Voices in Harmony 2016: The 18th Annual Awit-Tagisan ng Batang Pilipino

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The Children’s Museum and Library, Incorporated is a youth leadership organization that promotes the welfare, development, and empowerment of the Filipino youth through its conventions, competitions, seminars, and tournaments. The CMLI Junior Council Alumni Association (JCAA) proudly brings you  the grandest, the most prominent, and most sought-after high school choral competition in the country entitled, Voices in Harmony 2016: The 18^th Annual Awit-Tagisan ng Batang Pilipino.

 It's time to listen to the voices that will sing the music of our nation! Debuted in 1999, Voices in Harmony: The Annual Awit-Tagisan ng Batang Pilipino is a fusion of musical excellence and youth empowerment. Don't miss your chance to experience the talent, the victory, and the glory of music on December 11, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 9:00PM at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo. Witness these top ten choirs as they sing it out for the championship:

·         Colegio De Sta. Rosa-Makati

·         Dr. Yanga’s Colleges, Inc.

·         Immaculate Conception Academy

·         Marist School – Marikina

·         Miriam College High School

·         Pasig Catholic College

·         Ramon Magsaysay High School-Manila

·         St. Paul College-Pasig

·         St. Scholastica’s Academy-Marikina

·         St. Theresa’s College Quezon City

Mark your calendars and join us as we celebrate the endless possibility of writing new musical history.

Who will take home the coveted Aria? Let’s see this coming Dec. 11.

For inquiries/tickets, you may contact our Communication Director, Allen Baylosis (0917 626 3107) or you may email us at cmli.vih@gmail.com

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See you at the Finals Night!

#HackingHIV with PrEP Pilipinas: WHO, DOH & LoveYourself Introduce New HIV Prevention Method

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It was a choice between attending the finals night of a beauty pageant or the event organized by this group advocating awareness, counseling and treatment of HIV and other related diseases usually rampant among the LGBT or MSM community.

Now you know which event I have chosen to attend since I believe I could do a lot more good disseminating information about this new treatment against HIV rather than covering a competition to find the better looking and smarter ladies among several other candidates flaunting their beauty for everyone to see.

Needless to say, I felt more happy knowing I could help out this group called LoveYourself which I have been doing for several months already as I share all their press releases and attend their events whenever I'm available. 

I am also grateful that the Department of Health (DOH),the World Health Organization (WHO), and even the Senate courtesy of Senator Risa Hontiveros, are actively collaborating with LoveYourself in their noble advocacy.

At an event held on November 29, 2016 at MyCinema of Greenbelt 3, Executive Director Vihn Pagtakhan, Senior Director Christopher Lagman, Head of AIDS Research Group of DOH-RITM Dr. Rosanna Ditangco, and WHO Country Representative Dr. Gundo Weiler, encouraged everyone to share the newly available HIV treatment called PrEP or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to add in fighting HIV. The group also recommends the continued use of condoms since PrEP can only counter HIV and not the other sexually transmitted diseases.

LoveYourself and Partners Provide LegislatHIVe Testing and Ideas at the Senate

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Underscoring the importance of the early detection of HIV for the commemoration of World AIDS Day, LoveYourself in collaboration with the Pasay City Social Hygiene Clinic conducted an HIV testing campaign at the Senate of the Philippines on 29 November 2016 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00p.m.

This is in response to the initiative of the Office of the Senator Risa Hontiveros being the Senate Committee Chairperson on Health and Demography, who is also thrusting for the amendments of the Republic Act No. 8504 or also known as “Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998.”

According to Sen. Hontiveros, the HIV testing day at the Senate aims to encourage more people to look at HIV test as a regular diagnostic tool, such as, blood pressure check-up and urinalysis, to know one’s health status and live a healthy lifestyle.

“An HIV test could spell difference between life and death,” relayed Sen. Hontiveros, while emphasizing the need for such a procedure to generate information that would support a progressive, human-rights-based and gender sensitive policy and programs to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS in the country.

Sen. Hontiveros emphasized that Filipinos can avail free and confidential HIV test from any social hygiene clinics and community centers like LoveYourself.