Author: Team Orange

St. Luke’s Medical Center is launching today its first mobile application called St. Luke’s MedConnect that will give the public easy access to the world-class hospital’s wide array of healthcare services. A free, easy-to-use mobile application, St. Luke’s MedConnect includes features designed to make transacting with St. Luke’s more convenient. These include requesting an appointment with a St. Luke’s doctor, accessing one’s laboratory results, reserving a room, paying online, scheduling executive check-ups, and reading about health tips. St. Luke’s MedConnect is St. Luke’s first and fully functional application available in the local healthcare industry that is expected to bring the…

World-acclaimed actor Anthony Hopkins whose portrayal of Hannibal in “Silence of the Lambs” gave chills to moviegoers across the globe is set to give the world anew a much stronger thrill in the upcoming tightly-paced crime thriller “Kidnapping Freddy Heineken” in which he plays the titular character. “Kidnapping Freddy Heineken,” based on the true story of the widely followed crime event of 1983, when the real Freddy Heineken, the flamboyant Dutch brewer was kidnapped by masked men outside his main office in Amsterdam and was held captive for 21 days. Hopkins in the titular role as Freddy Heineken stars…

Marlisa, (born Marlisa Ann Punzalan) is a breakthrough not only because of the reason you’re thinking–that she’s of Filipino descent. She has gone to break records in Australia, origin talk aside. Jumpstarting her music career pre-X Factor, Marlisa immersed herself in the live music scene by joining competitions starting at age 9, earning her first win at Sydney Eisteddfod Performing Arts Challenge in 2009, and 3 more gold medals in 2013. At age 12, she has already done a solo concert at a live music venue at Sydney, The Basement, with the show dubbed as “Marlisa and Friends” with a…

The arrival of a newborn is an important milestone for parents – a joyous occasion for every Filipino family. This is the time when parents receive baby gifts, child care tips from family and friends, and more importantly, the privilege of helping nurture new life into the world. Being a new parent means having your littlest loved one depend on you for everything. To help expectant parents or parents of newborns journey into their new life stage, Manulife Philippines has now made life insurance more accessible through its “Bundle of Joy” advocacy. Anyone who wants to build…

Google Philippines released the 2014 YouTube Ads Leaderboard, revealing that not only do Filipinos respond well to culturally-relevant ads, but that the local advertising industry has gotten more accustomed to placing made-for-web content at the heart of their campaigns. The leaderboard celebrates the top ten brands that performed best through a combination of popularity (organic views) and promotion (paid views). Six out of ten of the ads have a distinctly Filipino flavor. Global brands like Coca-Cola — with their “Happiest Thank You” ad taking the #1 spot — use the power of heartwarming authenticity. “‘The audience of today can’t stand…

Huawei releases its latest high-powered, future-proof smartphone at an affordable price – the Honor 6. It offers all the premium smartphone features, such as 4G LTE Cat6, octa-core Kirin 920 SoC, a 3100 mAh battery, and a 13MP fourth generation BSI camera, at a buying price of P13,990.00. “The Honor 6 is the manifestation of our strength as a connector. We believe we offer only the best technology for our consumers and we focus and continually improve on that. The Honor 6 allows brave, highly-mobile users to fuel their high-powered lifestyle without the hefty cost,” said Niño Carandang, Honor Business…

After three successful albums and a string of hit songs, the members of Filipino boy band 1:43 believe they ripe to pursue their acting careers, either as a group or individually. Last January, the group composed of four stylish and talented young men Anjo Resureccion, Gold Aquino, Yuki Sakamoto, and Yheen Valero together with their founder and manager Chris Cahilig signed a co-management contract with Viva Artists Agency owned by Vic Del Rosario. The strategic move aims to fulfill 1:43’s long-term plan to become television and movie stars aside from being pop idols. “While we will remain intact as…

Kapamilya superstars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla capture the essence of modern romance in METRO Magazine’s Valentine’s issue to celebrate their remake of the iconic teleserye, “Pangako Sa Yo” which is set to make waves this 2015 in ABS-CBN. Kathryn and Daniel, collectively referred to as KathNiel, are the reigning teen queen and king of this generation, with hit movies, top-rating teleseryes, and a loyal cult following. In METRO Magazine’s Valentine’s issue, their team up prove that their power and undeniable chemistry reign supreme even in the glossy pages of a fashion magazine. Metro magazine recalls the loveteam’s history, highlighting…

The Philippines’ first, foremost and longest-running gathering of aviators and aviation enthusiasts from around the globe is back for another Weekend of Everything That Flies. This year’s Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival (PIHABF) is set on February 12 to 15 at the Philippine Air Force ADAC Hangar in Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. Earlier this year, a memorandum of agreement to hold the annual balloon fiesta was signed by Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president Arnel Casanova, Clark Development Corporation (CDC) president Arthur Tugade, Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) president, (then) chief executive officer Victor Jose Luciano, and…

Manila Water and the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) recently inked the first performance- based non-revenue water reduction project in the country that targets to bring more water to the City of Zamboanga by lowering its network loss from a current 48% to 25% by year 2020. Within the first five years of the ten-year joint agreement, a network restructuring program that will involve the formation of 33 District Metering areas will be implemented. Also, an active leakage reduction program that will focus on extensive leakage detection and system repairs will be performed. This P300 million – agreement sees the…

In response to TV5’s complaint against SKYcable with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for failing to air TV5’s signal for over two hours on December 13, 2014, SKYcable released a press statement regarding the issue. Here’s SkyCable’s official statement: SKY apologizes to customers that experienced a seven minute signal loss last December 13, 2014. We continue to work round-the-clock to minimize and immediately resolve service interruptions in the future. We wish to expound that the signal loss was due to a power fluctuation that affected all our channels in Metro Manila, at 2:13pm of December 13, 2014. By 2:20pm, we were able to…