Author: Team Orange

Elmo Magalona makes his 2020 comeback, this time with the single “Hold.” The R&B-infused hip-hop tracks marks his return to rap, following the footsteps that have been laid out by his father FrancisM’s legacy. https://youtu.be/Z3UzCi5aV9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KPwLl6PIuE It’s no easy path for the young singer-rapper, having had come from personal adversity in the past year – this is exactly what the track, which he co-wrote is about: overcoming the past and moving forward towards the future. Fans of Elmo and music lovers are sure to be delighted with yet another facet he is showing with this latest release.

From Asia’s Romantic Balladeer Christian Bautista and one of OPM’s finest young artists Janine Teñoso comes the original collaboration “Bukas Wala Nang Ulan.” The uplifting track comes at just the right time amidst the struggles the world faces today, as it tackles going through hardships and overcoming them day after day and having each other as company to move forward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAg3Ad-orHw Talking more about the collaboration, Christian says “Janine’s music has always amazed me ever since I heard her version of “Di Na Muli;” I’m glad that we are able to sing a duet together finally, especially with this…

Parents can turn their kids’ downtime into an educational and fun-filled experience by making them watch “Jet and the Pet Rangers,” iWant’s first-ever original animated series now available for free streaming. The brand new Tagalog cartoon series follows the adventures of a kid named Jet, who, together with his pets Liksi the dog, Tiyang Manok the hen, and Gigi the goldfish, transform into superheroes with the help of a magic star. When an animal in the neighborhood encounters trouble, Jet and his Pet Rangers speedily locate them and come to their rescue.

PFU Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., the headquarter for Fujitsu scanner business in Southeast Asia, recently announced the regional expansion of ScanSnap Cloud, a service that enables ScanSnap users to streamline workflow by delivering scanned data directly to their favorite cloud services such as Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Google Photo, and OneDrive*1, without a computer or mobile device. This service has been available in Japan since 2015, as well as in North America and Europe since 2016 and, is now expanding to Asia-Pacific regions to meet growing demands. “At Fujitsu, we have always been dedicated to developing new ways to…

With social distancing the catchphrase of the times, public and private companies locally and overseas are implementing work from home. In the Philippines, where the government has put the entire island of Luzon under enhanced community quarantine to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, government work is largely suspended while most private establishments enforce remote work. As organizations undertake measures to ensure business continuity without endangering their workforce, the rapid response and creativity of managers will be key to ensuring an easy transition to a new work setup with minimal or zero disruption in operations and business processes. Managers…

Bursting out of the lo-fi hip-hop scene, Powfu sets the Philippine music charts ablaze with the success of his latest single, “death bed (coffee for your head),” featuring UK singer beabadobee. The Canadian breakout artist recently held the top spot of the Spotify Philippines Viral 50 for five consecutive weeks before it dropped to its current position of No. 4. The explosive new track also continues to rack up impressive numbers on Spotify Philippines Top 200 with a No. 5 peak, while also achieving incredible momentum on iTunes Philippines Top 100 Charts, reaching as high as No. 8.

After releasing the highly-anticipated hip-hop collab “Pati Pato” in October 2019, Chito Miranda, Gloc-9, Shanti Dope, and DJ Klumcee are teaming up once again for a rockin’ new remix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Go-8ordLE The “Pati Pato (Parokya Mix)” not only includes the four artists, but also brings the rest of Parokya Ni Edgar to join the rock reimagining. Now enhanced with with blasting and bold guitar and percussion backings, fans of the Parokya rock vibe and the fiery hot OPM collab will be on their toes with this new mix.

Blackwater, Ever Bilena Cosmetics Inc.’s personal grooming line, has donated 36,000 pieces of its Deo soaps and anti-bacterial Deo Splash to the local government of Caloocan as response to the threats of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The products will be distributed to different communities and health facilities in the city. Donating the Deo soaps and anti-bacterial Deo Splash is only one of the efforts of Blackwater and EBCI to stop the spread of the virus.

Farmers Market in Araneta City is arguably the best wet market in Metro Manila for those who want the freshest meat, seafood and other food products for their cooking needs. With the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) directive to arrest the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Araneta City has rolled out strict measures to ensure a safe environment for both the customers and lessees at Farmers Market. The Araneta City management has installed “X” floor markings, both at the McArthur and Center Avenue entrances, which customers have to stand on to keep a three feet distance from the other customers…

SEAOIL continues to grant aid to the country’s healthcare institutions in the fight against COVID-19, this time by providing free fuel to hospitals. The free fuel subsidy is for the ambulances and hospital frontliners handling COVID-19 cases. SEAOIL is currently supplying free fuel to over 20 hospitals nationwide, including the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), San Lazaro Hospital, East Avenue Medical Center, Philippine Children’s Medical Center and the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), among others. The free fuel e-vouchers are given directly by SEAOIL to hospitals. The fuel e-vouchers are honored in all open SEAOIL…

Small donations amounting to PhP 1.5 million poured into the Bayanihan Musikahan fund-raiser in 1 hour during the live concert-from-house of music superstar Lea Salonga last night. She began and ended her hour with composition by the principal organizer of the project, Ryan Cayabyab, National Artist for Music. Emphasizing citizen action in the face of a pandemic, Salonga encapsulated an emerging dynamic of citizens helping citizens through small contributions and exercise of talent. The unusual spike adds this amount to the total of PhP 22,373,178.00 already raised by April 2, 2020. Ms. Salonga announced this figure during her concert, while…