Many home builders, architects, and construction industry stakeholders believe that efficiency, sustainability, wellness, and connection with nature define the construction industry in 2023 and beyond. And with the best technology in this generation, it’s high time to rethink the current design approach to houses and start a new era in construction. One of the key trends in the world today is a shift towards building homes that are eco-friendly and focus on a reduction in the consumption of energy and carbon emissions. In fact, some of the measures introduced to make each new home as environmentally friendly as possible include photovoltaic roof panels, increased wall, floor, and roof insulation, energy-efficient heating, and lighting systems, A+ rated appliances, and even compost bins to reduce the amount of household waste sent to landfill. Low-Maintenance Materials For busy young families, homeowners prefer homes that can be built with materials that don’t need to be constan...

Project Saysay Inc. celebrated its 10th founding anniversary at the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NCHP) Presidential Car Museum at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on June 11, 2023. Held in solidarity with the 125th Anniversary of Philippine Independence and Nationhood 2023-2026, the commemorative event also recognized the partners and benefactors of Project Saysay in the past 10 years which include the Mama Sita Foundation. With this, the Foundation received humble recognition for being a consistent partner of Project Saysay. Likewise, Mama Sita Foundation was the event’s main sponsor by sponsoring cocktails and tokens for the honorees, select individuals, and institutions for the recognition. Thus, spreading Filipino heritage and flavors during the 10th Anniversary of Project Saysay at Pasasalamat is a showcase of Mama Sita's artisanal products offering a taste of tradition and culinary excellence. Also set up at the venue was the all-natural Mama ...

Happening on June 30-July 2, 2023, at the SMX Convention Center Manila, at the Mall of Asia Compound in Pasay City, is the 2023 Travel Madness Expo (TME). Now in its 10th year, TME still boasts to be the source for the best travel deals as it used to do in the last nine years. With more long weekends set in 2023, grab this opportunity and plan your trips, enjoy extended holidays, recharge, and help lift the tourism industry from the pandemic slump. Travel Innovators Inc. is the organizer of Travel Madness Expo, one of the biggest travel and trade fairs in the Philippines. The madness for travel continues since it was first staged in 2012. A surprise phenomenal hit that time, TME generated some 40,000 visitors and guests, and enabled an international credit card company to rake in PHP20 million worth of business in just three days! TME’s successful display of destinations and cultures from around the world in the past years brought about strong support from the travel industry makin...

Laoag and Huangshan sign Sister City Agreement The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) welcomed the Huangshan City delegation from China, to spearhed tourism exchanges and economic cooperation between the two countries. FFCCCII newly-elected President Dr. Cecilio Pedro personally welcomed the delegation, facilitating discussions on collaborative strategies to strengthen traditional good economic, cultural initiatives, and other cooperation exchanges. The FFCCCII also organized the signing ceremony of Huangshan City and Laog City’s Sister City Agreement, led by Laoag City Mayor Michael Keon. Huangshan, called Huizhou in old days, is located in the south of Anhui Province, well linked with Jiangxi Province in southwest, Zhejiang Province in southeast. The city is named after the famous scenic Yellow Mountain which covers much of the city’s vast geographic expanse. The urban center of Huangshan was originally the city of Tunxi and is n...

The Department of Tourism-National Capital Region made history as it officially launched the Hop On Hop Off (HOHO) Travel by Hub Program held at Glorietta 2, Makati City on May 28. The HOHo is a tour program using state of the art bus transport and a digital application where tourists can enjoy the Cities of Manila and Makati through specially-crafted tours using the hop on hop off system and a contactless payment card. The project takes inspiration from world-class hop-on hop-off buses in cities such as Abu Dhabi, Argentina, London, Madrid, New York, Singapore, among others, will feature a dedicated website with all essential information, a reloadable EMV-capable card, and to complete the tourist experience, a mobile app for booking tours, making cashless payments, GPS networked-bus arrival monitoring and video guides, as well as information on hotels, food, and tourism merchants. It is expected to go full blast by mid-year of 2023. DOT Sec. Christina Garcia-Frasco led the lau...

  Outgoing 2022 PHA President Dr. Jude Ericc Cinco greets participants of UPP DO you know that 88% of adult individual in the Philippines are physically inactive? This is according to the latest data gathered by the Philippine Heart Association (PHA), a recognized and trusted group of heart doctors in the country which aims to reduce the ravages of heart diseases among Fillipinos and to make the Philippines a leading center of cardiology in the region. Further, the 2022 Global Status Report on physical activity released in October 2022, found that 81 percent of adolescents and 2.75 percent of adults worldwide “currently do not meet WHO’s recommended levels of physical activity." With the release of the first-ever global report on physical activity, the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned that this finding has an impact not only on individuals and their families over their lifespan but also on health services and society as a whole. 52100 TURNS 10 That’s why the PHA has been ...

On May 27-31, 2023, the City of Ilagan is expected to launch and host various events featuring colorful parades, harvest offerings by the farmers, and a food festival of corn-based dishes for Mammangi Festival 2023 . Started in 2011, the festival also features much-anticipated occasions like the vivid buoy parade and road-moving exhibitions executed by youthful Ilagueño artists wearing local ensembles made of indigenous materials. Awesome events like the Little Miss Ilagan, Miss Gay Mammangi, and Mammangi Festival Queen showcase the creative gifts of Ilagueños.  From mangui or corn in the local Ibanag dialect, the city which is known to be the Corn Capital of the Philippines aptly celebrates the Mammangi Festival with such pomp and festivity while honoring its farmers for the bountiful harvest.  Snacks made of corn Yummy cornbetes! A must-visit in the city would be the Mangi Food Hauz and Pasalubong Center which is run by the Department of Agriculture-Cagayan Valley Research C...