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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Family Fun Run and Duathlon at Lancaster New City Cavite


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Families far and wide are in for a unique summer experience as Lancaster New City sets the Grand Family Weekend 2017! Happening this April 23, 2017, the said signature event of Lancaster New City Cavite features outdoor activities that families, enthusiasts, and athletes can enjoy.

Making a comeback this year is Lancaster New City Cavite’s FAMILY FUN RUN. It will be a family-friendly kind of run that’s open to all ages so it’s perfect for families with little kids.

On top of the Family Fun Run, a DUATHLON will also be held during the Grand Family Weekend. The Duathlon is set for enthusiasts and athletes who are looking to take on a challenge of a 3km run – 20km bike – 3km run course and is open to participants ages 12 years old and above.

To complete the families’ fun under the sun, a FAMILY FAIR VILLAGE will be open with a lineup of attractions: the SpectaculaRUN which is a 2-kilometer run with 7 obstacle courses, Larong Pinoy, and the Art Zone. Entrance to the Family Fair Village is for free.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Shinya Aoki to Face Garry Tonon in Grappling Super-Match this May in Singapore


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The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced a blockbuster Grappling Super-Match between former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki and IBJJF World and Pan American Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Garry Tonon. The matchup will be held at ONE: DYNASTY OF HEROES set for 26 May at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The spectacular fight card is headlined by an exciting main event bout between ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee and top challenger Istela Nunes.

Ticket information for ONE: DYNASTY OF HEROES is available at www.onefc.com

Victor Cui, CEO of ONE Championship, stated: “Shinya Aoki is considered probably the greatest grappler in all of mixed martial arts. His ability to scientifically break down opponents on the mat is nothing short of legendary in the industry. At the same time, Garry Tonon is known as one of the most exciting Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors in the world. The Aoki-Tonon Grappling Super-Match is certainly a matchup that fans will not want to miss. Catch them in Singapore this May!”

Lightweight veteran Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki of Shizuoka, Japan, is one of the world’s most decorated mixed martial artists. He is the DREAM Lightweight Champion, former Shooto Welterweight Champion, and the former ONE Lightweight World Champion. The 33-year-old Aoki is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Yuki Nakai and has won multiple grappling tournaments across the globe. He also holds a black belt in judo. A veteran in both MMA and the Brazilian jiu-jitsu scene, Aoki’s reputation as a grappling specialist is unrivaled.

Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon of the United States is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Tom deBlass and Ricardo Almeida. He is a No Gi specialist who has clinched multiple world titles at the IBJJF World and Pan American Championships. At age 14, Tonon fell in love with wrestling and grappling and has developed into a bonafide grappling superstar over the course of his career. He is a prominent fixture in submission-only format competitions such as Metamoris, Polaris and the Eddie Bravo Invitational.

For more updates on ONE Championship, please visit www.onefc.com, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ONEChampionship, and like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/ONEChampionship.

Singapore Envoy Marks World Poetry Day, Extols Bilateral Ties & Asean Progress


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Singapore Ambassador Madame Kok Li Peng joined award-winning poets Jose F. Lacaba and Marra Pl. Lanot on March 21 morning to celebrate UNESCO’s “World Poetry Day” at the Pandesal Forum of 78-year-old Kamuning Bakery Café in Quezon City. The envoy also discussed Philippine-Singapore relations and Asean issues with the media and intellectuals at the two-hour forum. This artisanal café also gave away free coffee or tea drinks the whole day to all people who came to pay with their original poems, in a unique civic and cultural project.

To celebrate “World Poetry Day”, Kamuning Bakery Café’s Wilson Lee Flores invited Singapore Ambassador Kok to recite one of her favorite poems entitled “The road not taken” by Robert Frost. Lacaba and Lanot both also each recited their original poems in the Filipino language.

During the free-wheeling Pandesal Forum with local and international media, Ambassador Kok extolled the warm diplomatic and economic ties between the Philippines and Singapore, as well as the general optimism of the Asean region as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a high-level summit hosted by chairman the Philippines. She said that there are high hopes on the RCEP economic agreement being worked out between the 10-member nations of Asean region and China, that she thinks both this RCEP and even the TPP are all good initiatives to promote freer global trade.

Ambassador Kok declined to comment to media’s questions on controversies like some Western criticisms of the draconian war on illegal drugs and the new death penalty bill, she reiterated that Singapore respects the sovereignty of its nation to govern itself and solve its own problems. She said Singapore has a very strong policy against illegal drugs. Kok also declined to comment on territorial dispute issues, since Singapore isn’t a claimant state but expressed hopes that Asian regional peace and stability shall be maintained by all Asian countries in order to sustain the region’s strong economic growth.

Cebuano Wins a Brand New Honda in Jollibee’s Scratch2Win Promo


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Another Jollibee-natic drives away with a brand-new Honda BR-V. Alex Palma of Cebu City is the second winner in the fast food brand’s Scratch2Win promo.

The country’s largest fast food chain is bringing a little more joy on the road by treating Drive-Thru customers to an exciting pool of prizes. With a minimum P200 single-receipt purchase, customers are given a scratch card, which can be their lucky ticket to winning Jollibee favorites like Yum Burger, Jolly Spaghetti, and Peach Mango Pie, free drink upgrades, or one of five brand new Honda BR-V SUVs!

Jollibee turns over a brand new Honda BR-V to Scratch2Win 2nd major prize winner Alex Palma of Cebu City. The country’s largest fast-food chain is giving away three more Honda SUVs and minor prizes to lucky drive-thru customers until April 30.


Drive-thru with favorites. Jollibee Scratch2Win 2nd winner Alex Palma drives his family to Cebu’s famous Sindalan Shrine, after winning one of the grand prizes in the drive-thru promo. 



A Jollibee Scratch2Win ride upgrade. With his brand new SUV, Alex Palma of Cebu City can now park the motorcycle he used in driving thru Jollibee and scoring the lucky Scratch2Win card.

Girl Nation Tuesdays @ Nectar Nightclub


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Girl Nation is the hottest new weeknight destination for lesbians, bisexual, and queer women in Manila. With a gathering of community leaders, set to the soundtrack by the best LGTB DJ’s in the country, Girl Nation is the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of the weekday.

Girl Nation takes place every Tuesday night at Nectar Nightclub, in Bonifacio Global City. Nectar Nightclub opened its doors in 2016 and has become one of the hottest nightclubs for the LGBT community and its allies. It provides live sets from the country’s biggest DJ’s every night of the week.

Conceived by fashion designer Kaye Morales and friends, Girl Nation has been making waves in the EDM circuit for providing women with a safe space to have fun and mingle.

“I wanted more than just a venue where I could have fun with my friends”, shares Kaye Morales. “I wanted a safe space where queer women from all walks of like could come, interact, and have fun. It’s seldom that we have these places of our own here in Manila.”

Better Internet for Manila Train Riders


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Smart is on track with its network improvement program that aims to expand LTE availability and boost 3G coverage all over the country. After completing its rollout in Boracay and Davao, Smart is now working to give the best possible mobile data experience to its subscribers in Metro Manila and nearby areas like Rizal.

One of the key locations for the Metro Manila network improvement: the LRT-1 where an estimated 600,000 passengers ride daily.

This change will benefit riders like Paolo Barruga, who uses his phone while commuting to access Facebook and Messenger. “I also like playing games, but sometimes when there is no internet, I just play downloaded games,” he said. “It’s good if there’s internet, because it means I can play my online games on the go,” he added.

University of Manila sophomore student Vanessa Chua is likewise excited about the promise of better LTE on the LRT. “It means that I can start doing my assignments on the train,” she said, adding that she also uses Facebook to share and upload photos while on commute.

“When there is better internet, LRT commuters won’t be bored while waiting for the train,” said employee Rommel Hagad. “It means commuters waiting won’t be hotheaded.” Rommel added that he uses his smartphone while on the way home, accessing apps like Facebook to get in touch with family. “I use them to keep my family updated on my whereabouts.”


To enhance the mobile experience of LRT-1 commuters, Smart will deploy state-of-the-art network equipment at the stations and platforms, inside the coaches and along the tracks to beef up its 2G, 3G and LTE network coverage. It will also install carrier-grade Smart Wifi in the 20 stations and platforms, and eventually inside the coaches.

Similar network improvements are also underway for both LRT-2 and MRT-3, as part of Smart’s major network expansion in Metro Manila to improve the overall quality of service available to Smart, TNT, and Sun subscribers.

In many ways, the LRT-1, which runs right through the heart of Manila from Baclaran in Pasay City to Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City, is Manila’s ultimate symbol of mobility and industry. The oldest of Metro Manila’s 3 elevated trains, LRT-1 ferries Metro Manila dwellers from their homes to their schools and workplaces, and back.

That change has come to LRT-1 is a welcome sign that the best is yet to come for the rest of the Metro.

Theo & Philo Sweetens Business Operations with Netwsuite Cloud ERP


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Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit, one of the industry's leading providers of cloud financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle, today announced that Theo & Philo, a bean-to-bar maker of single-origin Philippine artisanal chocolate, replaced QuickBooks and numerous Excel spreadsheets with NetSuite to gain scalability and flexibility to power its growth.

Since going live on NetSuite in November 2015, Theo & Philo has been using NetSuite for accounting, inventory management, order management, invoicing and purchasing – all within one cloud ERP system. With NetSuite, Theo & Philo is able to better plan and manage sourcing, production and distribution and increase efficiency while saving both time and money compared to the error-prone manual work required by their previous software and paper-based processes.

Founded in 2010, Theo & Philo (www.theoandphilo.com) grew steadily offering more than a dozen varieties of premium, locally-sourced chocolate products. As production volume soared 700 percent to about 14,000 bars a month, the organization faced challenges keeping pace with its previous system and inventory management was handled manually and tracked on paper.

“NetSuite is an integral part of our day-to-day operations and a scalable platform for our continued growth,” Chua said. “We’re a lot more efficient and, as we grow, the automated process flows and checks and balances that we need are already in place within NetSuite.”

Through its continued global growth and success, Theo & Philo, a social enterprise and grantee of the NetSuite Citizenship software donation program, has been able to help improve social welfare in the Philippines in partnership with Gawad Kalinga, a nonprofit organization committed to ending poverty for 5 million Filipino families by 2024.

The features and benefits that Theo & Philo has been able to achieve with NetSuite include:

International growth. Theo & Philo has expanded sales to foreign distributors in recent months, using NetSuite’s multi-currency capabilities for transactions in the Euro for Germany and the U.S. dollar for Japan.

Real-time access. Compared to the limitations of its previous QuickBooks desktop application, Theo & Philo now enjoys anywhere, anytime cloud-based capable access to NetSuite with no need for on-premise software and servers.

Streamlined inventory and distribution. Real-time data has helped Theo & Philo control inventory and accelerate production and distribution with visibility that helps spotlight issues and areas for improvement.

Flexible customizations. Leveraging the NetSuite SuiteCloud Platform, Theo & Philo can adapt NetSuite to unique business needs, for instance, a customization by Tech for Good, a PGE Solutions sister company, enables the company to seamlessly manage consignment inventory and associated sales orders.

Future-proofed for growth. As a unified suite, NetSuite offers Theo & Philo functionality for CRM, ecommerce, product assembly, lot tracking and more as the social enterprise continues to grow.

Sinag Maynila 2017 at SM Aura Premier


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International filmmakers, members of the diplomatic corps, the local Indie community, and corporate executives recently gathered together to celebrate the Sinag Maynila 2017 Film Festival at the Samsung Hall of SM Aura Premier.

A joint project of Solar Entertainment, Centerstage Productions, and SM, the festival seeks to inspire, educate, and enlighten the viewing public. Now on its third year of providing independent filmmakers a brand-new platform to showcase their stories, Sinag Maynila featured films that reflect Filipino culture, while presenting social issues deserving of discussion among audiences here and abroad. These were showcased at SM North EDSA, SM Megamall, and selected cinemas.

With its new tagline “Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal” the festival lives up to its core with finalists are handpicked by Sinag Maynila CEO and Founder Wilson Tieng and world-renowned and internationally acclaimed film director Brillante Ma Mendoza. “The upgraded mechanics for this season may have been a risky move, but we are very happy with the outcome,” says Tieng. “We are looking forward to the reception of these films here and of course, internationally.”

With the tremendous success of Sinag Maynila’s debut in March 2015, more talented filmmakers took their chance in getting a nod to be part of the competing roster as it has been closely associated with the opportunity for international recognition. This season, five films have been selected for Full Length, Short Film, and Documentary categories.

Announcing the 2017 Netflix Recommended TVs


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At Netflix, we are continuously innovating to make sure using internet TV is as easy and great as possible. Improving the experience on the Smart TVs our members watch Netflix on is a big part of this process, and with our Netflix Recommended TV program, we are able to shine a light on the TVs leading this wave. This year, a handful of devices have innovated further - offering better usability, faster performance, and new features that make getting to Netflix and other internet TV services as easy as getting to live TV. Today, we’re excited to announce the first Netflix Recommended TVs of 2017:

     2017 LG 4K UHD TVs with WebOS 3.5
     2017 Samsung 7, 8, 9, and Q-series Smart TVs
     2017 Sony Android TVs

These devices passed a rigorous evaluation process based on factors our members tell us are important. New criteria for this year’s Netflix Recommended TV designations include:
     You can power on your TV and start using Netflix or other internet TV apps in just a few seconds.
     You can switch between apps or switch from apps to live TV and back again almost instantly.
     The Netflix interface appears in hi-resolution making graphics and text clearer, sharper, and brighter, making for a higher quality, more immersive experience.

As with previous years, Netflix Recommended TV continues to evaluate whether Netflix is easily accessible from wherever you are within your TV menu, including having a Netflix button on the remote that can turn on the TV and go directly into Netflix within a few seconds. We also verify whether the device comes with the latest version of Netflix and includes our newest features.

These TVs will be in all countries where Netflix is available, though specific model availability varies by region. More information is available on our Netflix Recommended TV website. We’re thrilled with how fast and dead simple these TVs make internet TV and hope you like the difference as well.

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Tu Pug Imatuy Tops Sinag Maynila Awards at SM Aura Premier


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Tu Pug Imatuy, a film by Arbi Barbarona won big in the Full -Length category during the recent Sinag Maynila 2017 Film Festival’s Gabi ng Paranagal at the Samsung Hall at SM Aura Premier. It won six awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress award for the performance of Malona Sulatan.

Tu Pug Imatuy is inspired by actual events in Mindanao where indigenous people have been subjected to abuse and attacks in the course of the government forces counter-insurgency campaign. Other Sinag award for the film: Best Screenplay for Arnel Mardoquio, Best Cinematography for Bryan Jimenez and Arbi Barbarona and Best Music for Arbi Barbarona.

A joint project of Solar Entertainment, Centerstage Productions, and SM, the festival seeks to inspire, educate, and enlighten the viewing public. Now on its third year with a new tagline “Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal” it provides independent filmmakers a brand-new platform to showcase their stories, Sinag Maynila featured films that reflect Filipino culture, while presenting social issues deserving of discussion among audiences here and abroad. These were showcased at SM North EDSA, SM Megamall, and selected cinemas.

Another film, Kristo, by HF Yambao won five awards including Best Production Design for James Arvin Rosendal, Best Sound for Albert Michael Idioma, and Best Editing for Diego Marx Dobles. Kristo tells a story of a family fighting against the game of life. The exceptional acting of Julio Diaz also won him the Best Supporting Performance. 










There was a tie in the Best Actor Award: Kristofer King from Kristo and Raymond RS Francisco for Bhoy Intsik. Francisco’s acceptance speech touched audience, as he shared that this is first time to hold an award since he started acting at the age of six. "It's my first time na humawak ng (to hold an) award,” he said holding back tears.” Thank you to everybody."

Special Awards were given to Bhoy Intsik by Joel Lamangan for the Sinag Box Office and Beyond the Block, a film by Ricardo Carranza, for the SM People’s Choice Award, which is based on the results of an exit poll held among moviegoers during the festival.

Hango by Avelino Balmes Jr., won the Best Documentary category, while Aliens Ata by Karl Barit topped the Short Film category.

Sinag Maynila’s distinguished board of judges for the Full- Length category included Film Development Council of the Philippines Chairperson Liza Diño, Film critic and columnist Oggs Cruz and French film critic and historian specializing on Asian cinema, and co-founder of NETPAC France, Mr. Max Tessier.

The jury for the Documentary and Short Films categories included Curator, art critic, writer and UP Professor of Art Studies Patrick Flores, Professor Rolando Tinio of the University of the Philippines Film Institute, and Award-winning TV commercial and film director, writer and producer Paul Soriano.

Sinag Maynila is a partnership between Solar Entertainment, Centerstage Productions, and SM. Event sponsors also include Metrobank, SM Aura Premier, 2nd Avenue, CT (City Television), and Jack TV.
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