Filipino consumers can now use buy now, pay later (BNPL) and card-free installment option to shop at more global brands online. This is after BillEase, one of the country’s top-rated consumer finance apps welcomed 2023 with a landmark partnership with Alipay+, a global cross-border digital payment and marketing solution.   Operated by Ant Group and launched in 2020, Alipay+ provides global cross-border mobile payment solutions which enable merchants, including small and medium-sized businesses, to better serve mobile-savvy consumers. To date, Alipay+ has reached over 2.5 million global online and offline merchants and helped them to unlock the consumption potential of...

Amidst the latest and current buzz on social media for the past week, netizens alerted the public regarding the alleged misused and mishandled funds for cancer patients. On December 23, 2022, a Department of Health (DOH) medical specialist and Philippine Cancer Prevention and Control Program, now called the National Integrated Cancer Control Program program manager, Clarito Cairo Jr., filed a criminal complaint and graft and malversation charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against incumbent and senior officials of the public health office.    Six names were involved in the filed complaint by Dr. Cairo Jr., the president of Unyon...

It’s all about new trends, new beginnings and new experiences this new year, so hop on in the fun here this coming January 21, 2023 from 11AM to 3PM at the Korean Cultural Center, 59 Bayani Rd., Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City and experience Korean traditions, games and food! Seollal (Lunar New Year) is one of the most important holidays in Korea where families get together. That’s why to celebrate another year of Kor – Phil friendship and relations, and to introduce Korean traditions of the Lunar New Year, we’re bringing not just one but six Korean traditional games and activities...

The Department of Foreign Affairs revealed on Thursday, January 12 during the pre-departure briefing at Malacanang Palace that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is eyeing to have a “soft-launch” of the controversial Maharlika Wealth Fund at the World Economic Forum 2023 at Davos, Switzerland. According to DFA undersecretary, Carlos Sorreta, the annual forum will be a great venue to introduce the sovereign wealth fund given that WEF is a prominent event wherein business leaders will be present. He also said that the president himself is the one who presented to discuss the proposed sovereign wealth fund.  “At the briefing this morning,...

We all have our favorite Korean stars or “biases,” as the fandom slang goes, and this is because they inspire us through their passion for their craft. This kind of influence is what makes most Korean culture fans devoted stans, which also manifests in the way they live and express themselves.   To provide an avenue for Filipinos to share their love for K-culture with others, KmmunityPH, the hotspot for all things Korean created by Globe, has launched “The Search for Kmmunity Kreator''. Here, stans are invited to show off how much they know about K-culture through their unique talents....