SM City Baguio Cuts Down 60 Pine Trees Like a Thief in the Night

 
Wazzup Pilipinas!

SM City Baguio is under fire for cutting down at least 60 pine trees like it's a heinous crime. The pine trees were gone overnight via a rushed job employing hundreds of men. Everyone was in a frenzy over the Pope being in the country that only a few people noticed. If our figures are right, there are now182 pine trees gone in this portion of SM City Baguio.

Is bringing down 60 more pine trees enough justification to give way to an environment-friendly sky park? Is a "green" building, 2,000 trees already planted at the Busol watershed and 30,000 more within the next 3 years, sounds fair over a total of 182 uprooted trees, and possibly more soon?

Is SM City Baguio continuing to become the murderer of helpless pine trees as it blatantly rushed the uprooting of pine trees infront of the mall so they could build an expansion? Nagtatanong lang po.

Did SM City Baguio take advantage of the fact that our attention was focused on the Pope, so they cut down the trees thinking nobody would notice? Is "Money is the root of all the uprooting of trees!"

Dear @Pontifex, after your mass at SM MOA, SM City Baguio cuts the pine trees stealthily like a thief in the night. They come to take away your local businesses, and your trees too. If the pope was informed by the fate of those trees at SM City Baguio, I'm sure he would've cancelled the MOA event. There were rumors saying that they cut the trees during the exact moment the Sy siblings were shaking Pope Francis' hands. Oh humans! Such questionable stewards of God's creation.

UP Cinema Presents Piling Obrang Vidyo 11 Interschool Video Competition

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Piling Obrang Vidyo (POV) is in their 11th year with their annual inter-collegiate video competition that will be held on January 24, 2015, Saturday at UP Cine Adarna Theatre.

POV encourages aspiring student filmmakers from universities and colleges around the nation debut their entries on the big screen. Participating schools this year include University of the Philippines, University of San Carlos, Meridian International College, Far Eastern University, Malayan Colleges Laguna, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, De La Salle Lipa, Ateneo de Manila University, Asia Pacific Film Institute, Southern Luzon State University, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran Calamba.

The finalists will be screened at 1 P.M., followed by the awards ceremony and an after party. The jury for this year’s Piling Obrang Vidyo includes Erik Matti, Nora Aunor, Ricky Lee, Dan Villegas, Benjamin Tolentino, Mikko Quizon, Richard Somes, and Teresa Barrozo for the Narrative Category. Rox Lee, Raya Martin, and Dodo Dayao for the Experimental Category. Keith Sicat, Raya Martin, Jewel Maranan, and Ditsi Carolino for the Documentary Category.

Several awards from various categories will be given, including: a Best Film from each category, a Viewer’s Choice Award, The Cinemaster’s Choice, and citations in the Narrative category for: Best Direction, Best Production Design, Best Performance, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Music.

Puerto Galera: A Romantic Dinner at The Brae of Infinity Resort

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Nightime is never boring at Puerto Galera because it's practically when a different kind of fun begins due to the nightlife that can be found in town. There's so many bars and restaurants offering both great food and drink choices, lots of entertainment that ranges from stand-up comedy skits to singing impersonators, and of course, the booze that will keep you awake and eventually drunk the whole night, and with a hang-over on the morning of the following day.

You'll see the fire dancers, also called or poi dancers, wearing skimpy clothes while seemingly risking their bare skin from the fire they're playing with. Some of them do get a little burned all in the line of work but it comes with the job of making sure the island visitors visit your place instead of the many competitors nearby.

But we were dead tired from all the activities that day that going to town was no longer part of our itinerary. We simply needed a good night's dinner, watch a few minutes of cable TV to update us on the news, check on our e-mails and social media accounts, then immediately go to sleep in our comfy beds to regain the energy needed for tomorrow's next set of activities.

Infinity Resort serves many culinary delicacies as we have already relayed from our past stories about them from our breakfast and lunch dining experiences, and so it applies similarly to a sumptuous dinner for that night.