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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Sarah Geronimo is New Celebrity Endorser of Michaela Ladies' Fashion Accessories by Goldnines International

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Watch out for our special video and photo coverage of Sarah Geronimo as celebrity endorser of Michaela - a Filipino brand of bags, shoes, pouches, umbrellas and other ladies accessories. Let's love our own. Let's love Filipino brands.

The grand launch that formally introduced Sarah Geronimo as brand ambassador was held at the Activity Center of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong on the night of October 10, 2015. It was also a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Goldnines International, the company behind Michaela.

Thus, many fans from the mall shoppers and tenants, and the invited guests, media and partners of Goldnines International, were able to witness Sarah performing live two of her popular songs that were matched with her very lively dance moves.

There was also a special interview done on stage with the event hosts, and a raffle where the winners were drawn by Sarah herself. The winners get the opportunity for a later up close and personal meet and greet complete with photo ops and selfies with the pop star royalty.

Michaela: A Decade of Style, Inspiration and Dedication to Women

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In the year 2005 at the heart of Binondo Manila, Goldnines International Co., Ltd., the company behind Michaela, open its first boutique located in Juan Luna street offering its first line of lady's bags designed to fit the Filipino woman's lifestyle.

The well-known active district paved the way for the company to be prosperous and fruitful allowing them now to expand their operations in the Visayas and Mindanao region.

From its humble beginnings to being a well-known creators of lady's bags in the market, the company has diversified its product line to cater to different groups.

The birth of ABkD bags, which caters to fashionable teens, and AYLA bags, its premium brand for sophisticated and classy young women enabled Goldnines to successfully carry out their mission of providing high quality and stylish products in the fashion industry.

Today, after 10 fruitful years of growth, style, inspiration and dedication for women; Goldnines International is proud to present its first ever brand endorser for MICHAELA bags, shoes and umbrella; the pop star royalty Ms. Sarah Geronimo.

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This month, get your tools out and stock up on popcorn as DMAX brings back three of your favorite shows on automobile and jet restoration, refurbishment and even repossession!

The CAR CHASERS are back for a second season - which means more cars, more transformations and bigger deals. CAR CHASERS season 2 premieres on Monday, October 12, at 8:10 p.m.

Dan Short is an automotive force of nature. He does whatever it takes to restore cars to the highest possible standard, and he doesn’t care who he has to steamroll, charm or sandblast along the way. Dan knows that each car is a powder keg of hidden surprises and problems to be solved, and the only way that a restoration will succeed is if the owner is as committed to the restoration as Dan and his team. Witness top class automobile restorations in the all-new episodes of FANTOMWORKS, premiering on Tuesday, October 13, at 8:10 p.m.

Few men can make it in the high stakes game of airplane repossession, and AIRPLANE REPO follows them on their clandestine missions. Banks and creditors call these guys to outfox deadbeat owners and recover the expensive aircraft – they are the best of the best in what they do. The latest episodes of AIRPLANE REPO premieres on Wednesday, October 28 at 8:10 p.m.

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Globe Telecom provides the fastest LTE service in the Philippines, affirming the superiority of its mobile internet service and network infrastructure amid intensely competitive environment in the local telecommunications industry.

Based on OpenSignal’s State of LTE report for the third quarter of 2015, Globe Telecom’s LTE download speed is at 10 Mbps, double its competition’s LTE download speed of only 5 Mbps. Globe Telecom’s LTE download speed is comparable to territories/countries like Hong Kong (Smart Tone), India (Airtel), Norway (Telenor, Network Norway), Portugal (NOS), Indonesia (Indosat), which all registered a 10 Mbps download speed, and even higher than the 8 Mbps download speed in Russia (MTS), Malaysia (DiGi) and even US (AT&T, US Cellular, Sprint, C Spire Wireless).

While Globe Telecom’s download speed of 10 Mbps is considered adequate, its competition’s download speed of 5 Mbps dragged down the Philippines’ average LTE download speed to 8Mbps. OpenSignal specializes in mobile coverage mapping by crowdsourcing signal strength, data speed and reliability. In terms of LTE coverage, that of Globe is also superior at 41% against its competitor’s 36%.

“These findings prove our success in continuously expanding our network capacities amid ever-increasing demand for high-speed mobile internet access as more and more of our customers build their life and work experiences around a digital lifestyle,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications, noting that about a third of the company’s 48.4 million mobile customers are now using smartphones.

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Over the years, the Philippines has produced some amazing architectural structures that can be considered as national gems, not just for their aesthetics but also for the way they molded the country into to what it is today. Noted Philippine real estate marketplace MyProperty lists 10 of the country’s most historically and culturally significant edifices. From an antique lighthouse to a modern condominium, here are their choices for the most recognizable structures in the country.

The Manila Hotel (Ermita, Manila). Built in 1909, the Manila Hotel is the oldest premiere hotel in the Philippines and was opened in conjunction with the commemoration date of the American Independence. Built on a 35,000 sqm reclaimed area and composed of 570 rooms, the five-star hotel served as the residence of General Douglas MacArthur from 1935 to 1941, and has also hosted worldfamous personalities like the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy, author Ernest Hemingway, actor John Wayne, and entertainer Michael Jackson.

The Gramercy Residences (Makati City). Rising 262 meters in Century City, Makati, The Gramercy Residences is currently the tallest building in the Philippines, dethroning the 259-meter-tall PBCom Tower when the former was officially opened in 2012. Developed by Century Properties, the 73-story condominium’s main attraction is Skypark, which is located at the 36th floor and houses features like a three-story waterfall, lagoon pools, a garden island, and a cantilevering walkway.

Intramuros (Manila). As the oldest district of Manila, Intramuros was the seat of government during the Spanish colonial period. In 1590, the area along the southern bank of Pasig River facing Manila Bay was enclosed with walls 22 feet high and 8 feet thick to protect the government from foreign invaders, earning it the moniker “Walled City.” Declared a historical monument in 1951, Intramuros houses many historically and culturally significant features, such as the Manila Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila; and Fort Santiago, a national shrine and popular tourist destination.

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Do you have thinning hair because of alopecia, menopause or male pattern baldness? Are you going bald and want to have your hair back?

If you don’t want to wear wigs or a hair replacement system, and think you’re not yet ready for a hair transplant, Scalp Micropigmentation, also known as SMP is the novel remedy for baldness. It may be your best bet.

Essentially, scalp micropigmentation (SMP) is a non-surgical hair restoration solution. It is a cutting-edge, non-surgical office-based procedure that is non-invasive and uses sophisticated micro needles that deposit pigment into the scalp. The SMP technique replicates tiny hair follicles to restore thinning hair and resemble its previous density.

Does it hurt? Not really. During the SMP procedure, you may feel a bit of discomfort in certain areas of the scalp. But the discomfort wears off once the procedure is complete.

Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) uses a digitally controlled machine combined with tiny needles that are tinier compared to typical tattoo needles, but it is not a tattoo. The pigment used is much less concentrated and does not have the chemical additives found in tattoo ink. It doesn’t penetrate the skin as deeply as normal tattooing and the color can be matched to your natural color, even if you go gray. The effect is natural, as the needles mimic individual hair follicles and gives the look of a full, youthful head of cropped hair.

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October is SIDS Awareness Month. One of the most crucial information parents need to know is how to protect their babies while sleeping. Babies spend up to 16 hours sleeping in their first year of life. It is often during sleep that babies are left unattended, and yet this is when they are most at risk of suffocation and Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) – a sudden, unexpected death of an otherwise healthy and normal baby during sleep.

For safer sleep, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests using a wearable blanket instead of loose blankets to keep your baby warm. Remove all blankets, pillows, comforters and toys from your baby’s sleep area. Your baby’s crib should have nothing inside except a tight fitted sheet and only your baby in a wearable blanket.

Halo Sleep Sack Philippines (www.halophilippines.com), through its #SafeSleepPH campaign, aims to educate Filipino parents on the importance of safe sleep for babies.

The HALO SleepSack is an award-winning wearable blanket worn over regular sleepwear as a safer alternative to loose blankets. HALO products are backed by 20 years of SIDS and clinical research. It is the only brand that carries the seals of leading SIDS and safety organizations. All this makes HALO the #1 trusted brand by moms, and the ONLY brand used in over 1,000 US Hospitals.

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I believe many would want to be first in line of everything that's full of opportunities and rewards. Who wouldn't want to experience life to the fullest where all roads leads to the best day ever. But the best day ever need not be only during December where the holiday seasons are at its best. We can start the celebration as early as October.

Now we have an opportunity to pamper ourselves for two days from October 16 and 17 (that's Friday and Saturday) with just the right amount of guilty pleasure by indulging on our favorite food and drinks available at huge discounts.

Be the first to come, create and celebrate the intoxicating Spirit of the 2015 Season of fun-loving and giving as The Real Oktoberfest Experience brings you music, delicious grub, fun games and your favorite beer brew that will follow to your heart's content and uplift your spirits.

At a gathering for bloggers, the peeps from the BGC group announced the event a week before the actual date at the Draft Gastropub where we seemingly celebrated on a feast of the establishments specialties perfectly matched with cold bottles of Paulaner.

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Globe myBusiness, the small and medium enterprise (SME) arm of Globe Telecom, continues to be the trusted business partner and advisor of SMEs as it equips and digitizes their operations with the latest portfolio of business solutions that will enable them to efficiently run and grow their enterprises.

With the advent of the digital revolution and the growing trend towards the digital lifestyle, entrepreneurs need to quickly understand and adapt to the new trends in technological solutions that will provide great value for their growing ventures. Now made readily available through Globe myBusiness’ postpaid plans, there are suitable solutions that address the need for a more adept and productive management.

“Making these business solutions readily available to SMEs is a big step to help them discover new ways to reach their customers and grow their businesses. In a way, we are helping them realize that these digital solutions are not as complex to use but can actually make their operations more cost-efficient and reliable over traditional business processes,” says Martha Sazon, Senior Vice President for Globe Small and Medium Business Group.

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AirAsia, the world’s best low cost carrier for seven consecutive years running, today announced it is increasing flights to Hong Kong from Manila from 4x to 7x weekly starting 25 October 2015.

In conjunction with this exciting news, AirAsia is offering all-in promo fares from as low as P688* one way from Manila to Hong Kong for bookings made today until 18 October 2015 for the travel period from 25 October 2015 to 26 March 2015. Guests can also book their flights via AirAsia’s mobile app on iPhone and Android devices, as well as its mobile site mobile.airasia.com.

Gerard Peñaflor, Head of Commercial for Philippines AirAsia said, “A quick getaway during long weekends or a grand holiday escape to Hong Kong with your friends and family has never been easier than now with AirAsia’s daily flights at affordable fares. To enhance travel experience for our guests, especially during the holiday season, the AirAsia’s mobile app is also being constantly updated to feature more options that provide convenience during check-in or to manage bookings.”

As the festive season draws near, Hong Kong offers a magical experience with glittering skyscrapers, a buzzing shopping scene and festive atmosphere. Discover more of Hong Kong by downloading AirAsia’s travel guides at http://www.airasia.com/travelguides. The travel guides are free and include essential travel information on each destination such as accommodation, transport and the must-see’s and must-do’s.

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Learn Business 101 and the latest business trends and strategies from top entrepreneurs and experts.

LDF Events Management will held its first ever Pinoy Entrepreneur Summit: Getting INto Business - From Passion to Action on October 14, 2015 (Wednesday) 10:00 AM- 6:00 PM at Megatrade Conference Center, 5/F Bdg. B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.

Pinoy Entrepreneur Summit: Getting Into Business - From Passion to Action is a fun and dynamic gathering of the youth, aspiring entrepreneurs and young professionals who want to get inspired in transforming their ideas and passion into real businesses. With a well-balanced line up of topics and speakers, this summit will certainly help individuals to mold and bring out their entrepreneurial skills and spirit.

Come to the event, hear and learn from top entrepreneurs and experts who will talk about various topics such as Social Entrepreneurship, Ecopreneurship, Technopreneurship, Fashion Entrepreneurship and Foodpreneurship.

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"Fashion is not only aesthetics, but a living. Everyone should coexist - beauty, strength, sophistication and performance."

That is why a collaboration has been formed among fashionably awesome and elegant brands - "a tribute to everyone who loves fashion and knows what real luxury is."

One of the world's premium brand in car luxury recently invited us to a night of superb luxury, elegance and fashion entitled, Regal Elegance: Wraith Inspired Fashion on the 8th of October 2015, 18:00 PT, held at the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Manila - Global City Showroom located on 5th Avenue corner 26th Street of Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

The event was the launch of the Rolls Royce Wraith partnered with Filipino renowned fashion designer Rhett Eala and Filipino jeweler Jewelmer. Several great looking models flaunted the fabulous creations of Rhett Eala in the presence of the amazing Rolls Royce Wraith vehicles that were designed to redefine boundaries. It is truly fascinating to see stunning beauty from both fashionably elegant outfits and vehicles.

Arnel Pineda Sings as Asthmatics Prove Resilience Against Asthma

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Some members of my family have asthma so I can relate to the difficulty that these people have to endure whenever there's a situation where their breathing becomes a burden. But this health condition should not let us become seemingly useless or unable to reach our full potential since there are medications out there that can really help us get over these condition.

After months of deliberation and almost 2,000 entries nationwide, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced on October 7, 2015 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel, the winners of its Search for the Winners Against Asthma (SWAA).

Hosting the event was celebrity TV host Christine Jacob, while GSK ambassador and singer (who also has asthma in real life), Arnel Pineda, sang Every Breath You Take to entertain the audience. The other ambassadors, actress Kim Chiu and skater Michael Martinez (who both can't join us that day due to other commitments), sent over their video messages.

Launched in February 2015, the Search for Winners Against Asthma is a nationwide search for young asthmatic achievers aged 30 years and younger who are outstanding in their respective fields despite having asthma and inspire asthma sufferers that they, too, can win against the condition.

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Are we ready for cloud computing even though we carry with us Filipinos the burden of being recognized as a country having one of the slowest Internet connectivity in the world?

Nobody could directly answer that question which makes many doubtful that the said technology would push towards popularity within the Philippines. Though the cloud would definitely become a significant technology that would highly improve our business processes, the underlying prerequisites in order to make it truly functional still needs a lot of improvement, or what one of the speakers would say, political will.

I believe that it is similarly the business side that keeps causing the delay of our progress because our businessmen would still want a huge profit out from their infrastructure and would not like the competition, or even the masses, to benefit by allowing them better opportunities to be competitive in performance.

IP Converge Data Services Inc., a local cloud computing and data center firm, pooled together three industry experts, namely Philippine Software Industry Association President Jonathan de Luzuriaga, CloudSigma CEO Robert Jenkins and Adatos Managing Director Drew Perez, at the 2nd run of the Philippine Cloud Summit held on October 7, 2015 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Makati city.

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Fear of the unknown keeps many from going on adventures. This October, dare to find out the truth behind some of the most mysterious phenomena around the world and decode the deep, dark secrets of the past with Discovery Channel’s lineup for the month!

Ed Stafford: Into the Unknown follows Ed on a mission to investigate the planet's newest mysteries. With photographs from the International Space Station and spy satellites showing strange and unexplained markings in some of the most remote and inaccessible places on the planet, Ed will set out to find the target, and solve the riddle.

Follow Ed’s quest starting October 6, Tuesday, at 8pm when he investigates the gigantic white lines popping up on satellite images in remote West Papua to a strange pattern of circular dots in the middle of the Danakil Desert. All these mysteries call out to him – and he figures them out whatever they are, wherever they are.

Codes and Conspiracies takes you on new locations to explore more of the unknown and hidden stories of the world's most iconic places, ground-breaking inventions, and influential people. The show goes behind the scenes to show things which an average tourist never gets to see, digging deep to reveal surprising facts that have been obscured by history.

Catch the new season Thursdays at 10pm, premiering on October 15.