"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it."
It was on April 27, 1521 when the Battle of Mactan took place in what is called now The Liberty Shrine. The City of Lapu-Lapu is commemorating the Battle of Mactan by a Re-enactment of what was believed that happen during the battle of Mactan every 27th day of April. A historical landmark full with week-long activities and Events.

To extend the celebration of the Kadaugan sa Mactan, the City of Lapu-Lapu is also giving the Oponganons and all the Filipinoes in general the chance to experience how the men of Datu Lapu-lapu celebrate victory through Kadaugan Street Party. A two-day festivities to conclude and re-visit history by remembering what the first Filipino Hero, Datu Lapu-lapu has done to the country.

Posted below are the week-long Events and Activities og Kadaugan sa Mactan 2013:

DATE	TIME	VENUE		ACTIVITY
April 19	7:00AM	Lapu-lapu City Auditorium		Floral Offering with Air Force Band, Honor Guards
	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Opening of Food Festival
April 20	6:00AM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	7:00PM			Mask Dance Extravaganza
	9:00PM			Live Band
April 21	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	9:00PM			Live Band
April 22	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	9:00PM			Live Band
April 23	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	7:00PM			Flair Tending Competition
	9:00PM			Live Band
April 24	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	9:00PM			Live Band
April 25	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	9:00PM			Live Band
April 26	7:00AM	M.L. Quezon National Highway		Kadaugan Street Party Ingress
	8:00PM	360 Stage Fronting LLC Sports Complex		Reyna Bulakna Pre-Judging
	6:00PM	Liberty Shrine		Food Festival
	8:00PM			Pre-Battle Ritual
	9:00PM			Fireworks Display
April 27	6:00AM	Liberty Shrine		Holy Mass
	8:00AM			Flag Raising
				Military Honors (21 Gun Salute) Philippine Air Force Contingent
	9:00AM			KSM Re-enactment
		Viewing Stage/VIP Stage
	9:05AM			Program ProperWelcome Remarks
	9:10AM			SPEECH
	9:30AM			Re-enactment
	10:10AM			Flower Drop
	3:00PM	M.L. Quezon National Highway		Kadaugan Street Party
	4:00PM			Closure Of Lanes
				Photography Contest
	7:00PM			Rampada Street Dancing Competition
	9:00PM			Rampada Showdown Judging
	11:00PM			Announcement Of Winners
	12:00MN			Fireworks/Street Party

KADAUGAN STREET PARTY 2013 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

DATE/DAY ACTIVITY/LOCATION       
April 15, 2013  Deadline of Submission of Entries

April 16, 2013 – Tuesday Reyna Bulakna Rehearsals
7:00 P.M. City Hall Grounds
April 18, 2013 – Thursday Reyna Bulakna Pictorials

April 23-24, 2013 Rampada General
Tuesday & Wed Rehearsals

April 26, 2013 – Friday Kadaugan Street Party Day 1
7:00 A.M Closure of the M.L. Quezon
Road fronting City Hall
8:00 AM Ingress
(Putting –up stage, tents, etc.)
4:00 PM (Start Photography Contest)
6:00 PM Cosplay Contest
(Stage 1 – near 2nd Bridge)
7:00 PM Higante Contest

7:30- 10:00 PM Reyna Bulakna
(360 Stage in front of City Hall)

9:00PM-3:00AM Live Band Concerts

April 27, 2013-Saturday Kadaugan Street Party Day 2
7:00-10:00PM RAMPADA Street Dancing
& Judging

10:00-3:00AM Live Band Concerts
Street Party @diff. stages

McDonald’s is looking to hire over 300 student-crew/grantees in Cebu this year through Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in partnership with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), establishing its progress and success in the employment of underprivileged students and out of school youth in Cebu. SPES beneficiaries’ responsibilities are maintaining the cleanliness of restaurant areas, proper preparation of beverages and desserts, and providing assistance to local store marketing team during events or McCelebrations held at McDonald’s restaurants.

Present during the press conference were representatives from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Jessica Uy and Atty. Jose B Ogang; McDonald’s Philippines Vice President for Human Capital Group Chona Torre and Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Fidel Magno. Each representative discussed the progress of SPES and its success rate in Cebu, key criteria for hiring and screening, and day-to-day training programs that SPES students undergo with McDonald’s.

Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) enables employment for the students in partner private sectors, where McDonald’s Philippines has offered over 3,600 slots for students to be crew members across the country.

“We at McDonald’s understand the need for programs like these – we want to help in providing a brighter future for the youth, especially for those who find it difficult to do so,” says Chona Torre, “With SPES, McDonald’s Philippines and DOLE are bound by the common goal of giving the Filipino youth labor opportunities that enable them to fund their education and have a more positive tomorrow to look forward to.”

In 2012, lose to 100 students have undergone SPES in McDonald’s Restaurants in Cebu, twenty-two of which are now undergoing training to be regular employees of McDonald’s due to their excellent performance. Each student will be with McDonald's for 52 days, earning the salary that can help support their education

McDonald’s Philippines and DOLE made their partnership official in March 2012, following Republic Act Nos. 7323 and 9547’s call to encourage students to pursue their education through employment. Subsequent to these laws is RA 8759, creating the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) to facilitate employment of the beneficiaries, located in capital towns of provinces, key cities, and other strategic locations.

This year, McDonald's hiring of Student Crews will be done in three batches starting March to December.

Someone next to you is probably holding a smartphone or a tablet as a their way of communicating and be updated in various social networking websites. And majority of them play games with their Smartphone and tablets gadgets wherever they go.
Casual Gamer like those who play any genre of games in their mobile gadgets more in common form of Android Smartphones, Android tablets, iOS devices and more gadgets that run on these mobile operating systems.

Fructel's Gametel Bluetooth Controller (common console-style D-pad layout ) will transform your smartphone or tablets into a portable gaming console. Gametel's Bluetooth Controller has been gaining popularity in the Americas and Europe. To give you a complete preview about Gametel Bluetooth Controller  Game Console, watch this video.
Gametel Compatibility is easy with Android running as early as Android 2.1.1 or Eclair or higher and Apple iPhone or iPad with iOS 4.0 or later. Gametel connects to your device via Bluetooth.

Your device will be dock safe with Gametel Console built-in adjustable scratch-less clamp that can hold as wide as Samsung Galaxy S3. Gametel Bluetooth Console has a 9-hours battery life rating.
More than 90 games are supported by Gametel Bluetooth Controller including the following games:

• No Gravity
• Outfoxed
• Silverfish
• Temple Run
• Super Crossfire HD
• Air Attacck HD
• Terra Noctis
• iCADES Suite Classic Retro Games via Apple App Store

A full list of compatible Android and iOS Games can be found at www.gametel.se
In Cebu Philippines, the Gametel Bluetooth Controller is available at RC Goldline stores at SRP Php 2,490.

Moduvi Inc. is the official ditributor of Gametel Bluetooth Controller in Ph, also distributes a variety of lifestyle-technology products by Apple, Samsung, LaCie storage, iHome audio, as well as a wide array of accessories with brands such as Incase, Gosh, iWires, KeepIt Clean, Powerbag and Powermat.

BlackBerry has officially launched BlackBerry Z10 a 'touchscreen' BlackBerry smartphone running on new mobile OS platform BlackBerry 10. In the Philippines, BlackBerry Z10 is expected to be at accredited BlackBerry devices stores on Match 20, 2013. It's most awaited mate, the BlackBerry Q10 also running on BlackBerry 10 OS but bears the famous BlackBerry hard QWERTY keyboard is rumored to be release on May this year.

BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins, holding BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 during BlackBerry 10 global Launch in NYC.
BlackBerry Z10 has an introductory price in Philippine market at Php 29,990.Available in two colours, Black and White. BlackBerry Z10 is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core processor with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 64GB cards. Connectivity-wise, BlackBerry Z10 features a micro HDMI out port for presentations, and advanced sensors such NFC (near field communications) to support mobile payments and the exchange of information with a tap of the smartphone.
In addition, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare apps for BlackBerry 10 are Pre Installed. Instagram App for BlackBerry Z10 will also be available for Download soon.

BlackBerry Z10 Phone Device Quick Preview:

1. The ever present BlackBerry Hub, which is a single place to manage all your email, BBM messages, social media updates or notifications, and the ability to “peek” into the BlackBerry Hub by just one swipe.
2. BlackBerry Flow, where the BlackBerry 10 experience excels by enabling features and apps to flow seamlessly together, helping you complete the task at hand effortlessly and efficiently.
3. A soft touch keyboard that understands and adapts to you.
4. BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) in BlackBerry 10 now has voice calling and video chat.
5. BlackBerry Balance technology, separates and secures work applications and data from personal contents.
6. BlackBerry Z10 Camera Feature Time Shift.
7. BB Z10 Story Maker can let you produce an HD movie that you can instantly share.
8. The new BlackBerry 10 browser, supports HTML5 browsing.
9. BlackBerry Remember, which combines memos, tasks and much more.
10. BlackBerry Safeguard technology that helps protect what is important to you.
11. Built-in support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
12. The BlackBerry World includes more than 70,000 BlackBerry 10 apps.

Customers can now reserve the new BlackBerry Z10 from authorized retailers at www.buybb10.com
1st Photo taken from Official BlackBerry Images on Flickr
For more information on the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, visit www.ph.blackberry.com/BlackBerryZ10.

McDonald’s recognizes the the importance of breakfast and the role it plays in the lives of many Filipinos, thus on National Breakfast Day on March 18, 2013, ‘Hooray for Today’ campaign gives Filipinos an opportunity to taste just how good breakfast at McDonald’s.
Around 300,000 free McMuffins will be given by McDonald’s restaurants offering breakfast nationwide to encourage customers to start their mornings on a positive note with a delicious breakfast at McDonald’s.
Free McMuffins will be given to  the first 1,000 Customers on National Breakfast Day from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM via dine-in, take-out, or drive-thru. No Purchase required.

McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is a tasty and filling sandwich to have in the morning. The Egg McMuffin is made with lightly grilled Canadian bacon, freshly cracked Grade A egg and melty American-style cheese sandwiched between warm perfectly toasted English Muffins. McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is a great perfect breakfast choice for people who are on-the-go.

For more information visit www.mcdonalds.com.ph or like the official McDonald’s Facebook fan page facebook.com/McDo.ph. Hashtag for that day is: #nationalbreakfastday.