Havoc 2014: Witness the Mayhem!

Wazzup Pilipinas! Let the cold draught of February set the laser light-filled battlefields for the BIGGEST, GRANDEST, and MOST ANTICIPATED party in the South happening on Thursday at 7 pm, February 6, 2014 at Java Avenue!  Volunteer in the regiment hosted by Ms. Joyce Pring, with a special...

Vhong Navarro Molested A Student at BGC Condo?

Wazzup Pilipinas! "As much as I feel bad for Vhong, something's not adding up. Ilang araw na ang nakaraan since the incident pero hindi pa din naglalabas ng malinaw na detalye ang kampo ni Vhong. Meron ba silang itinatago? Puwede rin kasing hindi ito simpleng extortion case. Hindi naman s'ya...

Wazzup Pilipinas Awarded as Most Outstanding Filipino Community Blog Site of 2013

Wazzup Pilipinas! Wazzup Pilipinas wins as Most Outstanding Filipino Community Blog Site of 2013, a national award conferred by the National Customers' Choice Annual Awards for Business Excellence "for its excellence in company reputation, experience, brand integrity, product quality, and trust...

A Thousand Meals for UP Tacloban Benefit Concert

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) in the University of the Philippines Diliman will be launching a campaign dubbed as “A Thousand Meals for UP Tacloban” through a benefit concert on January 30, 2014 at the UP Diliman Amphitheater. “A...

Escol-Tara: Reliving Manila's Once Fabled Premier Street

Wazzup Pilipinas! This coming Sunday, January 26, Heritage Conservation Society - Youth (HCS-Y) will be conducting a special, FREE walking tour in Escolta, Manila dubbed as "Escol-Tara: Reliving Manila's Once Fabled Premier Street". The tour will feature the heritage buildings in the historic...

It's "Complicated" at the Lopez Museum and Library

Wazzup Pilipinas! "It's Complicated", a phrase popularized by social media, has become the catch all for all undefined and problematic relationships typical of the post-modern world. Seeing parallels between these and the complex relationship of the Philippines with its colonial pasts, the Lopez...

Problema ng mga Katulad Ko: "Bakit Sobrang Pogi Ko Talaga?"

Wazzup Pilipinas! Are you being troubled by your "kagwapuhan" or "kapogian"? Do you always find yourself the center of attraction because of your very pleasing personality na "artistahin"? Do you simply light up the room and believe you're the "life of the party" because everyone flocked into...

Frozen Soundtracks Translated Into Tagalog: Bumitaw and Gusto Mo Gumawa ng Taong Nyebe?

Wazzup Pilipinas! Thanks to YouTube user Silverrainxyz for the great Tagalized (translated in Tagalog version) "Frozen" movie soundtracks.Like almost everyone I was deeply impressed with the Disney movie about the "Ice Queen"? The story about two sisters and the seemingly curse of a power that somehow...

Jeanne Lim Napoles Executes Affidavit for Tax Evasion Case

Wazzup Pilipinas! "The daughter of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles on Friday finally answered the P32-million tax evasion complaint filed against her by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the Department of Justice last year. She executed the affidavit in London before Philippine...

The Attic Bazaar: Where Decades Collide

Wazzup Pilipinas! From the organizers of Soleil, Seoularis, and Times Square Fashion Bazaar, now on its 28th year, the Business Management Society of De La Salle University presents to you: “The Attic Bazaar: Where Decades Collide”. Little by little the past is making a comeback. We see how old...

Vhong Navarro Badly Mauled at a Condo in the Fort

Wazzup Pilipinas! "Si Vhong Navarro ay naimbitihan sa isang condominium unit sa Fort ng isang kaibigang babae. At sa di pa malamang kadahilanan, siya ay piniringan, pinagtulungang bugbugin, ginapos, tinakot, at hinihingan ng pera ng isang grupo ng kalalakihan noong January 22, Miyerkules." - Chito...

Saving the Life of a Child Thanks to My Red Cross Training

Wazzup Pilipinas!This is a heart-warming and a must share story we read from a Facebook user about his experience saving a child who drown at a beach somewhere in Anawangin, Zambales just this month. It was because of his  basic RED CROSS training in CPR and the likes that he was able to...

Guerilla Race Series: The First Extreme Obstacle Course Racing in the Philippines!

Wazzup Pilipinas! The first and only obstacle racing series within Philippine territories, Guerilla Race Inc. is proud to launch the Guerilla Race Series, targeting over 2,000 athletes and race aficionados, and nearly as many spectators, all set to participate in this launch event alone at Nuvali...

Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival 2014: More Artists Announced

Wazzup Pilipinas! "Malasimbo is an adventurous grass roots experience with essence focusing on MUSIC, ARTS, the ENVIRONMENT and the INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. The festival blends traditional and contemporary arts and culture together with music performances while working towards the protection and sustainability...

Value for Money Real Estate Developments in Metro Manila

Wazzup Pilipinas! Metro Manila has emerged as one of the top five real estate investment destinations in Asia-Pacific, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia-Pacific 2014 report published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report, covering 23 urban...

Shang Salcedo Place: One of the Best Investment Propositions in the Country

Wazzup Pilipinas!From the Shang Properties, Inc., an affiliate of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, world-renowned owner and developer of the most illustrious properties in the Philippines like One Shangri-la Place, The St. Francis Shangri-La Place, The Shang Grand Tower, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA...

Five of the Best Real Estate Developments in Makati City

Wazzup Pilipinas! Makati is the city that makes it all happen. This is the country's leading city and the place to be for business, lifestyle, entertainment, and culture.The Make It Makati initiative gives us a new, fun, and easy way of looking at the city. By defining distinct districts with...

Top Four Reasons Why You Should Invest in the Vita Tower

Wazzup Pilipinas!The long wait is finally over!It is with great pleasure and utmost excitement that we present to you the very first residential tower in Vertis North, Ayala Land's first grand-scale, mixed-use sustainable master planned city center in the heart of Quezon City, located within the...

The Problem with the Privilege Speech: Tamaan Na Ng Kidlat ang Bumitiw!

Wazzup Pilipinas!The problem with the so-called "privilege speech" at the Senate or Congress is that a lawmaker can go on and on and on for long hours without anybody able to question the many discrepancies, loopholes and incompleteness within their often dramatic and seemingly teleserye-inspired...

Winning a WD My Cloud Personal Cloud Storage During the Media Launch

Wazzup Pilipinas! Finally, a cloud of my own! Thank you WD for my raffle prize! From a 500 Gb My Passport Air to a 3 Tb My Cloud Personal Cloud Storage - that's a big leap for my storage requirement needs. Just what I really need for my ever growing collection of personally taken photos and...

An Enchanted Evening with Jonathan Badon

Wazzup Pilipinas! Internationally acclaimed tenor and classical pop artist Jonathan Badon, also known as the "Josh Groban of the Philippines" and the Prince of Popera, is performing "An Enchanted Evening" on January 30, 2014 7 pm at the Teatrino in Promenade, Greenhills, San Juan City. Jonathan...

Hennessy Artistry Manila Halo: Musical Collaboraton of Both Local and International Talents

Wazzup Pilipinas! Don’t miss your chance to step into the biggest Hennessy party of the year happening on Friday at 8 pm January 24 at the SM Aura Samsung Hall, Bonifacio Global City! Hennessy Artistry Manila Halo is the biggest party event of the year to bring you a night of exceptional musical...

Globaltronics Presents the National Digital Arts Awards 2014

Wazzup Pilipinas! March 1 is just around the corner so if I were you, I’ll be readying myself for the biggest digital arts awards in the country. Aspiring participants, time to show the world what you've got. This is the time to make a difference. Globaltronics presents a bigger and better National...

Graphika Manila 2014: Conference on Creativity

Wazzup Pilipinas! If you are creative at heart, passionate about design or are one who appreciates the arts, you are very welcome to attend Graphika Manila. Graphika Manila is the premiere multimedia and graphic design event in the Philippines. Since 2006, Graphika Manila...

Fadal Manila X Ash Reginald : Portraiture Exhibit

Wazzup Pilipinas! A portrait is typically defined as a representation of a specific individual, such as the artist might meet in life. A portrait does not merely record someone's features, however, but says something about who he or she is, offering a vivid sense of a real person's presence. Each...

Malolos City Bike Festival 2014: Celebrating 115 Years of the First Philippine Republic

Wazzup Pilipinas! Its huge! Its beautiful! Best of all it will open its doors to all of us cyclists and beautiful bicycles all over the metro on the Jan. 25 and 26! Our Proud Historic Event Host will be, The Malolos Sports and Convention Center in Malolos City. This Historic Bike Festival Event...

Cook Out 2 Help Out: Rebuilding Visayas

Wazzup Pilipinas!Looking for a good reason to break your diet this week? Look no further. Some of the country’s top toques led by Lusso’s Margarita Fores and Antonio’s Tony Boy Escalante, will be flipping burgers once again at "Cook Out 2 Help Out: Rebuilding Visayas", for the benefit of the rebuilding...

Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical

Wazzup Pilipinas! Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical is the feel-good international hit sensation!  Adapted from the 1994 movie about three Australian drag queens on an epic road trip through the outback, Priscilla is the heart-warming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop...

Selfie: How to Create Meaningful Personal Brand

Wazzup Pilipinas! Philippine Junior Marketing Association’s biggest event of the year is here! Mad World 2014 entitled, “Selfie: How to create meaningful Personal Brand," is coming your way this Feb. 02 at the SMX Convention Center! It is PJMA’s annual convention for budding marketing professionals...

August: Osage County

Wazzup Pilipinas! Be prepared ! An electrifying theatrical work of art.Coming soon ! The cast announcement of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. The main characters are Beverly and Violet Weston. They are married and live in a three-story home in Oklahoma. They have three daughters by the name of Barbara,...

Rak of Aegis: A Rock Comedy Musical Featuring the Songs of Aegis

Wazzup Pilipinas!RAK OF AEGIS is a rock comedy musical using the songs of Aegis that will tackle Filipino resilience, or how the country faces and resolves compromising situations, whether this be a natural disaster or a broken heart.  Set in a subdivision that has been flooded for two months,...

Mark Rothko’s “Red” by John Logan

Wazzup Pilipinas!Mark Rothko’s “Red” by John Logan is the critically acclaimed production about the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko who was commissioned, for what might have been the equivalent of the Sistine Chapel commission, to paint a series of murals for the cutting edge Seagram...

Full Gallop Stars Cherie Gil as Diana Vreeland

Wazzup Pilipinas! My Own Mann Productions, the newly-formed theater company of CHERIE GIL and Actors' Actors' Inc (AAI) proudly announces its debut offering for 2014 with “ FULL GALLOP ” a play about fashion doyenne Diana Vreeland. Written by Mary Louise Wilson and Mark Hampton, FULL GALLOP...

The Sixth Ani ng Dangal Awards Night at Resorts World Manila

Wazzup Pilipinas!Ani ng Dangal or "Harvest of Honors" is a state recognition given by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts under the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. It is an annual affair in the Philippines celebrated as a highlight of the Philippine Arts...

Online Application for NBI Clearance Now Available

Wazzup Pilipinas!To those planning to get an NBI clearance today,  instead of battling it out patiently in a depressing queue, you might just want to wait a couple more days. With the recent news about the terrible service that a lot of individuals had to endure when getting their NBI clearance,...

8th Spring Film Festival at EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Mall

Wazzup Pilipinas! Admission is free to the 8th Spring Film Festival this January 24 to February 2, 2014 at the Shang CinePlex of the  EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong brought to you by the Ateneo de Manila University Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies, together with Confucius...

Criminals Beware: Strike Anywhere Except Davao or Suffer Death From Duterte

Wazzup Pilipinas! “Smuggling has been going on since time immemorial and nobody really stopped it,” he said. “No amount of threats from government prosecution stopped smuggling. This has been going on and controlled by a cartel. If no one is willing to kill for the Filipinos–for the poor...

DOTC Celebrates 115TH Anniversary With Start Of Two Major Infra Projects

Wazzup Pilipinas!The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) celebrates its 115th founding anniversary this week with the start of two (2) major infrastructure projects: the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 (MMS 3) project and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 Rehabilitation....

Top Twelve Most Dangerous Places in the Philippines

Wazzup Pilipinas! According to a Yahoo article, the Philippines ranks number one in the world for deaths caused by natural disasters. Last year, 2,360 people lost their lives in the Philippines due to natural disasters. It says that the Philippines is situated at the dead center of Typhoon Alley....

Mabuhay Restop Launches Festival Series

Wazzup Pilipinas! Mabuhay Restop recently launched exciting new shows featuring various regions of the country in partnership with Department of Tourism, Gawad Kalinga , National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Local Artists , CITEM, Department of Trade and Industry in promoting local products,...

NCR Palarong Pambansa 2014 Kicks Off Opening Ceremonies at San Juan

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Palarong Panrehiyon of the NCR Palarong Pambansa 2014 opened up with several activities last January 20, 2014 at the Pinaglabanan Shrine located near the new San Juan City Government Center. The Palarong Pambansa, dubbed as the "National Games, is an annual multi-sporting...

Palarong Pambansa 2014 Will Be Held in Laguna

Wazzup Pilipinas! Laguna was chosen as the venue of the Palarong Pambansa 2014. The Department of Education (DepEd) and Provincial Government of Laguna already signed an agreement to conduct this year's Palarong Pambansa. Governor Emilio Ramon “ER” Ejercito Jr. of Laguna and Secretary of...

Atheist Aware: Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion

Wazzup Pilipinas! This year, Pinoy Atheist and The Agora will launch its new program/activity called Atheist Aware to be held at Ichill Theater Cafe on January 26, Sunday at 2 pm.. This is a once a month activity that will focus more on ideas relevant to the Filipino non-believers. In 2006,...

Tanghalang Ateneo Presents Floy Quintos’ Break Away Antigone

Wazzup Pilipinas! Floy Quintos’ Break Away Antigone is based on Sophocles’ classic play, the production revisits the tragic story of Oedipus’ daughter, Antigone, who defies a King’s edict by burying a brother deemed an enemy of the State. It is a tale set in a city devastated by war, now under...

Ballet Philippines Presents The Art of Dance

Wazzup Pilipinas! Widely recognized today as a cornerstone of the Filipino cultural identity, Ballet Philippines, the Phillippines' flagship company in ballet and contemporary dance, closes its successful 44th season, themed IllumiNATION, with an exceptional repertoire of breathtaking performances...

Do You Hear the People Sing for the Benefit of Typhoon Yolanda Survivors

Wazzup Pilipinas! "Do You Hear the People Sing? is the latest effort of Resorts World Manila along with Bouberg Productions, Enda Markey and the performers who waived their talent fees for those affected by the typhoon. Funds that will be raised from this production and auction will go to the...

Julia Barretto on the Cover of Metro Magazine February 2014 Issue

Wazzup Pilipinas!"Everything you need to know about the new season is in Metro's February Issue! On our cover is breakout star Julia Barretto, who is poised to conquer primetime with her upcoming TV series, Mira/Bella. Watch out for this issue in bookstores and newsstands this week! Photograph...