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British Council Searching for Filipino Young Screen Entrepreneur

June 27th, 2008 by Ellis | No Comments | Filed in Education/Personal Growth

Filipino young screen entrepreneur can now conquer the world. The British Council Philippines in cooperation with Studio 23, Shangri-La Plaza Mall and NU 107 is looking for a talented young screen entrepreneur to represent the Philippines in an international competition in the UK.

The Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) awards were devised by the British Council’s Creative Economy Unit to celebrate their achievements and develop the potential of young creative entrepreneurs across the world.

Previous participants have included Ani Almario of Adarna Publishing, Jay Aldeguer of Island Souvenirs Cebu, and Louie Talan of Wombworks Inc.

The annual awards are open to young creative entrepreneurs between 25-35 years old from the countries of emerging economies. The winner from the Philippines will be sent on a 10-day all expenses paid trip to the UK where he/she will meet industry professionals and get the chance to tour leading organizations in the film and TV industries in London, Bristoll and Cardiff. The UK trip culminates with the Philippine representative attending the London Film Festival as industry delegate.

The winners of the UK competition will receive grant money of GBP 7,500 to be used on a collaborative project with the British Council. The deadline of submission of applications is on July 11.

For more information, visit www.britishcouncil.org.ph

Tags: screen entrepreneur, young creative entrepreneurs

Do Not Throw Your Used PC, Turn it to Gold

June 26th, 2008 by Ellis | No Comments | Filed in Education/Personal Growth

Instead of throwing it away or selling it to junkshops to earn few hundred pesos, you can turn your used PC into gold. Though, not the precious metal but golden opportunity to help others by donating it to the BPI Foundation, the Bank of the Philippine Islands philanthropic arm.

Under the BPI’s Information Systems Group (ISG) that runs a program called e-Donate, your old but working computers (with Window 98 OS software programs) and unusable ones are also donated to schools and recycled into learning tools.

One of BPI Foundation’s recipients is the Manpower Training Center of the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Makati City. This vocational school turns used and unusable computers from BPI Foundation into learning tools for computer repair and maintenance. About a hundred of Don Bosco’s 1,300 vocational students are part of the Center’s outreach program that gets young people who cannot afford high school education off the streets, away from drugs and fighting chance in life.

Your donation will not only help the environment, but it will also greatly help teach hands-on computer maintenance instead of just theories.

Will you have a golden feeling, if students who used your used PC will graduate their course and someday run their own computer shops, which is now a huge demand?

I’m sure you will be glowing more than the 24 carat gold.

For more information of how or where to donate, please contact:

Ayala Foundation, Inc.

Tel. No.: 752-1060

Tags: donation, hands-on computer maintenance, own computer shops, used PC, vocational schools

How to Identify Fake Cellphones

June 25th, 2008 by Ellis | No Comments | Filed in Technology/Gadget

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has advised gadget shoppers to be vigilant when buying cellphones to ensure that what they are getting are the genuine units, not the fake one made in China.

This warning came as several fake cellular phones are openly sold at various mini-stores especially in Quiapo, Manila; Greenhills, San Juan and Makati Square in Makati City, all in Metro Manila.

Buyers should buy phone kits rather than Chine-made cellphones because phone kits are registered with the NTC while most of the China phones are not.

One of the best way to identify if the cellphone is fake it so look for the NTC sticker that can be seen at the back of the unit once the battery is taken out. The NTC sticker is small, white and contains the NTC logo.

Most refurbished and China-made phones don’t have the NTC sticker because these have not gone through the scrutiny by the NTC.

Tags: buying cellphones, China-made phones, fake cellular phones, phone kits