ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

With more and more of us turning to biking as a mode of transportation during the Community Quarantine, SM Supermalls has created bike parking facilities across its malls.  These organized and secure parking zones designated solely for bicycles and SM hopes to make the riding experience safe and convenient for the growing number of bike commuters, especially in communities where SM malls are located. And the good news is that these spaces are currently free of charge. At SM City Iloilo, bike parking is conveniently located at the entrance of SM Southpoint facing the Diversion Road, where the city bike lane is located.  Another space is located at the perimeter area of the mall near the motorcycle bay. These facilities are up for further improvement to provide more bike-friendly convenience to the users. To further promote Iloilo as Bike-Friendly City, across the mall is a mural which highlights the bicycle as means of transportation to help ease th...

Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. (GERI), Megaworld’s subsidiary brand for integrated lifestyle and tourism estates, is turning over P3-billion worth of residential and commercial projects this year, as the company stands to its commitment of timely delivery of projects to customers. These project turnovers include residential units and commercial lots at Boracay Newcoast in Aklan, Twin Lakes in Laurel, Batangas, and Sta. Barbara Heights in Iloilo. “We uphold our commitment to our customers for the timely completion and turnover of projects even if we are in the middle of a pandemic,” says Monica T. Salomon, president, GERI. The company also assured that development works in its various ongoing projects across the country will continue and will remain unhampered by the ongoing health crisis affecting the country. However, GERI is cutting its capital spending by 38% this year, from P6.5-billion to P4-billion, as the lockdowns, regional quarantine measures, an...

As one of the leading toy stores in the Philippines and the largest toy store chain in the Asia- Pacific region, Toy Kingdom continues to deliver its mission of providing amazing childhood for kids and creating lasting memories for families even during these trying times. And during this time of pandemic, kids and kids at heart can now enjoy an amazing shopping experience with Toy Kingdom’s recent launching of its very own shopping website- www. toykingdom.com.ph.  Through its official e-commerce website, Toy Kingdom customers can now conveniently shop online and choose from a wide variety of toy assortment for babies, kids, tweens and big kids at heart. There are creative play sets, cuddly plush toys, dolls, action figures, innovative arts and crafts sets; as well as indoor and outdoor toys from various brands. Toy Kingdom offers various payment options such as credit/debit card, over-the-counter payments, online bills payment, BPI Onlin...

The little ones grow up so fast, and as they outgrow clothes as they stay home, Moms can relax as you can now have these delivered to your home with the SM Store’s Call to Deliver service.  With this, you can shop for essential wear from SM Kids and SM Babies through your mobile and a personal shopper is happy to assist you.  There are everyday tees with cute graphic prints from SM Kids for playtime and online socialization while greeting grandma and grandpa. Our comfy pajamas are so adorable you will love to wear it all-day-long.     From SM Babies there are delightful onesies, froguits, and bodysuits with unicorn, lion, and dog prints that are so cute and comfortable so playtime will be fun time.     How to Order?  1. Call #143SM (#14376) 2. Send in your contact details and orders to our branch representative 3. Wait for order confirmation, payment, and delivery details from a branch repres...

Miniso brings in fun with its cute and colorfully designed everyday essentials for those spending more time at home. Better still, shopping is made more convenient and easy with these now available at Shopee and via Miniso’s Special delivery and pick up service.  There are All-Around Fits Face Masks for the day, as hydrogel and Marvel designed eye masks for a more relaxing good night’s sleep. Complete your hygiene kit with Marvel compressed towels.  Keep healthy and happy with adorable stuffed toys in animal and fruit shapes to have and to hold; as well as yoga mats where you can do your stretches and exercises.  All these and more are available at Shopee.ph and via Miniso’s special delivery and pick up service. For those who opt for home delivery service or pick up, you can fill out Miniso’s online delivery form and check out further instructions and updates at Miniso’s Facebook Page @Minisophilippines.  Let Miniso...

The Philippines ranked 4th in the World Health Index, a ranking of healthiest and least healthy markets across the globe that was revealed during the recent global health survey commissioned by the A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer. Over 5,500 consumers across 10 markets in Asia and Europe aged 15-60 participated in the survey from November to December last year to share their thoughts on a wide range of health topics. The Netherlands topped the healthiest market list, followed by Singapore, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Malaysia, Mainland China, Ukraine, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Other takeaways of the survey: Happier People are Healthier 91% of the respondents believe that smiling and laughing have a lot of health benefits. Yet only 66% smile enough due to stress. By generation, Gen Z smiles more and are happier than the more mature groups including Gen Y, Gen X, and Boomers. And Gen Z tends to ...

Online art exhibit during the pandemic to feature 44 women artists and celebrate anniversary of signing of the Magna Carta of Women in PH In celebration of the 11th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta of Women (RA 9170), the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) in Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park township puts the spotlight on women artists and their contribution to the Philippine art landscape with an online art exhibit entitled 7.23%. The event, co-presented by Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle, is aimed at spurring discussions on women’s representation and gender inequities that exist in art and cultural institutions. The concept of the exhibit is inspired by the proportion of works attributed to women artists (only 7.23%) that compose ILOMOCA’s entire collection. Curated by Marika Constantino, 7.23% will feature artworks by 44 artists to be featured on ILOMOCA’s Facebook page from August 14 to October 19, 2020. Featured artworks are par...

Manila, Makati,  Pasig,  Iloilo City, Bataan, La Union, Baguio City, Zamboanga, Pangasinan, Batangas, and Pampanga are just some of the 266 key areas that are working to harness the power of improved connectivity for their constituents. “We were able to work with these cities and provinces because the local government understood the importance of connectivity for their constituents, especially at this time when communication is vital for the people,” said Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu. Connectivity in cities and localities which have been equipped with infrastructure has improved their digital capabilities. With these LGUs’ commitment to work closely with the telco industry, Globe is able to ensure proper and safe infrastructure set-up to power their communication needs.   Makati City Mayor Abby Binay has paved the way to improve connectivity and pioneering financial inclusion for its constituents. Since 2017, Makati has employed GCash QR codes for...

Bata, a world-renowned shoe brand with over 6,000 retail stores across the globe, partnered anew with SM Foundation (SMFI) in donating 1,800 pairs of shoes for the front -liners of the Philippine General Hospital. This is part of Bata's Global 1 Million pairs donation project. “Due to long and often times back-to-back work shifts, a number of our health workers are experiencing foot and back pain,” says SM Foundation Executive Director Debbie Sy.  “The need to constantly disinfect their shoes also results in faster wearing out of their footwear. With this, SMFI and Bata wanted to provide our health workers with quality footwear to address this need and provide them with comfortable footwear and protection while at work and doing their rounds.” “Bata Philippines donated these shoes as our way of saying thank you to our front-liners for the help that they have extended to the country during the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Bata Philippines General Mana...

SHOP ILOILO  is a month-long campaign that features the best of Iloilo under one roof. SM City Iloilo supports the initiatives to jumpstart the economy by supporting indigenous initiatives and encouraging locals to support homegrown products especially in this time of the pandemic. Support local is a by-word nowadays in the City of Love and this is the right time to Shop Iloilo. Various activities are lined-up this whole month of August for every one to check out: 🎨 ILOILO ART SALE Support a cause and visit The Iloilo Art Sale at Northpoint from July 25-August 7,2020. 🛍 ILOILO SHOPPING FESTIVAL Safely #ShopAtSM and #DineInSM from over 300 stores on August 14-31,2020. ❤ ONE ILOILO Support Ilonggo products and let's all help our local entrepreneurs bounce back on August 17-23 at the 📍Event Center, Main Mall 🌵 GREEN THUMBS FESTIVAL Calling our plantitos and plantitas to shop and check out the different plants and gardening finds on ...

Iloilo's homegrown grocery store and supermarket now offers more convenience to the Ilonggos as it goes ON-LINE.  Iloilo Supermart, with its 8 branches in Iloilo City and adjacent municipalities, now offers "bargain araw-araw" at the comfort of our homes through a dedicated website >>>  https://store.iloilosupermart.com/ The online shopping portal is anchored by its grocery store categorized into beverage, canned/package food, cleaning products,cooking needs, condiments, eggs/dairy, disposables, health & beauty, household products, liquor, snacks& sweets, and fresh and marinated meat products. The website also includes selected products from Tinapayan, HomeStore and IS Medicine Corner. As part of its launching, it will offer FREE DELIVERY (with a minimum purchase of PhP 2,000) until August 15 within Iloilo City and the towns of Leganes, Oton, Pavia and Santa Barbara.  Order thru the Iloilo Supermart App...

foodpanda - the leading global online food delivery platform that operates in more than 40 countries and partner to over 1,000 restaurants nationwide—collaborated with  Globe Business  to come up with a solution to aid KaPanda riders in connecting to the brand’s delivery app, communicating with customers, and boosting their daily operations. The partnership introduced the special postpaid line,  KaPanda Plan 500  which provides foodpanda riders access to unlimited calls and texts to all networks and sizable data allocation. The plan lets them access Roadrunner, the foodpanda delivery app ⁠  used to receive customer requests;   pandariders,  the company’s   website; Facebook community and Telegram channels for fleet updates; and Waze for easier GPS navigation. foodpanda rider and Bearbro vlogger, Jemar Villocillo and foodpanda Community & Communications Manager, Jao Manahan “Food delivery riders have displayed t...

Governor Esteban Evan B. Contreras, assisted by Mayor Receliste Escolin, SB Member Lalaine Badana-Young, MENRO Designate Hansel Bereber, SM Prime Holdings, Inc. Project Engineer Tino Solidum and Acting CaPENRO Atty. Abeb Arboleda-Depon led in the symbolic turnover of the said financial assistance to Ms. Mary Jane Estrella, ISF President of Bayuyan Integrated Social Forestry Beneficiaries and Punong Barangay Rudolph Estrella of Brgy. Bayuyan in the said municipality. “ To grow forest, we need to build communities. To build communities, we need to grow livelihood and make these beneficiaries our advocates for environmental conservation, protection and restoration. All these will be made possible if we also grow partnership with other agencies just like SM Prime Holdings, Inc .”, stressed Acting CaPENRO, Atty. Abeb Arboleda-Depon during the symbolic turnover ceremony of financial assistance to ISF Beneficiaries of Brgy. Bayuyan, President Roxas, Capiz amounting to One Hundred Twen...