Author: Team Orange

With an alluring voice and disarming honesty, pop-folk artist Alfa can make a bustling room stop. Indie Music Reviewer has compared this multi-instrumentalist to “a clear blue sky and a candid soul” that begs the listener to “hear what else she has to say.” Born in the Philippines to a family of musicians, Alfa Garcia or simply Alfa, got an early start in piano and violin, playing nationally with the Children’s Orchestra Society of New York. Alfa’s music has received honorable mention from the New York Songwriters Circle and won Grand Prize at Kollaboration Acoustic 2009, a competition highlighting Asian-American…

20th Century Fox releases the much anticipated trailer of “The Counselor” last August 20 at YouTube/20thCenturyFoxPh. “The Counselor” is an intense suspense-thriller that brings an ensemble of Hollywood’s most multi-faceted actors including Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz, directed by blockbuster maker Ridley Scott (“Gladiator,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Alien,” “American Gangster”) and written by Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose works have been turned into acclaimed films such as “No Country For Old Men,” “The Road” and “All the Pretty Horses.” Michael Fassbender plays a lawyer known as the counselor whose involvement with a drug trafficking…

As temperature outdoors begin to cool down, more people will definitely find comfort on taking a breather with a cup of hot tea or coffee partnered with their favorite dessert. And this is exactly what Chelsea Market and Restaurant is prepared for! Whether for two or twenty, Chelsea has the perfect dessert selection that’s sure to put a smile on your face and add that special magical touch to your day. Sure to please your sweet tooth are the Famous Choc-nut Valrhona Cake and the Banana Crunch Cream Pie – constant favorites that Chelsea has been known for since its opening. Also in the…

Interaksyon.com, TV5’s news portal, became dynamic and exciting once again, as it brought its second session of Interaksyon Café live last August 15 at the NEWS5 Media Center in Reliance Office at Mandaluyong. This time, Interaksyon Café featured Sec. Ramon Jimenez of the Department of Tourism, who talked about DOT’s “It’s more fun in the Philippines,” 20 months of fun: What we’ve learned so far from “It’s More Fun in the Philippines”  and Mr. Bobby Timonera, journalist and coffee evangelist, on the intricacies of brewing coffee in the Philippines  with  Wake up and smell the barako: Brewing passion for coffee in the Philippines.   The audience, consisting…

BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced the new BlackBerry® Q5 smartphone is expected to be available in the Philippines beginning August 24, 2013. The all new BlackBerryQ5 smartphone features a QWERTY keyboard in a stunning, youthful design that is confident and makes it easy for customers to have fun, create, share and stay connected. Available in Black, the BlackBerry Q5 smartphone offers a powerful and unique mobile computing experience with its cutting-edge BlackBerry® 10 functionality. Features and apps work seamlessly together, allowing your every move to flow into the next. With its classic QWERTY keyboard re-engineered for optimized typing…

To help flood victims in the National Capital Region and its nearby provinces, Zest Air is accepting free airlift of relief goods to Metro Manila. Interested charitable organization, non-profit, socio-civic or religious groups may avail of this service by sending an e-mail to Zest Air head of cargo team Ernest Bernal at [email protected]. Relief goods should be packed in boxes with a list of items, their estimate value, size and weight in kilos including the complete contact details of their counterpart NGO or consignee. Zest Air provincial cargo stations in Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Kalibo, Iloilo, Bacolod, Tagbilaran, Puerto…

KakaoTalk, the newest mobile messaging application to reach the country, is now the number one free social networking application in the Philippine iOS App Store and the number one free communications application in Google Play. The mobile application saw a surge of downloads over the past couple of weeks, taking the No. 1 spot in Communications category of Google Play on the 18th, following its matched success in the App Store where it rose to become the No. 1 Social Networking application on August 7th, the same day of its official launch. The impressive results are backed by Kakao’s aggressive…

ABS-CBN Foundation, through its disaster emergency and rehabilitation arm ‘Sagip Kapamilya,’ has already started its massive relief operations for the flood victims of typhoon Maring and Habagat in National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces in Luzon. Relief goods were recently provided to hundreds of families in Cavite, Ilocus Sur and Quezon City. In its continuing efforts, Sagip Kapamilya has also opened its helpdesk hotlines–024114995 023949272, and 09178844411–for people who need rescue and relief as well as for interested parties who want to donate. In-kind donations like rice, canned goods, noodles, biscuits, coffee, sugar, water, clothes, blankets, mats, and medicines…

This coming August 24, The University of Makati, will be brimming with excitement as world-class talents battle for Clear Supremacy. Powered by Clear, the number one men’s shampoo brand, the biggest football all-star game in the nation shines brighter in its second year as World Cup champion Fabio Cannavaro and football legend Dennis Wise join James Youngusband, Phil Younghusband and the country’s top football talents. After more than four weeks of voting Team James and Team Phil was decided last August 10 at the SM Megamall Events Center. With thousands of votes casted on the Clear Facebook page, the voting pool…

The very first Bulwagang Gantimpala production, Katipunan, Mga Anak ng Bayan, pulsates with new life, as a special touring production, under the direction of Joel Lamangan and Jun Pablo. The musical theater production acquaints modern viewers to the short life and turbulent times of the working class revolutionary Andres Bonifacio and his wife, Gregoria “Oryang” de Jesus. It illustrates the evolution of the mass-based revolutionary organization, the role of women in the struggle, the internal conflicts that weakened it and gives the audiences the lessons from the struggles and triumphs of the Great Plebian. Artistic director Joel Lamangan says, “Katipunan is my comeback to Gantimpala Theater. It is the…

In connection to the ongoing Typhoon Maring that is devastating the whole Metro Manila and other parts of the Philippines, SM Supermalls issued the statement below: As a public service, all the SM Supermalls, through on skeletal force, will remain open to serve our customers. The malls have served as temporary refuge to our friends in the communities over the past typhoons. We are offering the same service again. We hope that some of the stranded find temporary safe shelter in our malls. In connection to this, SM Supermalls, together with SM Foundation, will start accepting donations for victims of…