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New set of officers inducted

Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers marks 1st versary

By Michelle Fe Santiago
Arab Times Staff

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 28: The

Philippine Institute of Civil
Engineers in Kuwait celebrated its
first anniversary on Thursday at the
Royal Mughla Restaurant in
Fahaheel with Philippine Charge d
Affaires Atty Raul H Dado and
Labour Attache Atty Cesar Chavez Jr
as guests of honour.
The anniversary celebration commenced with the singing of the
Kuwait and Philippine national
anthems followed by the invocation
delivered by Engr Edward Pecina
and Engr Yusoph Cabal. Looking
back a year that has gone, Engr
Roberto Valenzuela shared the organisations brief history, how it was
formed and the activities that the
group initiated for the past year.
PICE President Engr Brian
Bachinilla welcomed all the guests to
the event that included the respective
spouse of Dado and Chavez,
Financial Literacy Advocate Pastor
Gil Bantugan as well as friends and
families of PICE.

Induction

Officers and members of Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers

Charge dAffaires congratulates PICE

Philippine Charge dAffaires Raul Dado (extreme left), inducts the new PICE officers.

Philippine Labour Attache Cesar

Chavez Jr

One of the highlights of the event

was the induction of Dado of the
new set of officers for 2015-2016 led
by Bachinilla, Internal Vice President
Engr Joselito Torreda, External Vice
President Engr Alongan Disomimba,
Secretary Engr Grace Balde,
Treasurer Engr Edward Pecina,
Auditor Engr Yusoph Capal,
Business Manager Engr Dioscoro
Janoras, PRO Engr Froilan Esmero,
Sgt-at-Arms Engr Heherson
Maraggun; Constitutional Committee
Chair: Membership Engr Alex
Rivero, Continuing Professional
Advancement Engr Joseph Nietes,
Honors and Special Licensure Board
Examination Engr Leandro Ranara,
PICE Kuwait Affairs Engr Greg
Aguirre; Support Committee Chair:
Treasury Engr Elisa Belarmino,
Audit and Evaluation Engr Kirk
Patani, Ways and Means Engr Rey
Franco, Publication and Information
Engr Vincent Ganacias, Sports,
Social & Recreation Engr Jaime
Dalugdog, Secretariat Engr Elezer
Balde and Constitutional
Amendments and Oversight
Chairman Engr Edmar Rosales.
Dado and Chavez congratulated
PICE on its first anniversary and
commended its officers and members
for their commitment to helping
Filipinos in Kuwait most especially
the distressed OFWs. PICE during its
first year has organised various sociocivic and charitable activities that
have benefitted OFWs in Kuwait.
I have personally attended your
activities and have witnessed the
love and commitment with which
you approached the world, always
striving to see the light in every challenge and solutions to every adversity, stated Dado in his speech.
The embassy and the Philippine
Overseas Labour Office have
expressed their utmost support to
PICE.

Organisation

Pinoy Z Lovers in their Friday workout

Group lauded for helping OFWs in Kuwait

Pinoy Z Lovers members join power yoga class

By Michelle Fe Santiago
Arab Times Staff

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 28: Some 150

members of the Pinoy Z Lovers, a
charity advocacy group, were treated
to a power yoga class under the tutelage of Flex Executive Gym
Gyanendra Singh on Friday after
their regular power-packed workout
in the Judo Hall at the Qadsiya Sports
Club in Hawally.
The groups usual Friday morning
kicked off with the exciting exercise
routines prepared by Personal trainer
Nelia Derodar followed by the cooldown routine led by Jannet Miranda.
Derodar was impressed with the
stamina and resistance of PZL members after successfully completing the
tough workout. She lauded the group
for their advocacy in helping OFWs
in Kuwait particularly the distressed

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Basic rules for the food competition are
as under:
1. Participants will bring prepared dish
for competition. Its not on-spot cooking
event.

OFWs housed in the embassy shelter.

Instructors from different gyms also
came to attend and support the advocacy.
Everyone was excited as Singh
known for his traditional and contemporary approach to yoga gave a brief
introduction of the class and later
proceeded to deliver an unforgettable
and remarkable set of routines.
Power yoga is a general term used
in the West to describe a vigorous,
fitness-based approach to vinyasastyle yoga. Though many consider it
to be gym yoga, this style of practice was originally closely modeled
on the Ashtanga method. The term
came into common usage in the mid
1990s, in an attempt to make
Ashtanga yoga more accessible to
western students, though, unlike
Ashtanga, power yoga does not follow a set series of poses, so classes

can vary widely. With its emphasis on

strength and flexibility, power yoga
brought yoga into the gyms of

2. The dish shall be exclusive to the

eastern region of India
3. There is no limitation on the number
of entries from an individual participant
4. Quantity of food brought for each
entry shall be enough for tasting by 5
judges
5. Basic food ingredients and recipe
shall be disclosed
6. Competition is open to all staying in
Kuwait
7. There is no entry fee.
Date of competition: Friday, April 3,

2015
Last date for receiving entries: March
15, 2015
Entries are accepted by email to
MauryaKala@gmail.com
Maurya Kala Parisar (MKP), fondly
known as Maurya, is the association of
people of Bihar and Jharkhand in Kuwait.
One of the most active and socially meaningful Indian organizations in Kuwait
MKP was formed in the year 1995. The
association registered with Indian
Embassy in Kuwait is dedicated to promo-

America, as people began to see yoga

as a way to work out and is also
becoming popular in Kuwait.

Flex Executive Gym Gyanendra Singh

tion of arts, culture and social service

among Indian community in Kuwait. The
organization gets its name from the great
Maurya dynasty of Patliputra of ancient
India, which had kings like Ashok and
Chandragupt.
The association encourages all food
enthusiasts to participate in this unique
mouth watering festival in large numbers.
For queries or clarification please contact
Rohit Deo (67035233), Abhay Kashyap
(97224944), Vivek Sinha (50074001) or
Sabir Hussain (60007401) or email

Yoga is essential and a wonderful

tool to provide inner strength for the
soul and mind and stability to core
muscles in the body. I am grateful
that I have been invited to give this
class a glimpse of yoga, pointed out
Singh.
The spouse of the Philippine
Charges D Affaires, Chelsie Dado
also graced the occasion who led in
the distribution of certificates of
recognition to the presenters of the
Friday event.
The Coordinator of the group also
thanked individuals who brought in
various donations for the wards in the
shelter and members of the Gym
Team for their unwavering support to
the groups advocacy. The Pinoy Z
Lovers enjoins everyone who wants
to stay fit and at the same time help
distressed OFWs to join the classes
every Friday.
Mauryakala@gmail.com
April 10

KDA Mahilavedi art festival:

Mahilavedi, the female wing of
Kozhikode District Association (KDA),
Kuwait ventures the second edition of the
Art & Feast Festival on 10th April 2015 at
Indian Central School Abbasiya, with an
assortment of competitions for women
and children. The prime aim of the event
is empowering women and children

The Philippine Overseas Labor

Office will always be here to provide
your organisation with support and
assistance that you may need to
attain your goals. As valuable partners, we shall work hard together to
offer the best programs and projects
geared toward the development,
career advancement and professional
excellence of our civil engineers,
pointed out Chavez
Plaques of recognition were handed to the new set of officers, speakers as well as members of the media
that included GMA 7 News
Correspondent Ricky Laxa.
On behalf of the Board of
Directors and Members of PICE
Kuwait Chapter, International
Chapter 1-10, we are glad and proud
to celebrate our first year and we
would like to thank all our sponsors
who made the event remarkable,
cited Bachinilla. He thanked all the
sponsors of the event namely Majed
Sajed Ibrahim, Badar Al-Harbi and
sons, AJWAA Travels, TBTK, Open
Kitchen and others.
Infusing some entertainment were
the Selda 5C2 Band and some guest
singers. The anniversary celebration
was capped by a sumptuous dinner
buffet.
among the expatriates residing in Kuwait.
Boosted by the mass support and encouragement being received from people from
all walks of life, with great sense of
responsibility and privilege they dedicate
this program to the expatriate community
of Kuwait in general. This mega event is
expected to be inaugurated by the
renowned Malayalam playback singer and
anchor Mrs Chithra Iyer in the presence of
eminent women personalities involved in
social, cultural, commercial and educational afields in Kuwait.
The various competitions are as follows; little stars (1-3years), fancy dress
(3-6 years), folk dance (6-12 years), light
music (10-18 years), cinematic fusion
dance (10-18 years: team of 7), nadanpattukal \ folk song(men& women: team of
maximum 10: above 18 years), veg \ fruits
carving (10-18 years: team of 2), salad
dressing (above 18 years team of 2), paper
jewellery making (10-18\above 18 years)
and payasam \ kheer preparation (above
18 years).
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