I have shouted at Ms Castro several times, asking her why I’m f***ing experiencing racism in my own country and what gave f***ing foreigners the right to demand to block people like us to enter bars in our very own country.

Ms Castro tried to hush me by pulling the “It’s our choice card” and asked me to talk decently. I am not proud at all of using the F-word as my intensifier and of letting my emotions ran raw and wild. My warm apologies to Ms Castro for losing my cool. Just like any of us, I know, she was just doing her job.

This may not be the proper forum to raise this concern. But is there any reliable legal forum to address this issue? Reality check: there is no antidiscrimination law in this country. And if you’re discriminated, there seems to be a notion that you’re supposed to blame yourself for bringing such an unfortunate event to yourself.

So, I’d just stand up through this open letter.

I am standing for myself. I am standing for people like us. I am standing up because I, am, very, tired of this incivility. We have long endured this kind of treatment for far too long. Enough.

I’ll not go as far as campaigning for a boycott as it is definitely the simple workers that would suffer from any loss in revenue such an act may cause.

People like us would like to be treated just like any other human being. Just like those foreigners who complained about our existence: With dignity.

You know the civilized and ethical thing to do: Stop discrimination in your establishments.

Bigotry is never ethical nor a sound business strategy.

Warmly,

Ms Sass Rogando Sasot
Sass is one of the founding members of the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP) [www.tsphilippines.com], an Associate Member of Transgender ASIA Research Centre, and a member of Ang Ladlad Party.

To have a dialogue with her regarding this incident, you may reach her at srsasot@gmail.com or through her mobile at +639276257010.

But the world is not all that bad and there are still good people out there who have even just a tinge of humanity in them. Thanks to formal and educated communication employed by Ms. Sassot, a lot of good developments regarding this case have taken place. And that’s all in a matter of less than a week.

Ms. Sassot shared the timeline and here is the long and short of it all: …..Click here to read more

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