BAMBU x Paid Dues 2011 x Soul Assassins
Dj Muggs
Sick Jacken
Planet Asia
Bambu
speak on the Paid Dues Festival
Also a little History on Bambu, Artist, Organizer
www.bambu.la
www.djmuggs.com
www.paidduesfestival.com
www.oishimedia.com
Just some islands out of over 7000
The Philippines
PH gets $20M in grants for anti-AIDS drive
The Philippines has obtained about $20.4 million (about P890 million) in grants from the Global Fund to boost its not-so successful campaign to halt the spread of the dreaded HIV-AIDS disease.
Teresita Marie Bagasao, country coordinator of the United Nations Program on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS) said the Philippine campaign against the killer disease has long been “underfunded.” She said that aside from funds, there were other “factors that must be resolved first, like government support and a real commitment to address the HIV-AIDS problem.”
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is lobbying hard against legislation that will allot more government funds for condom distribution and mandate safe sex education in all schools.
“If the country will continue to put the HIV-AIDS issue at the backseat of its priorities, cases will continue to rise.”
Filipino American History Month is OCTOBER…
I JUST found that out!! Awesome!!
Limestone Cliffs — Palawan
Palawan is the Philippines’ Last Frontier. It is home to 40% of the country’s remaining mangrove areas, 30% of the country’s coral reefs, 17 key biodiversity areas, 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 8 declared protected areas, and the country’s last remaining stretch of old-growth forests. It also has a wide variety of flora and fauna species. Palawan has been designated as a Man and Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations, yet it has been sold out to mining corporations.
Environmentalist and anti-mining activist, Dr. Gerry Ortega was shot dead last January 24, 2011 due to his fight against the expansion of mining activities in Palawan which causes landslides and floods, threatening the lives of many people in Palawan. He fought that mining was not the solution to poverty in Palawan, since it is a short-lived source of income that kills the environment and its costs outweigh the benefits. The best solution was through eco-tourism, preserving the environment and providing long-term jobs for many people in Palawan.
If we destroy Palawan, we don’t just destroy its resources and heritage, we destroy one of the country’s last remaining treasures. Doc Gerry is dead, but let his dream live on by signing the NO TO MINING IN PALAWAN PETITION. Filipino or not, please reblog, sign the petition, and help the country!
(via vivafilipinas, img by Rex Montalban)
Filipino American recreation hall at 245 S. Main Street, Los Angeles. 1940.
Though most of the Filipinos living in Southern California today made their residence in the United States after the Immigration Act of 1965, immigrants from the Philippines established settlements in the region decades before. A 1924 immigration law prohibited any immigration from Asian countries. However, since the Philippines was U.S. territory, immigration to the United States was not restricted for Filipinos. Between the years of 1924 and 1934, an additional law was enacted to restrict the number of Filipinos who could enter the States to 50 per year. The first substantial wave of Filipinos settled in Los Angeles in the 1920s. By the first quarter of the 20th century, a small Filipino enclave was developing in the impoverished Downtown area, between Main and Los Angeles Streets. Due to racially restrictive covenants and discrimination, this was the only area in Los Angeles that the rental market allowed them to rent at that time.
(Source: lmu.edu)
At Starbucks waiting for Krystal, the creative director for an up and coming Filipino American Magazine called Redefined, to have a meeting about me being one of their photographers. Well see how this goes.
Mix: DJ Jay-P / JUST RIGHT - The Just Right Project is a project to help build homes for the poor in Philippines. Click here to download these fresh mixes by DJ Jay-P.
This is an awesome cause… Reblog to help JUSTRIGHT!
Noynoy Aquino shows off his first monthly paycheck as President amounting to P63,002.17, after tax. (Jay Morales/Malacanang Media Bureau)
We have a really good feeling about this president.
“IT TICKLES!” Binibining Pilipinas-Universe Maria Venus Raj (C) goes through the security inspection at the NAIA Terminal 2, August 4, 2010, prior to her departure for Las Vegas, Nevada, where she will compete in the 2010 Miss Universe. (Raoul Esperas)
