Smart brings the 2021 Billboard Music Awards exclusively on gigafest.smart

Catch BTS’ debut performance of “Butter” and more, live! 

Leading mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. is giving Filipino music fans and K-pop stans a big treat as it brings the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) to subscribers in an exclusive livestream on the gigafest.smart portal on May 24, 8AM (Philippine Time).  

Headlining the prestigious awards show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles are global sensation and Smart Prepaid ambassadors BTS, who are set to perform the television debut of their brand-new English-language single “Butter.”   

ShopeePay Partners with Lifestyle Brands to Provide In-Store Payments Nationwide

Shoppers can look forward to 20% cashback from stores such as Penshoppe, Digital Walker, Puregold, and Ideal Vision

As more individuals start to adopt digital payment methods like mobile wallets, ShopeePay, Shopee’s mobile wallet, partners with ten lifestyle brands to provide users contactless in-store payments. Starting today, consumers can safely pay with ShopeePay at National Bookstore, Penshoppe, Sebago, Kipling, Digital Walker, MemoXpress, Puregold, Newstar Shopping Mart, OXGN, and Regatta. 

Smart lets you enjoy exclusive GigaPoints discounts on GigaDays

Mark your calendars as leading mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. lets subscribers enjoy exclusive rewards, discounts, and perks when they use their GigaPoints during GigaDays, happening every 19th to 22nd of the month starting this May.  

On these special days every month, Smart Prepaid and TNT subscribers may score up to 50% - 66% discount on redeemable GigaPoints rewards, so they can avail more of their favorite promos like GIGA Video, GIGA Stories, GIGA Games, GIGA Pro and Unli-Data Promo. 

B. Braun Philippines Supports Employees through Free Vaccination Program

The world was at a standstill back in 2020 due to the coronavirus disease and a lot of pharmaceutical companies worked round the clock to produce the most effective vaccines to fight COVID-19. At the start of the year 2021, after a thorough process of procuring the vaccines, the Philippines was set to roll out its vaccination program with the theme, “RESBAKUNA: Kasangga ng BIDA”.

B. Braun Philippines, one of the leading local multinational companies in the nation with almost 900 employees, has committed to be part of this program by vaccinating its employees for free. Because it is the organization’s vision to protect and improve the health of people around the world, they believe that they should protect their people first so they could serve their patients better.

In preparation for the vaccination schedule, the company has set up internal online lectures with epidemiologists and infection disease specialists to provide more knowledge on the virus, infection prevention methods, and the vaccination. These lectures also included open forum or Q&A sessions with the specialists to help the employees gravitate towards safety and compliance in health and safety protocols. An internal survey was also conducted in which 82% expressed their willingness to be vaccinated within the year.

Converge ICT Time of Day Provides Customizable Internet Plans For Both Businesses & Residential Customers

New cost-effective products that encompass the connectivity needs of enterprises, small-and-medium enterprises, and residential consumers

As the pandemic continuously brings about new challenges for Filipinos, both in businesses and in residences, everyone keeps looking for ways to adapt to the changes. Large businesses and small-and-medium enterprises strive to bring efficiency to a workplace that is now transitioning to a more digital space, while individuals have been shifting their internet consumption at home to accommodate their daily needs and habits.

To address their customers’ increasingly-demanding connectivity requirements, Converge ICT has recently introduced their new Time of Day products - a range of cost-efficient internet plans that fit the consumers’ internet requirements, whether they are managing large or small-and-medium sized businesses, or working and relaxing at home. 

World Vision’s 3rd virtual CSR Summit puts the spotlight on meaningful initiatives in Davao

Leaders from different sectors in Davao are coming together to share learnings from their COVID-19 advocacy projects and programs in World Vision’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Summit in Davao on May 25, 2021.

 A follow-up event from its first edition in October 2020 and the CSR Summit in Cebu last March 2021, the CSR Summit in Davao will feature industry leaders from the region who will discuss their respective social responsibility projects and campaigns and share how they worked together to help the most vulnerable individuals amidst the growing threat of COVID-19. 

"Falling In Love with INN Love the Series”

There are still so many beautiful boy’s love stories waiting to be told and shared and fortunately for us, one fine BL drama airing this merry month of May is INN LOVE. The Series. 

Rodel J. Mercado directs. Script by MJ Diaz. First BL offering of Frontline Production Inc. and FLP Artist Management, INN LOVE The Series is a peek into an inclusive world where BL aficionados and the audiences will experience an authentic concept of love which will surely resonate to their emotions, eliciting delight kilig and good vibes and pulling the heart strings.. 

The latest BL romance presents the story of VJ Mendoza who plays Gino, a scriptwriter for an upcoming digital campaign who visits TK Resort for a much needed inspiration and summoning of his creative muses. 

In the resort, he crosses path with Migo de Vera, who portrays Alex, a freelance model who is in it as well to  to escape mend his broken heart. What happens to Gino and Alex, the paths they want to follow and are forced to follow and how from strangers to friends and to beingi n a a different kind of love, its blooming and blossoming are the highlights of this fresh BL series.

Mendoza on Gino: “He is a writer for an ad agency who finds himself having writers block so he decides to go to a resort so he can concentrate on writing,”

Smart Bro lets you win tickets to Ben&Ben’s kumu Live Events concert on May 22

Get ready for a night of heartfelt music as the country’s top artist and Smart ambassador Ben&Ben takes on the concert stage in a live virtual show exclusively via kumu Live Events on May 22, Saturday, starting at 7 p.m.  

Presented by kumu Live Events and MYX Philippines, and sponsored by Smart Bro, the virtual concert gives band members Miguel, Paolo, Pat, Agnes, Poch, Keifer, Andrew, Jam, and Toni a platform to reach out to their fans and perform their chart-topping hits including "Maybe the Night," “Leaves,” "Pagtingin," "Lifetime," and "Kathang Isip.” The concert will also be the first time the band will perform their latest singles "Upuan" and "Magpahinga" live.  

Smart Bro is giving subscribers a chance to win concert tickets to stream the concert, and some lucky winners can even score a VIP access for a virtual meet-and-greet with the band after the show. You need to have a kumu account to access the show on the kumu app.

Martin Garrix recruits U2’s Bono and The Edge for unity anthem ‘We Are The People’

Martin Garrix teams up with U2’s Bono and The Edge for the release of the official UEFA EURO 2020 song ‘We Are The People’—out now via Sony Music.

After more than a year of anticipation and having to keep this a secret, the track is now available to stream and download via all digital service providers. The song is accompanied by an official music video starring all three artists. The visuals work in synergy with the song and together make for an uplifting and inspiring story.

With the track in the making for three years, Garrix had felt from the early stages of the creative process that Bono’s vocals would make the perfect fit for ‘We Are the People’. His vision came to life when both Bono and his U2 bandmate The Edge agreed to feature on the song. The collaboration evolved further with Bono writing the lyrics and creating melodies and The Edge adding the leading guitar riffs, resulting in a perfect blend of the signature sounds of all artists.  

realme Buds Q2 elevates standard of affordable TWS with stylish design and quality audio

The new TWS category shaker from the no. 1 smartphone brand in the Philippines promises personal audio made even better.

The country’s no. 1 smartphone brand and one of the bestselling TWS (True Wireless Stereo) brands in the Philippines, is ready to shake the market yet again with the release of its latest AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) audio device -- the realme Buds Q2.

Officially launched today via a livestream event on realme’s Facebook Page, the realme Buds Q2 offers new and upgraded features that greatly benefit the youth’s modern lifestyle. Promising an elevated listening experience, the realme Buds Q2 offers stylish design, quality audio, and other impressive features.