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Popular Spanish fashion brand Sfera from the El Corte Ingles Group, Spain’s largest department store group, will debut its fall/winter collection on the runway of Philippine Fashion Week this October. MANILA, Philippines – For the first time and for one night only, popular Spanish brands Sfera, Suiteblanco and Uno de 50 debut their fall-winter collections on the Philippine Fashion Week runway on Oct. 24, 9 p.m. at the SMX Convention Center. All three brands have come to Manila in partnership with SM Retail, and their participation in Philippine Fashion Week will give Manila’s stylish set the rare opportunity to view their latest collection, which are also on the racks of their stores worldwide.“The arrival of Sfera, Suiteblanco and Uno de 50 in the Philippines is the signal of making Filipinos to ‘think Global and act Local,’” says Philippine Fashion Week executive producer/director Joey Espino. Having imported quality goods available to the market at very affordable price points will make Filipinos updated with the rest of the world.” Sfera, which is owned by The El Corte Ingles Group, Spain’s largest department store chain, recently opened its first store in Asia at SM Makati. In the Sfera fall/winter collection khaki pays tribute to spring with butterfly prints, Green is a throwback to the ’60s, Red portrays your inner strength with a combination of speckled black and a touch of red, bright Blues accentuate black and white. Gray features a more formal look using knitted fabrics, bulky wools, and tight skirts. Suiteblanco will Read More …

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©Sergey Nivens/shutterstock.com (Relaxnews) – October continues with a conference focused on the connections of tomorrow and on how the internet of things will be built. Gigaom Structure Connect 2014 October 21-22 San Francisco, California, USA Focusing on the framework, opportunities and challenges of connecting homes and businesses to the internet and how greater levels of connectivity and larger numbers of connected devices, from appliances to automobiles, are going to impact on consumer and business life. http://events.gigaom.com/structureconnect-2014/ Inside 3D Printing  October 21-23 Santa Clara, California, USA Now in its second year it is a conference and expo aimed at everyone from architects and artists to engineers and venture capitalists who could be left behind if they don’t get on board with the third industrial revolution that many believe 3D printing will usher in. http://www.inside3dprinting.com/santa-clara/?c=3dcawtp CES Unveiled PARIS 2014  October 22 Paris, France A press conference and expo promoting the upcoming International CES 2015 and showcasing the best of French tech talent. http://www.cesweb.org/Events-Awards/CES-Unveiled/CES-Unveiled-PARIS.aspx Twitter Flight October 22 San Francisco, California, USA The microblogging and social media platform is going to give annual conferences another try with the launch of Flight, an event aimed at developers that Twitter hopes will become an annual conference.  https://blog.twitter.com/2014/introducing-twitter-flight-our-first-mobile-developer-conference WSJ.D Where the Digital World Connects October 27-29 Laguna Beach, California, USA The first tech event by the publication since the closure of its All Things D blog, it promises to pull out all of the stops to make it one of the most important on the tech Read More …

Bangs Garcia (MNS Photo) What’s the real score between Bangs Garcia and Phil Younghusband? “We’re getting to know each other,” Bangs replied. Asked if she sees Younghusband as a potential boyfriend, Garcia said: “Oo naman.” In August, Garcia clarified that she and the football star are not a couple but admitted that they are “going out,” following months of speculation triggered by public sightings of the two together. She explained that they have known each other for over two years now, saying their respective ex-partners were in the same group of friends. (MNS)

Senator Bong Revilla, shown in photo on his way to be detained on plunder and graft charges, said his lawyer, Sal Panelo, only talked about the rats and roaches in his cell in jest. Revilla’s lawyer has said the senator’s family saw rats “as big as cats” inside the senator’s cell. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Thursday confirmed that he had closed several banks accounts at the time when the pork barrel fund scam was exposed by the media. “I’m not denying that. That is true,” Revilla said in a chance interview with reporters at the sidelines of the hearing of his petition for bail before the Sandiganbayan First Division. “Kung sa inyo man mangyari, marami nag-a-advise sa ‘yo, ‘Pag ‘di mo nilabas ang pera mo sa bangko ifri-freeze ‘yan.’ “Ilalabas mo rin, ‘di ba? That’s a normal reaction ng kahit na sinong tao… dahil pinaghirapan mo ‘yan ng legal, eh,” the detained senator said. Revilla, however, maintained that all the money in his bank accounts were acquired legally, especially from his income as an actor, pointing out that he entered show business at a very young age. “Basta ang masasabi ko lang, we can justify everything. Lahat ‘yan pinaghirapan namin. Bata palang ako artista na ako at mayaman na ako,” Revilla said. From his most recent television series alone, he earned as much as P40 million,” the senator claimed. “Siguro naman sa larangan ng pagkita, bilang Bong Revilla, isa rin naman ako sa Read More …