Philippine Holidays in 2015

Just like you, I'm so excite to know the holidays in the Philippines this 2015. See below for the complete list.

Weekday	Date	Holiday name	Holiday type
Thursday	Jan 1	New Year's Day	Regular Holiday
Friday	Jan 2	Special non-working day after New Year	Special Non-working Holiday
Saturday	Jan 3	Maulid un-Nabi	Common Local holidays
Thursday	Feb 19	Chinese Lunar New Year's Day	Special Non-working Holiday
Wednesday	Feb 25	People Power Anniversary	Observance
Friday	Mar 20	March equinox	Season
Thursday	Apr 2	Maundy Thursday	Regular Holiday
Friday	Apr 3	Good Friday	Regular Holiday
Saturday	Apr 4	Holy Saturday	Special Non-working Holiday
Sunday	Apr 5	Easter Sunday	Observance
Thursday	Apr 9	The Day of Valor	Regular Holiday
Friday	May 1	Labor Day	Regular Holiday
Saturday	May 16	Lailatul Isra Wal Mi Raj	Common Local holidays
Friday	Jun 12	Independence Day	Regular Holiday
Sunday	Jun 21	June Solstice	Season
Sunday	Jul 19	Eidul-Fitar	Common Local holidays
Friday	Aug 21	Ninoy Aquino Day	Special Non-working Holiday
Sunday	Aug 30	National Heroes Day	Regular Holiday
Monday	Aug 31	National Heroes Day holiday	Regular Holiday
Wednesday	Sep 23	September equinox	Season
Thursday	Sep 24	Id-ul-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)	Common Local holidays
Thursday	Oct 15	Amun Jadid	Muslim, Common Local holidays
Sunday	Nov 1	All Saints' Day	Special Non-working Holiday
Monday	Nov 2	All Souls' Day	Observance
Monday	Nov 30	Bonifacio Day	Regular Holiday
Tuesday	Dec 22	December Solstice	Season
Thursday	Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Special Non-working Holiday
Thursday	Dec 24	Maulid un-Nabi	Common Local holidays
Friday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Regular Holiday
Wednesday	Dec 30	Rizal Day	Regular Holiday
Thursday	Dec 31	New Year's Eve	Special Non-working Holiday

See you at iBlog 10

Me and my friend, Jeff already registered and we're coming on the 5th of April. Are you coming too?

Here are the details of this free event for bloggers:

iBlog: The 10th Philippine Blogging Summit (#iblog9) will be on April 4 and 5, 2014 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, Quezon City from 8 am to 5 pm.

DAY 1 AGENDA (Names of speakers and panelists will be posted and updated this week)
9:00 to 9:20 Flag ceremony, prayer, participant intro (limited)
9:20 to 10:20 Bloggers as New Media Personalities (Carlo Ople, Noemi Lardizabal Dado, and more to be added)
10:20 to 10:40 BREAK
10:40 to 11:40 Building Communities through Blogging (Azrael Coladilla, Jinoe Gavan, Vince Golangco, and more to be added)
11:40 to 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 to 1:30 SPONSOR TALK
1:30 to 2: 10 Bloggers as Digital Marketers (Grace Bondad Nicolas, Jonel Uy, Fitz Villafuerte, Boris Joaquin)
2:20 to 3:00: Blogging as Part of Internet Marketing and Advertising (Jeoff Solas, Mannix Borromeo Pabalan, Brad Geiser, and more to be added)
3:00 to 3:20 BREAK
3:20 to 4:00 Bloggers as Activist (Tonyo Cruz, Francis Acero, and more to be added)
4:00 to 4:40 State of Blogging in the Philippines – report from bloggers in the countryside (Ruben Licera Jr.)
4:40 RAFFLE / GROUP SHOT

DAY 2 AGENDA (Names of speakers and panelists will be posted and updated this week)
9:00 to 9:20 The Rise of the Sports Bloggers (Ivan Stewart Saldajeno)
9:20 to 9:40 Future-Proof Link Building: No Spam, More Juice (Jayson Bagio)
9:40 to 10:00 Why Doctors and other Professionals should Blog? (Bien Nillos)
10:00 to 10:20 BREAK
10:20 to 11:00 Bloggers as Entrepreneurs (Genesis Reonico, Sonnie Santos, Vanj Padilla, and more to be added)
11:10 to 12:00 Crowdsourcing, Social Media, and its Impact on Business (Richard Eldridge, Lace Llanora, Michael Ngo Dee, and more to be added)
12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 to 1:30 SPONSOR TALK
1:30 to 2:10 Mentoring Entrepreneurs through Blogging and Social Media (Christian Blanquera and more to be added)
2:20 to 2:40 The Present and Future of Internet Regulation (Atty. JJ Disini)
2:50 to 3:10 The Philippine Internet at 20 years old (Janette Toral)
3:20 to 3:40 BREAK
3:40 to 4:40 Future of Blogging and Social Media
4: 50 RAFFLE and GROUP SHOT
EMCEE: Flow Galindez and Adrian Benipayo

Registration is still open.

Please note that the iBlog10 is still looking for sponsors. Please contact the organizers at http://iblogph.org/

Help the Yolanda Survivors

Janette Toral, a well-known social media expert recently spearhead a seminar for the benefits of the typhoon Yolanda survivors called We Are One. It’s a fund raising seminar that features known speakers such as Ricky de Vera, Boris Joaquin, Randy Esguerra, Janette C. Toral, Jc Libiran, Pido Aguilar, Raju Mandhyan, Warren Domantay, Polo Ablazo, Al Ian Barcelona, Boom San Agustin, Joey P.Reyes, Ivy Villanueva Lloyd Luna Pocholo Gonzales and others.

Minimum donation is Php 1,000 per head.

EVENT DETAILS

WE ARE ONE. | One Nations, One Purpose, One Voice

Vista Center, UGF Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City.

December 7, 2013

9:00am – 5:00pm 

Program

09:00am Prayer/ Yoga Exercise

09:15am Session 1 – Resilience Is Not Enough (by Coach Randy Esguerra)

10:15am Session 2 – YES! You Can Inspire As You Live! (by Ricky de Vera, MBA, CSP)

11:15am Session 3 – Creating A Personal Vision: You Can Do It If You Can Perceive It (by Boris Joaquin)

12:15pm Lunch

01:15pm Session 4 – Connecting and Engaging Online (by Janette Toral)

02:15pm Session 5 – Victim s. Responsible Mindset (by Joey Reyes)

03:15pm Panel Discussion (by Gwen Pang, JC Libiran and Pochollo Gonzales)

04:15pm Session 6 – Understanding & Appreciating What Happens To You (by Pido Aguilar)

05:15pm Closing

For more info, click here or visit We Are One – FaceBook page .

Please share!

Lucy Torres Exposes Truth Behind Yolanda Relief Efforts

This is a very firm and elegant way of a woman exposing ugly things about the government. Kudos to Lucy. However, these things are open secrets and known to every Filipino who knows that dirty politics reigns in the Philippines. I doubt there'll be changes anytime soon after this expose. Credits to the owner of the video.

Arcan Ville and Regghie M. Orpiada

They're speaking the Filipino language but seems they belong to another planet. With an evil mind and heart, they already got what they ask for - fame! Yes, you two will be forever remembered for your evil and heartless tweets.

And as a reminder, "Be careful with what you wish for!" Karma is now digital and God is always watching.

Note: I actually contemplated for a while about posting something about these two disgusting creatures. I was asking myself if they are worth my time then I realized that referencing them through my blog archive and be forever tagged as a disappointment to the Philippines especially to their families is worth of my 5-minutes.