LaLiga's Regional Head Ivan Codina Headlines Among Top-Notch Line-Up of Speakers at The Business of Football - Philippines

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LaLiga’s top executive in Asia, Ivan Codina, will be one of the international speakers gracing the much anticipated ‘Business of Football - Philippines’, a one-day conference, sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and organized by MMC Sportz, set to take place on Friday, May 18, 2018, at the New World Makati Hotel.
 
Codina, LaLiga’s Managing Director for South East Asia, Australia, Japan and South Korea, thinks that Asia is important for LaLiga,  as the Philippines is a largely untapped market, including close to 11.3 million who are interested in football, with FCB as the top supported football club, with Real Madrid coming in at close 3rd”.”

LaLiga has also appointed a full-time representative in Manila since February this year “As with our internationalization strategy, we are adopting a glo-cal approach - using our global experience to help develop the standard of football in the Philippines, and expertise to tackle any local challenges.  We seek to position ourselves as a source of entertainment for the PH fans and engage them with public viewing events and other activations to enhance the entire LaLiga Experience”, adds Codina.

Other top-notch speakers include AFC Head of MA Services Domeka Garamendi, SMG Insight Managing Director Frank Saez, The Azkals Team Manager Dan Palami, Globe Director for OIC, Citizenship and Advocacy Marketing Miguel Bermundo, Philippines Football League CEO Lazarus Xavier, Philippines Football Federation General Secretary Atty. Edwin B. Gastanes, Azkals Team Captain Phil Younghusband,  Asian Replica Designs Founder & Owner Jonathan Mallinson, Quorum Group President & COO Jose S. Claudio, Jr. and MMC Sportz CEO Eric M. Gottschalk. 

The event is organized by MMC Sportz Asia, best known for delivering the foremost annual SPIA Asia - Asia’s Sports Industry Awards & Conference (www.spiaasia.com), recognizing and celebrating Asia’s top achievers within the sports industry.

The one-day Summit will bring together all the key stakeholders of the football community in the Philippines from the rights holders, football clubs, agencies, brands, media, retail, real estate, and of course, the fans.  The overall objective is to educate and to discuss the current state of football in the Philippines, with the goal of being able to determine the strategy to make it the biggest spectator sport in the country. 

“Looking at the line-up of high profile speakers and the topics on the agenda, “football” is already a clear winner.” States Eric M. Gottschalk, CEO of MMC Sportz. “We are excited about the opportunity to bringing the football community together as a key pillar of development is knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer and that’s the main objective of the event.” 

The conference will cover topics such as ‘State of Football in the Philippines’, ‘LaLiga’s Football Development Strategy in South East Asia and Philippines’, ‘The PFL Franchise System’, ‘Why Brands Should Get Involved – Sponsorship Opportunities in Football’ , ‘Asian Cup 2019 -What’s next for the Azkals’, ‘Asian Fan Index – Digital Football Consumption’, ‘Youth Football Development & Academies’, ‘Sports Retail Dimension in the Philippines, ‘The Role of Media in Football Development’, ‘Careers in Football’, among others.

The event will also feature a Job Fair, wherein participants can explore careers in football, learn from industry leaders, and get to network with key executives in the industry.

Organized by MMC Sportz Asia, the event is sanctioned by the Philippines Football Federation (PFF) and sponsored and supported by La Liga, Dentsu, SMG Insight, RSportz, Globe Telecom, Toby’s Sports, Manila Times, New World Makati Hotel and Platinumlist. 

Delegate passes are available online at Platinumlist (The Business of Football - Philippines) and priced at P2,750 for delegates and P1,500 for the student pass.

For more information, please visit: The Business of Football - Philippines

DOE: Energy Situation Normal on Election Day

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Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi today disclosed that the power supply situation during the synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on Monday was generally normal except for isolated tripping incidents in some areas which were immediately responded to by technical personnel on standby.

Cusi said the Department of Energy (DOE) would remain on a heightened alert status until all the votes in the local elections have been canvassed.

The Energy Task Force Election (ETFE) led by the DOE carried out 24-hour monitoring of critical power facilities for the continued delivery of electricity services during the polling period.

The National Power Corporation (NPC) said there were no outages reported by NPC-owned power plants and independent power producers. Casecnan and San Roque were placed on economic shutdown by NPC System Operations due to low water elevation, but this did not affect the power supply chain during the election period.

As to transmission lines, only the D2: La Trinidad-Sagada 69kV Line auto-tripped and auto-reclosed at 3:55 p.m. on 14 May.

System peak demand during the polls stood at 8,636 megawatts (MW) for Luzon, 1,720 MW for Visayas and 1,458 MW for Mindanao at 7:00 p.m. with total available capacities at 16, 462 MW including stable reserve capacities.

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) also reported normal situation in most electric cooperatives with minor power interruption in some areas.

In the Manila Electric Co. franchise area, there were no major troubles experienced between 10:00 p.m. of 13 May up until 7:00 p.m. of 14 May, with only minor outages involving distribution feeder segments that temporarily affected power supply to only 15 polling precincts in Hagonoy, Norzagaray and Sta. Maria in Bulacan; Antipolo and Binangonan in Rizal; and Pasay City.

Meanwhile, despite the Magnitude 5.5 earthquake in Surigao del Norte and Magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Malita, Davao Occidental, there was no reported damage in both the transmission and distribution facilities in the affected areas.

Members of the Energy Task Force Election are the DOE, National Electrification Administration, National Power Corporation, National Transmission Corporation, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, Philippine National Oil Company, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation, Philippine Electricity Market Corp. and Manila Electric Company.

Supporting organizations include the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc., Philippine Electric Plant Owners Association, Philippine Independent Power Producers Association, Retail Electricity Suppliers Association, Philippine Institute of Petroleum, Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association as well as the Security Group: National Security Council, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection and Philippine Coast Guard.

Zine Orgy 666 on May 17 - Zines, Music, Secret Rituals

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Asshulz, Magpies, and UPLB Communicators' Association are bringing you Zine Orgy 666 on Thursday, May 17, 2018, 7PM-12AM at 77 Grove Events Place, Los Baños, Laguna.

Zine Orgy is a biannual expo where independent publishers, small presses and artists in Laguna can exhibit, sell, and talk about their works with the art community. For the 6th Zine Orgy, we aim to reintroduce zines as a free space to discuss the marginal--topics deemed taboo or irrelevant, and the institutions that establish the standards by which these topics are judged unworthy of consideration. Zine Orgy 666 recalls the historical typecasting of the occult, the superstitious, and everything that does not fit into society’s norms into the evil, and provides room to critically engage these constructions.

The Artists' Market is composed of over 30 art collectives, organizations, and artists including Electromilk, Makô, The Cabinet, and others. Expect musical performances by Bobby's Wonderland, Cold Summer, Happy Hormones, Saint Tapsi, Thea & Job, and Yohi as well as film screenings of works by Epoy Deyto, Aaron Goodman & Luis Liwanag and Gayle Fernandez-Lai. 

Entrance is only 10 pesos, which comes with a free accordion zine explaining the theme "666." Check out the guide to get to Los Baños here. For more info, visit the event page at http://bit.ly/ZineOrgy666 or contact Mac Andre Arboleda at 09158608023.