Posts Tagged ‘announcement’

Deadline for abstracts: November 30, 2008 Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2009 Deadline for papers: May 31, 2009 The International League of Peoples' Struggle Working Group on Teachers, Researchers, and other Education Personnel invites academics, scholars, researchers, education and social activists and progressive intellectuals to an international conference on "Education, Imperialism, and Resistance," to be held in Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan on August 10-11, 2009. It will be hosted by the International Center for Taiwan Social Studies and Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. The conference aims to bring together academics and social activists to put forward a progressive critique of imperialism and education. Full story

The Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) is accepting applications for the 8th Ateneo National Writers Workshop (ANWW) to be held on 20-25 Oct. 2008. Each applicant should submit a portfolio in triplicate of any of the following works: five poems, three short stories, written in Filipino or English, with a title page bearing the author's pseudonym and a table of ... Full story

The National Youth Center of Korea is inviting at least two (2) nominees to the 2008 Asian Youth Workers' Training Program to be conducted on September 17 to October 17, 2008 in Korea . Objectives. To build up practical partnership with sustainable relationship Promotion to youth worker's ability to improve the value of youth activity Understanding Korean youth policy, activity and culture Expenses. Roundtrip airfare expenses will ... Full story

Davao City Councilor Peter Lavi Full story

Numerous blogposts, news, and forum string today, is aimed at noticing Iglesia Ni Cristo's accomplishment as a religious organization in the Philippines. A reputable national paper published in the Philippines (Manila Bulletin) has this to say about the Iglesia Ni Cristo on the occassion of its 94th year Anniversary: 94th Anniversary of the Iglesia ... Full story

Concept The La Salle Institute of Governance in partnership with the EDSA People Power Commission and the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission invites all photographers to join Images and Inspirations: Good Citizenship Photo Essay Contest. The contest aims to (1) build general awareness on good citizenship; (2) mobilize support for the promotion and advocacy of good citizenship; (3) to involve and develop the youth as pro-active agents in promoting and advocating good citizenship; and (4) To create and broaden a network of individuals and organizations from various sectors that will support future activities and initiatives for the promotion of good citizenship. The winning entries and finalists will be showcased and recognized in the Good Citizenship Photo Exhibit Caravan which will tour universities and colleges in the country to promote good citizenship. Full story

If you are a WORDPRESS blogger based in the PHILIPPINES, like the PINOYWORLD is, the WORDCAMP 2008 is an event you shouldn't miss. For PINOYWORLD, who is also a member of MINDANAO BLOGGERS.COM, this event will provide additional know-how on the advantages of using Wordpress as the ultimate platform for blogging. Thanks to Alleba, PINOYWORLD was able to take the REGISTRATION earlier today. On September 6, 2008, Wordpress Bloggers all over the Philippines will converge in Augusto-Rosario Gonzalez Theater, College of Saint Benilde in Manila to get together and get updated with the latest plug-ins and report about the world reknown blogging platform. Specifically, the event is envisioned to have the following events: Deployment (Usage) Track Development Track Panel Discussions WP Install-Fest After Party! Full story

Several posts before, PINOYWORLD recognized the Bisaya ( Filipino's living in the Central archipelago of the Philippines known as a group as Visayas) Bloggers who had somehow made their own footprints in the Philippine Blogosphere. This time, I'm proud to present to you the leading 100 Mindanao Blogs for 2007 courtesy of Mindanao Bloggers. They may not be ranked appropriately to their technorati ranks, but for sure, these sites made into the first one hundred among the Bloggers based in Mindanao, Philippines. These blogs adds to your 100 more ways on how to increase your technorati rank in days. See the list of the outstanding blogs from the south: Full story

After the long awaited rematch, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao successfully snatched the World Boxing Council (WBC) Supper Featherweight Champion belt from Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico today. The fight which lasted 12 rounds, finished the "unfinished business between the two fighters which last saw fighting for the same belt 2 years ago. Here's a cut of ... Full story

This month proved to be another productive month for the PINOY BLOGGER. After a successful PR improvement campaign, PINOY WORLD wins the "Blog of the Day" Award given by 2008 Weblog Awards. Furthermore, this LINK tells me that I am the new WORDPRESS.COM WEBLOG AWARD WINNER. The button is indicated below: PINOY BLOGGER ... Full story