Joshua Pacio submits Rene Catalan to retain One Strawweight World Title

The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), once again electrified the crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila. Last Friday night, 8 November, ONE: MASTERS OF FATE played host to a series of action-packed and compelling contests, delivered by the absolute best in world-class martial arts talent.

Visit the official ONE: MASTERS OF FATE photo gallery by clicking: https://bit.ly/onephotos

In the main event, Joshua "The Passion" Pacio of the Philippines turned in a dominant performance, submitting compatriot Rene "D' Challenger" Catalan in the second round to retain his ONE Strawweight World Championship. Pacio survived an early submission scare from Catalan to impose his will on the ground. In the second round, Pacio stuffed a takedown from Catalan and worked his way into mount, before securing a masterful arm-triangle choke, leaving the challenger with no choice but to tap out.

Basta shopping this 11-11, don’t pay cash. PayMaya!

Kick off the holiday shopping season with PayMaya and score amazing deals this 11-11! 

Now is the best time to have a PayMaya account because you can enjoy up to P5,000 in discounts and cashback deals as the holiday shopping season kicks off with the various 11-11 online and in-store sale events happening nationwide. 

Whether you prefer to shop and stay at home or troop to the nearest malls to do all your shopping, PayMaya is your trusted payment buddy for a more convenient and rewarding shopping experience this holiday season. 

With PayMaya, you can easily score up to 100% cashback (maximum of P500) when you use your PayMaya card or PayMaya QR for shopping this 11-11. Just make sure to spend at least P100 to get your cashback.  

RRQ.ATHENA wins VIVO V17 PRO-powered PUBG SEA championship

The PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) 2019 SEA Championship has concluded with RRQ Athena claiming the championship and a US$35,000 prize, after collecting 211 points and achieving 3 chicken dinners in map Vikendi, Sanhok and Miramar.

The team will advance to the global finals along with runner-up, Illuminate The Murder. Mega Conqueror, Bigetron, and Orange.Esports.CG also obtained slots to the prelims.

The PMCO global finals will be held from November 29 to December 1 at Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMCO-SEA is authorized by Tencent and PUBG Corporation, with Vivo as title sponsor and the Vivo V17 Pro as the official device of the whole tournament.

Carousell tackles counterfeit

Carousell, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing classifieds, has launched the Carousell Rights Owners Programme (CROP), a platform that tackles counterfeit listings in collaboration with brand partners. CROP provides assurance to brands, whose rights are more closely protected, and users, who can deal with greater confidence in the marketplace platform.

CROP allows trusted brand partners to directly remove listings of brand replicas from Carousell with zero processing time, thus tightening the content moderation process by drastically reducing the time required for takedowns. First piloted in December 2018 in Singapore, CROP has taken down 13,000 listings in the nine months since its introduction. Only select brand partners, whose activities will be closely monitored by Carousell, will have access to CROP and its content moderation capabilities. Brands that have come onboard CROP include Nike, Grab and luxury brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta.

Landers offers 60% off at Azalea

Landers Superstore, the fastest growing membership shopping establishment in the country, ties up with Azalea Hotels and Residences so you can experience the perfect getaway as the Holidays draw near.

All Landers members can get up to 60% discount on room rates at Azalea in Baguio and Boracay. The discounted offer will include an overnight room accommodation and breakfast buffet. Those who will stay at Azalea Hotel & Residences Baguio will also get free parking for one car throughout the duration of the stay.

Bida para sa bida in new Kuya J TVC

Behind every delectable Filipino dish is a team who relentlessly work hard to make every salo-salo celebration a meaningful experience for you and the people you love.

This was the main message shown in the newest Kuya J commercial with its “Bida Team” passionately and meticulously preparing its best-selling dishes. The TVC showcased their well-loved Crispy Pata, deep-friend crispy pork skin with tender juicy pata meat; the Kare-kare in Kuya J peanut sauce; and Kuya J’s milky-smooth ice Halo-Halo Espesyal that’s packed with toppings, homemade leche flan, sprinkled with crunchy cornflakes, and drizzled with sweet ube cream.

Jessica Zafra's latest book is now available at Fully Booked, Shopee, and other stores

From the author of the Twisted series comes a collection of 27 stories from the last 27 years. The Collected Stories of Jessica Zafra contains award-winning fiction from Manananggal Terrorizes Manila (1992) and The Stories So Far (2014), plus new stories and an introduction by Don Jaucian.

“Jessica is a natural short story writer, and I don’t know anyone else in the Philippines writing in English who does it as well as she does. The fact that she’s a Filipina couldn’t matter less. She would be recognised anywhere on earth that good English is read. But of course in this fatuous world the unmerited hegemony of “English” literature (including of course American, Canadian, Australian, etc. etc.) reminds us that it still fancies itself as the arbiter of the Real Thing. But plenty of us round-eyes know that’s baloney, and JZ provides us with ammunition to stand up in public and say so.”  – James Hamilton-Paterson, Whitbread Award-winning author of Gerontius, Playing With Water, Seven-Tenths, Ghosts of Manila, and the bestselling Cooking With Fernet Branca and Empire of the Clouds.

Andrea Brillantes unveils make-up collection under Careline.

Young actress Andrea Brillantes recently released her new make-up collection, Blythe, under Careline Cosmetics, the trendy and cool cosmetics line of Ever Bilena.

Her collection offers a full-range of make-up essentials which include Cloud Tint, eye make-up such as The Eyeliner Duo Stamp, The Starlight Eyes, and Blythe Face Palette; Stardust Highlighter Palette,
The Perfect Brow Trio, and lipstick collection which come in various shades and formulations—the Stellar Satin Lipsticks and Majestic Matte Lipsticks.