Tindog Capiz! Invites Everyone to Become a Voluntourists

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Travelers planning a trip to Capiz can now help improve communities while enjoying its destinations.

The Provincial Government of Capiz, in cooperation with the Department of Tourism – Western Visayas Region, launched the voluntourism campaign Tindog Capiz! to allow visitors a hands-on experience in the rehabilitation efforts following the devastation caused by the deadly Supertyphoon Yolanda.

Capiz is one of the provinces severely hit by the storm which has left the Visayas and Southern Luzon with more than 7,000 people dead or missing and damaged properties.

Tindog Capiz! will showcase the province’s top destinations like indigenous people’s communities, heritage sites, pilgrim sites, and ecotourism sites. It will also feature activities that benefit various sectors like tree and mangrove planting, schools and houses building, feeding programs, livelihood training, and many others.

Lazada Receives $250 Million Investment Funds From Its Global Partners

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Southeast Asia’s largest online shopping mall Lazada, recently announced its global partnership with Tesco PLC, Access Industries, Investment AB Kinnevik and Verlinvest which includes an investment funds of $250 million to its financial portfolio. The ties with several investors enable the company to further strengthen and bolster its market presence in global e-commerce.

According to Maximilian Bittner, CEO of Lazada Group, “We are delighted to welcome Tesco and Access to join our investor group through this funding round. Kinnevik and Verlinvest also join the investment, which know for business and operations. With this, it demonstrates that we are making great progress in building a large and sustainable company in Southeast Asia. We are excited to continue this journey together with our investors.”

This marks the first investment by multichannel retailer Tesco into a pure online player in the region and the starting point of close ties. Synergies of this partnership will span across customer analytics, private label development and supply chain management.

Cosplays for the Teens: Expressing Your Hidden Identity

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People around the world have different styles of expressing what’s inside of them. It could be something common or something unusual depending upon the era they grew. Sometimes, their expressions might not be easy to understand because, our sets of mind are unique to each other.

There are people that are said to be incomplete in terms of his or her identity. That identity is pent deep inside of his or her core, where it really wants to burst but it is still undiscovered by the owner. Normally, this occurs during adolescence where they are now said to be in the right time of thinking. Well, I heard about cosplay.