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Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI) partnership with Smart. In photo: (l-r) Mr. Alejandro N. Alejo; Brand Manager-BPI Express Mobile, Ms. Lissy Reloval; Assistant Product Manager, Smart Financial Services, Mr. Frederick M. Faustino; AVP, Mobile Banking Channel, Bank of the Philippine Islands and Mr. Lawrence Ferrer; Head, Financial Services-Smart Communications Inc.

MISS UNIVERSE 2012 FIRST RUNNER-UP; MS. JANINE TUGONON

2012 INTERNATIONAL GUSI PEACE PRIZE LAUREATES

Hon. Bertrand De  Speville UNITED KINGDOM Adviser to the Council of Europe  Multidisciplinary Group on Corruption Former Solicitor General &  the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong;  Adviser to the Council of Europe Multidisciplinary Group on Corruption. For  Peacekeeping thru International Anti-corruption Advocacy   Her Royal Highness Sheik Hissah Bint Saad Abdulad Salem Al-Sabah KUWAIT For Arab Women’s Welfare Advocacy in the Middle East Head,Department of Medical Services- Research and Development, Military Hospital – Ministry of Defense; Chair,  Narcotics Control Committee – Kuwait Volunteers Women Society – for Community Service ; Honorary Chair, Arab Federation of Non-Government, Societies for Addiction Prevention. For Social Services, Humanitarianism, & Advocacy for Arab Women’s Welfare in the Middle East       Prof.  Negoslav Ostojic SERBIA Executive Director, European Center for Peace Development (ECPD) For his contributions in Peace Building through International Relations   Chief Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki UGANDA Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda For Social Justice and Humanitarian Law       Chief Justice Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen MAURITIUS Chief Justice of the Supreme Court For Social Justice and Humanitarian Law   Chief Justice Liisa Kiianlinna FINLAND Chief  Justice, Supreme Court of Finland For her contribution to Social Justice & Humanitarian | Law       Judge Ricardo Li Rosi ARGENTINA National Civil Court of Appeals Judge of the National Civil Court of Appeals; VP, Int’l Judicial Academy. For  Social Justice & Humanitarian | Law   Dr. James G. Dy THE PHILIPPINES Chairman of the Board, the Filipino-Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Inc. Concurrent President of the Philippine-Chinese Charitable Association, Inc. which owns and operates the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center. For Social Services and Humanitarianism       Mr. Naseer Shamma IRAQ An innovative and creative artist with particular specialization in playing the Oud instrument; with humanitarian endeavors through charity concerts; with active role in promoting and encouraging the public to cultivate social awareness & responsibility,  most especially the Iraqi children & the refugees with the objective to promote peace in the world particularly of the Arab world For Performing Arts & Humanitarianism   Dato’ Dr. Haji Ahmad  Laksamana Bin Omar MALAYSIA By interpreting the meaning of the Noble Quran, he made a significant breakthrough in the area of Biochemistry by successfully establishing five formula and theories to the field of natural products. For his contributions as the first Al-Quranic Scientist of the World in the Field of Research(Biochemistry)       Dr. Ana Flisser MEXICO President of the 13th Int’l Congress of Parasitology to be held in Mexico in August 2012 For Scientific Research  (Parasitology:  Cysticercosis) & Promotion of Science Communication   Dr. Felipe Guhl COLOMBIA Biologist, Microbiologist, M.Sc,D.Sc. Director of the Tropical Parasitology Research Centre; specialiston Chagas Disease(vector and parasite) Molecular Epidemiology, Immunology and ControlDirector of the Tropical  Parasitology Research Centre; Specialist For Scientific Research in Parasitology (Chagas Disease)       Prof. Dr. Timi Ecimovic SLOVENIA Author, pioneer in the delcfaration of, & initial founding member of “The World Thinkers’ Panel on the sustainable Future of Humankind: (WTP-SFH); founding president of the World Thinker’s Forum in 2012 For Scientific Research (Physics)   Dr. David Christner USA Chairman of the Board of World |Health Advanced Technologies, Ltd; Founder of the self-funded Cambridge Christner Foundation which has built five schools and four orphanages in Cambodia, and a large 42-room school in North Korea. For Scientific  Invention (two-cycle engine) &  Humanitarianism       Dr. Valery Pavlovich Dubrov UKRAINE Chief of the Regional Antitubercolosis Hospital in Chernigov, who significantly adavance the state-of-the-art tubercolosis treatment in Eastern Europe, develooping new modalities for the early diagnosis of tubercolosis; he also established the differential diagnosis of pulmonary disease in Ukraine.  He promoted the Direct Observed Treatment of TB, which became the national standard, both for inpatient as well as ambulatory patients. For Scientific Research (TB)   Prof. Fidel Julian Gutierrez Vivanco PERU Researcher and author of PRINCONSER method of integration of philosophy and science; author of the Conservation and the Destruction Principles, and the 5 philosophical laws of a new thinking of the philosophical anthropology; Executive Founding Member of the “World Thinkers Panel on the sustainable Future of Humandkind”. For Philosophy and Science       Hon. Ricardoe Di Done CANADA Chief  Executive Officer/Director General, Children Now (an organization for the protection of Children’s Rights For Children’s Rights Advocacy   Miss Deepika Priyadarshani SRI LANKA Head, Deepika Priyadarshani Aesthetic Institute;  the most popular female singer in Sri Lanka; teacher, musician &vocalist known for volunteer work conducting innumerable number of classes, worshops, seminars in order to help develop the knowledge and skills of underpviileged sections all over Ceylon, especially childen & those in conflict-affected areas; fundraising projects in support of programs such as coalition of Care, Education & Support Services, AIDS Prevention, Human Rights, Women Rights and Tsunami Relief. For Performing Arts & Humanitarianism   Mr. Kent Wong CHINA Founder and Charter President of the “Shunde Xingtlan Natives Association of Macau”; Vice President of Macao Youth Federation; Chartered President of Hou Ieong Youth Club; President of Associação dos Veteranos de Futebol de Macau;Chartered President of The Association of Chinese Youth Friendship and Cultural; Vice President of Associação de Squash de Macau; Sponsor of Wong Seng Hong Scholarship of University of Macau For Peacebuilding through  Young Global Leadership   Dr. Aleksandrovich Boris Astafiev RUSSIA Grand Doctor of Philosophy, professor, academician of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Noospheric Academy of Science and Education, International Academy of Telecommunications, International Academy of Informatization, New-York Academy of Science For Scientific Research (Physics)

NEWLY MISS EARTH CROWNED (Miss Czech Republic Tereza Fajksová

Miss Earth Winners Crowned. In photo; (l-r) Miss Brazil; Camilia Brant –Miss Earth Fire (3^rd runner-up), Miss Czech Republic Tereza Fajksová (Ms. Earth 2012 Titleholder), Miss Philippines; Stephany Stefanowitz - Miss Earth Air (1^st runner-up) and Miss Venezuela; Osmariel Villalobos - Miss Earth Water (2^nd runner-up). The winners of the Miss Earth pageant was announced during its coronation night where 80 lovely candidates across the globe vie for the title of Miss Earth, Air, Water and Fire that was held last November 24 at Versailles Palace in Alabang.

(Photo by Ricky Castillo)

SM BOWLING CENTER @ SM FAIRVIEW

Come and visit the newly-opened SM Bowling Center at SM Fairview where professional bowlers and bowling enthusiast see, play and roll the ball on the floor as they compete with one another on the bowling alley.

Complete with recreational amenities and amusement game machines … friends and families can enjoy and play games, sing at the karaoke rooms and eat at the Snack Bar and taste their delicious food before or after playing the game of bowling.

The new SM Bowling Center in SM Fairview is a big venue that can accommodate hundreds of people and is suited for special occasions like birthdays, School P. E., Company tournament or just simply to hang out with your friends and families.

SUPERMODEL 2012 @ PHILIPPINE FASHIONWEEK

                                     SUPERMODEL 2012 @ PHILIPPINE FASHIONWEEK

THE ALL-NEW SONY VAIO DUO 11

Redefine your PC experience with the new Sony VAIO™ Duo 11 with a high-performance, hybrid Ultrabook™ with a sliding LCD display that switches effortlessly between slate and keyboard mode. It also has a stylish look and elegant Surf Slider design that weighs only 1.3 kg. and measures just 17.85 mm.

       Despite its compact size, the VAIO™ Duo 11 possesses tremendous power and impressive battery life, essential for today’s users who are always on the go. The latest generation Intel® Core™ processor delivers snappy performance and impressive visuals, further enhanced by a stunningly sharp 1920x1080 11.6” OptiContrast™ Panel that not only reproduces vivid and accurate colours that is essential for any graphic intensive work, but also affords users with the flexibility of wide viewing angles.Intelligent digitizer stylus offers pen-like precision.Great ideas often begins with the spark of creativity jotted down on a pad of paper, with its new digitizer stylus, Sony has successfully brought that experience to the VAIO™ Duo 11. Minimal latency means a more natural writing experience, and the screen intelligently ignores palm presses while writing, preventing distracting scribbles. Apps such as “Note Anytime for VAIO”  turn the VAIO™ Duo 11 into a virtual notebook for easy on-the-fly note taking, while Active Clip™ allows users to snip out or select parts of an image and save them to a fully shareable scrapbook. During presentations, the digital stylus can also be used to write notes and comments directly onto the PowerPoint document when in slideshow mode for unprecedented interactivity.

The VAIO™ Duo 11 takes the multimedia experience to a new level with a range of intuitive features and apps for the user’s entertainment pleasure.

The ‘Music’ application lets you enjoy your music collection with superb quality thanks to xLoud and ClearPhase technologies, while the ‘Album’ application makes viewing, sorting or sharing pictures and videos exciting and intuitive. Both applications lets you ‘throw’ or stream personal photos, video and music content to enjoy on DLNA compatible large screen TV and audio systems.

Users can also download the ‘Socialife’ app for their VAIO™ Duo 11, a unique application that organises your social and information world. This feature is perfect for Facebook users to view, sort and manage all social networking services and news feeds through one stylish user interface, alongside your friends’ feeds and posts. Mark interesting articles for later reading when you’re not so busy. Based on what your friends are reading, ‘Socialife’ also points you to other popular topics and even suggests content that you might like. Keeping track of everyone becomes more convenient.

The new VAIO™ Duo 11 from Sony will be available in the Philippines by end of October 2012.

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