AXA Philippines, one of the country’s leading insurance companies, was a big winner at the recently concluded 16thPhilippine Quill Awards held at the Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom, taking home a total of seven awards in three categories.
“Winning these awards is a major achievement for AXA Philippines and we are proud of those who were part of these campaigns,” said Rahul Hora, AXA Philippines president and CEO.“This will serve as our motivation to create more meaningful campaigns that will help empower people to live the lives they choose.”
Under the Digital Communications category, AXA Philippines won five awards for its entries, “Your Digital Selling Companion: Boosting digital maturity and agent productivity through AXA Solutions Native App” (Excellence Award), “AXA is changing the online customer journey: Revamping the AXA Philippines Corporate Website” (Excellence Award), “SmartTraveller microsite: Flying high with AXA’s travel insurance” (Merit Award), “Making insurance easy to manage through MyAXA App” (Merit Award),and “Workplace Launch: Fostering One AXA through a Virtual Community” (Merit Award).
AXA credits its digital tools – some of which are the themes of the campaigns above – as its biggest growth driver last year, enabling them to exceed industry growth and that of competitors by leaps and bounds. Smart Traveller, on the other hand, is a travel insurance that is solely available online.
The company also won “AXA Philippines Diversity and Inclusion Campaign” (Excellence Award) which highlighted the culture of acceptance within the organization, under the Internal Communication category; and “Corporate Responsibility Week: AXA Hearts in Action” (Merit Award) for the Employee Engagement category.AXA Hearts in Action is the leading global insurer’s international volunteer program.
Organized by The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines, The Philippine Quill Awards is the country’s highest and most comprehensive awards in business communication.
Listen and Drive Away To 2019 in a MINI Cooper with JBL Give your loved ones the gift of superior sound this holiday season, as JBL offers you more reasons to rejoice this Christmas with its wide-range of gift-worthy audio products and its annual promotion that will allow music-lovers the chance to drive and cruise to 2019 in style, with its Dare to Listen, Dare to Drive year-end campaign.
With colorful and innovative products that suit any lifestyle, JBL has positioned itself in the lifestyle of every active, music, and fun-loving Filipino with its signature sound and consumer-centric product innovation. From its water-proof portable speakers to sweat-proof headphones, this leading audio equipment brand has given every Filipino a to reason celebrate and run to the beat of their favorite tunes wherever, whenever.
As part of its annual thanksgiving for its loyal audiophiles, JBL launched its “Dare To Drive, Dare To Listen” campaign and promotion last November 20, 2018 and will run until January 15, 2019.
With every purchase of JBL, Harman Kardon, and AKG products from over 200 participating nationwide stores, music-loving shoppers will get a chance to win one of the thirty-two prizes. Prizes that are up for grabs includes, the newly launched JBL Pary Box 300, JBL Boombox, a 5-Night Genting Dream Cruise to Singapore for Two, and a brand-new orange MINI Cooper 3-Door Hatch. Winners will be drawn on February 19, 2019 at the JBL Harman Office in Quezon City.
This Christmas, share the gift of world-class sound and immerse yourself in JBL’s superior sound quality with their cool portable speakers, stylish headphones, and solid sound bars. Amazing prizes await you and the chance to #DareToDrive home the car of your dreams is within your reach.
For the complete mechanics, see posters or follow JBL Philippines’ official social media handles on Facebook at JBL Philippines, and Twitter & Instagram: @jblph.
JBL, Harman Kardon, and AKG are under HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets.
Have you heard? The highly-anticipated food and lifestyle festival is coming back on Saturday, 8th December to Bonifacio High Street! With a record high of over 100,000 showing up at last year’s TLC festival, fans can certainly look forward to a freshly curated concept in 2018. This year, there will be more brands, more excitement, and so much more to love as we return as DISCOVERY FESTIVAL, showcasing our expanded portfolio – from food, travel, lifestyle, culture to adventure.
Step into the world of all that is Discovery, and come get all starry-eyed with our celebrities from Animal Planet, TLC and Asian Food Channel! Hear first-hand from Animal Planet star, Amanda Giese, on how she rehabilitates and rehomes animals in Amanda To The Rescue, and adopt a pet or two at the adoption booth in partnership with PAWS. TLC star Whitney Thore has got the moves, so come join her for a dance workout as she celebrates female body positivity and self-love. Also watch out for the intense cook-off between mother-and-son pair Sherson and Ann Lian, and Anton Amoncio from Asian Food Channel; while the ever-bubbly Janet Hsieh returns to team up with gourmet personality Sarah Huang Benjamin to whip up a delectable salted egg dish together on stage!
Come usher in the holidays with us at DISCOVERY FESTIVAL this year. Here’s what you cannot miss:
Come by Discovery Channel’s Gas Monkey Garage and check out our line-up of classic vintage cars
Feeling plucky? Surprise yourself with a henna tattoo on your arm, with complete freedom granted to the artist
Get your beloved pet a complimentary massage and check-up by our resident veterinarian at the Animal Planet booth
Swing by the TLC zone to pick up latte art or try your hand at making a watercolor Christmas card! Sign up for the two workshops here.
Spruce up the holidays with HGTV with a handmade Christmas wreath, and go home with some unique décor finds at the artisanal Home Bazaar. Sign up for the Christmas wreath workshop here.
If you get the hunger pangs, Asian Food Channel has it covered with an array of mouth-watering bites guaranteed to delight!
So save the date, and come down with your family and friends to Bonifacio High Street on 8th December. Admission is free and more details are available on http://www.discoveryfestival.net/. See you there!
Last chance for users to shop flash sales from as low as ₱12 and enjoy nationwide free shipping with a minimum spend of only ₱199 on 12 December
Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, is in the final leg of the biggest Christmas sale of the year, the Shopee 12.12 Big Christmas Sale. Ongoing since November 26, the Shopee 12.12 Big Christmas Sale will round off with a bang on December 12 with 24 hours of free shipping with a minimum spend of only ₱199 and flash sales from as low as ₱12.
On December 12, users will also be treated to a two-hour Midnight Madness brand sale with discounts up to 98% off, celebrity guest hosts for Shopee Quiz, and the exclusive launch of the latest Meizu smartphones.
Leading brands join Shopee for a Midnight Madness Sale
From 12MN to 2AM on December 12, Shopee will be holding an exclusive Midnight Madness sale featuring leading brands including Colgate-Palmolive, Maybelline, P&G, Bosch, and many more. The two-hour timed sale will feature up to 98% off storewide across all participating brands.
Celebrity guests to host Shopee Quiz
Celebrities Kim Atienza, K Brosas, and Luis Manzano will join the Shopee 12.12 Big Christmas Sale celebrations as guests hosts for Shopee’s latest in-app game, Shopee Quiz. Happening twice daily at 12NN and 9PM from now till December 12, users can catch the celebrity guest hosts on the evening slots of December 6, 9 and 12. Specially for December 12, users can tune in to Shopee Quiz sessions with an upsized coins pool of hundreds of thousands of Shopee Coins to be won.
Exclusive launch of Meizu’s latest smartphone
As an added bonus this Shopee 12.12 Big Christmas Sale, users can also look forward to the launch of Meizu’s latest smartphones, the Meizu M16th and C9 happening on December 12 exclusively on Shopee.
The Meizu M16th, Meizu’s flagship phone, boasts a 20mp selfie camera and a 12mp rear camera. With a super slim design that features an in-display fingerprint reader and a dual speaker system, the Meizu M16th will retail at a launch price of ₱20,399 instead of the usual ₱24,999. The Meizu C9 features a 5.45” display with HD+ resolution and up to 128GB worth of storage. It will launch at an exclusive price of just ₱3,399 instead of the usual ₱4,990. Both phones will be exclusively available on Shopee from December 12 to 31 December.
Manila, Philippines – To climb Mount Everest is a dream aspired by many. To reach it is an accomplishment fulfilled by a few. This is how Trail Adventours described why 10 Filipinos joined the arduous journey to Everest Base Camp, a 12-day hike that would leave any hiker gasping for air. Even seasoned mountaineers are no exception to the thinning oxygen levels upon reaching the high altitude.
Brothers Coby and Guido Sarreal, co-founders of the hiking tour company Trail Adventours, have been climbing mountains for more than two decades now. They say they started trekking mountains for the love of the great outdoors. They have reached the Everest Base Camp in previous years, but for both, the trip last October was a little different.
This was because the all-Pinoy team they led in trekking the Everest Base Camp dedicated their hike to refugees, in support of 2 Billion Kilometers to Safety campaign of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency.
The campaign is a virtual movement that encourages supporters to step in solidarity with the world’s refugees. According to UNHCR, refugees around the world walk an estimated 2 billion kilometers every year to reach the first point of safety.
“We all have our grand thoughts about changing the world,” says Angie Tan-Sarreal of Trail Adventours. “Sometimes it’s recognizing how you can help, even if in the little ways.”
The journey to reach Mt. Everest’s Base Camp
Hike for a cause on December 15 with UNHCR and Trail Adventours
As a staunch supporter of the movement, Trail Adventours is taking its commitment a notch higher by organizing a hike-for-a-cause on December 15. For only Php2,500, participants can join a beginner summit to sea adventure to Mt. Gulugod Baboy in Batangas with a side trip to Sombrero Island with the Trail Adventours team and help raise funds for forcibly displaced families around the world.
To sign-up, go to http://www.trailadventours.com/philippine-mountains/mt-gulugod-baboy-with-sumbrero-islands#trail-adventours.
Citing how a simple hike can help impact lives: Angie shares, “Imagine if you put yourself in other people’s shoes when you have to walk because it will literally save your life. Just being able to reframe hikes a little differently makes you not take for granted the comfort you are enjoying. It makes you not take for granted the fact that you’re able hike a mountain freely, and not because you have to cross borders to get somewhere safe.”
Dream of a magical adventure with this 38” Giant Unicorn Plush from Toy Kingdom. Available in purple, white and pink colors
Toy Kingdom brings you the most amazing and exciting holiday picks perfect to complete your wish list this year.
This Snacks and Sweet Food Cart comes with 40 play pieces for kids to create sweet and savory treats. Available at Toy Kingdom
Unlock the colorful world of Shopkins with this Lil’ Secrets Mini Playset available at Toy Kingdom.
There are colorful dolls, fun play sets, creative learning toys and adorable plush toys that little girls will love.
Meet and play talk with your new unicorn friend Fingerlings Gemma who makes 40 sounds that you can listen to.
This Gigantic Power Rangers DX Ninja Megazord is composed of 5 zords to create a one epic and classic Megazord. Grab yours at Toy Kingdom
Boys, on the other hand, can celebrate a fun filled and action packed Christmas with the character inspired robots and figures, thrilling play sets, educational board games and all new intense blasters.
Board games are back! And the classic Monopoly has a new set of friends to play with this new Monopoly Gamer Mario Kart board game. Available at Toy Kingdom
Christmas is coming… Start making your list and play Santa into the nearest Toy Kingdom stores near you. Toy Kingdom’s Top Toys for Christmas are available at all Toy Kingdom Express outlets in The SM Stores in SM City San Jose del Monte, SM City Marilao, and SM City Baliwag. Also visit www.toykingdom.ph and follow ToyKingdomPH at Facebook for more updates.
Citi was awarded Best Foreign Bank in the Philippines for the 20th year in a row in the FinanceAsia Annual Country Awards for Achievement.
The annual awards recognize the best financial services firms in Asia. Citi Philippines CEO Aftab Ahmed with the award (2nd from right) celebrates with (from left) Treasury & Trade Solutions head Arlene Nethercott, Markets & Securities Services head and country treasurer Paul Favila, Consumer Bank head Manoj Varma and Corporate Banking head Vikram Singh.
Shown here with his wife Tootsy, Sen. Sonny Angara is able to balance work, play and family time while still looking hip and cool which is definitely the perfect representation of a Blackwater man.
If Senator Sonny Angara were a scent, he would be a cool and fresh scent with citrusy notes. With his charismatic smile, pleasing personality and a compassionate heart for women, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, it’s hardly a surprise that despite setbacks in his life and career, he always comes up smelling of the proverbial roses.
But this does not only translate in his political persona. Outside the world of politics, he is just as cool a father and husband.
The young senator was truly in his element during the recent photo shoot for Blackwater where he posed with wife Tootsy. He shared, “As a father, I’m caring and playful – I like to play with my kids. I’m not much of a disciplinarian. I let them make their own mistakes because it is all part of growing up. And as a husband, I try to be supportive as much as I can and I try to be interested in what she’s doing.”
A family man through and through, he makes sure that his days off are spent with them. “My days are hectic and structured, so I prefer my weekends to be very relaxed. Sometimes we just stay home and order food or sometimes we go to the mall. Nothing too hectic!”
Basketball is his preferred form of de-stressing. Luckily, he gets to incorporate his love for the sport with his work. He is the chair of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and vice chair of the Senate sports committee. “It’s (basketball) a chance to get to see my friends and build camaraderie with my co-workers,” he said.
Aside from basketball as an exercise, getting a haircut and wearing a great scent are also his forms of self-care. “I like a nice scent. I prefer light, fresh scents that are a bit citrusy like Blackwater Aqua and Blackwater Sports 4.”
While he may have already achieved so much in his career, having sponsored and authored more than 80 laws throughout his 14 years as a legislator, he still has big dreams for himself and his family.
“I want my family to succeed. I wish for my wife to continue to succeed in her professional life. I want my son to get into a good school and I hope he keeps up with his sports activities. My daughter is thinking of a career in the arts. Whatever she wants to pursue, I will support her.”
A man who is able to balance work, play and family time while still looking hip and cool, Angara is definitely the Blackwater man.
Blackwater is the grooming line of the country’s leading cosmetics brand Ever Bilena. To learn more about Blackwater and its products, visit http://blackwater.com.ph/, and follow its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/BlackwaterForMen
TRILL: Mattress in a Box, the first-ever mattress that has both a plush side and firm side, is now available in the Philippines!
This innovative mattress can simply be flipped to suit your desired support. Available in single, double, full-double, queen and king, TRILL is compactly packed in a creative and convenient 18’’x18’’x42” standard box using the latest and most advanced technology.
It is also equipped with a comprehensive manual and tools for easy unboxing, and the box even has wheels so you can easily push or drag it towards your bedroom. What’s more, TRILL: Mattress in a Box offers a 100-night trial and free delivery to anywhere in the Philippines. Experience premium comfort and convenience and order your own TRILL: Mattress in a Box, now exclusively available at https://www.trillbyuratex.com/.
Home to many natural wonders and exciting recreational activities, the Quezon Memorial Circle is one of the reasons why it is good to live in The North. Photo by Primehomes
Nothing feels quite as nice as living comfortably in a city where everything is within reach. And for Filipinos who plan to move to the north side of the metro, Quezon City is the place to be for the best experience of premier lifestyle and residential living.
Quezon City has become a progressive and modern metropolis where all major lifestyle hot spots are found. From diverse food scenes, to exciting shopping malls and convenient facilities and centers, it is no doubt that the city has a lot to offer to satisfy most wants, needs and luxuries.
So if you’re eyeing to move in The North, here are some things you can enjoy when you live there:
Perfect hub to satisfy the foodie in you
Living in Quezon City means having access to the country’s best restaurants and food parks. Here, the food scene is lively and interesting – always offering something new to the taste buds. If the barkada is planning to go on a budget food trip, you can book your stops at StrEat Maginhawa Food Park, Boxpark, and Z Compound. You can also take the whole family on a fancy night out at any dining options you can discover along Katipunan Avenue, Tomas Morato, Banawe Street, and Congressional Avenue.
Center of best hangout locations
Weekends are never dull when you are in The North. After a long and hectic work week, you can relax and find solitude in nature at the center of a bustling city by visiting La Mesa Ecopark, Balara Filters Park, or Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife. You can also unwind at Art in Island Museum or get tickets to the hottest concerts happening at The Big Dome. Quezon City is also home to two of the biggest television networks in the country and if you’re lucky, you can score entrances to enjoy live shows and see your favorite stars in person!
Second home of shopping enthusiasts
Shopaholics can also get their fashion fix with the abundance of shopping complexes and bargain shops in Quezon City. You can search for the trendiest items in department and high-end stores at SM North Edsa, UP Town Center, Gateway Cubao, or TriNoma. If you’re looking for the best finds under a budget, you can visit weekend bazaars in Eton Centris or explore hidden ukay-ukay stores within the city.
LAROSSA is an up-and-coming residential community at Capitol Hills where families can live just a stone’s throw away from all the major lifestyle spots in Quezon City. Photo by Primehomes
Thriving academic neighborhood
Another benefit of settling down in Quezon City is that you can send your kids to some of the reputable schools in the country. From elementary to college, your child can learn from world-class institutions like Miriam College, Ateneo de Manila University, and University of the Philippines. There are also outstanding pre-schools and grade schools in the area so your child can get started on the best education.
Excellent medical and wellness centers
Quezon City keeps up to its name as the City of New Horizons as the biggest and leading medical institutions and services can also be found here. Residents can be assured that their health is put first as hospitals like St. Luke’s Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center, World Citi Medical Center, and National Kidney Center are present to service any emergency needs.
Live at the center of everything
What’s exciting about Quezon City is that it has various residential options which you can avail to have access to all the best things about the city. With its spacious area of over 161 square kilometers, the metropolis is rapidly developing more housing opportunities such as townships, high-rise condominiums, and community villages to cater to Filipinos.
At Capitol Hills, Primehomes is bringing LAROSSA to provide the perfect location where you can live at the center of all the city’s hot spots. LAROSSA is an urban sustainable community composed of mid-rise, 10-storey condominiums that are elegantly designed to provide comfort and practicality to city dwellers. It also boasts of a 3.6-hectare land that showcases one of the greenest areas in the metro while offering a breathtaking view of the surrounding landscape.
So what are you waiting for? Invest in a LAROSSA property now so you can enjoy convenient and quality living where many great opportunities lie.
