Five Tips for Getting Your Home Ready for the Holidays

Preparing for the holidays can immediately turn into an overwhelming event, especially when people are coming over — from cleaning the house, setting up the holiday meals, to ensuring that all loved ones are comfortable and safe indoors. It pays to be prepared for the incoming holidays, without breaking a sweat.

Make this 2021 holiday season the most organized yet with these five tips.

Give children the gift of love and good health at Bantay Bata’s Children’s Village

The coming holidays will again be marked by reunions among many Filipino families but the ongoing pandemic continues to limit social interactions. Despite this, one of the many Christmas traditions that Filipinos will never give up is gift-giving.

During this time, several communities will mount fundraising and gift-giving initiatives to bring joy to everyone during this festive occasion. Among the beneficiaries where communities can help are Bantay Bata and their Children’s Village program.

With healthy living becoming the top priority for all, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) partners with ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.’s Bantay Bata, in providing vitamin supplements and medicines, like Paracetamol Calpol for Kids, Advil, Scott’s DHA Gummies, thermometers, and more to children and employees, who act as caregivers to the kids in Children’s Village. The donation will benefit kids who are brought in for custody and rehabilitation so they can have holistic care and are protected from diseases. 

Meralco’s new integrated ICT command & control center accelerates customer-centric innovations

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has unveiled its most advanced command and controlcenter to date -- the Operations Platform and Telecommunications Integrated Command Center (OPTIC), which now manages all information, communication, and technology (ICT) systems across the Company.

The first of its kind among electricity distribution utilities in the country, the OPTIC is a state-of-the-art facility that aims to reduce unplanned downtime of critical ICT systems, increase productivity of employees, and enhance service delivery to Meralco customers.

Top Brands Share Their E-Commerce Success on Shopee

Johnson & Johnson, vivo, Crocs, SM, and NIVEA share how Shopee supported its growth on the platform

The Philippines is the fastest-growing market in the SEA region, with an overall internet economy likely to reach $40 billion in value by 2025 — and e-commerce greatly contributes to this significant surge. More consumers now heavily rely on online platforms like Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, for their needs. With this,  brands shifted online to better connect with their customers and tap into new and unreached markets. Five brands shared how they took advantage of Shopee’s various programs and enhanced marketing solutions to remain top-of-mind while establishing themselves as a strong player in the digital space. 

Clorox campaigns for better home hygiene amidst a rise in local transmission

Is your home really safe for you and your family? 

As the country’s major cities prepare to ease alert levels, people are expected to go out and converge more as opposed to the last few months, making everyone forget that the pandemic is very much around and won’t go away anytime soon. 

The Philippines' Covid-19 numbers have improved in the Metro Manila region and the transmission of the disease has slowed. According to OCTA Research, the latest reproduction number for the region, which refers to the number of persons an infected person can transfer the virus to, was at 0.99, down from 1.03.  

Sanofi Philippines Capped Off The World Diabetes Day Wit Chit Chat And Healthy Treats

The Sweet Talk Your Way Out of Diabetes and What’s Cookin’, Good Lookin’ online events were a sweet end to the month-long World Diabetes Day Celebration of Sanofi Philippines. In the words of Sanofi’s Country Lead Dr. Amal Makhloufi, “we put the spotlight on what is being done to create awareness and provide solutions for those affected by this lifestyle disease.”

For the organization, the events were created to amplify their Panata in cultivating a healthier Philippines for all. It was a friendly and casual approach on how they can bring important topics such as diabetes care into the spotlight without instilling fear among the audience.

“Our goal is to make it easier for every Filipino to seek access to quality innovative care. It is our mission to just go beyond medicines, but to look and explore holistic care and management especially for our patients with chronic conditions like diabetes,” Dr. Makhloufi shared.

Win a vivo Y76 when you shop at XTREME Appliances this Shopee 12.12 Big Christmas Sale

Shopping malls will be jam-packed with Filipino Christmas shoppers as we feel the holiday breeze. Filipinos definitely enjoy giving gifts and may even be considered obligatory. But if we think of it, it will always be rooted in love, kindness, and appreciation.

That’s why it can be said that the spirit of gift-giving can be expressed in different ways and there are options to help you ease the burden of dealing with a huge swarm of people in congested shopping malls. It’s best to consider shopping online to avoid this and even catch the best deals with discounts and other vouchers.

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