Oct 10, 2019

Shopping this 10.10? Don't Pay Cash, PayMaya!

Get as much as P3,000 in cashback when you shop online and in stores with PayMaya this 10/10


 [10 OCTOBER 2019] Ready your mobile wallets, folks! Shopping season is once again on full-throttle mode and you can not only get the best discounts on deals when you shop online and in store, you can also get so much more when you shop with your PayMaya card or use PayMaya QR.

Take advantage of the sweet 10.10 sales and zero-in on online and in-store deals you have been wishing for when you use your PayMaya card or pay using QR for your online and in-store shopping this October–and get as much as P3,000 in cashback for all your purchases.

Go crazy shopping online at some of the most popular e-Commerce sites and snag the latest fashion finds, gadget trends, and home items because you can get up to 100% cashback (maximum P1,000 for October) for all your transactions. And when you go crazy and rack up a total of P5,000 spend, you also get a P500 cashback on top of everything else!

But when you feel like going to the malls to get your shopping fill this 10.10, PayMaya's also got your back because you can also get up to 100% cashback (maximum P1,000 for October) for each spend and a P500 reward for an accumulated P5,000 purchase this October when you scan to pay with your phone using PayMaya QR.

To know the nearest merchant that accepts PayMaya QR near you, visit pymy.co/QRmerchants. So forget Cash-On-Delivery (COD) and use your PayMaya account when you shop this weekend to enjoy the full convenience, security, and rewards that it has to offer–exclusive perks that are even better than your credit card!

If you don’t have a PayMaya account yet, now is the best time to get one so you can take advantage of all the cashback rewards while 10/10 sales are still happening! Download the PayMaya app now for iOS or Android and sign up today to feel the joy of paying for anything you want in the fastest, most secure, rewarding, and hassle-free way! Remember, don’t pay cash, PayMaya!

To know how you can maximize your PayMaya account, visit www.paymaya.com/deals or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


PayMaya, the digital financial services arm of Voyager Innovations, is the only financial technology 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. It is the financial technology arm of Voyager Innovations, the leading technology company in the country backed by PLDT, KKR, Tencent, World Bank’s IFC and the IFC Emerging Asia Fund.


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Oct 9, 2019

World Mental Health Day Celebration 2019

In celebration to World Mental Health Day, the City Social Welfare Division - Psycho-social Division will be hosting "World Mental Health Day" event on October 10, 2019, 10AM - 6PM at Centrio Mall Activity Center.

The theme of the activity for this year is focused on Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention.

Below is the program flow.


Sep 27, 2019

SMART AND SAFER CITIES WITH SEAGATE AND DAHUA

Public security has been one of the major concerns for cities worldwide. Cities around the world will soon be safer as Seagate Technology, a world leader in storage solutions and Dahua Technology, a world-leading video centric IoT solution and service provider, teamed up to deliver the next wave of highly intelligent video surveillance servers with DAHUA IVSS and Skyhawk Al. 

Over 100 participants from different companies joined the Smart City Surveillance Seminar at Limketkai Luxe Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. Seagate and Dahua shared their Safe City vision to the participants.


Smart City, Safe Living

Dahua's safe city solution provides and integrated platform and intelligent technologies to make sure that cities are well guarded and efficiently run by providing end-to-end solution through the use of surveillance technology. It also provides enhance features such as Face Recognition which boasts 99.8% accuracy, Abnormal Behavior Detection, License Plate Recognition, and Traffic Violation Detection. This unified safe city platform tasked with unified command and centralized data storage, this can also provide emergency response on or cross-department information sharing among authorities. Dahua Technology also provides Mobile Enforcement that enables location detection and video footage sharing to security centers via 3G/4G for faster and more accurate action.

Photo courtesy of dahuasecurity.com

Moreover, Dahua solution provides good quality video images and smart detection in any weather conditions. After being widely used by many cities, the Dahua safe city solution has been proven to be both efficient and effective in protecting the safety within a city.

AI-Enabled Surveillance

Because Seagate understands the unique date storage challenges of providing safe city highly intelligent video surveillance servers, it teamed up with Dahua Technology and with its SkyHawk and SkyHawk AI, the first drive created specifically for artificial intelligence enables video surveillance solutions.


SkyHawk AI, the market leader in surveillance storage provides bandwith and processing power to manages always-on data workloads, while simultaneously analyzing and recording footage from 64 HD cameras and support 16 AO cameras with minimized dropped frames, reduced downtimes and can withstand 24/7 operations. Equipped with Seagate Image Perfect AI firmware, which means it can record high quality, sharp video footage while simultaneously facilitating AI-enables NVR analytics that ensures files gathered through video surveillance are properly stored and easily accessible.


Dahua's partnership with Seagate complements to Dahua's date challenges particularly on face recognition, ANPR, PFA and other advanced video analytics. In addition, this strategic partnership can boost the AI application across the surveillance industry. 

For more information about Seagate you may visit www.seagate.com. For more information about Dahua you may visit www.dahuasecurity.com.


Sep 21, 2019

Bills Payment? Don't Pay Cash, PayMaya!


Paying for your bills now gets more convenient and ultra rewarding when you use PayMaya.

Instead of spending time to line up at a payments center, just use your PayMaya app and get up to P300 cashback plus a chance to have PayMaya cover your bills next month!

Worried about how to pay for your Meralco, PLDT, Smart and other utility bills as well as your payments for government services? PayMaya has your back with its convenient Bills Pay feature.

To make it even better, pay for your bills via PayMaya every Friday and Saturday throughout the month of September and get a P100 cashback on your first three transactions.

Don’t forget that your bills worth a minimum of P1,000 each should be paid in full and on time. And if you pay at least three unique bills within the month worth P5,000 and above until September 30, you also get the chance to win your next month’s worth of bill payments! By the way, this promo is extended until the next Saturdays of October. Check out the full details here.

One hundred (100) lucky raffle winners will take home P10,000 each, which they can use to pay for the next bill or for other purposes.

The best part of all this? You can enjoy all these deals and rewards, by simply paying for your bill within the comforts of your own home! All you will ever need is your PayMaya app in your smartphone.

 Paying bills is a breeze with PayMaya! To start paying for your bills, just follow these simple steps:

  1. Open the PayMaya app and select Pay Bills. 
  2.  Choose your desired biller. 
  3.  Enter the account number from your bill. 
  4.  Enter the amount of your payment. 
  5.  Confirm your payment. 
  6.  You will be notified in-app and via SMS that your payment was successful!
 It's that easy to pay for your bills with PayMaya. Instead of wasting time on long lines and hours of traffic, now you can spend more time working on your passion project or doing the things you love with your family and friends.

 Don't have a PayMaya account yet? Download the app now for your Android or iOS phone and register to pay for your bills, shop online, send money, and even buy prepaid load, in the most convenient way.

 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

Sep 16, 2019

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.