MAFBEX 2024 is serving a plate full of surprises!

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Eat’s Here! The Manila Foods and Beverages Expo (MAFBEX) is back this 2024 to bring you a more exciting food experience in the country! For the past 17 years, MAFBEX has delivered the best food experience to visitors who want to have a taste of great food and refreshing drinks. Now on its 18th year with the theme “Eat’s Here!”, MAFBEX continues to fulfill its goal of showcasing the best food and drinks the Philippines has to offer through its many activities and event highlights that will happen during the expo.

MAFBEX has a wide range of activities to keep you busy and hungry for more during its five (5) day course of food exhibition!

MAFBEX Culinary Cup: Home Chef Edition - This exciting opportunity allows Home Chefs to put their cooking talents to the test and potentially become the next Home Chef winner!

Chefs of the World - Creating culinary magic, chefs craft flavorful dishes with passion and skill, turning food ideas into art that delights the senses.

Business Matching - Where opportunities and connections flourish! A platform designed to bring together like-minded individuals to create synergies for mutual growth and success

MAFBEX Scoop - Bringing you the latest trends and advancements in the world of food, beverages, and beyond

MAFBEX Talks - Bringing together industry experts, thought leaders and enthusiasts to discuss and exchange ideas on various topics in the food and beverage industry

Young Hoteliers Exposition (YHE) Competitions - Talented students from different schools all over Metro Manila will showcase their skills and creativity in the hospitality and culinary industry.

MAFBEX BITES - An online segment exploring food and beverage trends, recipes, industry specialists, and culinary discoveries.

Latte Art Competition - Fostering shared love for coffee, baristas creating intricate designs in lattes, judged on visual appeal, taste, and texture.

Flair Cup - Showcasing talented bartenders displaying creativity and skills in mixing drinks through juggling bottles and creating visually stunning cocktails

There are loads of activities that will keep you busy during the biggest food and beverages expo in the Philippines. The Manila Foods and Beverages Expo will guarantee that you will leave the event full and your tastebuds satisfied from tasting the very best of the industry. Aside from providing delicious meals and snacks, MAFBEX also offers a wide set of kitchen tools and equipment to help get you into the kitchen and get cooking. Food businesses from the Philippines and around the world will also be attending to meet with other businesses and franchises to help develop strong connections with them as well as start franchising food businesses to help them grow. Without any doubt, MAFBEX is truly a foodie fiesta, serving up delicious food samples, sizzling live cooking shows, and hands-on workshops, filled with interactive activities and tasty culinary adventures to level up your food game in this epic expo food bash this June!

MAFBEX 2024 is happening from June 12 to 16 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila. Get your tickets now through www.mafbex.com.

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MAFBEX 2024 is organized by WORLDBEX SERVICES INTERNATIONAL and for the benefit of the ABS CBN Foundation Incorporated.

For inquiries and concerns, you may reach Worldbex Services International at (02)8656-96-39or email them at inquire@worlbexevents.com

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Pinoy First: AdDU Rocketry Team greenlit for Spaceport America Cup 2024

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Besting almost 200 teams from over 20 countries, students from Ateneo de Davao University have just become the first ever Filipinos to successfully qualify for the prestigious international Spaceport America Cup.

The Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Rocketry Team has made history as the first representative from the Philippines to pass the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the Spaceport America Cup 2024 - Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (SAC-IREC). The Team’s rocket has been deemed fit for launch at the competition, spotlighting Filipino talent in the highly competitive global arena of aerospace engineering.

The Spaceport America Cup 2024 will be held on June 17-22 in New Mexico, USA. It is the biggest intercollegiate rocket engineering competition in the world, drawing the brightest minds from universities across the globe to design, build, and launch their own rockets. This year’s competition attracted nearly 200 teams from over 20 countries, making the qualification of the AdDU Rocketry Team a truly remarkable achievement for the nation.

The FRR is the culmination of months of rigorous preparation and dedication by the Team, which is now greenlit to participate in the 10k Commercial Off-the-Shelf category. The Team’s entry, named SIBOL (Filipino for growth), is a high-powered rocket capable of carrying an 8.8-pound payload to an altitude of 10,000 feet.

The Team is part of AdDU's larger Rocket Development Program or Project Sugod, which means "moving forward" in the hopes of ushering in a new era in Philippine aerospace engineering. They also hope to attract sponsors in the near future, to help them further develop their homegrown technology.

For sponsorship inquiries, interview requests and additional information, please contact the team at aerospace@addu.edu.ph

Valenzuela youth paint pedestrian lanes, call for safer roads

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LIGTAS NA DAAN, KULAYAN NATIN ‘YAN. Valenzuela City officials and other organizations like UNICEF Philippines, ImagineLaw, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, and Michelin join students from Vicente P. Trinidad National High School in Valenzuela City in painting pedestrian lanes to celebrate National Road Safety Month.

Learners from Vicente P. Trinidad National High School in Valenzuela City went out of their classrooms on Friday to paint pedestrian lanes outside their school as a call for safer roads for everyone, especially children.

“This National Road Safety Month, we urge the government at all levels to make our journey to and from school safer. No child deserves to get injured or die due to preventable road crashes,” said Precious Shane Matira, a Grade 7 student from Vicente P. Trinidad National High School.

In response to the youth’s call, the City Government of Valenzuela, headed by Vice Mayor Lorena Natividad-Borja, expressed its commitment to continuously protect children from road crash deaths and injuries. In 2022, Valenzuela City enacted a Child Road Safety Ordinance to create safer and healthier Valenzuela roads for all children.

“We will continue working to ensure that children are safe on Valenzuela roads. In fact, Valenzuelanos can expect several road safety improvements this year because we are introducing engineering interventions that will improve road conditions along school zones,” Vice Mayor Borja promised.

These interventions were recommended to the City Government upon assessment of the risk that children are exposed to on their journey to schools. These interventions include infrastructure improvements such as building or upgrading sidewalks, bike lanes, traffic calming measures such as speed bumps, and pedestrian crossings.

Civil society organizations and other road safety stakeholders were also present to celebrate the National Road Safety Month. Public interest law group ImagineLaw commended Valenzuela youth for taking a stand. “We appreciate your courage to go out here, paint these pedestrian lanes, and advocate for safer roads. We hope that what you did today inspired our local government leaders to take action, because going to school or playing outside should not be a death sentence for children,” said Atty. Reina Fabregas, the law group’s road safety project manager.

“Road traffic injuries remain to be the leading cause of death for children 5 to 18 years old, with more than 600 preventable deaths happening daily. In 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority documented that at least 1,600 Filipino children are killed by road crashes every year. UNICEF believes that it is every child’s right to survive and thrive in a healthy and safe environment, and we know that with effective interventions, road crashes are preventable.” added Dr. Angelito Umali of UNICEF Philippines .