The Mi Fan Festival Gift Guide: Which Xiaomi Phone is right for you?

Treat yourself or your loved ones to a Xiaomi smartphone with great deals at the Mi Fan Festival

Looking to treat yourself or your loved one to a brand-new smartphone? Fantastic deals and discounts await you at this year’s Mi Fan Festival for participating Xiaomi smartphones which also comes with tickets to the exclusive Melody with Mi special online concert featuring OPM rock icon Bamboo. 

The shopping extravaganza is happening now until May 9 with special offers on Mi Stores and authorized channels. Here’s a handy guide to help you pick the right Xiaomi phone for you or your loved one, just in time to catch the great deals at the Mi Fan Festival:

Top Choice for a Starter Phone: Redmi 9A and 9C

For someone on a budget, you can’t go wrong with a phone that has great specs for under PHP 5,000! The Redmi 9A is a fantastic choice for an entry-level phone – first, it has a massive 6.53” Dot Drop display screen so presentations and videos are crystal clear, plus its certified for low blue light by Germany’s TÜV Rheinland so that it’s easy on the eyes. It also comes with a 5000mAh high-capacity battery with longer lifespan to provide for years of reliable use and a MediaTek Helio G25 processor to make sure the phone runs smoothly. 

NutriAsia and Del Monte team up to donate upcycled school chairs under Share-A-Chair initiative

Keeping with its advocacies of helping Filipino communities in need and minimizing the impact of plastic waste, NutriAsia, Inc. and Del Monte Philippines, Inc. partnered together to donate upcycled plastic school chairs to several public elementary schools.

This was done through the Share-a-Chair initiative, a program started by NutriAsia and Del Monte in which the companies collect single-use plastic waste from its different offices and plant sites to turn them into school chairs and other needed furniture for underprivileged public schools and communities. It is the culmination of the two companies’ partnership forged to help the Department of Education address the perennial shortage of school chairs.

Get a chance to win awesome giveaways and vouchers on April 30!

Join Team Galaxy ambassadors Sanya Lopez, Hannah Pangilinan, and Erika Rabara in Samsung’s #AwesomeLive shopping event

Samsung is making this coming payday Friday even more fun with Check Out Awesome Live, a digital shopping event with Team Galaxy ambassadors. Actress Sanya Lopez and influencers Hannah Pangilinan and Erika Rabara will share how they create awesome content with the Galaxy A-Series smartphones. The live event will be held on Samsung Philippines’ Facebook page on April 30 at 8PM.

Airasia Shop expands online channels, now available at PayMaya mall

Airasia has partnered with PayMaya, the pioneer in mobile money and payments in the Philippines, to provide customers with more convenient ways to shop for their favorite brands and essentials. 

Beginning today, airasia Shop will be available at the PayMaya Mall offering an accessible, authentic, and affordable travel retail shopping experience for PayMaya users. 

PayMaya users can choose from a wide selection of airasia Shop products under categories such as Beauty, Fashion, Electronics & Gadgets, Health & Wellness, Kids products, and exclusive airasia merchandise. 

Users simply have to open their PayMaya app and visit the Maya Mall on the main page where the airasia shop can be found. Upon clicking the airasia shop, users may select their desired items and check-out conveniently using their PayMaya account or mobile number. 

#TruthInAction: Globe holds forum to help students fight fake news

Globe encourages the Filipino youth to be more discerning and more responsible in using technology and the Internet as it joins the PANAF Youth Creativity Festival (YCF) on April 29-30.

As a staunch advocate of the fight against fake news, Globe brings together esteemed journalists from the country’s top print and online media to talk about the importance of being responsible digital citizens especially for young communicators amid the alarming proliferation of fake news.  

What it means to be a survivor advocate

Once an aspiring architect, Louie Teng recalled the biggest turning point in herlife back in 2007 when she discovered she had extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) called Tuberculosis Meningitis (MTB). Regarded as a rare form of TB, Meningeal Tuberculosis affected her brain causing her to lose her eyesight in the process of treatment. For Louie, battling TB was one of the most difficult stages in her life, and losing her vision made it even worse. This led her to experiencestages of depression, anxiety, and fear of discrimination from something that she considered to be an “old disease” which eventually progressed into a disability, resulting in double discrimination.

Flash News: Huawei Band 6 Hot Sales Announcement!

Just a few days after its official local launch, Huawei Band 6 is now sold out for pre-order in Huawei Online Store - proving that Huawei Band 6 is a crowd favorite not just for fitness enthusiasts but to everyone!

This new product from Huawei was officially launched on April 19 and it boasts powerful features such as 2-week long battery life, automatic SPO2 monitoring, 96 workout modes, FullView display, and so much more! If you missed out on buying Band 6 during its pre-order phase, no need to worry! Huawei Band 6 will be available nationwide in the Philippines starting April 30. Stay tuned for more updates!