Ever Bilena welcomed the New Year with a grand all-white party at the Metrotent in Pasig.
The event, dubbed “#Lightup with EB,” was emceed by Mr. Chinatown 2017 Jacob Muñez, comedians Boobay and Betong Sumaya, and special guest and co-host Tricia Lao.
Ever Bilena CEO Dioceldo Sy and COO Silliman Sy gave special recognition to employees who have dedicated five, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service to the company.
Employees also had the chance to win exciting raffle prizes like a flat screen TV, mobile phones and cash prizes.
Seen gracing the event were Ever Bilena and Blackwater celebrity endorsers Max Collins, Christian Bautista, Derrick Monasterio, Loisa Andalio, the Asistio sisters Yssa, Alyana, Ynna, Anykka and Yanna, and Blackwater Elite PBA players.
Guests arrived in all-white attire as a sign of hope and happiness for the new year.
Meaningful conversations
To highlight meaningful conversations with distributors, agents and prospective clients, AXA Philippines launched an app called Financial Needs Analysis (FNA).
The app allows agents to engage in a meaningful conversation with prospective customers. This way, the agents help fulfill their promise to their clients to live the life they choose and develop their game plan in life.
AXA Philippines president and CEO Rahul Hora said the company is dedicated to serve its customers and agents effectively by using the latest tools available, which are matched with the well-known AXA personalized service.
Chief customer officer Amor Balagtas discussed the company’s new people-centric marketing campaign that features true and inspiring customer experiences and how they were able to face and surmount different challenges in life.
During the launch, chief transformation and operations officer John Hilson explained the FNA app’s various features. On the other hand, chief business development officer for distribution Ronald Agoncillo introduced the AXA real-time counter on its website, which can help agents and distributors track FNA sessions conducted for a particular time period.
The app is currently available on Apple App Store and soon on Google Play Store.
(For more information, visit axa.com.ph/efna.)
‘Czech Movie Gems’
Film Development Council of the Philippines chairman Liza Diño and Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa Jr. beside the statue of film producer Jose Nepomuceno, known as the ‘Father of Philippine Cinema.’
It is exciting to know that the Czech Embassy in Manila partnered with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) to hold the first year-long film festival called “Czech Movie Gems.”
Hosted by Cinematheque Centre Manila, Czech Movie Gems will feature a line-up of films spanning from the 1950s to the 2000s. The film screenings will be held every second Wednesday of the month from January 2018 to January 2019. Movie genres include drama, comedy, romance, musical, science-fiction, animation, historical and war.
The festival kicked off last Jan. 10 with the Academy-award winning Kolya (1996) directed by Jan Sverák. Another Sverák masterpiece that will be featured in the film festival is Dark Blue World (2001), set during World War II, which follows the intertwined fates of a group of Czech pilots fighting Nazi Germany alongside the British arms and the love struggle of two men as they both fall for the same woman.
For sci-fi and Star Trek fans, the film festival will also feature Ikarie XB-1 (1963). Its re-mastered version was recently screened as part of the Cannes Classics selection.
Other films include King of Šumava (1959), a black and white communist political propaganda piece with great cinematography; Rebels (2001), a musical ‘60s retro-movie of two star-crossed lovers; Beauty in Trouble (2006), which tells the story of a young, beautiful and troubled woman falling in love with a foreigner; and Marketa Lazarová (1967), a cult classic about a battle between a King and a minor clan against the backdrop of Christianity replacing Paganism during the medieval times.
Film screening will be held every second Wednesday of the month, 6:30 p.m., at the Cinematheque Centre Manila on Kalaw St., Manila City. Admission is free and on a first come-first served basis.
(For screening schedule, visit www.facebook.com/CzechEmbassyManila.)