by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jan 8, 2022 | Food & Beverage
Meal preparation may seemingly be a daunting task year on year but have no fear. There’s always room for new food discoveries and hacks. Foodies and homemakers alike are always on the lookout for something different yet easy to prepare and definitely, palate and tummy pleasers. A great break from having delivered meals! Make part of your New Year’s resolution to try out these new, life-easing products in the market by San Miguel Foods.
Go Veega
For vegans, try familiar comforts such as Veega’s meat-free Tapa and Tocino, which are fully cooked and completely free of animal meat and by-products. For flexitarians, there are Korean-inspired faves such as Meat-free and ready-to-eat Bulgogi and Spicy Soy Garlic Balls. You’ll never miss out on flavor with these meat-free wonders.
Breakfast thy will be done.
Purefoods Deli Breakfast and Purefoods Beef Bacon
Rethink about skipping breakfast with perfect breakfast mates: Purefoods Deli Breakfast Sausage and Purefoods Beef Bacon. They are so good, you’ll truly want more. And beyond breakfast, these delicious products can also be served in a lot of ways.
Create “chicken’’ na chicken meals.
Make meal preparation a breeze in 2022 with freshly marinated and ready-to-cook Chicken Timplados. Prepping meals can be done in minutes with any of these easy chicken sarap variants: Magnolia Ready-to-Cook Fried Chicken, BBQ, Tocino, Teriyaki, Spicy Fried Chicken, Oriental Wings, Spicy Wings, Inasal and Roasters (marinated whole chicken) in Lemon Herb and Smoked Pepper. The menu will never be boring with the selection of variants cooked as is or leveled up with some twists.
Develop a Pasta-stic Habit.
Purefoods Spaghetti Sauce
Have pasta anytime with Purefoods Spaghetti Sauce. Just reheat and toss in cooked noodles or level up with the addition of some ingredients. Either way, you’ll get consistent, satisfying pasta sauce each time.
Make meal preparation and dining with the family an enjoyable food adventure, even allowing enough “me time” in-between with these new discoveries.
Also, check out www.homefoodie.com for recipe ideas with these products!
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 14, 2021 | Governance
Hon. Atty Cheryl P. Deloso-Montalla
Rep. Cheryl P. Deloso-Montalla, Chairman of the House Committee on Revision of Laws, hails the ratification today by the House of Representatives of the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2332 and House Bill No. 7836 on increasing the age in determining statutory rape.
“In the report, we determined that the age of statutory rape be set to under 16 years of age in view of the global standard on statutory rape age,” Rep. Deloso-Montalla explained. “We also aligned with this bill the age of consent in other crimes under the criminal code and other anti-child abuse and exploitation laws like the R.A. No. 7610,” she added.
The Sweetheart Clause
The Representative of the 2nd District of Zambales also said that the Committee “… also provided a “close-in relationship” or “sweetheart clause” to recognize the legitimate relationship between 2 teenagers… that is in consonance with the age of criminal liability under RA 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act and the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act or RA No. 9344, as amended by RA No. 10630. Most importantly, rape and other acts of sexual exploitation, under this bill, is now applicable to a man, woman, or child.”
Rape Cases in the Philippines
“The enactment of this bill is long overdue as the data scream loudly and clearly speak that the crime of rape remains rampant in the country. What we know are the reported cases but the true statistics may be higher considering that there are a lot of unreported and unaccounted cases of rape and other forms of sexual abuse and exploitation that are happening,” Rep. Deloso-Montalla further said.
“Now that we have ratified the Bi-Cam report on the anti-stat rape bill, it is now a step closer to becoming a law! We will always endure ascertaining that our children are given optimum protection under our laws and within the bounds of the democratic society that we have,” she averred.
Initially, 9 bills were referred to the Committee on Revision of Laws relating to the amendments to Anti-Rape Law with specific provisions on increasing the age of consent on statutory rape. There were similar bills that were referred to the Committee on Welfare of Children Chaired by Rep. Yedda K. Romualdez. The 2 committees jointly heard and deliberated exhaustively on the proposed measures and came up with a substitute bill – HB 7836 or An Act Providing for Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Including Increasing the Age for Determining the Commission of Statutory Rape.
The bill was approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on December 1, 2020.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 14, 2021 | Discounts, Sales, and Giveaways
Everyone surely longs for the warmth that the holiday season brings, especially in a country known to celebrate Christmas as a tight-knit community. Holiday shopping at bazaars and fairs, Christmas carols around the neighborhood, homecoming reunions, pamamasko, and gift-giving may have been reduced to a dose of nostalgia for the past year but this time, GCash shows us that we are headed for brighter days!
This Christmas, GCash, the leading e-wallet platform in the Philippines, is bringing to life these well-loved Filipino Christmas traditions and giving us more reasons to celebrate and be merry. GCash, the undisputed #1 financial app in the country with over 40 million users to date, is inviting everyone to Merry GCash, its biggest and brightest Christmas celebration, with guaranteed daily rewards and a chance to be the first GCash millionaire, digitizing your favorite Filipino Christmas traditions.
Showing that Life Is G during the most awaited season of the year, GCash enables users to share these well-missed holiday experiences with their loved ones, wherever they may be, and delight them with exciting rewards and deals over the holiday season.
Mag-Enjoy sa Christmas GLife Tiangge
GCash invites users to experience a more rewarding thrill of fulfilling wish lists and Christmas shopping. No more going through the dreaded Christmas rush, as GLife merchants will offer exclusive discounts and promos open for all users to enjoy!
Simply click on GLife on the GCash app, select the MerryG category, and shop from featured brands and MSMEs.
Globe at Home
- Buy Globe at Home Prepaid WiFi LTE advanced modem and get a free TP-link extender
- Buy Globe at Home Prepaid WiFi LTE Black Pink themed modem and get a free TP-link extender
- Get 50% off when you purchase a TP-link extender
Auntie Anne’s
Save as much as P115 when you get the Holiday Bundle, which includes a box of pretzels and 1 liter of lemonade for only P550
Food & Drink
Cafe Calypso, CiderBears, Dream Coffee, Mayani, Taste and Tell MNL
Health & Wellness
EYEPRO, VPharma, Other Options Lifestyle
Home
Shibui, Hamlet Kids Room, Magnificent Marketing, Orion
Retail & Fashion
Aug3 Clothing, Baby Cuddle PH, Bibs Manila, FanLife, Milkwear, Skinni
Mamasko When You Send Love, Send Pamasko
The tradition of aguinaldo will continue to live on even if we can’t physically visit our ninongs, ninangs, or inaanaks. With Send Love, Send Pamasko, GCash gives us a convenient and safe way to send love to our loved ones and share blessings with partner charities. Even OFWs who can’t make it home can send their pamasko from anywhere across the globe to anywhere in the country with GCash.
It only takes a few taps to make a difference and make Christmas more meaningful. With Send Pamasko, users can donate in GLife for participating charity partners. Sharing the spirit of goodwill, GCash is partnering with ABS-CBN Foundation, GMA Kapuso Foundation, Save the Children, OFW Family Club, UNICEF, and WWF. To send love to these causes close to your heart, select GLife on the GCash app and click on GCash For Good.
If you are thinking of adding a special Christmas touch to your pamasko for your family and friends, Send Pamasko and Send with a Clip features allow you to use special themes created by partner charities and the GCash Barkada. Simply fill in their GCash number and total amount, add a thoughtful message, select from holiday themes and confirm the transaction to show them how much they mean to you.
Magsaya With A Chance to Win 50 Million Worth of Prizes
Brighten up your holidays with more chances of winning just by using your GCash app. Catch up and connect with your loved ones this holiday season with the Lucky Load promo. For every PHP 50 worth of transactions through Buy Load on your GCash app, you get a Lucky Load ticket. With each ticket, you get to pick 6 out of 30 icons, and when you match at least 3 icons, you get a share of the pot prize of up to PHP 100,000.
GCash brings you traditional Christmas parols that are not only delightful to watch but also rewarding to light up. With Shake it Up, Light it Up, users can collect as many parols as they can through the GCash app and light them up for daily discounts and prizes!
For a minimum spend of Php 100 using GCash, users earn one unlit parol per feature per day, which will appear the next day on their Merry GCash page on the app.
Users can also ramp up their entries when they transact using GCash Padala, GSave, GInvest, GInsure, GLife, and GCredit — serving as multipliers to instantly receive two unlit parols with just one transaction. Simply shake these parols to light them up and reveal their prizes. The first parol will give the user a guaranteed merchant voucher while the other parol entitles the user an entry for a chance to be one of 5,000 winners of the Merry GCash raffle.
Aside from giving away different packages, GCash will give away a Sari-Sari Store Showcase to 3 GCash users. During the Grand Draw on Dec. 21, one lucky winner will be the first GCash millionaire.
While waiting for the raffle draw, GCash users who participate in the Shake it Up, Light it Up will get daily discounts and prizes from partner merchants.
A+ Rewards x Foodpanda
- 60PHP off with a min spend of 300PHP when you order from Jollibee via Foodpanda
- FREE DELIVERY with a min spend of 200PHP when you order from Foodpanda
- 40PHP off with a min spend of 200PHP when you order from Foodpanda
A+ Rewards x SHEIN
- 15% off when you purchase from SHEIN (no min spend)
A+ Rewards x TeraBox
- 2-week free trial with TeraBox
A+ Rewards
- 10PHP off with a min spend of 50PHP when you spend on Alipay+ Store
A+ Rewards x Mobile Legends: Bang Bang In-Game Voucher
- 30PHP off with a min spend of 200PHP when you make an in-game purchase on Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Available for both Google Play Store & App Store)
A+ Rewards x Steam
- 10PHP off with a min spend of 50PHP when you purchase from Steam
DITO
- P20 load voucher to buy DITO Regular Load or High-Speed Data Promo, Min. Spend P199
While the ways we celebrate Christmas have changed over the years, especially during the pandemic, we all know that the greatest gift we can give is connecting and sharing joy with our family, friends, loved ones, and our kababayan in need of love. This Christmas, GCash is one with Filipinos in keeping the Christmas spirit alive with all the holiday surprises and promos it has to offer. All set to have a #MerryGCash? Click https://go.gcash.com/merrygcash and experience the many reasons why #GPaRinAngPasko with GCash!
About GCash
GCash (G-Xchange, Inc.) is the #1 Financial App in the Philippines. Through the GCash App, customers can easily purchase prepaid airtime; pay bills at over 600 partner billers nationwide; send and receive money anywhere in the Philippines, even to other bank accounts; purchase from over 2.5M partner merchants and social sellers; and get access to savings, credit, insurance and invest money all at the convenience of their smartphones. GCash is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mynt (Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc.) since 2015.
GCash was recognized by The Asian Banker (TAB) in 2021 for its outstanding digital financial inclusion programs impacting more than 46 million Filipinos in the country today.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 14, 2021 | Discounts, Sales, and Giveaways
As we get closer to the Christmas season, Lumina Homes bring the spirit of the festive season alive by offering discount vouchers at ShopeePay Piso Deals from December 6 to 12, 2021!
Buyers can avail themselves of a 100 peso discount voucher for only 1 peso with no minimum spend. Said discount vouchers are payment vouchers that are purchased in advance on the Shopee app under the “Deals Near Me” or “Flash Deals” section. This can be used for in-store transactions like reservations, monthly down payments, and in-house monthly amortization using ShopeePay’s QR.
How to get your own discount vouchers?
Using your Shopee app, follow these easy steps to get your own discount voucher:
- Tap the “Deals Under Me” section.
- Click “See All” and look for Lumina Homes’ “Discount Voucher.”
- Read the voucher product details and click “Buy Now.”
- Using ShopeePay, click “Pay Now” to get your voucher.
- You can now use or view your Discount Vouchers in the “My Vouchers” wallet.
How to redeem your discount vouchers?
Follow these simple steps to apply your discount vouchers for your Lumina Homes transactions:
- Look for the general scanner from the homepage of Shopee’s app.
- Scan the ShopeePay QR in the Lumina office.
- Enter the total amount to be paid in the transaction.
- In the voucher section, choose the “Lumina Homes: Discount Voucher” then click “Use” to apply the discount.
- The payment details will show the voucher’s instructions and rewards earned.
- Click “Pay Now.”
Redeem in any Lumina Homes office, in over 50 key locations nationwide like Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pangasinan, La Union, Cagayan, Isabela, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Albay, Sorsogon, Iloilo, Capiz, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Agusan del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and South Cotabato.
Aside from offering discount vouchers, Lumina partnered with Shopee by giving away three brand new Lumina houses and lots last Shopee 9.9 and was recently awarded as Shopee’s ‘Prize Partner of the Year’ during their thanksgiving event last November 26.
For more info on Lumina Homes, contact (0917) 629 6523. Visit www.lumina.com.ph or like and follow @luminahomesofficial on Facebook.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Dec 11, 2021 | Events
It was a decade ago when the Filipino Bloggers Network (FBN), one of the most active Philippine-based community of bloggers and influencers in the country, held its first-ever Thanksgiving Party in a hotel in Quezon City.
This coming December 12, FBN will hold its 10th Annual Thanksgiving Party virtually to reacquaint with fellow members around the country and reminisce 120 months of challenges and cheers, 3,650 days of networking, countless stories, and priceless memories.
Although the gathering will still be online just like last year, FBN members anticipate the annual get-together as an opportunity to make new friends and catch up with old pals they have not seen for a while, not to mention the chance of winning some exciting prizes from the games and raffle draws. Representatives of different PR groups and brands will also grace the event to personally thank members of the online community who have supported them in the past years.
FBN currently has around 2,000 members across the country and abroad and continues to expand as it provides a venue for Filipino bloggers to interact with other members, even those based overseas. Moderating the discussions and posting opportunities from several brands are co-admins Divine Reyes and Richard Mamuyac and Lariza Garcia.
This year’s celebration is supported by the following generous sponsors:
Brands
Partners
Blog Sponsors
Special thanks to the support of the following public servants:
- Eric Yap, ACT-CIS partylist
- Joey Salceda, 2nd District of Albay
- Edgar Mary Sarmiento, 1st District of Samar
- Mike Defensor, Anakalusugan partylist
- General Guillermo Eleazar
- Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte
- Deputy Commissioner Randy Escolango, Insurance Commission
With the overflowing support and opportunities that FBN received this year from different companies and even from fellow members this year, the group sees bigger, better, and double opportunities and events in 2022!
Follow Filipino Bloggers Network on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/FilipinoBloggersNetwork
Make meal preparation a breeze in 2022 with freshly marinated and ready-to-cook Chicken Timplados. Prepping meals can be done in minutes with any of these easy chicken sarap variants: Magnolia Ready-to-Cook Fried Chicken, BBQ, Tocino, Teriyaki, Spicy Fried Chicken, Oriental Wings, Spicy Wings, Inasal and Roasters (marinated whole chicken) in Lemon Herb and Smoked Pepper. The menu will never be boring with the selection of variants cooked as is or leveled up with some twists.
The Representative of the 2nd District of Zambales also said that the Committee “… also provided a “close-in relationship” or “sweetheart clause” to recognize the legitimate relationship between 2 teenagers… that is in consonance with the age of criminal liability under 
Brighten up your holidays with more chances of winning just by using your GCash app. Catch up and connect with your loved ones this holiday season with the Lucky Load promo. For every PHP 50 worth of transactions through Buy Load on your GCash app, you get a Lucky Load ticket. With each ticket, you get to pick 6 out of 30 icons, and when you match at least 3 icons, you get a share of the pot prize of up to PHP 100,000.
GCash (G-Xchange, Inc.) is the #1 Financial App in the Philippines. Through the GCash App, customers can easily purchase prepaid airtime; pay bills at over 600 partner billers nationwide; send and receive money anywhere in the Philippines, even to other bank accounts; purchase from over 2.5M partner merchants and social sellers; and get access to savings, credit, insurance and invest money all at the convenience of their smartphones. GCash is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mynt (Globe Fintech Innovations, Inc.) since 2015.
Aside from offering discount vouchers, Lumina partnered with Shopee by giving away three brand new 
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