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Sunday, April 3, 2016

Sky Eye Wins Impact Hub Fellowship on Innovation in Mobility with LBC

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After months of hard work, collaboration, and innovation, SkyEye, Inc. was awarded as the first ever winner of the Impact Hub Fellowship on Innovation in Mobility with LBC. Aside from a cash prize of P320,000, for the next 9 months, the team behind SkyEye will be receiving continued mentorship and training valued at over P430,000―for a total of over P750,000 in start-up support.

The final awarding was held on March 29, 2016 at the Impact Hub office located at the 5th floor of Green Sun building at Chino Roces extension in Makati. Matthew Cua was present to accept the award, but all three startups where asked to do their pitches a few minutes before they finally announced the winner.

I've known Matthew before when he guested as one of our resource persons at Vigattin Radio of Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990 AM where I co-anchor with Elison and Arne Barcelo every Saturday from 10 to 11 am. Vigattin (Victory In Governance And Technology Through Information Network) Radio promotes startups and entrepreneurs among many other businesses and ventures in the Philippines ranging mostly on science and information technology efforts.

The winning Fellow was among three teams that pitched their businesses to a panel of industry experts and investors led by Mr. Dino Araneta, LBC’s Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer.

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We would like to congratulate Dickies for having ABS-CBN Kapamilya's sensual teleserye seductress Arci Munoz (from the recently concluded Pasion de Amor TV series) aka Ramona Thornes, headbanging vocalist of the heavy metal rock band Philia for being their Dickies Intimates brand ambassador.

Dickies Intimates, formerly known as Dickies' Girl, is the new line of lifestyle underwear from Dickies or formally known as Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co., a global street wear brand offering a broad spectrum of garments.

Arci is the new face, or should I say body, of Dickies Intimates. A very revealing launch was held on March 30, 2016 at the Skye Lounge at the rooftop of W Building in BGC Tagig city to formally introduce the new line of underwear.

According to Arci, the new line of lifestyle underwear really represents the women of the new generation who are bold, sexy and conservative at the same time. Indeed, this lady was both liberated in flaunting herself wearing the undergarments while modeling infront of media and photographers but then she was somewhat shy during the interview portion while she was up front wearing the same outfit during the fashion show along with some other models who showed off the other underwear designs.

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There's a new service that opens new option for sending money to many countries including US, UAE China and India.

Transfast, a leading global money transfer and payments solutions company, has introduced money transfer services from the Philippines to many countries including the US, Canada, UAE, India and China.

Customers will be able to send funds to the listed countries, from any of the 6,000 locations throughout the Philippines which are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The announcement was made at a Press conference held today in Manila.

Transfast is known worldwide for providing instant deposits and instant cash, and the new service announced today further expands its services.

“In an increasingly mobile global population, customers are seeking convenient access to money transfer services, wherever they work and live,” says Samir Vidhate, Director – EMEAA, Transfast . “The flow of remittances is important to the health of the global economy and sending funds overseas is, for many, a fundamental means of ensuring the financial security of businesses and families alike.”