This is my first day of watching the Puregold Cinepanalo Festival and saw a couple of films. One is an PG flick by Director JP Habac called "Olsen's Day" starring the good looking Khalil Ramos.
It's a family film, much of which was just him and an elderly Mom suffering from dementia. There are problems in the world, but much of them were with him (it felt like that). The film shows the complexities of work, his life, and fate. The cast includes Romnick Sarmienta, who meets Khalil's character Olsen and had them along for a ride to Manila.
This trip would change his life, his outlook on so many things, including his situation as a son, as a person, and realize how love, for family can be sufficient no matter what the odds are. It also talks a whole lot about forgiveness.
Khalil's exceptional performance in this film might well cause him getting a nomination for Best Actor. It's very intricate, subtle, you could hear him sigh, flood you in his eyes that speak.
He knows his craft, and he is so good at it. Go watch Olsen's Day at the Gateway 2 Mall Cineplex as part of the Puregold Cinepanalo Festival.
Kapamilya actress and dramatic showbiz royalty Kaila Estrada was just announced as the new endorser for skincare brand Barefaced. In an earth toned themed event, they welcomed her and the new products they plan to release in the market.
Their Sunkissed Tinted Sunscreen has the necessary SPF50 PA+++ protection you need for UVA or UVB rays. The Sunkissed Illuminating Sunscreen on the other hand does the same and can be used as a makeup base, all fragrance free, light on the skin and is not sticky. It also comes in very Filipino palettes, to make sure they could go with different skin tones, safe for use every day.
Kaila says "I've had the pleasure of using their products and all I can say is how good it fits my daily makeup and skin regimen. Barefaced Melt Away is an oil to foam cleanser that is used to remove make up. The Sunkissed Tinted Sunscreen and Sunkissed Illuminating Sunscreen is good to use as make up base and protect you from harmful UV rays too."
She adds "It keeps my face protected and radiant. It still is natural looking and I love it. It's been great so far, taking a break from work and being with my loved ones. I was born during women's month, and I want to celebrate that too. Personally, I am so grateful, and honoured to be part of a brand that is youthful and also empowered women. They take good care of their family, and I grew up with a Mom like that. Barfaced is straightforward and authentic, and deliver amazing results. Cleansing is important, so grateful to be chosen as their first brand ambassador. They have faith in me, people are celebrating with me."
Dr. Lyien Ho also uses it and says sunscreen should be non negotiable. Blocking UVA and UVB rays would prevent damage to skin cells and lessen aging. You need to use something that blocks both. The Barefaced variants have SPF 50 and has a broad spectrum to prevent pre mature aging. Applying it every 2 hours is good, so does your ears, lips, even indoors."
Arianne Recella and Eleanor Roma are the founders of this brand and mentioned who happy they are how people took time to celebrate with them. They also mentioned how this is a milestone, showing how making a business with her friend proved to be successful, even if most folks discouraged them from doing it. El says "No matter what business you want to do, do it, no what is, and people will support you. We are far from our actual dreams, but we have already come so far. We try our best to continue to release quality products and address concerns of Filipinos and the international market. We hope you love it as much as we do."
Arrianne says "We used to only attend events, parties and only see each other for work. Now it's different because we are hosting our event. I can't help but look back how far we have come. I can say, we do not have regrets in giving up our careers, we now have this brand and a few more like Simply You and Daily Dose. It was all worth it. We made a lot of people happy, thank you for being here today!'
The products are available in cosmetics area of leading department stores and online on shopping apps.
The Philippines is set to be the host of the International Tax and
Investment Conference dubbed "FAST FORWARD 2025" aimed to promote ESG
investing in the country. For those who don't know, that stands for
Environmental, Social and Governance, a way to evaluate sustainability
and ethical impact of a company.
The conference will be very
instrumental in this discussion and encouraging more foreign investments
in the country. March 26 will start panel discussions, exhibits on
local products and the ACG Global Awards to recognize champions and
advocates of sustainability. Lead Convenor for this event is Mon Abrea,
the CEO of Asian Consulting Group who's tax reform advocacy has moved
mountains in the region. To date, ACG has over 191 Billion pesos of
savings from BIR cases of their clients. Dr. Bing Limjoco Head of the
Philippine Franchise Association and Franchise Asia will be Vice
Chairman of this event.
The event will also mark the launch of Mon Abrea's newest book "Re-imagining the World Without Climate Change" which includes real world studies of FAST industries who follow ESG principles, proving it can be done. The press conference also was graced by the one and only Madame Loida Lewis, who was given honors before she left for New York. Young entrepreneur and actress Bea Binene also shared why she trusts ACG and how ESG efforts have made her even trust the firm more in managing her tax and businesses to this date.
Here's the press conference in its entirety!
If you want to join FAST FORWARD 2025 you may email them at itic@acg.ph or visit their website itic2025.helixpay.ph if you want to secure a slot to the event.
Hearing their names during this press conference made me question myself, why didn't I think of that?
Dance phenom Rayver Cruz, gorgeous Rhian Ramos, rock chick Arci Munoz, talented singer actor Matt Lozano, and multi awarded actress - singer Glaiza De Castro will be starring in this movie called SINAGTALA. This is the handy work of Cinemalaya awardee Mike Sandejas who also did "Tulad ng Dati" and "Dinig Sana Kita".
It was supposed to be made years ago but schedules made it difficult because much of the cast were doing projects that had continuity in it. The story revolves with the lives of band members who had very interesting lives beyond their usual work.
Rhian says "You know, I've seen the trailer so many times, but it still gives me goosebumps because the meaning resonates with me. We hope this would touch lives, not just ours. We had already started working in Sanggre, then we got to work in Sinagtala. We will still do the Rastro movie, but I'm so glad that even if we are not together on screen, they still support us. We have more surprises this year. I think the pressure is different now, we are artists that need to grow. We are more mature, our closeness is different now and we hope that translates to a different chemistry now that we're doing this. Artists would relate to this because it's also about passion, to question yourself about the money, the fame, finding yourself and your center. To realize how lucky you are that you get to do your craft."
Glaiza adds "I am proud of this movie, proud of my co-stars because I feel it was fate that brought us together. There were tons of other artists that were considered for the roles but I think the Lord was responsible for this, in orchestrating forming us 5. Our schedules are crazy, but it was so surreal to see this happen. This isn't normal. I know much of them in the past, but haven't really worked with Arci and Matt, and I'm so proud to have had the privilege to work with Direk Mike Sandejas because this story is so personal for him. He wrote this a long time ago, and it now has a different meaning for him. We hope that reaches you somehow. Before this, Rhian and I were in Sanggre, when we learned about this project, I was happy because we were able to talk lengthily about the film. It's not something we expected to happen, and although there are plans to do another film, this is a bonus for Rastro fans. They'll get to see us in a different story, a different role. Rhian is actually very musically inclined, people don't know that she plays the drums and is pretty good at it. She'll surprise you with what she's going to do here. We don't talk about the usual stuff, we make candles, things that make us happy. We talk about personal things, and 10 years ago, that's a long time. We have different dynamics, it's not about just work, but life. When we were young, we dreamed of being stars, but now it has purpose. Through this film, you get to see that, you also have new dreams and see why you need to make an effort to achieve more."
Arci says "We are celebrating a very beautiful story of 5 people, connected with the love of music and love of God. Everyone had their struggles, they found their purpose and I feel people can relate to it because Direk Mike did a great job interpreting it. We hope to be able to save lives with this. I do have a band in real life, we've been together for 17 years and I think about the things we personally go through. It's not easy, you have to find your purpose, your reasons, and how to go through problems that are bigger than you. This also teaches you to be inspired. You will never fail as long as you have the Lord beside you."
Matt says "This film will touch a lot of people. I relate to this because as an artist, I sometimes don't deserve the success that I get. It will teach you about life, Direk Mike certainly worked hard with the story. The only thing I did to succeed was to hold on to God. My faith is a huge factor in everything I do."
Rayver says "I relate to this because we both are going through things. Music is something that makes me happy, when I was called for this role, we call each other bandmates. That makes me so happy even after the shoot."
Here's the press conference on video, get tissues because they've been quite emotional during this event!
This is certainly a very promising film to watch. I hope their individual fans would be able to watch the film because this is certainly something they'd love as a story. It comes out on April 2 under SINAGTALA FILMS.
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