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By Joma Ragragio Loosen your ties and roll up your sleeves, gentlemen! It’s no work and all play for corporate manager and LoveYourself volunteer Ken Uy as he joins the company front lines of this year’s top date auction event, LoveYourself’s Cherry Poppin' - The 3rd Party this February 25 at One Canvas Events Place in Makati (get tickets here: go.loveyourself.ph/cherrytickets ) . A great head for solutions, service, and performance will affirmatively attract clients to this handsome chinito up for the bid. But touch base with this young professional and you’ll learn more about Ken’s bigger, better assets. While he’s certainly a strong and independent talent in one of the largest companies in the country, he can leverage on the sensitive, sweet, and vulnerable side of his personality. Ken’s prime interests are going at it hard at the gym--boxing is a favorite--and enjoying a great party, whether out in the beating sun or at the hottest nightclubs. Good looks are a competitive a...

By Mark Angello Ganon It’s that time of the year again to pop your cherries! The chill air is still adrift, but this February 25 , things will heat up with Cherry Poppin’ - The 3rd Party , the third installment of LoveYourself's date-auction event for HIV awareness . On the 25th of this love month, the Philippines may be commemorating the 31st anniversary of the People Power Revolution, but LoveYourself gives you yet another reason to celebrate. Join their revolutionary event, which will be held at the One Canvas Events Place, 2235 Don Chino Roces Ave., Brgy. San Lorenzo, Makati City . The party starts at 8 p.m. and will last until 3 a.m. the following day. Don't miss this gathering of 14 gorgeous bachelors , who will be up for grabs at the auction.  Your participation will help the cause, too, as proceeds from the event will fund the opening of a new community center  by LoveYourself this year.  The 3rd Party Third parties aren’t just for couples. Veering away from t...

By Kris Tangco Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are one of the groups vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS crisis the Philippines is facing. Addressing the plight of OFWs by highlighting and bringing awareness to their struggles, HIV awareness and advocacy group LoveYourself, in partnership with the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) will be staging Care Divas , a play about the lives of five transgender OFWs. Background on OFWs The Filipino diaspora has brought an estimated total of 10.4 million ethnic Filipinos to seek opportunities abroad, roughly 2.3 million of which are OFWs [ 1 ] . As of 2015, OFW remittances sent home by Filipinos abroad amounted to almost 30 billion US Dollars [ 2 ] , representing around more than 10% of the national economy. The Philippines is one of the world’s largest suppliers of human labor - in fact, the country is a pioneer in organized labor migration [ 3 ] . Deployment of Filipinos abroad started during the Martial Law years when legislation forma...

By Carlos Diego A. Rozul and Christian Watson Vergara LoveYourself Inc., in partnership with the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), will host the 3:00 p.m. show of the 2011 hit comedy musical Care Divas on February 5, 2017, Sunday, at the PETA Theater Center in New Manila, Quezon City to raise fun ds for LoveYourself’s continued services and projects. The multi-awarded musical tells the tale of five transgender Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Israel who work as caregivers by day and fierce drag performers by night. The story goes beyond the struggles of our fellow Filipinos abroad as it tackles the search for acceptance in a faraway country. Care Divas bagged seven trophies from the 2011 Gawad Buhay! Awards , including Outstanding Musical Production, Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outstanding Male Lead in a Musical, Outstanding Musical Direction, Outstanding Original Libretto, Outstanding Stage Direction, and Outstanding Choreography for a Play or Musical. Th...