NSO Helpline.com, Fast & Hassle-Free Certificate Delivery

Pilipinas Teleserv Inc., the citizen service partner of the National Statistics Office since 2000, is the company behind the NSO Birth Certificate Delivery service. NSO Birth Certificate Delivery 737-1111 is where people can request for their NSO certificates and have it delivered right at their door step within 2-3 days anywhere in the country. Over time it has expanded with a chat channel at www.birthcertificates.com.ph to support the helpline number along with more payment channels and online options for better accessibility. With all these improvements and further growth, Teleserv is now integrating all the service features to develop a one-stop shop for all NSO related services. This 2013, Teleserv embarks on a brand relaunch aimed at enhancing the current NSO Birth Certificate Delivery Service 737-1111.

LRA Extension Office Opens at BPI Family Savings Bank

The Land Registration Authority (LRA) recently opened its extension office in the premises of BPI Family Savings Bank headquarters, as a result of the first-ever private bank partnership forged by LRA with BPI Family last year.

Now through its installed facilities at BPI Family Savings Bank, the country’s leading provider of real estate mortgage loans, LRA makes it convenient, more efficient and secure for BPI Family Bank and its clients to do title verification through a web-enabled system.

MUSIC LYF: Sandwich Cooks New Album "Fat Salt & Flame"

It quite some time of waiting for a new album from the fun-loving band Sandwich, but after three years since Contra Tiempo was released, they are now back again and is now serving their new "dish" with the latest album "Fat Salt & Flame".

With the new album out, what can expect from the fun loving band which made waves with hits like "Sugod", "Betamax", "DVDX" and many more. And what does the the title mean since it talks about food similar to the band name? Will they be chefs? Will they have a cook book? Are recipes inside? Well will unlock that with our interview video with the band on their album launch.  

SANDWICH is coming BACK FOR MORE, 15th anniversary album Fat, Salt and Flame now out in stores released by PolyEast Records

Much like the album ‘Grip. Stand. Throw.’ -- the first album released in 1999– following Sandwich in 2013 still feels like epic and familiar.  Formed in 1998, SANDWICH has now existed for more than a decade and remains being influential in shaping the direction of OPM rock.

After the band’s most anthemic songs that kept the moshpit bouncing and seven award-winning studio releases, Sandwich returns with a new album Fat, Salt & Flame via PolyEast Records and was recently launched at Centris Walk, Eton Centris in Quezon City last April 12.

Frontman Raymund Marasigan said “Fat, Salt & Flame represents primal elements that are the building blocks for a mind-blowing good time. Myrene (Academia, bass) came up with the phrase (Fat, Salt and Flame). We were probably talking about a good steak at the time.”

As the band returns for more after the release of 2010’s “Contra Tiempo”, the new album kicks off with the single “Back For More”-- weaving together the distinctive tones and melodies that have always been the heart of Sandwich.

With repeatedly screams of “…I’m coming back for more”, the single’s music video is now on MYX Channel and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsv0fTOyj0) as directed by musician/director RA Rivera.

“Back for more started as a chord progression by Mong (Alcaraz, drums). We jammed as he came up with the melody without lyrics. Like all of the songs we recorded, the demo by playing it live in our practice studio using a Zoom digital recorder.”

Fat, Salt and Flame sounds like the work of a band caught between old habits and new adventures as Marasigan shared “In this album we rehearsed, wrote and tried out the songs live for almost a year and quite longer time compared to our previous albums. We took the songs out on the road for almost a year then we recorded it live in the studio. Then in fifteen days we recorded live at Sound Creation Studios and Tower of Doom. “

Collecting ten tracks in the production booth for a year with tricks that are familiar – Marasigan’s gigantic choruses, mixed old and new formulas but in the end offers a spark of hope to the cynical. You can look for #sandwichrecording on Twitter and Instagram as the band documented how the album came about.

Even seven albums into their career, Sandwich managed to sound both confident and unsettled, always pushing into new territory but galvanized by what they could do together. Marasigan adds, “We wanted an album that we we'd be excited to play live. Onstage is where Sandwich is most at home. That's why we recorded it live as well.”

Fifteen years ago, however, Sandwich cultivated an air of mystery that extended from their music from obscure music videos to packaging that always worked best representing each Sandwich album.

Marasigan continues, “We only write songs we want to play live. Our personal satisfaction is the main concern. When we enjoy ourselves and our songs, we put on a good show. And hopefully our audience will get blown away as well.”

The band’s success had paved the way for a new generation of rock acts, as Sandwich continues to lead the charge.

Sandwich are Raymund Marasigan (Vocals, Guitar), Myrene Academia (Bass, Backing Vocals), Diego Castillo (Guitar, Backing Vocals), Mong Alcaraz (Guitar, Backing Vocals) and Mike Dizon (Drums).

Sandwich’s new album Fat, Salt and Flame is now available for downloads on mymusicstore.com.ph and iTunes Philippines. CD is now available nationwide exclusively at AstroPlus/Astrovision released by PolyEast Records.

Special thanks to Smart Bro, Café Puro and House of Lasagna (Centris Branch).

Track List:

1. Fat, Salt and Flame

2. Back For More

3. Sleepwalker

4. Pray For Today

5. The Week After

6. Mayday

7. Kidlat

8. New Romancer

9. Manhid

MUSIC LYF: Richard Poon, New Label New Album Legends

Richard Poon has become a household name  for singing cool and calming renditions of all -time favorites and even OPM. Having 5 studio albums is a testament of his success despite his genre and music style is far from the popular birit-loving pinoy taste. Now he has another new album out this week.

Richard Poon is enjoying a lot of firsts this 2013. And one of them is his new album with a new record label, Universal Records. He also shifted his music style from Big Band to Pop which he was also success with his songs. He is also gearing up for an upcoming concert, his tours and new friends with his switch.

REEL DEAL: Manila chosen to host the Philippines's Fast and The Furious 6 Premier

Event Marks the First time the City will gather Foreign Press to Promote a Hollywood Movie

The Philippines continues to capture Hollywood's, interest, as Manila will play host to Universal Pictures' upcoming 'Fast & Furious 6', it was announced today. This event is the very first time that Manila will gather foreign press from Asia and other cities outside of the region to promote a major Hollywood movie. The film's lead action star, Vin Diesel, along with fellow stars Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carrano and Luke Evans, producer Neal H. Moritz, director Justin Lin will be coming to the Philippines to be part of this exciting movie event. During the two-day event , invited journalist will have a chance to conduct one-on-one interviews with the cast and director. This will culminate with a star-studded premier of Fast & Furious 6 at the SM Mall of Asia on May 15, 2013.

Thousands Flock Labor Day Job Fair at SM City San Lazaro

Labor Day would either mean rallies or holiday to some, but for jobseekers, its a perfect day to get that dream job that they wanted. With the start of May is made to commemorate the hardworking class of the nation, plus positive economic direction of the country, it also paved way to the creation of more investments and also jobs.

Jobs that are the foundation of the economy, new ones are created everyday but also comes with competition from a lot of aspiring job hunters with various backgrounds and skills.

HP launches Write and Read 2 program

Being an advocate of education is not easy and to teach the value of education is another thing. But we were all inspired with the life of CNN Hero of the Year 2009, Efren Penaflorida who showed that even without the government, he can still make a difference.

This is also what inspired technology Hewlett-Packard to make make a program that will get young Pinoys to love education via reading, writting, and illustration. In line with their new products also comes the launch of the HP Write and Read 2 program.

Filipino school-going children will soon learn how to integrate the use of modern technology in making their creative school work matter with the launching of the HP Write and Read 2013 program.

Philips set to launch LED Promise campaign on May 4

Philips Lighting Philippines is set to kick off its LED campaign on May 4, 2013 at the SM Mall of Asia. Entitled “The Promise of a Greener World”, the campaign aims to emphasize how using LED lighting solutions can help reduce the Philippines’ carbon footprint, and avert the drastic effects of global warming. 

The event, to be hosted by popular TV host Suzi Entrata-Abrera, will feature Philips’ latest range of LED lighting products, together with its newest Brand Ambassador, popular TV personality and triathlete Kim Atienza. 

The SM Store+Parisian Summer Giveaway IV‏

The last leg of The SM Store & Parisian SUMMER GIVEAWAY!

Get a chance to win a P1,000 gift certificate and a bag from Parisian!

Here's how:

1. Simply follow @thesmstore (http://twitter.com/thesmstore) & @SMParisian (http://twitter.com/SMParisian) on Twitter

2. Tweet "I want to win @thesmstore @SMParisian Summer Giveaway! #thesmstoreparisiansummer"

3. Attach the promo poster when you tweet

Promo runs from April 29 - May 03, 2013 only! Let's go!

GMA Network’s prime talents bag honors at the 10th Golden Screen Awards for Movies

Top Kapuso artists scored another award-winning feat after being recognized in the recently concluded 2013 Golden Screen Awards for Movies held last April 27 at the Teatrino in Greenhills, San Juan.

Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid was one of the night’s biggest winners as she went home with the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Award for Comedy in her 2012 film Of All The Things produced by GMA Films and Viva Films.