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100k cash prize, trip to Japan at stake in Solane Kitchen Hero

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Get a chance to win P100,000 and a culinary trip to Japan with the Solane Kitchen Hero Chefs Edition—a nationwide cooking competition recently launched by Solane LPG, one of the leading LPG solutions providers in the country. The nationwide competition is open to Filipino professional chefs with at least three (3) years of kitchen experience gained locally or abroad and who are currently employed as a professional chef in a hotel, restaurant, or any food service establishment. Interested participants must like the Solane Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/solane.ph/) then like and share Solane’s Kitchen Hero post together with the hashtags #SolaneKitchenHero2019, #SolaneLPG, #DapatLang. Contestants must also submit their contest entry via courier to Solane Head Office (Isla LPG Corporation, 14/F Citibank Center 8741 Paseo de Roxas, Salcedo Village, Makati City) with attachments placed in a white letter envelope and labeled Solane Kitchen Hero Chefs’ Edition. Requirement...

“Nielsen Presents: What’s Next in Global Sports” Returns to Singapore with ONE Championship as Presenting Sponsor

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Most decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to headline the invite-only thought leadership event 16-17 May 2019 SINGAPORE, 24 April 2019  – Nielsen Sports (NYSE: NLSN), the leading source of sports measurement, analytics and insights around the world, and ONE Championship™ (ONE), Asia’s largest global sports media property, today announced the second annual “Nielsen Presents: What’s Next in Global Sports” thought leadership event which will take place in Singapore on 16-17 May 2019. The conference will bring together the world’s leading brands, sports rights holders, agencies and broadcasters to discuss the top trends driving the global sports market and explore how companies are leveraging data-driven decision making to monetize fan engagement. Executives from Google, PGL Sports, Holcim Philippines and Great Sports, among others, will hit the stage to identify new strategies for global expansion of sports properties, sustainable revenue opportunities in sports...

Jr. NBA Philippines 2019 presented by Alaska Hosts Metro Manila Regional Selection Camp

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Jr. NBA Philippines presented by Alaska will stage its last Regional Selection Camp for 2019 at the Don Bosco Technical Institute Makati April 27-28.  The Metro Manila leg of the regional tryouts is free and open to boys and girls ages 10-14. Jr. NBA coaches, led by Rob Newson of the NBA and PBA legend Jeffrey Cariaso of Alaska, will teach participants the fundamental skills and core values of the game.  Tipping off at 9:00 am on April 27, the two-day event will measure a player’s skill and knowledge through a series of drills and exhibition games against their peers, selecting the final set of athletes to complete the 40 boys and 40 girls participating at the National Training Camp on May 17-19. This year, Jr. NBA Philippines All-Stars—comprised of as many as five boys and five girls—will advance to the first Jr. NBA Global Championship Asia Pacific Selection Camp, a week-long selection camp in June with top youth players from North Asia, Southeast Asia, and P...

Advocating good sleep for a healthy life

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The Uratex Premium Sleep Hive featured curated ideal room set-up for achieving a good night’s sleep.     Uratex Premium, in partnership with Our Home, celebrated World Sleep Day through a series of informative activities at SM Mall of Asia Activity Center to promote proper sleep for a healthy wellbeing.   A good night’s sleep is key maintaining overall wellness as it affects almost all aspects of our daily lives. Aside from keeping you alert and energized throughout the day,   helping boost your immune system, improves concentration, regenerate and repair cells, getting a restful sleep lessens the risk for diabetes and high blood pressure and obesity. Part of the event is the launch of the Uratex Premium’s “Sleep Hive”—a sleep pod showcasing the ideal space and mattress to achieve the best sleep experience, showcasing collections of Uratex Premium mattresses such as Orthocare made of orthopedic foam materials with Biorytmic Technology that helps r...

Committing to a healthier lifestyle at first-ever Maxicare Veggie Fest.

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Maxicare Healthcare Corporation, the country’s leading healthcare provider, recently held its first outdoor festival, the Maxicare Veggie Fest 2019, a project in support of Maxicare’s Chairman of the Board Mr. Roberto “Bobby” Macasaet Jr’s personal advocacy for living a healthier lifestyle. It aims to increase awareness about good nutrition that helps create and maintain a well balanced, healthy life. The festival gathered plant-based food vendors that offered handpicked products, as well as a variety of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and starches, good fats, and lean proteins to help consumers live longer, feel strong and fight disease.   Photo shows (from left) Maxicare chief human resources and administration officer Joe Buot, chairman of the board Roberto Macasaet Jr, president and CEO Christian Argos, and chief marketing officer Archie Rillo. For more information, visit www.maxicare.com.ph or their Facebook page www.facebook.com/maxicarehealthcarecorpora...

"A Plastic Ocean" documentary screening

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Last Monday, April 22, 2019  A free film screening of "A Plastic Ocean in partnership with SM Care, USA Embassy , Film Development Council of the Philippines, American Film Showcase  and SM Cinema Premier an advocate for greener programs shows a documentary screening of A Plastic Ocean which is a part of 2019 Green Film Festival. The film was very informative and was an eye opener specially to those who loiter garbage specially the plastics the one time use only. There we can see that The Oceans are filled with plastics, bottles, tires and other garbage materials. The fish and other sea creatures got sick and eventually die of eating some of the plastics that are being scattered in the bottom of the sea.  As they conducted some of the studies made to fishes, they found out  that we humans who eat this affected fishes are contaminated with those particles which causes the bloodstream of the one who ate this plastics being affected as well and may cause harm ...

Landers Superstore’s Super Fuel Sale made even better this April

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Landers Superstore offers Double Coupon Tuesdays for more fuel savings till April 30 It’s time to double the fun this April as Landers Superstore, the fastest growing membership shopping establishment in the country, brings Double Coupon Tuesdays where members can score double Super Fuel Sale coupons ! For the remaining Tuesdays of April, get twice the fuel savings for every minimum purchase of Php 3,000 at any Landers Superstore. Avail of exclusive fuel discounts at Landers’ very own Caltex gasoline stations by simply collecting coupons. Shop more to grab bigger discounts! Present the coupons, along with your membership card, at any Landers-Caltex gas station, and enjoy a minimum of Php 7 off per liter on Platinum or Silver, and Php 4 off per liter on Diesel. Members may use one of his/her discount coupons to fuel up one car only. Discount coupons may be used anytime within the year until December 30, 2019. Purchases made at Landers Central, Doppio, Federal Barbers,...

RISING ERA DYNASTY (RED) PROPAGATES HEALTH AND WELLNESS FROM SOIL, TO ANIMALS, TO PEOPLE

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Rising Era Dynasty (RED), distributors of natural and organic high-quality nutritional products, advocates health and wellness through a holistic approach. By identifying the root cause of the problem, RED provide solutions through science-based proprietary products, utilizing state-of-the-art technological advancements in ensuring these products are of the highest quality and optimum potency. They are innovators of well-being, addressing every phase of the cycle, from Soil to Plants, from Plants to Animals, from Plants and Animals to People, by getting to the heart of today’s crisis in human’s health: offering Organic Agricultural products as the essential first step. And as a fast-growing movement, RED actively campaigns to educate people globally about the importance of Wellness and the impact of Organic Farming as means to Restore, Enhance and Defend, the state of mother earth and the future of mankind. RED is a trailblazer, not only in their support for today’s gro...

ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL ASSOCIATION OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (GAMMA)

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16 April 2019 – Singapore:  The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced a multi-year seven-figure partnership with  Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) , the independent governing body for the sport of mixed martial arts worldwide. Based in Amsterdam, GAMMA is a non-profit organization founded in 2018 made up of thought leaders and pioneers in mixed martial arts across five continents with decades of experience in the sport. GAMMA is headed by its President, Alexander Engelhardt, and its members are made up of national federations across over 60 countries. GAMMA’s objective is to obtain international recognition for mixed martial arts as an Olympic sport, in order to give all amateur mixed martial artists the platform and opportunity to fulfill their dream of competing on the Olympic stage. As part of this partnership, ONE Championship will support GAMMA’s efforts to obtai...

Marc Nelson for LandLite Philippines

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Landlite Philippines Corp. (LPC), a leading distributor of lighting fixtures and solutions in the country, recently appointed top celebrity Marc Nelson as their official brand ambassador. This was announced during Lighting Design Trends for 2019, where experts presented global movements in lighting design alongside the impressive line of products that LPC carries. Photo shows (seated L-R) LPC CEO Jocelyn Li and LPC brand ambassador Marc Nelson (standing L-R) Faro Barcelona CEO Xavier Martin, LPC sales manager Dennis See, Uozu Italy deputy CEO Alessandro Porta, and Faro Barcelona CSO sales director Salvador Marti. Faro and Uozu are exclusively distributed in the Philippines by LPC.

Experience an #EggcitingEasterAtSM

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Shoppers of all ages can experience Easter like no other with SM’s #EggcitingEasterAtSM QR Egg Wall where shoppers can “Hunt, Scan, and Win” instant prizes. SM Supermalls partnered with Toy Kingdom and global toy brand Hatchimals in delighting shoppers with a digital Easter Egg Hunt and other fun Easter activities such as meet-and-greets with your favorite Hatchimals, arts and crafts exhibit, family dining deals, costumes contests, and a lot more from April 7 to 21 in select SM malls nationwide! For more information, visit https://www.smsupermalls.com/events/easter/ .

Nine Mindanaoans top Jr. NBA Philippines Regional Selection Camp in Butuan

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Jr. NBA Philippines presented by Alaska returned for the second consecutive year to Fr. Saturnino Urios University in Butuan City on April 13-14 and identified six boys and three girls to represent Mindanao at the National Training Camp in Metro Manila. The Jr. NBA Philippines Regional Selection Camp, led by Coach Carlos Barroca of the NBA and former PBA players Tony dela Cruz and Willie Miller, hosted more than 500 campers, with the selected athletes  excelling in a series of basketball activities and competition and exemplifying the core S.T.A.R. values of the game throughout the camp.  They will advance to the National Training Camp on May 17-19 and join the best young athletes from the Regional Selection Camps and a select Alaska Power Camp group to vie to be named part of the 2019 Jr. NBA Philippines All-Star team. “If they get in shape because they play very intense, then they have their chances. They have good quality...