5th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition 2014

Wazzup Pilipinas! The PyroMusical annual event will put on a never-before-seen spectacle of lights and colors where the night sky and sea meet as staged by the world’s leading pyrotechnic experts.This competition will not only paint the Manila sky with brilliant bursts of vivid color, but will...

LTO Streamlines Motor Vehicle Importation Process In Line With Anti-Corruption Reform Program

Wazzup Pilipinas! In order to ensure efficient and effective importation of motor vehicles, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has revised all Rules and Regulations on the Accreditation and Stock Reporting of Manufacturers, Assemblers, Importers, Rebuilders, Dealers and Other Entities (MAIRDOEs)...

Euro Summit 2014: Probing ASEAN-EU Dynamics

  Wazzup Pilipinas! The Euro-Filipino Understanding and Relations Organization (UP EURO) is a duly recognized university-wide student organization based in the Department of European Languages of the College of Arts and Letters in the University of the Philippines, Diliman. It caters to the...

21st Travel Tour Expo 2014 Wants You to "Love Life Love Travel"

Wazzup Pilipinas! Local tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, hotels and resort operators, and travel agencies rolled out their fantastic discount programs for travel destinations here and abroad at the 21st Travel Tour Expo 2014 ongoing at the SMX Convention Center Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay...

Sulyap 2: Introducing a New Batch of Pinoy Comic Book Artists

Wazzup Pilipinas! Komikon aims to continue publishing an independent comic book anthology annually to encourage more budding creators out there to continue honing their skills and to showcase the broad offering of Filipino comics. This is why they created Sulyap that was launched last November...

Iglesia Ni Cristo Worldwide Walk for the Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda

Wazzup Pilipinas! One faith... one love... one aim. Steps that will make other lives change. Strengthened by one faith, bounded by unity, brethren from all parts of the world. Our brethren all gather, willing and ready to help those affected by the Typhoon Haiyan. "We walk so they can stand". The...

The 700 Club Asia Marks Love in Its Purest Form with Luv 2 Give!

Wazzup Pilipinas! The 700 Club Asia marks the season of love with its first series of special live episodes this year, dubbed “Luv 2 Give” on February 17-21, at 11:00 p.m. over GMA News TV. “Luv 2 Give” marries the passion of love and selfless giving as it encourages more people to help our kababayans...

Artistang Artlets of UST Presents #Hugot

Wazzup Pilipinas! Were you able to watch "A.S.L. Pls?", "Sa North Diversion Road", "Isang Dakilang Mamamayan ng Republika", and "Dyip". This March, Artistang Artlets brings you again, not just one, but three incredible productions! Artistang Artlets, the official theatre guild of the Faculty...

The Story of Boy and Bebeth: A Special Valentine's Day Love Story

Wazzup Pilipinas! It's the season of the hearts again. A time when lovers become extra close and an opportunity to treat each other extra nice. It's also an excuse to ask for a kiss, a hug or something more intimate. Statistics shows that aside from the ever increasing sales of roses and chocolates,...

Free Bus Rides to the 7107 International Music Festival

Wazzup Pilipinas! Philippines...are you ready?Have you already thought of how to get to the venue already? No more excuses! There will be free Rides to the 7107 International Music Festival on February 22 and 23. Sign up at the selected Guess stores indicated at the image below as early as February...

Tony Velasquez: A Retrospective Exhibit at Cevio Art Haus

Wazzup Pilipinas! A retrospective exhibit that will showcase three decades of Tony Velasquez, the Father of Philippine comics' original works from the 1930's to the 1950's20, is scheduled on February 15 up to 28 at Cevio Art Haus in Pasig City. This exhibit pays tribute to the man who pioneered...

Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit: Now More Relevant in the Wake of Yolanda and Climate Change Effects

Wazzup Pilipinas! It is all systems go for the Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit at the Multipurpose Hall of Meralco, Pasig City on February 27-28, 2014. The summit was originally scheduled on November 28-29, 2013 but was reset due to the devastation then brought by Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas...

UPLB Com Arts Society Presents [Re]Play: A Haunting of Nostalgic Nightmares

Wazzup Pilipinas! The UPLB Com Arts Society is a duly recognized academic and official organization for Communication Arts majors in the University of the Philippines Los Baños. It aims to cultivate human perception towards the arts and the humanities and to provide outlets for the artistic talents...

S'mores Fudge Bar: Special Valentine's Day Sweet Treats at Max's Restaurant

Wazzup Pilipinas! Almost everyone has a sweet tooth and can't resist taking a bite of anything sugary sumptuous. We love to have them as desserts after every meal to make our dining experience end with a memorable treat. Sweet treats makes every meal complete and also serves as our reward for a...

4Sharing Sumptuous Seafood Spread from Max's Restaurant

Wazzup Pilipinas! We will be visiting Max's Restaurant this weekend to try out their newest 4Sharing Meal choices, but before that let me share with you an article introducing the two dishes of ninong Max that is now a perfect match with everyone's all-time favorite Max's fried chicken. The nearest...

Anne Curtis' Dyesebel: What Color Should Her Mermaid Tail Be?

Wazzup Pilipinas!I'm not a girl but your friendly neighborhood pambansang blogger loves the color pink...BTW, somebody told me they're changing Anne Curtis-Smith's Dyesebel tail or "buntot" from orange to pink. Seriously? At first we thought her tail would be "blue" because of some "pictorials"...

David Beckham Spotted in Tacloban

Wazzup Pilipinas! Football star David Beckham brought cheers to the typhoon Yolanda devastated residents of Tacloban City at the province of Leyte today, February 13, 2014, after he visited the refugees as a United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ambassador. A million...

Martin Nievera Serenades at A Garden Filled with Love

Wazzup Pilipinas!Martin Nievera serenades the crowd with his timeless love classics supported by champions from reality talent competitions The Voice of the Philippines and X-Factor Philippines two days before Valentine's Day with a mini-concert dubbed as "A Garden Filled with Love" held at the...

DOTC Ready To Defend Public Interest, Need For Additional MRT-3 Coaches

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is ready to defend public interest and argue its case on the need to add forty-eight (48) new Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) to the Metro Rail Transit III (MRT-3) system at 2:00pm today, before the Regional Trial Court of...

Philippines Tourism Registers 9.56% Growth, Tourism Receipts Up By 15.1%

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Philippines welcomed a total of 4,681,307 foreign visitors in 2013, surpassing the 4,272,811 arrivals recorded in 2012 by 9.56%. This performance marked a new milestone for the tourism industry as visitor arrivals demonstrated sustained growth despite the challenges of the...

Tanghalang Pilipino Presents "Mga Ama, Mga Anak"

Wazzup Pilipinas! “Mga Ama, Mga Anak,” is a poignant drama in three acts revolving around former town illustrado and Caritela king Zacarias Monzon, his fall from power and wealth, and his gnawing conflicts with his son and his family, amid dementia and unresolved issues. Cruelty, hedonism, disloyalty,...

Senate Defenders Win Over HOR Solons, Kenneth Duremdes Emerged as Best Player of the Game

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Senate Defenders grabbed the 1st victory as they won 83-72 in a 9-point deficit over the House of Representatives Solons. Kenneth Duremdes from the Defenders emerged as the dominating player that earned him the title "Best Player of the Game" while Neil Tupas was the top scorer...

Khoa Bui Presents The Ultimate Health and Wellness Summit

Wazzup Pilipinas! Many people have started setting their new year resolutions to lose weight and look their best for 2014. Year after year, many people set these goals but fail to lose weight and achieve their goals for the rest of the year. Then the cycle continues. Khoa Bui and PMCM Events Management...

68th Annual Orchid and Garden Show: Lady's Slippers, Dancing Ladies, Butterflies and the Fascinating World of Orchids

Wazzup Pilipinas! There is probably no other group in the plant kingdom as intriguing and mesmerizing as that of the Orchid Family (Orchidaceae) where common names used to describe them seem to have been pulled out from some fairytale or some horror movie that we have watched in our youth. Second...

CBCP Wants Condoms Ads Removed from TV

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Family and Life made a request to the Ad Standard Council (ASC) not to allow the airing of condom ads on television. Fr. Melvin Castro, the executive secretary of the commission, said these commercials...

Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival: More Local Bands To Join Us at Puerto Galera!

Wazzup Pilipinas! Puerto Galera (Port of the Galleon) is part of "The Most Beautiful Bays" in the world club. Natural beauty, diverse marine life, rich cultural heritage and contribution for local economic activity. Explore what Puerto Galera has to offer at the Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival.  The...

Wazzup Pilipinas Welcomes First Year Anniversary with New Award and Logo

Wazzup Pilipinas! We keep on growing bigger and better that we thought we should also enhance everything else that makes up Wazzup Pilipinas, including making a few revisions on our logo. We removed the coconut tree (that we felt was partially blocking the sun and we're also slowly getting rid...

Espadrilles from Havaianas Origine: Now in the Philippines!

Wazzup Pilipinas! The long wait is finally over, as Havaianas, the makers of the world's most loved and famous flip-flops, will be making the Philippine debut of the Havaianas Origine. All hail to the latest product extension of Havaianas to land our shores! These pairs are the newest innovation...

Cesar Millan: The Dog Whisperer - Live in Manila

Wazzup Pilipinas! Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, and grew up working with animals on his grandfather's farm, Cesar Millan is now a best-selling author, a much in demand public speaker, a branded pet care product designer/entrepreneur and, not least of all, an internationally popular and iconic...

Globe and Smart Telcos: Let's Live More and Create a Wonderful Unli World With Fair Use Policy

Wazzup Pilipinas! "Globe implemented late last month a 1 gigabyte (GB) daily data usage threshold or a total of 3GB per month, whichever comes first, for post-paid subscribers on unlimited data plans."- Inquirer.net The Globe Telecom, and Smart,...and all the rest who plan to follow or have...

UP Junior Marketing Association Brings You ADHOC: Limitless

Wazzup Pilipinas! We've shared the drinks. We've danced to the beats. We've told the stories. But this night, we go beyond. Tonight, we are limitless. The UP Junior Marketing Association and Viber, Smart Prepaid, CloseUp, Monster Energy, El Hombre, together with 99.5 Play FM, J&B, Captain...

Kaspersky Lab Uncovers "The Mask": One of the Most Advanced Global Cyber-Espionage Operations to Date

Wazzup Pilipinas! Kaspersky Lab’s security research team announced the discovery of “The Mask” (aka Careto), an advanced Spanish-language speaking threat actor that has been involved in global cyber-espionage operations since at least 2007. What makes The Mask special is the complexity of the...

Sevenfriday Flash Party at Black Market

Wazzup Pilipinas! Thank God it’s Sevenfriday. The name alone tells you that this is something different. Both in design, heft, and form, it communicates a unique aura that is totally different from competing watches in its price bracket, and even higher-end luxury watches. Like the watch itself,...

Buddha-Bar Manila Celebrates A Memorable Valentine’s Day

Wazzup Pilipinas! It’s that time of the year again when couples, soon-to-be-couples, and those that prefer to go solo anticipate and look forward to – Valentine’s Day. Buddha-Bar Manila, the country’s top destination restaurant-lounge-bar, offers the most ideal Valentine’s venue for a complete...

Wazzup Pilipinas Discovers Another Case of Misrepresentation

Wazzup Pilipinas! Once again, Wazzup Pilipinas is a victim of "misrepresentation." "Just because you are a member of the Wazzup Pilipinas community, it does not mean you are allowed to freely use the blog's name to gain access to events. Our representatives should be duly authorized and assigned...

Michael Christian Martinez: An Olympic Dream at the Sochi Winter Olympics

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Philippines' flag bearer is figure skater Michael Christian Martinez who leads his national delegation during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Not only is Michael Christian Martinez the lone Olympian from the Philippines at the Sochi Games, he's also...

Ad Astra: A Multimedia Portfolio Exhibit

Wazzup Pilipinas! "The stars, ever alluring and spirited, make the night skies a fascinating view to look at. Each of them makes the most of the dullness and the emptiness of the vast universe. There are billions of them up above but nearest shine brightest among the others. We aspire to be like...

Tado Tributes: Farewell to an Artivist, Farewell to Arvin Jimenez

Wazzup Pilipinas! "The wake of Arvin "Tado" Jimenez will be on February 9-11 (Sunday to Tuesday) at the Paket Santiago Funeral Homes, V.Gomez corner E. Dela Paz, San Roque, Marikina near the Our Lady of Abandoned Church. His remains will be cremated on Wednesday, 9am at Loyola, Marikina. Public...

The Blogging Dead: Excited for Episode 9 of Season 4 of The Walking Dead

Wazzup Pilipinas! Spoiler Alert: "Maggie got infected! Nooooo! .....Don't you wish you just got raped by a herd of the undead?!" Let me present to you below my own version of The Walking Dead because I'm so excited for Episode 9 of Season 4 of the greatest TV series that made me lose sleep after...

PNP Recognized by Metrobank Foundation

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), the corporate social responsibility arm of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank), recognized its development partners during its 35th anniversary celebration last January 29 with the presentation of the Partners in Empowerment,...

Magnus Eventus Starmall EDSA Shaw Mega Job Fair

Wazzup Pilipinas! Magnus Eventus Inc., once again made the news as it opened another job fair recently for the month of February. Last February 6 and 7 was another mega employment opportunity for hopeful job seekers as they flock Starmall EDSA Shaw for the second job fair offering for the...

7107 International Music Festival: International Artists Set Length Released

Wazzup Pilipinas! Day 1 of the 7107 International Music Festival (7107 IMF) will be a wild night of EDM! Kaskade will headliner the first day of the 7107 IMF with 75 minutes of their sickest house music to probably prove to everyone why he was voted America’s Best DJ in 2011 and 2013. Can't wait...

“Lifestyle Monday with MasterCard” : 10% additional discount in select categories at Lazada

Wazzup Pilipinas! One week after the launch of its mobile application for iPhone and iPad, Lazada launched its ‘Lifestyle Monday With Mastercard’ promotion with MasterCard Philippines today. Through this promotion, MasterCard cardholders in the Philippines will enjoy a 10% additional discount when...

MATA Expo 2014: A Silent but Deadly Fun-Filled Gathering!

Wazzup Pilipinas! Imagine the in and out of the One Esplanade building located at the Mall of Asia Complex filled with people at every corner. That's how huge the turn-out of the MATA Expo 2014 event was - a great number of our deaf brothers gathered together for one whole day of fun-filled activities...

AIESEC’s International Youth Leaders Conference: Become One of the Leaders Needed Today

Wazzup Pilipinas! The youth’s legacy is the world’s future. International student-run organization AIESEC believes that the change envisioned by the young leaders of today can be actualized through self-leadership, community collaboration, and global generation movement. The organization trusts...