ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

An AweSM concert experience is up as the Iloilo Music Festival is set to bring together Iloilo’s rising and favorite artists at SM City Iloilo, July 29 and 30, 2022, at  the SM Southpoint grounds from 5pm to 10pm. Everybody is welcome to enjoy good food and good music with family and friends, to spectacular days of music and fun, as artists like Emman Abatayo, Clyde Ortencio, KV Azucena, Trisha Anne, Julius Sarria, Sean Ortencio, Richmonde Gealon and Khaye Elpeloa, bring their best performances in this unique event for the books. This is the time to gather and unite in the name of music. Plan out your weekend and decide to be drawn in this unifying force, where we can all agree to enjoy the various songs of our favorite Ilonggo artists in the Iloilo Music Festival. For further details, visit the official Facebook page of SM City Iloilo, or call (033)3209609 and request to be connected to the Marketing department, for inquiries.

  BORACAY ISLAND, Philippines, July 22, 2022 – Megaworld subsidiary Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. (GERI) is opening its Boracay Newcoast Convention Center (BNCC) this month, right within its expansive 150-hectare Boracay Newcoast in the eastern part of Boracay Island.  The 1,200-seater convention facility is a modern tensile structure that can be divided into three smaller rooms, each with a capacity of 400 persons for theatre-type set-up and 250 persons for banquet-type set-up. Surrounding the facility is an open garden lawn, which can be used as an extended amenity for events. The fully-airconditioned, brownout-free facility will have its own landscaped garden lawn with panoramic sea views “A theatre-type setting will give us a capacity of around 1,200 persons, while a banquet set-up will allow up to 750 persons. With a view overlooking the Sibuyan Sea, the Boracay Newcoast Convention Center is perfect blend of a modern MICE facility and a tropical haven, right at the heart of...

Festive Walk Iloilo has partnered with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in setting up a satellite voter registration site to provide a more convenient option for registrants during the pandemic. The Comelec satellite office at Festive Walk Iloilo is open from July 18 - 23, from 8AM to 5PM. Applicants can find the office at the 2/F Cyberzone Area.  The deadline for voter registration is on July 23, 2022.  To register, applicants must accomplish the Voter Registration Form and Health Declaration Form which can be downloaded from www.comelec.gov.ph. Persons with disabilities, senior citizens with disabilities, and indigenous people must also accomplish the Supplementary Data Form.  Registrants must submit the accomplished forms and valid IDs to the satellite office. IDs accepted are Government-issued IDs, Employee ID, Student’s ID or Library Card, PWD Discount ID, NBI Clearance, PRC License, and other valid IDs. Updates or changes in schedule and other details will be p...

It is often said that very few of us will earn enough in our lifetime to retire by simply saving.  We are often told that the money we save simply cannot keep pace with inflation - let alone, grow.  For such reason, majority of Filipinos need to take some risk to let our money grow - in the form of investment.  Investing is a tried and tested way of reaching our respective financial goals and become financially independent. And there are lots of different ways to make (more) money by investing.  But unfortunately, not all of them have a good chance of working out as planned. What is a good investment? A good investment is one that fits your financial goals, risk tolerance, and yes, makes money. To find that good investment, you should first identify your goal/s, determine  budget, and work to identify assets that have the potential to grow.   One must also be keen enough to know or be ready to listen to experts on the difference between a good investment op...