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Enchanted Kingdom (EK) recently launched “Eldar’s Magical Charity Tour,” its corporate social re­sponsibility (CSR) project in celebration of its 20th anniversary.

The Consulate General of San Marino in the Philippines, in partnership with The Book­mark Inc., has produced a book that will help orphans and adoptive parents prepare for the adoption process. On Feb. 5, a memo­randum of agreement was signed that made official the publication and distribution of the book, titled Yehey, May Pamilya na Ring Mag-aaruga sa Akin!’ Spearheading …

Lenovo has set a new benchmark for val­ue-for-money smart­phones with the latest addition to its A Series line: the Lenovo A6010. Tailored for smartphone buyers who are looking for a unique blend of design, quality, performance and user experience without the associated price premium, the A6010 is their perfect on-the-go music and multimedia companion.

Oracle recently unveiled a new Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Cloud Program to help partners boost the growth of their Oracle Cloud business by providing them with technical and go-to-market support.

By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata / Philippines News Agency As a journalist, I occasionally attend out-of-town semi­nars that require sharing an air-conditioned hotel room with other colleagues.

In celebration of South­east Asian cinema and culture, three Filipino films that were previously shown at the 2015 World Premieres Film Festival (WPFF) are being screened with select movies from the region at the Film Devel­opment Council of the Philippines’s (FDCP) Cin­ematheque Center Manila this month as part of Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Film Aware­ness Month.

Independent Philippine Art Ventures Inc. is set to present wonderful contemporary and classical guitar music from three outstanding guitar players from Japan—Tomonori Arai, Eisei Tanigawa and Takashi Endo, with the latter two better known as Duo Trussardi—who will play in a show titled Three, Two, One…Arai! at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Music’s Abelardo Hall at 5:30 …

Last March 3, many Filipino writers remembered the 122nd birth anniversary of Paz Marquez Benitez, one of the founders of Philippine Women’s University who’s best known for writing the short story “Dead Stars.” Since its publication in the Philippines Herald newspaper in 1925, this much-anthologized love story has been considered by creative writers and scholars as the first modern Philippine …

Iloilo City—Palanca award-winning author Dr. Leoncio P. Deriada recently launched the first two of the four books that he is set to release this year.

By Riza Lozada  Malacañang’s “undue haste” in merging the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) with Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank or LBP) has raised suspicions of a possible cover-up of irregularities involving billions of pesos of behest loans and other anomalies in one or both of the two state-owned banks.