Pambansang Muziklaban 2012 Pre-Finals at B-Side Makati

January 26, 2012

Here are the band finalists:

Curbside (Manila)
David vs. Goliath (Davao City)
Leviticus (Cebu City)
Mind of Clay (Legaspi City)
Zephaniah (Baguio City)

The 2012 Red Horse Beer Pambansang Muziklaban Grand Champion will get  P500,000.00 cash tax free, Band Start-up Support for Music Video / Album production  worth P300,000.00, and a Year Long Gigs / Red Horse Beer endorsement contract  worth P200,000.00

Chinese New Year - Year of the Water Dragon

For the first time, the Philippines celebrate the Chinese New Year as a non-working holiday throughout the country.

In Proclamation No. 295 issued last Nov. 24, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said the declaration of the Chinese New Year as a special non-working holiday would give both Chinese- Filipinos and Filipinos alike the opportunity to celebrate the holiday.

A special non-working holiday in the Philippines means there will be no classes in schools and public and private offices will be closed.

"On Jan. 23, 2012, Chinese nationals all over the world will celebrate Spring Festival, popularly known as the Chinese New Year, which is one of the most revered and festive events celebrated not only in China but also in the Philippines by both Chinese- Filipinos and ordinary Filipinos as well," President Aquino said in the proclamation.

Aquino said that the joint celebration "is a manifestation of our solidarity with our Chinese-Filipino brethren who have been part of our lives in many respects as a country and as a people."

It's More Fun In The Philippines 2012

“It’s More Fun in the Philippines” is the slogan of a tourism campaign launched by the Filipino government in January 2012. Mainly due to its similarity to the 1951 Swiss tourism slogan “It’s More Fun in Switzerland,” the phrase has since become a subject of captioned parodies.

The slogan “It’s more fun in the Philippines” was developed for a campaign by ad agency BBDO Guerrero/Proximity Philippines for the Philippines Department of Tourism. The website itsmorefuninthephilippines.com