‘Linggo Ng Musikang Pilipino’ rocks the new normal with first digital music fest in Philippines

Linggo Ng Musikang Pilipino (LMP) continues its commitment to promoting Filipino music in varied forms and functions through its maiden online edition. 

Considered as the first digital music festival in the country, LMP brings the stage at the comforts of your home with an inclusive and diverse programming that fits the new normal setup. 

The virtual festival is slated to take place from August 19 to 28, 2020, featuring a multi-format showcase spanning music performances, busking sessions, single and album launches, concerts, workshops, creative webinars, talks, and more.

5 ways to get hired during pandemic

Millions of Filipinos have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic which means the competition for getting the job is much tougher as more candidates now eye for a single position. 

The situation has led to the rapid increase of the demand for alternative sources of income as the quarantine limits job opportunities on ground. There are 30 million job searches on Google as of April 2020. Furthermore, leading online job portal JobStreet.com says there has been search growth for freelance jobs (+709%), work from home (+514%), and part time jobs (+53%).

Filipino-American artist Dominic Fike drops long-awaited debut album

Rising Filipino-American artist Dominic Fike has just released his highly-anticipated debut album, What Could Possibly Go Wrong, via Columbia Records. The album includes the previously-released singles "Chicken Tenders," and "Politics & Violence," which Pigeons & Planes called "one of his best songs yet," and arrives after his video FIGHT OR FLIGHT, where he jumped off a plane and previewed the album opener "Come Here." 

What Could Possibly Go Wrong was initially delayed in light of the protests that have spread across America, which Fike addressed in addition to detailing his own history with police brutality in a powerful essay he shared with fans. He also spoke with Brockhampton's Kevin Abstract for a conversation that further contextualizes the forthcoming album, as well as appeared in Anderson .Paak's "Lockdown" video that poignantly addresses the protests and current political climate.

Choose Your Own Adventure with jaye’s Interactive Music Video

ADHD represents the vicious-affective cycle experienced by artist, jaye in his bygone days as a hustling DJ. The four symptoms that make the acronymed A-D-H-D cycle are: Attention, Depression, Hit, and Dip. These were the formulaic-four that spun the cycle led headfirst by intoxication and party highs. All jaye could yearn for at the end was escape from its cyclical gravity. The genre-fluid single was recently released on 31 July - but that was just the shallows. Today, jaye drafts audiences into a rip-tide of immersive experiences with a powerful interactive Music Video.

Shopee Outlines Three “Super” Commitments for 9.9 Super Shopping Day, in Line with the Growing Significance of E-commerce in the New Normal

Shopee aims to provide a super ecosystem, supercharge recovery for sellers and brands, and deliver a super collection of entertainment and deals at its largest annual 9.9 shopping event 

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, announces the return of its signature annual shopping event, 9.9 Super Shopping Day. Shopee’s fifth 9.9 shopping event will feature four weeks of entertainment and shopping deals in all seven Shopee markets.

Intriguing, New International Posters Arrive for "Tenet"

Warner Bros. Pictures has just unveiled new international posters for Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” (in Philippine cinemas soon).

(Watch the film’s trailer at https://youtu.be/8cgv_jGEaBA.)

About “Tenet”

John David Washington is the new Protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle “Tenet.”

Armed with only one word—Tenet—and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Not time travel.  Inversion.

The international cast of “Tenet” also includes Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Martin Donovan, Fiona Dourif, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Himesh Patel, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, with Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh. 

Globe partners with Secureworks to help businesses secure their digital transformation

Globe Business, the enterprise arm of Globe, has partnered with Secureworks to help customers strengthen their security posture against cyber threats in a digitally-connected world.

When organizations embrace digital technologies, they expand their attack surfaces and create new gateways for both opportunistic and targeted cyber threats. To help customers secure their progress, Globe Business will offer software and solutions that leverage the Secureworks Red Cloak Analytics Platform to prevent, detect and respond to threats, wherever data moves into, out of, and through customer environments.

Tanghalang Pilipino streams “Heneral Rizal” on Youtube after its successful Cinemalaya premiere!

After the successful premiere of “Heneral Rizal” at the recently-concluded Cinemalaya 16: Stream Consciousness, Tanghalang PIlipino in cooperation with Voyage Studios makes the hit short film even more accessible to everyone by streaming it on Tanghalang Pilipino’s official Youtube page.

"Heneral Rizal", written by Floro Quibuyen and directed by Chuck Gutierrez, provides a closer look at General Paciano Rizal, the brave general and a loving older brother to our National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. The short film sheds light on the real story of Paciano. "Heneral Rizal" features a stellar performance from TP Artistic Director Fernando "Nanding" Josef as the titular character. 

You can watch “Heneral Rizal” by clicking this link: 

https://bit.ly/PansamanTanghalanHeneralRizal

Help and support us on our mission to continue inspiring the public with relevant artistic presentations during these trying times by donating via the fundraising Pantawid Ng Tanghalan.

GCash records P100B in transaction value

GCash, the undisputed leader and preferred mobile wallet in the Philippines, has breached P100-billion in terms of transaction volume during the first seven months of 2020.  The mobile wallet is empowering millions of Filipinos with digital financial tools and services that help them adapt to the new normal.

The volume is an impressive 280-percent surge from the same period in 2019, when GCash transactions reached P28 billion.

Two women, two different lives, victims of the same circumstance in the series “Ang Sa Iyo Ay Akin”

Two best friends who are victims of the same circumstance will become bitter rivals as they fight for what they believe they rightfully own in the upcoming ABS-CBN TV series “Ang Sa Iyo Ay Akin,” which will be available outside the Philippines via TFC starting August 17.

The series features a grand ensemble of a cast led by Jodi Sta. Maria and Iza Calzado with Sam Milby and the Philippines’ Diamond Star Maricel Soriano.