JuanHand Recognized for Excellence as the Outstanding Fintech Platform at the 2025 Global Brand Frontier Awards

JuanHand, the Philippines' leading online lending platform, has been named Outstanding Fintech Platform at the 2025 Global Brand Frontier Awards, solidifying its position as a global innovator. Organized by the Boston Brand Research & Media, this prestigious recognition highlights JuanHand's unwavering commitment to financial inclusion and its dedication to uplifting the lives of countless Filipinos through accessible and responsible lending solutions. 

Canon Introduces New imagePROGRAF TC-21, a Desktop Large Format Printer, for A1+ Compatible Printing

From A1 CAD drawings or posters to postcard sizes

Adjustable tilt panel for improved usability

Compact with a high-capacity ink

4-colour pigment ink model that supports various sizes and types of media 

Canon announced the new imagePROGRAF TC-21, successor to the imagePROGRAF TC-20 compact desktop large format printer. As a step up, the Auto Sheet Feeder (ASF) in the imagePROGRAF TC-21, has been enhanced to meet varied printing needs such as production of publicity materials, architectural and design drawings. The printer’s tiltable panel and flexibility in installation location improve the user experience as adjustments can be made easily. For the first time ever, a large-format printer in the imagePROGRAF series has recycled steel in a part of its body, making it more environmentally friendly. 

Shaping the Future of Beauty: L’Oréal Brings Global Innovation Competition to the Philippines

L’Oréal has officially launched the 2025 Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program in the Philippines, as part of its regional rollout across the South Asia Pacific, Middle East, and North Africa (SAPMENA) zone. The program offers startups the opportunity to collaborate with L’Oréal through a commercial pilot with one of its 37 international brands, gain potential exposure in 35 markets within SAPMENA, and participate in a year-long mentorship program with senior executives from L’Oréal and its program partners.  

As the largest Beauty Tech open innovation competition of its kind in the region, the program is expanding in 2025 to include Australia and New Zealand. Participating startups will address one of five challenge themes: Consumer Experience, Content & Media, New Commerce, Tech for Good, and the newly introduced Science for Beauty.  

Move, Glow, Connect with HUAWEI at BGC High Street for the Fashion Active HUAWEI WATCH FIT 4 Series Launch Event

HUAWEI is gearing up to transform BGC High Street Activity Center into a high-energy hub to launch HUAWEI’s newest lineup of innovative wearable technology. From May 22 to May 25, dive into a series of fun challenges at immersive booths and experience the latest wearable devices from HUAWEI.

Fuel every step, feel every emotion, and celebrate motion in all its forms with HUAWEI only at BGC High Street.

Wearable Devices That Keep Up with Your Every Need

At the event, HUAWEI will unveil the new HUAWEI WATCH 5 and WATCH FIT 4 Series, highlighting their latest features in style, smart tech, and wellness. Attendees can look forward to official pricing, exclusive launch promos, and early access deals. 

They can also look forward to taking home HUAWEI freebies and exclusive merchandise once they're completed activities in the event.  

Have your very own pocket Toothless with the “How to Train Your Dragon” AR experience In PH cinemas June 11

How to Train Your Dragon brings the Toothless experience right to your phone with the Toothless AR experience. Open the website to find the Night Terror Toothless flying high above your location, and scan the ground for the perfect spot the dragon can land on.

Try out the “How to Train Your Dragon” AR experience: https://httyd.arweb.app/1.0.7/

The Toothless AR experience lets people bring the world of How to Train Your Dragon to their own in anticipation of the movie. Fly high as How to Train Your Dragon arrives in PH cinemas on June 11. 

Follow Universal Pictures PH (FB), UniversalPicturesPH (IG), and UniversalPicsPH (TikTok) for the latest updates.

You will be changed. Take a look at the first poster for “Wicked: For Good”

In PH cinemas Nov 19

The musical phenomenon that hit cinemas last year is coming to a fantastical conclusion in “Wicked: For Good.” The direct sequel to “Wicked” sees the return of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo as Glinda and Elphaba, along with Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum.

The magic continues as “Wicked: For Good” arrives in Philippine theaters on November 19.

Take a trip to Cat Francisco with Gabby and the gang in “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.” Trailer out now!

In PH cinemas September 24

The worldwide-hit streaming series is on its first ever cinematic adventure in Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie. In the new movie, Gabby (Laila Lockhart Kraner, reprising her role from the series) heads out on a road trip with her Grandma Gigi (four-time Grammy Award winner Gloria Estefan) to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco. But when Gabby’s dollhouse, her most prized possession, ends up in the hands of an eccentric cat lady named Vera (Academy Award nominee Kristen Wiig), Gabby sets off on an adventure through the real world to get the Gabby Cats back together and save the dollhouse before it’s too late.

Mickey 17 Begins Streaming Exclusively On Max On May 23

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Mickey 17 will make its global streaming debut on Max on Friday, May 23.

From the Academy Award®-winning Writer and Director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Beat the Summer Heat with Screen Chills: Your Guide to May's Horror & Thriller Binges

Prepare for spine-chilling thrills with these unmissable horror releases on Lionsgate Play. 

Summer just turned icy... prepare for the spine-tingling chill. As the temperatures rise outside, Lionsgate Play cranks up the chills this month with three spine-tingling tales that will have horror fans shivering in anticipation. From deep-sea nightmares to mind-bending psychological terror, there’s no escape from the dark forces lurking on your screen.

Shattered  

Neil (Gerard Butler) and Abby’s (Maria Bello) idyllic life is shattered when their daughter is kidnapped by an apparent sociopath (Pierce Brosnan) with one chilling aim – to dismantle their lives piece by piece. Over one harrowing day, the couple is forced to comply with his increasingly twisted demands, pushing their love, trust, and morals to the edge. As secrets are revealed and betrayal surfaces, Shattered delivers a tense psychological thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat until its explosive finale.

Watch the teaser trailer for “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” only in cinemas September 3

Last case. Last rites. Watch the teaser trailer for “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, now! Only in cinemas September 3. 

Teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/k4udeKhqdrQ

From New Line Cinema comes the ninth entry in the more than $2 billion theatrical “Conjuring” universe, “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” directed by franchise veteran Michael Chaves and produced by franchise architects James Wan and Peter Safran.

“The Conjuring: Last Rites” delivers another thrilling chapter of the iconic “Conjuring” cinematic universe, based on real events. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reunite for one last case as renowned, real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in a powerful and spine-chilling addition to the global box office-breaking franchise.

Don’t miss “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” when it opens in Philippine cinemas September 3. #TheConjuring