Home Buddies gives back in Paskong Mayo Puso 2.0

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Gift-giving celebration aims to raise funds for SPED classroom makeover

To usher in the holiday season and recap an incredible year, online community Home Buddies celebrated with PASKONG MAY PUSO 2.0, a gift-giving treat held through a variety of online activities for all beloved kapitbahays and ka-hangouts!

The celebration was kickstarted by Home Buddies founder, “Mayora '' Frances Lim Cabatuando, and Q Radio’s Ysa Chong as hosts. To add to the fun, Quest and Kitchie Nadal entertained the kapitbahays and ka-hangouts with their performances, along with a series of games that brought fun prizes, sponsored by its partner brands: Bet On Your Buddy (sponsored by Dakki), Around The Globe: Guess The Movie & Country (sponsored by Globe Roaming), Read My Lips (sponsored by All Home), and Zoomba (sponsored by Irish Spring). Present also at this event was Kevin Pueblo as the guest tanod.

Through PASKONG MAY PUSO 2.0, Home Buddies raised funds for the makeover of a SPED (Special Education) classroom at the Pasay City North High School.

In line with their advocacy of giving back to the community, Cabatuando and Pueblo shared their gratitude for the overflowing support.

“We are one kapitbahay, we are 3-million strong, and we are here to support them. Thank you dahil sa pagsali ninyo sa mga events tulad nito, we are able to raise funds for the benefit of the people who are in need,” Cabatuando said.

“Kaya hindi lang talaga siya Paskong May Puso di ba, it’s not just for us the kapitbahays but also for those who need help,” Pueblo said.

Home Buddies, initially started in September 2020 by “Mayora” Frances Lim Cabatuando, is an online community and safe space for over 3.1 million home enthusiasts who want to achieve the home of their dreams. In this community, members engage with each other and share helpful tips, interesting finds, and inspirational stories about their home improvement journey. It also holds regular activities, such as the Monday Market, where group members can buy and sell home-related items.

But the festivities don’t end there. Home Buddies kapitbahays and ka-hangouts are still in for a merry ride this December with more activities.

There’s Globe Brand Week, where exciting games were held every noon until December 15 in the Hangout Buddies group. There will also be games until December 18 in the Home Buddies group. The fun doesn’t end there as a variety of brands will also be celebrating the joy of this Christmas season with us: Dakki Brand Day and Live Selling to be held on December 20 at noon, followed by Irish Spring Brand Day on December 21, Globe Roaming's live segment at 12 noon which will feature another round of fun games & raffle for the kapitbahays and Violeta’s Curtains Live Selling at 7 p.m. on December 22, and All Home Brand Day on December 23. Watch out for these events from the comfort of your own home through the Home Buddies Facebook group page.

HOME BUDDIES PASKONG MAY PUSO 2.0 is co-presented by Globe. Special thanks to major sponsors Irish Spring, IKEA, Dakki, and All Home; minor sponsors NYMA, Anker, and Omni; Kapitbahay partners Dunsk Kuhner and Oasis Sauna; and media partners FreebieMNL and PIE Channel.

Merry Christmas, mga Kapitbahays and Ka-hangouts!

TikTok comedy creator Raco Ruiz joins KROMA Entertainment’s NYMA family

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This just in: everybody’s favorite TikTok broski Raco Ruiz has joined the KROMA Entertainment family! Raco is now an exclusive talent under NYMA.

Short for “Now, You Must Aspire,” NYMA’s vision is to be the home of the greatest talents in the tradigital universe. NYMA goes beyond making stars of its talents, because why settle for the stars when you can be the sun?

Aside from creating work influenced by surrealism, graffiti, pop art, and low-brow cartoon art, Raco blew up on TikTok for his meta-comedy skits. His videos under the handle @racobell have gained millions of views and hundreds of thousands of followers for highlighting modern Pinoy “conyo” culture videos through his Raco-verse of characters (all masterfully portrayed by himself) and voiceovers of ‘90s cartoons and films.

NYMA believes in Raco’s potential to shake up the tradigital space given his promising work as video director and visual artist, plus his hilarious skits! Kat Bautista, Head of NYMA, said there is a lot of potential in Raco and that NYMA is excited to work with such brilliant talent for the long haul.

“He is a brilliant artist with a sense of humor to boot. He's a director, illustrator, comic, writer, and now an on-screen talent. As a multi-hyphenated artist, we feel Raco brings something unique to the Philippine market. We can’t wait for him to shake up the entertainment space with his unique perspective and talents!” she said.

Signing with NYMA and going full-time as a content creator is Raco’s way of making business a pleasure. “They (NYMA) take care of all the stuff I suck at and I’m left to do all the stuff I’m good at. It’s a symbiotic relationship. We just all help each other out, and we all want the same things, so it makes the whole process of creating a lot easier,” he pointed out.

“Being an artist, more often than not, my mind gets hyper-focused on the creative aspect of things that I often tend to neglect the business or logistics side of it, which is equally as important as the creative part if you wanna make art or be a creative for a living,” he shared.

Get ready to see this TikTok Rac-star and his unique multiverse of art and comedy everywhere, everytime, and all at once soon!

NYMA is one of the brands under KROMA Entertainment, the new tradigital entertainment company backed by the ecosystem of the Globe Group. NYMA recognizes Raco’s immense talent, and is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to take his career to greater heights, give his unparalleled value, and help him break new ground in the tradigital space.

For more on Raco, follow him on:

● TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@racobell

● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racobell/

● Twitter: https://twitter.com/racobell

● Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racodrawsstuff/

● Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RacoRuizOfficial

● YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RacoRuiz

To learn more about KROMA and NYMA, visit https://www.kroma.ph/nyma.

KROMA Entertainment’s NYMA welcomes singer-actress Kristel Fulgar to exclusive talent pool

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Pinoy celebrity and K-content “kween” Kristel Fulgar has joined KROMA Entertainment’s talent management agency NYMA.

Short for “Now, You Must Aspire,” NYMA’s vision is to be the home of the greatest talents in the tradigital universe. NYMA goes beyond making stars of its talents, because why settle for the stars when you can be the sun?

With 20 years of experience in showbiz, Kristel is a certified quadruple threat: she’s an actress, singer, vlogger, and director, making her a perfect addition to NYMA’s growing roster of unique tradigital creators.

Starting out in popular children’s TV show “Goin’ Bulilit” at only 8 years old, Kristel would go on to star in hit soap operas “Maria Flordeluna, “Dahil sa Pag-Ibig,” “Got to Believe,” and “Bagito.”

Her career tracked a new direction when she went viral in 2016 for her song covers while driving. This career turn led her to do song covers regularly and expand her channels to vlogs about her life in showbiz, travels around the world, and her favorite K-dramas. Now, she has millions of followers on her various channels: KrisTells vlogs, which focuses on K-dramas, travel, skincare and showbiz content, and the Kristel Fulgar channel, which mainly focuses on song covers.

In 2021, Kristel achieved one of her biggest dreams in life: directing and producing her own web drama series “Love From Home.” Shot in both Korea and the Philippines during the pandemic with a skeletal crew, she and her team achieved an amazing feat with this 8-episode love story complete with a Korean-Filipino theme song. If the show’s hundreds of thousands of fans are any indication, Kristel is clearly just getting started.

“I signed with NYMA because they saw the potential in me. Nakaka-happy lang ng heart na may mga taong nagtitiwala sa iyo katulad ng NYMA,” she said.

“Kristel embarks on the next chapter in her 20-year entertainment career by putting on her creative cap and doing behind-the-scenes work like directing and producing. At NYMA, we are excited to be her partner on this new adventure,” said Kat Bautista, Head of NYMA.

NYMA is one of the brands under KROMA Entertainment, the new tradigital entertainment company backed by the ecosystem of the Globe Group. NYMA recognizes Kristel’s immense talent, and is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to take her career to greater heights, give her unparalleled value, and make her break new ground in the tradigital space.

For more on Kristel:

● Subscribe to her vlog channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/KrisTellsVlogs

● Subscribe to her song cover channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/KristelFulgar01

● Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/KristelFulgar

● Twitter: https://twitter.com/kristelfulgar

● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristelfulgar/?hl=en

● TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kfulgar

To learn more about KROMA and NYMA, visit https://www.KROMA.ph/nyma.