TOPS and LRA Push for the Complete Implementation of e-Titling Program in PH

Wazzup Pilipinas!The Land Registration Authority (LRA), and The Organization of Property Stakeholders, Inc. (TOPS), are strongly pushing for the complete conversion of all paper land titles to e-titles. The digitization of land titles will foster much-improved ease of doing business in the property...

South African Workshop Links Chemical Safety To Human Rights

Wazzup Pilipinas!Environment and human rights organizations gathered in South Africa to identify links between sound chemicals management and human rights in a workshop conducted last July 21-23, 2015 in Pretoria, South Africa.A workshop spearheaded by Philippine-based environmental justice group...

Manhattan Property Versus The Rest Of The World

Wazzup Pilipinas! The average price to buy a Manhattan apartment hit a record US$1.87 million in the second quarter of this year - an 11 percent increase on the same period in 2014, according to a report from Douglas Elliman Real Estate.As the price to buy real estate in New York City skyrockets,...

Local Cloud Computing Firm Walks for Children’s Wishes

Wazzup Pilipinas!Local cloud computing and data center services firm IPC (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.) has linked hands with non-profit Make-A-Wish Foundation Philippines to help uplift the lives of children with life-threatening illnesses. IPC recently participated in Walk for Wishes, a one-day...

Casa Noble Tequilas and Contreau Orange Liqueurs Come Together to Create Your Perfect Margarita

Wazzup Pilipinas! Many will be calling it the amalgamation of two great brands - Casa Noble organic tequila and Cointreau orange liqueur - to make ‪#‎YourPerfectMargarita‬. Edwin Ong of Casa Noble and Joey Pineda of Cointreau represents the two brands as they come together to give us the perfect...

Lazada Launches Seller Center Android App – the First Mobile Selling Platform in Southeast Asia

Wazzup Pilipinas!Southeast Asia’s leading online shopping and selling destination Lazada has launched its Seller Centre Android app to make selling on its marketplace platform even more effortless for brands and merchants across the region. Since its launch in 2013, Lazada’s marketplace platform...

TOPS-LRA Summit 2015: Measuring Our Gains and Meeting the Challenges Ahead

Wazzup Pilipinas! The 2nd TOPS-LRA Summit was held at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati City on July 28, 2015. The summit is a collaborative project of The Organization of Property Stakeholders Inc. (TOPS) and the Land Registration Authority (LRA). With a theme of "Measuring Our Gains...

YouthHack Manila Startup Challenge 2015 Highlights

Wazzup Plipinas!The YouthHack Manila Startup Challenge was held on July 25 & 26, 2015 at Xavier School in Greenhills, San Juan, with lots of big activities like workshops and keynote speeches from some of the big names in the startup industry, a youth-run startup fair, and a big competition for...

GQ WEST Partners with Mazy's Marketing Corporation for Laundrybest Use of Ariel Detergent

Wazzup Pilipinas!GQ WEST Inc. has entered into a partnership with Mazy's Marketing Corporation that allows the brand to utilize the Ariel detergent brand for its Laundrybest laundromat brand.Under the agreement, the Laundrybest stores will use Ariel detergent while its franchisees will enjoy certain...

Vista Land Reaps Multiple Recognitions at Philippines Property Awards and Benefits from MCX Opening

Wazzup Pilipinas! We would like to congratulate Vista Land, the country’s largest homebuilder, for winning numerous awards for its prestige brands – Brittany, Vista Malls, Vista Residences and Camella at the recently concluded Philippines Property Awards held last July 9, 2015 at the Fairmont...

Free Wi-Fi Internet in Public Places Project Launched at National Science and Technology Week 2015

Wazzup Pilipinas! From the press conference held a few days ago, there are already certain places in Quezon City and Manila, namely Quezon City Memorial Circle, Quezon City Hall, PHILCOA, Social Security Sysyem, LTO in Quezon City, and Rizal Park) that has the free Internet sharing called Free...

Asian Hospital and Medical Center Launches the Asian Cancer Institute

Wazzup Pilipinas! Nobody likes to hear that they are infected with cancer. For many people, it means an eventual death. Not too many survive especially when the discovery was too late. Even if there was early diagnosis, no one can hide the suffering it brings to everyone including their family...

33 Variations by Red Turnip Theater

Wazzup Pilipinas! 33 Variations by Red Turnip Theater opened on July 24 and will run on weekends until August 23 at Whitespace, Makati. But as member of the media, we got the special privilege of watching it ahead of everyone else. As always, I arrived ahead of everyone else too on the press...

Filipino-Americans Prefer PH Houses Over Condos

Wazzup Pilipinas!Despite the condo boom happening in Metro Manila and other major cities across the Philippines, it seems that many Filipinos based in the United States still prefer to purchase houses.This is according to latest data from global property portal Lamudi Philippines, which looked into...

YouthHack Manila Launches First Code Weekend, Raises Awareness on Tech and Entrepreneurship

Wazzup Pilipinas! Riding on the success of 2014’s first high school hackathon, YouthHack Manila upped its game this year with Code Weekend, thirty-six hours of pure coding. The overnight event, held at Microsoft Philippines last July 11 and 12, drew close to one hundred students from various high...

Breakthrough: The Great Launch of Aspire Philippines

Wazzup Pilipinas! Every great idea deserves a breakthrough. What started out as a vision to empower and inspire the Filipino youth through leadership trainings, public speaking workshops, and motivational talks for Aspire Philippines’ Founders V Manalo and Raymond Rodis is now a reality. Don’t...

Gantimpala Theater Foundation Presents Kanser@35 the Musical

Wazzup Pilipinas! Gantimpala Theater Foundation's 38th Season is mounting KANSER@35 THE MUSICAL by Dr. Jose Rizal based from the novel Noli Me Tangere. Over the past seasons, KANSER has always been staged as a straight play and it is considered as the " longest running play in Philippine...

Preparing for the Big One: UP Mountaineers and Primer Group Join to Ready the Public for Disasters

Wazzup Pilipinas! Primer Group, the country’s leading retailer and distributor of premium travel, outdoor, footwear, wellness and urban lifestyle consumer brands, and the UP Mountaineers Search and Rescue, together mounted a series of disaster preparedness talks held at the Recreational Outdoor...

Discover Eastern R&R Secrets with Jojo’s Diary of Asia on TLC

Wazzup Pilipinas!Are you in dire need of a relaxing vacation yet you don’t know where to go? This August, find out stunning destinations, de-stressing activities, rich cultures and great food on the all-new series JOJO’S DIARY OF ASIA, premiering on August 3, airing Mondays at 10 p.m. JOJO’S DIARY...

WD Redesigns World’s No. 1 Selling Portable Hard Drive

  Wazzup Pilipinas!WD, a Western Digital company, and world leader in storage solutions, today introduced the new, redesigned My Passport Ultra portable hard drives and My Passport for Mac drives. With the My Passport line now in its 7th generation, the My Passport Ultra and My Passport for...

Galileo is 10 Years Old! Let’s Celebrate at the Galileo Fun Fair on October 27 and 28

Wazzup Pilipinas! For 10 awesome years, the Galileo Enrichment Learning Program has been enriching 3-12 year olds, discovering and unleashing their amazing powers in Math, English and Singapore Math, nurturing them into academic achievers and overall wonderful kids. To celebrate 10 years of fun...

National School Deworming Day on July 29

Wazzup Pilipinas!The baseline prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is 66% among 1-5 years old (2004) and 65% among 6-14 years old (2003). In response, the Department of Health (DOH) implemented mass deworming beginning in 2006 as one of the strategies to control STH infections. Deworming...

Jesse Lucas To Feature Works In " Full Range On Aug. 20

Wazzup Pilipinas!The Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Triple Threat Concert Series in cooperation with Talent Factory Inc. and Artist Playground proudly presents “ FULL RANGE ” –featuring noted composer JESSE LUCAS on August 20 8 p.m. at the CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino. Jesse Lucas ...

"Spanish Guitar Night” With Maestro Francisco Bernier Sets August 18 Concert At Ayala Museum Lobby

Wazzup Pilipinas! In line with relations between the Philippines and Spain, the National Commission on Culture And Arts (NCCA) and Independent Philippine Art Ventures Inc. (IPAV) in cooperation with Alliance Francaise and Fairmont Hotel, proudly presents " SPANISH GUITAR NIGHT featuring...

"Beauty and the Beast" is All Set to Open on July 31

Wazzup Pilipinas!As a season offering to all schools, parents and children, Kids Acts Philippines proudly presents “ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ” with script and lyrics by LUIGI NACARIO and music by EUGENE BELBIS which is adapted from the original book by Jeanne-Marie LePrince De Beaumont. Beauty and the...

Azkals’ World Cup Chances ‘Promising’ – Palami

Wazzup Pilipinas!Only four countries in Asia will qualify for the World Cup Finals in 2018 in Russia and Azkals manager Dan Palami called the Philippine national football team’s chances as “promising.”Palami is hoping that “everything would fall in place” for the Philippine national football team...

Sun and Soul: Sessions of Arts, Sound and Flow

Wazzup Pilipinas! FlipTrip.ph, an online travel platform that enables itinerary customization and booking for off the beaten path destinations in the Philippines. is giving you the most soulful and inspiring weekend of the year! This is because FlipTrip.ph believes in curated and meaningful...

Interview with Dr. Niobe Thompson of The Great Human Odyssey

Wazzup Pilipinas!This is an interview with Dr. Niobe Thompson of The Great Human Odyssey which will air on the 2nd of August, 8:00 p.m. on Discovery Channel.Media: My question is about the Homo Sapiens, right, what was it about them that make them outlast (inaudible) before them,...

Manila Shakespeare Company Presents Romeo and Juliet Rerun

  Wazzup Pilipinas! This August, MANILA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY revisits Verona as 21st century Manila in their inaugural production of ROMEO AND JULIET. At the helm once again is actor-cum-director, Nicanor Campos.  The production had a brief initial run in February and March of this year,...

Climate Change, E-titling, Standardization of Documents and Practices Tackled at TOPS-LRA Summit

Wazzup Pilipinas!Climate change, geological hazards, E-titling, computerized land registration, the Uniform Loan And Mortgage Agreement (ULAMA) and the real estate industry’s contributions to the national economy topbill the agenda for the 2nd TOPS-LRA Summit on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at the Fairmont...