The nice Madison Galeries mall in Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa City announced its newest promo and contest titled Your Pet Got Talent which should interest pet owners to join in. The promo and registration process, which started yesterday, will last until October 27, 2020.
If any pet owner is interested to join in, here are the details.
Firstly, pet owners (or fur parents) are welcome to have their pets registered (note: visit Madison Galeries’ FB post about this contest for the QR code). Secondly, to join in, pet owners must submit a Pet Tricks video or a Tiktok video (up to 2 minutes in length) of their pet by filling up the Google registration form through https://bit.ly/3cQySyn
Thirdly, in order for their entries to be validated, pet owners must like and follow the Madison Galeries Facebook and Instagram accounts. Fourthly, pet owners must attach a photo of minimum purchase of P500 in single or accumulated receipts from True Value, Daiso Japan, Pet Express and Robinsons Supermarket (note: all of these located at Madison Galeries).
Calling all pet owners!
Take note that the promo has a participation limit of one pet and one pet owner per entry.
Once all the entries have been submitted, the Your Pet Got Talent organizers will judge each entry on the grounds of Creativity (30%), Background Music (20%) and Talent/Tricks Execution (50%). The winners will be announced on October 31, 2020.
For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/MadisonGaleries or call landline 88770702. Visit the mall along Don Jesus Boulevard, Alabang Hills, Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa City.
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COVID-19 Crisis: Las Piñas City Livelihood Members Involved in Making New Face Masks!
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The coronavirus disease COVID-19 halted societies, economies and even the way people move around. As such, it is a common thing to see people around us wearing masks that primarily cover their noses and mouths as a means of preventing getting infected. That being said, buying a new mask (or face mask as others call it) is pretty challenging and I visited several stores but ended up learning that they are all out of stock of masks.
In relation to this, the City Government of Las Piñas announced very recently that their group called KALIPI (Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina) and its practitioners are now involved in the production of much-needed face masks! Check out the images below sourced from the City Government’s Facebook page.
Each face mask is made carefully with sewing machine. (source – City of Las Piñas Facebook page)
A worker shows a newly made mask. (source – City of Las Piñas Facebook page)
Bundles of new masks. (source – City of Las Piñas Facebook page)
You must be wondering…what is KALIPI? KALIPI is a women’s organization spearheaded by Mayor Imelda Aguilar since her days as First Lady of the City. KALIPI is described as one of the stakeholders of the livelihood and skills development projects. The organization has chapters in the barangays of Las Piñas that emphasize women empowerment by means of organizing women and mothers with livelihood and skills in mind. Under the City Government, women as well as out-of-school youth can choose to train themselves by taking courses in food processing, housekeeping and the like. After taking courses, trainees can use their skills to make a living and help their respective families.
Going back to the face masks produced by KALIPI, it is not made clear by the City Government on their March 30 Facebook post if the newly made masks will be given for free to the residents (many of which are now receiving relief goods) or be sold on the market which, as of this writing, has a very tight supply.
As of this writing, the City Government still has yet to respond to my inquiry.
If an update comes up, I’ll inform you guys and gals. For the meantime, keep staying at home and avoid getting infected with COVID-19.
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For some time now, Tahanan Village in Parañaque City has several stray cats all around its areas as confirmed to me by Tahanan Homeowners Association, Inc. (THA) officials and personnel I talked with over the past few years.
I recently visited the village and inquired if they still have a stray cat population problem going on. It turns out they still do and I easily spotted stray cats just outside the clubhouse and near the open-air basketball court.
With no customer sitting, this stray cat had the table’s top all to itself.
I managed to meet and talk with former THA president Augusto Tejada and he said that the population of loose cats is real and remains difficult to solve.
To put things in perspective, stray cats are those that entered the village and roamed around endlessly in search for food, for places to explore (including the households) and interact with other cats (whether pets or stray cats) with whom they could mate with and produce infants. These loose animals also produce waste by urinating or releasing their feces around. When desperate for food, they tend to forcibly tear open plastic garbage bags.
Tejada told me that the association has already advised its members (households) to refrain from feeding stray cats as it will only encourage them to come back for more and, even worse, take residence in the household knowing food is available.
He said that dealing with stray cats is very difficult to do. Firstly, those loose animals are really difficult to catch or entrap due to their speed and agility. Secondly, the cats are intelligent and the physical environment around the village provides them many means of escaping.
“The stray cats are smart and they are able to find ways to survive and find a place to live in which are also hard for people to reach. I remember finding such cats living on the gutters of roofs,” Tejada told me.
Adding further challenge to catching the loose cats are the many trees around the village which can be easily climbed fearlessly. The trees also provide access over the walls of homes.
With regards to solving the growth of the population of cats – both pets and stray cats – it has been suggested that the methods of spaying and neutering be done. Spaying and neutering are ways of sterilizing cats by means of performing a surgical procedure on the males (removing their testicles) and the females (removing their ovaries and uterus). The procedure is done by a professional animal veterinarian while the cat is sedated. Cats that are at least 6-months-old are eligible for the procedure.
I found online the Philippine Pet Birth Control Center Foundation (PPBCC) which offers spaying and neutering services. They charge P500 for each cat (and dog) for sterilization as of this writing.
Theoretically, residents can have their pet cats sterilized so that their household won’t be overwhelmed by the potential multiplication of cats.
Still, this brings back the problem of how village authorities and residents could catch the stray cats which remain very elusive. There is also the risk of being scratched by the said cats when they react to people catching them.
Another thing to consider here is to determine how to catch stray cats not only efficiently but also doing it without harming them as there are animal rights advocates around. Here in the Philippines, there is the organization called the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) which advocates the prevention of animal cruelty through education, animal sheltering and advocacy.
It remains to be seen how the growing stray cat population problem will be solved in Tahanan Village.
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There is nothing like capturing that one, hard-to-get moment of charm of pets with a camera.
Cats are quite challenging to photograph using a smartphone camera because they often move a lot and the result is often a blurry image. Luckily for me, I captured the above picture with my smartphone at the right moment resulting a clear image that captured the love a kitten has for the mother cat complete with that kiss.
If there is anything I learned as a community newspaper journalist with regards to photography, it’s that I have to time my shots well whether I used a smartphone camera or a standalone camera. It is also important to know how capable the camera is to not only capture the crucial moments but also process digitally the image with a high quality on sharpness, color, etc.
I’ll leave the picture her for your viewing pleasure. See you on my next post.
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