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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas unveil Philippines First Polymer Banknote Series

December 19, 2024

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has officially unveil the country’s first polymer banknote series. The new polymer banknote series will include denominations of ₱500, ₱P100 and ₱50, which will enter circulation in the first quarter of 2025.

BPS explained that the new Polymer Banknote Series will feature “country’s heroes and natural wonders, the polymer series highlights the Philippines’ rich biodiversity.”

BSP emphasizes the practical benefits of polymer banknotes, including enhanced resistance to counterfeiting and improved durability. These features ensure that the new notes are not only aesthetically significant but also cost-efficient and secure.

You can watch this 3:30 mins video (below) on the features of the new polymer banknote series;

The ceremony was lead by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at the President’s Hall in Malacañang Palace.

Former VP Leni Robredo launches “TAYO ANG LIWANAG” book

May 9, 2023

Former VP Leni Robredo just launched TAYO ANG LIWANAG coffee table book. The TAYO ANG LIWANAG coffee table book, as Rappler describes it, a “390-page book, Tayo Ang Liwanag: Journeying Through People’s Campaign, is being launched on the first anniversary of the May 9, 2022 elections where Robredo lost to Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

You can watch the book launch from the video here;

The book will be available in soft and hardbound book, it will cost ₱1,000 and ₱2,499, respectively. It’s now available for pre-order and part of the proceeds will go to Angat Buhay NGO, which Ms. Robredo chairs.

You can preorder, your copy at https://bit.ly/TayoAngLiwanagBook.

Watch the trailer of BlackBerry – A film about the rise and fall of the first smartphone

March 16, 2023

Someone just created a film about the first smartphone – BlackBerry, and below is its first trailer. According to the video description, Blackberry film is the “true story of the meteoric rise & catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone.”

BlackBerry was the first “smartphone” to offer internet, email and messenger, with it’s iconic keyboards. At its peak, there were 85 million BlackBerry users worldwide but the company lost its dominance due to the success of the smartphones running Android and the iPhone.

BlackBerry is written by Matt Johnson with screenplay by Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller. The film feature Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton as Mike Lazaridis (Blackberry co-founder) and Jim Balsillie (former Chair and co-CEO), respectively. BlackBerry also stars Johnson, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Michelle Giroux, SungWon Cho, Saul Rubinek, and Cary Elwes.

Blackberry film is based on the 2015 book “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” written by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff. The film is scheduled for a theatrical release on May 12, 2023.

Lauren Greenfield’s The Kingmaker now free to stream online

March 16, 2022

If you are one of the people waiting for Lauren Greenfield’s critically acclaimed documentary The Kingmaker, then you can now watch the film online and for free.

Last March 11, 2022, Lauren Greenfield announced the availability of the film on her twitter account.

From Wikipedia;

The Kingmaker is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by Lauren Greenfield, featuring the political career of Imelda Marcos with a focus on the Marcos family’s efforts to rehabilitate the family’s image and to return to political power,[7][8] including her plans to see her son Bongbong become President of the Philippines,and the alliance that Bongbong and Imee Marcos established with Rodrigo Duterte in his bid to win the 2016 Philippine presidential election.

It debuted internationally in August 2019 at the 76th Venice Film Festival, and debuted in the Philippines on January 29, 2020.

The Kingmaker was nominated as best documentary at the London Film Festival and the Stockholm Film Festival, and for the Checkpoints Award at the Bergen International Film Festival. It was nominated for four categories in the 2019 Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards, eventually winning the award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary. It also received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the Warsaw International Film Festival 2019.

To watch the film, you can go to Vimeo or copy and past this link: https://vimeo.com/358556466.