Manila Improv Festival is back this September!

4 days. 14 shows. 70 acts. 12 workshops. Over 15 countries and 300 improvisers.

Asia’s biggest improv festival is back! After 4 years, Manila Improv Festival is now bigger than ever with troupes from Seoul to Slovakia, Australia to Austria, Israel to India, Canada to Chicago, Tokyo to Taipei, and more!

Improvisational theatre, or improv, is a form of theatre where scenes and stories are created spontaneously and on the spot, inspired by audience suggestions. The result? One-of-a-kind shows that are filled with laughter and joy from the magic of spontaneity.

With this year's theme, “Brave the New”, the festival celebrates creative courage and fearless authenticity even in the face of change. So be ready to be treated to a hilarious festival filled with diverse stories, brave comedy, and never-seen-before shows! Here's a glimpse of an improv performance by SPIT and Third World Improv.

Happening on September 7-10, 2023 at the Ayala Malls Circuit Makati, make sure to be part of this vibrant, joyful, and intercultural celebration of spontaneity!

Get your tickets now at bit.ly/mif2023-tickets or via fb.com/manilaimprovfestival. You can also follow on instagram.com/manilaimprovfestival

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The country’s first one stop shop government service center opens in Ayala Malls Manila Bay

Upscaling the quality and delivery of public services to its constituents, Parañaque City LGU, in partnership with Ayala Malls, has recently launched its ambitious joint project - the first-ever Express Lingkod Office (ELO) Serbisyo Center in Ayala Malls Manila Bay.

At the ribbon-cutting of the Paranaque Express Lingkod Office Serbisyo Center at Ayala Malls by the Bay

Located at the fourth floor of the mall, the one-stop-shop service center is the first of its kind in the country, bringing under one roof both personal and business frontline services of the Parañaque City Government.

The ELO Serbisyo Center provides a full range of government-related services within reach of any transacting individual or business entity in one accessible and convenient location.

Present at the launch were Ayala Malls President Christopher Maglanoc, Paranaque City Mayor Eric L. Olivarez, DILG NCR Regional Director Ma. Lourdes Agustin, DTI NCR Regional Director Marcelina Alcantara, BPLO Chief and Data Protection Officer Atty. Melanie T. Soriano - Malaya, and other officials.

Parañaque residents can now conveniently process their COVID-19 vaccination and certificate, senior citizen cards and booklet, police clearance, traffic-related violations settlement, health certificates, birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, and many more.

Likewise, the hub makes it easier for enterprises to process their business registration, business permits, building permits, mayor’s permits, real property taxes, and community taxes, among others.

The key departments are co-located in the public service center, including the Business Permits and Licensing Office, City Health Office, Local Civil Registrar’s Office, City Treasurer’s Office, Persons with Disability Affairs Office, and Office of Senior Citizen’s Affairs, etc.

“Today, the first-ever Express Lingkod Office Serbisyo Center is open for business, a momentous occasion that we are happy to commemorate. The event today is a culmination of an idea hatched around the middle of last year between our Manila Bay team, BPLO head Atty. Malaya, and the office of the good Mayor Olivarez. From a simple satellite office, this eventually evolved to something bigger – a one-stop-shop for all government-related services for Paranaque,” - Ayala Malls President Christopher Maglanoc.

“This is a groundbreaking initiative that I would like to emulate in our other mall locations and once again, I would like to thank Mayor Olivarez and his team for collaborating with us on this innovative project,” Maglanoc shared.

Paranaque City Mayor Eric L. Olivarez at the opening of the Express Lingkod Office Serbisyo Center

The ELO Serbisyo Center is open from 10:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Saturday.

To get more updates about the ELO Service Center, follow the official Facebook page of Ayala Malls Manila Bay at fb.com/ayalamallsmanilabay.

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A FAMILY MAN movie review

A FAMILY MAN, Gerard Butler's new drama talks about a head hunter who is caught in the middle of different tests: finding a job for a seeker which is already over aged, making his path to be the next big boss of the company he's in, and dealing with fatherhood as his son suffers to a kind of leukemia.

An inspirational film on the struggles of a provider, wanting to excel in his own right as a career man and a provider for his family, but then challenges face him as his son is stricken with an illness. But in spite of it all, he tries to pull himself together by knowing his priorities, then all things got back into place. More of a faith-movie, but there is no divine intervention. It teaches us to know our priorities and when everything shuts down, new opportunities and windows come in when we least expect it. It will draw us on our relationship with our own families and making us realize why we do what we do. It is a good eye-opener.

It contains unnecessary scenes that made it longer. Story line is basic and simple.

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