Author: Team Orange

From over a million Robinsons Rewards Card (RRC) holders, Rose Ong was among those who least expected how far the card would take her. Even during the awarding held recently at the Caltex Malugay station in Makati City for the winner of the “Win a BMW X1” contest – the businesswoman from Quezon City still couldn’t believe she’d bring home the luxury crossover SUV that’s the dream car of millions. “I was aware of the promotion but never expected that I’d be lucky enough to win. When I got the notification letter, I immediately called them to verify,” Ong said.…

Kaspersky Lab has discovered that consumers are installing apps on their devices, without being aware of the potential consequences. A shocking 63% of consumers neglect to read the license agreement carefully before installing a new app on their phone and one-in-five (20%) never read messages when installing apps; they simply go through the motions of clicking ‘next’ and ‘agree’, without understanding what they could be signing up to. Kaspersky Lab’s “Are you cyber savvy?” Quiz, questioned 18,507 consumers, including 1,394 from the Philippines, about their online habits and found that an alarming number of consumers are leaving their privacy and…

Last January 31, 2016, Fellow Filipino Abby Asistio flew to San Francisco and had the wonderful opportunity of being chosen as one of the eighteen invited by Facebook on their 12th Anniversary Friends Day celebration with California-based Alopecia awareness advocate, Rachel Regal. Alopecia is an autoimmune condition which results in partial or total head and body hair loss. Abby Asistio have had it since she was four while Rachel just developed it sometime in 2012, the same year she discovered that her 10-year-old daughter, Eliana, had it, too. Six inspiring stories were picked by Facebook among its 1.64 billion users…

Who would have expected that one of the biggest ‘80s pop groups, Boy George and the Culture Club, are back together for a major concert tour? This news doesn’t get much cooler for all their Filipino fans with the announcement of a Philippine Leg slated on June 17 and 18, 8PM at the Araneta Coliseum. As the title of their song says, “It’s A Miracle”! Formed in 1981 in London, Culture Club is known for smash hits “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?,” “Time (Clock of the Heart),” “Karma Chameleon,” “Miss Me Blind,” “The War Song,” “Love is Love,”…

Gate 3 or the third elimination round opened for the Top 12 Touristars last weekend, which gave the studio audience the power to choose who moves on to Gate 4 in ABS-CBN’s original singing competition for 100% non-Filipinos who love OPM music, “I Love OPM.” The Top 12 Touristars were grouped into four, with each Touristar having a special “Karaoke Night” with one of the Himigration Officers who served as their coach. In Gate 3 or also called as the “Kababayan Bump-Off” round, only two from every group would be moving on the first being the “Kababayan’s Choice” chosen by…

Lately, Flash launched a “Life with Metal” photography campaign on its official website, covering six countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It is reported that a total of more than 2,000 pieces of photographs have been received within only ten days and the click counts on the web page of the event have exceeded 160,000. The photographers took photos of a variety of metal objects from rings, automobiles toan iron tower, revealing the art of life in the form of photography. Notably, this event is not merely a photography campaign, for it has sent an important signal that…

Summer is here and almost every girl desires to have that Instagram-worthy summer glow. However, getting that look without spending a fortune can be a real challenge. Thankfully, the beauty game can be won with creativity, resourcefulness, and a little help from Shopee. Since its launch last year, Shopee has become Southeast Asia’s newest marketplace app that offers a diverse range of retail merchandise. This includes beauty products from hard-to-find local products to “all the rage” international brands, such as LASplash, Makeup Revolution, and Innisfree.With the wide assortment of beauty products, Shopee buyers can easily create the summer look they…

Sarah Geronimo and Boy Abunda recently signed their two-year exclusive contracts with ABS-CBN respectively. Geronimo disclosed that she wants to do projects where she can impart good lessons that can inspire the audience. Boy Abunda, on the other hand, will be doing two more projects aside from his current programs “Tonight with Boy Abunda” and “Bottomline.” After their respective contract signing events, both stated that they were happy to stay as a Kapamilya.  “Aside from feeling happy, I am very much grateful to ABS-CBN knowing that up to now, the Kapamilya network still wants me to be a part of their…

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the winners of its hackathon for college students which was organized in collaboration with DevCon Philippines, the largest community of developers in the country, and NexCon 3, the ultimate celebration of science fiction and fantasy in the Philippines. Hack-A-Superpower features a unique sci-fi theme that tackles disaster preparedness, response, and recovery during a possible alien spaceship crash. College students were expected to build an app that would address the scenario with the aim of saving lives. To further enhance the hackathon experience, participants used Bluemix, IBM’s open-standards, cloud-based platform for building, managing, and running apps…

ABS-CBN Executive Adviser to the Chairman, Chief Content Officer, and ABS-CBN University President Charo Santos-Concio was honored with the Rotary Peace Award for 2016 by the Rotary Club of Makati on Monday (April 4), in a ceremony held at the Ayala Museum, Makati City. In accepting the award, Charo said ABS-CBN tries to make a positive influence to the lives of their viewers through their shows and programs and how media can be a channel of peace in society. “We try to motivate people to realize their potential and find their passion so that they can become the best that…

ADP Philippines associates Jayson Santos, JC Retardo and Yves Bibiolata repaint a part of the outer walls of a classroom for Aeta children during an outreach program organized by ADP CIRCLE’s Community & Learning Pillars at Villa Maria, a community for indigenous people in Porac, Pampanga. Forty seven associates from ADP Philippines volunteered for the activity, with some of them spending their time refurbishing classrooms used by students in the community.