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Monday, March 11, 2013

Enchanted Kingdom salutes enchanting women

Enchanted Kingdom salutes all women in celebration of Women’s Month. This month of March which is the International Womens Month, Enchanted Kingdom pay tribute to mothers, sisters and friends who have been the epitome of strength and courage of the modern-day woman. A Day at the Park with Enchanting Women honors women for their significant roles and contribution to the society and the country.

With my kids in tow, I went to experience the magic again. The event is not only for empowered ladies but for the whole family, my kids enjoyed the jewelry/accesories making and the balloon making under the Technology Resource Center (TRC). We even tried to make our own ring and bracelets for us to keep. After the event, of course, my three girls spent the rest of the day with different rides.

A Day at the Park with Enchanting Women is a fun-filled day of pampering along with educational and livelihood seminars such as bead making, flower arrangement and cologne making seminars with the help of the Department of Science and Technology. The Enchanted Kingdom Circle of Artists also joins the celebration as they feature special performances dedicated to the outstanding women of today.

In line with this, EK invited exceptional, empowered and enchanting Woman Today to be part of this spectacular event. A Day at the Park with Enchanting Women will be on March 09 (Saturday) and all saturdays within this International Women's Month of March, all the fun will start at 2pm at the Spaceport Area of Enchanted Kingdom, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. So what are you waiting for, experience the magic and only at Enchanted Kingdom with different seminars and programs for those ladies who are breaking the glass ceiling today.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Arangkada Philippines: Accelerating continously

My second time to attend Arangkada Philippines and this time with the attendance of the Ambassador of the United States of America which is not a surprise because of the presence of big international investors like FedEx, Nestle, American, Korean, Japanese, European, Australian Chambers of Commerce and all kinds of industries in the Philippines and abroad. Congressman Erin Tanada, Former Finance Secretary Bobby De Ocampo, Congressman Sonny Belmonte and Former President Fidel Ramos graced this historical event. Last year, Philippine President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino attended the event and answered different inquiries from the audience. According to Arangkada organizers which means to accelerate in english, "A Business Perspective has a strategic purpose - to provide recommendations that lead to millions of new jobs for Filipinos and higher economic growth for the country. The study includes hundreds of recommendations for action by both public and private sectors in a great number of areas. Together they add up to an agenda for change to help policy makers and business leaders to enable the national economy to compete in a world increasingly interlinked and competitive. In this world, keeping up is an imperative, not a choice. For too many years and in too many sectors of its economy the Philippines has lagged, losing competitiveness despite the nation's immense potential."

US Ambassador Harry Thomas

TransFormers: Finance Secretary Bobby De Ocampo and President Fidel Ramos

This year, Department of Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez mentioned that the Philippines is expecting 10 million visitors within 2016 and that we need to be ready with our infrastructures. " We are now at 90 percent done of agreements for air seats. we need air aggreements to ensure connectivity." Jimenez also told us that the government has a plan to add more airports to be ready with the international flights in the future because of the booming tourism we have right now.

Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo is very optimistic in his speech at the forum, he mentioned that exports has a good chance this year, Philippines is already the fourth biggest shipbuilding hub next to China, Korea and Japan and that investors are coming in. Secretary Domingo asked to the foreign business groups to support the government in its initiative to promote economic growth and told the foreign businessmen that economic growth rests on the partnership of the government and the business community. “The success story will really depend on us. We don’t even have to make a larger effort this year to achieve big economic growth. My appeal to you is not to be negative, not to block it. Just let it happen,” he said.

According to it's website, "Arangkada Philippines is a comprehensive advocacy paper intended to share recommendations leading to the creation of $75 billion in new foreign investment, 10 million jobs and over one trillion pesos in revenue for the Philippine economy within this decade. In an increasingly interlinked and competitive world, accelerating growth is an imperative, not a choice. The Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in the Philippines (JFC) estimates that, to achieve these results, the country must focus on more rapid development of the Seven Big Winner Sectors and move twice as fast!"

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Zoocolate Thrills: Tarsier Conservation and Animal Sanctuary

I am very sure that my friends are still thinking what am I doing managing a theme park. So many hats I am wearing right now, as a writer, columnist, building contractor, project manager, business development head, PR relations manager and now as the new Operations manager of Zoocolate Thrills at Loboc, Bohol. (not to mention as an advocate, revolutionist and pasaway at all times).

Zoocolate Thrills at Barangay Gotozan, Loboc, Bohol is the only world class zoological theme park at Bohol

As empowered and confident I am, oh well, as always and because of my background in managing a big organization for years not to mention my six years in sales, being in operations for this newest theme park under the Zoomanity group that handles and expert in Zoological parks is nothing compare in constructing houses or renovating old buildings at UPLB and DOST. Same way of managing with people and same as in construction, we just like to have skilled and expert manpower.

A welcome pavilion

Our famous man made chocolate hills inside Zoocolate Thrills

We have three Siberian tigers inside Zoocolate Thrills and planning to add more

Our friendly guides

This is Tarsi and can only be found at the island of Bohol. We are conservationist and making sure that we are doing what is best to all our species with vets and experts at Zoocolate Thrills.

As an environmentalist and an advocate of human rights, I need to make sure that work is not just business. Well for me since then, work is personal.Animals and the different species I encountered and taking care of are as delicate as handling my own babies. I might not be perfect or expert in this field, I am not even a vet but I know about rights and yes, my friends have proofs that I will not stop just to prove what is right. At Zoocolate Thrills we have our own Veterinary Doctor checking the animals, we have a curator and zookeepers to make sure they are all in good health.

A press conference was held last February 21, 2013 to introduce our 10 events for this year.

To start with, yes, here is the biggest and Bohol's world class theme park with International standard. This 5 hectares zoological parks is a home for 24 species and we are still planning to add some more. Plans include Zip lines, cable cars

Zoocolate Thrills is the newest theme park from Zoomanity Group under Yupangco Group of Companies (zoomanity.com.ph).

We own 6 parks like our amazing Zoobic Safari at Subic, Pampanga, Zoocobia at Clark, Pampanga, Residence Inn and Paradizoo at Tagaytay, Cavite, Z Planet and Virtual zoo at Manila. In rediscovering the famous Chocolate Hills and our Loboc River, our team offers different activities for this year and the developments we have to sustain and continuesly develop a world class Zoocolate Thrills at Bohol with a tour to view the biggest and largest Zoological park and International standard developments.