I-Witness is holding the First I-Witness Docu-Making Competition! Grab this chance to showcase your skills in documentary production!

Participants must be:

• College students (registered this semester in any undergraduate course in any school in the Philippines)
• Individual entrants or a group with a maximum of four (4) members

Requirements:

• Documentary must be of an INSPIRING THEME (an inspiring story on anyone or anything)
• Documentary must be 10 to 15 minutes long
• Entry must be submitted on DVD format along with the script
• Participants must submit: 1) Resume and 2) Any proof of registration to a college or university for this semester
• Participants must submit a signed Contest Participation Agreement (all members must sign if entering as a group).

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PINOYWORLD believes that a blog is commendable if it is a site/blog that matters to its readers.

As part of its 100-day countdown before its 1st YEAR ANNIVERSARY (Yes, we’re turning one soon!), PINOYWORLD will award blogs/sites who excelled in terms of readership. This can only be measured in one way — voting.

What do I get if I win?

The PINOYWORLD BLOG OF THE WEEK Winners, will win the following:

1. Your Blog will take the center stage as the FEATURED BLOG OF THE WEEK.
2. A LIFETIME LINK at the PINOYWORLD’S BLOGS OF THE WEEK page.
3. A lifetime authority to use the PINOYWORLD BLOG OF THE WEEK Araw Seal.
4. An opportunity to BECOME PART of the PINOYWORLD HALL OF FAME AWARDEES page.
5. And and opportunity to be the PINOYWORLD BLOG OF THE YEAR where the winner gets the following after the announcement of the WINNER on November 15, 2008 at 9:00 PM:
   • An exclusive authority to use the PINOYWORLD BLOG OF THE YEAR Araw Seal.
   • A LIFETIME LINK at PINOYWORLD’S BEST BLOGS Site (Under Development).
   • And A PLAQUE OF RECOGNITION which will be sent to your address, with the other 10 Honorable Mentions in Certificates.

HOW TO JOIN

If you have a blog owned or managed by a Pinoy. (See the definition here) here’s what you need to do:

1. Leave your URL, Blog Title and Description. PINOYWORLD Moderator’s will check your site and asses them if it has the following attributes:

• ADVOCACY. What does your blog stand for? Does it aim to support something?
• CREATIVITY and STYLE. How do you present your data? How does your site look like? Does it exemplify a personality?
• CONTENT. Wholesome experience for the readers (No adult content please).
• READERSHIP. Your blogs worth is based on the readership it gets from readers.

2. We’ll send a comment/tag to your site if you are selected as one of the PINOYWORLD’s BLOG OF THE WEEK Nominees

3. He who top’s the poll voting by the end of the week, wins. The Winner can only Win Tree times. On the Third time he wins, he takes the PINOYWORLD HALL OF FAME Araw Seal. The remaining Top 3 will be automatically be nominated for the next week.

PINOY BLOG OF THE WEEK Araw Seal

A worthy site is a guiding light to those who search. This Araw Seal belongs to PINOYWORLD’s BLOG OF THE WEEK.

To the winners, Kindly right click the image and save it in your server. Then post this button anywhere you want it be placed. Just be sure to link it back to this page (http://www.pinoyworld.org/blog-of-the-week), to attest that you are indeed a WINNER.

Click this icon now and place it in your blog.

You can also use this HTML to be placed in your site:

<p style=”text-align: center;”><a href=”http://www.pinoyworld.org/blog-of-the-week/” target=”_blank”><img class=”size-full wp-image-1029 aligncenter” title=”pinoyworld-blog-of-the-week-araw-seal2″ src=”http://www.pinoyworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/pinoyworld-blog-of-the-week-araw-seal2.jpg” alt=”" width=”216″ height=”216″ /></a></p>

HOW TO VOTE

1. There will be 10 nominees per day. Their links are provided for the guests to click and send at the front page.

2. Voting is on per day basis. The voters can vote as many contestant as he wish. The more readers you have, the more chances that a blog can win the contest. The more people who will select you, the better chance of winning. It would also help if you can campaign for it.

3. Voting Starts at SUNDAYS (12:00 MN) and ends every SATURDAY (11:59 PM).

For more information, e-mail us at info@pinoyworld.org or leave a comment here.

You can also view the updates about this contest at this link.

FILIPINO ARTISTS below 50 years old are invited to join the China-ASEAN Youth Artwork and Creativity Contest 2008 to be held in Nanning City, Guangxi City, China in October.

The competition is part of the activities of the annual China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning City.

Participants may submit not more than two entries in either oil painting or sculpture categories.

No size requirement is given to painting but sculptures should be within 120 cm X 120 cm.

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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.

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Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines and TeaM Energy Foundation present

The 6th Search for Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations!

TAYO na!

Now on its sixth year, TAYO is hailed as the country’s leading search for outstanding groups of young Filipinos that are instrumental in the development of the country through simple, worthwhile and notable projects implemented in their communities.

The search is open to all groups, organizations, clubs or societies whose membership and leadership is composed of at least 15 members who are aged 15 to 30 years old. Organizations shall be judged on the basis of a recent program or project that made an impact in their communities. Read the full story

MECHANICS:

1. The blogger has to create a new blog about Cebu. Existing blogs with already entries or traffic are not allowed. The blog may be self-hosted, or it maybe in any of the publicly available free sites like Blogger.com, MSN LiveSpaces.com, or WordPress.com

2. It should be a new blog which will have a PageRank of 0 in Google, and 0 authority as according to Blog Authority, Technorati.

3. The blogger should register at the official website: