TGR GT Cup PH 2023 season winners announced, top Sporting Class racers head to Asia Finals

Russel Reyes, Matthew Ang and Luis Moreno to represent Team Philippines

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has announced the conclusion of the 2023 TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Gran Turismo Cup Philippines (TGR GT Cup PH) season with the staging of the National Finals that was streamed online last September 6.

The National Finals marked the culmination of the TGR GT Cup PH 2023 season with the Sporting Class finalists battling it out for a slot in Team Philippines for the TGR GT Cup 2023 Asia Finals. The event featured three races, each with a different track and car. Racers took on Trial Mountain in the GR 86 for the first race, Sardegna – Rally Cross in the GR Yaris RZ for the second race, and Mount Panorama in the GR Supra Race Car ’19 for the third and final race.

foodpanda, TabSquare to offer AI-driven tech to restaurants

Online food and grocery platform foodpanda and software company TabSquare are joining hands to empower restaurants with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered in-restaurant solutions. 

The collaboration is part of a region-wide partnership including other Asian markets like Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan to help restaurant partners digitize their ordering, payment, and customer engagement-related processes. 

In the Philippines, the announcement was made during foodpanda’s recent partner vendors summit, entitled "CRAVE: Creating Relationships and Advancing Vendor Experiences”. At the event, partner vendor attendees were provided a firsthand end-to-end experience using TabSquare, showcasing its convenience, seamless operations, and efficiency. 

“ELEMENTAL” Is The Most Viewed Movie Premiere On Disney+ Of 2023

Disney and Pixar's Elemental made its streaming debut in a blaze of glory. 

Elemental is the most watched movie premiere of the year on Disney+ and among its Top 10 movie premieres of all time, earning 26.4 million views in its first five days of streaming. Directed by Peter Sohn, produced by Denise Ream, and executive produced by Pete Docter, the original feature film is set in Element City, where Fire-, Water-, Earth-, and Air-residents live together. The story follows the quick-witted and fiery Ember (voiced by Leah Lewis), whose friendship with the sappy and go-with-the-flow Wade (voiced by Mamoudou Athie) challenges not only her beliefs about the world they live in, but the person she wants to be.

Take a sneak peek at the residents of Hwang Gung Apartments in the character trailer for “Concrete Utopia”

Rules for survival: Obey or leave. Watch the character trailer for Concrete Utopia. The critically acclaimed film opens in Philippine cinemas this week, September 20. 

https://youtu.be/1vY5TwZaRb0

Get to know more about the characters of Concrete Utopia and the actors and actresses that portrayed them, as described by director Um Tae-hwa.  

YOUNG-TAK, Resident Delegate of Hwang Gung Apartments 

Witty, Hillarious Musical Romp 'Walang Aray' Returns For A Three-Weekend Run

The all-original Filipino musical, Walang Aray, a whip-smart, side-splitting reimagining of Severino Reyes’ classic zarzuela Walang Sugat, returns for a limited three-weekend run at the PETA Theater Center from October 6–22, 2023.

Witty and hilarious from start to finish, Walang Aray is a spoof and tribute to the iconic zarzuela. 

The show is a mashup of old and new, tackling the themes of love, nationalism, and patriotism with a mix of catchy tunes, pop culture references, irreverent humor, witty wordplays, and one-liner jabs that will leave audiences in stitches.

The biggest names in business at Asia Leaders Awards

What does Kevin Tan of Megaworld, Ernesto Tanmantiong of Jollibee and Ronald Mascariñas of Chooks to Go have in common? They were all previous honorees of Asia Leaders Awards. 

To be presented by the different embassies in the Philippines and the tycoons from different industries, Asia Leaders Awards will celebrate the world-class business leaders once again this coming November 23, 2023 to highlight these icons who keeps on winning in-spite of the challenges. 

Captains of Industries

A captain of industry was a business leader whose means contributed positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy.