Early Holiday Surprises for RedDoorz Guests to Enjoy Family-Friends Bonding

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The air is cooler, the nights are longer. Colored lights flicker in every place you see. Everybody’s easing into a holiday mood and RedDoorz advanced the holiday vibes with surprises for their hotel guests and target market.

In late October, RedDoorz surprised hotel guests nationwide in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao with #RedDoorzKeyMoments. Randomly selected guests were gifted with RedDoorz “keys” as they registered at the front desk of RedDoorz properties in different key cities. The “key” entitled them to one more free stay at selected RedDoorz properties nationwide anytime until November so they can bond and share new memories with family and friends.

Guests loved the special touch that allowed them to share more special times with their chosen companions – from Lolo and Lola to Best Buddy to to Big Bro and Little Sis, to Mom and Dad and the barkada. “This will definitely come in handy when my brother comes back for home leave this month,” said Jennylyn Casitas, whose brother works in Bahrain.

RedDoorz uncorked even more surprises. At the Fablacion Street Party held on Halloween Night at Dulo MNL in Makati, RedDoorz activated its #RedDoorzFunMoments. RedDoorz brand ambassadors went around the party venue to present party goers with more RedDoorz “keys”. Revelers who sported the Most Unique Theme, Best Make-up, Best Joker look, Best Avenger, Best Animé, Best Celebrity Lookalike, Best Drag Queen, Best Maleficent or Disney Character and the Best Family Group were singled out and awarded the surprise “keys” that would let them experience more fun times with their special people.

“At this time of year, everybody is in a holiday mood. It’s time to bond, hold reunions, do impromptu get-togethers and plan for what the family, the barkada and special friends will do together. RedDoorz joins the celebration by providing people with more ways to bond and create more key and fun moments. We have prepared fun activities and promos to enable more and more people to enjoy short or long trips anywhere in the Philippines where our over 200 properties are located,” ssaid Raenald De Jesus, RedDoorz Country Marketing Manager.


For more information on how you too can experience RedDoorz, go to www.reddoorz.com and @RedDoorzPh on Facebook and Instagram

MARINA Conducts ‘Institutional Mechanism Workshop on the Modernization of Passenger Ships’ in Surigao City

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To assist motorboat operators for the modernization program, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) conducted the fourth leg of the Institutional Support Mechanism Workshop on the Modernization of Passenger Ships in Surigao City on 26 to 27 November 2019.

In conjunction with the MARINA Regional Office (MRO) XIII, the workshop oriented various motorboat operators plying Surigao City routes as to how the Philippine government could assist them in upgrading their fleet, technically and financially. Per latest data recorded by MRO XIII, 942 passenger boats are registered under its jurisdiction, and most of them are wooden-hulled.

The MARINA aims to implement a gradual phase-out on wooden-hulled boats to replace them with boats whose hulls are made of durable materials such as fiberglass, steel, and aluminum among many other technologically-improved hull materials.

Currently, there are 34 routes under MRO XIII. Some boat owners and operators have employed fiberglass-hulled boats. According to Atty. Portus, there is a market potential for more boats of this kind in their areas of concern, as water transport remains in demand in Surigao. As such, various boat owners and operators participated in the workshop to raise their issues and concerns as well as to share the safety and commercial advantages of using alternative hull materials for their boats based on their experience.

This initiative, founded by the implementation of MC 2016-02, is further reinforced by "SAFER:" Safe; Advanced; Fast; Environment-friendly; and Resilient modern boats. To help the boat owners and operators in terms of financing and incentives, representatives from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) and Board of Investments (BOI) introduced systems and schemes that they could avail to fund their modernization plans. Various reputable boatbuilding and shipbuilding companies also joined the event to explore collaborative opportunities.

Likewise, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of the Philippines Inc. (SONAME), through its president Engr. Rizalito S. Lanoy, shared their expertise in ship and boat design, emphasizing the importance of appropriate calculation and the application of engineering principles and/or computer software such as MaxSurf. Also present were the Philippine Ports Authority and the Philippine Coast Guard. The MARINA has already held this workshop in Batangas, Iloilo, and Tacloban.

Meanwhile, representatives from the MARINA including Atty. Portus, Shipyards Regulation Service Director Engr. Ramon C. Hernandez and Franchising Service Director Rizal J. Victoria, also conducted a technical visit onboard Viel’s Liner 1 and 2—FRP boats owned and operated by Viel’s Shipping Lines. The features and durability of the vessels were proudly exhibited as they traversed a short distance amidst the waves of the sea.

The MARINA is optimistic that boat owners and operators will be willing to cooperate in the modernization of the transportation system of the Philippines, if correctly oriented on the dynamics of the program. The next target areas for the conduct of the Institutional Support Mechanism Workshop are Cebu, Albay, and La Union in the first half of 2020.

R3D Global Brings DigiCerts™ to the Philippines

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Revolutionary Certificate Issuance System Built on Blockchain


R3D Global (ASX: R3D) recently unveiled a revolutionary, next generation blockchain-based universal certification platform called DigiCerts at the 3rd National Technology Business Incubator (TBI) Summit, which is part of Philippine Startup Week 2019. R3D Global is also promoting a new pilot programme for issuing educational certificates to graduates on the blockchain network. Among the first institutions to onboard the programme are DSLU Animo Labs Foundation Inc., Siliman University, Samar State University and the University of Southeastern Philippines.

DigiCerts is the latest technology project embraced by R3D Global. It utilises a blockchain technology protocol, which is a secure and tamper-resistant platform. Users of DigiCerts™ are given ownership of their digital assets and will be able to share directly with anyone who requires access. The system replaces traditional paper-based certificates, providing security, permanence and accessibility while abating potential fraud cases.

“DigiCerts will allow educational institutions to issue digital certificates as proof of achievement or completion. We are excited to cater Digicerts™ in the Philippines and add value to the global certificate issuance process for the universities and their students,” said Florence Fang, CEO of R3D Global.

“The EduTech market is a huge opportunity with over 2,300 university and colleges in the Philippines alone,” she added.

Educational fraud is prevalent and one in four resumes contain inaccuracies about educational background1. The global upsurge of educational fraud threatens to devalue higher education and undermines academic integrity whilst harming institutional reputations. DigiCerts™ fosters security and trust without the need for an intermediary to validate transactions in the education sector. At the same time, it transforms job applications as DigiCerts™ allows employers to check on a new hire’s credentials through a secure registry of academic qualifications.

1source: https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-could-revolutionize-education-next-heres-how-1b720bdf5945


“The certificate that the University issues is proof of a student’s award and is a unique and valuable document. Every year, especially during the graduation period, the amount of time spent on preparing certificates and transcripts is laborious. Furthermore, requests for replacement certificates and transcripts can only be issued if the original certificate has been lost or damaged, and the University reserves the right not to issue a duplicate. Certificates are signed individually by an official in the University,” said Meddy Mangaring, Dean of the College of Engineering of Samar State University.


“With DigiCerts in place, we look forward to labour-savings and a fast, efficient and secure way to issue certificates that are the most valuable to a graduate,” he added.