Power Mac Center (PMC) has officially opened the country’s first Apple Premium Partner store on December 16, a new one-stop concept that offers the complete experience—retail, service, and training—all accessible in the selling area.
Located in Power Plant Mall in Makati City, the brand-new PMC Apple Premium Partner store offers 275 square meters of shopping space that carries a comprehensive lineup of Apple products on offer, including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and accessories including AirPods and AirTag. It also offers a Mobile Care Service Center helmed by expert technicians that can provide repair services and offer product knowledge, as well as dedicated space for product and feature demos conducted by Apple Certified Trainers.
Catering to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and schools around the area, the PMC Apple Premium Partner store in Power Plant Mall also offers exclusive deals to corporate and education clients.
“The opening of our first Apple Premium Partner store is undoubtedly the culminating highlight of all of the store openings we’ve celebrated this 2022. As we expand our footprint in the different regions, we also always aim to elevate the overall customer experience with our brand. Power Mac Center is truly honored to be one of the first in Southeast Asia to offer this ultra-premium experience,” said Joey Alvarez, PMC Director of Product Management and Marketing.
To celebrate this milestone, PMC is giving customers visiting the concept store from December 16, 2022 onwards huge deals and discounts on their favorite Apple devices, accessories, and services:
● Participating Mac and iPad accessories are offered at up to 80% off. Store visitors can also switch to iPhone 14 at a discounted price or to an iPhone 11 at P6,500 off. These are available until December 21, 2022 for cash and straight payments.
● AirPods (2nd gen) is up for grabs at P2,000 off and select iPad (9th gen) at up to P5,500 off. Customers can also save up to P7,000 when they buy a 13-inch MacBook Air M1 chip in 256GB. Don’t miss these deals until December 25, 2022.
● Customers of the new PMC Apple Premium Partner store in Power Plant Mall can get P2,000 store credits for every purchase of iPhone 12 and iPhone 13. Select Apple TV models are available at up to 30% off until December 31, 2022. These offers are valid for non-installment payment methods.
● Purchase any of the participating iPad devices and get a free Anker PowerPort III Nano 20W USB-C wall charger. Those who will buy select Mac devices will also score a free PanzerGlass Spray Twice A Day. These are one-day deals available only on December 16.
● Each purchase of a Speck case for any iPhone 14 device comes with a free Speck Presidio Perfect-Clear Case for iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Promo runs until December 25, 2022.
● Select premium accessories from Adam Elements, Laut, Moshi, PanzerGlass, Pipetto, and Rivacase are up to 30% off from December 16 to 25, 2022. Customers with a P3,000 minimum purchase of accessories will also receive one free Defunc Go Sport In-Earphones with mic and remote. Terms and conditions apply for all the mentioned promos.
● Mobile Care by Power Mac Center in PMC Apple Premium Partner Power Plant Mall will also offer 50% off on diagnostic fees and software fees, and 10% off on parts on opening day.
In addition to these offers, the PMC Apple Premium Partner store will also host free workshops open to the public until December 30, 2022. Topics include getting personal with iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, productivity with iPad, switching to Mac, project management with Mac, and portrait photography with iPhone. Conducted by Apple-certified PMC trainers, similar special sessions will be scheduled occasionally at the new store for anyone to join.
Shopping online is always unpredictable – you’ll never be 100% sure if what you’re buying is what you’ll actually get. Product reviews on e-commerce platforms are not always reliable. Even worse, online shopping scams are everywhere. As helpful legit customer testimonials and scam alerts are in this day and age, they do not automatically stop shoppers from transacting with bogus sellers or experiencing online delivery issues.
With Christmas shopping in full swing, GCash’s Online Shopping Protect is your convenient, complete, and affordable shopping partner. In partnership with international insurance company Chubb, GCash fights online shopping scams by seamlessly integrating protection coverage into online purchases from e-commerce platforms like Shopee, Zalora, and Tiktok.
With GCash’s new Online Shopping Protect feature, all your online purchases can be protected with just one subscription per month via a pre-ticked checkbox at your GCash checkout. This will protect you from encountering online shopping mishaps for 60 days upon receipt of purchase.
“Nowadays, shopping online is often met with a sense of uncertainty because of the fear of getting scammed,” GCash Vice President and Head of New Businesses Neil Trinidad said. “As the payment channel partner of the country’s biggest shopping platforms, our responsibility goes beyond successful transactions. We must also ensure that each purchase is safe and protected.”
The Online Shopping Protect feature aims to support online shopping customers in three ways:
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Everytime you pay with GCash for your online shopping needs with select merchants, your subscription to GCash’s Online Shopping Protect is automatically ticked at checkout so you get an entire month’s subscription for all your online purchases.
“In developing the feature, convenience was a crucial factor for us. Filipinos are already spending a significant amount of time researching their purchases and going through online reviews, so we opted for an easy and reliable way to keep them protected against online shopping scams,” Trinidad underscored.
Be protected before and after item delivery
GCash’s Online Shopping Protect provides protection coverage of up to Php 10,000 for electronics and up to Php 20,000 for other items purchased online, so it’s perfect for your gifting needs. Customers can get items priced over Php 250, covered by the policy for 60 days after receipt of purchase. Purchases are covered by Online Shopping Protect even after delivery, in case the item gets damaged accidentally or even stolen.
Trinidad shares, “Not only is Online Shopping Protect easy to get, it covers most worries we all have when shopping online. Our insurance partner, Chubb, will be able to cover a myriad of claims on the item— whether it’s incomplete, wrong, defective, undelivered, fake, accidentally damaged, or stolen.”
Spend around one peso a day for peace of mind
Subscribing to Online Shopping Protect will not put a dent in your Christmas bonus. The subscription is offered reasonably at only Php 34 for 30 days, or around one peso per day.
“For only 34 pesos a month or around one peso per day, customers can enjoy protection for as many purchases as they want. We want to make this feature accessible to as many users as possible because Filipinos deserve to be proactively protected against online shopping scams and shipping issues,” Trinidad concluded.
With Online Shopping Protect, be instantly protected against online shopping scams on your next checkout via GCash this Christmas season!
Online Shopping Protect covers most of your purchases, but will not cover the following: items below PHP 250; electronic items and equipment over PHP 10,000; jewelry, precious metals/gemstones, and watches over PHP 5,000; counterfeit or fake goods; concert tickets; monthly-paid subscriptions; perishable goods or products that deteriorate over time due to environment such as perfume, food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and chemicals; animals, livestock, or living plants; cash, cheques, real estate, stocks, shares, bonds, currencies, or digital assets; vehicles and equipment and/or parts necessary for their operation; firearms, art, antiques, and collectible items; items confiscated or declared illegal by any government, customs, or public body.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas is gearing up to be bigger and brighter this year, with holiday cheer at an all-time high. For the first time in two years, parties are in full swing, and everyone is in a celebratory mood.
Why not extend the celebrations to the gifts you choose to give this Christmas? Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance released new product innovation into its roster of gentle yet effective brightening products that will surely have you and all you choose to gift gleaming brighter than the lights of your Christmas tree. These next-level dermatologists-approved brightening products are Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance Gentle Renewing Cleanser, Perfecting Serum, and Instant Radiance Mask, which visibly correct dark spots, boost radiant skin, and even skin tone in just as fast as 14 days.
The Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance Gentle Renewing Cleanser is a 3-in-1 brightening cleanser. It offers gentle exfoliation that removes pollution and impurities to brighten and improve skin texture instantly. It is formulated with Jojoba beads infused with Vitamin E. Because the ingredients are so gentle, it doesn’t disrupt the skin barrier and works to lock in moisture.
The Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance Perfecting Serum has key ingredients: Advanced Peptide, Antioxidant C, and Cetaphil’s signature GentleBright Technology with Niacinamide and Sea Daffodil. It has 7 powerful benefits in 1 product: it reduces dark spots, evens skin tone, improves fine lines, boosts skin radiance, improves hydration, illuminates the complexion, and freshens, well-rested skin.
Dermatologist-tested and fragrance-free, the Perfecting Serum is clinically proven to reduce dark spots caused by melasma, sun, aging, and acne scars. It has added protection against blue light & pollution. Perfect for everyday use.
Lastly, the Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance Instant Radiance Mask is the first sheet mask in the brand’s lineup. It has 7-in-1 benefits in 1 sheet mask. Giving you an instant cooling effect with 24-hour soothing hydration, it instantly improves skin luminosity, skin tone evenness, skin Radiance, tired skin, fine lines, the appearance of pores, and skin texture. Each mask has 2 weeks’ worth of serum to instantly achieve that healthy, radiant skin.
Formulated with GentleBright Technology and a blend of powerful brightening yet gentle ingredients such as Sea Daffodil and the popular Niacinamide, it also has Vitamin C. These hard- working ingredients will keep skin in tip-top shape despite all the expected holiday fun.
Let your hair down and celebrate with friends and family while Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance cares for your skin and gives everyone radiance to ring in the new year.
Share the gift of Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance for a #RadianceRoutine. To learn more about the range of products, visit their website. Follow Cetaphil Bright Healthy Radiance on Instagram @cetaphilbrighthealthyradiance or Facebook Cetaphil Philippines.
Awaiting the newest member of the family, Solenn shares how she’s taking everything in stride, which all moms, especially first-time moms can relate to all too well.
“I have always been very open about the fact that motherhood was not a walk in the park for me,” she shares. “I think that as a celebrity, it’s very important for myself to share these things with everyone so that other moms know that they are not alone in their struggles. Things can get pretty rough, but if I can overcome it, so can you.”
She adds, “Nothing will ever really prepare you for motherhood. Nothing. Especially during the first few months after giving birth to Tili, there were days when I would just ask myself, ‘When will it end? When will we get proper sleep again?’ It’s not a bad thing. We are entitled to feel tired. But of course, as moms, we must let our love for our family always take over. But, again, this doesn’t mean that we cannot ask for or expect help.”
But even with all the challenges of raising a toddler, Solenn still prioritizes healthy skin for Tili above anything else as this is the foundation of a healthy childhood. And for Christmas, Solenn shares the gift of healthy skin to her fellow moms through her recommendations.
“I believe that healthy skin should be essential to every baby, that’s why I’m so happy to share with you the products that help me raise Tili to the happy and healthy toddler that she is today!”
Here are Solenn’s top gift picks for Christmas:
Cetaphil Baby Daily Lotion with Organic Calendula
First in Solenn’s list of recommendations is the newest product line from acclaimed sensitive skincare brand for babies, Cetaphil Baby. The Cetaphil Baby Calendula range is composed of three products, which includes the Cetaphil Baby Daily Lotion with Organic Calendula. The Daily Lotion provides baby’s skin with 24-hour hydration to help soothe and calm sensitive skin. Formulated with calendula, sunflower oil, almond oil, and Vitamins B5 & E, the Daily Lotion is clinically proven to prevent baby’s skin from drying out.
Cetaphil Baby Wash & Shampoo with Organic Calendula
Another product under the Calendula line is the Wash & Shampoo, which is specifically designed for head-to-toe use and is hypoallergenic and enriched with Calendula and Aloe for up to 8 hours of long-lasting moisturization. It also helps smoothen, soften, and improve skin texture, perfect for everyday use.
Cetaphil Baby Advanced Protection Cream with Organic Calendula
Finally, there’s the Advanced Protection Cream under the Calendula line, which is used for babies experiencing irritation & rough skin patches on cheeks, knees, elbow areas, or under those chubby folds. “This is especially great now that we’re experiencing colder days, that’s why Tili loves it so much whenever I apply the Advanced Protection Cream before going to bed.”
Cetaphil Baby Gentle Cleansing Bar
As Tili grows to be an active toddler, playtime is part of her everyday routine. Before and after playtime, mealtime or anything in between, she already knows the importance of proper handwashing. The Gentle Cleansing Bar blends into a rich lather that gently cleanses and gives a moisturizing feeling on delicate skin. “We love this because it does not dry out her skin even with frequent washing.”
Cetaphil Baby Gentle Wipes
Baby Wipes may be one of the last things that you’ll think about giving someone, but for first-time moms, this is a definite must-have! Cetaphil Baby Gentle Wipes gently cleanses and moisturises baby’s delicate skin with its hypoallergenic formulation. It is made from 100% plant derived fabric and has natural ingredients like Aloe vera and Vitamin E. It also helps prevent baby’s skin from drying out, making Cetaphil Baby Gentle Wipes ideal for face and body use of baby’s delicate skin.
And if you’re planning to buy these essentials right in time for the holidays, then don’t miss out on a variety of amazing deals and discounts from Cetaphil Baby! Just visit the official Cetaphil Flagship store in Shopee and Lazada to add-to-cart and check out Solenn’s top picks.
“At the end of the day, Christmas is all about spending time with your loved ones, so any gift you’ll be able to give will be greatly appreciated by the receiver,” shares Solenn.
Cetaphil Baby is available in Watsons and Mercury Drug Stores, and on e-commerce sites like Lazada and Shopee.
More and more Filipinos are realizing that you are what you eat and beauty and wellness also come from within. Many of them are embracing healthier and more sustainable lifestyles by going for organic and plant-based food and engaging in physical activities.
A report from Food Industry Asia (FIA) has showed that majority of Filipinos (81%) believe following a healthy and balanced diet is their own responsibility but they also want more support from industry. This means Filipino consumers want food companies to change their product formulations and recipes to help consumers make healthier food choices.
As the country’s leading health, wellness, and beauty retailer, Watsons recognizes the growing trend of Filipinos looking for healthy food options and with this comes the launch of Watsons Healthy Food, a selection of natural and organic food and beverages that will help consumers reach their goal to be the better and healthier versions of themselves.
The selection includes brews and teas from Ginga, which creates healthy drinks as part of its advocacy of promoting a healthy lifestyle. Ginga’s blended tea and brew, which include ingredients like turmeric, ginger, and butterfly pea, uses only pure and natural ingredients as part its commitment to uphold a healthy lifestyle.
Skinny mamas Apple Cider Vinegar is 100% organic and has many health benefits, including boosting the metabolism.
Healthy Tropics is a homegrown food and beverage company that showcases what the islands of the Philippines has to offer via delicacies, snacks, and beverages. Each of Healthy Tropics’ products has natural herbs, tropical fruits, and vegetables. Must tries from the brand are the Mangosteen Apple Iced Tea, Philippine Soursop Moringa Juice, Mango Moringa Juice, and Philippine Mangosteen Coffee.
JA Lees Farms Mushroom Chicharon, which comes from a small farm in Indang, Cavite, is also exported to the United States, Canada, and Singapore. The products are vegan and don’t contain any MSG or preservatives. The “chicharon” is crunchy, delicious, and healthy.
Emco, a brand of healthy food from Czech Republic, eschews the use of additives and preservatives in its Musli, Crunchy Granola, Oat Flakes, and Quinoa.
Gourmet Farms is a homegrown brand that first introduced organic farming in the Philippines. Its offerings include coffee, herbal teas, salad dressing, dips, and bottled drinks. Gourmet Farms promotes wellness.
Visit the Healthy Food section at any of these Watsons branches and begin your health and wellness journey!
Christmas is truly the season of joy. With all the parties, family get-togethers and gift giving, the holidays just give us so many reasons to smile, laugh and stay hopeful. And now that we can finally spend Christmas with our loved ones by our side and less restrictions to follow, the holidays will once again be full of heartfelt moments shared with our family, friends and significant others.
One cannot let these joyful moments go undocumented! With the vivo Y02, you are accompanied by a handy and reliable device with powerful specs and a modern camera that will capture all the beautiful moments you spend with your loved ones this Christmas.
Make every moment last Happy tears fall from Lola’s eyes as she opens a thoughtful gift from you. Your friend, who recently received her Christmas bonus, decides to treat the squad out to a samgyupsal dinner. Grab your vivo Y02 and immortalize these precious moments like these.
Boasting a big and distinctive camera design, this new vivo smartphone takes capturing holiday pictures to a whole new level. The vivo Y02’s camera supports a range of well-loved features such as Face Beauty and bokeh effects, which is now made even better with the phone’s built-in bokeh algorithm, made to bring out the best details of your photos’ subject. But of course, pictures aren’t enough. The vivo Y02 also includes a time lapse feature that is great for taking beautiful videos and recording all the fun and silly moments during Christmas parties and get-togethers.
Take as many photos as you want, whenever you want
Christmas eve, while magical, is also a busy day. The whole family is busy preparing for the big evening feast. With the vivo Y02, you are equipped with a smartphone that packs a strong 5000mAh battery, which supports 10W fast charge, that will allow you to take snaps and IG stories from the preparation time to the very last second of the night before Christmas. Take as many photos, whether family, couple, or solo pics as well as videos and worry not about your storage running out. This smartphone boasts a storage capacity of 2GB + 32GB, expandable up to 1TB through the phone’s triple card slot.
With its 6.51-inch FullView™ Display that also comes with an eye protection filter, you and your loved ones can watch and laugh at all your videos and marvel at your Instagrammable shots in high-definition. Armed with a MediaTek octa-core processor, which helps your phone run quickly and smoothly, you can scroll through your album and meticulously edit your snaps without stressing over lags or app crashes.
Present at any moment
Christmas parties are made more exciting because of the unique party theme you and your friends or co-workers have to follow. With the vivo Y02’s strikingly trendy appearance, your new smartphone will definitely match any outfit for any Christmas party theme. The vivo Y02 comes in two hues, Orchid Blue, inspired by a field of orchids, and Cosmic Grey, which takes after the grace of the vast universe. Alongside these standout colors, the vivo Y02 also boasts a slim body with a thickness of only 8.49mm and a 2.5D unibody with flat frame. This slim smartphone can fit snuggly in your hand and perfectly in any pocket, so you can easily whip it out when the best photogenic moments occur.
Not only is the vivo Y02 trendy but it is also reliable, durable and remarkable. Its body is designed to be scratch-resistant to protect your phone during exciting moments while the screen is fingerprint-resistant so you can get busy tapping and chatting on your phone without your screen blurring from prints.
Make any special moments this season last with this new smartphone from vivo. The vivo Y02 is now available in vivo’s official Lazada, Shopee and TikTok shops. You can also test your holiday luck at the Paskong La vivo Loca Giveaway Festival and get a chance to win exciting prizes when you buy avVivo Y02 for only PHP 4,999 in-store nationwide. Promo will run until January 31, 2023. For more information about the vivo Y02, vivo’s holiday promo, giveaways and more, visit vivo’s website and follow their social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Uratex’s exciting promo in partnership with Shopee offered a selection of Uratex products to every Shopee user in the 9.9 sale. Lucky individuals who tuned in to Uratex’s portion in the 9.9 Super Shopping Day TV Special on GMA-7 and Shopee Live, as well as Shopee’s Guess to Win game, received huge prizes.
April Geraldino won ₱500,000 worth of Uratex products by participating in the Guess to Win game in the Shopee application, while Ariane Bautista was the lucky winner to receive ₱1,000,000 of cash during the Shopee x Uratex: 9.9 TV Special.
Aside from these big prizes, Uratex also treated Shopee users to great discounts on all items during the Super Sale.
“We’re truly happy to receive overwhelming feedback from our partnership with Shopee for the super sale. Congrats to Ariane and April, as well as our Uratex patrons who supported the brand during this exciting promo,” said Mr. Christian Cheng, Brand Marketing Executive of Uratex Philippines.
“Rest assured that there will be more exciting announcements and promos happening in the future so stay tuned!”
Uratex’s array of mattresses, among its other quality products for sleeping, made the brand consistently recognized as a Trusted Brand for Mattress category at the Reader’s Digest Awards. This recognition was consistently given to Uratex for 13 years, including the Awards’ 2022 edition.
To learn more about Uratex, its products, as well as upcoming promos, visit www.uratex.com.ph. You may also visit their official Shopee page at shopee.ph/uratexph and follow /UratexPhilippines on Facebook, and @uratex_ph on Instagram for updates and upcoming promos.
As the feasting season peaks, weekends get busier with back-to-back get-togethers, so it’s important to have easy access to food that is both deliciously indulging and abundantly enough for everyone. That’s why “Chowking Chicken Feast: Great Chicken Deals from Friday to Sunday” comes at the right time, which lets you enjoy the all-new Chowking Chinese-Style Fried Chicken na mas pinasarap at pinarami pa!
Chowking, the #1 Chinese fast-food chain in the country, offers additional free chicken for every box of Chowking Chicken Sarap every Friday to Sunday, from December 9 to December 31, 2022. With every 4-pc Chicken, customers can enjoy plus free 1-pc chicken; 2 free pieces for every 6-pc Chicken; and free 3 pieces for every 8-pc Chicken, making sure that there’s more than enough serving for everyone.
Chowking Chinese-Style Fried Chicken is made with tender choice cuts of marinated chicken fried to golden brown with crunchy coating, and juicy meat flavored with unique Chinese spices that give flavors of slight salty with hint of sweetness at every bite. It is served with gravy, and is now crunchier, juicer, and more flavorful.
There’s no need to worry about the holiday rush, too, because Chowking Chicken Feast: Great Chicken Deals from Friday to Sunday promo is available via dine-in, take-out, drive-thru, and delivery.
So, if you’re still planning what to prepare for your holiday spread this weekend, look no further, and take advantage of these great deals from Chowking! Enjoy a Chowking Chicken Feast on weekends with your friends and family until December 31! Promo is available on December 16-19, 23-35, 30-31, 2022.
Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) through its Robinsons MallsLingkod Pinoy Program strengthens its partnership with COMELEC as it kicks off the Register Anywhere Program (RAP) in Robinsons Galleria and Robinsons Manila starting December 17. Robinsons Malls also opens more satellite voter registration venues in over 40 malls nationwide in preparation for the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.
“We thank Robinsons Malls for the continued partnership and its unwavering support for COMELEC’s various initiatives. Our goal is to ensure that more qualified Filipino voters get to register in a more convenient, comfortable, and safe venue and ultimately exercise their right to vote,” says COMELEC Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia.
COMELEC Officials together with Robinsons Malls executives led the official signing of the Memorandum of Agreement with (L-R) Robinsons Malls Vice President for Operations, Business Development and Marketing Joel S. Lumanlan, RLC Executive Vice President Faraday D. Go, COMELEC Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia, COMELEC Director John Rex Laudiangco, and COMELEC Director Divina Blas-Perez.
Robinsons Malls Vice President Joel S. Lumanlan shares, “The strong partnership with COMELEC dates back in 2014 when Robinsons Malls became the first and only mall in the country to host offsite voter registration and biometrics in key areas nationwide.” He adds, “We are grateful to COMELEC for choosing Robinsons Malls as its pilot venue for RAP and for holding voter registration in more malls, allowing us to better serve our customers nationwide.”
