The Philippine TOYCON: The Biggest Pop Culture Event in the Philippines celebrates its 13th year

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What’s bigger than dinosaurs? Giant robots. What’s bigger than giant robots? Godzilla. What’s bigger than Godzilla? Freakin’ outer space! Where a bunch of aliens are busy guarding the galaxy.

There’s nothing that can compare with bigness. But sometimes, even the thought of “bigness” is an understatement when you find something that can contain all these things and add in a huge dose of fun and thrills. Prepare for the biggest one yet! It’s time for TOYCON 2014!!

The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention, or TOYCON as it’s more widely-known, is Asia’s biggest and longest running convention for collectibles, toys, anime, comics, cosplay, gaming and anything and everything related to hobbies and collections. The convention has been ongoing since 2002 so it is now on its 13th year of thrilling fans and aficionados alike. It is, simply put, the biggest pop culture event in the country.

This year’s TOYCON will highlight the 75th Anniversary of DC Comics’ caped Crusader, Batman with a huge Batman display area, a life size Batpod, a kids’ activity area, exciting new Batman merchandise, and a gallery of art and collectibles of the Dark Knight Detective.

Terminal Fees to Be Integrated with Airline Tickets to Reduce Queuing Time

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In a move to reduce queuing time at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has recently concluded talks with international air carrier representatives to incorporate the international passenger service charge (IPSC), commonly referred to as terminal fees, in the price of airline tickets beginning in October 2014.

“We congratulate MIAA on this new policy. It improves traveling convenience and efficiency at NAIA by removing a whole process which unnecessarily adds to the passengers’ processing time, requiring them to line up when payment can be done ahead of time,” said Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Jun Abaya.

According to MIAA, the integration of the IPSC into airline tickets will help address the congestion problem for departing passengers at NAIA, and will free up a sizeable area since the existing terminal fee counters will be removed.

Moreover, this policy is at par with international standards and practices, since among ASEAN Region countries, it is only the Philippines which collects terminal fees on a face-to-face basis at the airport.

International Film Expo 2014: The Asian Film Industry's Business Networking Event

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Get ready to feature your latest technologies and offerings related to the film industry. Meet distinguished production companies, producers, distributors, filmmakers, artists, and academic institutions form all over the world, network and exchange ideas with the most prominent film practitioners, and be part of an international marketplace where you can target and tap a broader audience for your film-related products and services.

The International Film Expo 2014 will be happening soon in Manila on June 27 to 29, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

Organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the organizers are positioning this event to be the Cannes Film Festival of Asia. They have actually gotten the commitment of ASEAN film organizations to send representatives to the show.

Filipinos are Southeast Asia's largest movie-going public. It comes as no surprise then that Philippine film making is considered as one of the most profitable ventures and investments you can make in this country.

So what are you waiting for, take your place in the spotlight and join this amazing event as an exhibitor or as an attendee.