Enjoy 50% off on Globe Broadband and Bayan Broadband deals this Christmas!

Globe Broadband is giving the gift of connectivity this Christmas through a holiday sale, where Globe Broadband and Bayan Broadband plans will be available for 50% off in select areas! 

For Globe Broadband, Plans 999 (1 Mbps / 20GB data), 1099 (2 Mbps / 20GB data), 1199 (5 Mbps / 100GB data), 1299 (10 Mbps / 100GB data), and 1599 (15 Mbps / 150GB data) are available for half the price. All plans come with a FREE Wi-Fi modem, with exclusive inclusions per plan:

●     Plan 1199 and above come with a FREE landline with unlimited calls to Globe and TM

●     Plans 1299 and above come with access to Netflix, HOOQ, and NBA LEAGUE PASS for six months

For Bayan Broadband, Plans 999 (1 Mbps / 20GB data), 1099 (2 Mbps / 20GB data), 1199 (5 Mbps / 100GB data) are available for half the price, too. All Bayan plans come with a FREE Wi-Fi modem, while Plan 1199 comes with a FREE landline with unlimited calls to Globe and TM. 

ASEAN SHINE’s Cost Savings Calculator lets shoppers choose more efficient AC units

The hot tropical climate is driving air-conditioning sales in Metro Manila, with one out of five households having purchased an AC unit in the last two years according to German-based market research firm GfK.

Similar trends are seen in neighboring countries. A joint 2015 study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the ASEAN Standard Harmonization Initiative for Energy Efficiency (ASEAN SHINE) revealed that air-conditioning accounted for almost half of the total residential and commercial power demand in Southeast Asia.

Imagine Dragons Launches New Song "Levitate" for "Passengers"

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band IMAGINE DRAGONS have released their song Levitate and is available for digital download and streaming via all participating digital retailers.

The song is featured in the upcoming Columbia Pictures film Passengers in Philippine cinemas January 08, 2017.

Watch the official video of Levitate at https://youtu.be/W4hWxngE1GA.

From the director of the Oscar Best Picture nominee The Imitation Game and the screenwriter of Prometheus comes Columbia Pictures' action-adventure Passengers starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.

Pru Life UK advocates safe cycling in PRUride to London, McKinley's first ever cycling event

A PRUride to London participant was all smiles during the criterium race

British life insurer Pru Life UK, a subsidiary of international financial services group Prudential plc, advocated safe cycling through its first cycling event, PRUride to London. The event held on November 12, 2016 at McKinley West and Uptown Bonifacio in Taguig City underscores Pru Life UK’s thrust of making life better for Filipinos.

Almost 1,000 amateur and seasoned cyclists competed in the different categories of the first ever criterium race at the McKinley West. A blockbuster among race enthusiasts, the slots were filled out within the first two hours of opening the registration. Another thousand –composed of families and friends– attended the bike community day in Uptown Bonifacio and enjoyed various exciting cycling activities such as ramp and cone courses, carless bike lanes, assembling and disassembling a tire, and photo booths.

Making A Christmas Carol a Filipino Christmas Tradition

Ushering in the holiday season, Globe Live is staging of Menken & Ahrens’ A Christmas Carol The Musical, its second theatrical offering for 2016. The musical is a co-production partnership between Globe Live and 9 Works Theatrical, fresh from American Idiot’s run, which received 10 citations from this year’s Gawad Buhay Awards. 

A Christmas Carol is a musical written by Tony Award nominee Mike Ockrent and Tony Award winner Lynn Ahrens, with lyrics by Ahrens and music by Alan Menken. It is based on the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens, and tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man who brushes off the holiday season with the now-iconic phrase “Bah, humbug!”