Author: Team Orange

After five grueling rounds, F9 Esports beat out Team Secret to emerge as the winner of the country’s biggest non-professional Call of Duty® Mobile – Garena tournament, Smart Play: Squad Up. Both teams played incredibly well and traded numerous kills on the second day of the tournament hosted by mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc., but only one could win the championship at the very end. F9 Esports beat over 100 other teams from North Luzon, Central Luzon, South Luzon, NCR, Visayas, and Mindanao to become the Grand Champion.

Great news! There’s now an eco-friendlier way to get your favorite NutriAsia sauces and condiments! NutriAsia has reopened their BYOB (Bring Your Own Bote) store at the Quezon City Hall. Relaunched to the public on 7 December 2020, the BYOB (Bring Your Own Bote) store at the Quezon City Hall gives everyone a safe and sustainable way to purchase NutriAsia sauces and condiments. As the name suggests, you can bring your own bottle to refill with Datu Puti Soy Sauce, Datu Puti Vinegar, and Hapi Fiesta Vegetable Oil. The BYOB (Bring Your Own Bote) store also has strict health protocols,…

Fans of Bright Vachirawit and Win Metawin can relive the fun and ‘kilig’ from the Thai stars’ first Philippine-exclusive virtual fan meet by streaming it via pay-per-view on iWantTFC. Users in the Philippines can purchase “BrightWin Manila Live: The Virtual Fan Meet” for P99 on the iWantTFC website (iwanttfc.com) and watch it over and over in the next seven days upon purchase. The show was made special by what fans called its “Pinoy flavor,” as Bright performed his cover of the classic hit “With A Smile,” while parols also lit up the stage and a jeepney was projected on the…

The new and expanded section of the 8.2-km Subic Freeport Expressway (SFEX) will be opened temporarily until January 15 to serve motorists coming in and out of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone during the holiday season. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar along with Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma B. Eisma and NLEX Corporation President and General Manager J. Luigi L. Bautista, led the drive-thru of the new expressway lanes built to improve traffic flow and road safety. The new SFEX road, constructed beside the existing SFEX carriageway, will be available…

More than 200 medical frontliners and 600 typhoon-affected families in Laguna were provided with food, personal protective equipment (PPE) and disinfectant solutions as Laguna Water held its annual gift-giving activity, Daloy ng Saya. This year, the company brought its program to the municipalities and cities of Pakil, Luisiana, and Biñan in Laguna. Specifically, the donations of Laguna Water’s Daloy ng Saya program were brought to serve the frontliners of General Juan Cailles Memorial Hospital in Pakil and Luisiana District Hospital. Also, the company coordinated with the barangay units of Biñan City to provide some assistance to residents of barangays Malabanan…

Prepare your hearts this January, as WarnerMedia offers exciting entertainment with movies and shows that will fit all interests and ages. Tora-san, wish you were here (RED by HBO) Looking for more Asian dramas to fill your appetite for heartwarming and touching moments? Tora-San, Wish You Were Here, the 50th installment of the much-beloved Tora-san movie series in Japan, will premiere on January 1, 2021, 10:00pm only RED by HBO. Fifty years after Kiyoshi Atsumi’s wandering salesman first appeared on the big screen, the beloved long-running Tora-san film series comes to a close, by exploring the lives of the ones…

Global superstar Justin Bieber will ring in the New Year with yet another gift for fans across the world. Today, Bieber announces his new single “Anyone” – co-written and produced by Andrew Watt with a visual directed by Colin Tilley – set for release at 12am EST on January 1, 2021. Fans tuned in to Bieber’s livestreamed New Year’s Eve concert presented by T-Mobile will have the chance to hear “Anyone” performed live for the first time, anywhere. Fans can preorder “Anyone” here: https://JustinBieber.lnk.to/Anyone The livestream can be accessed here: www.justinbiebernye.com

It’s the season to be… creative with your gifts! From virtual family reunions, online Christmas and New Year parties with friends and colleagues, to virtual gift-giving—this is how our celebrations will look like in the new normal. While gift-giving might be a bit more challenging this year, there are now new ways to send your presents minus the traffic, long lines, huge crowds, and the fear of going out amidst the pandemic. Browse, add to cart, check out, and ship everything out from the comfort and safety of your homes. Here are five new ways of gifting that you can…

2020 has been a year full of challenges, with the world still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 economically. In the Philippines, consumers have adjusted to the new normal by adopting, among others, fintech services to make their financial lifestyles more convenient and themselves safe against the pandemic. Dedicated in its commitment in democratizing payments, GCash, the undisputed leader and preferred mobile wallet in the Philippines, shares how Filipinos have embraced digital finance through a snapshot of its performance this year. Over PHP 1 trillion in transactions have passed through the GCash app during 2020, peaking at a PHP…

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, in partnership with the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) donated over 2,200 Philips LED bulbs, solar lanterns, and floodlights to over 1,500 families across the Bicol Region and Cagayan to use in rebuilding their homes after the devastating effects of typhoons Ulysses and Rolly. Distributed from November 28-29, 2020 and December 12-13, 2020, beneficiaries included communities from Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Albay, and Cagayan. Signify Philippines employees also volunteered in contributing cash and goods in order to gather food packs, hygiene kits, and other essentials given alongside the company’s lighting donations.

Presented by PLDT-Smart Foundation Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Inc., the star-studded online musical concert billed “Himig Ng Pasko at Pag-Asa” is a New Year’s benefit concert for typhoon survivors to be held on December 31, Thursday. The show will benefit teachers and students from areas identified by the Department of Education (DepEd). In collaboration with the Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc. and the DepEd, the online concert will be streamed via the Gabay-Guro and DepEd Facebook pages and the Gabay Guro YouTube channel beginning at 8 p.m. on December 31. “In these challenging times, we must be able to rely on…