Nissan officially launches GT Academy in the Philippines

Nissan Philippines Inc. officially launches its GT Academy here in the Philippines which is a program that aims to turn gamers into professional race car drivers. Read more details after the break.

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For those unfamiliar, the GT Academy was initiated back in 2008. It is basically a driving program from Nissan, Sony, and Polyphony Digital that weeds out Gran Turismo (the popular PlayStation game) players and trains them to apply their on-screen talents on a real car, on a real track.

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As we’ve mentioned before, The race to the top is not an easy task as the academy will only choose the best virtual drivers. Once shortlisted, there will be activities to test not only skills, but also the physical endurance of the contestants at the latter part of the training. If you think you have the heart, talent, and the determination to be a professional racer then this might be your ticket in.

The first phase of the try-outs will be happening at malls nationwide starting April 10, 2015. The company is still yet to disclose the venue and time of the said event. They will be announcing it on their Facebook page so be sure to stay tuned as we wait for further details.

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Nissan officially launches GT Academy in the Philippines

Nissan Philippines Inc. officially launches its GT Academy here in the Philippines which is a program that aims to turn gamers into professional race car drivers. Read more details after the break.

NissanGTAcademy1

For those unfamiliar, the GT Academy was initiated back in 2008. It is basically a driving program from Nissan, Sony, and Polyphony Digital that weeds out Gran Turismo (the popular PlayStation game) players and trains them to apply their on-screen talents on a real car, on a real track.

NissanGTAcademy2

As we’ve mentioned before, The race to the top is not an easy task as the academy will only choose the best virtual drivers. Once shortlisted, there will be activities to test not only skills, but also the physical endurance of the contestants at the latter part of the training. If you think you have the heart, talent, and the determination to be a professional racer then this might be your ticket in.

The first phase of the try-outs will be happening at malls nationwide starting April 10, 2015. The company is still yet to disclose the venue and time of the said event. They will be announcing it on their Facebook page so be sure to stay tuned as we wait for further details.

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Nokia 215 Dual-SIM now in PH for under Php2K

The Nokia 215 Dual-SIM, the feature phone that Microsoft introduced early this year, is now available in the Philippines for under Php2K.

Nokia 215 Dual-SIM specs:
2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 240) HighColor display, 166ppi
8MB RAM
up to 32GB via microSD
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
2G network
0.3 megapixel fixed focus camera
Bluetooth 3.0 w/ BT SLAM
microUSB
FM Radio
Built-in MP3 player
Built-in torchlight
1,100mAh removable battery
Series 30+ OS
116 x 50 x 12.9 mm
78.4g
Green, Black, White

The Nokia 215 Dual-SIM has a price tag of Php1,850 and is now available in select Nokia stores.

source: Microsoft Lumia Philippines

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Purgatory on earth

We are reposting this article published on April 15, 2014 about the challenges being faced by the sugar industry in Negros Occidental.

CUARESMA or Holy Week is the time when Filipinos reflect on the agony of Jesus Christ. It is also the time when the mamumugon — the workers in the vast haciendas or plantations of Negros Occidental — slip into a suspended state between life and death, a seeming purgatory on earth.

This is Tiempo Muerto, the dead season in the Philippines’ sugar bowl, a period between the planting and harvesting of sugarcane. It lasts from April until August, and is a season that the sugar plantation workers dread more than the typhoons that enter the country also around this period.

Click on the photo to read the full story.

NENE ROBATON studies at night using an improvised kerosene lamp as her source of light. Nene lives with her family in a hacienda. She hopes to become a teacher someday | Photo by Julius D. Mariveles

NENE ROBATON studies at night using an improvised kerosene lamp as her source of light. Nene lives with her family in a hacienda. She hopes to become a teacher someday | Photo by Julius D. Mariveles

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Liberty to launch mobile internet service in PH in 2016

Liberty Telecoms Holdings Inc., a joint venture of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and Qatar Telecommunications (QTel) has announced that it will launch its own mobile internet service in the country in early 2016.

“We are in the process of introducing a mobile broadband service and we hope to provide each and everyone a very good service starting January next year,” said SMC President and Chief Operating Officer Ramon S. Ang, in a report by Inquirer.net.

This is good news for consumers as we will get more competing services in the mobile internet market dominated by Globe, Smart, and Sun, especially now that the Philippines was tagged as 3rd largest smartphone market in Southeast Asia.

Liberty Telecoms Holdings Inc. is a holding company of wi-tribe Telecoms, Inc. and Skyphone Logistics, Inc. It was founded on January 14, 1994 and is headquartered in Makati, Philippines.

source: Inquirer.net

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