Hinatuan Enchanted River

Seeing something majestic almost always leaves people speechless, even breathless! That is exactly how you feel the instant you lay your sights in Enchanted River. The experience is utterly difficult to translate into words when one of it ever suffice to describe its beauty and splendor.

Enchanted River in HInatuan, Surigao del Sur continues to be most popular must-see attraction of Surigao del Sur. Hidden in Brgy. Talisay, the awesome deep river insude a thick forest with color like pepsi blue... very cool.. very clear.. and very mystical, is estimated to be around 24 meters (80 feet). Vast wealth fishes on different varieties and colors readily greet the visitors which add to its mysterious attraction.

Stopping by Enchanted River is a chance ti good to pass by. For everything that this river is, it's worth the journey as spectacular scenery awaits. The water of Enchanted River baffles anyone that sees it.

You really can't avoid the temptation to take plunge and feel the invigorating water. Stress relief guaranteed. 

PARTICULARS: 

- Signage are available on the road side designed for guiding the visitors going to destination. Trippers wil enjoy the moment of the cool breeze air and scenery along the road to river.

-Before getting inside the Enchanted River premises, one must have to log in his name, place of origin and signature on the visitor's logbook. Entrance fee is 30php per adult.

-Huts, tents, tables and chairs are available for picnic. Clean toiltes and dressing rooms are also in place

-Row of stalls right across the entrance offers a wide array of foo and drinks and give visitors variety of fresh and alive seafoods to choose from. cooking service charge is 20php/kilo.

-Life savers are on duty and visible within the swimming area up to closing time at 5:00pm.

-Around 12 noon to 1 pm., the belll rings requesting the people to clear the river for fish feeding time. Spectacular schools of fish gather and catch food thrown to the river. Fish feeding is done daily. Special feeding maybe requested from the Enchanted river Management Office at 100php.

-there are life jackets for rent within the area @ 15php /hour.

-River cruising is available where tourists and guests will be able to enjoy the scenery going to the neighboring islands @ 160/hour max. of 5 persons.

-The lighter shade of color blue to green represent the shallow area for non-swimmers at the mouth of the river.

-Before leaving, the visitors can buy souvenirs at the Souvenir Shop which also serves as a tourist's Information Office and E-river Management Office.

-No Smoking policy is strictly implemented at the Enchanted river premises.

-More beautification/improvement has been continuously emphasized in the area to accommodate and make visitors more comfortable.

Marlon Stockinger

Filipino driver Marlon Stockinger has put the Philippine flag back on the global motorsports map by finishing second in the opening race of the 2012 GP3 Series this weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The two 16-lap GP3 races on Saturday and Sunday served as support events to the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Stockinger, driving Car No. 14 for Status Grand Prix, qualified fifth for the first race. He made the most of the opportunity by finishing just 2.6 seconds behind winner Mitch Evans (New Zealand) of MW Arden. Stockinger scored 18 points for the effort, seven points off Evans.

For the second race the following day, however, Stockinger failed to score a single point as he wound up in 19th place. The GP3 Series has a different format compared to Formula 1 in that the second race of every two-race round follows a reverse grid order for the top eight finishers of the first race. Which meant Stockinger had to start the second race in seventh. US driver Conor Daly, who finished sixth in the first race, won the second race after starting third on the grid. First-race winner Evans likewise failed to score a point in the second race.

"Coming from Asia, it's a lot more diffirent than coming from Europe to settle into everything," Stockinger said during the press conference. "I think I am with a better team now, and I think when all these cards come into play, the results improve. I think winter testing went well and we were very consistent."

Stockinger is now sixth in the overall championship standings, with the second round scheduled for May 25-26 in Monaco.

The 21-year-old Marlon Stockinger placed 28th overall in the GP3 Series last year. In 2010, he finished eighth overall in Formula Renault UK, improving upon his 25th-position showing in the same series the previous year. In 2008, he was also eighth overall in Formula BMW Pacific while also racing in Formula BMW Europe.

Do you think this signals the start of another wave of world-class Filipino racing drivers?

Early life

Stöckinger was born in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of a Swiss businessman and racing enthusiast, Tom Stöckinger, and a Filipina woman, Egin San Pedro; he grew up in the Philippines until he was 17, and then went to Europe to pursue a racing career.

Early career

Prior to joining the Formula Renault series, Stöckinger won titles and honors from international derbies such as the Formula BMW Pacific 2008 Championships, the Senior Rotax Max World Finals 2007, the Asian Karting Championship 2006, the Junior Rotax Max-World Finals 2005 and the Philippine Shell Super Karting Series 2002. He participated at the 2008 Formula BMW Europe season - the championship's maiden season after the merger of the British and German series - as a guest driver, racing at the Hungaroring (21st and 23rd place), Valencia Street Circuit (15th and 23rd place) and at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (20th and 21st).

Jollibee Foods Corporation (Jollibee)

 Jollibee Foods Corporation abbreviated as JFC and popularly known as Jollibee (PSE: JFC) is a Filipino multinational chain of fast food restaurants headquartered in Pasig City, Philippines.

  Jollibee is the largest fast food chain in the Philippines, operating a nationwide network of over 750 stores. A dominant market leader in the Philippines, Jollibee enjoys the lion’s share of the local market that is more than all the other multinational brands combined.  The company has also embarked on an aggressive international expansion plan in the USA, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei, firmly establishing itself as a growing international QSR player.

  Among its licensed brands are Chowking, Greenwich Pizza, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King Philippines.

    Jollibee was founded by Tony Tan and his family with its humble beginnings as an Ice Cream Parlor which later grew into an emerging global brand. At the heart of its success is a family-oriented approach to personnel management, making Jollibee one of the most admired employers in the region with an Employer of the Year Award from the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines, Best Employer in the Philippines Award from Hewitt Associated and a Top 20 Employer in Asia citation from the Asian Wall Street Journal. It has consistently been mentioned as one of the Philippines' and Asia's most admired companies in surveys conducted by publications such as Asian Business Magazine and The Asian Wall Street Journal and has received other plaudits from Euromoney and Asia Money. In 2008, it was also the recipient of the FMCG and F & B Asia Pacific Supply Chain Excellence Award at the SCM Logistics Excellence Awards.

    Aside from promoting a family oriented work environment, the brand’s values also reflect on their advertising and marketing. Jollibee knows their target audience very well: the traditional family and all communication materials focus on the importance of family values, making Jollibee the number one family fast food chain in the Philippines and a growing international QSR player.

    As of end-September 2012, Jollibee was operating 2,040 stores in the Philippines for all of its brands: 765 for Jollibee, 383 for Chowking, 201 for Greenwich, 209 for Red Ribbon, 457 for Mang Inasal and 25 for Burger King.

Boracay Island

Out of all the islands in the world, Travel+Leisure Magazine chose to name Boracay as its Best Overall Island of 2012.

Located in Malay, Aklan, Western Visayas, Boracay is just seven kilometers long, and less than a kilometer wide at its narrowest point – a postcard-sized tropical paradise.

Leisure activities

The White Beach in Boracay
Leisure activities available on or near Boracay include scuba diving, helmet diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, cliff diving, and beach relaxation.

Boracay is the site of a 18-hole par 72 golf course designed by Graham Marsh.In addition, as of 2010, Boracay has in excess of 350 beach resorts offering more than 2,000 rooms ranging in quality from five-star to budget accommodation. In addition, Boracay offers a wide range of restaurants, bars, pubs, and nightclubs.

White Beach is composed of three sections.

The northernmost section – Station 1 – has the widest beachfront. This has the best (and most expensive) resorts and hotels.

The center of White Beach is Station 2. People come here to eat, shop, and party.

If you’re looking for a quieter area, then Station 3, the southernmost section, is for you.

Because the waters off White Beach are calm during Amihan season (November to May), tourism is at its peak during these months when the northeastern winds blow. Conditions reverse during the rainy season, when the Habagat or monsoon winds blow.

Billy Joe Crawford

      William Ledesma Crawford was born in Manila, Philippines, to a Filipina mother named Mayette Ledesma and an American father named Jack Crawford. He has two half-brothers. Crawford was discovered at an early age of 3 years, singing at a bowling alley that his mother visited often, he then become part of an afternoon show called "That's Entertainment" in the Philippines. He then had the name of Billy Joe but he changed it recently to Billy Crawford.

      He acted in a few movies before he moved back to United States during his teenage years and started a career in music, performing mostly in the United Kingdom and France, as well as in Asia. His pre-career started in Dallas, Texas, USA, where he lived and performed his singing and then moved to New York City. 

      He first went to Professional Children's School and then to Professional Performing Arts School in New York City with many other famous professional children, such as Lee Thompson Young, Mandy Moore and Nina Sky. In 1996, he danced with Michael Jackson onstage when he was 14 years old as one of Michael's back-up dancers at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards.

In 2008, he went to Manila to host Pinoy Dream Academy's uberture. He was also the host of Miss Earth 2008. 

After a string of unsuccessful singles and album releases, he restarted his career in the Philippines.

He is now a talent of ABS-CBN, a Philippine television network, and was seen in Its showtime (formerly Showtime) and Pilipinas Got Talent as one of the two main hosts together with Luis Manzano.

    Awards    

2002: NRJ Music Awards - Best Newcomer of the Year

Billy was awarded for 2002 NRJ Music Awards for "Best Newcomer of the Year" at France.

2003: NRJ Music Awards - International Male Artist of the Year

Billy Crawford was given "International Male Artist of the Year" at the NRJ Music Awards 2003 in Cannes, France, on January 18, 2003. He beat Robbie Williams to win the award.

2007: Eastwood Walk of Fame - Billy Crawford

On January 15, 2007 he was given a star plaque at the Eastwood Walk of Fame in Philippines and was the first inductee that year.

Nov. 25, 2007: Famas (Philippines)

March 26, 2008 : 3rd MYX Music Awards (Philippines)

November 13, 2010: 24th PMPC Star Awards for TV Philippines - Best Talent Program Host Winner (with Luis Manzano) for Pilipinas Got Talent.

Georgina Wilson : Filipina-British endorser, VJ, and commercial model

Georgina Wilson (real name: Georgina Ashley Diaz Wilson) is a Filipino - British endorser, VJ, and commercial model. She was born on 12 February 1986, in Texas, USA. Georgina's mother is a Filipina while her dad is British. She is the niece of former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz, and the cousin of model and TV host Isabelle Daza who is the daughter of Gloria Diaz. When Georgina was six months old, her family moved to Yorkshire, England where she spent her childhood in the English countryside. When Georgina was eleven years old, her family moved to the Philippines. She attended High School at Assumption College, in Makati, Philippines before starting an Economics degree at Ateneo de Manila University. After two years, she transferred to the University of Sydney, Australia and graduated a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce.

 

Sarah Geronimo Success Story

   Sarah Geronimo is a Filipino recording artist, songwriter, producer and actress. She's a certified pop artist whose name has been an inspiration to a lot of young dreamers. Born on July 25, 1988 in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines, to Delfin Geronimo, a retired Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) employee, and Divina Geronimo, who ran a beauty parlor from the family home and raised in Sampaloc, Manila.

At the age of four, she made her first appearance on national television and was a member of the children's television show Pen-Pen de Sarapen for two years. At age six, she performed at a short concert at Isetann Cinerama on Recto Avenue in Manila.She sang for Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Philippines in 1995, when she was six. At the age of eight, her father enrolled Geronimo at the Center for Pop Music Philippines, where she received her first formal music and voice lessons.

She rose to fame after winning the Star for a Night singing competition  Her winning piece, To Love You More, has been and still a staple among the lists in videoke, with young girls imitating the style of then 14-year-old Sarah Geronimo. 

She has drawn crowds who instantly turned fanatics of Sarah and her music.  Her debut album, Popstar: A Dream Come True, reached quintuple platinum status and made her, at age 16, the youngest multi-platinum recording artist. Following the success of her debut album, she had her first major-solo concert at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum at the age of 17, making her the youngest solo performer to have filled the Big Dome. 

She has given justice to the ever-enduring appeal of pop music through her songs Filipinos have come to love—Forever Is Not Enough, Ho Could You Say You Love Me, If Only, Sa Iyo, Broken Vow, Can This Be Love, I Want To Know What Love Is, Lumingon Ka Lang, and the current chart topper, Love Can't Lie. 

She has played significant parts in silver screen's Lastikman (co-starring Mark Bautista) and Filipinas (with Marical Soriano and Richard Gomez). She is also one of the country's most effective product endorsers.

How else can a singer prove her total artistry and bankability but do it via a mojor concert in which Sarah has showcased high-caliber performances.

In 2012, she was the first Filipino to win the Mnet Asian Music Awards as Best Asian Artist. The year after, she snagged three nominations at the World Music Awards. In 2013, her movie It Takes a Man and a Woman broke box office records and became the highest grossing Filipino film of all time.

Sarah has a lot to be thankful for and she is just as grateful… “I thank God for my family. Iba ang suportang ibinibigay nila sa akin, nandiyan sila kahit na anong mangyari. Nagpapasalamat din ako sa Diyos dahil natupad ko ang pangarap ko na maging isang singer. At siyempre malaki ang pasasalamat ko sa mga fans dahil kung hindi dahil sa kanila, wala kami dito.”