The 8th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition

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The Philippine International Pyromusical Competition is an annual event that puts on never-before-seen spectacle of lights and colors where the night sky and sea meet as staged by the world’s leading pyrotechnic experts.This competition will not only paint the Manila sky with brilliant bursts of vivid color, but will also be the venue to showcase the emerging artistry and evolving sophistication of Filipino fireworks technology.

As always, the Philippine International Pyromusical Competition will be imbued with the awesome fanfare and delightful displays of the world’s leading pyrotechnic events, but done with that distinct Filipino flourish that will surely bring together eager audiences from all over the region.

Next year's event will feature opening and closing fireworks show from Platinum Fireworks, Inc., and two fireworks companies per country competing per day starting on February 11 until March 18, 2017. The countries participating are Germany, China, Canada, UK, France and Australia. Again, there will still be two shows in one day. 2 different companies of the same country.

Below is the long awaited schedule for the 8th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition 2017:

Feb 11th: Opening show, Platinum Fireworks, Inc.
France, Pyragric

Feb 18th: Germany, Steffes-Olig Feuerwerke
Germany, Nico Events

Feb 25th: China, Polaris Fireworks
China, Lidu Fireworks

March 4th: Canada, Garden City Display Fireworks
Canada, Hands Fireworks

March 11th: UK, Pyrotex Fireworks
UK, Jubilee Fireworks Ltd.

March 18th: Australia, Skylighter Fireworx
Closing show, Platinum Fireworks, Inc.


Photo by Daryl Lou Manalansan showing Platinum Fireworks' closing display for the 7th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition

Argumentum Ad Hominem: When Attacks Become Personal and Below the Belt

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"Ad hominem, short for argumentum ad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself." - Wikipedia

Does anyone else have any suggestion on how we deal with this latest bashing? 

There's a recent discussion going on and it started out with a message that was re-shared by a blogger who was known as our diligent detractor who keeps posting negative updates about our founder.

The best thing to know is that there were also other bloggers who were concerned about it and sided with us by reporting what this blogger has done. They sent us screenshots of the discussion via private message and have encouraged our founder to speak out against the maligning post.

Hesitant but he obliged hoping they would come to their senses when our founder shows them proof of his innocence. 

However, even when he has proven that he did not gatecrash and was officially invited, instead they dig up past issues and attack his personal traits. Someone even criticized the manner of how he texted or sent an SMS saying it lacked courtesy. They are clearly steering away from the real issue and finding other irrelevant faults instead.

Again, our founder showed proof of his invitations, yet it is being ignored.So perhaps their intent is not to find the truth, but simply to malign him.

It's getting tiring to explain because they are now clearly attacking him as a person. It is not about the issue of gatecrashing anymore.

Mocha Uson is New Brand Ambassador of Crossfire Philippines

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Crossfire just recently announced the appointment of Mocha Uson as Brand Ambassador of Crossfire Philippines, a popular online massive multiplayer First-Person Shooter (FPS), and they will be creating an in-game character resembling or molded after the image of Mocha.

They revealed that there will be two kinds of outfits that the in-game character of Mocha will be wearing. I was hoping it would be the skimpy and revealing kinds but Rene Parada, Product Manager of Crossfire Philippines, said they chose Mocha because she embodies the personality of what they envision as a Filipina that can pass the standards of a James Bond girl.

Now that makes their preferred woman beautiful yet tough, sexy yet classy, sultry yet smart - I could go on and on but my mind is having a party right now just thinking about what the in-game character of Mocha would look like.

Mocha could indeed be the appropriate model for a Crossfire character who could easily handle a gin and shoot at enemies. Mocha has been known as tough online personality as well since she openly supported President Rodrigo Duterte, but then she revealed that she has more friends now than before she was an avid supporter of the former Mayor from Davao and now President of the Philippines.

Just like Duterte, Mocha was able to let out her sentiments during the press conference intended for the launch of Gameclub Philippines' Crossfire event namely the CFS Invitational Manila and the Philippine National Finals scheduled on October 4 to 16, 2016, and secondary is the announcement of her as Brand Ambassadoer of Crossfire Philippines. Mocha has made a statement intended for her bashers so please do watch it on the videos below, and more at our official YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/user/wazzuppilipinas