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Photo Contest for Youths, Hobbyists and Professional Photographers in East Asians

August 2nd, 2008 by Eleazar | 1 Comment | Filed in Promo/Contest

In line with the activities leading to the East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, HP and Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asian (PEMSEA) jointly launch the East Asian region-wide Photo Contest that started last July 15, 2008. The competition centers on the theme “The Coast, The Ocean, My Community.”

The photo tilt will emphasize the importance of turning knowledge and concern about the coastal and marine environment into on-the-ground actions. It aims to generate awareness on local and national ocean, coastal, and environment-related initiatives of each country and to increase participation of the communities in these activities.

Competition mechanics

The contest has three categories (Youth, Hobbyist and Professional) and is open to national of the East Asian region. The photographs must demonstrate local action/implementations and good practices in sustainable coastal and ocean protection, development and management. These can show either local or national initiatives that address natural and man-made hazard prevention and management; habitat protection, restoration and management; water use and supply management; food security and livelihood management; and pollution reduction and waster management.

Photo must be high quality prints or digital files and can be in color or black and with. There is no limit on the number of entries that each participant can send in. However, entries should not have been previously published, printed or sold commercially, displayed or won any prize or distinction in other competitions. The entries will be evaluated based on the following criteria: relevance to the theme, composition/creativity and technical quality.

The contest consists of two rounds of evaluation. The initial screening will be conducted by the PEMSEA National Focal Points who will choose the top 3 entries. The country finalist will then move on to the final round of judging and compete for the grand prize. One grand prize winner will be chosen for each category (Youth, Hobbyist, and Professional), and each of the three grand prize winners will receive a HP F4185 Printer and a complimentary registration to attend the 2009 EAS Congress in Manila. A special award will also be given to the Online Favorite that will be chosen through online voting.

Deadline for submission of entries was on December 31, 2008. But good news to those who did not send yet their entries. The deadline for submission of entries has been extended to 28 Feb 2009. Please continue to send entries and encourage your friends, network to participate in the contest.

For more details and contest rules, email congress@pemsea.org or visit www.pemsea.org/eas-congress.

 

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Buy a TCL TV and Win TV, Huaxia Motorcycle or Informatics Certificate Courses

May 6th, 2008 by Eleazar | No Comments | Filed in Promo/Contest

In Celebrations of TCLS’ 8th year anniversary in the Philippines, TCL is now offering the TCL 8th Year Blow-Out to all its customers nationwide. The highlight of this promo is that a buyer of TCL TV can win any of two 42″ TCL M61 LCD TVs, two Huaxia motorcycles, or Informatics Certificate Courses in the Grand Draw on January 18, 2009.

Here are the mechanics of the promo:

  1. Upon purchase of any TCL TV, a customer is entitled to one (1) raffle ticket for every P5,000.00 worth of purchase.
  2. The raffle ticket must be filled out with complete name, address, telephone/cell number, signature, and the product serial number to serve as valid entry, then dropped at the designated drop box within the store.
  3. All entries will be raffled off on the following dates:

    4. Entries from May 1 to June 30, 2008

    (Anniversary Blow-Out):

    Raffle Draw Date: July 14, 2008

    Venue: TCL Head Office

    Prizes: Four (4) DV 007; and four (4) DV 009 still cameras

    Entries from July 1 to September 30, 2008

    (Mid-Year Blow-Out):

    Raffle Draw Date: October 14, 2008

    Venue: TCL Head Office

    Prizes: One (1) 29″ Pureflat TV; One 21″ Pureflat TV; two (2) 21″ Conventional TVs; and Four (4) Informatics Certificate Courses

    Entries from October 1 to December 31, 2008

    (Christmas Blow-Out)

    Raffle Draw Date: January 18, 2009

    Venue: TCL Head Office

    Prizes: Two (2) 26″LCD TVs; Four (4) Slimflat TVs; and Two (2) 21″ Slimflat TVs

  4. All non-winning entries from May 1 to December 31 will be eligible for the Grand Draw, which will be conducted one hour after the Christmas Blow-Out Raffle Draw at the TCL Head Office.

Prizes for the Grand Draw:

Two (2) First Prizes: Two (2) units of 42″ TCL M61 LCD TV (one winner for each unit)

Two (2) Second Prizes: Two (2) units of Huaxia Motorcycle (one winner for JC 110-16a model and one winner for Electric Top Boy model)

Six (6) Informatics Certificate Courses

A participant can win more than once, but not on the same seasonal draw. In the event that a winner’s name is drawn twice in a particular seasonal draw, the winner automatically gets the price with the higher peso value, and another winner for the lesser-prized item will be drawn. TCL Sun, Inc. will shoulder the 20% tax on all of the prizes.

In this promo, the more TCL TV products you buy, the more chances of winning.

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Win Free Trip to Singapore Complete with 4-day, 3-night Hotel Accommodation

April 25th, 2008 by Eleazar | No Comments | Filed in Promo/Contest

Here’s an exciting way to show your love to mom this Mother’s Day. Simply tell why you mother is the perfect mother for you and get a chance to win a free trip for two to Singapore and be the Philippine representative in the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) International Shopping Challenge.

 

Here’s the mechanics:

 

  1. If you are 16 years or older, a proud daughter of the best mom in the world, and want to give a unique Mother’s Day gift, then you can join the promo.
  2. In 100 words, tell why your mother is the greatest and why your mother-daughter team should be the Philippine representative for the GSS International Shopping Challenge.
  3. Submit two recent photographs of you and your mom enjoying an activity together (e.g. shopping, food trip, sports, etc). Photos must be in JPEG format and must not be less than 1MB.
  4. Include the following details in your entry: name, complete address, contact number and photocopy of passports.
  5. Send your entries to: singapore.sale@yr.com on or before May 8, 2008.
  6. You and your mom must be available to be in Singapore from May 22-25, 2008 and must be willing and able to participate in the GSS International Shopping Challenge on May 24, 2008, where speed and bargain shopping skills are the key to winning the challenge.

 

Your team also stands a chance to win SGD10,000 (Php 280,000) by being the Philippine representative to the GSS International Shopping Challenge. The winning mother-daughter team will be announced on Mother’s Day (May 11, 2008).

 

For more information, call Singapore Tourism Board-Philippines at (02) 813-0946.

 

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Special Discounts on American Airlines Premium MasterCard

April 24th, 2008 by Eleazar | No Comments | Filed in Promo/Contest

Premium (World, Platinum, Titanium, Gold and Premium Debit) MasterCard cardholders traveling to the United States over the summer vacations can enjoy special promotional airfares when they fly with American Airlines on transpacific round trip routes from Manila.

 

Under the American Airlines MasterCard Travel Promotion, Premium MasterCard cardholders can avail of a 27% discount on all purchases of Full Premium Transpacific Fares (Economy, Business Class and First Class) or a 15% discount on Special Business Class Transpacific Fares on American Airlines.

 

Moreover, they get an American Airlines trolley bag as a free gift with every ticket purchased and can also accumulate valuable American Airlines Advantage Mileage points. To take advantage of the discounted fares, cardholders simply have to use their Premium MasterCard cards to buy their tickets at American Airlines’ Manila and Makati ticketing offices between February 15 and May 15, 2008 and their travel must be completed by June 30, 2008.

 

The offer is exclusive of taxes, insurance surcharge, fuel surcharge, terminal fee, Philippine travel tax and other feed applicable upon issuance of the international ticket. For reservation and booking, visit the American Airlines Philippine General Sales Agent Airesources Inc. ticketing offices located at Olympia Somerset Condominium in Makati and at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.

 

Worldwide MasterCard advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payments solutions, processes over 18 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial institutions customers and merchants.

 

Through its family of brands, including MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories.

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Colgate Fresh Confidence Star Search, Commercial Model Wannabes Way to Stardom

April 24th, 2008 by Eleazar | No Comments | Filed in Promo/Contest

“Baka ikaw na ang next Fresh Confidence Star” is now the buzz for the online community commercial model wannabes. The winner of this nationwide online search for aged 13 and above will not only be the lead talent in the next Colgate Fresh Confidence TV commercial, he or she will also win a P100,000 tax-free cash prize.

 

Star aspirants only need to experience the intense feeling of freshness after brushing with any variant of Colgate Fresh Confidence with Cooling Crystals and interpret their intense fresh feeling by making a music-video. Entrants are then asked to log on to and register at www.colgatefreshconfidence.ph, then upload the final video for a fighting chance at instant stardom.

 

The video should not be more than four minutes long and should be in AVI, MPEG, FLV or cellphone video capture format. Entrants must lip-sync to the Colgate Fresh Confidence TV commercial sound track, “Akin Ka Na Lang” by Itchyworms.

 

From the uploaded videos, 50 semi-finalist will be chosen base on a consumer online voting scheme, wherein consumers get to vote for their favorite music video as many times as they want. A judging panel will narrow down aspirants to 10 finalist based on the following criteria: Originality/Creativity (25%), Depiction of Intense Freshness (50%), and Overall Appeal (25%). The next star will be chosen from the 10 finalist based on his/her previous ranking (60$) and interview (40%).

 

Finding one’s way around the contest website is extremely easy. Its entire important links are displayed via cooling crystals to the left and right of the homepage interface. Aside from the main page, other links include uploading page, all videos page, promo information page, song download page, tips page, comment page, and refer-to-a-friend page. The site also has a facility for searching for videos by name, title, most voted, and newest uploaded video that makes the site even more user-friendly.

 

For those who have yet to submit their entries, the contest started April 1 and is accepting video-auditions until 11:59 pm of May 31, 2008. Aspirants can upload as many different video-entries as he or she wants for a big chance of qualifying as a semi-finalist. Announcement of winners will be in June 2008.

 

Joining is so easy. And if need internet connection, just buy specially marked Colgate Fresh Confidence with Cooling Crystals 150 ml and get 30 minutes free Internet coupon and present at any Netopia branch.

 

So, want are you waiting for, upload your videos now and be the next Colgate Fresh Confidence TV commercial model.

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