NBA League Pass Launches New Monthly Subscription Package and Highlights Feature

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NBA League Pass, the league’s live games subscription service, will tip off the 2016-17 NBA season with new features designed for basketball fans outside of the United States. Throughout the season, fans will have the option to select NBA Game Choice, a new monthly subscription, which enables fans to select any two live games per week (eight live games per month).

This season, NBA League Pass will also introduce NBA Rapid Replay, a new highlights feature providing fans with in-the-moment updates on great NBA action from around the league. NBA Rapid Replay can be accessed as part of the live game experience from the NBA App on iOS and Android.

To tip off the season, NBA League Pass will have a week-long free trial beginning with the first night of the season on Wednesday, Oct. 26 and running through Wednesday, Nov. 2.

From a variety of game packages to multi-screen views of the action, NBA League Pass will deliver more ways to experience the NBA. This year’s features include:

·         BEST PLAYS OF THE DAY: This new series wraps up the day’s action with the best content from around the league.

·         ON-DEMAND CHOICES: Fans have the ability to download replays of full-length games or condensed games for convenient on-the-go viewing.

·         VIDEO ARCHIVES: NBA League Pass opens up the NBA vault providing fans with more access than ever before to classic games, interviews, highlights and documentaries, including 60 hours of new content.  Throughout the season, new NBA content will be added to the Video Archives.

Along with the new offerings and features, NBA League Pass will continue to offer its traditional, comprehensive full season package providing access to every NBA regular season game, as well as the entire NBA Playoffs, the NBA Finals and the 66^th annual NBA All-Star Game. 

NBA Team Choice, available for all 30 teams, will return to give fans the option to follow one team and watch their favorite players all regular season long.  In addition, NBA League Pass will enable fans to watch individual live games throughout the season.

Fans will be able to enjoy the subscription-based service across computers, tablets and mobile devices (iPhone and iPad; Android phones, tablets), as well as a wide variety of connected devices including the Apple TV; Android TV; Chromecast; ROKU; XBOX One; PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Amazon Kindle.

NBA League Pass is also available through Globe Telecom, the official wireless and broadband services partner of the NBA in the Philippines.  Globe provides its customers with three service offerings—NBA499 for a 30-day premium access, NBA299 for 7 days, and NBA50 for a 24-hour access—to enable sports fans to watch the NBA on their mobile devices through its streamlined registration process.

To subscribe to NBA League Pass, visit www.nba.com or www.globe.com.ph/nba and follow the NBA on Facebook (www.facebook.com/philsnba) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/nba_philippines) for all the latest news and updates.  

The Pink Run: D’Feeting Breast Cancer

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The Philippine Society of General Surgeons, Inc. (PSGS) is a fellowship of highly competent, safe, compassionate and ethical surgeons dedicated to pursuing excellence in the art and science of general surgery as a distinct specialty. The PSGS is recognized for its pioneering achievements in continuing surgical education, training and research. It is dedicated to promote the welfare of its members, and provide compassionate and quality health care, responsive to the needs of the community. 

For this year the PSGS organized the 6th fun run called “The Pink Run: D’Feeting Breast Cancer” which aims to raise funds and to raise awareness against breast cancer. This event will take place at the FILINVEST CITY/FESTIVAL MALL ALABANG, MUNTINLUPA CITY on October 30, 2016 (Sunday) at 5:00 am.

Race category in 3 KM, 5 KM, 10 KM and 16 KM runs. 

All runners in all categories will receive medals and free Breast Exam. Top finishers per category will receive special prizes and medal

For the benefit of Project Pink:

There is an ongoing online registration at goorahna.com. Onsite registration are available at Toby’s Festival Mall, Asian Breast Cancer Institute at Asian Hospital and PSGS Office (Ms. Ollie M. Palma (psgs_secretariat@gmail.com /09178098853/456-8411/926-8432).

PH Privacy Commission Gets International Accreditation

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The Philippines’ newly formed data protection and privacy authority, The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has received international recognition for its data protection regime from several notable international authorities. The NPC was created March of this year.

The International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) recently accepted the NPC as a member of the organization. Accreditation by the ICDPPC signifies that a country’s Data Protection agency meets stringent standards, and out of the 12 applications received by the ICDPPC Executive Committee this year, only 5 were approved including the NPC. The ICDPPC has been the premier global forum for data protection authorities for 40 years, providing global leadership in data protection and privacy by connecting the efforts of over 110 privacy and data protection authorities from around the world.

NPC Chairman Raymund E. Liboro was pleased with the recognition of the Commission’s efforts of to upgrade the standards of privacy and data protection in the Country. "Admission to the ICDPPC augurs well for the Philippines, it recognizes that we are committed to international standards in protecting personal data and privacy in the country, and that the commission is viewed as independent and vested with the authority to do so". Chairman Liboro said.

Earlier last month the Hogan Lovells Chronicle on Data Protection posted an article on its website featuring the release of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (R.A. 10173) the article mentioned that “the IRRs represent a significant development in data privacy regulation in the Philippines, and will affect multi-national businesses that use or provide services in or from the Philippines, as well as local vendors with data processing facilities in the Philippines. It is fair to say that the IRRs set one of the higher bars for compliance standards in the Asia-Pacific region”

This is good news for the Information Technology - Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry as it reinforces the Philippines’ reputation as an ideal IT-BPM destination. According to Benedict Hernandez of the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), the industry association for the IT-BPM sector , “With IT-BPM being a key employment generator and one of the country's growth pillars, the fact that our Data Privacy Standards meet International Standards means we can expect more companies to prefer the Philippines over other countries.” Mr. Hernandez said.