Vote for your favorite Filipino band for Timbre 2012

Feb 26, 2012

For the first time in the music festival's three-year history, Timbre Rock & Roots has joined hands with Yahoo! Southeast Asia to discover the next generation of musical talent in Asia.

Yahoo!, together with Timbre, has shortlisted up and coming bands from Philippines and will run an online voting contest to decide which band performs at this year's event.  By mid-March, one winning band will be flown to Singapore to perform alongside the headliners at Timbre Rock & Roots 2012.

Which Philippine band

The Cranberries in Singapore 2012

Feb 26, 2012


Following the highly-acclaimed sold-out concert last year, pop music iconic band - The Cranberries will rock Singapore with a brand new concert and fresh hits from its latest album “Roses” this April 2012!

Back by popular demand, the Irish alternative rock band returns to wow audience with an encore performance of its new astounding sounds and all-time popular hits!

"The Cranberries LIVE in Singapore 2012" will be held on

Singapore to host Transformers Cybertron Convention

Feb 20, 2012

Transformers fans, rejoice!  Singapore will host the first-ever Transformers Cybertron convention in Southeast Asia next month.

From 11-14 March, the convention at Resorts World Sentosa will feature exhibits of video games, artwork and collectible toys from the popular cartoon and Hollywood blockbuster franchise. 

Highlight of the event will be the  6.71m-tall statue of Optimus Prime, the iconic leader of the

Pinoy teens bag medals in Singapore Math Olympiad

Feb 19, 2012

Filipino high school students won four medals in the inaugural Raffles Invitation Mathematical Olympiad held from Feb. 6 to 11 in Singapore.

Mikaela Angelina Uy, third year student of St. Jude Catholic School, won a silver medal in the

COVs for HDB flats drop a massive 20-30%

Feb 18, 2012

Cash premiums for most types of HDB flats are falling across the country, declining between 20 and 30 percent, according to latest figures compiled by The Straits Times.

Singapore to reduce quotas for foreign workers

Feb 18, 2012

Singapore government just announced that it will lower the proportion of foreign workers companies can hire in a bid to slow increases in the number of foreign workers in the city-state.

This means lower employment opportunity for Filipinos once new rules kicks in.

Starting from July 1 this year, manufacturing companies will have to cap the percentage of foreigners they hire to 60 per cent of the workforce, down from 65 per cent currently.

New immigration guidelines for departing Filipino passengers from Philippines

Feb 18, 2012


Finallly, Philippine Government has laid out the guidelines and rules for departing Filipino passengers from all airports and seaports in the Philippines.

I.  TOURIST TRAVELERS

A traveler intending to go abroad with a tourist/temporary visitor’s visa shall be subjected to:

Kultura 101 on Feb 18

Feb 17, 2012

Kultura 101: Philippine Culture for Kids

A once-a-month workshop for Filipino kids living in Singapore. 

Next schedule is --

Nat Geo's Pet Adoption Drive

Feb 17, 2012

National Geographic Channel recognizes efforts to increase public support for adoption of dogs, and will be holding the National Geographic Channel Free Pet Shop.

When: 18-19 February 2012 @ 12-6pm
Where:  East Coast Park Dalbergia Green (between Carpark D1 and the beach)

Leveraging off its television programme, “The Dog Whisperer”, Nat Geo appeals to avid viewers, animal lovers and the general public to support this special event. Slated to be the largest dog-adoption drive in Singapore till date.

Dog Whisperer to come to Singapore

Feb 17, 2012

Cesar Millan, aka the Dog Whisperer, will be coming to town.

In an interview from Los Angeles on Feb 08 2012, Millan told my paper "it's confirmed" that he will be in Singapore in June. "I'm really excited, because it sounds like people in Singapore have problems with their dogs," he joked, after being told that some owners are troubled by their dogs' excessive barking, among other issues here.

Airshow 2012

Feb 16, 2012

There will be many biennial favourites and firsts for visitors to check out at the third edition of Asia's largest and one of the three most important aerospace and defence exhibitions in the world, Singapore Airshow 2012.

To be held from February 14 to 19 at the Changi Exhibition Centre, the airshow will feature more than 900 exhibitors from 50 countries and 266 delegations from 80 countries.

Thousands of former Filipinos reacquire Philippine citizenship

Feb 16, 2012

A total of 116,059 former Filipinos have reacquired Philippine citizenship under the dual citizenship law, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI).  

In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said those who reacquired Filipino citizenship since the BI began implementing the law in April 2004 were 36,851 individuals who filed their petitions at the BI main office in Manila and 79,208 who applied at Philippine consulates abroad.

Julia Abueva stars in ‘Spring Awakening’ in Singapore

Feb 04, 2012

Actress Julia Abueva, the granddaughter of National Artist Napoleon Abueva, is starring in a Singapore production of the Tony-winning musical “Spring Awakening.”

The 16-year-old Abueva, who was born in Manila, moved to Singapore when she was four years old.

She plays Wendla Bergmann, a sexually naïve teen who loses her virginity to a childhood friend, in the musical staged by Singapore theater company Pangdemonium.