Uniting OFW Bloggers

Uniting OFW Bloggers through 2^nd International Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES, 29 DECEMBER 2009 – Over 37 OFW Bloggers from 21 countries are vying for the most coveted 2009 Best Expats/OFW Blog Awards. The Pinoy Expats/Overseas Filipino Workers Blog AWARD or PEBA, together with Nokia Philippines, is a search contest aimed to recognize and honor the exemplary work of blogging Pinoy Expats/OFW. The event entitled, “2^nd Annual International PEBA Awards Night” on the 26^th of December 2009, 6:00PM at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni Convention Hall, University of the Philippines, Quezon City with this year’s theme, “Filipinos Abroad, Hope of the Nation, Gift to the World”.

The primary advocacy of the organization is to present the blogs of our modern-day heroes and bring their creative talents to light, helping other Filipinos to understand and appreciate their plight, sufferings, thoughts, ideologies and stories that made the “Filipino worth dying for”. PEBA advocates the welfare of migrant workers through blogging, strengthening the freedom of speech and the right to information. OFWs are uniting to educate and inform the Filipino people while protecting their rights and safeguarding democracy of our nation.

This event would coincide with the International Pinoy Expats/OFW Photo Exhibits which is intended to be toured all over the Philippines to foster further awareness of the heroism of our OFWs. The awards night might be attended by last year’s winner Jim Paredes (based in Australia) and several significant 2010 political players would be invited to grace the event to discuss their agenda in addressing the plight of Filipino migrant workers.

The complete list of nominees can be found in www.pinoyexpatsblogawards.com including the details on how to vote for this year’s best OFW blog awards.

Contact Information:

Felix Jigs G. Segre

Program Director, Public Relations and Media Affairs

Mobile: +63915.393.4770

Landline: +632.219.1018

Fax: +632.518.0445

E-mail: jigs_segre@yahoo.com

Visit www.pinoyexpatsblogawards.com for more media resources.

PEBA and Exlink Management & Marketing Services Corp. to team up in the upcoming "2nd International Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards"

EX-LINK Management and Marketing Services Corporation is a full service marketing company specializing in events & exhibits management, trade shows, mall exhibits and conventions. The company is composed of people experienced in the field of Marketing, Leasing, Retail, Operations, Organizing, Training and Seminars. The partnership is now being finalized which would tap Exlink Events as the main event organizer and marketing arm of PEBA. They have already reserved a slot for PEBA to hold our promotional activities in their upcoming SM Mega Trade Hall OFW exhibition.

One of the upcoming events of Exlink would be theInternational Parking Expo & Conference ( PIPEC).

The first Philippine International Parking Expo & Conference ( PIPEC) will open on Oct. 27 & 28, 2009 (10:00AM – 8:00PM) in SMX Convention Center , Mall of Asia.

Organized by Ex-link Management & Marketing Services Corp. in cooperation with Pasay City Government, this parking event will feature products and services innovation and technology in the parking industry in the country as well as other Asean countries with the theme: “Towards Development and Continuous Growth of the ASEAN Parking Industry.”

Keynote speaker is Bayani Fernando, Chairman Metro Manila Development Authority. Details can be accessed viawww.exlinkevents.com or www.philparkingevents.com.

PEBA OFW PHOTO CONTEST

Digital Photography Contest Guidelines

Entrants
Open to all amateur Filipino photographers (above 18 years old) who are working as OFW in any part of the world. Participants can submit 3 entries but not more than 5 photos.

Entries

Photographs must be original images taken by the entrant and may not have been previously published.

Content

The photos shall be color or b/w photographs that represent or typify heroism, love, labor and courage of OFWs abroad (using the host country as part of their subject/s).

Digital image submissions

Image quality must be at least 8" x 10" at 300 DPI or a photo taken with a minimum of 3.2 megapixel camera at the largest image setting submitted through email using JPEG format.

Images that do not meet these criteria will not be considered. Photographs should be submitted without any borders or frames.

Each photo entry should have a filename of the photographer/owner, plus information, location, profession/work and small interpretation comes along in the email.

Example: Fred_santos1.jpg

Location: California, USA

Profession/Job: Computer Engineer

Interpretations/Short explanation: Filipinos love beaches, California has great beaches.

Other Uses
All entries will become part of PEBA. Photographs submitted to PEBA Photo Contest but any photos not selected to be included in the Photo Exhibit may be chosen for use elsewhere in PEBA related publication with full credit given to the photographer.

SUBMIT

Email to pebainc@gmail.com

Winners will receive a trophy and gift packs from PEBA and NOKIA's 'Best Photo Entry'.