Team Juanton of Davao wins Cebu Pacific’s Juan for Fun 2017 Backpacking Challenge

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“The Philippines is a beautiful country and many Filipinos have not had the opportunity to explore their own country. Juan For Fun is our way of advocating travel within our own country—especially for young Filipinos. There is much to see and do in the country and this one of the reasons why we continue to expand and offer flights to destinations in the Philippines. We want to make air travel easy, affordable and accessible for everyJuan,” said Charo Logarta-Lagamon, Cebu Pacific Air corporate communications director, as she congratulated the finalists at the Juan For Fun (JFF) Awarding event on July 24, 2017 held at the Mallorca Sunken Outdoor Club, Ibiza, BGC.

A WHOLE NEW ADVENTURE. Juan for Fun Team Juanton members Geia, Dominic and Chin take home the grand prize of one-year travel-all-you-can passes to Cebu Pacific’s local and international short-haul destinations. 

After seven days of setting off to an adventure of a lifetime, Team Juanton of Davao is named Cebu Pacific’s Juan for Fun 2017 Ultimate Backpackers.

Team Juanton  -  Three graduating college students from Davao City won the Juan For Fun (JFF) - Geia, Dominic and Chin take home the grand prize of one-year travel-all-you-can passes to Cebu Pacific’s local and international short-haul destinations.

Team Juanton beat four other teams—Team Phun of Bacolod City; Team Malackai of Baguio City; Team Patsada of Cagayan de Oro and Team Barbie from Metro Manila, with an adventure travel itinerary that covered Dumaguete and Siquijor—destinations never before visited by JFF contestants.

Team Juanton ventured to the waters with island-hopping and scuba diving before proceeding to Cebu and then to Legazpi. They also took home minor prizes for the Chippy Kada Challenge and Smart Challenge. The Davaoeño team is also the youngest among all the competitors.

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2017 Backpacking Challenge, each taking home a Cebu Pacific Travel All-You-Can pass for unlimited local and international short-haul destinations for one year, plus pocket money from co-presenters GetGo and Union Bank. The three students—18-year-old Gloria Andrea Mendoza; and 19-year-olds Christian Dominic Ang and Chyn Ira Crisostomo, comprised Team Juanton in the annual event presented by Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ leading carrier.

YOUNG AND WELL-TRAVELED. Juan for Fun 2017 finalists rejoice after seven days of experiencing the best of the Philippines.

The Juan For Fun Backpacking Challenge, mow on its sixth year, brought teams of young adventurers on an epic, seven-day fun race across the country, with P40,000 in pocket money, Boreas backpacks, and Oppo camera phones. This year’s JFF run had the final five teams locked in over 300 activities, done in over 25 locations, in just seven days—the most number of activities registered in Juan for Fun history.

Throughout the seven day-adventure travel challenge, the top five JFF 2017 sought to experience the Philippines’ vibrant cultural tapestry as seen in the regions’ different modes of transportation, specialty dishes, and local practices, transporting their followers on social media with enthralling images. 

Team Patsada of Cagayan de Oro - 2nd Place

Team Patsada of Cagayan de Oro came in second, with friendship nurtured on the road, after visiting Coron, Cebu, Bacolod, and Davao. Team members Ron, Rene, and James are now intent to see more of the Philippines by travelling.


Team Barbie  -  3rd Place

In third place was Team Barbie, with members Marlou, Adonis, and Carl posting photos and videos frolicking along the shore of Puerto Princesa. Donning their signature straw hats, the team paddled their way to Siargao and Boracay before heading back to Manila.


Team Phun of Bacolod City and Team Malackai of Baguio City shared (4th)fourth place. 

Team Phun 

TeamPhun members Bryan, Alfed, and Josh boosted their team work as they made their way from Cebu to Davao and Camiguin. They wowed their followers with Amsterdam-like views, creative lighting effects on a field of roses, trick eye exhibits and natural wonders, showing travelers they don’t need to wander far to see delightful views.

Team Malackai

The boys of Team Malackai—Kahel, Ian, and John—were pumped up with their “great outdoors” itinerary. After winning the Coaches’ Choice Award, they went off to Bohol, Cebu, Surigao and Surigao del Sur to find the best experience whether in the air, on land, or at sea.

This year’s travel content expert coaches also rallied the teams with their travel tips and backpacker challenges. YouTube Vlogger Wil Dasovich, Becoming Filipino advocate Kyle Jennermann, Beautiful Destination Social Media Strategist Ren Sapitan, international blogger of JustOnewayTIcket.com Sabrina Iovino, and returning coach and travel writer Jude Bacalso were onboard, urging the five finalists to have the most epic ride with Cebu Pacific.

The Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge 2017 has Boreas Gear as the official travel gear and Oppo camera phone as the official camera. The challenge is also endorsed by the Department of Tourism.

Enjoy the wonderful world. Take more adventures and look what's the best way to travel across the Philippines with Cebu Pacific.

Retrace the adventures of the Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge 2017 teams by visiting www.facebook.com/cebupacific and stay updated on the airline’s new and exciting programs by following Cebu Pacific’s official Facebook and Twitter (@CebuPacificAir) pages.

Ricoh Ph Offers Total Office Productivity Solutions to Empower Digital Workplaces

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For more than 80 years, Ricoh Philippines, a global leader in office productivity solutions, has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems.

Ricoh Philippines recognizes that the workplace has been constantly evolving. In order to enhance collaboration and to effectively drive productivity, businesses must adapt the right toolsets and smart equipment not only to empower the employees but to also optimize business processes.

Ricoh's Manila showroom showcases the latest technology offerings that are set to further empower the new era of digital workplaces.

(L-R)  General Manager for Customer Service Orly Closa, Ricoh Philippines President and CEO Eric Sulit, Head of Product Management Hannah Castillo

“We are primarily a service company offering and supporting our innovative projectors, interactive whiteboards, and multifunction colored printers. To give companies flexible and affordable ways to acquire these solutions, we offer a variety of financing and rental options,” said Eric Sulit, Ricoh Philippines, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer.

Revolutionary Digital Multifunction Colored Printers

Ricoh highlighted today two of their newest multifunction colored printers (MFPs) – the MPC4504exSP and the MPC2004EXSP – that are equipped with the revolutionary Ricoh Smart Operation Panel.

The Smart Operation Panel allows users to integrate multiple processes and customize shortcuts to bypass many of the repetitive manual tasks associated with printing. Ricoh's new interface delivers improved usability to end users by incorporating familiar gestures, such as swipe, pinch and flick commonly used on smartphones and tablets, to enable the completion of everyday workflows easily and quickly. These gestures make accessing the latest and existing applications more efficient and streamlined, helping to further enhance collaboration and embrace emerging workstyles. Using cloud connectivity, users can also view documents remotely and share information effectively with their devices that are connected to these MFPs.

Furthermore, when it comes to print and image quality, Ricoh MFPs achieves vibrant results with the precision of 1200 x 1200 dots per inch and print speeds from 30 to 60 pages per minute. 

Real time collaboration through interactive whiteboards

The Ricoh Interactive Whiteboard IWB-D6510 empowers users to save time and expenses by creating real-time collaborative digital meetings. It allows up to 20 users to view a whiteboard presentation on web-connected devices from multiple locations.

With Ricoh’s IWB, users can make changes using the whiteboard tools to write, draw, edit, resize, move, and save information easily. The connected interactive whiteboards are also common space - what's added to one board will appear on all networked boards. Users also have the power to choose the participants and decide how their information will be displayed.

Widescreen clear projection and collaboration from short distances

The Ricoh PJ-WX4152N Ultra Short Throw Projector empowers office workers to get closer with their audience while projecting with clarity. Even when placed as close as 4.6 inches from the projection surface, the PJ-WX4152N can display crisp, compelling images, movies, presentation and other media from a wide range of audio-visual equipment with 1280 x 800 WXGA wide format resolution.

The PJ-WX4152N also allows users to bring important information together from up to four different devices onto a single screen. It can also be equipped with the Ricoh Smart Presenter app to be able to invite iPad users to view the presentation remotely. Moreover, users can pair it with Ricoh's Business Projection System to share the same presentation in up to four different locations.

It also features impressive contrast ratios up to 13,000:1 and 3,500 lumens to project color-rich images even in the most sunlit meeting rooms. The projector can also detect and automatically balance keystone distortions for worry-free presentations. 

Ricoh Service Advantage

Ricoh Philippines constantly strives to meet or exceed customer expectations. 

“Being a service oriented company we constantly innovate and improve our service offerings,” Sulit added.

Ricoh Philippines leads the service charge by being one of the first companies in its industry to use iPads with Field Service Automation software to manage service assignments and requests. 

By September, Ricoh will be launching a new service called Ricoh Remote Assistance—a service which will allow Ricoh to remotely troubleshoot machines on customer premises. 

These Ricoh products are sold and serviced directly by Ricoh Philippines, so customers are assured of high quality and excellent servicing, which begins from customers’ selection and decision-making stages, and continues beyond after sales. 

“Ricoh’s total solutions and services ultimately allow us to achieve our goals of empowering digital workplaces by helping businesses and their employees work better and smarter,”  said Sulit.

For the latest updates and insights on Ricoh, please visit http://www.ricoh.com.ph - www.ricoh.com.ph.

Panasonic scholarship for a better world

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Panasonic Corporation (Japan) through the Panasonic Group (Philippines) continues to invest in people along with the Company’s commitment to contribute in pursuing a better life and realizing a better world.

Panasonic Corporation (Japan) through the Panasonic Group (Philippines)  awarded full scholarships to eleven technical-vocational students during the 2017 Panasonic Scholarship awards ceremony for Vocational Category held at Don Bosco Technical Institute, Mandaluyong City on July 25, 2017.

The 2017 Panasonic scholarship grants to eleven technical-vocational students who were chosen after passing a series of screening activities.

All the scholars will be pursuing a 15-month technical-vocational training certificate course consisting of a 10-month "in-center" training and 5-month supervised "in-plant" training.

Six of the eleven recipients are from: DBTC-Makati (Mr. John Ranulfe Barile, Mr. Joseph Bautista, Mr. Aris Casilan, Mr. Rolando Navarette, Mr. Jeffrey Padilla, and Mr. Bernardo Ramos); 

Three from DBTC-Mandaluyong (Mr. Reynan Baltero, Mr. Diether Dare Diaz, and Mr. Arven James Labayan); and two from DBTC-Canlubang (Mr. Michael Dalanon, and Mr. Engelbert Perez).

The certificates of scholarship were presented to the recipients by Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation (PMPC) president & Panasonic Scholarship (Philippines) chairman Shinichi Hayashi; Panasonic Precision Devices Philippines Corporation (PPRDPH) president Koji Ipposhi; Panasonic Corporation’s CSR & Citizenship Department manager Haruhisa Okuda; Don Bosco Technical College (DBTC)-Mandaluyong vice rector Fr. Demetrio Carmona; PMPC assistant directors Marlon Molano and Robert Pacheco; PPRDPH assistant director Mary Ann Diaz; PMPC business division head Harry Sarmiento; DBTC-Makati TVET director Fr. Jose Dindo Vitug; and DBTC-Canlubang TVET director Fr. Jeffrey Mangubat.

Presenters standing from left: Don Bosco Technical College (DBTC) - Canlubang TVET director Fr. Jeffrey Mangubat; DBTC-Makati TVET director Fr. Jose Dindo Vitug; Panasonic Corporation’s CSR & Citizenship Department manager Haruhisa Okuda; DBTC-Mandaluyong vice rector Fr. Demetrio Carmona; Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation (PMPC) president & Panasonic Scholarship (Philippines) chairman Shinichi Hayashi; Panasonic Precision Devices Philippines Corporation (PPRDPH) president Koji Ipposhi; PPRDPH assistant director Mary Ann Diaz; PMPC Assistant Director Robert Pacheco; PMPC assistant director Marlon Molano; PMPC business division head Harry Sarmiento; and DBTC-Mandaluyong TVET program chair Joseph Abillada.

“Panasonic products make life easier. But the best products you have been giving to the Philippine society are these young people, who if it will not for your sacrifice to part away with a portion of your earnings to help them learn a trade and engage in productive activity for the Philippine economy to progress, many young Filipinos would just flood the street and become potential risks to peace and order in our land,” said Don Bosco Technical College (DBTC)-Mandaluyong vice rector Fr. Demetrio Carmona during his opening message commending Panasonic for the Company’s continuing endeavor to contribute in preparing and securing a better future for the less privileged but deserving students.  

Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation (PMPC) president & Panasonic Scholarship (Philippines) chairman Shinichi Hayashi thanked the various individuals and groups, who continued to support in promoting the very objective of the Panasonic Scholarship Program and in ensuring that all the business activities of Panasonic in the Philippines are appropriate for its basic concept that ‘a company is a public entity of society’. 

“As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Panasonic operation in the Philippines this year, and the upcoming 100th year anniversary of our Panasonic Corporation next year, I thank you for your continued support and cooperation in all our programs and activities aimed at contributing to society. I hope that by offering opportunities like this, we can spell out clearly our commitment to provide a healthy upbringing to our younger generation, who will be responsible for the future of our planet, by giving them the chance to make the most of their individual abilities to contribute also in pursuing a better life and realizing a better world,” Mr. Hayashi said. 

Mr. Haruhisa Okuda, Panasonic Corporation’s CSR & Citizenship Department manager, reiterated that the scholarship program is one of the expressions of gratitude of Panasonic Corporation to the continuing support of society to the Company. 

“As a public entity of society, Panasonic operates for the improvement of social life and the development of world culture, not only in doing its business, but also in its corporate citizenship activities. And this Panasonic scholarship is one aspect of our efforts to develop human resources by supporting those, who really want to study,” said Mr. Okuda.

Panasonic Corporation funds the localized Panasonic Scholarship programs in the Asian region. And in the Philippines, the scholarship program, which is offered to undergraduate and vocational students is administered by Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation with the support of Panasonic Precision Devices Philippines Corporation.

Beko PH urges Filipinos to go green when doing their laundry

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The call to conserve water and energy has never been more imperative than today. With the effects of global warming and climate change now more pronounced than ever before, there is a need to be mindful of the way we spend our resources. This not only extends to the way we use our water resources but also the way we consume electricity.

Be wise energy users.

As part of Beko’s green initiatives, Beko Philippines encourages Filipinos to become wise energy users by contemplating on their laundry routine. Beko understands that doing the laundry also requires a significant amount of electricity.

According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the household sector is the second major user of electricity. In fact, laundry accounts 29 percent of other household electricity usage based on the latest available Household Energy Consumption Survey (HECS) by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

“Beko believes that we must take into account how much energy is consumed even on our laundry. As we envision a greener laundry routine, the company has been initiating outstanding contributions toward the protection of the environment through energy efficiency and innovating eco-friendly washing machines,” said Dyeun Zapanta, Beko Philippines Sales and Marketing Head.

Beko suggests that households follow regular laundry days and avoid running the washing machine for only a few pieces of items.

Invest on energy-efficient washing machines.

Beko Philippines underlines that by taking steps to reduce energy consumption, one could contribute to a cleaner and greener world. For instance, investing on energy-efficient washers and dryers significantly cuts your electric bills.

Recently, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) tested the energy efficiency of certain Beko washing machines in line with its Orange Tags campaign. The Meralco Orange Tags are easy-to-understand labels that indicate estimated energy consumption in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and estimated cost per hour to inform consumers on how much electricity a household product consumes.

Meralco tested some Beko’s washing machines in three trials. Items tested ranged from front loaders, top loaders and dryers in different sizes and capacities. The said survey revealed that the washing machines are all energy efficient. The results of the test are as follows:

Beko Top Load Fully Automatic Washing Machine

Meralco estimated that the average cost per wash of Beko’s three top-loads amounts to only a peso per hour of washing cycle.

Specifically, for a 7-kg capacity washing machine, every wash amounts to only PhP0.96 per hour of washing with 0.09 energy consumption and 94 watts for power usage.

Meanwhile, for 9-kg capacity top load, Meralco calculated that the cost per wash cycle amounts to PhP1.14 for almost an hour of washing with 0.11 energy consumption and 97 watts. On the other hand, for 12kg top load, they assessed that the cost per wash amounts to PhP1.37 again for almost an hour with 0.13 energy consumption and 109 watts.

Beko Frontload Fully Automatic Washing Machine

For a 7-kg and 9-kg capacity, the estimated cost per wash both costs 9 pesos per almost four hours of washing with 0.88 and 0.84 energy consumption, respectively.

On the other hand, for 10.5-kg frontload, they measured that every wash costs 15 pesos for a full load, full cycle with duration of nearly four hours with 1.47 energy consumption and 380 watts for power usage.

Beko Dryers 

For Beko’s 7-kg dryer, the estimated cost per drying cycle amounts to six pesos per half an hour with 0.63 energy consumption and 1,217 watts.

“Our products are meant to not only improve how people live but also improve how we impact our environment. “Choosing an energy efficient washing machine can do more for the environment and at the same time, reduce the cost of their water and electricity bills. That is why we are bringing the efficiency of our washing machines as the Official Partner of the Everyday to help Filipino consumer save energy,” added Zapanta.

Beko Ph on its second year

Beko Philippines continues to innovate products that can make a difference in the lives of Filipinos. With their strong emphasis and commitment toward raising awareness on energy consumption and innovating energy-efficient washing machines, they encourage Filipinos to take part towards preserving their environment by taking into consideration their energy consumption.

Strengthening its local presence as it approaches its third year in the Philippines, leading European home appliance brand Beko further penetrates the Filipino market. Since 2015, Beko Philippines already doubled its distribution in the country. The company has also tripled its sales through its enhanced and domineering product line that continuously meets the need of the Filipino market.

To know more about Beko and Beko Philippines, like the Beko Philippines fan page (@BekoPH) or visit their website at www.beko.ph

Search for outstanding Filipino families who advocate positive change continues in 7th JFVA

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A family of six in Daet, Camarines Norte espouses education among the youth by running a library that has served the needs of pupils in four villages, improving the quality of learning in their area. In Saudi Arabia, another family is providing much-needed help to fellow OFW families in the Philippines and overseas, conducting medical missions, and providing education and livelihood seminars, among other projects.

Exemplary role models. The Jollibee Family Values Award is back on its seventh year, strengthening its global search for Filipino families whose noteworthy advocacies make a positive impact in the lives of their fellowmen.

These are some of the admirable families recognized in last year’s Jollibee Family Values Awards (JFVA). They joined the ranks of more than 45 families who have been recognized by Jollibee over the years for helping others with their advocacies and serving as an inspiration to others.

Now on its 7th year, the JFVA continues its search for families here and abroad who best exemplify positive Filipino family values such as generosity, compassion, creativity, resourcefulness, love for the community and environment, and strong ties.

“Now, more than ever, we need to highlight that despite the overwhelming challenges Filipinos face, there are still families who go out of their way to uplift the lives of other people and communities,” said Jollibee Global Chief Marketing Officer Francis Flores. “This is what the Jollibee Family Values Awards celebrates, families who have become beacons for others to follow.”

Interested parties who wish to nominate model families—including their own—must accomplish a nomination form which can be downloaded at www.jollibee.com.ph/familyvalu esawards/, and answer a questionnaire that will establish the nominees’ suitability and eligibility. 

Entries may be sent via mail to the 7th Jollibee Family Values Awards, Stratworks, Inc., 2/F Zaragoza Building, 102 Gamboa St., Legaspi Village, Makati City. Completed nomination forms may also be submitted at www.jollibee.com.ph/familyvalu esawards/ or emailed at jollibee.fva@gmail.com. The deadline for submission of nomination forms is on August 15, 2017.

Exemplary Filipino families may be nominated based on: relevance and impact of their advocacy in addressing the community’s pressing needs, long-term sustainability, magnitude of the advocacy’s contribution to the community, family members’ degree of involvement and participation, and ability to surpass challenges and special circumstances.

Five outstanding Filipino families will be recognized as grand winners of the Jollibee Family Values Award. Each family will receive a P300,000 cash prize, a trophy designed by renowned sculptor Michael Cacnio, and P10,000 worth of Jollibee gift certificates. 

An OFW family from across the globe will receive the OFW Family of the Year award from Coca-Cola. The winner will also get a P300,000 cash prize, a trophy designed by renowned sculptor Michael Cacnio, P5,000 worth of Jollibee gift certificates, and a special prize from The Coca-Cola Corporation.

Jollibee will also present equally exceptional families with special citation awards for education (co-presented with National Book Store), environment, children, persons with disabilities, minority groups, and youth empowerment for their advocacies. Each awardee will get a P50,000 cash prize, a plaque of recognition, and Jollibee gift certificates.

To know more about the 7th Jollibee Family Values Awards and its different activities, visit www.jollibee.com.ph/familyvalu esawards or like the JFVA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Jolli bee-Family-Values-Awards-Commu nity-1645602058997253/.