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Amsterdam unveils largest bike garage underwater
Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first of its largest-ever bicycle parking complexes, built underwater in a pioneering engineering project. The shelter is constructed beneath the Open Haven Front, an access tributary to the city's IJ river, and w ...

AFP | 18 hours ago
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Shop online for global brands with partners BillEase, Alipay+
Filipino consumers can now use buy now, pay later (BNPL) and the card-free installment option to shop at more global brands online. This is after BillEase, one of the country’s top-rated consumer finance apps, welcomed 2023 with a landmark partnership with Alipay+, a global cross-border digital payment, and marketing solution. ...

Carby Rose Basina | 1 day ago
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Host-author John Aguilar launches book for PH startup entrepreneurs
Learn the tips and hacks for making compelling business pitches and winning big-ticket investors as John Aguilar, serial entrepreneur and the host of the business reality TV show “The Final Pitch,” launched his book titled “The Art and Science of the Pitch: The Ultimate Playbook for Pitching to Partners, Investors, an ...

GDM | 1 day ago
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Travel worry-free with Pacific Cross
Filipino travelers welcomed the year with several unprecedented events upon their flights. With this, Pacific Cross aims to help ease the burden of travel inconveniences by offering protection against flight delays, trip postponement, and trip termination, among others, through its Travelsafe Plan. Pacific Cross provides trav ...

Carby Rose Basina | 2 days ago
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ICYMI: Emma Chamberlain named newest Lancôme brand ambassador
Well-loved YouTube content creator, coffee entrepreneur, and fashion icon Emma Chamberlain is extending her relatable side to another level as she leads luxury house Lancôme's, “Be Yourself” campaign. “With her engaging personality and relaxed demeanor, Emma became a global sensation by e ...

Carby Rose Basina | 2 days ago
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Chinese New Year feasts not yet over at The Podium
One of the highlights of Chinese New Year is families getting together to celebrate. The "Nian Ye Fan" or Chinese New Year dinner, also called "Reunion Dinner," is said to be the most important meal of the year as family members gather together to celebrate the coming year. Considered the most loved aspect of the Sp ...

Carby Rose Basina | 3 days ago
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Hop into New Year with great deals!
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with the best Apple experience! Apple Premium Reseller Power Mac Center (PMC) marks the beginning of the Year of the Water Rabbit with its “Hoppy Go Lucky” campaign, offering deals on select devices, accessories, repair, services, training, and an exciting raffle. “As ...

Carby Rose Basina | 4 days ago
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Dior in stark contrast to Louis Vuitton at Paris Fashion Week
Dior provided the yin to Louis Vuitton's yang in Paris on Friday, with a serious and elegant response to its rival's flashy fashion week spectacle the day before. Dior and Louis Vuitton have both built giant hangars on either end of the Tuileries gardens that run through central Paris -- akin to the way their billiona ...

AFP | 6 days ago
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Plastic pirouettes: Japan's recycled bottle ballet
The dancers' futuristic headgear glints under the lights at a top ballet show, but just two months ago their plastic costumes were sticky bottles tossed into a Tokyo recycling bin. "Plastic", a new production by renowned Japanese company K-BALLET, aims to draw attention to a global pollution crisis through some ...

AFP | 1 week ago
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Blackwater Women’s best-selling fragrance now comes in lotion form
Blackwater Women’s best-selling fragrance, Desire, now has a moisturizing lotion counterpart! The new Blackwater Women Desire perfume lotion, similar to its original fragrance variant, will surely make you smell like baby powder throughout the day thanks to these notes: aldehydes, orange, geranium, violet, lily, rose, a ...

Carby Rose Basina | 1 week ago