MANDALUYONG CITY, Philippines--Tourism Secretary Joseph "Ace" Durano explains why the Department of Tourism chose Filipino-American Internet personality Christine Gambito, better known as HappySlip, as its ambassadress for North America, and why the agency is concentrating its efforts on the Web for this market. Interview conducted by INQUIRER.net multimedia editor Joey Alarilla and INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Lawrence Casiraya at the St. Francis Shangri-La Place showroom.
MAKATI CITY, Philippines--One of the organizers of the Salcedo Community Market, Tricia Lichauco, recounts how the market was established and gives INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla a tour.
PASAY CITY, Philippines--Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chairman of the Joint Congressional Power Commission, spoke before the Energy Summit in SMX. She prefaced her speech on the congressional agenda to respond to the runaway oil prices with some jokes. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Veronica Uy on January 31, 2008.
MARIKINA, Philippines--Mayor Maria Lourdes Fernando invites all to join Marikina's unique Angkan Angkanan Festival, which may include this year a new competition on which clan has traced the most number of ancestors. The mayor says learning about family roots helps build stronger families. Video taken by INQUIRER.net business editor Ma. Salve Duplito.
MANDALUYONG CITY, Philippines--Filipino-American video blogger Christine Gambito, better known to thousands of fans as HappySlip, is in the Philippines for a two-week tour of travel destinations. HappySlip, whose videos on YouTube have generated more than 30 million views, has been tapped by the Department of Tourism as its ambassadress for the North American market. Interview conducted by INQUIRER.net multimedia editor Joey Alarilla and INQUIRER.net reporter Lawrence Casiraya. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla at the St. Francis Shangri-La Place showroom on Jan. 24, 2008.
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Cancer victim's faith in Mandaluyong healing mass
MANDALUYONG CITY, Philippines--Aries Mabilog, 42, brought his daughter Arnan, 17, all the way from Tansa, Cavite to attend the healing mass of Father Fernando Suarez at the Church of Divine Mercy in Mandaluyong City. Arnan, who will be celebrating her 18th birthday in April, is suffering from bone cancer. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia editorial assistant Abigail Kwok on January 31, 2008.
MAKATI CITY, Philippines--Tired of your plain old pilsen? Beers Paradise on Polaris Street corner Durban Street offers 100 types of beer from all over the world, though most come from Belgium. Beers Paradise head waitress Rosalie Porqueza gives INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla a tour. Video taken on Jan. 26, 2008.
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'Wanted' Super Bowl ad courtesy of Solar-UIP Philippines
MAKATI CITY, Philippines--This is the 30-second "Wanted" ad that was aired during the Super Bowl. Loosely based on the comic book miniseries by Mark Millar, this upcoming movie from Universal Studios stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, and Kristen Hager. Video provided by Solar-UIP Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines--Crime scene at Branch 19 on the fourth floor of the Manila regional trial court, where Rey Yap, former mayor of Sapang Dalaga in Misamis Occidental, was shot dead Tuesday morning. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Tetch Torres on January 29, 2008.
I got the idea from watching Blogger Play, a cool little thing Blogger.com came up with. It displays images being uploaded to millions of blogs in real-time. The result, with no editing other than the beginning and ending bumpbers, is random, but astounding. A little royalty-free music, including a midi I whipped up with friends that loosely represents "The Nearness of You," and it was done. Hope you enjoy it. If so, I may try more. Here's what the Blogger Engineers had to say about Blogger Play: "Shortly after Blogger launched photo uploading two years ago, one of our engineers whipped up a web page that would show us the pictures that were being uploaded in real time. The result was fun, often beautiful, but above all, compelling. We couldn’t stop watching... http://play.blogger.com/
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