December is declared as the Month of Overseas Filipinos, and International Migrants Day (December 18). To commemorate the significance of the OFW Overseas Filipino and the role for making the Philippines treasury afloat through their collective remittances in billions ,a whole month calendar of activities had been planned by the following inter related agencies like Philippine Migrant Rights Watch, Commission on Filipino Overseas, OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration), DOLE ( Department of Labor and Employment), POEA ( Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, NRCO, Presidential Communications Office , Department of Tourism, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Pag-Ibig Fund, dti (Department of Trade and Industry, SSS ( Social Security Services), PhilHealth, Migrant Workers Asia, ULAP, League of Cities of the Philippines, League of Municipalities of the Philippines, Philippine Migration Research Network, NCCA ( National Commission on Culture and Arts), Film Development Council of the Philippines, Origin 8 Media, Ateneo de Davao, Department of Foreign Service and Presidential Communications Development Strategies and Planning Office. One of the highlight of this month of celebration is the block screening premiere the award winning film ILOILO at Shangrila-Cineplex , Shangri-La Edsa mounted by the inter-agency committee. The movie is the Philippines official entry for this year Oscar the hollywood ultimate movie award giving body (USA). The movie was entirely give us a glimpse of the family , society and educational culture of Singapore.It give us a total picture on the plight of Filipina maid and his role as a surrogate mother on her Singaporean boss. As mention by the principal of the school where the boy enrolled knowledge with out discipline is of no value to the society , before her mandatory slashing out ( by a cane) the student for committing a brawl punishable by a disciplinary expulsion . In the film it never forget to include the very vision of the Singaporean educational system like preparing the young to be a contributor in the over all development of the country , by verbalizing the schools core vision for prosperity, happiness and progress of the country. Though the official message of the movie is to highlight the role of maid played by the Filipino migrant workers , it taught us (Filipino) otherwise the value of education and how Singaporean molded their children in the educational systems capable enough to produce a conscientious leaders which probably the main reasons why their society were able to catch up in a short period of time from a poor, to an emerging economy , then to a developing and industrial state , then later on to become a first world country by standard of living, truly deserved to be emulated by the other Asean countries like the Philippines. The movie was directed by Mr. Anthony Chen. NOTE: Today the Philippines is hosting the Educational Leadership for Global Competitiveness and Sustainability from December 02, -03, 2013 at SMX Convention Center Mall of Asia , Pasay City Philippines. Senator Edgardo Angara will be a keynote speaker. To attend for the event kindly contact fape.org.ph, ceap.org.ph, or the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines by registering at this email address (registration.fape.org.ph). An independent event , related with the month of overseas Filipinos the SM Supermalls Global Pinoy , a member ship lounge and cafe together with BDO Banco de Oro, and SM Cinema will be hosting a Christmas Party , this coming December 07, 2013 dubbed as Pamaskong Handog para sa Global Pinoy Year 2, by block re-screening of the movie Dubai starring Mr. Aga Mulach,Mrs. Claudine Barretto Santiago and Mr. Loyd Cruz at SM Cinema 7 , around 11:00 noon.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 08:06:48 +0000
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