SM 3 Day Sale This April!

MALL OF ASIA • BICUTAN • SAN LAZARO • CLARK • SANTA ROSA • LUCENA • LIPA • ROSALES • CAGAYAN DE ORO

Join us on APRIL 19, 20 & 21, 2013 and enjoy huge discounts and fabulous prizes at The SM Store’s 3-DAY SALE!!!

Introducing... The 3-WAY SAVE!!!

ONE: Additional ten percent off the first two hours of Friday with SM Advantage Card!

TWO: Free P100 shopping coupon for every P2,000 single-receipt purchase on Saturday and Sunday!

THREE: 5% rebate with BDO credit cards for all three days!

The SM Store’s 3-Way Save! The more you buy, the more you save!

MUSIC LYF: Psy - Gentleman (Single)

PSY DEBUTS "GENTLEMAN" MUSIC VIDEO AND SETS NEW YOUTUBE RECORD FOR MOST VIEWS IN ONE DAY

SINGLE REACHES #1 ON ITUNES WORLDWIDE

#1 IN OVER TWO DOZEN TERRITORIES

NEW YORK, NY — Multiplatinum-selling global superstar PSY premiered his brand new music video for "Gentleman" [School Boy Records/Republic Records] on Saturday April 13 and set a new YouTube record for "most views in a day". The anxiously awaited clip for his "Gangnam Style" follow-up amassed a staggering 22-plus million views in less than a day, immediately becoming an online hit in its own right. The song, first heard during his momentous performance at this weekend's "HAPPENING" concert to a sold out crowd of 50,000 fans at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, Korea was also broadcast live on YouTube to an audience of millions worldwide. Currently, the video is over 81 million views in the short span of a few days.

MUSIC LYF: Earth Day Jam 2013

Jam for the sake of Mother Earth ! Its time again for EARTH DAY JAM 2013, the biggest concert for nature on Earth Day. It will be held at 9th Avenue Corner 34th Street Bonifacio Global City Taguig (In front of Mercato. Near Market Market). The party will star from 6 PM onwards.

The concert is FREE and will have a lot of OPM artist joining for the cause. Led by musician and earth advocate Lou Bonnevie, the Earth Day Jam is on its almost a decade of having this music festival is one of the most awaited OPM concerts of the year.

Together with the city government of Taguig and the Earth Day Jam Foundation. The concert aims to raise awareness on for nature preserving efforts like tree planting, waste reduction, species preservation and many more.

LAKBAYAN: Third Travel Massive Manila happens this April 19

The 3rd Travel Massive Manila will once again bring together the travel community with the theme “Counter Culture Shock”. The event will be held on April 19, 2013 at Kasbah, The Fort Strip.

This time, speakers will share their travel stories and culture shock experiences. Networking activities are organized for travelers, travel bloggers, travel companies and professionals. Travel videos will also be featured while guests enjoy their free drinks. Games and raffles will be held in between speakers where participants will win prizes, including a Kindle Fire from Skyscanner Limited. Anyone can share their travel stories during the open mic segment. It is a night for and by the travel community.

DSWD, DepEd: ‘No child will be left behind’

Every child in the Philippines will now have the chance to be schooled.

This is the vision of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Education (DepEd) as they launch Kariton Klasrum with the theme “Katropa, Edukasyon at Kalusugan Mo’y Sagot ko! Sakay na sa Kariton ng Pagbabago!” today in Ultra Sports Complex, Pasig City.

More than 200 children will be attending the said event to celebrate the start of the drive and to witness the symbolic signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between DSWD and DepEd.

As an alternative delivery mode of education, Kariton Klasrum aims to reach street families and out-of-school children who are beneficiaries of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT), an offshoot of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, a human development program of the national government.

GMA International lands two nominations in NAMIC Vision Awards

GMA International - the business unit that manages the operations and distribution of GMA Network’s international channels GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International - bagged two nominations in the 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards alongside some of the biggest names in the US television industry.

GMA Pinoy TV’s long-running immigration program Pusong Pinoy Sa Amerika (Into the Hearts of Filipinos in America) was nominated in the Foreign Language category while the 30-minute cooking show Kusina Master, which is seen worldwide via GMA Life TV, earned a nomination in the Lifestyle category.

Hosted by immigration lawyer Atty. Lou Tancinco, Pusong Pinoy Sa Amerika is now on its 8th season of informing the Filipino-American community on immigration law. This time around, the show tackles immigrant issues and stories that are affected by new immigration policies. To unravel the complexities of the immigration system, the show is bringing its audience back to the basics with its episodes exclusively focused on the most common questions and challenges that people face in the immigration system. 

DepEd creates task force to protect teachers for the May polls

The Department of Education has created an Election Task Force (ETF) Operation Center at its Central Office in Pasig to ensure full support to teachers who will serve as members of the Board of Election Inspectors for the 2013 national and local elections.

Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC has designated Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Alberto Muyot as Chair of the Steering Committee.

The ETF will ensure that teachers are provided with adequate information as well as technical and legal assistance in their role as members of the BEIs. The same protection is extended to principals, supervisors, schools division/city superintendents and other DepEd employees who will serve in the May 13, 2013 automated national and local elections.