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Category: Advocacy
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Pulang Araw Stars at Pop Up Play – PinoyCon 2024: The First (1st) Ever Pop Up Play Asia PinoyCon
On July 13, 2024, the stars Alden Richards, Barbie Forteza, Sanya Lopez, David Licauco and Dennis Trillo has joined the Meet & Greet the Cast of Pulang Araw to entertain the diverse people who have attended the successful event from the diverse cities of the nation in One Ayala, Makati City. Their the main or lead cast of Pulang Araw, a Philippine television drama war series that will be broadcast by GMA Network on GMA Prime on July 29, 2024.
The one hundred (100) persons (the first persons who purchased the Pulang Araw shirt) who was successfully registered and completed the requirements at GMA Store was given the chance to personally meet & greet the cast of Pulang Araw at Pop Up Play – PinoyCon 2024, the first (1st) ever Pop Up Play Asia PinoyCon. Exhibitors, VIPs, media and other concerned citizens who participated the event were able to witnessed and watched the performances and interviews (hosted by Rain Maltezo) of the stars of Pulang Araw.
During the event, I have learned that Pulang Araw is created based on the experiences during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. The stars Alden Richards, Barbie Forteza, Sanya Lopez, David Licauco and Dennis Trillo are the main or lead cast of Pulang Araw.
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Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP): First Professional Chess League in the Philippines (PH) and in the world
Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) is the very first professional chess league in the Philippines and in the world, approved and established by the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) of the Philippines on July 28, 2020.
Its mission is to give Filipino chess enthusiasts the opportunity to hone and showcase their skills, and promote the love of the game – by ensuring integrity and fairness for professional chess in the Philippines. PCAP was formed, forty five (45) years after the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was established.
PCAP is registered with the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) of the Philippines as a Non-Stock Non-Profit Organizations related to Activities of Other Membership Organizations of Professional Chess Association and Professional Chess League.
The PCAP’s first (1st) Conference is the All-Filipino Conference that has started on January 16, 2021 with a total of three (3) conferences each season.
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Reading Advocates Decry Lukewarm Reading Culture, Draft Provisional Readersโ Agenda Presented in First-of-Its-Kind Milestone Meeting
THE National Alliance of Reading Advocates (NARA), a group composed of readership advocates in the country and a project by the National Book Development Board (NBDB), held its first important NARA Milestone Meeting recently, where the provisional outline of the NARA Readersโ Agenda was presented.
The group also decried the lukewarm state of reading culture in the country, as shown in the countryโs State of the Reading Nation (SORNA) for the second quarter of the year.
The alliance will work collaboratively in drafting and finalizing the NARA Readersโ Agenda, and hopes to finish it in time for the grand launch on November 16, 2024. Once fully ratified, NARA will then support activities and interventions in line with its contents, and shall form the basis of the NBDBโs readership interventions for the upcoming year, both as an individual readership advocacy agency and as the NARA secretariat.
The NARA Readersโ Agenda is a guidebook that will contain NARAโs concrete vision for readership in the Philippines based on its analysis of the state of the reading nation. In laying out advocacy areas, it will be able to concretely grasp and measure its influence on reading communities and the reading culture.
The second quarter SORNA, meanwhile, highlighted three key points, namely, the importance of community engagement and support networks, teacher training and professional development, and the issue of access to resources and materials. It also noted that efforts to boost reading should now extend to the farthest and underserved areas of the country to boost readership and spark a love for reading.
The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), one of the organizations that attended the milestone meeting, earlier expressed its intention to work with the NBDB with regard to the quarterly SORNA, as expressed by NRCP Executive Director, Bernardo Sepeda, such as the provision of research assistance to NBDB members.
The NARA is a unified network anchored on a collaborative working environment in order to better spread the news on existing readership initiatives. This is a project that serves as an integral part of the NBDBโs ongoing efforts to boost readership, given declining reading scores among Filipinos.
Aside from the NRCP, more than 20 other organizations attended the meeting, such as the National Museum of the Philippines, National Library of the Philippines, AHA Learning Center, Ayala Foundation, Inc., St. Maryโs Publishing, Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, Libro Mo, Kaalam Ko Project, The Inteligente Publishing, Inc., Association of Progressive and Orthodox Litterateurs and Literature Originators, Pinoy Reading Buddies, Inc., Kuwento at Kultura ร Paris, St. Maryโs Publishing Corp., Pinoy Reads Pinoy Book, Laguna Province Private Schools and Administrators Association, The Storytelling Project, Iloilo Provincial Library and Archives, BINHI English Literacy Foundation, Sadiri Publishing, UST Library, International Board on Books for Young People, IBBY Ph, and Anak han Sta. Rita.
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NBDB Communications
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National MSME Summit 2024 – Innovate to Elevate: Empowering MSMEs for Sustainable Growth
The National MSME Summit 2024 – Innovate to Elevate: Empowering MSMEs for Sustainable Growth, organized by the DEPARMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY (DTI) Philippines, MSMED COUNCIL & GO NEGOSYO, supported by BAGONG PILIPINAS, is held on Saturday, July 13, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 5:00PM (PST) at Mall of Asia (MOA) Music Hall, J. W, Diokno Boulevard, Pasay City.
Attendees are thrilled to join the one day event filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and workshops tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises. The venue is providing a vibrant atmosphere for learning and collaboration.
The MSME Summit is designed to help small business owners to innovate and catch up on the latest trends to thrive in this digital and highly competitive environment. It’s your chance to gain valuable knowledge and connect with fellow entrepreneurs.
Learn from industry leaders and experts, content creators, and inspiring Pinoy negosyantes who will share invaluable insights to help you thrive in today’s business landscape. Let’s come together to empower MSMEs and shape a brighter future for Pinoy small business owners!
Let’s come together to empower MSMEs and shape a brighter future for Pinoy small business owners!
ADMISSION is FREE. Register here: tinyurl.com/NationalMSMESummit2024.
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NBDB announces the grantees for the first cycle of its Translation Subsidy Program for Foreign Publishers
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) announced the list of grantees for the first cycle of the Translation Subsidy Program for Foreign Publishers, a vital component in the countryโs preparations as Guest of Honour (GoH) at the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse (FBM) in 2025, which will be held in Frankfurt, Germany on October 15-19, 2025.
The Translation Subsidy Program, which has a separate program designed for Philippine publishers, is enhanced further with the PhlGoH2025, an interagency collaboration between the NBDB, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda. Through the Subsidy Program, the agencies aim to increase the number of Philippine-authored books translated into foreign languages.
The Program seeks to introduce a significant number of Philippine books to publishing markets around the world and foster an intensive cultural exchange between the Philippinesโ diaspora communities and their host countries, ultimately making Philippine books globally competitive as the country positions itself as the emerging content capital in Southeast Asia.
The National Book Development Board, the agency dedicated to the development of the book publishing industry and the promotion of Filipino authorship, takes the lead in the implementation of the Translation Subsidy Program. Three subsidy cycles will be initiated this 2024 to provide more opportunities for foreign publishers to discover Philippine titles and introduce them to their local markets.
A PhlGoH2025 Advisory Council will prioritize eligible and complete applications based on the relevance and importance of the work to be translated, feasibility and production schedule, production scale and distribution, and the applicantsโ experience in translation projects and rights negotiations.
The FBM is touted as the worldโs largest trade fair for books and regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of regular and trade visitors from hundreds of countries worldwide.
As the GoH at the 77th Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Philippines will only be the second Southeast Asian country accorded such an honor after Indonesia in 2015. This distinction also offers immense strategic, economic, political, and cultural importance, and likewise provides the Philippines with the unique opportunity to showcase its literary and intellectual talent and garner attention from the global creative arena.
The following are the grantees for the first cycle of the Translation Subsidy Program for Foreign Publishers: Ombra GVG Publishing House, Ana Pol Publication House, Transit Buchverlag GmbH, Hohe Publisher, Alfred Krรถner Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing, Schรผren Verlag GmbH, El Maraya for Culture and Arts, Editorial Pretextos, Sonambulos Ediciones, Gadim Gala Publishing, Kathalaya Inc. Pvt. Ltd., BBM Global, Everbest Media Sdn Bhd (EBM), Praphansarn Publishing Co. Ltd., Bookonomics Asia Sdn. Bhd., Lakes Arts Festivals, NDSP Books, Dantes Verlag, Dutch Venture Publishing, Good Reads Lanka.
For more information about the PhlGoH2025 and the Translation Subsidy Program, plus details on eligibility, criteria, and selection process, click https://books.gov.ph/GOHtranslationguidelines/.
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NBDB Communications
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๐๐ก๐ย ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ย ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌย ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ,ย ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒย ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌย ๐๐จ๐ซย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฌ๐ญย ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐
THE Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF) 2024, the only comics festival in the world with an Official Selection of ten graphic novel pitches, developed in a Creatorโs Lab, and published in time for the festival, announced the ten titles that made it to the festivalโs Official Selection list.
Among these are the 40th National Book Award and 7th National Childrenโs Book Award winner โAlandalโ by J. Philip Ignacio and Alex Niรฑo. โAlandalโ is currently published in German and Burmese, and Niรฑo also received the 2022 Eisner Hall of Fame Award in the USA.
โDoobiedoo Asksโ by Bambi and Roland Amago is an autobiographical komiks about discovering that their first-born child is diagnosed with autism. It won at the 2021 Asian Festival of Children’s Content – Best Media Pitch Winner, and at the 7th National Children’s Book Awards as Kids’ Choice Awardee, Chapter Book Category.
There is also โTwinkle Twinkleโ by Tori Tadiar, which won the National Childrenโs Book Award, and the Filipino Readerโs Choice Award for Best Comics. Tadiarโs next work, Ilustra, is going to be published by Disney Hyperion in June 2025.
Two new titles will get their first release, โNino Bughawโ by CJ Reynaldo, about a deaf weather engkanto who has to save his parents from the evil stormy engkanto, and โWatchdog Of Manilaโ by Lucas Lacorte, about a young boy who uses his newfound superpowers to guard Sentro Manila.
For the first time since PICOFโs first edition in 2020, PICOF 2024 will be held face-to-face on July 20-21, 2024 (Saturday and Sunday) from 10 AM โ 8 PM at The Podium Hall, 6/F of The Podium, located along ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City.
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Festival attendees will also have the opportunity to meet and greet some of the countryโs most popular and top-notch creators, such as Pol Medina Jr., Tarantadong Kalbo, Libreng Komiks, and SSKAIT. National Book Award winners RH Quilantang from Leyte (โAng Mga Alitaptap Ng Pulang Buhanginโ), and Mike Alcazaren, Noel Pascual, and AJ Bernardo (โDeath Be Damnedโ) are also in attendance. Flying in from Iloilo City, on the other hand, are Pasyon Komiks and Kartilya Komiks, and representing Davao City are Pulitzer Prize Finalist Ren Galeno and Gigi Chan of the popular webcomics, โSomewhere In My Past,โ while Yuri Javillonar will come down from Baguio City to release a preview chapter of her work โBlight.โ Students from the Komiketโs 9th Comic Book Creatorโs Workshop will be releasing their first komiks, and the Makiling Komiks Kolektib are national arts scholars from the Philippine High School for the Arts in Laguna who will also be in attendance.
Being an international event, PICOF will also see the presence of international delegates from South East Asia like Eisner winner Erica Eng from Malaysia, plus Chin Yew and Sam Seen, also from Malaysia. Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, as well as Fang Kai Loo, both from Singapore, will be joined by Toni Masdiono and Tita Larasati of Indonesia, and Ping Sasinan and Maelon and Seesaw representing Thailand. Readers may find each of their short comics all together in the SEA Kommunity Comics Anthology.
Multiple Eisner Award winner and a recipient of the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, Craig Yoe (USA), will also be releasing his new book, โWoman and Man.โ Sean Michael Wilson, also an Eisner and International Manga Award winner who has penned more than 40 titles, together with PICOFโs festival partners from the UK and Australia will also be in attendance. From the Lakes International Comics Art Festival, Lucy Sullivan, Lyndon White, and Mollie Ray will be representing the UK, while Katrina Turner from Perth Comic Art Festival will represent Australia.
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And PICOF 2024 will not be complete without the Comics Masterclasses so itโs the perfect time for festival attendees to attend these masterclasses. Itโs a rare occasion to have these international comics professionals in the country, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get up close and hear them talk and help everyone hone their skills not just in comics but also in sequential art and visual storytelling. All classes are definitely worth attending, like Toni Masdionoโs class on โDynamic Flow & Angles,โ Lyndon Whiteโs โStand Out Cover Art,โ and Carlo Vergaraโs โDigging Your Well: Unearthing Your Personal Catalogue Of Story Possibilities,โ just a few of the 12 Comics Masterclasses available for interested students.
Attendees can also get a sneak peek at the creators who are next in line, as the PICOF Creatorโs Lab creators are releasing the first chapters of their work. โHele,โ by Mitzi Bajet and Alex Sevilla, follows the life story of jazz and bodabil singer Ada set in the Filipino-American period. Thereโs โHirayaโ by Fred Cabredo that creates a new mythology about a powerful babaylan, Jalberta, who uses the mystical page of Hiraya to cure her dying grandson, โTablayโ by Kat Olan and Paul Medalla, a high-octane Filipino myth mecha adventure, while lovers of Filipino manga will adore โSitnaltaโ by Ray Magbanua.
Komiket, which has been conducting Comic Book Creatorโs Workshops since 2015, announced that the 9th batch of comics creators will be launching their komiks for the first time and they will definitely need all the support they can get.
Likewise, new released comics will get the special treatment they deserve as they will go on stage for the launch of their comics. The launch will be hosted by world comics expert Paul Gravett, Singaporean Comics Critic CT Lim, and Duy Tano, who will get to interview the creators. Among the new releases to be launched are Tuttle Publishingโs international edition of โJanus Silang,โ the โGigilโ Anthology featuring 13 girls love one-shot comics, and โIn the Jaws Of St. Camillusโ by Stevie Barot, whose work was initially featured in Shortbox Comics Festival in the UK.
On the other hand, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF), a long-time partner of Komiket working on the tenyearstosavetheworld.com project on climate change, will be working on a four-panel comics workshop for kids, with the view that comics can create a better world. This will be led by Mollie Ray of UK and Patty Ramos of the Philippines. The finished comics will become part of the comics exhibit of PICOF.
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This year, PICOF will also pay tribute to the Alamat Comics creators who started the independent comics scene in Manila through a comics exhibit of collected artworks by the Komikero Museum, and a comics anthology, Alamat Origins. The anthology takes readers back to the stories and art of the first and sometimes only issues of 17 titles released by the Alamat comics group in the 90s. These komiks have now been unearthed, remastered, and revived for new readers to enjoy.
In a groundbreaking initiative for Southeast Asia, a Comics Rights Market will be held a week before the festival, featuring a two-day rights-selling training with international comics agent Ivanka Hahnenberger. This special project, supported by the National Book Development Board and organized by Komiket, aims to enhance the professional development of Filipino komiks publishers. After the training, they will pitch to eight international publishers from the USA, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Korea, and Myanmar, engaging in business matching sessions to promote Filipino komiks titles. This development initiative supports industry growth and aligns with preparations for the 2025 Frankfurt Buchmesse, where the Philippines holds the distinguished position of Guest of Honour. This prestigious fair, the oldest in the world specializing in translation rights, underscores the Philippinesโ commitment to advancing its literary contributions on a global stage.
There will also be festival merchandise available to help raise funds for PICOF2025 to keep the event free for komiks creators and komiks publishers. This yearโs poster is illustrated by 2022 Eisner Hall of Fame awardee Alex Niรฑo. Komiket also calls on Filipinos to support over 200 Filipino komiks creators and publishers by purchasing their komiks. Every purchase during PICOF 2024, where book lovers, film geeks, and animation and video game enthusiasts who love visual storytelling will enjoy in this festival of sequential art, will help encourage creators to continue creating magnificent creations that can be showcased to the world.
Now is the right time to #supportfilipinocomics. Head to the Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF) 2024 on July 20-21, 2024, from 10 AM โ 8 PM at The Podium Hall, 6/F The Podium along ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. Tickets may be purchased at the venue entrance for only PHP 200. The first one-thousand paid ticket holders will get a free Kometverse komiks anthology featuring 95 Filipino creators. And during the grand raffle, one lucky komiks reader gets to receive over 100 komiks as a gift by the community.
#PICOF2024 is organized by Komiket, and supported by the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the National Book Development Board.
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