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Be a blessing to others this season of giving By Peter Paul Duran
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HERE’S a certain peace the Christmas season brings.
With its longer nights, colder days, merry tunes and vibrant hues accentuating the tall Christmas trees peppering the city, the Yuletide season carries an emotion familiar to all of us—the genuine joy of celebration. For the Christmas season not only signifies festivity but the period of love, selflessness, reflection and remembrance. It is the time to look back and be grateful for the blessings one have received throughout the year. And as the world sings of joy, it marks the perfect opportunity to ponder and wonder on how to create change for others. Forget the expensive presents, anything can be a gift if it comes from the heart. Whether by material or deed, the sincerity in giving and reaching outweigh
the gift and package. So greet a stranger, give cards, pack presents, cook meals, adopt a pet, donate in charities or do volunteer work—sprinkle light and kindness through what medium fits. After all, what lingers at the end of the Holidays is the warm smile cast upon those who have been helped. Drink in the rush of the Yuletide season and always remember that good deeds should not end on the 25th of December. Create a difference everyday and make every move a way to initiate positivity. Open your eyes and help. The world is a dark place and you will never know but you may be the ray of light someone is waiting for. For kindness is never a weakness, whatever the cynics may say.
Prima Ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach and SM Supermalls COO Steven Tan
A frozen magical holiday at SM City North EDSA
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AMILIES and friends can now explore a winter wonderland with a 45 -foot Snowflake Christmas Tree illuminated with sparkling lights at SM City North EDSA’s Frozen Magical Holiday at The Block Atrium. Mallgoers can also wander through the birch tree lighted enchanted forest, go deep North into an icecapade, and blaze through an ice trail of light changing snowflakes at the mood room until January 5, 2020. This is a joint collaboration between SM and Disney highlighting the well-loved Oscar winning animated musical film Frozen which was released in 2013, and will have
bright as performances from singer Marynor Madamesila and Ballet Manila captivated Quezon City Councilors Doray Delarmente and Nikki Crisologo and their families. SM
Festive Music and Dance performance by Ballet Manila
a sequel that will be featured in November at SM Cinemas nationwide. Kids and kids at heart had a magical experience during the recent launch as the queenly 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach made a royal entrance surrounded by ballerinas. She was later joined by Prima Ballerina Liza MacujaElizalde and SM Supermalls COO Steven Tan. Everything was merry and
Little Star 2019 3 rd Runner-up Patrice Michaela Asuncion and other kids Gabrielle Chadon, Ethan Suyo, Gavin Chadon, and Jericho Kuzmicki also joined in the fun during the celebration. There’s more wintry fun ahead at the Frozen 2 Friends Meet and Greet on November 29, 30 and December 1 at The Block Atrium. Frozen 2 fans and collectors can also find a wide range of plush, unique, educational Turn to C3
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Smart gift ideas for ! s e n o h p t r a m s By Shana Angela S. Cervania
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H, how time flies! Christmas is just around the corner again! With the fad of new technology, everyone just can’t wait to get their hands on the newest phones whether to record their latest adventure or simply to play games all night long. So, if you’re ever thinking of giving mobile phones to your deserving family, friends, or loved ones this holiday season? Then, Manila Standard has some recommendations for you!
Vivo Y19 Just newly released this November, Vivo proudly presents one of its newest phones, the Vivo Y19! It boasts of a 6.53-inch FHD+ IPS LCD Display, 16MP + 8MP + 2MP triple rear cameras including an LED Flash, and a 16MP selfie camera. With an Android 9.0 Pie opera with Funtouch OS 9.2, a chipset of MediaTek Helio P65, Octa Core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128 GB of storage expandable up to 256GB, 4G LTE network, this is bang for the buck for only P10,999! This also includes both face recognition and a fingerprint scanner system! So what are you waiting for? You can pre-order now at Vivo!
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HONOR 8C Not to be an underestimated contender for borderline budget to mid-range phones, here comes Honor 8C with a lot of exciting features that’s worth every cent! Also under the Huawei brand, this phone is the very first in the whole world to be powered by Snapdragon™ 632 octa-core processor; with a massive 6.26 inch FullView Display; a robust 4000mAh Battery, 13+2MP Dual AI Camera; and also an advanced ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode which stops everything from notifications to alerts and calls so as not to break your gaming streak, along CYAN BLACK with an eye-care modeMAGENTA to ease eyeYELLOW strain! It offers its users 3GB RAM, supports up to 256GB external storage, and a lowlight face unlock for only P7,999.
APPLE iPhone 11 Pro Max If you have spare money to reward yourself after a stressful year, here comes the iPhone 11 Pro Max, the most expensive of the latest iPhone 11 series, as your very own well-deserved treat! It shows off a 6.5” screen, 7nm six-core custom Apple a13 Bionic chip, 2,688 x 1,242 resolution, 4GB RAM, and 18-watt fast charging via Lightning port. Let’s not forget the jaw-dropping elements for fans fans of photography and videography as the iOS 13 phone boasts triple cameras with the ultra-wide, wide, and telephoto lenses at the rear with impressively wide apertures for that “bokeh” effect everyone loves in pictures. This also shows the finest details even when you’re shooting from afar! Prices are from P73,990 for the 64GB, P82,990 for the 256GB, and P95,990 for the 512GB variant. PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and popular smartphone brand OPPO are joining forces to make advanced but affordable LTE devices more accessible to Filipinos. Under the partnership, Smart and OPPO are offering the OPPO A5s to Smart, TNT and Sun users at a discounted price, to enable more customers to upgrade and start using LTE smartphones. The OPPO A5s is available for P5,990, discounted from its original price of P6,990. It comes with a Smart LTE Prepaid SIM and data freebies: Upon activation, the customer automatically gets 1GB, plus an additional 1GB upon loading P100 within 3 days, valid for 3 days. It also comes with data rewards for a year, where customers get 500MB for every P150 accumulated load, valid for 3 days. “To ensure that our customers have the best possible experience when they use the Smart LTE network, we are also teaming up with brands like OPPO in making LTE devices more accessible,” said Oscar Enrico A. Reyes Jr, PLDT Senior Vice President for Consumer Business—Individual Group. “This partnership allows us to give a generous discount of P1,000 to our subscribers. This, in turn, allows more consumers to enjoy a great phone on a great network, that they can use to do the things they love,” he added.
This project is among Smart and OPPO’s joint initiatives to serve their customers better. Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the best technology for data as it allows users to experience faster upload and download speeds for video streaming and mobile gaming, for example.
Upgraded networks In the first nine months of the year, PLDT has expanded its fiber optic transmission and distribution network to over 307,000 kilometers. This fiber infrastructure also supports Smart’s mobile network. As of September 2019, Smart has deployed about 21,700 LTE base stations across the country. As of the first nine months of the year, Smart estimates that the number of LTE data users on its network jumped 82% from a year ago. The increased appetite of these customers for data-heavy activities such as video streaming and mobile gaming on their phones has contributed to the doubling year-on-year of mobile data traffic on Smart’s network to 1.1 Exabytes.
The OPPO A5s also features a 13MP and 5MP dual-rear camera and an 8MP front camera, a 6.2” Waterdrop Screen HD+, Octa-Core 2.3 GHz, 3GB RAM and 32 GB ROM, and boasts a ‘best-in-class’ battery of 4,230mAh, compared to the usual 3,000mAh of other devices in the same price range. “OPPO and Smart have been working together to empower the Filipino market with quality smartphones like the OPPO A5s,” said OPPO Philippines Vice President of Channel Sales Zen Han. “OPPO believes that this takes us a step closer to connecting the world.”
Samsung Galaxy A80 Here is the Samsung Galaxy A80 which showcases a large 6.7-inch notch-less Super AMOLED “New Infinity” display, with a 24W technology quickly charging the 3700mah power-packed phone, 4G LTE connectivity, fast 8GB RAM, in-display face recognition and fingerprint sensor which runs on Android 9.0 Pie. It has rotating triple cameras with 48 Megapixels, 8 Megapixels and 3D TOF which is a bargain for only P29,990.00, less than P5,000 the original price!
Award-winning network For their integrated fixed and mobile network upgrades, PLDT and Smart have been recognized by Ookla as the fastest fixed and mobile networks in the Philippines for the first half of 2019. Smart has also consistently topped OpenSignal’s Mobile Experience Awards since 2017. In OpenSignal’s latest Mobile Network Experience report for the Philippines, which came out in September, Smart won in four categories—Video Experience, Download Speed and Upload Speed Experience and Latency Experience— while it tied once again with competition in terms of 4G Availability.
Xiaomi Mi 9 Available just this September, the Xiaomi Mi 9 flagship phone is applaudable with its Snapdragon™ 855. 48MP AI triple camera including 13MP ultra-wide portrait camera and 8MP telephoto camera, 20MP popup selfie camera; 6.39” AMOLED Full Screen Display, Gorilla Glass 5, 6GB RAM, 960 fps video for that desired slow motion effect, 4000mAh longlasting battery with 27W fast-charging technology, and a multi-function NFC for only P18,990 for 64GB and P20,490 for the 128GB storage option!
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Festive Holidays with Vidro
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HERE is no better way to celebrate the holidays than with Vidro. With their online anniversary sale coming up, festive table settings are so much easier to prepare. A selection of Vidro glass can set the mood for a party and spark conversations among guests and family. There is nothing as bright as the Filipino Christmas get— together. But how do you pull everything together in a creative way that does not feel clichéd?
From merienda to Noche Buena or just dinner, there are so many opportunities to create beautiful tables with the colors of Vidro glassware. Bright, bold colors in glassware, plates, pitchers and decanters will bring on holiday cheer with Portuguese classic diamond bicos. Nothing speaks louder in a setting of a Filipino celebration than the clinking of glasses, and the arrangement of platters—that the right dinnerware can influence the mood at the
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and popular souvenirs, collectibles, toys, apparel, and much more at the Find your Magic Pop-Up Store by The SM Store and Toy Kingdom. Kids will be spellbound with A Magical Science Show by Nutty Scientist on November 10 and December 14; and get a chance to share their wishes as they Meet and Greet with Santa on December 8, 15, 22 and 25. The music of Christmas fills the
table. The selection available online at www. vidro.com.ph provide the opportunity to stock up on great serving pieces. Vidro provides a robust glassware selection that is functional, beautiful, and speak about the host. Vidro can be used every day, and so why not make everyday a holiday! For more information and to avail of the Holidays promotion, check out www.vidro. com.ph air performances by National University Chorale on December 15, all at The Block Atrium. Outside the mall, the Skygarden glows with a 75ft Giant Firefly Christmas tree, as well as neon lights snowflakes and a magnificent Christmas countdown arch. Northern skies will light up the holidays with the Grand Firework Show on December 6, 13, 20, and 27 at the Sky Garden leading to Christmas Day. The Frozen Magical Holiday is one of the many exciting seasonal events at SM City North EDSA. #GoNorthThisChristmas
Globe At Home and Disney make Christmas more magical and delightful Customers get free 3 months access to DisneyLife
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O CELEBRATE the coming of the holiday season, Globe At Home delighted their Postpaid and Prepaid Customers with surprises featuring their partnership with DisneyLife. Globe at Home recently made announcements on exciting promos for existing and new customers. All Globe at Home GoUnli and GoBig Postpaid customers automatically score 3 months access to DisneyLife. This can be activated through the Globe At Home App starting November 27 to December 15, 2019. Select customers—as much as 40,000 - also get GMovies passes to catch Frozen 2 with family and friends. Similarly, Globe At Home Prepaid customers score 3 months access to DisneyLife. All they have to do is load up their Home Prepaid WiFi with HomeSURF199 and up via the Globe At Home App starting December 1, 2019. Access activation can also be automatically done via the app. “Christmas is the highlight of the year for most Filipinos. And to make this season more enjoyable for our customers, we decided to provide them more opportunities to spend the holidays in the best way possible: with their families, whether at home while bingeing on their favorite movies or catching the latest family flick in cinemas,” shared Martha Sazon, SVP and Head of Broadband Business at Globe. Make the best out of this year’s Christmas season with Globe At Home and Disney! Learn more via https://www.facebook.com/ globeathome/.
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INOYS are surely no stranger to cooking. Our exquisite love for food has already been integrated into the Filipino culture and heritage since time immemorial, thus giving birth to numerous delicious Filipino dishes. These appetizing meals are served especially for occasions such as fiestas, family reunions, friendly gatherings, Christmas and so much more! As Filipinos commonly share their passion for food, we might also want to gift our loved ones with luscious noodles this coming holiday season so as to present something unique, yet so dearly close to our hearts! Excellent Its Pancit Canton variety even has Chef Claude Tayag’s recipe for Pancit Canton Especial with Chicken Sausage. Its products are Pancit Canton and Canton Bihon for cooking, or if you want the best of both worlds, there’s also a CantonBihon in one noodle pack! It also has a Whole Wheat Pancit Canton for a healthier alternative for those who are more conscious of their food choices! Other choices are Pancit Palabok, Misua sticks, Cornstarch Stick Bihon, Spaghetti, Macaroni and Miki. The Macaroni can be acquired big or small; in tubes or shells, and as salad. It also has different Miki options such as Miki-Lomi, MikiMami, Miki-Pino, Miki-Yumi.
It surely is the go-to noodles for everyone as it even has instant products to immediately satisfy your hunger on-the-go! These are available in their new “Watanoodle” products which are non-fried instant noodles in Fresh Miki-Lomi style in scrumptious flavors such as Seafood Miso, Beef Yakiniku, and Chicken Ramen in Sesame Oil. If you can wait for a few more minutes, it also has Instant Bam-i Canton-Bihon, Mami in chicken and beef, and Pancit Canton in Calamansi Flavor. Furthermore, it also exports
internationally with first-rate products such as Rice Stick Bihon, Cornstarch Stick Bihon, and Flour Stick Pancit Canton.
Ideal This really is one of the “ideal” brands when preparing delectable pasta! Since 1948, it has been serving gourmet noodles, which have been a treat for those in restaurants, hotels, catering and other food services. One of the premier brands in the Philippines, it is strong in the industry for 70 years and is currently being sold in retail and wholesales for popular outlets in the Philippines. The Ideal Macaroni and Spaghetti Factory Inc. has numerous heavenly variants such as macaroni, salad macaroni, penne rigate, fusilli, rigatoni, fettuccine, linguine, spaghetti, and capellini. Super Q Another kitchen staple whenever there are food gatherings, Super Q has a lot of varied options in stock such as Corn-starched and Wheatbased noodles which are mostly used when cooking. Included in the corn-starched based are the Golden Bihon and the Special Palabok.The Bihon is produced in controlled environments through a proprietary process so that the soft, smooth and yet bouncy and distinct flavors are still well-intact; this will surely make you slurp your noodles loud with a satisfying grin on your face afterwards! The wheat-based ones are Pancit Canton for deep frying, Misua or Flour Vermicelli; Streamed, Egg and Miki or Hokkien noodles. The Misua has long
fine strands which are circular in shape; the
Chinese like to eat it as it is the symbol for long life for them. The streamed and egg noodles do not undergo frying unlike the instant ones. There are regular Classic Miki noodles or Japanese Ramen, but if you want flat Japanese Mami noodles or thick Lomi noodles, these are on the market, too. San Remo For those looking for a foreign brand, San Remo is from a familyowned Australian company since its foundation in 1936. It has the knowledge of
combining the traditional way of producing pasta with the most modern techniques available to man to process the best quality Durum wheat. Surely of premium quality and taste, it exports to 35 countries all
throughout the world. It has various kinds of tasty pasta such as short, long; fresh pasta, egg pasta; cous cous, gluten free, specialty; for side dishes, and baking; along with delightful and savory sauces. Royal For those who prefer something that’s more affordable and yet still yummy and enjoyable to the taste, then Royal pasta is the one for you! Commonly used by people as the main ingredient in their sweet Filipino-style spaghetti, it also has different options for pasta if spaghetti is not to your preference such as elbow and
salad macaroni, penne rigate, and Linguine. It also has exceptional sauces such as Sweet style, Filipino style, and 4 cheese.
Laptops this Holiday Season! By Shana Angela S. Cervania
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AVING a laptop nowadays is a requirement in almost every profession as more and more people work with online data stored on the internet to handle things easily in an orderly and systematic way. Getting a laptop can be overwhelming with all the options out there. So, if you need to avail one now, here are some top picks for what laptop to get Dell XPS 13 - All-around tasks
Dell’s flagship 13.3-inch laptop is available in either Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit; 8th-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor; 256 GB or 512 GB, M.2, PCIe, NVMe, SSD; 1080p or 4K state-of-the-art display, and 16GB RAM. It can stay as long as 18 hours and 14 minutes, and as long as 28 hours with the optional Dell Power Companion. It also has a microSD slot for memory expansion, with the 1080p model; while the 4K unit still lasted under eight hours. This laptop is perfect whether or both work and leisure. Currently available price is only for the i7 variant which is at P60, 000. Turn to C6
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Fast and free Wi-Fi for San Juan ‘smart city’
Smart deploys Google Station in San Juan City
Christmas is food, Christmas is love By Peter Paul Duran
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HRISTMAS may be a hundred million things for the earth’s seven billion plus people, but the common thread that connects us is the food that we share during this time of the year. In the Philippines, nothing says Christmas more than the iconic “Noche Buena." And speaking of Noche Buenas, where all the attention of our Titas and Titos of Manila are directed during the holidays and a single distraction from their cooking would mean certain exclusion from the table, we list down the typical dishes that star in our yearly Christmas dinner. LECHON To omit lechon from this list is considered sacrilege, so to save us from the backlash of our succulent-swine loving readers, we put this at top. There's just no ultimate piece of delicacy other than Lechon that could ornate a table as much as this roasted thing of beauty. You could just serve lechon, true highness of any long table, and leave out all the rest on this list. Pero mare, ang high-blood, huh!
To bolster San Juan’s bid to be a smart city, PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has inked an agreement with the local government of San Juan to power key sites in the city with fast, free and open fiber-powered Wi-Fi by deploying Google Station.
HAM The star of the Noche Buena feast. There's no special treatment here among different Christmas delicacies, but hams are definite staples in the Christmas dinner table. There's not much argument there. QUESO DE BOLA Those big red balls you see since childhood just won't ever go away, do they? And for good reason as this special cheese was said to have been used as ammo for cannons because it is hard, big and round like a cannonball. And also during the Spanish era, these Edam Turn to C6
San Juan has also signed an agreement with PLDT-backed software and IT solutions provider Multisys Technologies in developing the San Juan city app, mobile kiosk and e-wallet services to make the city’s services more accessible to residents. To date, carrier grade Google Station is already available in key areas in the city such as the City Hall of San Juan. In addition, it is also available in medical and shopping areas such as Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Virra Mall and Greenhills Shopping Center. This Smart-powered high-speed WiFi service will soon be available in the Agora Market, San Juan Medical Center, Pinaglabanan Shrine, and Polytechnic University of the Philippines-San Juan campus, to name a few. “We are happy to work with the San Juan City government in realizing their smart city vision. We look forward to helping Mayor Francis Zamora further enhance his government’s ability to respond
even more efficiently to the needs of his constituents and elevate San Juan to be at par with other modern cities in Asia and the world,” said PLDT chair Manuel V. Pangilinan. “Through this memorandum of agreement with Smart and Multisys for free Wi-Fi in key areas in our different barangays, for the development of our San Juan City App and for the deployment of Electronic Kiosks in all our barangay halls and our City Hall, we are now bringing our San Juaneños closer to the city government by digitalizing local government services. This is in line with our vision to make San Juan a Smart City - A Makabagong San Juan,” said San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora Also at the signing ceremonies were PLDT Chief Revenue Officer and Smart President Alfredo S. Panlilio, PLDTSmart Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Juan Victor I. Hernandez and San Juan City Vice Mayor Warren Villa. “By working with Mayor Zamora and his government in making high-quality and reliable connectivity more accessible across San Juan, we are empowering the city’s residents, students and entrepreneurs and enabling them to access online services that are relevant
to their lives and businesses,” Panlilio said. Aside from San Juan City, Google Station is also available in other government offices such as city and provincial halls, as well as in branches of the Land Transportation Office and National Bureau of Investigation across the country. Google Station is also available in other heavy foot-traffic areas such as airports and other transportation hubs like bus stations and seaports, hospitals, tertiary schools, and malls. Once up, the additional San Juan venues will join the growing list of 600 Google Station sites that Smart and Google Philippines initially announced in July 2019. The nationwide rollout of Google Station complements Smart’s ongoing network expansion and modernization program across the Philippines. For 2019, PLDT capex is expected to reach P78.4 billion, including allocations for the expansion of PLDT’s fiber broadband service, which also supports Smart’s mobile network by providing high-capacity links for cellular base stations.
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balls were famous for maturing well through time, making them a favorite when Christmas time comes. If that story isn't enough for food to be historically etched in our digestive memory then nothing is. SPAGHETTI OR MACARONI From Birthdays, Christening, Baptisms, Fiestas, special celebrations and Media Noche, Spaghetti has always had the immunity stone with it. It just can't be toppled. It's cheap, it has few ingredients and it's tasty. Boy do we love our "ispageti!"
By Peter Paul Duran MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Holiday Season is upon us, blink once and you’ll see that Christmas is only in a couple of days. Not that we’re not ready for it. Filipinos are known all over the world for having the longest Christmas season. As soon as the “ber” months kick in, expect malls to blare out those timeless Christmas hits, businesses offer holidaythemed gimmicks, and homes slowly decorating for those “Paskong Pinoy” feels. This is also the season that our kababayans give their all to earn a bigger keep in anticipation of the incoming expenses of the season of giving. As we work our butts off to provide for our family’s needs (and wants), we may need to think twice about where we put that valuable Christmas bonus. Do we spend it in one go for all the nice to haves? Or do we use it to prepare for something more important, something that will safeguard this coming Holiday season, and all Christmas seasons in the future whenever this time of the year comes around? Fortunately, life insurance companies like AIA Philam Life has made it possible for Filipinos to make protecting the family’s future within reach, and preparing for the unexpected easier, especially since that comes with an all-in-one guarantee. “We want to reach out to the broader rising middleclass market. If every family had a policy to take care of their children if a tragedy strikes, you would have less people living on the street,” said AIA Philam Life Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Ang. As a company that puts its customers first, AIA Philam Life continues to develop innovative products that will address its customers’ various protection needs. “This is something that I think AIA Philam Life, as one of the stalwarts in the local life insurance industry, should help address,” he added as AIA Philam Life
FRUIT SALAD Give me one mom who won't say their fruit salad is the best tasting fruit salad in the world, the universe rather. Fruit salads are the ultimate dessert, appetizer, kontra umay, umay-inducer dish specialty there is. Just toss all the ingredients in a tub somewhere and let it bathe in its mouth-watering goodness. There's no secret to the best-tasting fruit salad, but every household deem theirs having the edge over the other.
recently launched its latest product offering that will shield families from the financial impact of possible risks that may happen now or in the future such as total and permanent disability, personal accident, critical illness, and death. But what makes the AIA All-In-One unique, according to the country’s premier life insurer, is the gamechanging enhancement on the accident rider. Benefit goes up to three times in case of death due to natural disasters or accidents while riding a ticketed passenger vehicle with a specific route (and includes passengers who are traveling in vehicles through ride-hailing apps). “This all goes back to our brand promise, because part of helping people live Healthier, Longer and Better Lives is making sure that the dreams of the family can still come true no matter what happens in the future,” said Ang. AIA All-in-One is also powered by Philam Vitality, its science-backed wellness program that incentivizes members with rewards for knowing and improving their health. The product’s true testament to AIA Philam Life’s commitment to close the protection gap is its cost, which is significantly lower compared to other products within the same category. At less than PHP100 a day (for a 32 year old healthy male) for the kind comprehensive coverage it provides, it was made to be more accessible to the lower-income market, addressing the protection needs that are relevant to them.
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HP Notebook 15 Budget Laptop
Available for only P19,990, this is your best bet if you have mostly light documenting tasks on your laptop such as using word, excel and PowerPoint. This Windows 10 Home laptop has a wide 15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) display, Intel Pentium Silver N5000 processor, Intel HD Graphics 620, 4GB DDR4 RAM, HD Web Cam, up to 500GB HDD, Multi-Format Card Reader and a DVD Writer Optical Drive.
Last year, the company announced its intent to focus the product strategy on protection to help close the protection gap, which is currently at an estimated PHP1.5 trillion and is expected to balloon to PHP2.7 trillion by 2020. Know more about AIA All-in-One by visiting the AIA Philam Life website at philamlife.com, Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AIAPhilamLife/, emailing philamlife@aia.com or calling (02)85282000.
Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Especially for hardcore gamers, this Windows 10 Home laptop boasts of 15.6 or 17.3-inch 1920 x 1080 FHD IPS-level panel with 144Hz referesh rate, 79% screento-body ratio has a processor of a six-core 9th Gen Intel Core i79750H and 4th Gen AeroBlade™ 3D Technology, works on 8GB RAM and 6GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660ti, and also stores up to 1TB HDD and 256GB SSD. For more immersive gameplay, you can have two additional screens through the HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort™ 1.4, and the WAVES NX® 3D SOUND surround sound system. It also has a RGB Backlit Keyboard with everything for P94,999.
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In a highly competitive industry where businesses are all vying to get consumer attention, micro-, small-, and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) need all the help they can get to capture a slice of the market. Thankfully, HP has come up with Smart Tank 500 and 515 all-inone (AIO) printers that enables entrepreneurs to do cost-effective printing, scanning and copying tasks while remaining focused on the core aspects of the business. That is because the HP Smart Tank 500 and 515 printers are built for speed and reliability and can print up to 11ppm of black text and graphics, 5ppm of colored text and graphics,
and colored photos in as fast as 76 seconds, compared to previous HP Ink Tank printers. The Smart Tank printers can also generate savings for MSMEs as they can produce 8,000 colored pages or 6,000 black pages using an integrated ink tank system which can be refilled using affordable Original HP ink. The HP Smart Tank 500 printer can quickly produce borderless prints for flyers, brochures and other creative materials, while the HP Smart Tank 515 boasts of fast connections through Hi-Speed USB 2.0, dual band Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth LE; and mobile printing, scanning and copying capabilities courtesy of HP ePrint, HP
Smart app; and Apple AirPrint™. The HP Smart Tank 500 (P7,950) and Smart Tank 515 (P9,295) AIO printers are available at all authorized HP resellers nationwide. The HP Smart Tank printersare built for cost-effective printing, scanning and copying tasks to enable entrepreneurs to focus on theirbusiness. The HP Smart Tank printers can help entrepreneurs save on costs via an integrated ink tank system that can produce 8,000 colored pages or 6,000 black pages. The tanks can be refilled using affordable Original HP ink.
Apple MacBook Pro Best for editing If budget is not your concern and desire only the best of the best, here is the latest Apple MacBook Pro. This laptop is especially suitable for those who are involved in the art industry such as graphic design, video and photo editing, and more! There are six variants available in this line of series, however the laptop with the best and most powerful features has a 16-inch crisp Retina display with True Tone technology which alters the color of the screen for ambient lighting, 2.3GHz 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 processor, AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory, with Turbo Boost up to 4.8GHz and 1TB SSD storage, Touch Bar and Touch ID, and Four Thunderbolt 3 ports for P165,990.
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