Racing against time, the Philippine government and some of the biggest construction companies that are also members of the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) pulled out all the stops to convert big sports coliseums and convention centers into emergency quarantine facilities (EQF) for the treatment and monitoring of COVID-19 cases.
Now, millenials could have more freedom to seize the day and pursue their passions be it in sports, music, fashion, gaming, and travel through PayMaya Philippines (formerly Smart e-Money, Inc), the financial services arm of Smart and PLDT.
UP Diliman Student Jean Cheryl Tagyamon bagged this years Grand Prize for the 29th DPC Visual Arts Competition with her entry entitled “Sa may Kayanunan.” Bringing home a whooping PHP 100k, a special trophy designed by sculptor Impy Pilapil, and a Canon EOS 700 D digital camera. In addition, her school received a donation worth P40,0000 – in cash or in kind – for its visual arts program from DPC and PLDT, plus a Canon PIXMA printer.
Who can join: The 29th DPC-PLDT Visual Arts Competition (VAC 29) is open to Filipino students, who are 15to 24 years of age and is currently enrolled in an accredited school/college/university in the Philippines. Participants can send entries individually or school-sanctioned.
GameX MERCS FINAL TOURNAMENT was held at Cyberzone SM North EDSA a few weeks ago (May 9, 2014). The long awaited event was managed by MASSIVE GAMING (massive.ph) in partnership with GAMEX, SMART COMMUNICATIONS (gamex.ph). Massive Gaming is a young online game publisher in the Philippines with several games in its roster. Two of the games are Mercenary Online and WarRock.
MERCENARY ONLINE (mercs.ph), is the first premiere Third Person Shooter online game in the Philippines. WARROCK (warrock.ph) is also the country’s first, First Person Shooter game.