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EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Véron and First Counsellor Rafael de Bustamante with the EU Whiz Finalists |
After a fun
and exciting competition run, Philippine Normal University-Manila (PNU), University
of the Cordilleras (UC-BCF), and Bataan
Peninsula State University (BPSU) emerged
as the top winners in the EU Whiz Online Competition, the “My Space, My
Rights” video competition, and the “Green ECO I See” digital art competition respectively at the recently concluded EU
Whiz: Filipino Youth of the FEUture.
A total of
1,132 students from 146 colleges and universities all over the Philippines
participated in the three main competition categories--the biggest turnout in
the history of the EU Whiz since its inception in 2006.
PNU composed
of Robert Stephen A. Co, Daniel C. Ortañez and Louis Vincent R. Bautista outlasted
175 teams in a grand display of knowledge on the EU and EU-Philippines
Relations during the EU Whiz Online Competition. Joining the podium finishers
are Gizelle Amour T. Tagabi, Rodel C. Pacit and John Patrick B. Magbato of West
Visayas State University (WVSU) in second place; and Ronica Raine B. Babsa-ay,
Sharilyn B. Rufino and Miriam Agnes A. Dampilag of Benguet State University in
third place.
On the other hand, UC-BCF students Jan Millescent G. Blanco and Nyssa Bianka E. Tagapulot were awarded the Grand Prize for the “Green ECO I See” digital art competition with their entry “Meeting Grounds of Intersectional Environmentalism”. Their piece highlights the mutual connection between culture and environmentalism. Rounding out the category are first runner-up winners Nicole Anne Argañosa, Mesfin Bram Diosina and Elisha Gabrielle R. Briones from iAcademy with their entry “Colors of Nature”; and second runner-up winners New Era University Students Meryll Joyce T. Dirain, Krizle Lorenz P. Policarpio and Mark William A. Fabro with their entry “Beam of Hope”.
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Meeting Grounds of Intersectional Environmentalism |
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Colors of Nature |
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BEAM OF HOPE |
Meanwhile,
BPSU dominated the “My Space, My Rights” video competition—bagging both Grand
Prize and first runner-up spots with Abegail P.
Casabuena, Gerryline D. Maceda and
Aira Joyce E. Gonzales’ entry “Lens of Hope” and
Shaina Rey R. Pisigan, Michael Angelo A.
Cervantes and Marvyn Jules C. Casimero’s
entry “Salimpusa” respectively. UC-BCF clinched the second runner-up spot with
Jillian Olivia M. Ramos, Ella Marie V.
Bie and Thea Marie S. Lomboy’s entry
“Empowered through Time”.
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Lens of Hope |
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Salimpusa |
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Empowered through Time |
“I have made
the engagement with youth one of my priorities. I am confident that all the EU Whizers
will become ambassadors of our partnership and friendship. Kudos to the winners
and we are looking forward to engaging further with you,” said EU Ambassador to
the Philippines Luc Véron.
“Conducting
this year’s EU Whiz on the digital platform has allowed us to broaden our reach
and discover more skillful and talented young Filipinos than ever before.
Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, these Filipino youth were
able to utilize their inherent knowledge and creativity to advocate for key
issues such as the need for green economy and youth rights. All these showcased
the relentless spirit of the Filipino youth.”
Apart from the annual conduct of the inter-collegiate competition, the Delegation looks to build a community of EU Whizers who will continue to use their talents and skills to promote a better understanding of the shared EU and Philippine values.
“This is exactly what we at the EU strive for—to offer a platform for the youth who inspire positive change in the world. We hope to create a community of passionate young individuals and nurture them to become advocates and champions of tomorrow.”
Ambassador Véron and First Counsellor Rafael de Bustamante announced the winners in the EU Whiz grand competition, digital art and video creation competitions. Atty. Lily Freida Milla, Officer-in-Charge Executive Director, Commission on Higher Education provided an inspirational message for the EU Whizers.
The panel of jurors for the digital art and video competitions were composed of well-known and accomplished creative professionals including Mr. Dan Matutina, Ms. Anina Rubio, Mr. Elvert Bañares, and Ms. Sandra Aguinaldo.
The EU Whiz
Online Competition was also supported by the Commission on Higher Education,
the Philippine-Italian Association, and the Embassies of the Czech Republic and
Hungary in the Philippines.
MANILA, December 12, 2020 - Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, kicked off its fifth 12.12 Birthday Sale on a high note with strong enthusiasm from shoppers across the region. Shopping activity surged at midnight on December 12, with four times more items sold in the first hour compared to 2019.
● Home & Living, Men’s Apparel, and Health & Personal Care are the most popular product categories among Filipino consumers.
● People are prepping for fitness-related New Year’s resolutions by stocking up on activewear. In the first 8 hours of December 12, around 30,000 units of men’s jogger pants were sold. Filipinos are also keen on doing some home organizing over the holidays, with around 22,000 shoe box organizers sold.
● Filipinos are eagerly snapping up the best deals in celebration of Shopee’s fifth birthday, with one shopper making almost 100 orders in the morning of December 12. Shopping activity is also highest in Metro Manila, South Luzon, and North Luzon.
Discover more unbeatable deals at Shopee 12.12 Big Christmas Sale until midnight at https://shopee.ph/m/christmas-sale.
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#PayMayaguinaldo : The Merrier Way this Christmas |
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Shopee Brand Ambassador Kris Aquino Surprises Three Families this Christmas with Special Deliveries
Last November 10, Kris Aquino brought joy to Filipino families with early Christmas presents from Shopee
MANILA, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 - Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, together with its new brand ambassador Kris Aquino, surprises three Filipino families with special deliveries just a few weeks before Christmas. With the festive season just around the corner, Shopee started the online initiative, My Shopee 11.11 Christmas Wish, asking users what they wanted to receive this holiday.
Most wishes were simple, heartwarming, and centered on earning enough to feed their families and sustain their current livelihood. Each of the three families received ₱50,000 in cash, ₱10,000 worth of ShopeePay credits, and a specific wish granted. On November 10, Shopee brand ambassador Kris Aquino personally delivered the gifts right to their doorsteps.
Ramel Magale, 25
Ramel
Magale works in the restaurant delivery service to support his parents and
younger siblings. Shopee grants his wish for a motorcycle and can now deliver
food to customers easily.
Lorna Nonong is a housewife, mother to three children, and caretaker to a relative with special needs. She sells seafood online while her husband works as a family driver. Shopee gave her a refrigerator and sari-sari store package to help support her family during these challenging times. Kris Aquino also donated an extra ₱10,000 cash to help support her relative with special needs.
Eugenia
Peñaranda, 45
Eugenia Peñaranda is a housewife and mother to seven children. She cleans laundry for a living and her husband works as a family driver. Shopee granted her wish of a washing machine to make her work less tedious, school supplies for her children, and a sari-sari store package for an extra source of income.
Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale
The Shopee
11.11 Big Christmas Sale features exciting promos such as free shipping with
₱0 minimum spend, 20% cash backs, and ₱1
deals. Today, shoppers can also enjoy all-day discounts up to 15% off and 50%
off flash vouchers when they use ShopeePay. Consumers can also get huge
discounts on leading brands, win exciting prizes via in-app games, and many
more.
For more information on the Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale, please visit https://shopee.ph/m/11-11.
Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.
26-year-old Rona Jane Juco from San Fernando, Pampanga is the second winner in two days for the Shopee Milyonaryo jackpot prize |
Even though we can't celebrate Halloween with fun costume parties with our friends, we can still enjoy the spookiest holiday at home with the help of digital tools like PayMaya.
From dressing up in an IG-worthy Halloween costume to munching on treats from your go-to restaurants. Here are some awesome ways PayMaya can help you spend a fun holiday at home:
We hope these tips will help make your holiday more fun, even while staying indoors.
Cash Agad: Ka-Partner Sa Muling Pagbangon
Naging
matindi ang epekto ng pandemic sa mga pamilya at komunidad sa bansa hindi
lang dahil sa takot na naramdaman ng
marami mula sa banta ng COVID-19 kundi pati na rin sa epekto nito sa kabuhayan.
Maraming nagsarang negosyo at maraming nawalan ng trabaho. At yun namang mga
kumikita pa rin, hindi makapag-withdraw ng cash dahil pinatigil ng mga lockdown
ang pampublikong transportasyon.
Mabuti na
lamang at andiyan ang mga Cash Agad partner agents, naka-antabay para matugunan
ang banking needs ng bawat Pilipino sa gitna ng pandemya. Naapektuhan man ang sila
noong nagdeklara ng community quarantine, sila naman ay nakatulong sa barangay,
nakakabawi at patuloy pang bumabangon upang muling umunlad ang kanilang mga
negosyo.
Ang network ng Cash Agad partner agents ay binubuo ng mga maliliit na negosyante sa Luzon, Visayas, at Mindanao na nagpapatakbo ng sebisyong Cash Agad sa kani-kanilang komunidad. Layunin ng sebisyong ito na bigyan ng access sa cash ang mga malalayong komunidad, lalo na ang mga liblib na lugar, mga lugar na kailangan pang umakyat ng bundok o tumawid ng dagat.
Ang Cash
Agad ay solusyon mula sa BDO Unibank na kung saan ang pinakamahahalagang serbisyo
ng bangko - tulad ng withdrawal at balance inquiry - ay nakakarating sa isang
liblib na lugar nang hindi na kinakailangang magpatayo pa ng isang branch o
maglagay ng ATM.
Tindahan na, ATM pa: Ang may-ari ng isang tindahan (pwede ring salon, drugstore, hardware store, etc.) ay maaaring maging Cash Agad partner agent na seserbiyso sa isang komunidad. Dahil ang negosyanteng ito ay matagal nang bahagi ng komunidad, malapit ang pwesto, kilala at pinagkakatiwalaan, mas madali sa mga tao na sa kanya lumapit para kunin ang kanilang pera.
Kapag naging Cash Agad partner agent, ang may-ari ng tindahan ay bibigyan ng POS terminal na may kakayanang tumanggap ng mga transaksyon gamit ang Philippine-issued ATM card, mapa-debit o prepaid man ito. At kahit pa BDO Unibank ang nagpapatakbo sa Cash Agad, tinatanggap ng POS terminal ang mga ATM cards ng lahat ng bangko sa Pilipinas.
Cash Agad at mga LGUs: Isa pang maganda sa Cash Agad ay hindi ito nakadepende sa oras ng bangko. Habang bukas ang tindahan ng Cash Agad partner agent, pwede mag-transact dito. Yun nga lang, binago lang ang mga schedule ngayon dahil sa pandemic at community quarantine. Ang mga lokal na opisyal ang nagbibigay ng schedule kung kelan pwede mag- withdraw sa isang tindahang may Cash Agad. Ito ay para masigurado ang physical distancing at kaligtasan ng bawat partner agent at mga customers nito.
Maging ang
mga LGU ay umaasa rin sa Cash Agad para maparating sa mga nangangailangan ang
mga supporta ng gobyerno. Halimbawa, ang mga benepisyaryo ng 4Ps ay sa Cash
Agad na nagwi-withdraw ng kanilang monthly cash assistance. Ang mga IPs o
indigenous people din ay tumatanggap ng kanilang cash assistance at
iniwi-withdraw dito. Lahat ng ito ay naging posible dahil sa pagtutulungan ng
Cash Agad at LGU.
Maski ang
mga empleyado ng munisipyo, mga pulis, at mga teacher sa isang lokalidad ay sa
Cash Agad na nagpupunta para makuha ang sweldo nila. Ang mga pribadong
empleyado, mga pamilya ng OFWs, lahat sila ay pwedeng sa Cash Agad na
mag-withdraw.
Ito ay
malaking ginhawa para sa kanilang lahat dahil noong nagkaroon ng mga lockdown
at checkpoints, hindi na makaalis ang maraming tao sa kani-kanilang baranggay
para magpunta sa mga dati nilang dinadayong mga bangko at ATM na malayo.
Tulong sa Negosyo: Ayon kay Lorna Taruc, may-ari ng Jan Pau convenience store at Cash Agad partner agent sa San Simon, Pampanga, malaking tulong sa negosyo niya at sa komunidad niya ang Cash Agad.
Malaking convenience para sa mga tao yung dito na lang sila sa tindahan magwi-withdraw ng cash. Hindi na nila kailangan magbiyahe ng malayo. Lalo na noong lockdown ang hirap kumuha ng sasakyan. Bukod dito, dumami rin ang customer sa tindahan ko.
Ayon naman
sa isa pang Cash Agad partner agent, si Roselyn Abela ng Pitogo, Bohol,
maraming natakot lumabas ng lugar nila noong nagkaroon ng community quarantine
dahil nabalitaan nilang may mga Covid positive doon sa bayan kung saan sila
pumupunta para mag-bangko at mag-ATM.
Ang bayan na
ito ay napakalayo sa Pitogo. Sasakay pa ng habal-habal tapos tatawid ng dagat
gamit ang lantsa sa kabilang isla. Tapos habal-habal na naman. Aabutin ng
kalahati hanggang isang araw para lang makapag-bangko o ATM. At mga limandaang
piso ang gastos sa pamasahe kung balikan.
"Kaya noong nagkaroon ng quarantine, nagpasalamat ang mga tao sa lugar namin dahil may Cash Agad ako sa tindahan ko. Dito na sila nagwiwithdraw. Tapos, dito na rin sila bumibili ng mga kailangan nila pagkatapos mag-withdraw kaya nadadagdagan ang kita ko," sabi ni Roselyn.
Financial Inclusion: Ayon kay Jim Nasol, Head of Agency Banking (Cash Agad) ng BDO, ang pagkakaroon ng mga Cash Agad partner agents sa mga liblib na lugar ay matagal nang plano ng bangko. Ito ay dahil sa pagnanais nito na mapalaganap ang pag-unlad sa mga kanayunan sa buong Pilipinas.
Maraming mga Pilipino ang masipag, matalino, mapagsumikap, at nangagarap na mapabuti ang kanilang kabuhayan. Kaya lang, napipigilan sila ng kawalan ng access sa cash at kapital. Marami ang mga Pilipinong nahihirapan pagkasyahin ang pera dahil dun pa lang sa pagkuha ng cash, mahabang oras at malaking gastos ang kailangan.
Ang mga Cash Agad partner agents natin ang nagiging daan para mapalaganap ang financial inclusion, o yung mapalawak ang sakop ng mga serbisyong pinansyal. Nakikita natin sa mga lugar tulad ng Pitogo na malaki ang nagagawa ng financial inclusion para mabigyan ng magandang buhay ang mga Pilipino sa malalayong komunidad," paliwanag niya.
Dagdag pa ni
Arnold Katipunan, Head of Sales Cash Agad from BDO, lalong mahalaga ang
financial inclusion at access sa cash ngayong panahon ng pandemic, kung kailan
maraming mga tao at negosyo ang kailangang bumangon mula sa epekto ng krisis sa
kalusugan at ekonomiya.
Patuloy pa
rin ang pagdami ng mga Cash Agad partner agents sa bansa. Para sa karagdagang
impormasyon tungkol sa Cash Agad, puntahan ang BDO website http://www.bdo.com.ph/cash-agad o kaya ay magpadala ng email sa cashagad@bdo.com.ph.
#CashAgad #BDOCashAgad
Jollibee takes its delivery service another step further as it introduces the all-new Jollibee App. Giving Filipinos more convenient and faster ways to order, the country’s number one fast-food chain scales up its services across digital platforms, catering to more customers as they bring them their Jollibee favorites in the safety of their homes.
Featuring a user-friendly design and interface, the Jollibee App allows users to experience the joy and comfort of easily ordering their Jollibee favorites with just a few swipes from their mobile phones. Customers can download the app then create an account. They can save their addresses to make future deliveries faster and more convenient, and get notified of the exciting new offers from Jollibee. Heightening the experience, the Jollibee App also features a store locator so users can conveniently find the Jollibee outlet nearest them. On top of this, customers can also schedule their deliveries and enjoy exclusive deals with the promo coupons available in the app.
The Jollibee App also features the restaurant’s full menu, so everyone can order all their favorites in one convenient mobile app! They can enjoy the classic Jollibee Chickenjoy, Jolly Spaghetti, and Yumburger. If they’re in the mood for more, they can also opt for the Super Meals and get a taste of everything they love at Jollibee.
Users can as well choose from multiple payment options. They can pay in cash upon delivery or do online payments via PesoPay portal. Senior Citizens and PWDs can also avail their regular discounts when they order online through the Jollibee App.
“With Jollibee as a market leader in the QSR (quick service restaurant) industry, we are always exploring different solutions to suit the demands of an ever-evolving market. Now that technology plays a huge part in our lives, we’re making our services available across online channels to create a more joyful and convenient customer experience for Filipinos,” said Francis E. Flores, Jollibee Global Brand CMO and JFC Philippines Country Business Group and concurrent PH Marketing Head.
Aside from the mobile app, people can also take joy in this online experience as they order their favorites from Jollibee’s new and enhanced delivery website, www.JollibeeDelivery.com.
Download the new Jollibee App on Android and iOS.
Meet, Sunny, Solane's new online chatbot that makes ordering LPG gas a lot easier especially amid the pandemic.
This new and convenient chat service from the country's leading LPG brand is accessible via a few taps on FB Messenger.
To get started, visit Solane LPG's official Facebook page and send a private message. If it is your first time to send a message to Solane, you will be asked if it is okay to collect some personal information with the commitment that the company abides by data privacy guidelines. Then, just click "Yes" to proceed.
If you already have a chat history with Solane, just type your message to automatically activate the chat service.
Then, click "Place Order" and Sunny will ask you to provide the necessary information so they can process your order. After you have provided the required details, Sunny will connect you to a live agent for the final processing of your order. It’s that simple!
In addition to assisting with LPG orders, Sunny can also help with your inquiries and feedback. The chatbot is also ready to offer safety facts, free recipes, and many more. On top of that, if you’re interested in Solane business opportunities and earning extra income during the public health crisis, such as becoming an official Solane distributor, Sunny can also walk you through it.
Aside from the chatbot, you can also conveniently order a Solane LPG through the Hatid Bahay landline, 8887-5555; the nationwide text hotline, 0918-887-5555; or via Solane’s mobile app, which can be downloaded for free on the Google Play and App Store.
To know more, visit www.solane.com.ph or follow @solane.ph on Facebook.
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Diwatang Maria addresses Pinoy’s 5 major skin problems |
“These are the skin problems that Diwatang Maria would like to answer so we combined premium quality organic ingredients that will not only lighten the skin but treats several skin issues,” Macalintal noted.
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Diwatang Maria Cacao for dry, dull skin |