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Max’s Restaurant, the iconic Filipino restaurant chain famous for its Sarap-to-the-Bones® Fried Chicken is celebrating National Halo-Holiday on March 26 with a special offer to its customers. For that day only, guests can buy any summer cooler and get another one for free!
Nowadays many are feeling the heat, whether from the sun or the environment, so it’s a great time to pause and chill with a refreshing dessert to calm the mind and body. What’s even better is customers can spread the spirit of giving by treating a friend, partner, workmate, or family member when availing the promo.
Guests can choose any of the following solo servings of Samalamig:
This Halo-Holiday offer can be enjoyed whether for dine-in, take-out, and delivery in all stores nationwide. Orders can also be made through delivery.maxchicken.com or 888-79000.
For more information, visit the official Facebook page at @MaxsRestaurant. Customers may also use the hashtag #MaxsHaloHoliday.
Huawei Philippines officially debuted the HUAWEI nova 9 SE — the latest smartphone in the nova line, designed for young creatives. Through an exclusive launch event at Shangri-La the Fort, themed “Super nova, Super camera,” Huawei aimed to spark creativity and celebrate authenticity in limitless experience. Graced by the presence of all-time Huawei users Julia Barretto, Kylie Verzosa, and Bella Racelis, this star-studded launch event also came to life through a series of experience hubs, designed to evoke the feeling of an outer-space journey, and epic visual demonstrations of technological talent.
Huawei’s new nova 9 SE is equipped with the most advanced and most powerful capabilities that can help enable the young generation of today to indulge in their interests and passions, regardless of who they are. This new Huawei nova innovation changes the game and lets any aspiring content creator get their foot in the door, and takes things onto even greater heights. With the following key features, anyone can be sure this product is the best photography and vlogging tool for young and fresh content creators:
With the Huawei nova 9 SE’s 108MP AI quad-camera system compromising the main 108MP camera, an 8MP ultrawide lens, a 2MP Bokeh lens, and a macro lens, moments can be captured in crystal-clear detail. Designed for any situation, this new nova’s super camera produces crisp footage in exciting high-resolution images, lossless even when they are zoomed 3x. As the action picks up, users benefit from smooth transitions at a touch with the new nova’s Continuous Front/Rear Recording capabilities. There’s also the Dual-View Video capability that lets you vlog like never before. Vlog like never before with Dual-View Video, that enables recording for both front and rear footage at the same time, stitch them together. No need to worry now about missing life’s greatest moments with these powerful nova camera capabilities.
With a massive 4,000mAh battery and 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge technology support, the new nova smartphone is a dependable companion throughout the unpredictable twists and turns of your day. It only takes 15 minutes to charge the new smartphone to 60% capacity, up to about half an hour for 100%.
The phone stands at 6.78in and measures 7.94mm, perfect for easy viewing yet also comfortably slipping into your pocket. The display also features ultra-narrow bezels; 1.1mm at the top, 1.05mm on the sides. With an otherworldly supernova-inspired design, the phone comes in three breathtaking skyscape colorways: Crystal Blue, Pearl White, and Midnight Black. The star orbit ring camera additionally refracts light like starlight, in line with the thematic concept behind the nova line.
Powered by the EMUI 12, the nova 9 SE seamlessly integrates with other Huawei devices at the swipe of a finger. With a complete Huawei inventory, the sky is the limit. Buying the nova 9 SE is worth it on its own, but Huawei goes above and beyond by making sure every Huawei purchase exponentializes the whole against the sum of its parts.
The Huawei Country Head, Peter Peng, made a charmingly earnest speech to ultimately make the point that the nova 9 SE is a product for the youth. The Huawei engineers and designers behind the nova line have always taken inspiration from the evolving hopes and dreams of the youth, who are the most invested in protecting and improving our future — and the nova line has grown in ways they could never have imagined by themselves. The nova 9 SE is a celebration of that boundless passion and creativity that fuel the current young generation right now, packaged with technologies that would best enable them to engage in conversations and offer ideas online. “Here at Huawei, with the nova 9 SE,” Peng proudly exclaimed, “we democratize creativity so anyone can express themselves. The nova 9 SE is our gift to the youth.”
With Julia Barretto, Kylie Verzosa and Bella Racelis, the Huawei team showed their appreciation to everyone who came by raffling off several favorite Huawei products to the guests. Chiefly coveted overall were, of course, the nova 9 SE units gifted to the luckiest ones, who received the units with joy.
The whole event was live-streamed on all of Huawei Philippines’ social media pages, viewed by scores of aspiring content creators, tech wunderkinds, and loyal fans eager to be some of the first to get nova 9 SE’s as well. Truly, it was a night to be remembered for a very long time.
Pre-order the new HUAWEI nova 9 SE for PHP13,999 from March 18 to March 24, 2022 and get freebies such as the HUAWEI FreeBuds 4i and HUAWEI Cloud worth PHP4,745. Get it from the Huawei Online Store, or at the Huawei Flagship Stores on Lazada, and Shopee.
Visit Huawei Philippines’ official pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, to stay updated on the latest promos and devices.
The worldwide pandemic derailed and delayed film releases and productions across the industry, but for filmmaker Michael Bay, it ignited one. In the fall of 2020, Bay, the visionary director of some of the biggest studio hits of all time including the Transformers franchise, Armageddon, Bad Boys and Bad Boys II, Pearl Harbor and The Rock, was on the hunt for a project that would allow his crew to do a tight shoot in Los Angeles during COVID-19 lockdown protocols.
The action in Ambulance takes place over one day, with the most nerve-wracking two-plus hours audiences could spend in a movie theater— with the bank robbers (Danny played Jake Gyllenhaal and Will, played by Abdul Yahya-Mateen II) and a paramedic (played by Eiza Gonzáles) trying to keep a cop in hostage alive, going from one critical situation to another with interwoven narratives.
With Bay on board, the project rocketed forward at breakneck speed. In Ambulance, L.A. County paramedic Camille “Cam” Thompson is much better with unconscious patients than she is with any friends who want to have a more personal conversation. With a brilliant mind for medicine, Cam wanted to be a doctor, but she fell out of medical school due to drug abuse. Now, she finds herself as someone who only feels normal in the midst of a crisis. A quick-thinking problem solver, Cam can keep anybody alive for 20 minutes. Cam is played by Eiza González, who made her mark in such blockbusters as Baby Driver, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
On an ordinary day, Cam encounters brothers Will and Danny when they took on the ambulance she’s riding desperate to escape when the bank heist was exposed to the authorities. Because the siblings are trapped with paramedic Cam Thompson and a critically injured officer for much of the story, they are forced to confront who they are at their best…and their worst. “Each one of these characters finds themselves in the ambulance with something to learn and something they have struggled with,” Gyllenhaal says. “This journey throughout the day brings all their secrets out.”
To prepare for the role, González worked closely with RN and paramedic consultant Dannie Wurtz, who not only trained González on the precision and detail of attending to a critical patient in a moving ambulance, but inspired González with her passion and commitment. “It was so cool to see a woman that has made her way through this wild business and saved so many lives,” González says. “She has kept that spark going and that love for what she does. That brought a lot to Cam and really helped me to shape her as a character.”
The shoot was unlike any González had experienced before. “You’re covered in dirt, sweat and blood, and it feels so real,” González says. “It’s hard to think of acting and lines while your body’s going a thousand miles per hour. It was raining, air was blasting in our faces and we were scared. It became difficult to think of intentions for the scene, but that is why this was the best experience for me. I hope that people enjoy it because we have put our heart, blood, sweat and tears into this. Everyone was on their A-game—from our crew and stunt team to the cast. It was a lot of dedication and love.”
A Universal Pictures International release, Ambulance is now showing in Philippine cinemas nationwide.
It’s definitely a “Happy Summer” this 2022! Now is the perfect time to pack your bags and go on that long-awaited beach getaway. Soak up the rejuvenating rays of the sun, lounge by the pristine white sand beachfront, and dive into the deep turquoise waters of two of the Best Islands in the World (and among the Top 10 in Asia), according to the 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards by the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
Journey to scenic Palawan and to beautiful Boracay with friends and family. Make the most out of the outdoor fun and be one with nature, especially with the relaxed travel rules and restrictions.
To welcome summer, Discovery Shores Boracay and Club Paradise Palawan have launched their “Happy Summer” campaign which includes value for money accommodation deals and spectacular culinary offers. A Happy Summer booking at Discovery Shores Boracay starts at Php 14,999++ per night in a Junior Suite, inclusive of daily breakfast for two at Sands Restaurant, roundtrip Caticlan airport transfers for two, one round of complimentary Happy Summer cocktails per adult per night and Php 3,000 dinner credits at Forno Osteria or Indigo Restaurant per two-night stay.
In Coron, Club Paradise Palawan’s rates starts at Php 13,999++ per night in a Garden Suite which comes with daily breakfast at Firefish Restaurant for two persons, roundtrip Busuanga airport transfers for two, one round of complimentary Happy Summer cocktails per adult per night and Php 3,000 dinner credits at Firefish Restaurant per two-night stay.
Both Discovery Shores Boracay and Club Paradise Palawan have created food and beverage offers that are perfect for the hot summer fun. In Boracay, choose between limitless servings of Cuba Libre, Mai Tai, Rhum Rita, Caiprinha, Daquiri for Php 890++ per person from Mondays to Thursdays, 4 to 7pm at Sand Bar or bottomless pours of premium gin-based cocktails at Php 1,590++ per person every day from 4 to 7 pm at Sand Bar and 360 Roof Lounge. For those who want to have numerous toasts on their favorite summer mixes, they can order the Pitcher Perfect offer with cocktails served by the pitcher at Php 990++ daily at Sand Bar and 360 Roof Lounge.
Guests can avail of 20% savings on Tomahawk Steaks for lunch and dinner from Mondays to Thursdays or enjoy a free Pepperoni or Margherita pizza when they order a whole gourmet pizza from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Forno Osteria Restaurant from Mondays to Thursdays. For fresh seafood, guests can book a table at Indigo Restaurant and savor coastal cuisine featuring the freshest and finest ingredients available from the bounties of land and sea on a family-style meal or Indigo’s Signature Seafood Board consisting of Boston lobster, mud crabs, hard shell clams, prawns, and Chilean mussels.
In Coron, guests may choose to cool down with a refreshing glass of fruit and milk shake, filled to the brim with all the sweet goodness of a dessert or go for a glass of Minty Matcha, a refreshing minty cocktail drink with a green tea twist for Php 550+ per glass. For those who want to bring an ice box full of fun right to their room, at their private terrace or by the beach and have numerous servings of their favorite cocktail, chilled beers, wine and cold canned sodas, they can order “Booze by the Ice Box” or have Bar-on-the-Go, with drinks specially prepared for them by their personal bartender.
After hours of swimming and lounging by the pool, guests may take a quick break to savor their favorite gourmet pizza, freshly baked by the poolside, available daily from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The “Happy Summer” package is what vacation dreams are made of, carefully crafted to offer a truly unforgettable and blissful summer experience with friends and family. Available from now until May 31, 2022, the package is valid for a minimum of 2 nights stay.
For inquiries and reservations, visit www.discoveryshoresboracay.com, or call (632) 7720.8888 for Discovery Shores Boracay. For Club Paradise Palawan visit www.clubparadisepalawan.com or call (632) 7719.6971. A summary of Boracay travel requirements is listed at https://www.discoveryshoresboracay.com/discover/what-to-prepare-when-traveling-to-boracay/ and Coron travel requirements at https://www.clubparadisepalawan.com/discover/traveling-to-coron-checklist/.
To celebrate the inauguration of the newly-constructed Culture and Arts Center building of Lipa City, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, through its Office of the President, and the Lipa City Government present the world-renowned Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, as well some of the most respected artists in the country today, for a night of musical spectacle. The special musical event, entitled “PPO CONCERT AT LIPA, BATANGAS,” is slated for Friday (March 18, 2022), at 7:00PM. This event is part of the PPO Outreach program, one of the flagship programs spearheaded by CCP President Arsenio ‘Nick’ Lizaso.
“This is a very special event for CCP because it signals the start of our outreach program that has been put on hold because of the pandemic,” says CCP President Arsenio ‘Nick’ Lizaso, “We have been through a lot over the past two years and we think this concert will bring back hope and will serve as an inspiration, not just for the people of Lipa, but to every Filipino, that we are well on our way to recovery.”
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Herminigildo Ranera, will be performing some of their timeless pieces that have cemented their prominence in the world music scene. Apart from the PPO, some of the established artists in the country will also grace the concert: Internationally renowned Tenor Arthur Espiritu, popular Soprano Lara Maigue, Philippine Theater royalties Robert and Isay Seña, Classical Balladeer Bo Cerrudo, and powerful duo The Nightingales, composed of Bianca Lopez-Aguila and Bernadette Mamauag.
The concert is free and open to the public; however, strict protocols will be implemented to ensure that the health and safety of the attendees and performers will not be compromised. All attendees must be fully vaccinated and must wear a face mask during the whole program of the show.
PPO Concert at Lipa, Batangas will also be streamed online simultaneously via the CCP, CCP of the President, and the PPO Facebook pages.
For more details about the concert, please visit the CCP Office of the President Facebook page.
Meet the characters of The Lost City in their own individual posters: Loretta (Sandra Bullock), Alan (Channing Tatum), Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), Beth (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), (Oscar) Oscar Nuñez, and (Allison) Patti Harrison. This jungle will never be the same!
Check out the one-sheet artworks below and watch The Lost City exclusively in cinemas across the Philippines on April 20.
Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.” While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever.
The Lost City is directed by Adam Nee and Aaron Nee, with screenplay by Oren Uziel and Dana Fox and Adam Nee & Aaron Nee, story by Seth Gordon. The film is produced by Liza Chasin, Sandra Bullock, Seth Gordon; executive produced by JJ Hook, Dana Fox, Julia Gunn, Margaret Chernin.
The cast is led by Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Nuñez, Patti Harrison, Bowen Yang.
The Lost City is distributed in the Philippines by Paramount Pictures through Columbia Pictures. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/paramountpicsph/; Twitter at www.twitter.com/paramountpicsph/; Instagram at www.instagram.com/paramountpicsph/ and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZ7igjHZB-5k8DDM7ilVJw. Connect with #TheLostCity and tag @paramountpicsph
For the 13th consecutive year, Acer led the PC (desktop, notebook, and workstation) market in the Philippines in 2021 with a 27% market share on the strength of stay-at-home demand for devices to be used for education and work, said IDC.
Acer has led the notebook category in the Philippines for 16 consecutive years, with a record-high 33% market share in 2021. It had a 30% market share in consumer notebooks and a 34% market share in gaming notebooks.
In the consumer branded desktop category, Acer had a 31% market share in 2021 as it dominated the consumer all-in-one desktop category with a 52% market share. In the monitors category, it had a 22% market share for 2021.
In terms of PCs shipped by the end of 2021, Acer Philippines sold 561,000 units last year from 394,000 in 2020 and 347,000 in 2019. This strong performance was driven by online learning as Filipinos turned to Acer, the tech giant known for its strong position in the education sector. Other factors that drove growth were the increased need for devices as more Filipinos worked from home and Acer’s multiple product offerings across all market segments and the brand’s value for money proposition.
Some 1.72 million PCs from different brands were sold in the Philippines in 2021 from 1.35 million in 2020 and 1.34 million in 2019, said IDC. Globally, PCs were in high demand with 350 million units shipped worldwide.
The IDC Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, Q4 2021 also showed that work from home and digitization drove demand in the private sector. The share of notebooks in the consumer market went up from 73% before the pandemic to 84% in 2021. For the commercial market, the notebook share went up from 30% in 2018 to 69% in 2021.
Pandemic-related quarantines and lockdowns also drove the growth in gaming- and entertainment-related PC sales in the Philippines in 2021. For Acer, sales of gaming notebooks nearly doubled with 113,000 units sold last year from 75,000 in 2020 and 38,000 in 2019.
The shortage of semiconductors across the globe has resulted in supply issues for everything from computers. According to Acer, the shortage would continue until at least the second quarter of 2022.
“The PC has become a necessity during the pandemic. While the demand was strong beyond our expectations, due to online learning and work-from-home needs, including notebook PCs, Chromebooks, monitors and others, we did our best to fulfill them,” said Sue Ong-Lim, Acer Philippines General Manager.
Last year, Acer also stepped up its sustainability efforts by introducing the Earthion program, through which the tech giant engages its entire ecosystem from supply chain partners to consumers and employees by helping tackle environmental challenges through innovative and integrated solutions.
Since 2020, Acer’s notebooks have adopted recycled paper for packaging, and this has saved 8,750 kg of paper pulp and cut down on the usage of 20 million plastic bags. From Acer’s internal recycling activities, over 50 metric tons of batteries were recycled and remanufactured into new ones.
In 2021, Acer announced a new “enviro-friendly” laptop, the Acer Vero, containing 50% post-consumer recycled plastic in its keyboard caps, and about 30% in other parts, such as the top and bottom cover and screen bezels. Toward the end of 2021, the company expanded its Vero portfolio across a variety of devices.
The IDC said PC demand is expected to remain robust this year as uncertainty about future pandemic outbreaks means businesses, schools and consumers will want to be ready for another lockdown. Another factor that could drive growth is the digitization of business, growth in e-commerce will drive more spending from private sector.
Acer seeks to diversify its portfolio mix and expand new businesses, such as acerpure, Altos, HSN, and Acer Gaming. It will also improve value creation and enhance the consumer journey. Acer will also continue to set lofty goals to reduce its carbon emission and create more environmentally-friendly tech products.
“Acer’s goal in 2022 is to optimally perform within core business competencies while we transform to prepare for areas of future growth,” said Ong-Lim.
The International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets.
From dying to being more alive than ever… but there’s a catch. Jared Leto talks about the incredible transformation of Dr. Michael Morbius in the newly-released vignette for Columbia Pictures’ upcoming Marvel action-thriller Morbius.
Check out the ‘Transformation’ vignette below and watch Morbius exclusively in cinemas across the Philippines on March 30.
One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?
Columbia Pictures presents in association with MARVEL, an Avi Arad / Matt Tolmach production, Morbius. Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Lucas Foster. Screen Story and Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless. Based on the MARVEL Comics.
Morbius is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Connect with the hashtag #Morbius
The automotive industry is going through a state of massive change from connectivity, electrification and digitization of the customer experience. Customers expect seamless digital experiences not only from ecommerce, but also when buying a car, where they expect a personalized and multi-channel journey.
AutoDeal prides itself on being a key component in modernizing the customer experience for local car buyers in the Philippines. Since 2014, AutoDeal has provided buyers the ability to compare vehicles; find special offers; and, complete multiple stages of the car-purchase transaction online. Every month, the online automotive marketplace enables consumers to get the best price on brand new vehicles by comparing offers from multiple dealers by simply going to the AutoDeal website. This enables buyers to transact quickly with trained and vetted sales agents from a network of official partner dealers. AutoDeal’s CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Scott shares: “As automotive retail propels towards digital, AutoDeal is receiving more customers every day, which translates to more sales for our partners every year. AutoDeal was able to deliver over P28B worth of sales to their partners in 2021 from 24,835 purchasers”.
AutoDeal also helps report consumer trends, insights, and feedback directly to key players in the automotive industry as a means of helping lift the standard of digital commerce. As AutoDeal’s Co-founder Christopher Franks explains: The platform offers improved accessibility to vast amounts of data which translates back to more money left in the pockets of consumers. “These detailed insights on how automotive customers shop makes AutoDeal a core component in helping the auto industry evolve at a time when automotive brands are having to reshape business models and organizational structures to stay competitive in the market”.
Every year, the data collected via the AutoDeal platform is communicated through AutoDeal’s Industry Insights Report.
Launched in 2016, the report tackled the state of the automotive industry and presented data and analysis by experts to back-up AutoDeal’s view as to why innovation was required in the customer journey. In the years leading up to the report, AutoDeal had taken note of high levels of customer dissatisfaction that occurred through easily fixable frustrations such as dealers not responding to online inquiries or access to critical purchase information not being readily available until customers entered a showroom. In the years that followed, AutoDeal implemented technology that simultaneously improved dealership response times, transparency, and sales conversion. In 2016, the report served as a way for brands to compare their online commerce metrics compared to other industry leaders. Today, AutoDeal’s Insights Report is regarded by automotive executives as one of the most helpful, useful, reliable, and easily available sources of automotive market information as it also delves into industry-disrupting factors and situations.
As the country begins to pull through the effects of the pandemic, AutoDeal is happy to announce that it has recently released AutoDeal Insights (Vol. XIII) 2021 Complete Insights. In this 13th issue, AutoDeal examines performance metrics connected to the recovery of the Philippine automotive industry. The report also provides must-have information for brands retailing vehicles in the digital space and includes a full rundown of consumer data collected via the AutoDeal and MotoDeal platforms in 2021. Some of the most remarkable findings in the report focused on leads by market segment; leads by location; leads by device; inquiring and buying trends; and most inquired for brands. To know how the local car and motorcycle market performed in 2021 and learn about improving metrics that are helping shed light on the industry’s road to recovery, simply visit https://www.autodeal.com.ph/industry-insights and download AutoDeal Insights (Vol. XIII) 2021 Complete Insights.
Today, AutoDeal is stronger than ever. Currently, it is partnered with 16 automotive brands, encompassing more than 400 new car dealerships and more than 2000 sales agent partners. In addition, the website averages 2.7M visits/month, generates around 25,000 leads/month, and contributes to over 2000 industry sales/month. These figures show why AutoDeal is currently the largest automotive network as well as the no.1 online automotive marketplace in the Philippines.
To learn more about AutoDeal, the #1 online automotive marketplace in the Philippines, visit their website at autodeal.com.ph