Author: Team Orange

An inspiring science-fiction adventure, Earth to Echo captures all the mystery, excitement and wonder of an extraterrestrial occurrence in a small Nevada suburb. But at its heart, the movie is about friendship. Our three young heroes – Tuck, Munch and Alex – are a closely bonded trio of outcasts, whose time together is coming to an end.  Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project; forcing their families to move away.  Only the promise of one last thrill together – a journey into the desert to search for the source of strange and mysterious messages that have appeared…

Mobile technology is changing the way Filipinos go about their daily grind and this includes the way they perform banking transactions. With smartphones now functioning as business tools and as mobile internet use becomes even more pervasive, more banks are offering banking transactions through mobile applications. Recognizing the growing need for virtual banking convenience, PSBank has introduced a mobile banking platform that combines the real-time experience of online banking with mobile accessibility. “We are happy to share that the PSBank Online Mobile App is now available to provide our customers access to our products and services anytime, anywhere through their…

SHORE Solutions recently announced it has joined the SAP® PartnerEdge® program as an SAP channel partner authorized to resell SAP cloud solutions, including SuccessFactors, the leading provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) software, in the Philippines. Cloud offerings from SAP provide customers the option of moving all or parts of business processes to the cloud and keeping others on premise.Through this partnership, SHORE has the opportunity to address the fast-growing cloud market and offer best-of-breed cloud solutions and suites to its installed base of customers and prospects. SHORE CEO, Darcy Lalonde, said SAP came to partner with SHORE because “SAP was looking…

Warner Bros. Pictures has just debuted the first image of Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” the highly anticipated action adventure from director Zack Snyder. Starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman, the film also stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from “Man of Steel,” Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Holly Hunter in a role newly created for the film.

Hiro Mizushima stars in the titular role of “Black Butler” produced by Shinzo Matsuhashi about an orphaned aristocrat exacting revenge who hires the services of a black butler at her aid costing her soul. Ayame Gőriki plays the aristocrat young lady named Shiori Genpo who masquerades as a male in order to get even to those responsible for her family’s death.  She eventually summons a black butler named Sebastian Michaelis, on the condition that her soul is already for the taking after the revenge has been fulfilled.  Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler with impeccable knowledge, manners, grace, cooking skills, martial arts and…

Carlo Sawit, PJ Go, Avery Paraiso, Benj Bolivar, Kaye Chua, Mauro Lumba, Bon Jovi Osorio, Junnel Manansala, and Jennica Ollero a.k.a. NYOBG (Not Your Ordinary Boys and Girls) travel to the future in the futuristic-themed Not Your Ordinary Variety Show (NYOVS) at different Pagcor Casino branches starting July 9 (Casino Filipino Olongapo), July 10 (Casino Filipino Hyatt), July 16 (Casino Filipino Pavilion), July 18 (Casino Filipino Tagaytay), and July 25 (Casino Filipino Ronquillo). Special guests are Krazy Chikz and other Pagcor Artists. These talented guys and gals continue to make their presence felt in the local showbiz scene through television, commercials,…

Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, celebrates the grand opening of its first restaurant in the Philippines located at the Upper Ground floor, Central Square at Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig. “We are delighted to launch the world-famous Baskin-Robbins brand in the Philippines and we look forward to bringing many smiles to Filipinos with our wide selection of ice cream flavors, frozen beverages, sundaes and ice cream cakes,” said John Varughese, Vice President, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Australia for Dunkin’ Brands. The new Baskin-Robbins restaurant in BGC serves the brand’s extensive selection of classic ice…

New Line Cinema’s “Horrible Bosses 2,” the follow-up to the 2011 hit comedy “Horrible Bosses,” reunites Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as everyone’s favorite working stiffs: Nick, Dale and Kurt. Jennifer Aniston (“We’re the Millers”), and Oscar® winners Jamie Foxx (“Ray”) and Kevin Spacey (“American Beauty,” “The Usual Suspects”) also reprise their “Horrible Bosses” starring roles, while Chris Pine (“Star Trek: Into Darkness”) and Oscar® winner Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained,” “Inglourious Basterds”) star as new adversaries standing between the guys and their dreams of success. Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day) and…

Controversial PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) player James Yap admits that he is planning to quit his professional basketball career after six years, and eventually venture into coaching. “I want to coach young people in high school. I want to share my experience with them. It would be great to help them, and see them play for the PBA someday,” says James Yap in “Tapatan Ni Tunying” airing this Thursday (July 3). Is settling down with his Italian girlfriend, Michela Cazola, also a reason for his retirement plan? “Marriage is just there. We just have to take it slow and wait for the…

Last June 26, Xiaomi and Lazada Philippines teamed up for the release of the most anticipated phone of the season—the Xiaomi Mi 3. Orders from enthusiastic customers started pouring in as the sale opened and even with floods affecting many parts of Metro Manila, customer orders started shipping within the day. Most Metro Manila customers were delighted to receive their Mi 3 phones just hours after they had placed their orders. Lazada Philippines’ and Xiaomi’s social media pages received hundreds of feedback messages from the new Xiaomi Mi 3 owners sharing their awe on the superior product quality of Mi…

The Manulife Philippines Group – composed of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Phils.), Inc. (“Manulife Philippines”) and Manulife Chinabank Life Assurance Corporation – ranked 3rd in combined total premium income according to data from the Philippine Insurance Commission. The combined premium income of Manulife Philippines and MCBL totaled P23 billion in 2013, an increase of 93 per cent over 2012, the fastest growing Group in the industry, consequently raising the Manulife Group’s rank to number three from number five in the previous year. “Aside from our expanded footprint in key provincial areas, the evolving mindset of Filipinos who now look…