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Family bonding made awesome at the Newport Performing Arts Theater This Christmas, Filipino families can finally go out of their homes after two years of pandemic lockdown to enjoy and be amazed at the world-famous Super American Circus, coming to the Philippines on December 21, 2022 until January 8, 2023, at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Newport World Resorts in Pasay City. Families will be in for a marvelous two-hour treat with what is dubbed as the biggest ensemble of live one-ring circus today. The Super American Circus puts together an incredible array of performers whose acts earned standing ovations all over the world. Some of them were winners of the prestigious world-class talent search America’s Got Talent. The Super American Circus is a modern one-ring circus that will showcase acts that will excite and delight Filipino family members and barkadas of all ages. Witness thrilling acts like the motorcycle team in the Globe of Danger, the amazing Sky Wheel, the High Flyin...

Photo caption: (From L-R) FEED Director for Partnerships Anne Marie Bakker, BCWD General Manager Anselmo Sang Tian, OMF President Jeffrey O. Tarayao, and PROCESS Bohol Executive Director Aurelio Salgados Jr. during the Memorandum of Agreement signing held last September 29, 2022 One Meralco Foundation (OMF) has teamed up with more organizations to further its sustainable reforestation program aimed at contributing to environment preservation and improvement of the lives of more Philippine communities. The social development arm of Meralco signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Butuan City Water District (BCWD), Fostering Education and Environmental Development (FEED), and Participatory Research Organization of Communities and Education towards Struggle for Self-Reliance of Bohol (PROCESS Bohol) for the One For Trees (OFT) program. Under the OFT program, OMF provides funding for reforestation activities such as establishment of nurseries, planting of seedlings during the appropriate seas...

McDonald’s brings back the fun and spooky experience with its back-to-back events this Halloween!  After two years of celebrating anticipated holidays virtually, everyone’s ready and excited to break the rigidness of life and once again become mischievous, silly, and outrageous this Halloween season. Get ready to go all out once again as McDonald’s brings us the complete Halloween experience with its back-to-back Fun Day activities! With McDonald’s back-to-back Halloween events lined up just for you, not only will kids see monsters, they  get to interact with them too! The Halloween In-Store Fun Day happening on October 24 – 31 will allow children to play around in their special costumes and trick or treat bags while being mischievous and silly like monsters! They can participate in games and activities such as Avoid the Icky Monsters, Catch the Monsters with your Third Eye, and Monster Step Dance . This event will be done in more than 400 participating stores nationwide. Yo...

  SM  North Edsa   continues   to  spread sparks of happiness with  a magical  Christmas event   SM Supermalls brings back the excitement in every visit, joy in every sight, and a magical connection in every experience that will make every Filipino’s Christmas happier and brighter.   Your Magical Northern Holiday is Here SM  continues  the holiday season with  a  spectacular play of lights & festive  celebration at the  Magical Northern Holidays  at the SM  North Edsa o n October 2 1 . SM AURA   A holiday Aurora play park experience awaits, donned by a 60-foot  giant  Christmas tree, surrounded by multi-sensory display of  A urora trails , and   adorable  rein bears . The joyous celebration will continue until January 8, 2023.    If you missed the SM  North Edsa's  Christmas event, there are still more ways to celebrate the joys of the holidays. SM S...

SM  Southmall’s  Happiness Factory is  N ow  O pen for  B usiness. It is finally the Holiday Season and SM Southmall celebrates the busiest time of the year with a Happiness Christmas Factory! Step into the futuristic workshop where Santa and his robo-squad “gifts” love to the world through instagrammable displays, a Selfie Room, and a gifting area care of SM Cares Bears of Joy; each bear bought will benefit the SOS Children’s Village. At the heart of the production is a 32-feet towering Christmas tree decorated with gears and hundreds of sparkling lights. The Happiness Factory is located at the mall’s Food Street Concourse. SM Southmall has more happiness in store for shoppers! Make sure to mark your calendars with these activities/events: South Yuletide Markets.   The Christmas bazaar will have a display of different knickknacks and gifts you can take home to the family. The South Yuletide Markets are there for the holidays so check them out at the Event ...

  John Dizon, Jr. of Benguet-based environmental conservation group NAMALISA plants trees in support of SM Foundation’s and Fast Retailing Foundation’s Grow Trees Community project.   Like his father before him, John Dizon, Jr. and his family have been long-time stewards of protected trees in their community in Tuba, Benguet. When the time came for him to take up the mantle, he did so willingly to honor his father’s legacy. “My father passed away in 2012. It was then that we found out that the area he is managing in collaboration with the government was part of a community-based forest management program,” said Mr. Dizon. A year later, Mr. Dizon, who now heads Benguet-based environmental conservation group, Nagawa, Manganese, Liw-Liw, Sadle Agroforestry Assoc. Inc.  (NAMALISA), started working closely with the SM Foundation for an inaugural tree-planting campaign back in 2013 to pick up where his father had left off in his advocacy.  With the impact of climate ...

E-com Centers at the Mall of Asia Complex Many people have become more aware of the importance of sustainability in everyday living during the two years that the world faced the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental awareness has caught on through practices such as shifting to paperless, reducing plastic use and planting more trees. For property developers, taking part in this movement means transitioning into green buildings and developments. Such is the case for SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), a publicly listed subsidiary of SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) that is committed to building innovative and sustainable lifestyle cities. SM Prime is future-proofing its developments to be more responsive and adaptive to community needs and the effects of climate change in line with comprehensive sustainability goals ranging from energy to ecology. Over the years, SM Prime has continued to elevate its approach to building and development of community spaces.  All these gree...

Piracy is theft: Rex Education rallies consumers, publishing industry to support its anti-piracy campaign Piracy is theft; piracy is a crime. In a bid to encourage consumers to stand against piracy, protect intellectual property, and support the local book publishing industry, Rex Education launched its anti-piracy campaign at the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) 2022. “After more than 70 years in the publishing industry, I can say that I am proud of the contribution and impact that every REX book has had in the lives of our learners. And we, at REX, would like to keep serving the Filipino learner through our learning materials—may it be printed, audio, or digital form. Through this anti-piracy campaign, we can keep the book industry flourishing and thriving. We can keep the passing of knowledge a sacred endeavor,” said Atty. Dominador Buhain, chairman of Rex Education. Piracy is punishable by law Educational book publishing is protected by Republic Act (RA) 8293, otherwise known ...