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Lourd De Veyra
Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra (; born February 11, 1975) is a Filipino musician, emcee, poet, journalist, TV host, broadcast personality and activist who became famous as the vocalist of the Manila-based jazz rock band Radioactive Sago Project. Life and career Education De Veyra went to Quirino Elementary School for grade school and to Colegio de San Juan de Letran for high school. He then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas. Early musical career When the hardcore punk band Dead Ends ended their four-year hiatus, he became one of the band's guitarists in 1994, sharing guitar chores with the band's leader and founder Al Dimalanta, making Dead Ends a four-piece band. The band then recorded their comeback and final album, the influential ''Mamatay sa Ingay'' (1995); it had a sound different from their past materials, having more of a crossover-thrash approach. Dead Ends disbanded in 1996 (because of Jay Dimalanta's passing), after w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Veyra (born 1975), Filipino musician, singer, poet, and journalist
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De Veyra is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jaime C. de Veyra (1873–1963), Filipino politician, lawyer, historian, linguist, and educator * Sofia de Veyra (1876–1953), Filipina feminist, clubwoman, teacher, and school founder *Lourd de Veyra Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra (; born February 11, 1975) is a Filipino musician, emcee, poet, journalist, TV host, broadcast personality and activist who became famous as the vocalist of the Manila-based jazz rock band Radioactive Sago Project. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapul Sa Singko
''Sapul sa Singko'' (English: Bullseye on Five), formerly ''Sapul'' (English: Bullseye) was TV5’s daily morning show. The two-hour program premiered on April 5, 2010, as ''Sapul'' and due to its widespread success and viewership, it was expanded to a three-hour program on October 25, 2010, and rebranded as ''Sapul sa Singko''. On February 6, 2012, the show was succeeded by ''Good Morning Club'', which focused more on the homemaker and professional female viewers. History ''Sapul'' was first aired on TV5 on April 5, 2010, as the network's answer to NBC's, NBC News ''Today'', ABS-CBN's ''Umagang Kay Ganda'' and GMA's ''Unang Hirit''. Erwin Tulfo, Martin Andanar, Lourd de Veyra, and Shawn Yao started the show as the original hosts. On October 25, 2010, ''Sapul'' was rebranded and retitled as ''Sapul sa Singko'' with fresh and hip OBB and graphics and the addition of two new cast members- Chiqui Roa-Puno (who later became a Congresswoman) and Atty. Mike Templo, the weekend news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Commission On Culture And The Arts
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines ( fil, Pambansang Komisyon para sa Kultura at mga Sining, ceb, Nasodnong Komisyon alang sa Budaya ug mga Arte) is the official government agency for culture in the Philippines. It is the overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture; an executing agency for the policies it formulates; and task to administering the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA) – fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts programs and projects. History The successful overthrow of the dictatorship in 1986 through the People Power Revolution inspired the different sectors of society to rally behind the new government towards the restoration of democracy. On March 12, 1986, the Alliance of Artists for the Creation of a Ministry of Culture (AACMC) drafted and adopted a proposal for the establishment of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philippine Star
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution. The newspaper is owned and published by Philstar Daily Inc., which also publishes the monthly magazine ''People Asia'' and the Sunday magazines ''Starweek'' and ''Let's Eat''. As part of the Philstar Media Group, its sister publications include business newspaper '' BusinessWorld''; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet '' The Freeman''; Filipino-language tabloids '' Pilipino Star Ngayon'' and ''Pang-Masa''; Cebuano-language tabloid ''Banat'', online news portals Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Philstar Life and Wheels.ph, and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. In March 2014, the newspaper was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2004 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry): __NOTOC__ English division ;Futuristic Fiction *First prize: Irene Carolina Sarmiento, "They Don't Bite" *Second prize: Catherine Rose Torres, "Niche" *Third prize: Dean Francis Alfar, "Hollow Girl: A Romance" ;Short story *First prize: Asterio Enrico Gutierrez, "Blind" *Second prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Foggy Makes Me Sad" *Third prize: Paul de Guzman, "The Index of Forbidden Books." ;Short story for children *First prize: Victoria Estrella Bravo, "The Cat Painter" *Second prize: Maria Celeste Flores, "Touch Ball" *Third prize: C. Horatius Mosquera, "The Boy Who Had Three Brains" ;Essay *First prize: Wilfredo Pascual Jr., "Devotion" *Second prize: Erwin Romulo, "Confessions of a Space Boy" *Third prize: Jose Maria Alarilla, "Surviving the Zeroes" ;Poetry *First prize: Naya Valdellon, "Casual Ties" *Second prize: Joel Toledo, "Literature and Other Poem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2003 (rank, name of author, title of winning entry): __NOTOC__ English division ;Poetry *First prize: Isidoro Cruz, ''"Bodies Of Water"'' *Second prize: Angelo Suarez, ''"Exploratoria"'' *Third prize: Mike Maniquiz, ''"Tornadoes and Other Poems"'' ;Short story * First prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, ''"Doreen's Story"'' * Second prize: Socorro Villanueva, ''"Foggy Makes Me Sad"'' * Third prize: Paul de Guzman, ''"The index of Forbidden Books"'' Futuristic Fiction * First prize: No winner * Second prize: No winner * Third prize: Yvette Natalia Uy Tan, ''"Sidhi"'' Short story for children * First prize: Honoel A. Ibardolaza, ''"The Greediest of Rajahs and the Whitest of Clouds"'' * Second prize: Cyan Abad-Jugo, ''"Behind The Old Aparador"'' * Third prize: Yvette Natalie Uy Tan, ''"Kulog"'' Essay * First prize: Rosario Cruz Lucero, ''"The Music Of Pestle-On-Mortar"'' * Second prize: Lourd Ernest de Veyra, ''"Videoke B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award For Literature
The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines", it is the country's highest literary honor in terms of prestige. Winning works are entered in the competition either as previously published pieces or in manuscript form. The Palanca Awards, organized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation, is one of the Philippines' longest-running awards programs. It was named after Carlos Palanca Sr. History Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Philippine writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards Committee started to fund the publication of Palanca Award-winning plays, and production funds were committed in 1975. In 2009, it added a category for poetry for children, in both Tagalog and English. Categories Starting on the 60th awards year, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Channel (Southeast Asian TV Channel)
Discovery Channel Southeast Asia (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, often referred to as simply Discovery) is the Southeast Asian version of Discovery Channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. References Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ... Mass media in Southeast Asia English-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1995 Television channel articles with incorrect naming style {{Asia-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and north-west of mainland Australia. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania and the Pacific Ocean, and to the south by Australia (continent), Australia and the Indian Ocean. Apart from the British Indian Ocean Territory and two out of atolls of Maldives, 26 atolls of Maldives in South Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia is the only other subregion of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere. Mainland Southeast Asia is completely in the Northern Hemisphere. East Timor and the southern portion of Indonesia are the only parts that are south of the Equator. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Have Been Warned Asia
''Outrageous Acts of Science'' is a science program shown on Science Channel in the U.S., featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20 internet videos in each episode. The series first aired in the UK on Discovery International with the title ''You Have Been Warned''. The program features homemade science experiments and stunts, often accompanied by warnings of "don't try this at home" when doing so might endanger the viewer. For the U.S. TV network, it was the top-rated show of 2015. Each episode focuses on a particular science theme that features the cleverest, funniest, most daring, or just downright bizarre clips, along with an explanation and breakdown from science and engineering experts, including Hakeem Oluseyi, Debbie Berebichez, Carin Bondar and also-comedians Helen Arney, Matt Parker, Adam Ruben, and Tom Wrigglesworth, among others. The expert panel's explanations are accompanied with storytelling motion graphics and an explanation of what, how and why these clip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
