PEACE UPDATE: COTABATO CITY —Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas and presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles arrived Saturday for the inauguration of the office of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission amid tight security. Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and other local officials were also in attendance. The Bangsamoro Transition Commission, which is tasked to draft the Bangsamoro Basic Law, is chaired by Mohagher Iqbal, chief peace negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The commission immediately held a meeting at the new office. The commission’s draft is to be submitted to Congress for passage into law, formally creating the Bangsamoro autonomous region in the place of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao under the terms of a comprehensive peace agreement recently concluded by government and MILF negotiators. Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/575578/security-tight-as-roxas-deles-attend-inauguration-of-bangsamoro-office#ixzz2stRVv6WI Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook - Office of Bangsamoro transition body opens | Inquirer News

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WELLNESS IN ARTS: Art Fair Philippines 2014 (AFP 2014) is set to provide an even bigger and better experience to art enthusiasts. From Feb. 20 to 23, The Link Carpark, located near the Landmark Department Store in Ayala Center, will once again be transformed into a surprisingly sophisticated and much wider art space. AFP 2014 will extend to a second floor area and showcase more art galleries as it make use of both the 6th and 7th floors of the carpark with the exhibition venue designed by Leandro V. Locsin Partners and styled by design luminary Kenneth Cobonpue. In addition to several international galleries, AFP 2014 will primarily focus on galleries from the Philippines, emphasizing local ingenuity. Visitors of the fair can expect works by established names of the Philippine art scene, as well as by promising newcomers, showcased in thoughtfully designed exhibit spaces. Participating galleries include Altro Mondo, Archivo, Art Cube, Art Informal, Avellana Art Gallery, Blanc, Boston Gallery, Canvas, Crucible, Equator Art Projects, Finale, Galleria Duemila, Light and Space Contemporary, Liongoren Gallery, Manila Contemporary, Mo_Space, Nova, Now Gallery, Pablo, Paseo Art Gallery, Secret Fresh, Richard Koh Fine Art, Silverlens, Taksu, The Drawing Room, Tin-Aw, West Gallery, and 1335 Mabini. - The best in Philippine contemporary art at Art Fair Philippines | Arts and Culture, Lifestyle Features, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

The best in Philippine contemporary art at Art Fair Philippines | Arts and Culture, Lifestyle Features, The Philippine Star | philstar.com: "In line with the Art Month celebration in the country, people will truly have an enriching and inspiring experience of the best of the Philippine Contemporary Art that cannot be experienced anywhere else except in Makati, reinforcing the city’s position as the country’s leading lifestyle and cultural district. These art events are in line with the Make it Happen Make it Makati project that is a campaign spearheaded by Ayala Land to showcase the many vibrant things that will make you fall in love with the city. For information, visit www.artfairphilippines.com and www.facebook.com/artfairph."



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WELLNESS IN EDUCATION: Philippine Science Centrum launched nine new exhibits aimed at teaching kids how to save the environment. All these exhibits, like everything else in the Science Centrum, are interactive. Interactive exhibits “In most museums, you see the description, you see the explanation, but you don't see the action. With this one, you touch it, you do something, it explains what happens,” said Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology President Engr. Filemon Berba, Jr. in an interview with GMA News Online during the exhibit launch on Wednesday. “We waste too much in our environment. We waste electricity, we waste materials, (but these) are preventable. We have to have what we call a war on waste.” One of the exhibits is called Standby (Phantom) Power, which features a television connected to a device that measures the electricity it consumes. With a push of a button, the viewer can turn the television on or off. The exhibit shows that a plugged-in television, even when turned off, still consumes electricity. Lesson learned: When appliances are not in use, don't just turn them off. Unplug them as well. - Philippine Science Centrum marks 24th anniversary with new exhibits | SciTech | GMA News Online

Philippine Science Centrum marks 24th anniversary with new exhibits | SciTech | GMA News Online: "A set of exhibits on climate change is to be expected in the summer, Dr. Corazon Claudio, member of the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology Board of Trustees, said during the launch."



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