BGC Central Bark
BONIFACIO Global City (BGC), in partnership with Presidential Paws and PetMe, is opening BGC Central Bark, the newest off-leash dog park in Metro Manila. BGC Central Bark opened on Oct. 6. BGC and Taguig residents can enjoy free passes for a day in the park with their dogs. For more information and inquiries, visit the social media pages of BGC Central Bark on Facebook and on Instagram. Visit Bonifacio Global City’s Facebook page for the Central Bark FAQs.
Audience Choice films screening free
THE FIVE selected films for the Audience Choice Award at the Película-Spanish Film Festival will have a virtual screening on Oct. 10 at 6 p.m., through the festival’s platform www.pelikula.es. The film festival is ongoing until Oct. 10. The Audience Choice is an award given to the film that viewers have voted as the best of the festival, a tradition that began in 2004. Spectators of this year’s online festival can rate films after viewing them. The highest rated wins will be screened again on Oct. 10. The five selected films are: Fuera de Carta (Chef’s Special, 2008), about a chef who gets tangled in a love triangle with a maitre d’ and a handsome Argentinian soccer player; the Argentinian crime drama, El secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in their Eyes, 2009), which won the best foreign language film at the Academy Awards in 2009, tells the story of a judiciary employee and his boss as they investigate a rape and murder case; Tambien La Lluvia (Even the Rain, 2010), about a Mexican director and Spanish executive producer who travel to Bolivia and get tangled in the Cochamba Water War while shooting a film about Spanish conquest of the New World; Un Cuento Chino (2011) (Chinese Take-Away, 2011), is a comedy about a hardware shop owner and collector of strange stories, which he clips from newspapers, whose life turns upside down when a Chinese man comes to life from the backdoor of a taxi; Campeones (Champions, 2018), a dramedy about a basketball coach who, after a brawl, is forced to complete 90 days of social work, training a team of people with intellectual disabilities. Screening dates for Fuera de Carta are Oct. 8, 6 p.m. onwards, Oct. 9, whole day, and, Oct. 10, until 6 p.m.; for El secreto de Sus Ojos are Oct. 9, 4 p.m., Oct. 10, whole day, and Oct.11, until 4 p.m.; for Tambien La Lluvia are Oct. 9, 6 p.m., Oct.10, whole day, Oct. 11, until 6 p.m.; for Un Cuento Chino are Oct. 10, 4 p.m., Oct. 11, whole day, Oct. 12, until 4 p.m. Presented by the Instituto Cervantes de Manila and Sydney and the Spanish Embassies in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia, the Película Spanish Film Festival is streaming four short films and 16 contemporary Spanish and Latin American feature films. All films will be available for free streaming with English subtitles at www.pelikula.es within 48 hours from their scheduled release.
Bb. Pilipinas send-off today
AS A TRADITION of Binibining Pilipinas (BBP), there will be an official send-off BBP Intercontinental 2021 Cinderella Faye Obeñita and BBP Globe 2021 Maureen Montagne today, 3 p.m., via the official Binibining Pilipinas Facebook page and YouTube channel. Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc., the reigning Binibining Pilipinas queens, as well as family and friends of Ms. Obeñita and Ms. Montagne in giving them warm wishes as they embark on their quest to bring home their respective international crowns.
Giveaways at Shopee’s 10.10 Brands Festival
AT SHOPEE’S 10.10 Brands Festival, there will be deals and discounts from trusted brands, plus free shipping with no minimum spend, ₱1,000 off brand vouchers, and Big Brand Giveaways amounting to ₱430,000 worth of prizes. Leading up to Oct. 10, there will be daily free vouchers, bundles, newly launched items, and even a lifetime supply of products from electronics, personal care, health, fashion, and home brands. To win the prizes and more, just follow the featured brands of the day. Over 80 winners will be drawn randomly. Set reminders for the giveaway schedule and check out the prizes here: https://shopee.ph/m/big-brand-giveaways. Aside from brand giveaways, shoppers can also win ₱100 worth of free money in the form of ShopeePay credits at the 10.10 Brands Festival. For more exclusive perks at the 10.10 Brands Festival, go cashless with ShopeePay when buying load, paying bills, and scanning to pay at thousands of merchants nationwide. Get up to 50% discount on load from Globe, Smart, TM, and TNT. Pay bills and get up to 50% cashback from Meralco, Maynilad, Globe, Smart, and a growing list of partner billers. Lastly, enjoy ShopeePay ₱1 Deals from Puregold, Potato Corner, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Moonleaf, Seaoil, and other partner merchants. For more deals visit https://shopee.ph/m/10-10.