Lifestyle

HUAWEI GoPaint Worldwide 2026 opens to Filipino digital artists

Filipino digital artists can now join the HUAWEI GoPaint Worldwide Creating Activity 2026. Participants can submit original artworks created using a HUAWEI tablet and the GoPaint app until January 31, 2027; 20 winners will each receive USUSD1,000 from a total prize pool of USUSD20,000.

TELUS Digital refurbishes 52-year old Iloilo high school for 3,200 students

More than 240 TELUS Digital Philippines volunteers refurbished classrooms and campus facilities at the 52-year-old Mandurriao National High School in Iloilo City, benefiting more than 3,200 students. The initiative also included a TELUS Wise digital literacy session for students and marked the company’s fifth year of operations in Iloilo.

Grab, NCMF improve halal food discovery on GrabFood in Davao

Grab Philippines and NCMF Region XI are making halal food easier to find on GrabFood in Davao City. The pilot introduces enhanced search and filtering, NCMF-backed merchant verification, the Philippine Halal logo for vetted merchants, and an optional “Muslim-owned” tag for eligible businesses.

PUMA brings McLaren F1 lifestyle capsule to the Philippines

PUMA Southeast Asia has launched the McLaren Mastercard F1 Lifestyle Collection in the Philippines, a three-piece capsule inspired by the Singapore Night Race. The lineup includes a cropped jersey, unisex team jersey, and varsity jacket, with white-and-navy styling and Southeast Asian weave-inspired details.

AIQ teaches Filipino kids to think alongside AI, not depend on it

AIQ is a free Filipino-made app designed to teach children how AI works, not just how to use it. Built for ages 5 to 18, the app uses four age-based learning modes and a 36-lesson curriculum covering topics such as recommendation systems, hallucinations, machine judgment, and responsible AI use.

2026 COCONUTPhilippines Trade Fair generates PHP309.57M in sales

The 2026 COCONUTPhilippines Trade Fair generated PHP309.57 million in total sales, up sharply from PHP96.9 million the previous year. The five-day event brought together 300 coconut-focused MSMEs and highlighted value-added products, business matching, research, technology, and coordinated government support for the coconut industry.

Samsung Galaxy Wellness Club puts recovery alongside training

Fitness is not only about pushing harder. Samsung’s Galaxy Wellness Club combines training, running, and recovery with health insights from the Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra2, encouraging users to pay attention not just to performance, but also to how their bodies respond before, during, and after exercise.

UST brings Gemini for Education across campus

The University of Santo Tomas has rolled out Gemini for Education across its campus, supporting more than 46,000 students and 2,000 faculty members across 22 degree-granting academic units. The initiative includes Gemini, Gemini Notebook, faculty training, e-learning specialists, and guidelines for responsible AI use in teaching and learning.

Jenni AI expands in PH with new research verification tools

enni AI is expanding in the Philippines with new verification tools for academic research, including Claim Confidence for checking sources and claims and Peer Review for assessing draft quality. The platform is now used across seven Philippine higher education institutions and by more than 6.5 million students, researchers, and academics worldwide.