PHLPost Launches Lake Stamps to Celebrate 251st Postal Anniversary

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The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) commemorated the 251st Anniversary of the Philippine Postal Service with the launching of the 2018 National Stamp Collecting Month (NSCM) Stamps exhibit entitled “Re-Collection” featuring rare pieces of stamp by known collectors in the country.

Former Secretary and Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Tesoro Go, Postmaster General Joel Otarra and Chairman of the Board Norman Fulgencio formally opened the exhibit to celebrate Philippine Philately (Stamp Collecting) in the country.

The Philippine Lakes Stamp was also launched during the event.

FUNtastic Philippines, a group of amateur and professional photographers provided the Philippine Lake photos of the following: Lake Danum (Photographer - Ramirez Duque) located in Sitio Patay; Lake Balinsasayao (Photographer – Premier Elipe) located within the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes; Mt. Pinatubo Crater Lake (Photograher – Mark Albert Angelo Cruz) found near the boundaries of Pampanga and Tarlac Provinces; Gabawan Lake (Photographer – Christan Pago) located in Albay, Southeast of Manila; Lake Apo (Photographer – Premier Elipe) located in the city of Valencia in Bukidnon province; and Lake Sebu (Photographer – Len Jingco) found in Alah Valley Region, South Cotabato.

Meanwhile, the souvenir sheet will feature Kabalin-an Lake (Photographer – Simeon Recio) located in Sibulan, Negros Oriental and Lake Leonard (Photographer – Kent Ramirez Duque) located in Maco, Compostela Valley.

This year, PHLPost aims to create, maintain, and increase postal awareness that would instigate Filipinos in all ages to venture into the hobby of stamp collecting and letter writing.

PHLPost chose to launch the Philippine lakes as their design in its 2018 NSCM to proudly promote our country’s beautiful tourist spots. Graphic Artist Vic Serevo designed the Lake Stamps.

Starting today, stamps, souvenir sheets and official first day cover will be available at the Philatelic Counter in Manila and all post offices in the country.

 PHLPost will also host other activities such as Cagayan De Oro Stamp Exhibit and Internal Philately Training (Nov. 13-14); PHLately Bridging Generations Forum (Nov. 17); and Museum Groundbreaking, MOA Signing, and Stamp Bazaar (Nov.23) to celebrate the 2018 NSCM. 

In Real Life Philippine Tour: WEU Events Brings Tonight Belongs To You

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There are many times when reality is more fascinating than fiction. This is probably why reality TV shows became so popular that the same theme is applied for talent searches.
In Real Life also known as IRL, is a boy band who won the American summer reality music competition Boy Band, which premiered June 22, 2017, on ABC. The band is composed of the final five vocalists from the show namely, Brady Tutton, Chance Perez, Drew Ramos, Sergio Calderon, and Michael Conor.

The band debuted their first single, "Eyes Closed" on the show's finale. It went on to debut at the top of the iTunes charts, and reached #3 on Spotify's Global Viral Chart. "Eyes Closed" was performed for the first time on the finale of Boy Band after they were voted together by America, a first in US television history.

In Real Life is a a pop boy band that experiments with other sounds such as pop-rap, dance-pop, teen pop and Latin pop. They cite One Direction as their main influence and are compared to them for both starting off on reality television. The BackStreet Boys, Boyz II Men, Jackson 5, Charlie Puth, Bruno Mars, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Sam Smith, Jay-Z, and Eminem have influenced individual members of the group.
This November, the band will capture the heart of every Pinoy with their music such as “Tonight Belongs to You,” with 5.4 million views on Youtube in just 3 months and Tattoo with 2.3 million views as of the moment.

They will be touring around the metro this November, for their first international tour to Manila dubbed as Tonight Belongs To You Tour Philippines! They are scheduled to do a series shows starting from November 3 thru November 12, 2018.

Also, you may tune in to @m1mentertainment and 105.9 Like FM to hear their new songs.

Catch them live at the following SM flagship malls :

November 6 - SM Mall of Asia
November 7 - SM Seaside Cebu
November 9 - SM Fairview
November 10 - SM North Edsa – Annex
November 11 - SM Las Piñas and SM Megamall Fashion Hall

TBTY Tour Philippines is brought to you by WEU Event Management Services.
Follow In Real Life social media pages for updates and more info about the band:

Facebook  - https://www.facebook.com/irlmanila/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/InRealLife
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiX45c7hT9HBwnP7jEUK_tA
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inreallife/

UE CFAD Docu Vies in Romanian Film Fest

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A documentary which focuses on the daily routine of hypebeasts will compete at the 17th Hyperfest International Student Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania from November 2 to 11.

How the Beasts Got Hyped, a film by Elvin Jay Macanlalay, Bryan Marticio and Mars Sanchez, is about people who are "beasts" (obsessed) about the "hype" (in fashion), and their mutual interest for street style fashion, which creates a sense of community among its followers.

Macanlalay, Marticio and Sanchez are recent advertising graduates from the University of the East College of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design. The documentary is their final project in the video production class of mentor Richard Legaspi.

The film has been previously selected to be part of the Nabunturan Independent Film Exhibition or Nabifilmex at the Nabunturan Municipal Plaza last September and the 30th Gawad CCP Independent Film and Video Festival last August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Manuel Conde or CCP Dream Theater.

Hyperfest, the official international student film festival of the Hyperion University in Bucharest, is one of the longest running events of its kind in Romania.

The festival aims to promote student films from all over the world and to facilitate networking among them in support of the new generation of filmmakers. Romanian actor and director Geo Saizescu started Hyperfest in November 2001.