November 9, 2020
“Holiday Christmas Royale” at SM City Manila
November 8, 2020
Kokoy De Santos gets stuck in love triangle between Barbie Imperial and Alex Diaz in iWant TFC’s “Oh, Mando”
Oh, Mando! is a Philippine streaming television series that premiered on iWantTFC on November 5, 2020. The series stars Kokoy de Santos, Alex Diaz and Barbie Imperial. Directed by Eduardo Roy Jr. and produced by Dreamscape Entertainment together with Found Films.
‘Kapit-Pinas’ to raise funds for typhoon victims
In just three weeks, the Philippines has been devastated by two strong typhoons, Quinta and Rolly, which affected hundreds of thousands of our kababayans most especially in Luzon. This prompted over 100 youth organizations from the Kapit-Mindanao network to join forces once again and organize an online and offline bayanihan effort called Kapit-Pinas, which aims to raise funds and in-kind donations for the typhoon victims.
Convened by advocacy-based group Millennials PH and the Kapit-Mindanao network, the campaign will be running from November 1 to 30, 2020. People can course their cash donations online or drop off in-kind goods at designated points. The campaign will benefit 12 target areas that were badly affected by the onslaught of these typhoons, namely, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Quezon, Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, Batangas, Cavite, and Laguna.
“Imagine the struggle of facing two super typhoons during a time when our country has yet to beat the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a call for me and the team to work on another #SocialMediaBayanihan campaign because we need each other now more than ever and youth-led organizations must continuously collaborate to help those who are affected by these disasters,” said Meryl Hilda Jalani, national president of Millennials PH and Kapit-Mindanao co-founder and national convenor.
The campaign was already able to raise PHP 735,000 which is a combination of cash and in-kind donations from its partners, Tanging Yaman Foundation and Premium Megastructures, Inc., three days after the launch last November 2, 2020.
The fund and relief packs obtained through Kapit-Pinas will be distributed through community-based groups located in the above-mentioned areas that have their own disaster response initiatives in line with the requirements of their communities. Some of the needs include food items like canned goods, instant noodles, water; hygiene and dignity kits; and shelter materials. The first wave of relief distribution will begin on November 7, 2020, in Albay.
Banking on the original battle cry of the Kapit-Mindanao campaign, “Aabutin natin ang bawat sulok ng Mindanao,” the network has now expanded from reaching the unreached in Mindanao to helping disaster-stricken brothers and sisters in Luzon. With this, “Aabutin natin ang iba’t ibang sulok ng Pilipinas” is now its goal.
Kapit-Pinas calls on everyone to donate through this link: tinyurl.com/KapitDonate and also join the call to reach more people through the hashtags #KapitPinas and #SocialMediaBayanihan. Local personalities like mental health advocate Dr. Gia Sison and actor Christian Bables also expressed their support for the initiative.
For updates and further inquiries, follow the Millennials PH pages on Facebook (fb.com/millennialsforPH), Instagram (@millennialsph_), and Twitter (@millennials4ph) or send an email to millennialsph.org@gmail.com.
NTT LTD. ACCELERATES SECURE BY DESIGN SOLUTIONS: The addition of Cisco’s cloud security technology aligns with NTT Ltd.’s managed security services to architect secure networks for enterprises
“Secure by Design means being cybersecurity conscious at all levels of business and building security into the solution from the very start,” says Matthew Gyde, Chief Executive Officer and President for NTT Ltd.’s Security division. “Expansion of the existing relationship with our long-time partner, Cisco will strengthen our portfolio of solutions for our clients.”
NTT Ltd.’s managed security services incorporate a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture, which leverages the cloud-delivered firewall, now available with Cisco Umbrella, combined with Cisco’s SD-WAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network). NTT Ltd. will continue to support Cisco’s on-premise Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) product and Firepower series appliances, across three global security services platforms: Threat Detection, Enterprise Security Monitoring, and Device Management.
Enhanced by Cisco’s latest technologies, NTT Ltd.’s managed security services provide additional protection by detecting unknown malicious activity through NTT Ltd.’s unique threat intelligence and AI detection capabilities. This will support alert correlation activity, optimize security controls, and enable organizations to prioritize their vulnerabilities.
“NTT Ltd.’s Secure by Design approach delivers tangible outcomes to clients that want to extract the full value of Cisco’s suite of cybersecurity products and the software development, as well as the integration with Cisco’s software-defined networking solution,” said John Maynard, Vice President, Global Security Sales at Cisco. “With the rise in SaaS adoption and number of remote offices and users, organizations are adopting SD-WAN* solutions to manage different types of traffic and enable direct-to-internet access. The addition of Cisco Umbrella will offer NTT clients the scale, security, and reliability needed to safely enable today’s remote workforce.”
NTT Ltd. is
recognized as a ‘Leader’ in IDC’s MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Security
Services 2020 Vendor Assessment.
According to Dominic Trott, IDC's Research Director for Security and Privacy in
Europe: "Secure by Design concepts are a potent weapon in the security
team’s armoury when seeking to link security with business outcomes. They
provide project owners and users the confidence to focus on innovation and
supporting client needs, without having to worry about the security
implications. NTT’s partnership with Cisco, which ‘bakes’ security into network
and cloud infrastructures, can help customers turn the COVID-19 crisis into an
opportunity for security to demonstrate its transformational impact. IDC’s
research shows that, while ‘tactical’ use cases such as secure remote access
dominated early responses to the crisis, sentiment is shifting towards more
strategic use cases such as secure connectivity and data security, where the
partnership can have an impact.”
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The Security division helps clients create a digital business that’s secure by
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November 7, 2020
Aliw Awards 2020 Nominations Reveal
The Aliw Awards Foundation revealed the partial list of nominees for the 33rd Aliw Awards at the virtual meeting with media and bloggers, and at the AALIWIN KITA FB page live. Hosted by Alexandra and Birdie Reyes and organizers Aliw Awards Foundation heads Rebecca Shuaunsu and Aliw Awards Foundation founder Ms. Alice H. Reyes.