Planning a long-weekend trip abroad? Wise Philippines shares five tips: budget in the local currency, convert pesos before you fly, avoid hidden card fees, choose the local currency at ATMs, and split costs with friends in different currencies. Wise Card users in the Philippines can withdraw up to PHP13,000 a month without Wise withdrawal fees.
Employees from TP (formerly Teleperformance) joined a coastal cleanup at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park as part of Sustainable Shores World Cleanup Day. Volunteers collected over 488 kilograms of solid waste and contributed almost 200 volunteer hours. The activity was organized by TP's Citizen of the World foundation with CORA Philippines and the France-Philippines United Action Foundation.
IKEA YXSTABY, a nine-piece gaming collection designed with XBOX, has arrived in the Philippines. It features a tilting thumbstick stool, a Gaming D-pad cushion, a gaming lounge chair, and a TV stand on castors. It launched at the IKEA Pasay showroom on November 4 and is available online at ikea.com.ph.
LG showcased its 2026 LG OLED evo AI, LG Micro RGB evo AI, and LG QNED evo AI TVs at "A Canvas of Possibilities," a media launch held on October 30 at Ayala Museum in Makati. The event featured a True Cinema showcase, an Ultimate Gaming zone, and a Digital Art exhibit with LG Gallery+.
Filipino structural engineer Aldrei Ong, a De La Salle University graduate, has won the 2026 Global Sustainability Award of the James Dyson Award for Sentinel, a low-cost sensor that detects hidden damage in concrete buildings after earthquakes. He will receive PHP2,390,230 to develop it. It is the first Philippine win of the award since 2020.
The HONOR Play 20A arrives exclusively on Shopee on November 11 for PHP8,099, down from PHP8,999, or as low as PHP45 a day for six months at 0% interest through SPayLater. It features a 2-inch Smart Rear Screen, a 6.9-inch 90Hz display, and a 6,000mAh battery. Nationwide availability starts November 28.
ASUS ROG's new 24.5-inch Tandem WOLED esports monitors are coming to the Philippines: the Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace (720Hz, PHP90,000) in December 2026 and the Strix OLED XG259QWPG Ace (540Hz, PHP55,000) in 2027. Both offer a 0.02ms GTG response time, up to 1700 nits peak brightness, and a three-year warranty that covers OLED burn-in.
Even careful shoppers get burned sometimes. If your parcel never arrives, or arrives as something else entirely, start with the seller and the platform. Raise the issue through the app, and keep your receipts, screenshots, and chat logs. f your complaint is still unresolved after seven days, you can take it further.
AI is reshaping how we shop. It can help you spot real sale prices, sort through floods of reviews, build comparisons around your needs, and uncover worthwhile alternatives. But the ultimate smart-shopping strategy is to let AI do the heavy lifting, while keeping your intuition, your values, and your budget sanity firmly in the driver’s seat.
At AI Vision Forum Manila 2026 on October 28, AI platforms and cloud partners showed tools for building, launching, and scaling digital products with smaller teams. They included HowOne's agent-native platform for solo founders, A3SEO's 42-agent SEO engine, and TiDB and TrueWatch for infrastructure. A cloud panel featured Alibaba Cloud, Cloudflare, Oracle, and Huawei Cloud Philippines.
The HUAWEI FreeBuds SE 5 MAX is coming to the Philippines with up to 52dB Active Noise Cancellation, up to 80 hours of total battery life, and LDAC Hi-Res audio. It launches at a promo price starting at PHP1,999, down from PHP2,999, with a TikTok exclusive on November 8 and availability on Shopee, Lazada, and the HUAWEI Online Store on November 10.
Avanade's Build Beyond Limits: AI Reality Report found that 79 percent of APAC respondents agree too much AI investment is directed toward incremental improvements, and only 17 percent say they have fundamentally reshaped how their teams operate around AI. The survey covered 3,600 business decision makers across 11 markets, including 1,400 in Asia-Pacific.
Maya supported the DOJ Office of Cybercrime's CyberReady Campus Tour at UP Diliman, where head of corporate affairs Kristoffer Rada said, "A safer digital space needs everyone around the table." Ahead of the holiday shopping season, Maya also reminded consumers to verify sellers and payment instructions and never share passwords or one-time PINs.
UPS and Delbros Group have scaled up operations around the newly expanded UPS Clark Hub. Their partnership began as a service agreement in 1988 and became a joint venture in 1997, the only one left among major global express carriers in the Philippines. The expansion aims to improve freight handling efficiency and extend capacity at the regional port.