Short+Sweet Festival of 10-Minute Plays Now on its 2nd Week

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It's the second week of Short + Sweet (S+S) Theatre Festival Manila 2016 so i'm excited to watch another batch of these promising short and sweet plays. There's those lengthy plays that are so absorbing when seen in full, but it takes a lot of effort to be able to engage the audience with a play that's only 10-minute long. 

The challenge is to be able to effectively cram it all in within those few minutes of performance. That's not an easy thing to do, but on the other end, it may also be an awesome way to deliver a clever or intriguing thought or idea without getting the audience bored.

Short + Sweet (S+S) Theatre Festival Manila 2016 marks its third season this year featuring 30 short plays, 30 directors and nearly 100 actors.

Directors and actors are composed mostly of Filipino talents. The plays will be performed over the last two weekends of October and the first weekend of November at the Power Mac Center Spotlight at Circuit in Makati.

Short+Sweet Theatre, which originated in Sydney, Australia is a festival of ten minute plays and theatre pieces known as a far-reaching brand of short form theatre in the world. Each year, the festival showcases hundreds of bite-sized dramatic treats.

"We handpick over 400 ten minute plays, selected from thousands of scripts submitted, and present them in our Festivals. We utilise the talents of established and upcoming actors, directors, writers, and technical crew, to create some of the best short work theatre across the planet." S+S stated on its release.

Schedule of remaining performances are as follows:
Week 2 : Oct 28, 2016 (Friday) 8PM Oct 29, 2016 (Saturday) 7PM Oct 30, 2016 (Sunday) 7PM

Wildcard Shows: Oct 29 & 30 (Sat & Sun) 3.30PM

Finale : Nov 4, 2016 (Friday) 8PM Nov 5, 2016 (Saturday) 7PM

If you are interested to watch the shows, please confirm your attendance to Ms. Vaish- 09188770011.

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Videos of Sandra Cam on Fugitive Drug Lord Kerwin Espinosa

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Here are most of the video coverage we had of the Pandesal Forum at Kamuning Bakery Cafe featuring Sandra Cam. This was taken on the morning of October 25, 2016 where Sandra Cam revealed that she was the one who informed President Rodrigo Duterte and the PNP about the whereabouts of fugitive drug lord Kerwin Espinosa who was hiding at Abu Dhabi. This was after her staff tipped her off during her birthday on October 8. A birthday gift? Lol!

To protect the identity of her staff working at Abu Dhabi, Sandra Cam decided to come out in the open so the attention would be focused on her instead. She has security escorts provided by President Duterte so she will have a better way of protecting herself. But then again, she said she has been through two other previous administrations already so she is not really too much concerned of her life as long as she can help expose the anomalies happening within the government.

She also said that she truly admires the current presidency since it was only President Duterte who had the balls to go against the massive drug problem in the country. Even when Reuters recently reported that after interviewing top Anti-Drug Officers and examining PNP records that show the drug incident figures were exaggerated, she insists that they are merely rumors designed to discredit the President's War on Drugs.

There's actually a lot more stories to share but I will let the videos speak for themselves so you could all come up with your own interpretations.

The forum was moderated by Kamuning Bakey Cafe owner and Philippine Star columnist Wilson Lee Flores.

Enjoy!

Kylie Versoza Wins Miss International 2016

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We would like to congratulate Kylie Fausto Verzosa - the new Miss International for 2016.

At the coronation night held on October 27, 2016 at around 2 pm (Philippines time) in Tokyo, Japan, I was expecting already that she will be included in the top 15 finalists composed of (in order of announcement) Nicaragua, Indonesia, Mexico, Finland, USA, Japan, El Salvador, Canada, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Philippines, Australia, Russia, Thailand, Poland.

She was actually most people's favorite bet for the Binibining Pilipinas 2016 title and we knew she would soon make a name as an international beauty queen going beyond the local scene here in the Philippines.

But I believe she made it real easy for the judges to choose her as the grand winner because of her answer to the Q&A:

"Three things come to mind when I think of Miss International – Culture, education and international understanding. These three works together to make the brand of the Miss International beauty pageant relevant to the global community and to our time.

If I become Miss International 2016, I will devote myself to cultural understanding and international understanding because I believe that it is with developing in each of us sensitivity to other cultures that weexpand our horizons, tolerate difference, and appreciate diversity.

All these enable us to achieve international understanding. And I believe I’m prepared to take on this responsibility.

Domo arigatou gozaimasu."

Though there were others who also answered brilliantly, I believe the Filipina beauty stood out among the other candidates. They may be all beautiful, but Kylie truly deserves the highest spot in this beauty pageant.

Congratulations, Kylie! You deserve it!