A stratospheric high took over everyone as Game of Drones: 3rd Flight, the country’s biggest and only drone competition, will take off on May 25, 2019.
High-flying teams will come together at Industria in Circulo Verde, the city’s active lifestyle destination that has become a haven for those who love one-of-a-kind adventures. Game of Drones: 3rd Flight is one such event, which will provide FPV (First-Person View) pilots and drone enthusiasts an opportunity to show off their flying skills without having to wander far from the city, thanks to Industria’s wide open spaces which is ideal for those who love to fly drones.
On ground, there will be as much excitement as that in the skies. The Industria Celebrity Trunk Bazaa, led by Tintin Babao, will also be happening where you can find unique goods and treats for the summer.
Drone Photographers who would like to join the drone photography contest, this is your time to shoot. For more details feel free to check out mechanics and register for free through this link: http://bit.do/GameofDrones
Get exclusive tickets to the Shopee X BLACKPINK Meet and Greet on June 6, only on Shopee
MANILA, MAY 9, 2019 – Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, will bring global K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK to the Philippines for the first Shopee X BLACKPINK Meet & Greet on June 6. Avid BLACKPINK fans, also known as Blinks, will get a once-in-a-lifetime experience to interact with their favorite idols at the event, which will feature exciting draws and giveaways including signed BLACKPINK CDs and Shopee gift certificates.
Shopee users can choose from two tickets, Pink or Black, to get access to the event.
Users can get Pink tickets by purchasing any product from the YG Official Store on Shopee from May 11 to 25 using the special voucher code “SHOPEEXBP”. The first 150 successful buyers will be guaranteed a Pink ticket to the fan meet.
In addition, users can score Black tickets by registering on the official Shopee x BLACKPINK Meet & Greet page in the Shopee app. The top registered users who have an accumulated purchase of at least ₱4,000 on Shopee will receive one Black ticket that comes with an exclusive fan meet pass. To add to the excitement, the top 40 spenders will receive special autographs and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet BLACKPINK live on stage.
Ruoshan Tao, Head of Marketing at Shopee Philippines, said “Since unveiling BLACKPINK as our first regional brand ambassador last year, Shopee has received so much love and support from their Asian fans. Hence, we are delighted to be able to bring them to the Philippines and give Shopee users a chance to meet and interact with their favorite artists in person. We look forward to once again connect BLACKPINK with their massive fanbase in the Philippines and the region.”
As one of the closest coffee-growing countries closest to the Philippines, Thailand is a must-visit destination for traveling caffeine junkies.
For those who can’t live without their caffeine fix, the search is always on for a good cup of joe. Next-level coffee junkies, however, take their caffeine obsession to a different level. They visit coffee plantations, pick cherries, learn how to roast, and join coffee cupping activities. In fact, the taste of coffee in the places they visit are some of the most defining moments of their experiences.
If you are a traveler seeking this kind of experience overseas, Thailand is one of the closest coffee-growing countries you can visit. Though Thailand is not often linked to world-famous coffee, it is home to many plantations where your coffee dreams can come true. Aside from giving you a taste of Thailand’s unique coffee origins, this country’s farm tours have fascinating stories to tell.
From bean to cup: a glimpse and taste of history
Thailand’s burgeoning coffee industry scene had a unique role to play in the Southeast Kingdom’s history and development. For many years, the highlands where Arabica coffee was grown used to be bleak and barren.
This is because the tribal communities who lived there survived from slash-and-burn agriculture, which resulted in massive deforestation and the depletion of food sources. Poverty drove them to opium cultivation, drug trafficking, and heroin production. It took interventions from Thailand’s royal family to turn the tribespeople from opium to coffee, which now provides a source of livelihood for these communities.
One such coffee plantation is Suan Lahu located north of Chiang Mai, where you can have a short four-hour visit, a day tour, or even an overnight stay with a host from the Lahu tribe, giving you the opportunity to immerse in the tribe’s way of life. Here you can go on a guided hike with the locals, pick coffee cherries, observe coffee processing, and even roast your own Arabica. From January to December, you can even enjoy traditional campfires.
Doi Tung in Chiang Rai Province is another of these opium farms turned coffee plantations. This community located at 1,389 meters above sea level is home to more than 3.5 million trees, a source of livelihood for almost 900 families. Doi Tung’s farm to cup experience immerses you in different aspects of coffee production, from cherry picking to roasting and tasting. Aside from its coffee farms and facilities, Doi Tung is also home to the Mae Fah Luang Arboretum where you can find thousands of unique temperate plants.
Doi Chang is one of Chiang Rai’s must-visit destinations for coffee junkies.
Another possible destination in Chiang Rai is the village of Doi Chang, which is situated in an altitude of up to 1,700 meters above sea level. At the village’s coffee shop, you can take a sip of the organic, single origin coffee while enjoying the fresh mountain breeze. The nearby museum called Academy of Coffee lets you learn more about the region’s produce. Outside the museum, you can look at the coffee trees filling hills and plots owned by local families. Finally, there’s the coffee processing plant, which you can see at work during the main coffee season.
Some of the world’s finest
Many of Thailand’s coffee farm tours immerse you in a journey from bean to cup.
Thailand’s coffee farms don’t only give you a glimpse of the coffee’s journey from bean to cup. They also produce some of the world’s best coffee.
Doi Chang, for example, is home to free-range, stress-free civets that eat only the ripest, sweetest cherries. These undigested beans are infused with the flavors of the civet’s diet and the enzymes in the its stomach. When roasted, these beans have the flavor profile of citrus-toned acidity, cedary dark chocolate, and raisiny fruit.
The social enterprise Akha Ama Coffee in Chiang Mai, which also hosts a three-day Coffee Journey with the local Akha tribe, has also produced award-winning coffee. Known for its distinct citrus notes and acidity, Akha Ama’s coffee was selected for the World Cup Tasters Championship in 2010 and 2011.
While visiting these coffee farms let you enjoy delicious coffee, it also lets you support local communities who are making a living and preserving their heritage. This makes your #THAImazing story both memorable and meaningful.
Manila Philippines – What makes one a mother? Is it giving birth to a child? Is it raising children and providing for them? Or is it showering one with unconditional love regardless of the circumstances? This Mom’s Day, PLDT Home celebrates all kinds of moms in a touching Mother’s Day web series.
Mother Hood is a three-part online web series of PLDT-Smart that explores what it means to be a mom. Itfollows the stories of Mamita, Alice, Claire, and Benj, who happen to live in one community and are facing the challenges of motherhood. With their fears and doubts, how will they deal with each of their situation?
Produced by PLDT-Smart Stories, and directed by Dwayne Baltazar, the web series features actors Pinky Amador, Cris Villonco, Che Ramos – Cosio, Arian Alandy, Marco Gallo, Jana Agoncillo and Topper Fabregas. This online series will surely touch everyone’s heart. It will tell us what challenges moms go through and show us the support system that helped them to be the mother they are now.
It takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes a village to form a mother! Be sure to catch all three episodes, this May 12, on PLDT Home’s YouTube Channel. And watch the trailer here.
Converge ICT Solutions deploys its first 400Gbps backbone, a first in the Philippines, to further augment existing domestic network capacity. This rollout gives way to 400G per channel at 64 channels or the equivalent of 25.6 Terabps at full capacity. This is in line with the company’s thrust to deliver fast and high-quality service and connection.
Converge ICT is a major telecommunication and cable television services provider and operates fiber-optic broadband networks, cable television, and cable internet in the country.
“This network upgrade will allow us to continuously boost or enhance our domestic service delivery. In preparation for the exponential expansion that is currently being rolled out, this will be able to help us in keeping up with the growing demand of subscribers,” said Converge ICT Chief Technology Officer Ronald Brusola.
The backbone ensures that links going to international gateways, data centers and Content Delivery Network (CDNs) will have very high capacity which are relevant to enterprise customers like business processing outsourcing companies. Given this, financial institutions are the first beneficiaries of the deployment of the 400Gbps backbone because they require high capacity connectivity or bandwidth to disaster recovery sites and internet service providers.
With its rollout, Converge ICT broadband customers will also enjoy faster connection without any data cap for very high bandwidth capacity and best quality experience. The removal of the routing function in transport layer also makes the connection simpler and more reliable. The rollout of the 400Gbs backbone is the highest capacity technology in the Philippine market.
“We offer a big capacity package that customers and enterprises want and need. There will be enough room to plan and avoid congestion in the network,” Brusola said.
In 2018, Converge ICT strengthened its strategic international Point-of-Presence (PoP) by adding Taiwan to its then-roster countries Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. In securing its own international PoP lines, Converge ICT aims to be one of the strongest network providers in the Philippines.
This Mother’s Day, Toshiba appliances pay homage to two extraordinary moms, both an inspiration to many, who graced the launch of Toshiba’s latest line of state-of-the-art home appliances: Margarita Fores and Christine Jacob Sandejas. Fores, mother to son Amado, was named Asia’s Best Female Chef in 2016 and is the moving force behind Cibo, a modern Italian caffé concept, and Cibo di Marghi Signature Caterer, her highly-successful catering arm. Meanwhile, Jacob, mother to five kids, is a former athlete and is co-anchor of the popular show New Day on CNN Philippines.
These outstanding moms prove that even with kids to raise, it is possible to wear many hats while giving their all in everything that they do. And with home appliances like Toshiba, each one imbued with the distinctive “takumi” spirit, life is made easier for busy moms with the ease and convenience they bring. Toshiba’s line of home appliances include the signature Washers and Dryers, Refrigerators, and top-loading water dispensers.
Manila, Philippines – Homegrown snack giant Rebisco beefs up its growing snack portfolio with a new roster of products perfect for snack-loving Filipinos of all ages.
The well-loved Rebisco and Hansel Premium line now includes the Japanese flavor-inspired Hansel Premium with White Cheese Filling and the light and crunchy Rebisco Premium Crackers with Black Sesame Seeds, deliciously roasted to create that delightful umami flavor that always hits the spot.
Over on the chips and curls section, Rebisco adds Tostas—thin and crispy dual-flavored corn chips. It comes in two flavors—smoky BBQ and savory cheese—in one pack, for that one-of-a-kind corn chip experience. Also now available are Goofers and Cornkalog. Goofers are crunchy corn puffs with a distinctly sweet and creamy peanut butter flavor that bursts in the mouth with every bite. Cornkalog is another corn snack variety, this time with a rich and sweet corn flavor and creamy filling.
For the kids and kids-at-heart, the all-time favorite cupcakes now come in two new mouth-watering flavors—Topps Sarap Yema and Topps Sarap Choco Peanut. Topps Sarap Yema has yema frosting, peanut candy bits and yema filling while Topps Sarap Choco Peanut features choco-peanut frosting, peanut butter filling and nutty chips topping.
For a fruity burst of flavor, Rebisco offers GumBitz—crunchy candy-coated bubble gum bits in strawberry and green apple. And for those who like the irresistible combination of sweet and spicy tamarind flavor, Dolce Fruity Bon Tamarind Balls is now available for a quick perk-me-up snack.
As the summer season rolls in, health- and weight-conscious snackers can now enjoy the delightful goodness of Jeanne & Jamie’s Recipes™–three varieties of delicious crackers that can be enjoyed as part of a healthy and balanced diet. The tasty and crunchy Water Crackers with flaxseeds and sesame seeds support heart health. It has Omega-3, low sodium and zero trans fat.
Whole Thins, whole wheat crackers with rolled oats, supports weight management goals. It is high in fiber with L-Carnitine and zero trans fat. Completing the Jeanne & Jamie’s Recipes™ line are Digestives—semi-sweet honey biscuits with a hint of nutty oat flavor. It aids in digestive health because it is fortified with fiber, prebiotic inulin and has zero trans fat. Inulin is a soluble fiber that helps improve digestion, among other health benefits.
Chocolate lovers can now indulge guilt-free with the 100-calorie Fudgee Barr and Choco Mucho variants, ideal for satisfying those cravings while staying on track of fitness goals.
Rebisco also expands its product offerings with the addition of Bueno Pasta—firm but soft-to-the-bite premium pasta made with Semolina wheat. It is available in spaghetti and elbow macaroni varieties. Bueno Pasta is the perfect base to any pasta dish, and like all Rebisco snacks, is best shared and enjoyed with loved ones.
“We are excited to share these new products with our consumers,” Rebisco President Jonathan C. Ng said. “Rebisco has always been an integral part of Filipinos’ snacking culture, and we are committed to developing new products that will create more opportunities for sharing and bonding.”
Visit your nearest sari-sari store and supermarket to enjoy these delightful new products from Rebisco.
Showcasing the 1970’s fashion, senior citizen participants enthusiastically waving at the audience for final look.
Truly that fashion shows are not only for slim, long-legged, and young girls, as this was recently proven by the elderly group in San Jose del Monte City through a fashion show organized by SM in an effort to continuously recognize the talent and skills of the senior citizens.
Dubbed as “Senior Fashionistas”, 45 chic grandmas from different barangay senior citizens affairs offices fearlessly walk the runway at the mall atrium to showcase their renewed confidence highlighting the different fashion trends from 1960’s to 1990’s.
Participants are laughing after they are asked to turn right mimicking the traditional right and left turn in a pageant, during the second Senior’s Day at SM City San Jose del Monte.
More than 500 other senior citizens flocked the venue to support their fellow senior citizens as well as the family and friends of the participants.
The Seniors Day at the Mall in SM City San Jose del Monte is a quarterly event to show love and appreciation to the senior members of the community and also to encourage them to stay active despite the age.
Young at heart grandmom walks the runway in her polka with lacy white dress and a pink ribbon on her hair.
Earlier this year, senior citizens celebrated their first gathering through a dance competition to highlight their talent in dancing and to prove that they still have the energy and groove, and also to promote healthy lifestyle. Same goes for the next senior’s day on the third quarter this year, which is pegged to highlight the food preparation and cooking skills of our beloved elderlies. Date is yet to be announce.
For more exciting and fun happenings, you may check SM City San Jose del Monte’s official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SMCitySanJoseDelMonte/.
We hear your pleas!
Worry no more, this coming May 19, RED Sports by Red Entertainment brings SongkRUN 2019, a water festival-inspired fun run event which will surely beat the summer heat. Drawing inspiration from Thailand’s famous Songkran Festival, CCP Complex will be filled with vast of water, high- powered water guns, and loud, fun music. Get extra wild and join the most- awaited water fight in the Philippines!
This is part of the first anniversary celebration of RED Sports’ #Run4UrLife series.
What To Expect?
Sweat your hearts out with these four race categories. 3K, 5K, 10K, and 16K. But of course, choose your fight depending on your capability. All participating runners will receive this exclusive SongkRUN merchandise, including
fashionable hoodie singlet, race bib, towel, and finisher medal. For the long distance survivors (10K and 16K), they will be receiving this finisher shirt with cool design that is worth bragging.
Foam Party and Raffle!
Expect a lot of fun activities and surprises! One of these is the foam party you and your friends will surely enjoy. Drench in water from water guns or dance with loud music in the floor full of foam! Who says fun runs are boring?
Moreover, raffle prizes and gift packs await every runner in the event. You will definitely not go home empty-handed with your loot bag full of freebies! That’s a promise!
Run-for-a-Cause
Aside from being fit and healthy, this event also promotes good causes. Runners will have the opportunity to help our brothers and sisters from Dialysis PH Support Group Inc.). A Part of the proceed will go to the said charitable institution. They are a Patients-Relative support group for patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD
Aside from being fit and healthy, this event also promotes good causes. Runners will have the opportunity to help our brothers and sisters from Dialysis PH Support Group Inc., as the part of the proceed will go to the said
charitable institution. In fact, RED Sports has been supporting this patients-relative support group for a year now.
Wet Squad Promo
Wait, there’s more! It’s always better to run with the people you love. Run and get soaked with your friends and get the chance to bring home one free race kit! Squad Promo will be available through direct call and email registration only.
Online and In-Store Registration
Starting April 9 until May 10, 2019, racers can now have their in-store registration made possible by Gold’s Gym and Garmin, the official store partners of the event. Check out Gold’s Gym branches in Sheridan, BGC, Chinatown,and Bay Area to register. Garmin branches in SM City North Edsa, Glorietta 5, and Alabang Town Center are also open for registration. Online registration is still open for everyone! Just check our online registration sites: Goorahna.com, Platinumlist.net, and Events.redsportsph.com
Generous Sponsors
For the past year, RED Sports has been building good relationship with various brands. This time, we have partnered with big names from different industry to bring a bigger event for all of you. This is co-presented by Sharp Philippines and Casino Filipino. Moreover, major sponsors include Dole Food Company, Fitness Gourmet, and LA
Jeunesse. Don’t worry, after a long run, SIP Purified Drinking Water will be there to rehydrate you. Lastly, Fit ‘n Right, Plantatonics, Perskindol, and Scents Daily also join the event as the minor sponsors. Check SongkRUN PH and RUN4UrLifePH Facebook page for futher updates! Or you may also visit our official media partner, Village Pipol magazine’s social media accounts!
Finding something—and someone—who brings joy to one’s day is one of the best things in life. When you encounter your favorite pampasaya, the boost of happiness that you get is truly incomparable.
In Jollibee’s latest TV commercial, the adorable couple who found their pampasaya in one another and their Jolly favorites in the Kwentong Jollibee Valentines video “Proposal” makes a cheerful comeback with an exciting announcement that is sure to make you smile: Jollibee’s Sulit-Complete Meals are now more affordable!
“With rising prices of goods, Pinoys are always on the lookout for tasty yet inexpensive food choices. Jollibee hopes to empower Filipinos by bringing together Jollibee favorites which have constantly delivered joy to Pinoys but at even more affordable prices for everyone to enjoy” said Cathleen Capati, Jollibee’s AVP for Flagship Products. “We believe that with this, our value meals will continue to deliver that joyful meal experience that customers can have on a daily basis!”
Savor the sweet-sarap goodness of the meatiest, cheesiest Jolly Spaghetti plus regular drink for only P55.00*. Round out lunch, snack, or dinner time with a tried-and-tested trio: the 100% beefy langhap-sarap Yumburger with Jolly Crispy Fries and regular drink for only P79.00*. And for the ultimate pampasaya, enjoy your Jolly Spaghetti with the Yumburger and drink for only P89.00*!
Enjoy your favorite value mealstoday at the most sulit-saya prices! The Jollibee Sulit-Complete Meals are available in all Jollibee stores nationwide for dine-in, take-out, delivery, and drive-thru transactions.
For more information about Jollibee’s products and promotions, like Jollibee Philippines on Facebook, subscribe to Jollibee Studios on YouTube, and follow @Jollibee on Twitter and Instagram.
