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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, 13 OCTOBER 2026 — Casino Plus, one of the Philippines’ leading PAGCOR-licensed digital entertainment platforms, joined the City of Smiles in opening MassKara Festival 2026 as the festival’s official presenter and major sponsor, kicking off the celebrations with the Hataw MassKara! opening concert on October 9 at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC). The digital entertainment platform also introduced a new title to this year’s festival, crowning the first-ever Miss Casino Plus Bacolod during the Miss Bacolod MassKara pageant. The Cultural Soul of MassKara Unlike many Philippine festivals rooted in religious tradition, MassKara was born out of hardship. In 1980, Negros Occidental, the country’s sugar capital, was reeling from a collapse in global sugar prices. That same year, the sinking of the inter-island ferry MV Don Juan took hundreds of lives, many of them from Bacolod. In response, local leaders, civic groups, and artists brought the community ...

    BRAND CON 2026 has named BNI Taguig Region as its Co-Presenter, bringing together a network of more than 600 member companies across 10 chapters and a shared mission to help Filipino businesses grow through stronger brands. The partnership connects BNI’s strength in business relationships and referrals with BRAND CON’s advocacy for strategic brand building, helping entrepreneurs and SMEs move beyond referrals to become recognizable, trusted, and preferred by customers. Beyond the five-day congress, the collaboration envisions year-round learning, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing opportunities that make brand-building expertise more accessible to business owners. Carrying the theme “Empowering Brand Builders,” BRAND CON 2026 runs November 24–28 at Newport World Resorts in Pasay City, featuring internationally recognized branding strategist Laura Ries, the RIES Positioning Masterclass, and the Brand Festival. Learn more at www.brand-con.com. Strategic partnership combines BN...

Less hassle, more Korea. Join Enjoy Korea's new Korea data eSIM means no physical SIM to swap and no pocket WiFi to pick up or return. Filipino travelers just scan a QR code sent by email or Messenger and connect on arrival. Choose Premium (10GB) or Value (300MB), and both keep going at [5 Mbps / 3 Mbps] after the high-speed allowance runs out. Join Enjoy Korea Launches Unlimited Data eSIM for Trips to South Korea Join Enjoy Korea, the Korea travel arm of Island Resort Club Tour Services, Inc. (IRC), is rolling out a Korea data eSIM lineup for Filipino travelers, developed in partnership with FreeT, a Korean telecommunications provider. Both plans maintain a guaranteed minimum speed even after the daily high-speed allowance runs out, on premium Korean networks (SKT, KT, and LGU+). What Makes the “No Speed-Trap Throttle” Guarantee Different? While many standard eSIMs found on online marketplaces promise unlimited data, they severely drop speeds to a crawl (128–384 kbps) once a daily...

  To mark IDDRR 2026, ASSIST is bringing the UN theme, "Resilience Starts at Home," straight to communities. By gamifying disaster prep with its Master of Disaster board game, ASSIST helps parents and kids build actionable safety routines together. To mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2026, Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) is bringing the United Nations’ theme, "Resilience Starts at Home" straight to local communities. Moving beyond top-down emergency response, ASSIST brings parents and children together to build practical home safety plans. While the Philippines ranks #1 on the WorldRiskIndex 2025 , Harvard Humanitarian Initiative studies show that while 58% of households discuss emergency planning, only 20% maintain an actionable disaster plan. Without a practiced routine, families are prone to act out of panic and make poor decisions in times of emergencies. To help build those crit...

A teacher from Surigao City receives ₱10,000 to help pay household bills, while five others receive ₱500 GCash rewards. MANILA, Philippines — October 12, 2026 — Ginto Privilege Club (GPC) has confirmed six winners from its first Ginhawa Support Draw, held live on October 1, 2026, at 8:00 PM Philippine time. The draw awarded a total of ₱12,500 in prizes, including a ₱10,000 main reward and five ₱500 GCash bonus rewards, marking an important milestone for GPC's new one-off Pack model. ₱10,000 Ginhawa Support Helps Winner Cover Household Bills Teacher Wyzyn Patosa from Surigao City was named the main winner of GPC's first Ginhawa Support Draw. After completing the required eligibility and identity verification, Wyzyn received the ₱10,000 prize through GCash on October 5, 2026. Wyzyn shared that the reward would help pay the family's electricity and water bills, providing welcome financial relief for everyday household expenses. “Malaking tulong po ang ₱10,000 Ginhawa Support p...

   Opening on the 3rd floor of Park Triangle Mall, Gyukatsu BGC will center its menu on its Signature Gyukatsu Set while bringing the Japanese beef cutlet dining experience to Bonifacio Global City. A Japanese beef cutlet dining experience is coming to Bonifacio Global City as Gyukatsu BGC prepares to open on the 3rd Floor of Park Triangle Mall in November 2026. At the center of the new restaurant is gyukatsu, a Japanese dish built around breaded beef cutlet. While tonkatsu has long made breaded pork cutlets familiar to Filipino diners, gyukatsu puts beef at the center of the experience. For Gyukatsu BGC, that distinction is more than a menu item. It defines the restaurant. A Restaurant Built Around Gyukatsu The Signature Gyukatsu Set will serve as the centerpiece of the menu when the Park Triangle Mall restaurant opens. Rather than positioning gyukatsu as one option among a broad selection of Japanese dishes, Gyukatsu BGC is building its dining identity around the beef cutlet...