DSWD taps GCash for digital distribution of SAP

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GCash, the leading mobile wallet in the Philippines, has been tapped by the Department of Social Works and Development (DSWD) for the disbursement of its digital financial aid in a bid to hasten the distribution of the cash assistance to its beneficiaries. 

Now, beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) may choose to receive their cash aid safely, securely, and conveniently via GCash. By simply registering in the newly-launched online platform called ReliefAgad, beneficiaries may apply for the cash aid without the need to line up at government centers, thereby reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission. 

“The government’s decision to tap financial technology (fintech) players to disburse financial assistance to those who are severely affected by the pandemic is very commendable. Using the GCash platform for the program ensures that the distribution of cash aid is not only secure and convenient, but also reduces the risk of spreading the virus,” GCash President Martha Sazon said. 

The DSWD has decided to digitalize the second tranche of the SAP through a partnership with the tech organization Developers Connect Philippines (DevCon) and the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID), both of which helped develop the ReliefAgad platform. 

Through the platform, beneficiaries of the program may register and choose their preferred payout option. This not only ensures that the monies will be delivered straight to the recipients, but also ensures the safety of the beneficiaries and government employees, as it limits human interaction. 

Aside from a higher risk of spreading COVID-19 brought about by the lack of physical distancing in distribution centers, using bank notes is also a possible way of transmitting the virus. Health experts found that paper money increases the risk of coronavirus transmission since harmful bacteria and viruses can survive on its surface for several days. 

GCash provides a safer and better alternative to cash as it reduces costs and increases efficiency of transactions, better transparency and security, offers greater convenience, and promotes financial inclusion. 

So far, more than 2 million users have registered themselves in the ReliefAgad platform, recognizing the advantages of the digital solution. 

“In the face of a pandemic, mobile wallets have become a necessity. We at GCash are glad that the government has decided to tap us as a payout gateway for the SAP, and we are ready to implement this initiative through our best-in-class platform,” Sazon said. 

Aside from cashing out the financial aid from tens of thousands of partner establishments, beneficiaries who opted to receive the government assistance via GCash may use their mobile wallets for a variety of services. 

GCash empowers users to pay for physical and online transactions to over 75,000 merchants, transact with over 400 billers, and transfer funds to over 40 banks in the Philippines. GCash users may also use their GCash wallets to buy airtime load, save money, invest in money market funds, and purchase insurance products. 

“As a strong government partner, GCash will always be open to provide help to the government for the welfare of our countrymen,” Sazon said. 

Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), which operates GCash, is part of the portfolio companies of 917Ventures, the largest corporate incubator in the Philippines wholly-owned by Globe Telecom Inc. 

GCash is available for download on the App Store and Google Play. For more information, kindly visit https://www.gcash.com/.

Ready to get your hands on your favorite OPPO phones? Best OPPO smartphones available on Shopee under P10k

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Having a cell phone has come to be regarded as a necessity in modern society, and with the great advances that have been made in smart phone technology, most of us rely on our phones to help us in an array of situations. 

While most smart phone owners are acquainted with the helpfulness of features such as navigation apps and mobile broadband, many people have yet to discover the array of uses they may put their phones to in the event of a true emergency. 

Be safe! Stay at home and shop OPPO phones online. Take your pick from any of OPPO official shopping partners. Just click on the link Shopee and choose your desired OPPO phone, even affordable OPPO phones below Php 10,000.00

Check out OPPO A5 2020 3GB RAM / 64GB ROM 5000 mAh Battery w/ Free Earphones for ₱8,990. Get it on Shopee now! https://shopee.ph/product/24681653/4205277287?v=6b6&smtt=0.0.5

Nor only for lifestyle and emergency needs, many people want to be able to game on the go! With the rise of mobile games being more popular than ever, it’s almost essential to have a good mobile. But that doesn’t mean we should have to shell out tons of cash to game! Oppo mobile phones deliver a gamer experience on a budget.

OPPO Electronics Corp., known for its smartphones, the company also makes MP3 players, portable media players, LCD-TVs, and DVD/Blu-ray players. It was founded in 2004. The company is also a smartphone maker. It has launched a whole range of Android powered smartphones.

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Mikael Daez and Laureen Uy are giving vlogging advice and special prizes this June 11

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Begin your great long weekend with amazing deals, offers, and awesome prizes on OPPO’s weekly ShOPPO livestream!

On June 11 at 4pm on the OPPO Philippines Facebook page, actor and content creator Mikael Daez, along with style star and travel vlogger Laureen Uy will lead the fourth ShOPPO Livestream Show, where they’ll be talking about the current trends in the vlogging scene, and giving their personal tips on the best and applications to use for young storymakers, including the OPPO Reno2.

Exciting games and freebies await everyone when you join the much-awaited Wheel OPPOrtune, as well as the series of challenges related to the features of the OPPO Reno2. Participating viewers will get a chance to take home OPPO Enco Q1, OPPO Enco Free, and vouchers for the premium subscription on Viu. 

Live More With Greater Deals This June

OPPO’s deals and promos are up until end of June so live it up with a quality smartphone that can get you through your demanding days. Score up to PHP3,000 savings with the #LiveItUp price drop promo for the best-selling OPPO A9 2020, A5s 3G, and Reno2:

A series:

- The A5S 3G is now priced at Php5,990 (previously at Php6,990).

- The A9 2020 is now priced at Php12,990 (previously at Php13,990).

Reno series:

- The Reno2 is now priced at Php25,990 (previously at Php28,990). Also, the Reno2 series is also available via Globe Postpaid Plan. You can get your own Reno2 at Plan1,799 with no cash out plus a free rockspace earbuds worth P2,499. While, the Reno2 F is available at P1,499 with no cash out plus a free rockspace Muse Bluetooth Speaker worth P2,499. Plus, you can score extra 3-month premium subscription on Viu and a P300-worth Sodexo gift certificate as freebies during the ShOPPO livestream with Mikael and Laureen. 

- The latest Reno3 priced at Php18,990 and the Reno3 Pro priced at Php28,990, both come with a FREE Rockspace EB60 True Wireless Stereo Earbuds worth Php2,499 for every purchase.

Find series:

- The latest OPPO flagship offering Find X2 Pro is priced at Php65,990, and comes

with a FREE OPPO Enco Q1 worth Php 4,990. 

The Big OPPO Sale runs until the end of June 2020 in select OPPO Concept Stores and official dealer partners including e-commerce platform partners Lazada and Shopee.

For more updates and list of partners dealers, visit OPPO Philippines’ official social media pages via twitter.com/OPPOPhilippines, fb.com/OPPOPH/, and instagram.com/oppophilippines/. 

Sunsilk celebrates graduates and their “habamazing possibilities” with first ever virtual graduation party

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What can’t we do these days? Everything is online now, from webinars to e-bonding nights, online classes to quiz nights – we have all mostly adjusted our interactions to be purely digital. From the activities that we took for granted to the important ceremonies, we’ve all made do with what we can.

It’s no surprise then that Sunsilk, which has always encouraged Filipinas to explore #habamazingpossibilities, is at the forefront of all this, by hosting the first ever online graduation in the Philippines.

Last May 28, Sunsilk celebrated the achievements of the Graduating Class of 2020 through a 45-minute program on Facebook Live. Celebrity endorsers and leading ladies, Kathryn Bernardo and Maris Racal, shared how they worked through their own struggles to get to where they are now. From overcoming challenges like balancing school and work to staying positive, focused and hopeful given any situation, both stars opened up and showed their true beautiful selves. 

Ten representatives from different schools around the country were also featured in the program and got a chance to meet their idols, Kathryn and Maris. “Di ko po inakala na magkakaroon pa kami ng graduation celebration dahil sa situation pero Sunsilk made it happen”, said one participant. All ten were given special awards for being achievers in different fields like journalism, math and the arts, to name a few. The event ended with a commencement speech by Kathryn that encouraged the graduates to continue believing in habamazing possibilities, and a touching rendition of “Umagang Kay Ganda” by Maris. 

Graduation is one of the most important events in a girl’s life. This once-in-a-lifetime occasion is a defining moment for every student out there who has had to go through numerous lessons, exams, and grueling nights just to make that victory march to their diploma. It was not at all what any of us imagined, but this Sunsilk online graduation party was indeed special, unforgettable and the perfect way to celebrate the achievements of the Graduating Batch of 2020. 

Even in their own homes, girls continue to be inspired by Sunsilk and the habamazing possibilities that await them.

GUESS?, Inc. Announces the Return of Global Music Superstar J Balvin with Spring 2020 Guess x J Balvin Colores Capsule Collection and Campaign

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J Balvin with Jamea Byrd and Sara Orrego

Iconic fashion brand teams up with global music superstar to create an exclusive ‘GUESS x J Balvin Colores’ capsule collection inspired by his upcoming new album

Los Angeles, CA – The GUESS and J Balvin partnership is in full effect once again, running it back with Colores for the second iteration of Balvin’s vision to complement his 2020 aesthetic sonically and sartorially. The Vibras collection was met with great success and complemented Balvin’s tour with unique pieces and designs for the road. With Colores, J Balvin is further expanding his role in the creative and design process - which will now feature even more pieces for men, women and kids.

The campaign features the chart-topping singer in his hometown of Medellín, Colombia, celebrating the capsule alongside models Jamea Byrd and Sara Orrego. The shoot was art directed by Nicolai Marciano, Director of Brand Partnerships at GUESS, styled by techno DJ and fashion model Sita Abellan and shot by fashion photographer Tatiana Gerusova. The series of images spotlight Balvin wearing pieces from the vibrant capsule collection throughout the colorful streets of Medellín, where fans of all ages joined Balvin on his 2-day journey to shoot the campaign. The collection is inspired by J Balvin’s upcoming March album, Colores and incorporates red, yellow, green, blue and purple tones into each piece, weaving J Balvin’s latest venture into this fashion capsule. 

“It provided wonderful creative inspiration to envision a new album and corresponding new fashion collection together from the beginning – both connected to how I’ve been exploring new music through a lens of individual colors,” says J Balvin. “It has also been very exciting to shoot the GUESS x J Balvin Colores campaign in the city where everything started for me - to have this huge global campaign with GUESS, spotlight the vibrancy of the people and culture of Medellín. It is another opportunity to show the world how beautiful and amazing Colombia is, and the surging artistic vibes throughout the city and country.” 

It’s important to see our collaborative efforts with Jose continue to grow parallel with the partnership over time. What initially started as a collection has turned into year-round energy. We organically elevated the partnership to wardrobe his whole tour and dancers, large festival merchandise moments, amongst other one-offs opportunities. With this new collection, Colores, we really pushed ourselves collectively and we’re excited to unveil our most robust collection for men, women and kids. Balvin’s passion and commitment as a partner is the ideal space to create within. – Nicolai Marciano, Director of Brand Partnerships for GUESS?, Inc. 

Look for the campaign and other GUESS x J Balvin content in top fashion and lifestyle magazines, at www.GUESS.com.ph on GUESS’ social platforms, GUESS retail stores, outdoor media, and online. 

The full GUESS x J Balvin ‘Colores’ collection will hit the following GUESS stores: SM Mall of Asia, Glorietta Mall, SM Megamall, Ayala Trinoma, Robinsons Ermita, Alabang Town Center, Ayala Cebu and online at www.GUESS.com.ph on Friday, June 26th.

About GUESS?, Inc.

Established in 1981, GUESS began as a jeans company and has since successfully grown into a global lifestyle brand. Guess?, Inc. designs, markets, distributes and licenses a lifestyle collection of contemporary apparel, denim, handbags, watches, eyewear, footwear and other related consumer products. Guess? products are distributed through branded Guess? stores as well as better department and specialty stores around the world. As of November 2, 2019, the Company directly operated 1,174 retail stores in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Company’s partners and distributors operated 569 additional retail stores worldwide. As of November 2, 2019, the Company and its partners and distributors operated in approximately 100 countries worldwide. For more information about the Company, please visit www.guess.com.

About J Balvin 

“Reggaeton’s Global Ambassador” - J Balvin is now one of the top streaming music artists in the world, regardless of language, and has developed a legion of fans represented by over 65 Million social media followers. Hailed by Billboard as “the biggest breakout act Latin music has seen in many years” and Pitchfork as “the face of modern Reggaeton, Balvin is leading a second generation of Musica Urbana stars that have propelled Latin music to an unprecedented global embrace. Simultaneously, Balvin has become Latin music’s strongest cultural envoy to both the fashion and pop art communities, while becoming one of the music industry’s most in-demand collaborators, and worldwide major festival performers. 

2019 saw J Balvin perform in the opening segment of The GRAMMY Awards, named the Premios Lo Nuestro “Artist of the Year” for an unprecedented third consecutive time, collect his fourth LATIN GRAMMY and the “Favorite Latin Artist” American Music Award, and become the first Reggaeton artist on Saturday Night Live. Over the summer, J Balvin and Bad Bunny dropped Latin music’s biggest surprise and critically praised album of the year, with the release “Oasis”- which notched eight weeks as the #1 Latin Album in the country, landed on numerous Best Album of the year lists, and received J’s second Grammy nomination. Throughout the year, J Balvin also connected with millions of fans live by taking his visually stunning “ARCOIRIS (Rainbow) TOUR” across the United States and throughout the world, while further etching his name in Urbano music history as the first Reggaeton artist to perform on the mainstage at Coachella, leading EDM festival Tomorrowland, and as the first-ever Latin artist to Headline at Lollapalooza.

Having spent 14 consecutive weeks in the #1 position on YouTube Music’s Global Artist chart, and achieving a record-tying 8th video in the exclusive Billion View Club, J Balvin concluded 2019 as one of only two music artists in the world to exceed 10 Billion YouTube views within the year. His dominance was evident on other platforms as well, as he spent the majority of the year as the only Latin artist in the Top-5 of Spotify, was named the year’s #1 overall artist for Deezer and Shazam, and Music Choice’s “Latin Artist of the Decade.” Most recently, J Balvin made a surprise performance appearance in the Super Bowl XIV halftime show, notched his impressive 19th #1 single with the cross genre success of “Ritmo (Bad Boys For Life),” and unveiled “Blanco” and “Morado” as the first two songs and videos from his eagerly awaited new album “Colores” set for release in March.

GUESS Philippines

For more information, visit www.GUESS.com.ph and https://www.facebook.com/GUESSPhil.