by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 19, 2017 | Health and Wellness
It’s the season of gift giving, and one of the most grueling parts of the holidays has finally come upon us – choosing just what to buy for our loved ones! While the amount we spend on someone shouldn’t reflect how we feel about them, it’s still important to be able to budget our spending on gifts.
Along these lines, we’ve prepared some great gift ideas for your loved ones that we’ve laid out into two popular budget ranges. Check them out and get ready for Christmas!
Under Php2500
Good earphones
The gift of high-quality music is precious. So do a little research and find a pair of great earphones that’s within budget for your music-loving friends.
Fountain pen
Once you’ve tried a fountain pen, you’ll never want to go back. Fountain pens are characterized by an incredible smoothness in the way they write, and will last forever if you take care of them.
You can get a really great fountain pen for Php1000-1500 – throw in a bottle of ink for about Php300-500 and you’re still under the budget!
If you buy it at Lazada you can get it for even less than P1,000. 🙂
Prepaid healthcare – Php2199/1599
They say that gifts are a way of showing someone that you care about them. You can translate that thoughtfulness into literal care with the MyMaxicare LITE prepaid healthcard!
For a one-time payment of Php2199, the recipient of this gift can get up to Php25,000 coverage for any of 8 common diseases – dengue, chikungunya, malaria, typhoid and paratyphoid, cholera, gastroenteritis, leptospirosis, and pneumonia – valid for 1 year, and for patients between ages 2 and 60 years old.
Cardholders are covered for room and board, lab tests, professional fees and more, and even get additional discounts at select health services. You can also opt for a Php1599 card that has all of these benefits, though excluding access to major hospitals.
Under Php1000
Power bank
A good power bank with a thin and light profile but a big capacity like 5000 or 10000mAh will help your loved ones stay in touch with you – or at least allow them to play a few more rounds of Candy Crush.
Dashcam
These little dashboard-mounted cameras are soon going to be an essential part of driving around the slow and furious streets of the Philippines. They’re an amazing gift for anyone who drives regularly.
Prepaid healthcare – Php549/749
Even at this lower price range, you can find great prepaid healthcare options. Maxicare’s EReady prepaid health card provides up to Php15,000 coverage on emergency medical conditions, inclusive of ER fees, dressings, casts, and sutures, IV fluids and blood products, and more.
It’s valid for up to 1 year from the activation date, and cardholders are eligible if they are between the ages of 15 days old and 65 years old. EReady can be purchased for a one-time payment of Php749 for access to major hospitals, and Php549 without this access.
Prepaid healthcare services
With Maxicare’s EReady and MyMaxicare LITE prepaid cards, the HMO opens up new, more flexible opportunities for Filipinos who can’t afford the monthly dues for a more traditional healthcare plan.
These innovative programs ensure that a greater number of people are able to access healthcare, leaving no one behind when it comes to what matters most.
To buy Maxicare prepaid healthcards, just log on to www.maxicareprepaidhealthcare.com.ph. EReady and MyMaxicare Lite are also available in all Robinsons Department Stores (Business Center) nationwide and via IRemit.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 18, 2017 | Lifestyle
Make the holidays sweeter with a delicious Christmas ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins, the world’s most loved ice cream brand.
Choose from a variety of cute Christmas cake designs: a freezing snowman, a delightful ice cream cake shaped like a hot cocoa mug, a pretty ice cream cake present or a design of your choice.
Available in different shapes and sizes, you can also customize your Christmas ice cream cake with your favorite ice cream flavor and add a personalized message. Celebrate a wonderful Christmas with Baskin-Robbins ice cream cakes available in branches near you.
For more information, visit Baskin-Robbins website at www.baskinrobbins.ph or check out their Facebook (facebook.com/baskinrobbinsph), Twitter and Instagram (baskinrobbinsph) accounts.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 16, 2017 | Business
After more than two decades of experience in various leadership positions, JobStreet Philippines Country Manager Philip Gioca was named one of the recipients of the 2017 CEO Excel Awards.
JobStreet Philippines Country Manager Philip Gioca (center) receives his award from IABC Philippines Vice President and Chairman of the CEO Excel Awards 2017 Belle Tiongco (left) and IABC Philippines Chairman Kane Errol Choa (right).
Under his tutelage, JobStreet Philippines has furthered its leadership position in the industry, presenting an average of 60,000 jobs posted monthly by as many as 24,000 employers across key industries and business sizes.
To date, 7.6 million candidates have registered to the online portal. He has also overseen the rollout of several innovations such as richer job ads with the inclusion of vital information such as salary data, Talent Search, Company Reviews, and the LiNA bot.
With his zeal for innovation and progress, Gioca has overseen the digitization of various traditional offline channels for job search and enablement. Government jobs, a growing labor market segment, has been added to JobStreet Philippines’ already vast number of job listings.
Nearly 100 government agencies have posted as much as 3,500 jobs since July 2017, which are all housed on a one-stop microsite, making the process of applying to government jobs more transparent and accessible. He has also championed Overseas Filipino Workers by making the Pre-Employment Orientation Seminar (PEOS) online in cooperation with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, which is now mandatory to all intending to explore job opportunities abroad.
In the spirit of nation-building, he establishes collaboration with government, NGOs as well as private institutions to increase the reach and access to available job opportunities in the country and help address job skills mismatch. Under his leadership, JobStreet recently partnered with the Office of the Vice President to further grassroots jobs generation and matching by supporting the Angat Buhay Program.
JobStreet also partnered with Edukasyon.ph, a social enterprise that helps high school students make better-informed career choices from education to employment.
The wealth of the company’s proprietary digital data has also been turned into empowering labor market insights. Philip has been a thought leader, acting as JobStreet’s spokesperson for job market insights and trends.
He has presented JobStreet’s Job Happiness Report, Top Companies Report, Fresh Graduate Report, Job Outlook and Trends Report, and Bonuses Report in various industry, media, and campus events.
Through his truly exemplary leadership and his desire for nation-building, Gioca continues to transform JobStreet into a leader in the Philippine online job marketplace, and in the job market as a whole.
The IABC CEO Excel Awards recognize the leaders of organizations who make use of exemplary communication as part of their overall business strategy for achieving goals, building relationships, addressing problems, and maintaining the reputation of their companies.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 15, 2017 | Technology
LG Mobile Philippines’ (LG) premium flagship phone, the V30+, is finally hitting the stores this month at SRP Php46,990, and it’s available for pre-order starting December 15 until 21. And, as a special gift this holiday season, the first 128 customers will get a LG 24” HD LED TV for free.
To avail of this exciting promo, all you have to do is visit any participating store, place your pre-order, and pay P3,000 for down payment. Every purchase entitles you to one (1) LG 24” HD LED TV.
The smartphone can be claimed at the same store starting December 22. Make sure to present the official receipt of down payment amount and two (2) valid IDs matching the OR. If you are among the lucky first 128 customers, your free LG 24” HD LED TV will be delivered directly to your home address.
Participating stores include:
- LG Concept Stores in SM Megamall, SM North Edsa, SM Mall of Asia, Greenhills, SM Pampanga, Glorietta, Alabang Town Center, Sta. Rosa, and Marquee Mall;
- Memoxpress in SM North Edsa, SM Marikina, SM Megamall, SM Cubao, SM Pampanga, Robinsons Ermita, SM Mall of Asia, and Festival Mall; Abenson stores in Glorietta 1 and Market Market;
- Electroworld in Trinoma; Digital Walker in SM Mall of Asia;
- Introgadgets in Trinoma and Robinsons Midtown;
- Silicon Valley in SM Megamall; and
- Ephone in Market Market.
In Visayas and Mindanao, the promo is valid in the following stores:
- LG Concept Stores in SM Lanang, Gaisano Mall, SM Cebu City, Ayala Centrio, SM Seaside Cebu, BQ Mall, and SM Palawan; and
- RC Goldline in SM Cebu City.
Phone specifications:
For more information about LG mobile phones, please visit www.lg.com/ph/mobile-phones.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 14, 2017 | Business
CityMall is the latest mall operator to partner with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for their Go Lokal! Program, with the inauguration of its Go Lokal! outlet at CityMall-Anabu in Imus, Cavite, marking as well the opening of Go Lokal! in CityMalls around the country including as far as Boracay in Visayas and Cotabato in Mindanao.
Banking on CityMall’s growing network throughout the country, in prime areas across the provinces, CityMall Go Lokal! showcase items that are products of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) to help them access the mainstream market.
Quality and innovative artisanal Philippine products, crafted, designed, and produced by the country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises are now available at Go Lokal! in CityMalls nationwide.
Go Lokal! is a retail concept store that showcases quality and innovative artisanal Philippine products, crafted, designed, and produced by the country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from indigenous materials. These products received extensive product development assistance from the Product Specialists of the Design Center of the Philippines, a unit of the DTI. CityMall is owned by publicly listed real estate firm DoubleDragon Properties, the property arm of Mang Inasal founder Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Jollibee Foods Corp.
(L-R) Edgar “Injap” Sia, DoubleDragon chairman; Ramon Lopez, DTI secretary; and Ferdinand Sia, DoubleDragon president at Go Lokal! launch in CityMall-Anabu and CityMalls nationwide
“We are pleased to be working with the DTI on Go Lokal!,” says Sia, DoubleDragon Properties chairman. “With CityMalls across the country serving as the platform for helping micro entrepreneurs from the region, we are confident that through this project, these micro entrepreneurs can eventually grow and expand their businesses not just locally but globally as well.”
CityMall looks towards opening 100 CityMalls by 2020 in provincial Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
It’s the season of gift giving, and one of the most grueling parts of the holidays has finally come upon us – choosing just what to buy for our loved ones! While the amount we spend on someone shouldn’t reflect how we feel about them, it’s still important to be able to budget our spending on gifts.
Even at this lower price range, you can find great prepaid healthcare options. Maxicare’s EReady prepaid health card provides up to Php15,000 coverage on emergency medical conditions, inclusive of ER fees, dressings, casts, and sutures, IV fluids and blood products, and more.
With Maxicare’s EReady and MyMaxicare LITE prepaid cards, the HMO opens up new, more flexible opportunities for Filipinos who can’t afford the monthly dues for a more traditional healthcare plan.
Make the holidays sweeter with a delicious Christmas ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins, the world’s most loved ice cream brand.
LG Mobile Philippines’ (LG) premium flagship phone, the V30+, is finally hitting the stores this month at SRP Php46,990, and it’s available for pre-order starting December 15 until 21. And, as a special gift this holiday season, the first 128 customers will get a LG 24” HD LED TV for free.
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