Floy Quintos’ Ang Nawalang Kapatid Closes DUP’s 38th Season

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A musical adaptation of India’s greatest epic closes Dulaang UP’s 38th season. Ang Nawalang Kapatid, adapted from The Mahabharata by acclaimed playwright Floy Quintos, with original score by Ceejay Javier, directed and choreographed by Dexter M. Santos, is a re-telling of the epic battle between the Kaurava and Pandava families. The story focuses on the anti-hero Karna, a brave young man who must choose between loyalty to his family or to the state which made him a prince.

Ang Nawalang Kapatid was originally written as a children’s play for the Ateneo Children’s Theater and was first produced for their 2011 season. This new version allows for many more of the complexities of the original material to be dramatized. New arrangements of the original songs were created by Ceejay Javier, whose original works include “Isang Panaginip na Fili”, “Astig”, “Alex in Wonderland”, “Break Away Antigone”. He is best known as Musical Director for Atlantis Productions’ “Next To Normal”, Disney's “The Little Mermaid”, “Carrie”, “Addams Family”. As expected, the new staging will showcase Dexter Santos’ flair for images and movement as seen in his previous works “Maxie the Musical”, “Collection”, “Orosman at Zafira”.

In adapting the Indian epic, Floy Quintos has chosen to highlight the story of family and blood ties, and the conflicts that these bring about. Karna, who in Indian literature is traditionally the anti-hero, is now a young man searching for his dharma, his truth and destiny, while unaware of his true blood ties. The young and energetic cast is made up of the Dulaang UP Ensemble, with a live band. Krina Cayabyab is vocal director.

Financial Data Leads Malicious Spam Hit List for Third Year in a Row

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Spam in 2013 decreased by 2.5 percentage points compared last 2012. Kaspersky Lab experts said this is because more and more Internet users and subscribers are likely becoming aware of these spam materials.

However, Kaspersky Lab noticed that they see more fraudulent and malicious messages appearing and cybercriminals are adopting new tactics to steal confidential data, especially passwords and logins to banking systems.

The experts at Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, have summarized spammer activity for 2013:

• The proportion of spam in email flows was 69.6% in 2013, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the previous year
• The percentage of emails with malicious attachments was 3.2% - 0.2 percentage points lower than in 2012
• 32.1% of phishing attacks targeted social networks
• The biggest sources of spam were China (23%) and the USA (18%)
• The proportion of spam in email traffic continues to fall. In the last three years, the share of unsolicited messages has fallen by 10.7 percentage points.

Magnus Eventus Mega Job Fair 2014 at Trinoma: A Huge Success and Plenty of Opportunities for Jobseekers

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Magnus Eventus Inc. grand opening of 2014 Mega Job Fair yesterday Tuesday January 28, was indeed a huge success. Attended by 1756 jobseekers, more than 40 employers, event partners, LGU officials namely Councilor Bong Liban of QC District 2 and Councilor Candy Medina of QC District 6, PESO Manager Mr. Carlo Abella, POEA representative Ms. Cathy Magda, DOLE representative Tita Nora and Ms. Angelu De Leon - Rivera the MEI Official Endorser.

During this day, Ms. Angelu De Leon-Rivera also announced the new co-endorser of Magnus Eventus Inc. namely, the showtime Ka-Loka-Like semi finalist, Ms. K Brosas , Jed Madella, Julia Clarete and Chariz Pampengco.

There are a total of 30 Participating Companies from different industries and supported by 10 Event Partners. The Magnus Eventus Mega Job Fair at Trinoma will be only until today January 28 between 10 am until 6 pm.