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For registration and more details you may please contact your school directly or contact us on 5079 6776 or 9402 9024.

Jan 7

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017: 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention is being organized from Jan 7-9, 2017 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) Karnataka. Highlights of PBD 2017 are:

(i) PBD 2017 will focus on the theme “Redefi ning the engagement with the Indian Diaspora”.

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Ivan Ortis

King Frederick Balilla

Ezael Mar Jandusay

Ruth Aguilo

Jerome Hantoc

John Romel Valencia

Andy Cabalquinto

Ice Mijares

Reden Dela Cruz

Edgar Max

Jez Reel Perucho

John Rae Lantican

Fabulous prizes await top 3 winners

Event marked with fun and laughter

13 qualify to Sing Galing Karoling 2 grand fi nals

Pinoy Digital Photographers holds Christmas ’16 party

By Michelle Fe SantiagoArab Times Staff

Thirteen more talented Filipinos who auditioned this week for “Sing Gal-

ing Karoling 2,” a Christmas Carol Sing-ing competition organised by Pinoy Ara-bia FM have made it and qualifi ed to the grand fi nals. Pinoy Arabia FM, an Inter-net-based, community service radio sta-tion catering to the Filipinos in Kuwait, the Middle East and across the globe of-fi cially launched on Dec 1 the “Sing Gal-ing Karoling 2” a Christmas Carol Sing-ing competition on the radio for talented Filipinos aged 16 and above who want to showcase their singing prowess.

The qualifi ers this week are Ivan Or-tiz, Ezael Mar Jandusay, Jerome Hantoc, Andy Cabalquinto, Red Dela Cruz, Jez Reel Perucho, King Frederick Balila,

Ruth Aguillo, John Romel Valencia, Ice Mijares, Ed-gar Max, Arnold Evaristo and John Rae Lantican whi will vie for the grand prize on Dec 22, 2016 at the Inn and Go Kuwait Plaza Hotel (for-merly Swiss-Bel-hotel) in Kuwait City.

Fabulous prizes await the top three winners during the grand fi nals such as round trip ticket to Manila for the grand prize winner and the People Choice Award plus cash prizes and gift vouchers for the other winners. Sing Galing Karoling 2 is sponsored by Al Rashed International Travel Com-pany, Max’s Restaurant, LBC, Bobyan Travels and Tourism and Ali Abbas Kar-am Recruitment Agency. Daily auditions will be held until Dec 16 from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm at the Pinoy Arabia FM Station, Marina FM Studio at the Marina Mall.

ProgrammePinoy Arabia FM now on its second

year continues to sizzle and conquer the airwaves with its new programme of-fering to its listeners. Broadcasting live from the Marina FM studio in Marina Mall, Kuwait, Pinoy Arabia FM, since its launch on Oct 30, 2014 has generated a sensational following and a great number of listeners not only in Kuwait but in the GCC countries and beyond. The Pinoy Arabia FM team is composed of Maxxy Santiago, Ben Garcia, Randy Mendoza, DJ Darling Dude, DJ Red, DJ Spark, DJ Raymund and DJ Mika.

Here are the Singing Competition Registration Rules and Guidelines:

1. The Pinoy Arabia FM Sing Galing Karoling 2 competition is open to all talent-ed Filipino citizens or of Filipino descent aged 16 and above who will sing a duet.

2. All top three placers in any singing competition in Kuwait are disqualifi ed to join but may participate as guests if they wish to do so.

3. Interested individuals may register at the Pinoy Arabia FM Page on Face-book by liking the page and send via message the following: Name, Age, Ad-dress, Occupation, Phone Number and Title of Song.

4. Pinoy Arabia FM will send you a message of confi rmation of registration and qualifi ed contestants will be in-formed of the day and time of audition on the radio.

5. The competition proper will start on Dec 1, 2016. Qualifi ed contestants must come to the Pinoy Arabia FM station in Marina Mall on the day of their sched-uled audition and bring with them their minus one accompaniment in MP3 for-mat in the USB.

6. Auditions will be held live on the radio from Monday to Saturday.

7. There will be weekly qualifi ers whose names will be announced every Sunday on the radio and posted on the Pinoy Arabia FM Facebook page.

8. All weekly qualifi ers will compete in the Grand Finals on Dec 22, 2016.

9. Board of judges will be composed of individuals who have musical acumen.

10. A round trip ticket to Manila cour-tesy of Al Rashed International Travel Company will be given to the Grand Prize Winner plus cash prize. The second and third placers will get cash prizes, tro-phies and other valuable gifts.

11. For inquiries and other details, please call 99047504.

To those who want to listen to feel-good music, they can simply download the free mobile app from their mobile phone. For Iphone and Android users they just have to search for Pinoy Arabia FM from the App store or Google Play Store and download it for free.

By Michelle Fe SantiagoArab Times Staff

Christmas is indeed in the air! The Pinoy Digital Photographers

in Kuwait (PINDOT) held its early Christmas Party at the Ruby Tuesday in Salmiya on Friday that was marked with fun and laughter.

PINDOT — a Filipino word which means ‘Click’ in English founded in April 2008 is a group of Filipino work-ers and residents of Kuwait who share their common passion in Digital Pho-tography. PINDOT aims to encourage its members to get the most from their talent by joining a community of like-minded individuals who love their art and enjoy sharing their knowledge in photography. Members are of various professions such as architects, engi-neers, nurses, media, technical work-ers, IT, advertising executives and many more.

The PINDOTEROS and PIN-DOTERAS mostly clad in red ex-changed Yuletide greetings. Spotted also were PINDOT members together with their kids who joined the Christ-mas fun.

Bonding“The spirit of Christmas is for all

members to be bonding together such as this annual tradition of having a Christmas Party. We all know that we are duty-bound towards our family and work in Kuwait so the time spent in pursuing our passion, more often than not, is being sacrifi ced so I am very de-lighted that even our senior members in PINDOT were able to attend our Christmas Party to celebrate with us and join in the fun,” stated PINDOT President Ana Maria Escobar during her welcome address.

The brief programme hosted by Es-cobar and Mayo Gayares kicked off with a prayer led by Eric Fabro and marked by parlour games led by game master Charis Mae. They were ser-enaded with Christmas carols by ABS-CBN/TFC Correspondent and Pinoy Arabia FM DJ Kathrina “Mika” Perea and entertained by some “Kantahan Blues” with Rodante Mojica. A video presentation made by Fabro was also shown to the delight of all the offi cers and members.

Finally, Gayares awarded winners in the photo contest as well as the winner in the “Minute to Win It” and “Pinoy Henyo” that went to the Newbie Team composed of Jefferson Delgado, Shee-la Sayat, Nick Velarde, Remar Toledo and spouse. Prizes were given for the two games respectively.

As part of the Christmas tradition, members also had the Kris Kringle led by Maricris Malilay as everyone exchanged Christmas gifts with one another.

The Christmas party was capped by a sumptuous dinner buffet while everyone had fun having their photos taken at the photo wall that was set up by the group.

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PINDOT offi cers, members and their family

Sing Galing Duo Group Christmas party

PINDOT President Ana Maria Escobar (third from left) with the winner The Newbie Team.

Former PINDOT President Rico Canosa (middle).

Pinoy Arabia Sing Galing Duo Group Christmas partyThe Sing Galing Duo fi nalists in the recently-con-cluded and successful duet competition organ-ised by Pinoy Arabia FM held a Christmas and thanksgiving party on Friday at the residence

of Sing Galing Duo grand prize winner Joanna Slayton. The event was marked by fun, surpris-es, Kris Kringle and a night of singing with the guest band.

Every one had a great time as the Sing Gal-ing Duo Group thanked Joanna and her hus-band, Zach Slayton for hosting the Christmas party.

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