MARINA Receives Level II CSC Recognition on Human Resource Management

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 In support of the government’s continuing commitment to provide efficient and effective public service delivery and institutionalize meritocracy on human resource management competency, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has received Level II recognition from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for its commendable human resource management system.

The Agency has been particularly applauded for its significant progress in the areas of recruitment, selection and placement; learning and development; performance management; as well as, rewards and recognition for its human resources development program.

The MARINA fosters good governance among its employees by promoting people excellence through professionalism, integrity, and excellence as its core values. Guided by these principles, the MARINA personnel are transformed from government employees into servant heroes through their daily service.

“This is the fruit of our labor that shall inspire us to serve better our stakeholders. Let us raise the bar of public service by setting good example. There is no room for mediocrity in our Agency” MARINA OIC Vice Admiral Narciso Vingson Jr said.

To date, the MARINA has 1,059 employees serving the central office and 11 regional offices across the country. Supervised by 27 service units and regional office directors, the Agency remains committed to continually find relevant and timely interventions to transform its workforce as responsible public servants for the maritime industry and to the nation.

CEO Summit Manila 2019

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Globalization, Digital Transformation, Unprecedented Competition and the shift of Consumer power to make decisions makes Corporate Governance more challenging, calling a new breed of executives to run companies relevant to the times including the call to future proof your company’s direction.

The CEO Summit 2019 happening at the Shangri-La at the Fort, Bonifacio Global City in Manila gathers world class executives and global entrepreneurs to develop principled, innovative leaders and to generate ideas that advance management practice-in an environment designed to foster extensive peer-to-peer interaction focusing on a 4-point agenda; LEADERSHIP LEGACY & STRATEGY, VALUE CHAIN, and RISK & CRISIS and MERGERS & ACQUISITION, a pre-lude to the end year CFO Summit.

The 1st day Conference and the 2nd day CEO Masterclass highlights experts from different industries share their insights on the 4-point agenda by exploring how organizations’ shortcomings and competencies translate into strategic challenges and opportunities, identifying and improving alignment between the competitive environment and the company’s strategy and organizational structure, using tools to identify and evaluate a business’ strategy in mergers and acquisition, developing effective frameworks for executing change management initiatives, and learn from globally renown trainers and experts during the masterclass.

Joined by over 15 invited only topic Keynote Speakers, Featured Resource Perspective Speakers and relevant Panelists coming from Asia, Australia, UAE and Oceanic Regions on a limited seat capacity. Most of the delegates are exclusively invited and the rest are for the general public.

For details of the CEO Summit, visit https://ceosummit.aseanhr.org/

The CEO SUMMIT 2019 is presented by ASEANHR Media Pte Ltd.

FDCP Announces Accepted Feature Projects for First Cut Lab 2019

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The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has selected a lineup of seven (7) feature projects for the First Cut Lab Feature happening from April 11 to 17, 2019.

The First Cut Lab, an international project development and editing lab, is designed to help filmmakers improve their film projects in development and in the post-production stage.

Accepted feature projects for this year’s First Cut Lab under projects in the development stage include Dancing the Tide by Xeph Suarez, Everybody Leaves by Phyllis Grande, Fan Girl by Antoinette Jadaone, Purple Sun by Carlo Catu, Karaoke News by John Paul Su, Thanatos by E. Del Mundo, Babae at Baril (The Girl and the Gun) by Rae Red, and The Perilous Odyssey to Mount Gulsuk by Jordan dela Cruz. On the other hand, selected feature projects in post-production are Hayop Ka! (You Son of a Bitch!) by Avid Liongoren and John Denver Trending by Arden Rod Condez.

Feature Projects in Development Stage

Dancing the Tide

Director: Xeph Suarez

Producers: Roderick Cabrido and Omar Sortijas

Logline: ASTRI, a 16-year old Sama Badjao transwoman, is forced to leave her long-time boyfriend, TAMBULAH, to marry a woman betrothed to her even before she was born.

Everybody Leaves

Director: Phyllis Grande

Producer: Alemberg Ang

Logline: Set in present Japan, a Japanese-Filipina exchange student spends her last months searching for her father while cleaning the houses of people who died lonely deaths.

Fan Girl

Director: Antoinette Jadaone

Producers: Dan Villegas and Bianca Balbuena

Production Companies: Epicmedia and Project 8 cor. San Joaquin Projects

Logline: An obsessed teenage fan finds herself inside a mansion with her celebrity idol she thought she knew and learns exactly why they say never meet your heroes.

Purple Sun

Director: Carlo Catu

Producer: April Batican and Bianca Balbuena

Logline: Purple Sun is a love story between two Filipino men and a Japanese woman set in the majestic landscape and unique culture of Japan. It is a film about the cross-cultural understanding between Filipinos and Japanese in regards to love, sex, and their way of living.

Karaoke News

Director: John Paul Su

Producer: Manet Dayrit

Logline: When a staged karaoke lounge hostage operation goes awry, an investigative journalist must use creative means to unravel and expose the truth.

Thanatos

Director: E. Del Mundo

Producer: Pamela Reyes

Logline: A troubled teen, Samboy, recruits his best friend to be part of a militia that will massacre 58 people.

Babae at Baril (The Girl and the Gun)

Director: Rae Red

Producer: lana Bernardez

Logline: A local department store saleslady has had enough of being an underdog when she finds a gun right on her doorstep one night. Her life drastically changes as she discovers how much power owning a gun can give you.

The Perilous Odyssey to Mount Gulsuk

Director: Jordan dela Cruz

Producers: Alemberg Ang, Arleeen Cuevas, John Badalu, and Siege Ledesma

Production Companies: VY/AC Productions and Cinematografica

Logline: When the life of his pregnant girlfriend is threatened by a mysterious illness, Joseph, a reluctant teenage father-to-be, embarks on a quest to save his beloved. His surreal odyssey begins in the Philippines, transitions to the soul-devouring labor camps of Arabia, and ends at the peak of mythical Mount Gulsuk.

Feature Projects in Post-Production

Hayop Ka! (You Son of a Bitch!)

Director: Avid Liongoren

Producers: Joyce Bernal, Piolo Pascual, Erickson Raymundo, and E. Del Mundo 

Production Company: Rocketsheep Studio

Logline: Nimfa the pretty pussycat is a perfume sales kitty at a department store. Her boyfriend, Roger the macho mongrel, is a janitor. Nimfa meets Inigo the bourgeoisie business dog and chemistry ignites! Will Nimfa and Roger’s love keep them together, or will Inigo’s high society charms tear them apart?

John Denver Trending

Director: Arden Rod Condez

Producers: Sheron Dayoc and Sonny Calvento

Production Companies: What If Films Philippines and Southern Lantern Pictures (With Support from Outpost Visual Frontier and Tinker Bulb Productions)

Logline: A 14-year-old farmboy’s life is upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate went viral.

On the other hand, two (2) documentary projects will be selected for the First Cut Lab Docs and will be announced in the next coming days. Grantees of SineSaysay Documentary Lab and Showcase will also participate in the Doc Lab.