Author: Team Orange

In line with its disaster response advocacy, BDO Foundation is providing aid for communities devastated by Typhoon Odette. The corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank is coordinating with dioceses and parishes in disaster-affected areas for the distribution of relief goods containing food, rice and drinking water. The foundation is organizing relief operations, mobilizing volunteers to extend immediate assistance to families in typhoon-stricken provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao. The on-going corporate citizenship initiative is made possible with the support of BDO and BDO Network Bank branches.

Insular Life Assurance Co. Ltd. (InLife) Executive Chairman Nina D. Aguas, first female regional audit director in Citibank as well as the first woman country manager in Citibank Philippines, shares her excitement after Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Citigroup Inc. (Citi) to acquire Citi’s consumer banking business in the country. Together with the Aboitiz and SSS, Insular Life Assurance is a key shareholder in UnionBank. Citi started in the Philippines in July 1902 when the International Banking Corporation, forerunner of Citibank, established a branch in Manila. Today, Citi Philippines is…

Premium smartphone brand, TECNO Mobile, released a number of high-performing, yet affordable smartphones in the Philippines in 2021, making advanced mobile phone technologies more accessible to consumers in the country. Each new release has enabled TECNO Mobile to stay true to its commitment to bring innovation to global emerging markets, as the premium smartphone brand for all. As the year comes to a close, let’s look back at these stellar smartphones from TECNO Mobile that have empowered Filipinos to improve the way they learn and work, play games, indulge in entertainment, and capture memorable moments through photos and videos.

vivo holds the 2021 VISION+ Special press conference to review 2021 through images, together with partners including ZEISS, National Geographic, FIRST International Film Festival, and Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, along with 38 creators worldwide. vivo VISION+ Project plans to set out with the next generation product developed in partnership with ZEISS in 2022, inviting creators worldwide to discover the beauty of life with smartphones. vivo held the 2021 VISION+ Special press conference online last December 17, 2021, marking the resounding success of the 2021 VISION+ Project. At the press conference, vivo, together with partners including ZEISS, National Geographic, FIRST…

Digital financial services leader PayMaya recently paid it forward to the frontlines of the National Center for Mental Health. The company distributed 100 Christmas food baskets to the NCMH Crisis Hotline responders and the Emergency Room and Psychiatric Acute Unit staff. “Promoting mental health is important, especially among our young people during this pandemic. We are paying it forward to our mental health frontliners who have been helping fight this silent battle. We admire them for bravely dedicating their time and effort to help those suffering from mental health issues,” said Nick Wilwayco, Head of Public Affairs and Communications at…

Due to the worldwide pandemic, the country has experienced an enormous logistics gap that heavily affected the supply chain across industries. Supply of food and other basic goods in various areas was affected by lack of transportation, especially during lockdowns. Thankfully, the country’s vaccination drive has been spared from such problems due to the expertise and vast experience of PharmaServ Express in providing medical cold-chain and logistics needs for the government’s national vaccination program. Proving that the government made the right choice in selecting its cold-chain and logistics partner, PharmaServ Express effective delivered the needed vaccines to various local government…

After gaining recognition in the Southeast Asian region with the release of “Suara Hati,” a reimagining of her 2015 acoustic ballad in Bahasa Indonesia, Filipino singer-songwriter Clara Benin conquers music on her own terms with brand new single “blink”—out on all digital music platforms worldwide via OFFMUTE. On her first original single under the international record label, Benin honors memories like it’s a fundamental aspect of human nature. She finds refuge in reliving the past without any hint of regret, treating it as part of her personal journey. “I had a series of sleepless nights just recollecting and reliving different…

Heartache rings true in local singer-songwriter Sezairi’s latest single, ‘Fool’. The new song marks the artist’s third musical offering for 2021, following his involvement in the National Day song, ‘The Road Ahead’ this past August. ‘Fool’ follows Sezairi on his ongoing journey of reflection as he recalls the intensity of falling in love for the first time, losing it, and gathering the strength to let go. He hopes to take his listeners to a time and place that is remembered fondly and take stock of how far they’ve come since. “When I started writing ‘Fool’, I was thinking about the…

The way people consume content will never be the same thanks to Samsung’s newest TV, The Sero. The world’s first rotating TV redefines how social media-savvy users view their favorite content with its head-turning features. For those in the market for a new TV, here are five reasons why The Sero is definitely worth a look: TV with a rotating screen – doesn’t get much cooler than that With The Sero’s Auto-Rotating Screen, watch your favorite content how it was intended in either portrait or landscape orientation. Whether vertical for mobile content and apps, or horizontal for movies and TV…

realme, the fastest-growing smartphone brand unveiled the appearance of its new product – realme GT 2 SERIES. Co-designed with Naoto Fukusawa, inspired by paper, realme GT 2 Pro comes the world-first smartphone with bio-based polymer design. This time around realme design studio has once again team up with Naoto Fukasawa to bring forth Paper Tech Master design for a sustainable product design with “The Future in Paper” as the core design inspiration, which is the perfect combination of Art and the Respect, Love and Reverence of the Great Environment. Starting from realme 1, “Power Meets Style” has been there in…

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) highlights the effective rollout of the national vaccination program, the enactment of key economic reforms, and continued economic response measures, as crucial points for the Philippines’ recovery path to gain more stability. ECCP President Lars Wittig emphasizes the vital role of vaccine administration and improvement of the country’s public health care system to achieve the goal of pandemic and economic recovery. He said, “Fighting COVID is an uphill battle. But we are cautiously optimistic that we can recover. We must keep the economy afloat and upbeat.” In terms of COVID-19 immunization,…