#OneDayIWill: Google celebrates Doodle-worthy women of the future

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - In time for the celebration of International Women's Day on Tuesday, March 8, Google creates a special doodle to pay tribute to those who have changed the course of the history and the worthy women of the future.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PkUmQgYqWBCuNGXlQt4rjj7EUEzKH8WmEch1NydFlNfOFOFbj5MuM1xLmUSGUoC2KYVb2G7IQdq6KAwINLXh5TFmYt8shTo6XEMtIx4ywDFxZ5SWNDQgmDDYspHalY8AR3vSWR1Pba96/s1600/google-international-women-day.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="#OneDayIWill: Google celebrates Doodle-worthy women of the future" border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PkUmQgYqWBCuNGXlQt4rjj7EUEzKH8WmEch1NydFlNfOFOFbj5MuM1xLmUSGUoC2KYVb2G7IQdq6KAwINLXh5TFmYt8shTo6XEMtIx4ywDFxZ5SWNDQgmDDYspHalY8AR3vSWR1Pba96/s640/google-international-women-day.JPG" title="#OneDayIWill: Google celebrates Doodle-worthy women of the future" width="560" /></a></div><br />Google also encouraged us to share our aspirations with the world with the "#OneDayIWill" hashtag. For 24 hours period, the search giant will be responding to people who will join the discussions online.<br /><br />The company has visited 13 countries where they spoke to 337 women and girls and asked them to complete the sentence, “One day I will…<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztMIb6nEeyg" width="560"></iframe></center><br />Even women who are already accomplished aren’t done dreaming. UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall shared her hope to one day discuss the environment with the Pope, while Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai and activist Muzoon Almellehan continue to work fearlessly toward a future where every girl can go to school.<br /><br />Share your aspiration with #OneDayIWill and get one step closer to where you’re going.<br /><br /><br /><b>Top Female YouTube Stars Appointed as Change Ambassadors to the United Nations</b><br /><br />Ahead of International Women’s Day, Google's video platform YouTube is championing the diverse community of women on the platform through a global production program across the YouTube Spaces that empowers women both in front of and behind the camera.<br /><br />YouTube has partnered with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a leading non-profit organization that works within the entertainment and media community to improve gender depictions. The Institute provided consultations to creators as part of YouTube Spaces program, a production facilities designed specifically for YouTube creators to produce great video content.<br /><br />YouTube has also established a first-of-its-kind partnership with the United Nations to appoint top female creators on the platform as Change Ambassadors, a group of millennial influencers dedicated to fighting for gender equality as part of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. These women will be the voice of their generation into the UN, rallying their audiences to get behind important issues surrounding gender equality.<br /><br />"193 countries around the world stood up and made gender equality a priority when they signed the Sustainable Development Agenda last September. We hope to work with these millennial role models to turn influence into action that is both measurable and building capacity at the UN,” said Mitchell Toomey, Director of UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign.<br /><br />The first group of Change Ambassadors features prominent international female YouTube stars including Ingrid Nilsen (U.S.), Jackie Aina (U.S.), Yuya (Mexico), Taty Ferreira (Brazil), Hayla Ghazal (U.A.E), Louise Pentland (U.K.) and Chika Yoshida (Japan). The Change Ambassadors will serve as positive role models within their communities and rally audiences on YouTube by creating video content that raises awareness to eliminate discrimination against women and girls.</div>

#OneDayIWill: Google celebrates Doodle-worthy women of the future

MANILA, Philippines - In time for the celebration of International Women's Day on Tuesday, March 8, Google creates a special doodle to pay tribute to those who have changed the course of the history a…

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Direk Quark Henares blames “horrible working conditions” for recent deaths of directors

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Film director Quark Henares has expressed his view about the untimely deaths of film and television directors recently.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTLfLQSmRd_yRVkikojxiuCrvBSar5Qg44VpzF8ngIvw6KJ2yH128RGWHLhtc59wToLrsR-Il7HjCFa1rTJ0cuqgjEIsqsO66Czco30_PfucYYh_ZSx_VUPmTceKNg0b-5S0AA7c6nyn2/s1600/quark-henares.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Direk Quark Henares" border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTLfLQSmRd_yRVkikojxiuCrvBSar5Qg44VpzF8ngIvw6KJ2yH128RGWHLhtc59wToLrsR-Il7HjCFa1rTJ0cuqgjEIsqsO66Czco30_PfucYYh_ZSx_VUPmTceKNg0b-5S0AA7c6nyn2/s640/quark-henares.jpg" title="Direk Quark Henares" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Director Quark Henares belives that the horrible working conditions in TV has caused the untimely death of directors Wenn Deramas and Francis Pasion. PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/Quark Henares</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Henares, the son of Dr. Vicky Belo, has blamed the “horrible working hours and conditions in televisions” for the deaths of directors Francis Pasion, Wenn Deramas, and Gilbert Perez. <br /><br />Through a Facebook post on Sunday, March 6, Henares paid tribute to the “On the Wings of Love” (OTWOL) director who was found dead by his parents in the bathroom of his condominium unit in Quezon City over the weekend at the age of 38. Pasion was Henares’s former professor and the founder of his college org.<br /><br />Henares wrote: “I think the reason a lot of TV directors like Wenn Deramas and Gilbert Perez, and now Francis Pasion are getting cardiac arrests, is because of the horrible working hours and conditions in Television. And it's not just directors: stuntmen, Ads [assistant directors], crew people and cameramen all go through similar situations.”<br /><br />He added: “This should really change. And I don't know how it will, considering that this entails losses for the networks. But it really is time.”<br /><br />Deramas, the director behind the blockbuster movies “Ang Tanging Ina” series, “Petrang Kabayo”, the “Praybeyt Benjamin” series, and “Beauty and the Bestie” died on February 29 due to cardiac arrest.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Perez, who directed movies such as “Dreamboy”, “Trip” and “Jologs”, passed away in July 2008 due to heart attack. <br /><br />Pasion, a communication arts graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University, is behind the 2008 movie “Jay” which bagged the Best Film, Best Editing, and the Balanghai Trophy in the Cinemalaya Film Festival as well as other awards in international film festivals in Busan, Venice, and Berlin. His 2014 film “Bwaya" took home the Best Film award in the New Breed Category of the 10th Cinemalaya Film Festival. <b>-Mini/The Summit Express</b></div>

Direk Quark Henares blames “horrible working conditions” for recent deaths of directors

MANILA, Philippines - Film director Quark Henares has expressed his view about the untimely deaths of film and television directors recently.Director Quark Henares belives that the horrible working co…

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ABS-CBN releases Summer Station ID 2016 Official Music Video

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN’s highly anticipated official music video for Summer Station ID 2016 titled "Ipanalo ang Pamilyang Pilipino" has been released on Monday, March 7 after the flagship news program 'TV Patrol.'<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WT8MnImN0vHEvx4z3JIDhtbxUnyikXURJMjCTDmY89xI4lGc-m1WSBX9OsBEaeENsg7bXTsLDGVkEINUox9DaHdektMMnJH9I2xsAULKEU5QWJtDwyIoE2mupJopSZ_5sOI2ybmsLwn-/s1600/abs-cbn-summer-station-id-2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ABS-CBN releases Summer Station ID 2016 Official Music Video" border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WT8MnImN0vHEvx4z3JIDhtbxUnyikXURJMjCTDmY89xI4lGc-m1WSBX9OsBEaeENsg7bXTsLDGVkEINUox9DaHdektMMnJH9I2xsAULKEU5QWJtDwyIoE2mupJopSZ_5sOI2ybmsLwn-/s640/abs-cbn-summer-station-id-2016.jpg" title="ABS-CBN releases Summer Station ID 2016 Official Music Video" width="560" /></a></div><br />Kapamilya stars, news and current affairs team and big bosses gathered at the ABS-CBN compound Monday night for the grand unveiling of the new station ID in time for the May 2016 national elections.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl">Bea Alonzo with ABS-CBN Big bosses Gabby Lopez, Karlo Katigbak and Cory Vidanes <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IpanaloAngPamilyangPilipino?src=hash">#IpanaloAngPamilyangPilipino</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/E4sVAXiU6B">pic.twitter.com/E4sVAXiU6B</a></div>— STAR CREATIVES (@StarCreativesTV) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/StarCreativesTV/status/706803748853534720">March 7, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />For the first time, the ABS-CBN's station ID centers on advocacy for elections and not on the usual summer entertainment.<br /><br />The new station ID urges voters to make a sound decision in choosing their candidates, saying that the Filipino family should, first and foremost, come out as the winner.<br /><br /><b>WATCH: ABS-CBN's Summer Station ID 2016 Official Music Video</b><br /><br />The song, performed by pop star Sarah Geronimo, Piolo Pascual, and Ebe Dancel, among others, features lyrics from Oliver Corpuz and Christian Abuel with arrangement from Marcus Davis. <br /><br />Other singers in the video include Jed Madela, Erik Santos, Angeline Quinto, Yeng Constantino, KZ Tandingan, Morisette, Richard Poon, Bradley Holmes, Jason Fernandez, and Daryl Ong. <br /><br />It also features rap parts from the new Kapamilya artist, Elmo Magalona.<br /><br />The official recording video was released online on Friday. <br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o229Wmycn9I" width="560"></iframe></center><br />Meanwhile, the first version sang by KZ and The Voice of the Philippines (Season 2)'s Kokoi Baldo was announced in July 2015.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/79eOGCQloWc" width="560"></iframe></center><br />Did you like the ABS-CBN Summer Station ID 2016? Express your thoughts in the comments section below.</div>

ABS-CBN releases Summer Station ID 2016 Official Music Video

MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN’s highly anticipated official music video for Summer Station ID 2016 titled "Ipanalo ang Pamilyang Pilipino" has been released on Monday, March 7 after the flagship news …

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