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Volume 2 | No. 22 | Cagayan de Oro City | January 27-February 2, 2014
‘Wa Ko Kakita’, ‘Ika-3 Putahi’ win best films at Cinemagis 6 Stephen J. Pedroza
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ut of the 13 filmmakers from all over Northern Mindanao who submitted their works, “Ika-3 Putahi” by Joeromer Bacus and “Wa Ko Kakita” by Eastine Charles Taneo emerged as victors during the 6th Cinemagis Digital Short Film Festival. Under the banner of Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts (XCCA), this year’s festival had 5 entries for the professional category and 8 student films screened at Xavier University Little Theater (XULT) and SM CDO Cinema 3 from January 2425. The awarding ceremony was held at SM City Event Center during its last day. Festival winners “Ika-3 Putahi (Recipe No. 3) was hailed as the Best Short Film- Professional Category. It also garnered 6 other awards: Best Art Direction, Best Story, Best Editing, Best Sound Scoring, Best Director for Joeromer Bacus and Best Actor for Rusty Quintana. As a psycho-thriller, “Ika-3 Putahi” underscores the consequences of an unrequited affection and tells a journey to the limitation of one’s sanity. “Lugdang” (Drowned) by Gray-em Erezo received the 2nd Best Short Film award and reaped the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Actress for Kris Gebe. The Special Jury Award for Social Responsibility on Climate Change also went to “Lugdang” for tackling the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong. The 3rd Best Short Film went to “Hello” by Kevin Nico Surposa from Iligan City. “Panamilit” (Farewell) by Tat Soriano won the Best Poster. CINEMAGIS
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BEST OF NORTHERN MINDANAO . Cinemagis 6 winners (left) Joeromer Bacus - Director of "Ika-3 Putahi" (Recipe No.3) for the Professional Category and Eastine Charles Taneo - Director of "Wa Ko Kakita" for the Student Category hold their festival trophies in the recently concluded Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Both their films are programmed into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy
LICEO MASSCOMM . Liceo University Mass Communication seniors Eastine Charles Taneo Director of "Wa Ko Kakita" for the Student Category, the cast and crew hold their festival trophies with Cinemagis jury Rudolph Ian Alama and Davao filmmaker Orvil Bantayan in the recently concluded Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Both directors and their films are programmed into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy
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BILLBOARD
House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means
Rep.Rufus B. Rodriguez,2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City, propounds questions to officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs during a recent Briefing by the two agencies to lawmakers in the House of Representatives. Rep. Rodriguez was asking for an explanation on why there is still smuggling activities being reported and an explanation on the various new programs and rulings of the BIR in order to improve tax collections. [KENDISCHAVES]
MEDIA PARTNERS . The Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor, Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy, receives the certificates of appreciation from the Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts and Xavier University - as the Official Print Media Partners for CINEMAGIS 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao. BusinessWeek Mindanao, Mindanao Daily News and Mindanao Star comprise the official print media partners of Cinemagis and the upcoming CINEMA REHIYON 6 in February. Photo taken during the recently concluded Cinemagis 6 at the SM City Cagayan de Oro, January 25. Photo by Sarah Jane Ragay
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MISAMIS ORIENTAL – Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez turned over to Maanas Elementary School, Medina, Misamis Oriental, construction materials last January 8, 2014. He is accompanied by former Board Member Jigjag G. Pelaez. The materials donated will be used to construct pathways inside the school premises.
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ith cooler weather ahead, coats are cool, hoodies are hot, and jackets are just in style at Surplus. Whether you’re headed for the mountains or just walking down the city streets in style, these latest jacket trends will keep you warm and wonderfully fashionable. Here are great jacket finds from Surplus.
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The Sweater Set. From pretty pullovers to fleecy hoodies to parkas with a pop of color, a play on fabric and color make soft sweaters an all-time favorite.
Classic Coats. There’s nothing that exudes cool weather elegance more than a well-cut coat. At Surplus, there are
Utilitarian jacket for guys and classic white moto vest for girls
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Complete your look with stylish bags and functional footwear from Surplus. You’ll also love their great gift selections - fleece and travel blankets, playful colorful tumblers, and towels in bundles.
Light and cozy pink pull over from Surplus
Beige utilitarian jacket for men
Photographed at Highlands Steakhouse Mall of Asia, the Jacket collection is available at Surplus in SM City Cagayan de Oro.
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The silver lining by Janey Montebon Duterte
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et’s face it, beauty products can be ridiculously expensive. Night creams, moisturizers, brightening facial cleansers, exfoliants, masks, and all those different types of facial scrubs can cost you about the same amount as your apartment’s monthly rent. Being beautiful requires effort, money, and patience. But wait… what if I told you that you can take the money factor out of the beauty equation and become beautiful with just effort and patience alone? For the resourceful ladies out there, there are a host of beauty products that you can concoct in your kitchen. These recipes are made of natural ingredients and are dirt-cheap compared to the commercial products. Interested yet? Here are some natural beauty products that you can start to whip up right now!
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Beauty Recipes Straight from the Kitchen
• Lemon and honey facial scrub. All you need is half a lemon and a few drops of honey. Simply pour honey on the lemon and scrub all over your washed face. Leave on your face for a couple of minutes and rinse with warm water. Honey moisturizes and disinfects your face, making it glow, while lemon is a natural antioxidant that will help clear your face of blemishes. • Baking soda and honey scrub. Just mix a little honey with a teaspoon of baking soda and gingerly rub all over your face. Baking soda will help deep cleanse your pores and honey will keep it supple. • Lemon and egg mask. There are awful days when our skin just seems all red and blotchy. Soothe away the redness by mixing egg yolk with lemon juice. Create a paste by properly mixing the two and then leave the mask on your face overnight. • Skim milk facial wash. Try replacing your facial wash with skim milk and notice how smoother your skin becomes. This works even for the most sensitive skin too! • Oatmeal wash, scrub, mask, and everything else. Oatmeal is a wonder beauty product that can do magic on your skin. Ground it and sprinkle on your bath water, add it to honey and make a facial scrub, or mix it with egg whites and use it as a mask – the options are endless! But
no matter what you do with it, expect to end up with baby-soft skin. • Avocado and carrots treatment mask. Combine 1 avocado, 1 cooked carrot, half cup of heavy cream, 1 egg, and 3 tablespoons of honey. Leave it on your face for 10 to 20 minutes and then rinse it off. This mixture is teeming with vitamins, antioxidants, and natural collagen that could remove age spots, fight skin aging, and tone skin. • Apple cider vinegar cleanser and toner. Slough away dead skin cells that could cause clogging on your pores by applying apple cider vinegar in lieu of super expensive toners. You can dilute it with water before application or you can use it straight depending on your skin. • Honey and olive oil moisturizer. Create a paste made of olive oil and honey mixture. Apply onto dry skin and notice how hydrated and soft it becomes. There are so many other natural ingredients that we can use as beauty treatments, and all of it can be found in your kitchen or in the neighbourhood supermarket. Not only are these a lot less expensive than the regular store-bought products, it is also healthier and devoid of chemicals. Being pretty doesn’t have to burn holes on your pocket. Try it and see for yourself!
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CINEMAGIS 6 AWARDS NIGHT
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Winners for student category On the other hand, the Best Student Short Film went to “Wa Ko Kakita” (I Haven’t Seen It) by Eastine Charles Taneo from Liceo de Cagayan University (LdeCU). It also won 3 other awards: Best Story, Best Director for Taneo and Best Actor for Ray Anthony Vacalares. ‘Wa Ko Kakita’ is a film patterned after the legend of the pineapple but with some interesting twists and a modern appeal to the audience. “Kaon Ta” (Let’s Eat) by Richard Mars Caberte from XU landed as the 2nd Best Student Short Film, along with the awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Inspired from a real cannibal from Japan, Caberte’s film deals with perversion over the human flesh and the appetite-stirring horror that comes with his uncanny obsession. “The Perfect Girl” by Janine Banday from XU got the 3rd spot for the Best Student Short Film. Jocell Sedigo won the Best Actress award for her role in “Binibining Cancer” by John Solomon Legara, also from XU. Lastly, the Best Trailer went to “Perla” by Angel Frances Borres from Xavier University High School (XUHS).
BEST OF NORTHERN MINDANAO . Cinemagis 6 winners (left) Joeromer Bacus - Director of "Ika3 Putahi" (Recipe No.3) for the Professional Category and Eastine Charles Taneo - Director of "Wa Ko Kakita" for the Student Category hold their festival trophies in the recently concluded Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Both their films are programmed into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. Photo by S. Uy
Cinemagis 6 Best Short Film "Wa Ko Kakita" Director Eastine Taneo with Cinemagis Festival Director Hobart Savior (center-left), Jury Rudolph Ian Alama (left) and Orvil Bantayan (right) pose for a photo op during the Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Photo by S. Uy
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LUGDANG . The cast and crew of Cinemagis 6 Best Short Film "Wa Ko Kakita" lead by Eastine Taneo - Director with his cast and crew and Liceo U MassComm classmates during the Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Their film is programmed into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. Photo by S. Uy
RECIPE NO. 3 . The cast and crew of Cinemagis 6 Best Short Film - Professional Category, "Ika-3 Putahi" (Recipe No.3) lead by Joeromer Bacus - Director pose with Cinemagis Jury Rudolph Ian Alama and Davao filmmaker Orvil Bantayan during the recently concluded Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Their film is programmed into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. Photo by S. Uy
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Stepping stone Cinemagis served as the springboard for short films coming from Northern Mindanao to be screened during the 6th Cinema Rehiyon, the national film festival organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), to be hosted by XCCA on Feb 18-22. “Wa Ko Kakita,” “Unawa,” “The Perfect Girl,” “Kaon Ta,” “Lugdang,” “Ika-3 Putahi,” along with Butuan City’s “Diskonek” and the award-winning film thesis of Glenmark Doromal, “Ang Walay Kahumanang Adlaw” (Infinite Sun) will represent the region in the event. Cinema Rehiyon forms part of the National Arts Month (NAM) celebration in February. In addition to giving Northern Mindanao filmmakers national exposure, Cinemagis also aimed to promote local talents, voices and culture. To this end, the festival jurors, Dr. Steven Patrick “Tibo” Fernandez, Felimon B. Blanco and Rudolph Alama Gutierrez, together with Hobart Savior, the XCCA director, conducted a forum with the filmmakers to share some insights and tips on how to improve one’s cinematic language and aesthetics. “What is very important is the passion to pursue filmmaking. Keep on elevating your standards and prepare yourself for criticisms because that’s the only way to improve your craft,” Dr. Fernandez said, adding that today’s generation of filmmakers must challenge the mainstream cinema.
LUGDANG . The cast and crew of Cinemagis 6 Grand Jury Prize Winner "Lugdang" lead by Grayem Erezo - Director pose with Cinemagis Jury Rudolph Ian Alama and Davao filmmaker Orvil Bantayan during the recently concluded Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Their film is programmed into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. Photo by S. Uy
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ime was when the Chinese New Year in Cagayan de Oro was a private occasion celebrate by Filipino-Chinese families. Not anymore. With the rise of shopping mall chains and their tradition of maximizing the commercial potential of the Spring Festival which has also been declared a national non-working public holiday, Chinese New Year has become a major event coming as it is as the first holiday after the New Year before Valentine’s Day next month. Here’s a quick rundown on the 2014 Chinese New Year Festivities in Cagayan de Oro:
Chinese Buffet Dinner Every Friday starting January 17 to 31, 2014 6PM up PhP 500/pax nett Dow Foo Kon in Chili Sauce, Phoenix Claws in Black Bean Sauce, Pidan, Salted Egg, Mandarin Salad in a Bowl, Imperial Hot & Sour Soup, Eight Treasures Soup, Braised Ox Tail with Basil Dumplings, Hainanese Chicken, White Fish Tofu, Shanghai Style Braised Pork, Bok Choy, Assorted Steam Dumplings, Golden New Year Rice, Tikoy, Chinese Butchi with Ube filling, Assorted fruits, Crisp Pork Belly Deep Fried in Wok
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31 January 2014 Lion Dance during dinner time Limketkai Center Friday, 24 January to Sunday, 02 February 2014 All About China Photo Exhibit 2nd Level North Concourse Oro Photographic Society
Saturday, 01 February 2014 Chinese New Year Program -Oro Grace Christian School Lion Dance, Waist Drums, Chinese Nursery Rhymes Dance, Dragon Boat Race Dance, Yi Dance, Xinjiang Dance, Chinese Surnames Dance, Chinese Ethnic Group Costume Show and Traditional Chinese Songs
Friday, 31 January 2014 Lion Dance (10:30AM-2PM) Chinese Cultural Show (26PM) Oro Christian Grace School and Kong Hua School.
Limketkai Luxe Hotel 31 January 2014 Golden Abundance Feast KaVe Restaurant Bar Adults PhP 888 net Children (3-11 yrs old) PhP 488 net Bed + Breakfast + Buffet De Lux Twin or Superior Deluxe + Abundance Feast PhP 4,888 net Executive Suite + Abundance Feast PhP 5,888 net SM City Cagayan de Oro Jan 16-31 Mall Hours Chinese Bazaar Entrance 3 Jan 26 2PM The Event Center Chinese Cooking Demo Culinary Institute of Cagayan de Oro Jan 31 10AM The Event Center Lion Dance 2PM The Event Center Chinese Ribbon Dance, Wushu Demonstration Feb 2 2PM The Event Center Chinese Cultural Performance - Kong Hua School
Friday, 31 January to 02 February 2014 Chinese Food Bazaar, Limkektai Rotonda
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