Globe Makes 917 Celebration More Meaningful

Globe makes 917 celebration more meaningful September 17 or 917 is the time of the year when Globe shows its huge appreciation to its loyal customers. Inspired by the company’s original and longstanding 917 prefix, Globe is making the 917 celebration more meaningful not only with customer rewards and surprises but by sharing Globe of Good with others on its fourth year. 

Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu said the company is elevating the customer experience for its 917 celebration this year. “With the theme “Grateful for You”, we are making the 917 celebration into a more meaningful and shareable experience by encouraging our customers to share with other people the happiness and goodwill they are going to receive from Globe,” Cu said. 

“We have created various opportunities for our customers to enjoy their Rewards and redeem them through more partner merchants. On top of this, they can also share their Rewards in pursuit of the greater good by donating their points to partner humanitarian organizations of their choice,” Cu said. 

Delightful Surprises using Rewards App This year, customers can access their rewards easier with the Globe Rewards app for convenient redemption of all rewards, real-time! Exclusive for Globe customers, delightful surprises from their favorite shopping and dining brands await them this September. 

From September 14-17, play with fun camera filters which customers can post and share on Facebook to get discount vouchers from Zalora, GMovies, Klook, FoodPanda and even a free drink upsize at Chatime. 

The celebration continues with freebies and special discounts which customers can get when they use their Globe Rewards points at partner establishments such as KFC, Bench, Dairy Queen and more. Customers will also discover more exclusive offers and discounts from Shopee, Eatigo and Uniqlo even without points. 

Customers also get one-of-a-kind deals on gadget accessories and apparel from the 0917Lifestyle’s newest collection Series One which they can purchase at Globe stores in Luzon and Globe’s online shop at https://shop.globe.com.ph/0917lifestyle. On top of this, loyal customers will also be treated to free mobile data for surfing, bonus Rewards points, volume and speed boosts and free data for roaming. 

Prizes include vouchers from Globe partners like 7-Eleven, Bonchon, Sodexo, Grab Car, and more. Meanwhile, Globe Broadband Prepaid customers can also win vouchers from GCash, free data and access to content partners like HOOQ, iflix, and iWantTV by using their reward points. 

Globe of Good Activities 

Globe customers may join various Globe Of Good activities. Customers can help support the education of children in public schools by playing the Find The Duck game in the Globe At Home app. Points earned in the game can be donated to public schools for Home Prepaid WiFi modems. 

Globe customers can also share their reward points to other advocacies. Globe Rewards partnered with PAWS, Hineleban, Rise Against Hunger, Philippine General Hospital Foundation and Save The Philippine Seas. 

Customers may donate their reward points to these organizations to support the environment, fight against hunger, give medical access to indigent children, and promote animal welfare. As early as September 13, Globe will hold a barangay-level Plastic Xchange program in various cities in Metro Manila. 

Globe customers may participate to dispose their single-use plastic through select collection points in the city in exchange for Rewards points. Residents in Barangays San Antonio and Palatiw in Pasig; Barangay 455 in Sampaloc, Manila; Barangay Magallanes in Makati; Barangays South Signal and Upper Silingan in Taguig; and students of Andres Bonifacio Integrated School in Mandaluyong City are encouraged to participate in the recycling project from 8am to 2 pm. 

Globe also partnered with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the International Coastal Cleanup Philippines (ICC Philippines) for customers to sign up as volunteers on September 21 from 6am to 12 noon to help clean up the Baseco Beach and LPPCHEA at Manila Bay or at the Lighthouse Morning Resort, Moonbay Marina Complex, Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales. 

Customer volunteers who participate in the activities will get more Rewards points. Sign up using these links. 

Individual Registration - https://forms.gle/vWYdvfzEz5SqBaus5; 

Group Registration - https://forms.gle/onDT8qktqjYsGH7r5; ICC - http://www.icc.ph/volunteer.html.  

For the complete list of promos, visit shop.globe.com.ph/happy-917, or follow Globe on Facebook and Twitter. For more information about Globe Telecom, visit www.globe.com.ph.

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Chase the rainy day blues away with exciting perks from PayMaya this August!

The rain may be ruining your much-awaited plans outdoors but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun indoors! And with PayMaya by your side this rainy season, it’s easy to chase the blues away by playing games, binge-watching movies, or shopping online to your heart’s content–and get a lot of perks and discounts, too!

Rainy days making it impossible to take a trip to the mall? Why not just shop online at your favorite e-Commerce sites using your PayMaya card and get up to P1,000 cashback. Each transaction qualifies you to earn up to a maximum of P1,000 cashback, so shop away!

The pitter-patter of rain on the roof creates a perfect environment for binge-watching–so pop the popcorn, wrap yourself in a blanket, and make sure you have enough prepaid load and mobile Internet package so you can stream on your favorite video sites.

And when you buy prepaid load worth at least P200 from the PayMaya shop, you can even get a chance to get 100% cashback of up to P200, so you can get it practically free!

If school is suspended and you can’t go out to play, take your games indoors and play your favorite mobile games with your buddies instead because when you buy at least P100 worth of gaming PINs for your favorite mobile games with PayMaya, you can get up to 100% cashback for your purchase as well!

“It's not that hard to enjoy all the things you love to do–whether it’s shopping, watching TV series and movies, or playing your favorite games–when you have PayMaya this rainy season. And with all the perks, discounts, and cashback you can get when you pay for purchases with your PayMaya account, you’ll definitely be saying goodbye to your credit card or even cash,” said Raymund Villanueva, Director and Head of Growth and Marketing at PayMaya. 

Not yet a PayMaya account holder? Signing up for one is easy. Simply download the PayMaya app on the Play Store and the App Store and sign up using your mobile number.

Get started on transacting by instantly adding money to your account through more than 30 bank partners via Instapay, or through the more than 40,000 PayMaya Add Money channels nationwide that include Smart Padala by PayMaya centers, Smart stores, Bayad Center, SM Business Center, Robinsons Business Center, Gaisano Capital Business Center, 7-Eleven, ExpressPay, Palawan Pawnshop, Cebuana Lhuillier, RD Pawnshop, Shopwise, Wellcome, UnionBank ATMs, BDO, Metrobank, RCBC, iBayad, ECPay, VMobile and Touchpay, eTAP & Pay&Go Kiosks, among many others.

PayMaya, the digital financial services arm of Voyager Innovations, is the only FinTech company in the Philippines offering integrated consumer and merchant payment solutions with the widest on-ground branch network. It is the first to give millions of Filipinos an e-wallet that allows them to pay cashless transactions at any time of the day, anywhere in the world, and from any device. To know more how you can maximize your PayMaya account, visit www.paymaya.com/deals or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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McDonald’s Self-Ordering Kiosk Now in Northern Mindanao

McDonald’s have started to roll out self-ordering kiosks all over the Philippines and now it has finally arrived in Northern Mindanao. The first ever self-ordering kiosk is available at  McDonald's NxtGen Store in El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental. 

The new self-ordering kiosk aims to provide a world class dining experience for its customers. It is provided for faster and smoother transactions as diners will just have to tap their orders at the screen. A maximum of 90 seconds experience time is set to ensure that their service is really fast. 

If you are not yet familiar on how to use the kiosk, a Guest Experience Leader (GEL) is their to assist you. 

Payments are made via cash or customers can pay by tapping or inserting their VISA or Mastercard at terminal on the machine. After payment, customers can proceed to the Claim Counter to pick-up the food they ordered. 

Kagay-anons are now excited to have this Experience of the Future in the city of Cagayan de Oro. 

Congratulations Mcdonald’s El Salvador for bringing this remarkable innovation to Northern Mindanao! 

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Cyberzone's Cyberlegends Taking E-Sports by Storm

Cyberzone the leader in tech and innovation in the country is now taking the E-sports by storm with its latest tournament, CYBERLEGENDS. 

“With the fast growth of the gaming community, we aim to take it a notch higher as we offer Filipino e-gamers and fans an extraordinary experience through live tournaments and exclusive access to the latest in tech in select SM malls,” said SM Supermalls Senior Vice President for Marketing Jonjon San Agustin. 

Cyberzone’s Cyberlegends is the first of the three big gaming tournaments for this year and it’s powered by Smart/PLDT & Samsung. Mobile Legends enthusiasts, amateurs and pro gamers can win P300,000.00 of total cash prizes at stake and freebies from Cyberzone brand partners. 

The first Cyberlegends Tournament happened last May 25, 2019 at SM CDO Downtown Premier. Participants of the said tournament are not just from Cagayan de Oro but they came from different towns and cities of Mindanao. 

The next tournaments will be on June 29 at SM Seaside Cebu, Juy 14 at SM City Pampanga and August 24 at SM North Edsa.

No matter what your tech interest is, whether it be gaming, virtual reality, tech upgrades, cosplay, photography, music, or other hobbies – there will be something for you at Cyberzone. For more information, visit www.smsupermalls.com.

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Gardenia Philippines Inaugurates its Newest State-of-the-Art Mindanao Plant

The long wait is over for the people of Mindanao particularly Kagay-anons as Bread market leader Gardenia Bakeries officially opens its new most advanced, fully-automated bread manufacturing facility in Mindanao to serve the increasing demand for Gardenia products in the south.

 The new plant will have a capacity of producing 130,000 loaves and buns a day which will be distributed with an increased fleet of trucks all over the region. It is also expected to generate hundreds of employment and contribute to the economic growth in the region. 

Gardenia president Jun Umali said the new plant and expanded operations in Mindanao will now give consumers fresher bakery products and continual stock availability and accessibility. “We are now bringing Gardenia breads closer to our consumers with the opening of our newest plant. With our current distribution capabilities, 

Gardenia is available in Davao, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, Surigao and Zamboanga del Norte, Butuan and Kidapawan but we will intensify our market penetration and saturation to widen our network, and eventually, reach every corner of Mindanao,” Umali asserted. 

Fully automated bread plant The 2.5-hectare world class Gardenia plant, located in PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, Misamis Oriental, adjacent to Cagayan de Oro City, is now the most advanced bread manufacturing plant in Mindanao. “This completely new breadline features robotics and the latest innovations in modern baking. All major equipment are sourced from the best and reliable bakery equipment suppliers in Germany, the Netherlands, United States, Malaysia and Japan,” Umali shared. He added that the integration of these machineries and equipment into one unit is the company’s expertise learned from Gardenia’s operations in Asia-Pacific, thus enabling them to develop a proprietary manufacturing process unique to Gardenia Philippines. Umali also shared that the plant is designed to allow consumers to witness and experience the modern baking process through a catwalk plant tour especially for consumers from Mindanao. Quality bread offerings “To ensure the high quality, freshness and great taste of Gardenia products, we use flour made from US wheat, milled to Gardenia’s high-quality specifications, milk from Australia or USA, and other imported premium ingredients,” Umali assures. 

Wide variety of Gardenia products will be produced in the Mindanao bread facility, including white breads, health bread selections, flavored loaf offerings and buns or pandesal. Gardenia’s affordable loaf brand, Neubake, is also offered.

Strategic facility location Umali explained that choosing a site adjacent to Cagayan de Oro as the location of the P1-billion investment is a strategic move. “Our new plant is purposefully located not only for Mindanao commercial operations. This will also serve as support to our Cebu plant or Visayas market. We can also dispatch breads easily to other areas when the need arrives, especially in the event of major calamities or natural disasters in those areas,” he explained. “Moreover, the plant’s proximity to the ports of Cagayan de Oro, the gateway to Mindanao, ensures the availability and accessibility of ingredients,” Umali added. Continued growth and leadership Umali emphasized that the construction of the Mindanao plant is a continuation of the company’s goal to reach more of its consumers.

“With Gardenia in Mindanao, world-class quality bread products that will satisfy your appetites as well as feed your hearts will be at your fingertips. Our products will come to you fresh, delicious and healthy as we take Gardenia and breadmaking to the next level,” Umali concludes.

Here's a video from Gardenia and VFactor.

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