by Penny Angeles-Tan | Nov 26, 2020 | Health and Wellness
If you randomly survey Filipinas on their gold standard of beautiful hair, chances are, you will get the answer of long, straight, and shiny hair. In the Philippines, long hair is put on a pedestal (hence the compliment “haba ng hair”), not solely for its beauty, but also because of how challenging it is to maintain.
The truth about long hair is that it’s more susceptible to damage and breakage. Women who grow their hair long would have more frequent trips to the salon to get a trim or a treatment just to keep hair damage at bay.
But the lifelong question is — is this really the fate of women who love to keep their locks long?
New Pantene Long Hair Solutions just unlocked the secret to damage-free hair
Pantene has just unlocked this age-old secret ingredient that keeps long hair beautiful and strong, and it lies in the power of the rice oil essence. From a 2000-year old Japanese tradition of using rice water to wash hair to keep long hair beautiful, Pantene distilled and extracted the rice oil essence in Wakayama, home to the Aragi-jima Rice Terraces, and blended this ingredient with its Pro-Vitamin formula.
The New Pantene Long Hair Solutions with Pro-Vitamin Formula & Japanese Rice Oil Essence contains Pro-Vitamin B5 to help fortify the lipids inside each hair strand while the Japanese Rice Oil Essence strengthens its outer coating. It ultimately repairs damaged hair and keeps it protected from external factors, allowing the hair to grow longer, stronger, and beautifully smoother.
Testimonials from Pantene Girls
Take a look at these Pantene girls who discovered the #PanteneLongHairSolutions that finally gave them the freedom from their hair-damage worries.
Sofia Andres
Sofia Andres shares on her Instagram post, “Growing up, I always found maintaining long, healthy hair difficult to achieve because I thought long hair came with split ends and damage. But now, I’m excited that I can finally grow my hair without worrying about damage!”
Gabbi Garcia
Now a believer in the power of rice oil essence, Gabbi Garcia posted, “It has the power to not just repair hair damage, but also PREVENT hair damage even before it happens because it strengthens your hair from inside out.”
Ry Velasco
Ry Velasco pairs her Pantene Long Hair Solutions Total Damage Care Shampoo with her trusted 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner, “Super amazed by how this rice oil ingredient can really moisturize my hair and scalp. I usually pair this with the 3 Minute Miracle Total Damage Care Conditioner so that I can have long, healthy, and smooth hair all day.”
Pantene Long Hair Solutions gives Filipinas the freedom to grow their hair long and strong just the way they’ve always wanted. The constant fear of having hair damage and split ends will finally be put to rest, and now the only thing they need to worry about is having great hair that is too beautiful to cut.
You can maintain your beautifully long, and damage-free hair right at the comfort of your home when you checkout the Pantene Long Hair Solutions from the Pantene website.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Nov 26, 2020 | Entertainment
Staying at home for months has had us bawl and cry our hearts out over a number of love teams in the numerous romcoms and dramas we’ve binged over the quarantine. But with the current situation, there has been a lack of local films as our favorite OTPs are on hiatus on the big screen. Like their dramas, the lack of local romcoms has been heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and has left us craving the “kilig”.
But that didn’t stop Head & Shoulders from serving us with the electrifying on-screen chemistry of Alden Richards and Bea Alonzo. With their new endorsement and the release of their advertisement, Bea and Alden gave us all the kilig we’ve been wanting to feel and that made them undeniably one of the biggest love teams to date!
The comments sections of their Compliment Wars and First Impressions videos blew up with fans raving and requesting for a movie team-up. While we’re not able to enjoy a big-screen release with Bea and Alden as a love team yet, we actually get to see them test their chemistry with a short “itch not you” skit. We don’t want to spill all the beans for you, but Alden had a valid reason why ‘itch not Bea.’
head and shoulders shampoo line
You don’t want your loved ones to leave you for the itch. When you itch, it’s time to switch to Head & Shoulders anti-dandruff shampoo! Head & Shoulders always has our scalps covered with protection against scalp germs, itch, and an oily scalp. They even upgraded with a new formula that features new, and better scents. What more can you ask for in an anti-dandruff shampoo when Head & Shoulders can keep you itch-free, 100% dandruff-free, and maintain fragrant hair all day!
Itch Not You, Itch a Challenge
Ignite the inner Bea or Alden within you and get a chance to win a 1-year supply of Head & Shoulders products and the Oh! Scratch package!
Just duet with Andrea Brillantes or Kyle Echarri’s #ItchNotYou TikTok video and post it on your TikTok or Twitter with the hashtag #ItchNotYou. Kyle and Andrea will be choosing the 6 lucky winners of a 1-year supply of Head & Shoulders products. Entries are valid until December 16. Duet now for more chances of itch-free moments.
Bea and Alden are itch and odor free
You might just find your Alden or Bea and experience kilig that’s dandruff-free and itch-free. Save yourself from itch-uations when you use Head & Shoulders!
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Nov 21, 2020 | Discounts, Sales, and Giveaways
Throughout the course of history, jewelry has been offered as a trophy, an amulet, and sometimes, even art. These beautiful adornments continue to hold real meaning and value. They perfectly symbolize love, a celebration of milestones, and of course, the ultimate representation of wealth.
The value of money and jewelry have always been intertwined. Just like money, jewelry is also used today as currency, inheritance, and investment. Investing in jewelry, however, means equipping yourself with the right knowledge and responsibility
To this day, both money and jewelry continue to be used as currency, inheritance, and investment. But investing in jewelry requires the right knowledge and responsibility. Where the value of money fluctuates on a daily basis as evidenced by the foreign exchange market, the value of jewelry continues to grow every year.
Despite the many global economic downturns, including the current pandemic that has severely affected the world’s economies, the value of jewelry has held strong. Though the price of gold, gold jewelry, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, and other gemstones and precious stones also fluctuates, its value however has never truly depreciated significantly. Their value continues to steadily appreciate over time. This is perhaps the reason why many investors prefer investing in jewelry more because it is less risky than other markets.
“What’s beautiful about investing in jewelry is that it is timeless and its value does not diminish. Real jewelry becomes more valuable over time and it is a great investment asset to have as it pays dividends in the future,” said Tyzianna Teves of Just Jewels.
Bright Beginnings Black Friday Grand Sale
From November 23 to 29, 2020, Just Jewels, one of the country’s highly respected stores of real and authentic jewelry, will be holding their Bright Beginnings Black Friday Grand Sale on Facebook, www.justjewels.com.ph, and at all the Just Jewels branches nationwide.
The Grand All Out Sale will likewise guest Sofia Andres in the Facebook Live selling events on November 23, November 27, and November 29. There will also be raffle prizes, games, and many more exciting activities for the attendees.
For more information on the Just Jewels Bright Beginnings Black Friday Grand Sale, visit www.justjewels.com.ph.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Nov 19, 2020 | Events
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is bringing its one-stop-shop via a multi-product virtual event called BPI Lifestyle: A Virtual Experience slated on November 20 and 21, which caters to all its clients from Southern Metro Manila.
The event will feature BPI’s product partners from Auto and Housing Loan, Credit Card, and Personal Loans, Business Banking Loans BPI M/S, and BPI-Philam, with special offers and discounts. There will also be a series of webinars with the topics on owning your dream home, responsible borrowing, the next normal for MSMEs, sustainable fitness, and more.
The Zoom event will allow clients to speak with a BPI representative during the webinars. There are also one-on-one private conversations via breakout rooms where clients can ask for advice regarding loans and other services. To ensure the safety and protection of both clients and employees in this pandemic, all applications and transactions will be done digitally.
Some of the promo and special offerings include credit card deals, such as:
- conversion of credit card line to cash for a rate of up to 0.59% for 36 months,
- waived fees for three years for preferred clients, and
- waived AMF (annual minimum spend conditions apply) for personal cards.
BPI Loans
BPI clients may also apply for a BPI Personal Loan and get a rate for as low as 0.98% for 36 months; as for auto loans, they may avail of the Step-up Pay Plan, which guarantees the lowest monthly amortization on the client’s first years in the loan, plus event-exclusive low rates and discounts.
For the Housing Loan, there will be a 5.88% fixed rate for the first one to three years and a 6.88% fixed for the first four to five years. For Business Banking Loan, there will be a waived process fee amounting to Php3,500.00.
BPI Insurance
For BPI MS Insurance, they will offer exclusive rates for all private vehicles* during the event; fire Insurance from Home Care Advantage, Condo Care Advantage, to Business Care Advantage; Family Personal Accident Insurance for only Php 999; and Hospital Confinement Income Protect (HCIP).
Clients may also avail of free Covid-19 Insurance Coverage amounting to Php 200,000 (for Breakout room or live conversations with a BSE) care of BPI-Philam.
For registration, you may visit https://www.bpi.com.ph/lifestyle-virtual-experience, you may also contact BPI representative Vince Yap at 0917-818-4623 for other inquiries.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Nov 18, 2020 | Art and Science
A Filipino startup is recognized globally for developing a dengue hotspot prediction system using satellite and climate data in the 2020 Group on Earth Observations Sustainable Development Goals (GEO SDG) Awards for the Sectoral category, For-Profit. The GEO SDG Awards recognize the productivity, ingenuity, proficiency, novelty, and exemplary communications of results and experiences in the use of Earth observations to support sustainable development.
CirroLytix Research Services was formed to create social impact through big data. Through the application of machine learning, data engineering, remote sensing, and social listening, the Philippines-based data analytics firm hope to help governments, researchers, non-government organizations (NGO), and social enterprises achieve positive change.
The Advanced Early Dengue Prediction and Exploration Service (Project AEDES) is one of CirroLytix’s flagship projects developed during the 2019 National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) International Space Apps Challenge. It combines digital, climate, and remote sensing to nowcast dengue trends and detects mosquito habitats to help pre-empt cases of dengue. Project AEDES process leverages normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR), and normalized difference water index (NDWI) readings from Landsat and Sentinel-2 to estimate still water areas on the ground, which is correlated with dengue case counts from national health centers.
Dominic Vincent “Doc” Ligot
Dominic Vincent “Doc” Ligot, co-founder and chief technology officer of CirroLytix, describes Project AEDES as an “early detection of panics from online searches, anticipating case counts from environment readings, but most importantly pinpointing hotspots from mosquito habitat detection.”
The Pinoy-made dengue mapper tool won the annual international hackathon of NASA globally in the best use of data, the solution that best makes space data accessible, or leverages it to a unique application.
Aside from winning last year, CirroLytix also developed an integrated public policy information portal measuring the impact of the coronavirus pandemic using Earth observation, in-country economic and human mobility data, and global infection case counts, thus winning again in the Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge for the same category in the best use of data. Named G.I.D.E.O.N. (Global Impact Detection from Emitted Light, Onset of COVID-19, and Nitrogen Dioxide), this dashboard for policymakers and economic planners shows the impact of COVID-19 on various countries and its effects on the economy and environment.
With these achievements, Cirrolytix is recognized for its remarkable efforts to utilize Earth observation data to predict dengue fever cases in the Philippines in order to improve public health.
Dr. Argyro Kavvada
“I am glad that the GEO SDG Awards Panel has selected CirroLytix for an award, recognizing the importance of this work in developing an EO-integrated dengue case predictor mapping system,” according to Dr. Argyro Kavvada, lead for Sustainable Development Goals of the Earth Science Division, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and executive secretary of the international Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG).
Lawrence Friedl
“These awards really could stand as an inspiration to all of us about what can be done, and what needs to be done to ensure that Earth-observations contribute to make our world a better, and more sustainable place,” said Lawrence Friedl director of the Applied Sciences Program of the Earth Science Division, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and co-chair of EO4SDG.
Rafaeilita Aldaba
The Undersecretary for Competitiveness and Innovation of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Dr. Rafaelita “Fita” M. Aldaba heartfeltly congratulates CirroLytix. “It’s indeed a blessing amid this pandemic and economic crisis that we are currently faced with,” she said.
The award-winning startup continues to update the AEDES framework to include socio-economic risk mapping to turn it into a health and environmental policy tool. Aside from dengue, the company also supports COVID-19 modeling and response initiatives with the public health sector. CirroLytix’s current involvements include public health, human rights, fighting misinformation, education, and food security.
The Space Apps lead organizer in the Philippines Michael Lance M. Domagas appeals support for these Filipino winners. “How many times should these Filipino innovators and achievers need to win before being recognized and appreciated by our own country? To be recognized by not just one, but five space agencies are something that has not yet been achieved by Filipinos, how much more of a multitude of countries and nations supporting the sustainable development goals of the United Nations?”
He added that “The dengue epidemic and the COVID-19 is a real threat to the Philippine society right now, endangering health, well-being, livelihood, and most especially businesses and the national economy. If we could only learn how to give value to science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM), the possibilities are endless.
Our Filipino winners of Space Apps and GEO SDG Awards have taught us how these space technologies greatly help in addressing epidemics and the economic impact of COVID-19, its time to give them recognition and respect because they are Filipinos like us.”
Winners shall be invited to visit NASA once travel is deemed safe, but unfortunately, travel, meals and incidental expenses, and accommodation expenses are not provided.
On the other hand, Cirrolytix encourages the use of data in addressing social problems and issues surrounding the Bangsamoro region. Together with the Asia Foundation and Data Ethics PH, the online Bangsamoro Data Challenge invites ages 15 years old and above to develop data-driven solutions in helping the region. The deadline for registration is on Saturday 11:59 pm, November 21, 2020, at https://barmm.opendata.org.ph/
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and in excess of 100 participating organizations that envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observations.
About 2020 GEO SDG Awards
The 2020 Group on Earth Observations Sustainable Development Goals (GEO SDG) awards program, in its second year, is led by the international Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) initiative and recognizes excellence in sustainable development practices, analysis, and reporting through the use of Earth observations.
The awards honor productivity, ingenuity, proficiency, novelty, and exemplary communications of results and experiences in the use of Earth observations for the Sustainable Development Goals.
About Group on Earth Observations
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and in excess of 100 participating organizations that envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observations.
About Space Apps
Now in its 9th year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) International Space Apps Challenge is an international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others around the world, where teams engage with NASA’s free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space.
Space Apps 2019 included over 29,000 participants in 71 countries. In May 2020, the virtual-only Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge concluded with over 15,000 participants from 150 countries. Space Apps is a NASA-led initiative organized in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mindgrub, SecondMuse, and the NASA Open Innovation Applied Sciences Program.
About CirroLytix
CirroLytix Research Services is a social impact data analytics company. Their mission is to help governments, non-profits, researchers, international and local organizations succeed at addressing collective social problems around the world by harnessing the full power of their data. The ultimate contribution to society is in enabling social impact professionals and entities to make positive data-driven changes on the lives they seek to uplift.
From November 23 to 29, 2020, Just Jewels, one of the country’s highly respected stores of real and authentic jewelry, will be holding their Bright Beginnings Black Friday Grand Sale on Facebook, 
The 2020 Group on Earth Observations Sustainable Development Goals (GEO SDG) awards program, in its second year, is led by the international Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) initiative and recognizes excellence in sustainable development practices, analysis, and reporting through the use of Earth observations.
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and in excess of 100 participating organizations that envisions a future where decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observations.
Now in its 9th year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) International Space Apps Challenge is an international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others around the world, where teams engage with NASA’s free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space.
CirroLytix Research Services is a social impact data analytics company. Their mission is to help governments, non-profits, researchers, international and local organizations succeed at addressing collective social problems around the world by harnessing the full power of their data. The ultimate contribution to society is in enabling social impact professionals and entities to make positive data-driven changes on the lives they seek to uplift.
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