The UNTV Cup Season 2

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The UNTV Cup Season 2 will officially commence on February 11, 2014 at Smart Araneta.

Here's UNTV's advocacy that was able to unite different government agencies and local celebrities to play the game of basketball to support a cause.

On this season’s league, the teams were given the privilege to get a maximum of two professional basketball (PBA) players for reinforcement, subject to certain qualifications.  For the second season, ten (10) teams are set to take part in this charity ball game. They are the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP Cavaliers), Congress (Congress Legislators), Department of Justice (DOJ Hunters), Local Government Unit (LGU), Malacañang Palace, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA Equalizers), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth Advocates), Philippine Judiciary, Philippine National Police (PNP Responders) and Senate. In addition to the participating teams of last season, the success of the advocacy inspired both Malacañan and Senate to join this upcoming season.

“UNTV Cup is one of the projects we came up with since we know a lot of people in the government agencies as well as celebrities who are fond of playing basketball. But this time, they’ll be playing for a better cause,” the veteran broadcaster UNTV Cup’s progenitor Kuya Daniel Razon said.

To further enhance the public service aspect of the league, each game day every Sunday will also be a public service” day for the participating agencies.

Prior to the game, each agency will be given a booth at the game venue, where our game audience may seek for the services of each organization.

During the first season, seven teams played to win the top prize of P1-million for their chosen charity.

Players included high-ranking officials from the Supreme Court (Team Judiciary), Armed Forces of the Philippines (Team AFP), Philippine National Police (Team PNP) and Philhealth. Officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Congress and some local government units (Congress-LGU), also took part in Season 1 of UNTV Cup.

UNTV CUP Season 1 Champion Team Judiciary selected the Bohol earthquake and Mindanao war victims to receive their million-peso cash prize. Team PNP, meanwhile, donated its second-place cash prize of P500,000 to the Masonic Charities for Crippled Children.

All games will be held every Sunday at Ynares Sports Arena, and broadcasted live 2:30pm at UNTV.

UNTV's vision is be a prime catalyst of a public service advocacy that will inspire and encourage public servants to join hands in helping the underprivileged members of our society through sports. 

The UNTV Cup will provide an opportunity for public servants to play an active part for a good cause that will help the underprivileged of the society while promoting unity, camaraderie, and physical fitness among public servants. 

UNTV Cup is a basketball competition among various branches of the government culminating in a final game to determine the champion. This will not only promote camaraderie, sportsmanship and healthy competition among the various branches of the government but will also be able to bring to their attention the plight of the underprivileged. 

Each team will submit their chosen charitable institution as their beneficiary for this basketball tournament. The champion will be given the privilege to have a One Million Peso (Php1,000,000) grant to their beneficiary. While the runner-up will receive Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500,000), the third placer Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php250,000) and the fourth placer One Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php150,000) for their chosen beneficiaries. 

The entire league is broadcasted LIVE every Sunday 2:30PM at UNTV, and simulcast via live streaming at www.untvweb.com. 

During the Season 1 completed last November 2013, UNTV's four-month tournament was successfully began and ended at the jam-packed Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

The participating teams of Season 1 were the following: 

a. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 

b. Philippine National Police (PNP) 

c. Judiciary/Supreme Court 

d. Congress-LGU 

e. PhilHealth 

f. Department of Justice (DOJ) 

g. MMDA 

The winners of the first season are as follows: 

· 4th Place – Philhealth (Philhealth Advocates) / Beneficiary: Cancer Warriors Foundation 

· 3rd Place – AFP (AFP Cavaliers) / Beneficiary: AFP Educational Benefit System Office 

· 2nd Place – PNP (PNP Hinirangs) / Beneficiary: Masonic Charities for Crippled Children 

· Champion – Judiciary (Team Judiciary) / Beneficiary: Earthquake Victims of Cebu and Bohol, and Standoff Victims of Zamboanga

Let Christian Bautista be your ‘Ace of Hearts’ this Valentine’s date

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Christian's Heart’s Day show “Ace of Hearts,”on February 14, 8 p.m. at the Ace Hotel, Kapitolyo, Pasig, his first V Day show in the country in recent years.

Asia’s Romantic Balladeer Christian Bautista, with his soothing voice and memorable ballads, will serenade those who will watch “Ace of Hearts.”

“It feels good to, once again, be part of the Valentine’s Day celebration of Filipinos – may they be single, in a relationship, or married,” says Christian. “Iba pa rin siyempre ‘pag Pinoy ang nag-se-celebrate ng Valentine’s.”

The show’s repertoire will include some of the most romantic OPM and international tunes, plus some of Christian’s biggest hits like The Way You Look At Me, Everything You Do, among others.

The Romantic Balladeer will also be joined by two revered theater actresses Sheila Valderrama, who recently bagged the Best New Female Recording Artist from the Awit Awards, and Cris Villonco, Christian’s leading lady in the upcoming musical “Ghost.”

The concert will also be the first time that Christian and Cris will perform a song from the musical, slated to premiere mid of 2014.

“It will be a romantic show,” assures Christian. “I hope you will come and join me in this romantic musical journey.”

Ace Water Spa also provides a unique romantic experience as it is the first Spa in the country that boasts of incorporating European Spa Concepts.

For tickets to the show and inquiries about the hotel, please visit www.acewaterspa.com.ph.

Jardine Distribution, Inc. distributes tents to schoolchildren affected by Yolanda in Northern Cebu

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Jardine Distribution Inc. turned its efforts to help schoolchildren affected by Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu. In cooperation with the Department of Education, JDI distributed 15 tents in Northern Cebu to be used as makeshift classrooms.

Edwin Hernandez, President and General Manager of Jardine Distribution, Inc., explained that the company chose to focus on helping the children in Yolanda-affected areas after talks with the DepEd through Undersecretary Mario Derequito.

“Resuming the school activities of kids is really an important part of helping families and communities recover from the effects of the typhoon. By contributing in this way to the rehabilitation efforts, we are empowering communities to return to their normal way of life,” said Hernandez, adding that education is always a priority in the company’s CSR projects.

Previously, JDI also helped schoolchildren affected by Yolanda in Leyte. The company distributed a thousand learner kits to schoolchildren in Yolanda-hit areas. “Yolanda destroyed schools and swept away learning materials. The typhoon took away a vital part of the lives of so many children. We believe that by helping them resume their education, they will feel that there is hope, and they can move on to fulfill their dreams,” said JDI Marketing Manager Peachy Tiu.

Jardine Distribution, Inc. represents a number of local and global companies that provide world-class crop protection and construction chemical products. They are focused on the safe use of these products, providing technical support, and with due consideration of environmental protection. 

JARDINE DISTRIBUTION, INC. PROVIDES 15 SCHOOL TENTS FOR NORTHERN CEBU YOLANDA VICTIMS. Photo shows JDI’s Visayas Area Manager, Mr. Albert Arieta with Dr. Leah Noveras, Assistant School Division Superintendent and other DepEd employees who received the donation.

Magsaysay laureates to champion Inclusive Education

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The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) will be featuring the transformative solutions of the Magsaysay laureates to champion Inclusive Education. 

The whole month of February, this will highlight some of the Ramon Magsaysay awardees’ solutions in “ensuring that all learners have access to quality education that meets basic learning needs, respects diversity, and enriches their lives” and their communities. 

Keep tabs as RMAF features 10 specific solutions for achieving Inclusive Education from Jose V. Aguilar, the Asian Institute of Management, the Asian Institute of Technology, Fei Xiaotong, Hermenegild Joseph Fernandez, Noboru Iwamura, Hasanain Juaini, Bienvenido Lumbera, Ohm Dae-Sup, and Bienvenido Lumbera.

The awardees championing Inclusive Education came from an array of backgrounds and their solutions targeted different aspects of education. Some focused on primary education, literacy, medium of instruction, better formal and informal educational systems, specialized training courses, alternative learning systems and techniques, cultural bases of education, and research.

Aside from the 10 listed above, many other awardees have effective solutions under Inclusive Education. Among them are Benjamin Abadiano, Fazle Abed, Christopher and Ma. Victoria Bernido, Welthy Fisher, Hans B. Jassin, Noman Khan, Pedro Orata, Mahabi Pun, James Reuter, Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Shantha Sinha, Sombath Somphone, Wu Ta-you, Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Keo Viphakone, and Mechai Viravaidya. Many other awardees work directly and indirectly towards ensuring that all learners can educate themselves.

Their stories can be found athttp://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/filter/all/all/all/all/1.

This project is part of the Magsaysay Institute for Transformative Leadership’s (MITL) focus on ISSUES: Inclusive Education, Sustainable Environment and Food Security, Social Enterprise and Rural Livelihood, Universal Healthcare, Ethical Governance, and Social Justice and Peace Building. MITL aims to provide successful examples of solutions to the complex problems of Asia from its rich repository of knowledge and to connect solutions that will benefit the whole region.

UNLI 599 SIM available at all Allphones stores

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Here's the easiest and affordable inlimited postpaid SIM only for P599 a month!  Would you like to stop worrying about the bill when you call your family and friends? This is possible through the UNLI 599 SIM Only available at all Allphones stores nationwide. As an Allphones customer, you always get the best deals.

Allphones stores offer customers a choice from any of the following services under the UNLI 599 SIM Only: 1) Unlimited Calls and Texts to Globe/TM mobile numbers; 2) Unlimited Calls to Globe/TM mobile and Landline Calls; 3) Unlimited Texts to All Networks; and 4) Unlimited Mobile Internet.

These UNLI 599 services are available through Allphones stores with a monthly service fee of only P599. There’s no lock-in period and the only requirement for a subscriber to apply is one valid ID. Allphones stores make owning a postpaid line with unlimited services a convenient and easy experience. 

“We offer affordable feature-rich postpaid services at Allphones stores—in partnership with Globe Telecom—giving postpaid subscribers the maximum service that’s easy on the pocket. For example, other networks offer Unlimited Mobile Internet at the higher price of P999 a month,” said Maureen Laus-Gallant, Marketing head of Allphones Philippines. 

Allphones Philippines is bringing the future of telecoms and mobile retailing in the Philippines with its tablet-based, digital, and paperless process for postpaid applications. Subscribers who apply for postpaid plans in Allphones stores no longer have to sign a lot of paper forms or bring a lot of document requirements. All it takes is a valid ID then they are able to process their postpaid applications using a tablet. The customer data they provide is also protected by military grade security protocols. 

The leveled-up experience provided by Allphones stores has elicited a phenomenal response from customers. This has allowed Allphones Philippines to establish 40 new stores all over the country in the latter half of 2013. This year, over a dozen more Allphones stores are expected to open in the first quarter. 

Customers cite the clean, sleek interior design of Allphones stores as a factor in attracting them to check the store out. Best of all, Allphones stores let customers do a hands-on trial of all the mobile phones on display. Allphones stores use live demo units to allow customers to try out the various phones’ functions and have a better trial experience. This helps customers choose the phone that fits their needs and lifestyle perfectly. Allphones stores also offer various mobile phone brands and models that can be purchased outright. 

Visit an Allphones store near you and experience the future of mobile phone shopping.

To find the Allphones store nearest you, go to www.allphones.com.ph

 and use the Store Locator.