“We Are the World 2010″ for Haiti nets 80+ artists!
Last Monday, February 1, 2010, more than 80 artists and performers convened at the Jim Henson Studios (formerly A&M Studios) in Hollywood, California to remake one of the world’s top-selling songs for the benefit of the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.
Now on its 25th year since it was first recorded in 1985 in the same studio by the likes of Michael Jackson (who co-wrote it with Quincy Jackson), the song “WE ARE THE WORLD” will be utilized again for a noble purpose.
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants. The city boasts of the only “Tuna Festival” in the world celebrated every September 5 in commemoration of its charterhood anniversary. Bariles is also the alias of this blog's author who would like nothing than to write about his beloved city by the bay and share it with his kababayans from all over. He has worked throughout Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. Currently, he devotes his time, beauty, and talent in the fields of Communications, Marketing and Media. He is also the unofficial leader of the "Soccsksargen Bloggers", a motley group of online journalists who share a common goal to share what's true, good, progressive and beautiful about their region and her people.
