DITO Telecommunity Bags 3 Awards at Prestigious Marketing Excellence Awards (MEA) 2024

DITO Telecommunity's digital marketing campaign, Galing DITO, continues to shine as a celebration of Filipino talent and excellence, winning two gold awards and a silver at the prestigious Marketing Excellence Awards 2024 (MEA).

The campaign earned gold in both Excellence in Social Media Marketing and Excellence in Multilingual Marketing, while also securing silver in Excellence in Brand Strategy. The Marketing Excellence Awards, a Singapore-based platform, recognizes outstanding marketing campaigns across Asia. The winners were selected by an independent panel of senior industry experts, making DITO's win a significant milestone in celebrating Filipino creativity and talent.

Initially launched in 2022, Galing DITO returned this year with a focus on showcasing Filipino excellence by spotlighting emerging talents from diverse cultural backgrounds. The campaign featured an impressive lineup of artists, including Grace Palicas, a tattoo artist from Cordillera; Nhoda Muñoz, a miniature artist from Pampanga; Cid Cempron, a blacksmith from Central Visayas; Joneil Severino, a leaf artist from Eastern Visayas; Nurainie Ampatuan, a fashion designer from Bangsamoro; and Bea Vega, a surfer from Siargao.

This year’s movement is headlined by the fast-rising Pinoy pop boy group Alamat, known for their multilingual songs and members coming from different regions in the Philippines. They performed the official “Ang Galing DITO” music video, further elevating the campaign's message.

DITO Telecommunity is committed to creating new opportunities and platforms to further showcase and celebrate Filipino excellence through inspiring campaigns. For more details about DITO, check out @DITOphofficial on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok or visit https://dito.ph/.

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LG Assists Cainta and Marikina with Free Laundry and Appliance Check-ups Following Typhoon Carina

LG Electronics, a global leader in home appliances and electronics, recently provided much-needed relief to the communities of Barangay Planters and Barangay Anak Pawis 2 in Westbank Drive, Cainta, Rizal, from August 1 to 3, and Barangay Malanday in Marikina City, from August 9 to 11. The initiative offered residents severely affected by Typhoon Carina a three-day free laundry service and appliance check-up.

As part of LG's ongoing commitment to CSR and community service, LG established a mobile laundry station in the center of the barangays, providing essential aid to families still recovering from the typhoon's destructive impacts. LG set up 11 washer and dryer units, operating from 8 AM to 5 PM, to offer free laundry services, ensuring that the community had access to clean clothing when they needed it most.

LG Philippines Managing Director, Mr. Nakhyun Seong at the free laundry assistance activity

Residents of Brgy. Anak Pawis 2, Cainta, Rizal avail of free laundry services from LG

The service camp provided assistance to a total of 131 families in Barangay Planters and 149 families in Barangay Anak Pawis 2, benefiting 280 families across both barangays. In Marikina, an additional 287 families from Barangay Malanday were served, bringing the total number of families supported by LG's initiative to 567.

LG Philippines Service Camp booth for free services to the families affected by the typhoon

The mobile laundry stations, equipped with state-of-the-art washing machines and dryers, provided residents with the convenience of having their clothes washed and dried for free. Alongside this, LG’s team of skilled technicians offered free service check-up, minor repairs, and even discounted prices for washer parts for home appliances, helping residents restore their homes to working order.

Residents of Brgy. Planters, Cainta, Rizal avail of free laundry services from LG

Abenson and Smile Serve, their sales/service partner, also gave support for the LG Service Camp and extended help to the families affected by the typhoon. Abenson rolled out their CSR campaign Abenson Project Cares by donating laundry detergents and fabric conditioners along with foldable fans to the families who participated.

LG Philippines Managing Director, Mr. Nakhyun Seong emphasized the company’s dedication to aiding communities in times of need. “Through this initiative, we aimed to provide practical help and a sense of comfort to the residents of Cainta and Marikina. It’s our way of showing that LG is a partner in the journey to recovery and resilience.”

Residents from Brgy. Malanday, Marikina City line up for free laundry services from LG

LG Electronics remains committed to supporting communities in need and will continue to explore opportunities to extend its services and aid to other areas affected by natural disasters across the Philippines.

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Home Sweet Home Again at SM City Marikina’s 3-Day Sale!

It’s time to refresh your home sanctuary with amazing deals and exciting prizes at SM City Marikina’s 3-Day Sale, happening from August 16 to 18, 2024. Get the best deals on home essentials, appliances, and furniture to turn your living space into a comfortable and stylish sanctuary.

Unleash the homemaker in you

Discover a wide array of premium home finds at Our Home, SM Store, SM Appliance, ACE Hardware, all SM affiliates, and Cyberzone. From stylish home décor to functional appliances, you’ll find everything you need to create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Enjoy huge discounts on sofas, dining sets, kitchenware, and more!

Win big with every purchase

Every P1,000 single-receipt purchase gives you one e-raffle entry. Double your luck by shopping on Saturdays and Sundays! Plus, create an SM Malls Online account and instantly get 5 extra entries. The more you shop, the closer you are to driving home a brand-new Suzuki Burgman Street!

Exclusive Perks for SMAC and Prestige Cardholders

Cardholders can enjoy exclusive perks and discounts during the 3-Day Sale. Mark your calendars for the Prestige cardholder’s sale on August 16, and the SMAC cardholder’s sale on August 17 and 18, both at 3–7 PM only.

SM Store’s What’s in the Bag Promo

Aside from the grand raffle, SM Store is also offering its exciting What’s in the Bag promo. Shoppers with a single receipt purchase of P3,000 can win P10,000 worth of shopping money!

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to upgrade your home and win amazing prizes! Visit SM City Marikina from August 16 to 18 and experience the ultimate shopping thrill.

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Tech your way this Cyber Month August in SM Malls in the East Metro

SM Malls is redefining the tech shopping experience in the East Metro with Cyber Month at SM this August. Cyber Month is a tech enthusiast’s dream come true, especially with the recent opening of Cyberzone at SM City Marikina, the largest and most advanced tech hub in the region.

This August, SM City Marikina, SM City Masinag, and SM City San Mateo transform into bustling tech destinations, offering a wide array of cutting-edge gadgets, exciting promos, and unforgettable experiences. To make the most of Cyber Month, SM Malls in the East Metro offer exclusive deals, discounts, and promos where customers can enjoy huge savings, freebies, and easy installment plans on a wide range of tech products.

Cyberzone SM City Marikina is the Epicenter of Tech Innovation

At the heart of Cyber Month is SM City Marikina's Cyberzone, a state-of-the-art, cyber punk themed tech haven that houses the latest and greatest in technology. Shoppers can explore a vast selection of mobile phones from top brands like Huawei, Samsung, Vivo, and Oppo, all under one roof. Multi-brand retailers offer the widest variety of mobile phones, laptops, and PC builds, like SDL Mobile, PC Express, Electroworld, Fonestyle, Octagon, and Memoxpress. For those seeking premium top-tier performance, Power Mac Center offers a wide range of Apple products that cater to every Apple user need. From budget-friendly options to high-performance workstations, Lenovo and Asus offer a wide spectrum of laptop models to suit every lifestyle and requirement. Gamers can also find their perfect match with an extensive collection of gaming gadgets at Silicon Valley and Data Blitz.

Cyberzone goes beyond personal devices, offering solutions for a tech-savvy home. Xiaomi's innovative products, including electric shavers, CCTV cameras, and robot vacuum cleaners, are available to elevate daily living to new heights of convenience and efficiency.

The Perfect Destination for Tech Savvies

Whether you're a digital nomad seeking the latest tools, a busy professional looking for productivity enhancers, or simply a tech enthusiast, Cyber Month at SM is your ultimate destination. Discover the latest gadgets, explore innovative technology, and experience the future of tech at SM City Marikina, SM City Masinag, and SM City San Mateo.

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Fujino and Kyomoto, the unlikely artist pair in Tatsuki Fujimoto’s emotional anime film “Look Back”

Look Back found the voices for the main characters, Fujino and Kyomoto, in Plan 75’s Yuumi Kawai and Mizuki Yoshida from Alice in Borderland, respectively. Look Back is the anime film adaptation of a one shot manga from Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of Chainsaw Man. The film is helmed by Kitoyaka Oshiyama, with animation coming from Studio Durian. Watch the trailer here.

Look Back tells the tale of two girls who couldn’t be more different, as Fujino is confident and Kyomoto is a shut-in who doesn’t leave the house. Their mutual love for drawing manga brings them together in a story of growing up and moving forward.

Yuumi Kawai lends her voice to the confident artist Fujino, who worked hard to embody her character. “Look Back" is a manga that touched the hearts of many people. This time, Director Oshiyama and the rest of the production team created an animation, and I added breath and voice to the story in an attempt to add new color to the time that Fujino and Kyomoto lived. This was the first time I had the opportunity to participate in the world of anime, and I did my best to convey the earnest voice that goes along with Fujino’s body, which moves wonderfully in the drawings,” she says.

Playing the role of the shy Kyomoto is Mizuki Yoshida, who recalls reading the manga for the first time, saying, “When I first read Look Back, I was shocked by the realistic world that Tatsuki Fujimoto had drawn, and I was really curious to see how this work would be turned into a movie. I was looking forward to it.”

Yoshida was ecstatic to be part of the world creator Fujimoto has built. “When I auditioned for the role of Kyomoto and saw the video for the first time, I was so moved that even though it was an unfinished picture, I said, ‘Wow! That world is alive!’ and I burst into tears during the recording, even more so when I saw the footage of Fujino and Kyomoto. I fell in love with the book. It was my first time working as a voice actor, but I put my heart and soul into my role,” she says.

Go on an emotional journey as Look Back opens in Philippine cinemas on August 28. Follow Encore Films PH on Facebook and @encorefilmsph on Instagram for the latest updates.

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James McAvoy is terrifying in "Speak No Evil"

James McAvoy

A British family welcomes an American family to their idyllic farmhouse for the weekend, but the dream vacation soon turns into a nightmare in Speak No Evil. Playing the role of the charismatic, alpha-male host and head of the family Paddy is BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy (known for his role as the young Charles Xavier in the X-Men universe), who was immediately intrigued when director James Watkins pitched him the role. “Blumhouse has done so many kinds of movies, but they’re mostly known for the horror genre, and they’re exceptionally good at it,” says McAvoy. “But reading the script, what kept me going after page three was the fact that these characters felt like real people and that it was based on things that we can recognize in the real world.” Watch the trailer below:

Director James Watkins thought only of James McAvoy when looking for who to play the complex role of Paddy. “Paddy must charm us even while being on the edge of horrifying us, and James knows how to walk that line,” Watkins says. “I watched him in the film Filth and was mesmerized: his character is horrible, but James somehow takes us with him. A lesser actor would have lost us. As well as a movie star, James is a brilliant stage actor. Exploring Paddy, he not only mines his own experience but taps into a deep well of classical resources: Iago, Richard III, Mephistopheles. I don’t think anyone else in the world could have played Paddy as well as James. His understanding of psychological and emotional space—of mapping tiny shifts on an emotional gradient—is second to none. He was the first and only actor I approached.”

The character’s layers and deep-rooted darkness cloaked over by masculinity and charisma was a fascination for McAvoy. “Paddy holds to an older, traditionalist expression of manhood,” says McAvoy. “James Watkins and I really leaned into that aspect of him as we fleshed out who Paddy is and what he means to the story and to the culture, giving him some mythic heft with timely resonance. Here’s this man’s man, beholden to some ancient idea of masculinity, living in the countryside, living off the land, or so you think. It all seems so wholesome and earthy. And yet this is ancient England that we’re talking about, and there’s darkness in the land; there’s a history of violence and bloodshed and horrible things in that dirt, and so there’s evil in that earthy masculinity that he’s romanticizing and selling.”

Paddy’s strong personality made him a fun character for McAvoy to embody, but he was also aware of the importance of nuance in playing a man with a powerful personality. “Paddy is incredibly entertaining and he’s always performing,” McAvoy says. “But you have to be careful playing a character like that, because then it can become a showy turn, and while that could be very effective for an audience, it doesn’t necessarily have a lot of truth to it. We were always working to ground the character in real history, motivation and desire, and to earn the revelations of his true nature. As much as Paddy is this likably mercurial, counter-cultural figure, there’s real darkness in him, and it’s always there for the audience to see.”

A tense, hair-raising thriller awaits as Speak No Evil arrives in Philippine cinemas on September 11, from Universal Pictures International.

Follow Universal Pictures PH (FB), UniversalPicturesPH (IG) and UniversalPicsPH (TikTok) for the latest updates on “Speak No Evil.”

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Unlock Exclusive Deals: Shop LG’s Online Brand Store Today!

LG launches its very own Online Brand Shop (LG OBS) – your go-to destination for a seamless and convenient shopping experience! This one-stop platform allows you to browse, purchase, and receive LG products directly at your doorstep, making it easier than ever to access the latest in electronics and home appliances.

The LG OBS (www.lg.com/ph) offers an extensive range of LG products, from state-of-the-art electronics to essential home appliances. Designed for user-friendliness, the website allows you to easily explore product features, compare options, and make well-informed decisions, all from the comfort of your home. With LG OBS, your purchase, delivery, and installation can be completed in just 3-5 days. LG provides full care from end-to-end, so you can enjoy your LG purchase and experience Life’s Good instantly.

Limited-Time offers from LG.com
Experience exceptional value with exclusive discounts and deals on the LG OBS website. LG.com customers can take advantage of exclusive freebies from the LG products and services team. Keep an eye out for special offers, limited-time promotions, and bundle deals that you won't find elsewhere, guaranteeing the best prices on your purchases.

For example, if you buy a window-type air conditioner from July 23 to August 23, 2024, you can receive a free window air conditioner cleaning service. The complimentary service can be claimed within 6 months after purchase for every air conditioner purchased. This offer is valid for customers within GMA (Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal).

Additionally, you can get a free air filter when you purchase a PuriCare 360° Air Purifier from July 23 to August 23, 2024. This promotion is valid only for the following models: AS60GHWG0, AS10GDWH0. The freebie will be delivered along with your air purifier purchase.

Lastly, enhance your laundry experience with our new washer-dryer sets, which are best completed with stacking kits. From August 8 to September 8, 2024, when you purchase from LG.com, you can receive a FREE stacking kit with your washer-dryer set. The stacking kit will be included with your delivery. This promotion applies to select models only.

Payment flexibility is a key feature of LG OBS. You can choose from a variety of payment options, including credit cards, e-wallets like GCash and Maya, and financing plans such as BDO’s 3-month 0% interest installment or Home Credit. Secure online bank transfers are also available for added convenience.

By signing up for an LG Membership, you can enjoy perks like a 5% welcome coupon, free delivery, and complimentary installation services for eligible products. Visit the LG Online Brand Shop to explore the full range of products and benefits, and experience a smarter, more connected lifestyle with LG.

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