Manila, Philippines — HUAWEI Philippines has officially announced the availability of the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2”, along with the Genius design keyboard, HUAWEI Glide Keyboard in the Philippines. This tablet not only features innovative Tandem OLED PaperMatte Technology but also comes with the upgraded GoPaint app, providing exceptional hardware and software support for professional creators. Committed to delivering a "More Than PC" experience, Huawei aims to make tablets a viable substitute for traditional computers.




A Never-Seen-Before GENIUS Keyboard: HUAWEI Guild Keyboard


Most tablets lack a dedicated slot for storing a stylus, making it cumbersome to carry and manage. Even when tablets do include a storage slot, they often don't provide charging capabilities, leaving the stylus depleted when needed. The all-new HUAWEI Glide Keyboard addresses this issue with its innovative storage and charging design for styluses. Simply placing the stylus in the slot initiates automatic pairing with the tablet, eliminating the need for repeated pairing, and remains charged, ready for use even after extended periods of inactivity.


True to its name, the HUAWEI Glide Keyboard is engineered to enhance input and creation with a flexible adjustment. When using the tablet for drawing, the keyboard’s bottom edge stays elevated above the touchpad, ensuring stability and preventing any interference with the keyboard, regardless of the strokes or gestures employed. It also features skin-soothing materials designed to withstand daily stains, spills, and mishaps, including tea, coffee, cooking oils, condiments, and even lipstick.




The World’s Leading Display Technology: Innovative Tandem OLED PaperMatte Display


The 12.2-inch display of the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” is one of its most striking features. It uses HUAWEI’s unique Tandem OLED display, which achieves a spectacular peak brightness of 2,000 nits, ensures the dramatic contracts between light and dark regions, and a consistently clear view, whether it's under the glow of indoor lighting or the sun. The unique nano-level pixel stacking technology bolsters the service life of the display 3 times longer compared with a traditional single-layered OLED display. An exclusive pixel isolation layer precisely controls the amount of light emitted by the display, optimizing power efficiency by 33%, so that content remains crystal clear even under direct sunlight.


The screen boasts a 2,000,000:1 ultra-high contrast and a 2.8K resolution, combined with a four-sided equidistant design, and applying ultra-narrow 4.6 mm bezels, achieving a 92% screen-to-body ratio – making it one of the tablets with the narrowest bezels in the industry. With a 144Hz refresh rate and 480Hz touch sampling rate, it delivers a smoother and more seamless regardless of whether you're drawing, web browsing, or scanning through text.


Not only does this screen excel in display quality, HUAWEI claims that its PaperMatte display is easier on the eyes than a typical tablet display. Through a myriad of patented technologies and nano-level techniques designed to reduce eye fatigue, HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” has obtained SGS's Low Visual Fatigue Premium Performance 2.0 Certification, further enhances the eye protection performance, ensuring user comfort during extended use.



Art on the Go: Experience the Next Level with GoPaint


The HUAWEI-developed painting app, GoPaint app, has been recognized by many users in previous releases. Users appreciate the wide range of brushes and tools, which allow for a high degree of creative flexibility. This time, the GoPaint app on the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” lives up to digital artist expectations, now upgraded and more powerful.


The GoPaint App features several unprecedented tools including Fluid brushes, which let you create stunning blending effects, mimicking the way liquid pigments like ink and watercolor naturally blend. The Fluid brush naturally adjusts its blending effect based on the realistic texture canvas, making the canvas the perfect medium for writing, paintings, calligraphy, and a range of other creative endeavors, to cater to a range of different needs.




Last September, HUAWEI launched the GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity 2024. This year, the initiative is centered around the theme “Creative by Nature,” inviting artists to capture the beauty of nature, exploring the limitless possibilities of the GoPaint App. Interested participants are encouraged to submit a variety of pieces, whether it’s a sci-fi artwork, a fashion design, narrative art, digital watercolor or ink pieces. Submissions are accepted until December 31, 2024.


An expert jury panel will choose the top 20 entries. The winners will each receive $1,000 and the opportunity to showcase their artwork on a global stage through exhibitions, events, and HUAWEI’s social media pages. The winning pieces will also be featured on HUAWEI apps and merchandise. Winners will also have the chance to share the stories behind their winning artworks in video features and exclusive interviews. Visit the official Global Worldwide Creating Activity 2024 website to find out more.


An Artistic Design: Thin and Light Golden Silk Design


The HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” has also reached a new standard in exterior design, boasting a wholly unique “Golden Silk” rear cover design. In order to produce this unique “Golden Silk” design, each device is meticulously polished over a thousand times. Its lustrous gold color variant features an ultra-thin 0.5mm aviation-grade glass fiber, to ensure beauty and strength, and techniques like ink printing, multiple optical layers, and multiple transfer printings produce a texture that is reminiscent of elegant silk.


Weighing only 508g and with a thickness of just 5.5mm, making it the brand’s thinnest and lightest 12.2-inch tablet, easy to hold and manipulate with one hand.




Unleash Office Excellence: PC-Level Performance in Your Hand


The PC-Level WPS Office apps offer robust office capabilities with features like a PC-level UI layout, comprehensive editing tools, and advanced demonstration functions. The intuitive menu design ensures that users familiar with the PC version can seamlessly transition to the tablet apps without needing to relearn or adjust their work habits. These tablet apps support advanced features, including video insertion in Presentation, Pivot Tables in Spreadsheet, and custom headers and footers in Writer, making task management more efficient. Notably, the integration of Huawei Print in these apps allows for quick previews and printing directly from the document screen with just a tap on the toolbar. These features collectively provide all the necessary tools for creating professional-quality documents and presentations.




Extraordinary Flagship Tablet with More Than PC experience


Thanks to its innovative step architecture, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” is equipped with a 10,100mAh large battery that supports industry-leading 100W SuperCharge. HUAWEI SOUND quality is delivered through custom 8-driver array speakers and a largest-ever 3.5 cc rear chamber, providing the strongest sound performance in a 12.2-inch tablet.


With its outstanding hardware configuration and innovative software features, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” sets a new benchmark for tablets. Whether in display quality, eye protection, design, or office and creation experience, this tablet demonstrates powerful capabilities. Coming in as a PC-Like bundle, HUAWEI Glide keyboard and HUAWEI M-Pencil (3rd Gen), for users seeking ultimate display effects, work-on-the-go, efficient creative experiences, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” is undoubtedly an ideal choice.


Unleash your creativity and experience productivity like never before with the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2” WIFI 12GB+512GB, now available in the Philippines. Prices start at ₱59,999. Grab the tablet from October 11 to October 31 and take home an exclusive bundle including the HUAWEI Watch GT4 41mm (valued at ₱8,999), HUAWEI Glide Keyboard (valued at ₱9,999), HUAWEI M-Pencil (valued at ₱5,999), PC-Level WPS Office (valued at ₱4,999), and HUAWEI Bluetooth Mouse (valued at₱1,899).


This exclusive offer is available on Shopee, Lazada, Tiktok, HUAWEI Online Store, and HUAWEI Experience Stores nationwide.


To learn more about the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.2”, visit Huawei’s official website or social media accounts (Facebook | Instagram).

For many of us, food is a love language. Through time, this love goes beyond the taste, but of places visited and memories made. Having said, a distinctive food experience awaits Bulakenyos with the arrival of SM Center Pulilan’s latest dining haven, EC Café.

This newest Instagrammable café in SM Center Pulilan offers a diverse menu curated to cater to any groups and occasions. Get ready for a total culinary delight as EC Café serves a round-the-clock menu such as an all-day breakfast, classic pasta recipes, main course meals, premium steaks, and desserts.





Of course, there is house wine, classic and international cocktails, as well as crafted hot and cold drinks that are guaranteed crowd favorites in EC Café.





Aside from offering a delectable gastronomic journey, EC Café is collectively known for its aesthetic interiors and cozy ambience that lets diners create a lasting memory with food, friends, and family.

Plan your next food escape and visit EC Café conveniently located at the ground level of SM Center Pulilan.

After surprising fans with his story-driven conceptual single “The Other Side”, Bangkok-born singer-songwriter Phum Viphurit goes even deeper into the world of his alter ego Paul Vibhavadi on “Balter Baby”, the second single from his upcoming EP PAUL VIBHAVADI VOL. 1. Released to streaming platforms on October 9, 2024, this dance-oriented piece is Phum’s first instrumental-only track that showcases another side of his musical tastes and capabilities. An animated music video for “Balter Baby” by Shea Oracheski and James Bedggood based on Phum’s concept will also debut on the official Phum Viphurit YouTube channel.




In terms of narrative, “Balter Baby” picks up just before where “The Other Side” left off, in which the lovable sloth Paul Vibhavadi is grappling with his newfound adulation amongst a sloth-worshipping tribe he stumbled upon during his journey in search of the magical forest of Himmapan. “I wanted to expand on a part of the previous music video when it shows the tribe worshipping him, almost like an Ari Aster, Midsommer-type dance,” says Phum. “So it’s showing Paul in the trance of that, what he was feeling in that dance sequence.”




Intriguingly, Phum opted to convey this chapter of Paul’s story via an instrumental track with no vocals, once again pushing the boundaries of his music in the process. “I’ve done instrumental-heavy music, but always with glimpses of my voice. This one’s purely for people to dance to,” says Phum. “Honestly, if you go through the last fifty of my liked Spotify songs, I would say 45 of them are instrumental music. When I’m looking for inspiration, I try to write lyrics over pre-existing instrumentals, and I wanted to deconstruct that method by, ‘Hey, what if I can capture someone’s attention or move their head along to this three-minute house track that’s guitar-based with some synths?’ It was an interesting challenge, but also fits within the theme of the story.”








Regarding the specific influences for “Balter Baby”, Phum says, “I listened to a lot of Modjo, a dance group from the 2000s. I also listened to a lot of Seventies Motown, funk and disco. But most of it was led by the visual, because I directed the ‘The Other Side’ music video and was pretty heavily involved in the animation process for the ‘Balter Baby’ video. So I was thinking of Paul’s story and what particular soundtrack would suit this scene.” Indeed, the music of “Balter Baby” perfectly complements the video that takes us into Paul’s mind as his immersion into this new world that has embraced him sees him grooving along like a retro dance video game character.




The choice of “Balter Baby” as a single also further emphasizes the boldness of Phum Viphurit’s exploration on the PAUL VIBHAVADI VOL. 1 EP, while still making sense within the context of the project. “I felt like it was going to introduce a new house-inspired song like ‘The Other Side’, I needed a bit of a continuation before I break from that tempo and texture, so ‘Balter Baby’ was the most natural selection to me,” he says. “It’s like, ‘Hey, it’s not just a one-off thing.’ I’m playing with the idea of trance, movement and motifs throughout the whole EP.”




The end of the “Balter Baby” video sees Paul Vibhavadi enclosed in a glowing orb as he floats away from that tribe, and the audience is free to draw their own conclusions – or look for more answers when the PAUL VIBHAVADI VOL. 1 drops on October 17. “I know it’s quite a conceptual piece of work, and there’ll be many different interpretations of it,” says Phum. “But I’m so excited to show my creativity and make people feel something again with this next piece of work.”







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MANILA, Philippines. – Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) co-founder and chair, Grace Tan Caktiong, was recently honored as 2024’s The Outstanding Thomasian Alumni (TOTAL) Awardee for Service to Humanity, a recognition given by the University of Santo Tomas to exemplars from the Thomasian community.



Grace Tan Caktiong’s inspiring leadership over the past 20 years directly facilitated the foundation’s programs that have improved farmers’ livelihood, helping children continue their education through sustained school feeding and scholarships and enabling wide-reaching disaster response programs to help prevent hunger during calamities. The Jollibee Group Foundation is the social development arm of the Jollibee Group that was established in 2004 to help uplift communities through the Jollibee Group’s food expertise.

Water from the faucet or tap in the Philippines is not safe for drinking, and the quality of the water does not meet the standards set by the national government, especially in urban areas.




Data from the United Nations and Unicef showed that a majority, 53 percent of households in the Philippines do not have access to a safely managed water supply, with 48 percent of the population receiving safely managed or piped water services. The situation in schools is even more severe, with 55 percent lacking access to pure and healthy water.




The lack of access to essential water and sanitation services among a large part of the Philippine population results in illness, malnutrition, and childhood stunting. Indeed, nearly one-third of Filipino children suffer from stunting.




Indeed, according to the 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), more than half of the population source their drinking water from water filter system and bottled water (54.3 percent). But this comes at a cost, with Filipino consumers spending up to P7,000 in monthly water filter system expenses.


Karofi Water Purifier, a global brand and one of the world’s best water purifiers for home that is present in 50 countries, was honored as one of the "Top 10 ASEAN Strong Brands 2024" at the 8th Edition of the ASEAN Strong Brand Announcement Ceremony 2024, is expanding in the Philippines with a pilot store at Robinsons Magnolia Mall. The honor is a testament to Karofi's research and development efforts to fulfill its mission "to ensure the healthy life for everyone in the water and air environment of our beautiful green planet."




Karofi will launch a pilot store at Robinsons Magnolia Mall on September 8, giving Filipinos access to the most advanced water filtration technology and cheap water filters, the SMAX Pro V. This technology removes 99.99 percent of bacteria and provides good-tasting, alkaline, and hydrogen-induced quality water.


“Karofi was established with a mission to protect and enhance every people's health in any environment. We have a mission to protect the water we drink and we are now one of the leading brands globally with a presence in 50 countries. We should all live beautifully,” said Karofi chief customer officer Huong Elly in his speech.










Actress Coleen Garcia, the official endorser of Karofi Water Purifier, said she is elated by her partnership with the brand. “I am excited to be here today. I have been using water purifiers for a long time because we are trying to minimize our use of plastic bottles [which clogs the drainage system and adds to global warming]. I have been loving Karofi water filters so far, and I like their new counter top water purifier with hot and cold water functionalities at the turn of a knob. Plus, the water quality tastes so good, in addition to being so healthy.”




She went on, “Water is a basic necessity and we consume it on a daily basis. We have to make sure that the water we provide our family is of maximum quality. Karofi's water purifiers offer the most health benefits, with the safest and healthiest features. I am so impressed.”




Meanwhile, Elly explained that hydrogen neutralizes and alkaline water fights oxidants and free radicals for healthy cells and bodies. Karofi's cheap water filter system will enable Filipinos to drink water directly from the tap without the need to boil it or buy it from refilling stations or bottled water. It is the best cheap water filter in the market.

Karofi’s water purifier filters also use Nano Silver, which kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms, including pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and fungi, but causes little to no damage to the human body. Nano Silver prevents re-infection when water circulates in the filter system.




"The economics of the water purifier are better. Karofi's water filters have hydrogen and alkaline for better health, safe and clean water to prepare milk for babies, and a safe water source that meets the standards set by the Philippine National Standard for Drinking Water and regulator of FDA Certified Water Filters," Karofi said.




In addition, Karofi's water purifiers could reduce the cost of clean drinking water to only between P1,000 and P1,500 in six to eight months.




Garcia highlighted the health benefits of alkaline water in the body, but added sometimes it is a challenge where to buy alkaline water. “This gives us more reason to try Karofi water purifiers because of its quality. The questions you may ask yourselves are “Is the water purifier safe?” and How to install [Karofi] water filter?” The answers are, yes, water purifiers are safe, and it's easy to install them,” she added.




“Karofi is the best water purifier for home,” Garcia stated.


Clean drinking water

Potable drinking water is an everyday necessity. Most consumers are very meticulous in choosing the kind of water they drink and give their young children, preferring alkaline water or pure distilled water.




Karofi has successfully developed advanced SMAX water filtration technology with double efficiency and is the pioneering water purifier brand integrating Industry 4.0 technologies into water purifiers (comprehensive water quality control technology on AioTec smartphones; voice-activated water collection technology VoiceCall).




Karofi is the only brand certified for pure drinking water, standard bottled water QCVN 6-1:2010/MOH, from the Institute of Occupational Health & the Environment, making one of the best water purifiers for home in the Philippines.




Integrating modern 4.0 technologies into water purifiers gives Karofi users convenient access to safe and clean water. The technologies include VoiceCall technology, which allows voice-activated water pouring; AioTec technology, which enables smartphone users to control water quality; touch-screen water collection technology, and quick hot and deeply cold technology.




The unique innovation allows users to monitor Karofi's water quality using smartphones.









Karofi key features:

Reliable quality—Karofi water purifiers have a multi-level water treatment process to ensure that water is free from bacteria, visible particles, foul odor and, taste, etc. The water coming out from the filtration system is visually crystal clear. The water is guaranteed safe for drinking for adults, but most especially for babies and young children.




Superior technology - With its optimum performance, Karofi water purifiers offer 50 percent cost savings on power. Its energy efficiency promises quick heating and cooling.




11 SMAX filters, HP 6.0—Guaranteed good water quality. The filter technology and the HP 6 feature mean that it has alkaline-like quality water and assures the removal of 99.99 percent of bacteria. The water quality is recommended to be safe for infants and young children. It is also odorless and good-tasting, with a hint of sweetness or citrus flavor.




Peace of mind—You are secure that the water you and your family drink is clean and safe and will not cause sickness. Avoiding hospitalization and medical costs can save you plenty of money from Karofi’s cheap water filter system.




Healthier choice—Switching to Karofi water purifiers from a water refilling station offers consumers the best life without the worry of acquiring water-borne diseases like diarrhea or stomach discomfort. A healthy family will provide consumers with financial stability and security while allowing families to spend more time together. In addition , alkaline water purifier is good for the skin.




Optimizes convenience - You can have unlimited clean, safe and fresh water at home anytime. You do not need to order from water refilling stations.




Value for money - Users of Karofi water purifiers spend between P1,500 and P2,000 every six months to change filters. Sometimes, it is even less if the water from the source is cleaner. Spending P1,500 – P2,000 every six to eight months is more affordable than per-gallon expenses from water refilling stations or buying bottled water.




FDA-approved and certified, with a 36-month warranty.