Casino Plus, official presenter ng MassKara Festival 2026; Zeinab, Moonstar88, Baby Dolls, magpapasiklab sa 3-day concert

 

Ihahatid ng Casino Plus, isa sa mga nangungunang responsible digital entertainment and gaming platforms sa bansa na lisensyado ng Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), ang exciting games, prizes, at entertainment sa MassKara Festival 2026 bilang official presenter nito.

Itatampok ng “Hataw MassKara” ng Casino Plus ang iba't ibang local talents at activities sa Bacolod City mula October 1 hanggang 18, kung saan magpe-perform sa weekend concerts sina Zeinab Harake Parks, Moonstar88, at “Showtime Baby Dolls.” Katuwang din ng gaming platform ang Bacolod Gugma Foundation Inc., ang official organizer ng MassKara Festival ngayong taon.

Sa 18-day activation ng Casino Plus, tampok ang branded booths and installations sa Bacolod City Government Complex (BCGC) at Bacolod Public Plaza, kung saan puwedeng pumunta ang festival goers at makakuha ng exciting giveaways.

Gaganapin sa October 9 ang MassKara Festival Grand Opening sa BCGC, kung saan magtatanghal ang Casino Plus ng isang branded na segment sa MasskaRAP Battle.

“MassKara is more than a festival—it is a celebration of Bacolod’s identity, creativity, and community spirit. We are proud to be part of that celebration and to bring the Casino Plus experience closer to Bacolodnons and visitors through entertainment, music, and activities that bring people together,” ani Evan Spytma, CEO ng Casino Plus.

“We want people to remember MassKara not only for the performances and festivities, but also for the moments they shared with family, friends, and the community. For us, that is what Hataw MassKara is about: creating memorable experiences while celebrating the people and culture that make Bacolod special,” dagdag ni Spytma.

Sa October 11, makikibahagi ang Casino Plus sa Miss Bacolod MassKara Coronation Night sa STI College Gymnasium. Tampok sa pageant ang special award na Miss Casino Plus Bacolod, kung saan matatanggap ng mananalo ang ₱50,000 cash prize at ang special title. Bukod diyan, makakasama rin ang Miss Casino Plus Bacolod sa Electric Float Parade at iimbitahan sa mga official activities ng gaming platform.

Sa Oktubre 16, lalo pang iinit ang selebrasyon dahil sa Casino Plus Electric Float Parade, isa sa mga pinakaaabangang tampok ng festival. Sakay sa float ang brand ambassador at social media star na si Zeinab Harake Parks, ang mananalong Miss Casino Plus Bacolod, at mga MassKara dancer.

Sentro din sa activation ang tatlong-araw na concert sa kahabaan ng Lacson Street mula October 16 hanggang 18. Magsisimula ang nakakaaliw na performances ng alas-6 ng gabi hanggang alas-12 ng madaling araw, na pangungunahan ni Zeinab, kasama ang lokal na banda na Kill the Boredom, mga DJ na sina Don Hinolan at John Ledesma, at mga drag performer na sina Seraphine at Moi Taura.

Sa October 17, magpe-perform ang Moonstar88, kasama ang local band na Dough Baby, mga DJ na sina Anthony at Tianchoo, at mga pasabog na drag performances.

Magtatapos naman ang 3-day concert sa October 18 sa nakakapanabik na performance ng Pinoy girl group na Baby Dolls, kasama ang local band na Project Orange, si DJ Drayrix Dincong, at iba pang drag performance.

Susuportahan din ng Casino Plus ang MassKara Street Dance Competition sa October 18, ang isa sa mga pinakaaabangang pagdiriwang sa naturang festival.

Sinasalamin ng Hataw MassKara ang hangarin ng Casino Plus na ilapit sa mga Pilipino ang saya at aliw sa pamamagitan ng mga makabuluhang on-ground at online activities sa festival, na patuloy na nagbubuklod sa mga Pilipino at iba’t ibang komunidad.

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About IGO Digital High Technology, Inc.
Casino Plus is a PAGCOR-licensed online casino platform in the Philippines, providing secure, regulated, and responsible online gaming experiences for Filipino players. The company is committed to providing a secure, fair, and engaging digital entertainment experience, guided by the principles of responsible gaming and player protection. With its continuous expansion, Casino Plus is now regarded as one of the country’s leading online casino platforms, combining entertainment excellence with meaningful corporate social responsibility initiatives.

44th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) and AEBF-26 Open in Manila, Marking New Milestones in ASEAN Energy Cooperation

 

Manila, 7 October 2026 – The 44th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) and its Associated Meetings and the 26th ASEAN Energy Business Forum (AEBF-26) officially commenced today in Manila, Philippines, bringing together ASEAN energy ministers, industry leaders, and stakeholders to advance regional energy cooperation.

The Joint Opening Ceremony was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) and officially opened by H.E. Sharon S. Garin, Secretary of the Department of Energy of the Philippines and Chair of the 44th AMEM, after a special remarks by H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN.

As ASEAN Chair in 2026, the Philippines has set out the Priority Economic Deliverable (PED) and Annual Priorities (APs) for the energy sector.  The PED for 2026 focuses on the ASEAN Power Grid (APG), with efforts centred on the operationalisation of the Enhanced APG MOU and the development of legal and regulatory guidelines for a regional submarine power cable framework.

Alongside the PED, ASEAN is advancing seven Annual Priorities (APs) under the Philippines’ Chairship:

1. 9th ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO9)

2. ASEAN Nuclear Power Plant Financing and Human Resources Development Study

3. ASEAN CCUS Assessment and Business Model Study

4. Upstream Oil and Gas Fiscal Benchmarking Study.

5. Sustainable ASEAN Energy Management Certification Scheme (SAEMAS).

6. Study on Accelerating Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and Advanced Technologies for Variable Renewable Energy Integration.

7. Study on Cross-Border Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) Market and Financial Assessment.

Held in conjunction with 44th AMEM is the 26th ASEAN Energy Business Forum, which provides a platform connecting government, industry, financial institutions, development partners, and other stakeholders to exchange perspectives and explore opportunities supporting ASEAN's energy priorities.

About the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) is an intergovernmental organisation driving multilateral energy cooperation and policy coordination among ASEAN Member States. Formally established on 1 January 1999 in Jakarta, Indonesia, ACE serves as the regional energy think tank, catalyst, and knowledge hub for ASEAN. Hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, ACE’s office is located in Jakarta, Indonesia. For more information: aseanenergy.org.

For further inquiries: communication@aseanenergy.org.

SUPPLYCON 2026: The B2B Platform for the Supply Chain Industry

  

SUPPLYCON 2026, the Official Exhibition of PASIA World 2026, is a dedicated B2B platform for the supply chain ecosystem, operated by Global-Link. It brings together providers and professionals across procurement, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, packaging, material handling, automation, and supply chain technology.

The exhibition gives industry professionals access to technologies, services, and potential suppliers in one venue, while providing exhibitors with opportunities to showcase their capabilities, generate business leads, build partnerships, and reach supply chain decision-makers. Held alongside PASIA World 2026, SUPPLYCON complements the conference’s industry knowledge and professional learning by connecting those insights with actual products, technologies, and services available in the market. Event: October 8–9, 2026 Venue: SMX Convention Center Manila Show Hours: 8:00 AM–6:00 PM Registration: https://live.vx-events.com/events/SUPPLYCON Exhibitor Inquiries: rose.fernandez@globallinkmp.com

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — As procurement, logistics, warehousing, transportation, and technology become increasingly interconnected, businesses need greater access to the products, services, and capabilities shaping modern supply chain operations.

This is where SUPPLYCON 2026, the Official Exhibition of PASIA World 2026, comes in. Operated by Global-Link, SUPPLYCON is a dedicated B2B platform bringing together companies and professionals across the supply chain ecosystem.

The exhibition covers key areas including procurement, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, packaging, material handling, automation, and supply chain technology. It provides providers with a focused marketplace to present their capabilities and industry professionals with access to a broad range of offerings in one setting.

For attendees, SUPPLYCON offers an opportunity to explore technologies and services, assess potential suppliers, and identify capabilities relevant to their operational needs. For exhibitors, it creates a direct channel to engage professionals involved in procurement, operations, logistics, and supply chain decision-making.

Its role alongside PASIA World 2026 adds another dimension to the event. While the conference brings together industry knowledge, insights, and professional learning, SUPPLYCON connects those conversations with the companies and capabilities available in the market.

Together, the conference and exhibition create a more connected experience for the supply chain community linking industry knowledge, market opportunities, and the solutions supporting modern operations.

SUPPLYCON 2026, the Official Exhibition of PASIA World 2026, will be held October 8–9, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the 2nd floor of SMX Convention Center Manila.

Registration: https://live.vx-events.com/events/SUPPLYCON

Exhibitor inquiries: rose.fernandez@globallinkmp.com

About Global-Link MP Events International, Inc.

Global-Link MP Events International, Inc. is a premier events and marketing agency based in the Philippines, proudly upholding a legacy of excellence since 1993. We specialize in organizing industry exhibitions, conferences, and innovative projects, delivering impactful experiences that leave a lasting impression. Together with our special booth design and branding agency, TBA Philippines, we craft events that resonate deeply with attendees and key stakeholders alike. As a subsidiary of MP International Pte. Ltd., a renowned event organizer headquartered in Singapore, we proudly represent the PICO Group in the Philippines. The PICO Group, an award-winning brand activation agency with a presence in 41 cities worldwide, strengthens our commitment to delivering world-class event solutions

Zatoria Is Coming: A Star-Studded Marketplace Bringing Celebrity Closets, Pre-Loved Fashion, Storytelling and Purposeful Giving Together

 

 Zatoria, a new pre-loved fashion marketplace preparing to launch in the Philippines, is creating a star-studded digital destination where celebrity closets, designer pieces, coveted fashion finds, sustainable brands, luxury curators, and authenticated resale specialists can come together. Zatoria is built around a bigger idea: use the reach and influence of the people shaping fashion to make sustainability and purpose part of mainstream fashion culture. The platform gives celebrities, influencers, designers, brands, and other personalities a space to showcase pre-loved items and ethically crafted pieces, while putting their stories, values, and advocacies directly in front of the people who follow them. In doing so, Zatoria aims to make sustainable fashion more visible, aspirational, and accessible, turning influence into an opportunity to encourage conscious consumption and amplify causes that matter. Purpose is also built into the marketplace. Through Zatoria's built-in giving mechanism, participating sellers can optionally funnel a portion of their sales to vetted charitable organizations, allowing individual transactions to support causes they care about. As Zatoria prepares for launch, the platform is inviting buyers, sellers, fashion enthusiasts, and supporters of circular fashion to join its Wishlist and become part of its growing community. Join the Zatoria Wishlist: https://zatoria.net/.

Imagine shopping in a fashion marketplace where the pieces come with more than a price tag. A dress that turned heads on the red carpet, a signature couture piece from a celebrated designer's collection, or a coveted handbag that once belonged to a favorite celebrity. Now imagine that the person selling it can also choose to turn part of that sale into a contribution to a vetted charitable organization.

That is the idea behind Zatoria, a new pre-loved fashion marketplace preparing to launch in the Philippines, bringing together fashion, celebrity closets, personal stories, sustainability, and purposeful commerce in one digital destination.

Through its built-in giving mechanism, Zatoria gives sellers the option to funnel a portion of their sales to vetted charities. The mechanism is designed to make giving part of the marketplace experience while allowing sellers to decide whether they want to participate and how much they want to contribute.

Designed as a star-studded marketplace for pre-loved fashion, Zatoria is creating a space where celebrities, influencers, designers, and luxury curators can give pieces from their wardrobes a new life while connecting with buyers who appreciate the stories behind what they wear.

At the same time, Zatoria will feature sustainable brands creating ethically crafted pieces, giving conscious fashion labels a dedicated platform to showcase their products, tell their stories, and highlight the values and practices behind what they make. By bringing pre-loved fashion together with thoughtfully made alternatives, Zatoria aims to make more sustainable choices easier to discover and more visible to a mainstream fashion audience.

Zatoria also brings a social layer to the shopping experience. Sellers can share daily updates, behind-the-scenes moments, styling content, new arrivals, and other posts with their followers, creating ongoing conversations around the people, pieces, and causes behind each storefront. Buyers and followers can like and comment on posts, turning the marketplace into a community where people can connect with personalities and brands beyond individual transactions.

Rather than treating pre-loved fashion as simply a transaction between strangers, Zatoria is building an experience around the people, brands, stories, and advocacies behind what we wear.

Where celebrity closets meet conscious fashion

Celebrity style has always influenced what people discover, covet, and wear. Zatoria brings that influence into the resale space by creating a marketplace where shoppers can discover pre-loved pieces from the closets and collections of personalities they follow and admire.

The platform is designed to give sellers their own storefronts and profiles, allowing them to showcase their pieces while sharing the stories behind them.

For shoppers, the experience goes beyond scrolling through listings. They can discover distinctive fashion, explore curated collections, learn more about the people behind the pieces, and find items with a history of their own.

Zatoria's sustainable brand offering adds another dimension to that experience. Shoppers can discover ethically crafted pieces from brands that are building their businesses around more responsible approaches to fashion, alongside pre-loved pieces that already exist and are ready for their next chapter.

Together, these offerings create a fashion ecosystem where a celebrity closet can sit alongside a coveted designer piece, an ethically crafted product from a sustainable brand, or a carefully curated luxury find.

A marketplace built around people and stories

At the heart of Zatoria is a simple belief: pre-loved does not mean past its prime.

Fashion pieces can have multiple lives. A bag can move from one collection to another. A special dress can become part of someone else's memorable occasion. A vintage item can find a new generation of admirers.

Zatoria wants to preserve that sense of history while giving the people and brands behind fashion a platform to share what matters to them.

Sellers will have the opportunity to tell the stories behind their pieces, giving buyers context that traditional resale listings often leave out. Through their profiles and social posts, they can also give followers a window into their lives, collections, creative process, advocacies, and the stories behind the things they choose to sell.

For sustainable brands, this creates space to communicate more than what they make. They can showcase their craftsmanship, materials, values, and approach to responsible production, helping shoppers understand the thinking behind the products they buy.

This storytelling is central to Zatoria's larger vision of making sustainability more visible and relatable. By bringing influential personalities, conscious brands, and their communities into the same space, the platform aims to help move sustainable fashion beyond a niche audience and into everyday fashion culture.

That approach also supports Zatoria's broader focus on circular fashion. Instead of letting quality pieces sit unused in wardrobes, the marketplace encourages them to keep moving, extending their useful life while giving buyers another way to access fashion.

A seamless experience for sellers and supporters

Zatoria is designed to make selling as simple as shopping. Sellers can upload and post their pre-loved pieces directly to their profiles, while buyers can purchase items instantly through a streamlined checkout or bid on exclusive pieces through the platform's auction feature.

The marketplace offers two ways to sell:

Direct Sale - Buyers can add items to their cart and check out instantly, creating a familiar and convenient shopping experience.

Auction - Sellers can put selected or exclusive pieces up for auction, allowing fans and fashion enthusiasts to bid for items and creating an interactive way to discover and acquire special pieces.

Zatoria is also designed to handle the operational side of each transaction, including payment processing, logistics, and delivery, giving sellers a more seamless way to sell while allowing buyers to complete their purchases through the marketplace.

Shopping with a purpose

Purpose is built into Zatoria's marketplace model through its optional giving mechanism.

Sellers who want to give back can choose to direct a portion of their sales to vetted charitable organizations through the platform. The giving mechanism is designed to make charitable contributions a seamless part of the selling experience, while allowing sellers to decide whether, and how much, they want to give.

A single transaction can therefore have several outcomes: a pre-loved piece gets a new owner, a seller earns from something they no longer need, a buyer discovers something meaningful, and a portion of the sale can support a cause.

Zatoria's purpose-driven approach sits alongside its focus on convenience. The marketplace is being built to bring discovery, seller storefronts, social content, storytelling, purchasing, payments, and fulfillment into a streamlined online experience.

Zatoria is opening its Wishlist

Zatoria is currently preparing for launch and inviting future buyers, sellers, fashion enthusiasts, and supporters of circular fashion to join its Wishlist.

Those who sign up will be among the first to receive updates as Zatoria moves closer to launch and will have the opportunity to be part of the marketplace's growing community from the beginning.

Join the Zatoria Wishlist: https://zatoria.net/.

The pre-launch period will also allow Zatoria to bring together a community of people who believe fashion can be more personal, more circular, and more purposeful.

With a growing network of personalities and fashion communities being brought into the conversation, Zatoria is setting out to create a marketplace where star power meets storytelling, style meets sustainability, and pre-loved pieces get their next chapter.

The marketplace is coming. And the next great piece in your wardrobe might already have a story waiting for you.

About Zatoria Inc.

About Zatoria Zatoria is a pre-loved fashion marketplace designed to connect buyers and sellers through curated fashion, personal stories, and purposeful commerce. The platform brings together celebrity and influencer closets, designer and sustainable fashion, luxury curators, collectors, and fashion enthusiasts in a digital marketplace built around discovery, storytelling, convenience, and circular fashion. Zatoria gives sellers the opportunity to create storefronts and profiles, showcase their pieces, tell the stories behind them, and reach buyers looking for distinctive pre-loved fashion. Its built-in giving mechanism also gives participating sellers the option to direct a portion of their sales to vetted charitable organizations. Zatoria's vision is to create a more personal, purposeful, and engaging way to discover and circulate fashion, giving pre-loved pieces new owners, new stories, and, when sellers choose, the opportunity to support causes that matter.