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Environmental Movie Yap accepts Series wraps up at SM the Lion’s Club City Batangas >>>NEWS....P/2 leadership >>>F.E.S.T....P/8
THREATENED LANDMARK. Even this centuries-old Faro de Malabrigo may be demolished if the mining in Lobo will push through.|
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI. Archdiocese of Lipa Auxiliary Bishop-Emeritus Salvador Quizon and the rest of the Batangas clergy join the antimining rally in Lobo town, June 29. BALIKAS PHOTO
JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
LOBO, BATANGAS — Libu-libong Batangueño, kasama ang ilan pang environmental groups ang bumuhos sa Lobo covered court nitong nakaraang Lunes, Hunyo 29, upang iprotesta ang pagpasok ng Mindoro Resources Limited-Egerton Gold Philippines (MRL-Egerton) sa bayang ito at sa mayamang terrestrial and marine ecosystems dito. >>>PROTESTA.....sundan sa P/2
GO NEGOSYO. Pinangunahan ni Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino at Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha ang paglulunsad ng Negosyo Center sa Gusali ng Kapayapaan at Kalikasan (Green Building), Lunsod Batangas, Hunyo 29. [Basahin ang istorya sa pahina 6.] JERSON SANCHEZ
My City, My SM, My Cuisine wins 2 Gourmand awards THE My City, My SM, My Cuisine cookbook recently won two Gourmand World Cookbook Awards during recent ceremonies in Yantai, China. The book was honored with a Prestige Award by the International Jury, and placed third in the Local Cuisine category, qualifying it to be among Gourmand’s Best in the World. Founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards is sometimes described as the Oscars of Food Awards. It celebrates cookbook and wine publishing, and features many renowned chefs every year. This year’s awards drew more than 12,000 entries from 205 countries. “It is a big success to be in the list,” says Gourmand Awards President Edouard Cointreau. “The quantity and quality of entries has reached a new high this year.” “A total of 205 countries participated in the Gourmand Awards,” he adds. “All the books listed are truly excellent in very different ways.” If Mr. Cointreau’s name sounds familiar, he was
>>>LIFETIMES....turn to P/7
Gourmand Awards President Edouard Cointreau with SM Senior V ice President for Marketing Millie Dizon during the awarding ceremonies. The book is a compilation of the My City, My SM, My Cuisine campaign, and was published by SM through People Asia.|