Early Christmas Treats from HP

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Here's wonderful world of HP !  Thinking of getting a printer or upgrading your old one?

It’s time to get an HP printer now and get more with HP’s latest printer promotions. 

Get more with original HP cartridges and win an HP Slate 7 Tablet!

Buy only HP original cartridges and get so much more with HP’s Get More With Originals Promo! 

Every participating HP cartridge contains a peel-off promo sticker containing a unique promo code. 

Each code is equivalent to one raffle entry and corresponding points.

The customer must register via SMS. Text HP<space>REG<space>NAME/AGE/ADDRESS and send it to 2948. 

Registration is free of charge. Only one unique mobile phone number is allowed per registrant. 

There are two ways to win. First, HP will hold a weekly electronic raffle where customers will get a chance to win an HP Slate 7 weekly. Customers may also win by accumulating points to redeem a bigger prize at the end of the promo period. 

The Get more with Original promo runs from June 26 to September 25, 2013. Reward points can be redeemed until November 25, 2013.

Print with a plus with an HP Laserjet 

HP Wants you to Print with a Plus! 

Grab an HP LaserJet Printer and two (2) HP toners from today until October 24 and get a free SM ePlus card worth up to P3, 200! 

Meanwhile, for those interested in the printers alone, any purchase of an HP Laserjet printer entitles them to corresponding freebies. 

Customers may claim their SM ePlus cards at the on-site redemption or via LBC. All free items are transferable but not convertible to cash. 

HP Ink Advantage Back to School Promo

Now is the perfect time to upgrade to an HP Advantage Printer! With HP’s Ink Advantage Back to School Promo, every purchase of participating HP Ink Advantage printers until October 31, 2013 entitles the customer to a free bag and freebies.

Visit the HP website, Facebook and twitter account for more information and for the complete list of participating stores and cartridges.

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Bread N' Butter Welcomes October with Third Award for 2013

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October starts with a hurrah for UNTV's Bread N' Butter as the business and travel show earns its third award for this year from the Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc. (AFFI). The multi-awarded program received the Franchise Enabler Award for Media category at the 12th Filipino Franchise Show at the World Trade Center last October 4.

Bread N' Butter was acknowledged for its support and promotional efforts for Filipino franchise brands as well as for Small and Medium Enterprises. The show is known for featuring homegrown brands and inspiring stories of hard-working Filipino entrepreneurs.

Rodel Flordeliz, one of the tri-kada hosts of the program, received the award in behalf of Arlene Razon and Kitt Meilly.

In the first and third quarter of this year, Bread N' Butter garnered awards at the Gandingan 2013: The 7th UPLB Isko’t Iska’s Broadcast Choice Awards as the  Best Livelihood-Oriented Program Gandingan ng Kabuhayan Award and at the 33rd Dangal ng Bayan Awards 2013 as the Outstanding Family-Inspired Television Program.

Bread N' Butter is aired over UNTV every Friday at 5pm to 5:45pm. Get updates on the program and promo alerts by Liking Bread N' Butter on Facebook. Follow @bnbtv on Twitter and Instagram.

The Philippines is race-ready Sikat II gets pole position in World Solar Challenge

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Team Sikat Solar Philippines @World Solar Challenge updates: 

Darwin, Australia -- Sikat II, the country’s representative to the 2013 World Solar Challenge (WSC) in Australia, reached another milestone when it placed first in its class during the qualifying round of the world’s biggest solar car competition held at Hidden Valley Raceway on October 5. 

The Philippines clocked 2:30.53, beating closest competitor Team Aurora of Australia which timed 2:32.95. There are five other solar cars participating in the Adventure class. 

This achievement earned Sikat II the pole position in the biennial meet, beginning October 6in this Northern Territory city and will end in Adelaide on October 11. It covers 3,021 kilometers of the Australian Outback. 

This is the best performance of the Philippines in the qualifying round since it joined the WSC in 2007. Sinag placed 12th that year while Sikat ranked 19th in 2011. 

“I’m estatic that we reached the coveted pole position. The whole team has prepared hard for the past few days so I’m very happy,” says Carl Mamawal, Sikat II main driver. 

A core group of 20 mechanical and electrical engineering students and six faculty members from De La Salle University modified and made some improvements to the 2011 Sikat II car. 

First Phil Holdings, First Gen, Energy Development Corporation, Sunpower, Ufreight, Shell, and Motolite helped make the improved Sikat II possible. 

A total of 42 teams from 24 countries are joining in this year’s WSC, competing in three classes. 

For updated news and information on Sikat II and Team Sikat Solar Philippines, go to Facebook: Team Solar Philippines, and Twitter and Instagram: SikatSolarPh.

"Liham at Lihim" Gloc-9's second album with Universal Records

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Gloc-9 rises with “Magda” from Liham at Lihim, his second album with Universal Records.  We might say that Pinoy rap is going through a revival. What we must know is how different Gloc-9's kind of rap remains, regardless.

At the heart of Gloc-9's icon is the fact of his creativity. This is a rapper who dares writes songs from nation, trailing an eye on the things we fail to see, listening to words no one else hears.

If the first single off his new album Liham at Lihim is any indication, then Gloc-9 has again raised the bar for songwriting in general, Pinoy rap in particular.

A collaboration with rock icon Rico Blanco, “Magda” is Gloc-9's storytelling at its best. For one thing, he doesn't take on the persona of Magda; instead he speaks as Ernesto, telling the story of Magda – the little of it that he knows. For another, Magda's story doesn't unfold easily, where many things are left unsaid, and much of what is truth happens in a letter. This is also why Gloc-9 thinks “Magda” the best choice for a carrier single, given the CD's title.

But Magda's complexity, as Liham at Lihim suggests, is borne of the fact that she is trapped in what she does, andwe cannot understand why. Gloc-9 doesn't insist that we understand it, but through Ernesto we are being made to see the sadness in this situation, the nostalgia for the past, the longing for better.

Talking about the inspiration for the song, Gloc-9 says: “I was thinking of reasons why a daughter who was most precious to her father, could end up living the life of a prostitute. One line from the chorus goes “Magdalena, anong problema? / Alam naman natin na dati kang Nena / at sa ‘yong ama, ikaw ay prinsesa.”

That chorus is sung by Blanco, something that Gloc-9 is grateful for. “Rico is one of the most talented singers we have right now, and even though I wrote the song, Rico is the only one who can sing the chorus the way he does and bring to the song his own uniqueness. Sobrang galing,” he says.

“Magda” reminds us that there are many difficult stories to tell, and very few who dare tell it the way Gloc-9 and Rico Blanco do. This song reminds us that there are no judgements, as there are questions. And there is no right and wrong, as there is need and love. If not hope.

Without a doubt, Pinoy rap's going through a revival. With “Magda” and all of Liham at Lihim, Gloc-9 proves he is in a class all his own.

Liham at Lihim will be released in October 2013. This is Gloc-9's second album with Universal Records after 2012's Mga Kwento ng Makata and the critically-acclaimed hit single “Sirena.” Liham at Lihim features Gloc-9 collaborations with Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Quest, Marc Abaya, Zia Quizon, Kamikazee, Eunice of Gracenote, Denise Barbacena, and Sly Kane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH_h3vhfm14&feature=c4-overview&list=UU_916zXkHew_kwh_pZv8B4w 

Tracklist: 

1. Huminahon Ka (featuring Sly Kane)
2. Takip Silim (featuring Regine Velasquez-Alcasid)
3. KMT (featuring Eunice Jorge of Gracenote)
4. Magda (featuring of Rico Blanco)
5. Rap Ka Nga
6. Kuwento Mo
7. Tsinelas sa Putikan (featuring Marc Abaya)
8. Siga (featuring Quest)
9. Hindi Sapat (featuring Denise Barbacena)
10. Katulad Ng Iba (featuring Zia Quizon)
11. Kunwari (featuring Kamikazee, Biboy Garcia of Queso and Manuel Legarda of Wolfgang)
12. Itak Ni Andres

Jericho's "Alagwa" (Breakaway) in Mainstream Cinemas

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Jericho Rosales’ award-winning indie film Alagwa (Breakaway) will finally have a Philippine mainstream theatrical release under Star Cinema, in line with its 20th anniversary. The production received an 'A' grade from the cinema evaluation board.

Jericho's first local indie movie, "Alagwa" is an advocacy film about human trafficking and inspired by a popular urban legend about a child's disappearance in Chinatown Manila. The film uncovers the dark facets of the underground business of human trafficking in the Philippines.

"Alagwa" has been showcased as an official selection in various international film festivals last year around the world. As having won numerous awards, most recent of which is its victory globally at the 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival where Jericho won Outstanding Achievement in Film Acting and locally at the 2013 36th Gawad Urian and Gawad Tanglaw where he won best actor trophies for his superb portrayal in this intense and chilling advocacy film that centers on the loving relationship of a father and a son and how it is shattered by human trafficking.

Prior to the Newport Beach Film Festival, Alagwa was first showcased at the Busan International Film festival in Korea where it was called one of the Best of the Fest and profusely praised by The Hollywood Reporter, which described Alagwa as a low-budget standout: 

“This sophomore effort from young Filipino director, Ian Loreños, is not only a powerful film about human trafficking; it is also a small gem portraying a father-son relationship with nothing fake or sentimental about it.” 

The Reporter also commended the topnotch performance of Jericho and child actor Bugoy Cariño: “The film owes a great deal to the natural chemistry between singer-actor Rosales and Cariño, the child star of the TV series E-Boy, whose playful, mischievous nature contrasts with Rosales’s nervous hen approach to child-rearing. The spontaneity is a welcome change from the usual parent-child sentimentality on screen.” 

Jericho’s performance was moreover described as such “Nagging, brusque and critical, Rosales expertly conveys the over-compensation of the single-parent in the tough love Robert (Rosales’s character) shows his son.”

Alagwa since then toured Malaysia (Asean International Film Festival), participated in three festivals in India, in Cambodia, as well as in Palm Beach International Film Festival where it sold out on both nights that it was shown.

The movie had several special screenings in Manila, particularly in 2012’s Cinema One Originals festival, and it also had two special private screenings at the residence of USA Ambassador Harry Thomas. In the last week of September, it was given the distinction of having been chosen as the Best Indie Narrative Feature in the World by the Third World Indie Festival in Milpitas, California among 700 entries from 30 countries.

U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas, Jr. and
"Alagwa" (Breakaway) director Ian Lorenos.

The US government, through Thomas, is in full support of Alagwa as the film aggressively exposes human trafficking and the plight of the people who are victimized by it.

With the upcoming mainstream theatrical release of Alagwa here in the country, Jericho (who is also co-producer of the film) and director Ian Loreños (who won best indie director and best screenplay writer in the 2013 PMPC Star Awards for Movies) are united not only in entertaining Pinoy moviegoers, but also in educating them about the horrors of human trafficking. 

“Anybody can be victimized by human trafficking as it doesn’t choose any gender and social class. This is a serious issue that needs our serious attention,” explains Jericho.

Alagwa also stars Leo Martinez, Smokey Manaloto, Nanette Inventor, John Manalo, Jeremiah Rosales, Iñaki Ting, Garry Lim, Jamieson Lee, EJ Caro and in a very special cameo role, the beautiful Malaysian star, Carmen Soo. Awit Awardee Gabriel Valenciano produced and arranged the musical score of the movie. 

The film aims to donate a portion of the proceeds of the film to several organizations championing the cause of human trafficking such as Visayan Forum and Called To Rescue.

Bugoy Cariño

The film is supported by ABS-CBN, Smart, Manila Genesis Entertainment and Management in cooperation with ASAP 18, CenturyPacific (555 Sardines), Kaseki, Collezione, Mesa Grille and the Philippine Star.

Smokey Manaloto, Bugoy Cariño, Director Ian Lorenos, Jericho Rosales and Leo Martinez during the Alagwa press conference held at Luk Foo Chinese Restaurant, Quezon City, October 3, 2013.

Alagwa will have a red-carpet premiere night on Oct. 7, and it will be shown in all SM Cinemas nationwide starting Oct. 9.

More photos: here.