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41 Events maltatoday, Sunday, 12 January 2014 DealToday.com.mt receives award The online deal site DealToday.com. mt provides large discounts on dining, wellness, fitness, adventures, travel and other products with great success. Thousands of Maltese receive daily notifications on deals with up to 75% discount from DealToday. com.mt. And it is not only the consumers who like Deal Today's online services. DealToday.com.mt is the winner of MCA's eBusiness award for the best eCommerce solution in 2013. Deal Today's site excels for its user friendly and intuitive design, good customer service, security features and great functionality. The recognition from MCA – Malta Communications Authority – brings enthusiasm in Deal Today's office in St Julian's. We are really happy and proud to receive this award from MCA. It confirms we are on the right path with Dealtoday.com.mt and we are pleased that all our hard work and our solid strategy pays off, says Michael Steen Pedersen, partner at Good Morning Malta, the company behind Deal Today. DealToday.com.mt launched in May 2012. Since then the site has expanded with two new deal categories: Travel Today and Product Today where customers sign up for daily notifications through Deal Todays website or Facebook page. And there is more to come. The innovative entrepreneurs from Good Morning Malta are at the moment working on a completely new concept in Malta. In the early spring they will launch their new online service where Maltese can order food for delivery or takeaway from all the best eateries in Malta. "We are really excited about how the Maltese will receive our new concept. Our intention is to make takeaway in Malta a lot easier by providing it from one single platform. We call it Eat Today," partner Michael Steen Pedersen said with a smile. Log on to DealToday.com.mt for more information The online deal site DealToday. com.mt provides large discounts on dining, wellness, fitness, adventures, travel and other products with great success. Thousands of Maltese receive daily notifications on deals with up to 75% discount from DealToday. com.mt. And it is not only the consumers who like Deal Today's online services. DealToday.com.mt is the winner of MCA's eBusiness award for the best eCommerce solution in 2013. Deal Today's site excels for its user friendly and intuitive design, good customer service, security features and great functionality. Michael Steen Pedersen (left) The recognition from MCA – Malta Communications Authority – brings enthusiasm in Deal Today's office in St Julian's. We are really happy and proud to receive this award from MCA. It confirms we are on the right path with Dealtoday.com.mt and we are pleased that all our hard work and our solid strategy pays off, says Michael Steen Pedersen, partner at Good Morning Malta, the company behind Deal Today. DealToday.com.mt launched in May 2012. Since then the site has expanded with two new deal categories: Travel Today and Product Today where customers sign up for daily notifications through Deal Todays website or Facebook page. And there is more to come. The innovative entrepreneurs from Good Morning Malta are at the moment working on a completely new concept in Malta. In the early spring they will launch their new online service where Maltese can order food for delivery or takeaway from all the best eateries in Malta. – We are really excited about how the Maltese will receive our new concept. Our intention is to make takeaway in Malta a lot easier by providing it from one single platform. We call it Eat Today, says partner Michael Steen Pedersen with a smile. Log on to dealyoday.com.mt for more information General Soft Drinks donates €28,000 to L-Istrina 2013 campaign Alcatel Onetouch POP C5 now available from GO During L-Istrina event The General Soft Drinks Co Ltd presented to President of Malta George Abela the sum of €28,000, that was collected during a month-long fundraising campaign: 'You can also be Santa!' The General Soft Drinks Co Ltd, who are the authorised bottlers of The Coca-Cola Company in Malta, designed a special limited edition 0.5ltr bottle with a Coca-Cola Christmas Label featuring the L-Istrina logo, Santa, as well as providing the opportunity to personalise the label. Employees of The General Soft The Alcatel Onetouch POP C5 is now available from GO. Priced at €119, the device is also available for free to GO customers who are subscribed to the Limitless Flex plan. The Alcatel Onetouch POP C5 boasts a 4.5 inch Full Wide Video Graphics Array (FWVGA) display screen which enhances the user's mobile web, movie watching and game playing experience. With a dual core processor, a 5 mega pixel camera and 21 mbps internet speed, the device comes with a range of popular applications already installed. A number of easy to use tools also enable users to customise their photos before publishing to social media. Simple navigation also forms part of the new user experience with users simply having to swipe to the left to access widgets or to the right to access applications. Rupert Perry, Assistant Manager – Device Support at GO, said, "The Alcatel Onetouch POP C5 is a trendy phone which delivers a great user experience. It's also available for free to GO customers who are on a Limitless Flex plan through which one can make limitless calls to all GO mobile numbers for just €20 per month. Additional benefits include 300MB mobile internet and €10 credit which can be carried forward from one month to the next." The Alcatel Onetouch POP C5 Drinks Co Ltd teamed up together with L-Istrina volunteers and toured a number of towns in Malta and Gozo. They were accompanied by the Coca-Cola Happiness Truck which magically transforms into a typical family dining room decorated with a Christmas theme. The public were invited to visit the Happiness truck where they had the opportunity to donate €2 in aid of L-Istrina and acquire their own personalised 0.5 litre Coca-Cola bottle. The donation was presented by Maria Micallef, General Manager of The General Soft Drinks Co Ltd and a number of employees who volunteered to help out during the campaign. Micallef commented, "I would like to thank the general public who contributed through their donations to the success of this fundraising campaign. It was a very challenging campaign, yet I believe that thanks to our employees' support, who volunteered their free time to raise money from their neighbours, family and friends in aid of L-Istrina, we have truly captured the significance of Christmas: the spirit of giving." runs on the Android operating system, version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with a Dual-core 1.3GHz processor. It has an internal memory of 4GB, of which 1.89GB is available to the user, 512MB RAM and a microSD card slot which takes cards with a memory of up to 32GB. The display is a TFT capacitive touch screen with 16 million colours. Further details on the Alcatel Onetouch POP C5 and GO's Limitless Flex plan are available from all GO retail outlets and exclusive resellers, by calling Freephone 80072121 or visiting www.go.com.mt HSBC Malta's BOW supports breast cancer awareness An inspirational talk was organised by HSBC Malta's Banking on Women (BOW) and Europa Donna Malta to promote awareness among BOW members. During the event a donation collected by BOW members was presented to the Breast Cancer Awareness Group. Europa Donna Malta President Gertrude Abela discussed many common myths and genuine fears associated with breast cancer and emphasised the importance of regular self-examination and breastscreening in order to detect possible issues early on. "Early detection is the best defence against breast cancer, and, with one in eight women estimated to experience it during their lifetime, one cannot stress the importance of early detection enough," she said. "BOW has been very supportive both in terms of donations as well as through the organisation of events such as this to promote much needed awareness." BOW President Rita SammutBuontempo presented the donation while offering heartfelt thanks to Europa Donna representatives. "Europa Donna are educating and supporting people across Malta and Gozo. The compassion and encouragement they provide to families in Malta is making a world of a differ- ence, and the increased awareness helps relieve so much psychological suffering as well as effectively improving the prognosis of cancers by promoting early detection and better medical treatment." The session included a talk with moving personal insights by Rowena Enriquez, a member of the Europa Donna Young Survivors Section, addressing the realities faced by many individuals whose lives are affected by cancer. BOW is a voluntary female association within HSBC Bank Malta which actively supports women in realising their career ambitions within the bank as well as other life goals. From left to right: BOW President Rita SammutBuontempo offering the Association's donation to Europa Donna Malta's Gertrude Abela and Rowena Enriquez