PR
festival starts today
The Public Relations and Media Management classes of the University
of St. La Salle in Bacolod City will hold a three-day PR Festival
starting today.
The activity will inform students about the conduct of press
conference and management of special events, a press release from
the group said yesterday.
The conferences will include an update on government agenda
at Salon de La Salle at 10:30 a.m. today, with Presidential Adviser
for Western Visayas Rafael Coscolluela; a joint press conference
for the MassKara Festival and the SEA Games to be held in Bacolod,
with Bacolod SEA Games Organizing Committee secretary-general
Eric Loretizo, and MassKara Festival chairman Eli Tajanlangit,
at 2 p.m.; and on Oct. 4, a press briefing on Greenpeace projects
and activities in Negros Occidental at Akasya Grill, 17th Lacson
St, at 3 p.m.
Media practitioners are invited to attend the activities, the
press release added.*
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LITTLE MUTYA
2005
These bets enjoy watching TV
The third and fourth candidates for the Little Mutya 2005 enjoy
watching their favorite TV shows.
Anessa Rivera, 5, daughter of Franklin and Grace Rivera, is
a Kinder 1 pupil at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School, where she
is an honor pupil. The Mr. Bean cartoon show glues her to TV.
She is also fond of collecting Barbie dolls, and she is interested
in drawing, dancing and singing. One of her favorite subjects
is writing.
She loves the color pink. Anessa dreams of being a good cook.
Angelika King, 6, or "Love love," is a Grade 1 pupil at the
University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos. She loves to watch
the TV shows Mr. Bean and Princess Sarah.
This daughter of Robert and Anna King is also skilled in dancing,
singing and lip-synchronization. She said it is important to study
hard. Sibika and computer, and the color orange are her favorite
subjects and colors, respectively.
Angelika wants to become a doctor.
The Little Mutya pageant will be staged on Oct. 8, 6 p.m., at
the BAY Center, in Bacolod City.*
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MassKara
Festival
opens today
The 26th MassKara Festival will open at 8:30 a.m. today at the
Bacolod public plaza, and will coincide with the start of the
Bacolod City Division Athletic and Cultural Meet.
The festival opening will be keynoted by Chairman Bayani Fernando
of the Metro Manila Development Authority.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia will officially open the festival immediately
after Luisito Escalona, assistant schools division superintendent,
declares the start of the division athletic and cultural meet,
a press release from organizers said.
Festival director Eli Francis Tajanlangit said simultaneous
opening ceremonies will be held with the Department of Education
as part of the objective to reposition the festival and make it
more family-oriented, a press release from the MassKara Festival
office said yesterday.
The presence of the athletes and the students from the different
districts under the city division also highlights the involvement
of the young people in the festival, Tajanlangit added.
"We want the festival to be known as a 'festival for the family'
and not just a drinking celebration," he said.
The opening ceremonies will be preceded by a parade from the
Capitol Lagoon, that will be participated in by boy and girl scouts,
athletes, MassKara Queen Candidates and dancers, towards the public
plaza where the program will start at 8:30 a.m.*
PR festival starts today