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Monday, November 7, 2016

Philippine Association of Food Technologists, Inc - Beta Chapter 40th Food Science and Technology Week

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The Philippine Association of Food Technologists Incorporated - Beta Chapter (PAFT-Beta), a duly recognized academic organization in the University of the Philippines Los Baños, in partnership with Alaska Milk Corporation, will be holding the 40th Food Science and Technology Week with the theme; FOOD TECHNOLOGY: The Next Leap Forward - Food Safety, Food Security, Food Defense, Food Regulation and Innovation Interconnected.

PAFT-Beta is the only organization for BS Food Technology students in UPLB. For the past 40 years, PAFT Beta has been in the forefront of emphasizing the significance of food science and technology in the region.

One of the objectives of our organization is to emphasize the significance of food science and technology not only to our fellow college students and food technologists but also to individuals of our society. For this purpose, we hold activities like symposiums, food demonstration, product development, exhibits,etc.

40th Food Science & Technology Week
Food Technology: The Next Leap Forward
Food Safety, Food Security, Food Defense, Food Regulation and Innovation Interconnected

FREE ADMISSION for the inaugural ceremony, all food demonstrations and symposia (first-come, first-served basis)

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"Sorry, but if you express your sentiments publicly on Twitter, you naturally invite dissent." - Atty. Fernando Topacio

"I just took a nap and woke up to Mocha Uson having a column in our newspaper? WHAT THE FUCK? I just sent my dad this text. Not sorry at all.

THE STAR WAS FOUNDED WITH 'TRUTH SHALL PREVAIL' UNDER ITS MASTHEAD. TO HAVE MOCHA USON PEDDLING LIES IN IT IS A DISGRACE TO MY LOLA'S MEMORY

I'm so angry and so disappointed I'm fucking crying. I have never been more disappointed in my life. My God.

There's nothing more I can do than to express my displeasure, which I've done here and in private. I can't change anything on my own. Sorry.

PRESSTITUTE NA RIN SIYA. HIPOKRITA.

Allow me to grieve something I know I do not have the power to change. Argue with someone else.

The family sold its majority stake in the paper a few years ago. Doesn't change the fact that I grew up in that building and still care.

I'm just a girl in the world and can change nothing, but I'm allowed to hold on to my beliefs and my principles, and to feel what I feel.

And what I feel is very sad. And nobody, not people on the Internet, not even my family, can take those feelings away from me. That's all.

I've read her writing, seen her page. If anything, hopefully having an editor will teach her that freedom and discipline go hand in hand.

Attack of the Trolls. Folks, I'm irrelevant and have no power. I had the right to be upset and also understand speech can come with fallout.

So you can tweet me all manner of profanities, call out my love of the 'f' word, call me ugly and tell me to kill myself, that's your right.

But it is also my right not to dignify you with a response other than this one. I have better things to do with my time. Good night."

"Hold your breath and count to ten. Fall apart. Start again." - Regina Belmonte

What People Say About Mocha Uson as Philippine Star Columnist

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"Starting on Tuesday, Nov. 8, The Philippine STAR will welcome Mocha as a columnist, not in the Entertainment Section but in the Op-Ed Section. Her title will be called Hotspot and that sums up what “hot” items you can expect from Mocha every Tuesday." - Philippine Star

Regina Belmonte, the daughter of Philippine Star President Miguel Belmonte expressed her dismay over Mocha Uson's commentary space on their newspaper.

"THE STAR WAS FOUNDED WITH ‘TRUTH SHALL PREVAIL’ UNDER ITS MASTHEAD. TO HAVE MOCHA USON PEDDLING LIES IN IT IS A DISGRACE TO MY LOLA’S MEMORY,” Belmonte said in a separate tweet, referring to Philippine Star founder Betty Go-Belmonte.

“There’s nothing more I can do than to express my displeasure, which I’ve done here and in private. I can’t change anything on my own..." Belmonte said.

While many are arguing about Mocha's commentary space offer, few realized that above and over, this is "business." Philippine star's probable reason why Mocha got a column space was due to her popularity.

Mocha doesn't need the Philippine Star. The Philippine Star needs her.

Let's talk about the "truth," and the "truth" is Philippine Star columnists, writers, reporters and editors have, at one time or another, been equally guilty of defying the motto, "truth shall prevail." Unless she's been hiding in a hole deep and far enough to shield her from reality, she should not be in denial of the crap so many of that newspaper's staff and columnists have been spewing out over the years. But when we talk about violating the truth, we should also talk about sins of omission, because these are just as damaging. And when I speak of BS artists, I'm not just talking about hard news people but fluffy, social-climbing and mundane types. In a way, they're even worse.