Father’s Day Gift Idea: Lenovo’s Star Wars Special Edition Yoga 920

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It’s not too late to buy the perfect gift for Father’s Day. We all want to “gift” our dads with something both aesthetic and practical. It’s time to help him upgrade his tech with a device that serves him at work, at home and everywhere in between.

Enter the Yoga 920, an award-winning, 2-in-1, and ultra-modern laptop offered by Lenovo. In the Philippines, it is available in a Star Warsspecial edition design featuring the logos of the two opposing forces in the series—the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire.

Its outstanding performance and cool design is geared towards every kind of dad, including:

The Handy Dad – It’s been said that a man without tools is nothing, with tools he is all. The Yoga 920 is a veritable digital tool chest for modern working men. Powered by an 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Windows 10 OS, its performance is also boosted with Cortana, a voice-activated intelligent assistant for better productivity, and twin Thunderbolt 3 ports for incredibly fast data transfers. With all these features, the Yoga 920 has what it takes to get things done.

The Creative Dad – Right-brained dads will fall in love with the Yoga 920’s optional Lenovo Active Pen 2 with 4,096 levels of pen-on-paper sensitivity and Windows Ink compatibility. It emulates the easy comfort of a pen-on-paper writing experience, whether he’s sketching out a new work design, building a family photo album, or taking notes during a meeting, creative dads can easily produce, publish and share files with a touch of the pen.

The Trendsetter Dad – Trendsetter dads are always up-to-date—they take great pride in having the latest tech and being updated with what’s new in pop culture. Trendy dads will be delighted with the Yoga 920’s far-field mics that allows Cortana, a voice-activated intelligent assistant, to recognize his voice commands from up to four meters away. The integrated fingerprint reader and Windows Hello™ functionality will allow dads to enforce an extra layer of biometric security for PC log-in.

Apart from these extraordinary features, theStar Wars Special Edition Yoga 920 comes with a beautiful all-metal unibody design with logos of either the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire etched on visually striking and head-turning Gorilla® Glass cover.

The Mobile Dad – On-the-go dads will love the portability of the Yoga 920, weighing just 1.37kg (3.02 lbs) and is only 13.95mm (0.55in) thick. With up to 10.8 hours battery life, he can leave his charger at home.

Whether he is traveling for work, hitting the gym, or grabbing a quick bite, mobile dads can take the Yoga 920 with him to keep track of errands, check emails and stay constantly connected with continuous downloads in standby mode.

The Family Dad – Sharing family photos and vacation videos using the Yoga 920’s nearly bezel-less 4K IPS touchscreen in 720p UHD will be a great experience for family gatherings. The Yoga 920 comes with Dolby Atmos’ immersive audio. Paired with a Lenovo Explorer immersive headset, he can take the kids through vivid virtual travel and gaming in Windows Mixed Reality.

The 13.9-inch Star Wars Special Edition Yoga 920 is available in major stores for P139,995.

Suzuki Twin Pillar Hub Goes to Davao

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The magic of the Suzuki Twin Pillar Hub reached Mindanao as the brand participated at the 2nd Inside Racing Mindanao Bike Festival and Tradeshow held at Davao Convention Center on May 26 to 27, 2018. Suzuki was once again a sight to behold at the highly anticipated motoring event in the South. Conquering Mindanao on the same weekend with the Raider R150 Summit Mindanao, the brand ensured that it also brings Suzuki's way of life through its signature booth design to the Davaoenos.

The Suzuki Twin Pillar Hub was inspired by the Suzuki Next 100 Campaign which signifies Suzuki’s commitment to guide customers with forms of mobility that will fit their ever evolving lifestyle in the next 100 years and to continuously innovate technologically advanced products for the Filipinos. The Twin Pillar also represents Suzuki’s strong alliance to its riders and wide clientele. Designed with the Suzuki Next 100 as its pillars, the Suzuki Twin Pillar Hub housed its frontliner bikes - the Royal Arrival of the Underbone King Raider R150 Carburetor and Pinnacle of Hyper Underbones Raider R150 Fi. Also on display were the revolutionary GSX-R150 and GSX-S150. The brand also brought the Suzuki VR Experience wherein fans got to enjoy experiencing MotoGP in virtual reality.

The free photobooth was also a hit to the riders who naturally love selfies and photo-ops not missing a chance to do so with the charming and beautiful Suzuki ladies. Suzuki also gave away thousands of Raider Friendship Coupons which entitles motorcycle customers for a two limited edition shirts that they can share to their friends when they purchase a Raider R150 motorcycle.

Present at the event were Suzuki President Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki as well as Inside Racing Magazine Publisher Mr. Al Camba, Motorcycle Sales and Marketing General Manager Mr. Jun Bulot, Senior Regional Sales Manager for Mindanao Mr. Joel Martin, Motorcycle Marketing Head Mr. Monch Bontogon and Assistant Regional Sales Manager Mr. Bon Opiano.

The two-day event was jampacked with pocket activities and games hosted by Suzuki’s very own Safety Riding and Club Relations Specialist Mr. Sherwin Florendo together with his lovely co-host and Davao's very own Carly Chua. Watch out for The Suzuki Twin Pillar Hub at the 1st Inside Racing Visayas Bike Festival and Tradeshow set to happen on June 23-24 at SMX Convention Center, Bacolod City.

DOE Consults Public on Direct Remittance of Benefits from Energy Power Projects

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ENGAGING THE PUBLIC: DOE Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella urges participants to share their inputs on the new guidelines on administering financial benefits to host communities of a power generation facility on 13 June at the Marquis Events Place in BGC, Taguig City.

The Department of Energy- Electric Power Industry Management Bureau (DOE-EPIMB) on Wednesday held a public consultation on the rules governing the direct remittance of financial benefits for communities hosting energy projects.

Held at the Marquis Events Place in Bonifacio Global City, the consultation was meant to get the comments and suggestions of various stakeholders to improve the existing policy on the administration of funds under Energy Regulation 1-94 (ER1-94).

FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR HOST COMMUNITIES

Under ER1-94, the generation facilities or energy resource development projects required to provide one-centavo per kilowatt-hour (P0.01/kWh) of their electricity sales shall be remitted directly to the host communities.

The distribution utilities will be the recipient of the electrification fund and while the local government units (LGUs), indigenous peoples or indigenous cultural communities (IPs/ICCs). The corresponding share of the host communities shall be in accordance with the sharing under existing laws will be the recipient of the development and livelihood fund (DLF) and the reforestation, watershed management, health and environment enhancement fund (RWMHEEF).

The consultation specifically discussed the proposed amendments to Rule 29 (A) of the EPIRA-IRR and other issuances related to the administration of the said financial benefits under the ER1-94 program.

The move is meant to accelerate socio economic development, ensure more effective and efficient utilization of funds, and enforce the immediate provision of benefits to the host communities through the annual work plans to be submitted by the host communities to the generating companies and power resource developers.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A total of 345 participants from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao attended the event, including 165 representatives from local government units (LGUs) of the host communities, 34 representatives from distribution utilities (DUs) and 146 generation companies (GenCos).

The DOE said it continues to encourage wider stakeholder involvement. For this purpose the DOE will accept the public's comments and suggestions on the proposed Department Circular on or before 22 June 2018.

Comments may be submitted via email through doe.er194@gmail.com or via fax at (02) 840-1731.

BENEFITS OF POWER: Department of Energy-Electric Power Industry Management Bureau (DOE-EPIMB) Director Mario Marasigan welcomes participants to the Public Consultation on the new guidelines in the administration of financial benefits to host communities under the Energy Regulations No. 1-94 program.  Through this program, generation companies and/or energy resource developers give one centavo per kilowatt-hour (P0.01/kWh) of its total electricity sales as a financial benefit to the host local government unit, region and indigenous cultural communities/peoples.

ENERGIZED: Stakeholders raise their hands, demonstrating their active involvement in the crafting of new guidelines during the Public Consultation on 13 June. Attendees included representatives from various generation companies and LGUs from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.