There are a lot of Pinoy comfort foods to choose from and Goldilocks, never ceases to cater on those Filipino specialties, it's like going home and eating your mom's home-cooking, right?!
Goldilocks’, the country’s number one bakeshop, is happy to introduce their latest creation of home cooked style meals with the release of their all-new Beef Sinigang Soup!
This delicious creation, which was crafted with only the freshest ingredients, warmly reminds us of the meals lovingly prepared at home, making it the perfect pick me up at any time of the day.
Come back to the thought of home with Goldilocks’ Beef Sinigang Soup. Grab this and other goodies from January 17 – March 17, 2020 at any Goldilocks store in Luzon. For more information, you may follow @GoldilocksPH on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or visit the official Goldilocks website at www.goldilocks.com.ph.
It helps lower food cravings and hunger, turns on relaxation respsones and even lower blood pressure naturally. It also helps reduce headaches, sleepiness, brain fog, mental fatigue and even poor moods.
The first time I've encountered Legánde's Essential Oil, which is Grapefruit, I hastily opened its bottle cap for me to smell its fruity and refreshing smell. I've been using different essential oils before since I want to try various variants, brands and experience their effects on myself.
It has been known that Essential Oils true to its word, and coming from the word "essential" meaning "of utmost importance," and "essence," meaning "fragrance, aroma." That is why in this modern day and lifestyle, essential oils is a by-word among us since it helps us alleviate, relieve, enhance whatever its distinct function serves us well, in a therapeutic manner.
Essential oils are another addition to Legánde’s growing roster of products. This is an absolutely perfect addition because Legánde wants to provide its customers with a more positive lifestyle. Legánde’s essential oils come in three types: Mood Lifter, Stress, and Pain Buster, and last but not least the Energy Booster. Mood Lifter contains Lemongrass, Grapefruit, and Frankincense. Stress and Pain Buster includes Tea Tree, Lavender, and Lemon. Energy Booster includes Rosemary, Peppermint, and Orange. Legánde’s essential oils can be used both topically and aromatically. It also comes in a sampler kit which comes with three 5ml bottles while the regular essential oils come in 15ml bottles.
This time, I will try Legånde's Grapefruit essential oil, to help me boost or elevate my mood, sometimes I also experience headaches, sleepiness and I want to know if it's effective or what it could do to me. There are some ways of how to consume of use the essential oils, right? Either you smell it directly from the bottle or you can use a diffuser or apply it directly on your skin or any body part affected but do not apply it on open wounds or on your oral cavity.
As for me, I opted to mix my Legánde, Inc.'s Grapefruit Essential Oil to another medium which is the Virgin Coconut Oil...
My Grapefruit Essential Oil
Open the bottle cap first
Prepare also the virgin coconut oil to be used
Pour little and ample amount of virgin coconut oil first on your hand or you may also place it in a separate dish or container...
Next, add few drops of Legánde, Inc.'s Grapefruit Essential Oil, I was able to add 3 drops this time...
Mix it well...
Ready to spread and use this as a medium for massage...
I am fond of massage actually that's why I really enjoyed doing it and feeling its therapeutic and positive effects on me. After doing this, I felt more relieved, relaxed, I am not having another bothering headache, I do not feel sleepy and I feel energized which is a good thing since I feel low today and I really need to uplift my mood for work. Plus! My skin is now very well-moisturized!
Thank you Legánde, Inc. !!! Looking forward to trying also your other products!
More power!!!
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Dr. Lulu Bravo, Executive Director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (middle) and Atty. Tom Syquia, former Executive Director of Procurement Service-PhilGEPS during the open discussion for competitive bidding for largest DOH vaccine procurement to avoid another vaccine scare for the Filipinos.
Have you ever imagined if there will be another "vaccine scare" among us, Filipinos? We are all aware that there were some cases of Poliomyelitis reported last year. You see, when the population is fully immunized with both oral polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine, this kind of transmission cannot take place. The gut immunity in people immunized with oral polio vaccine stops the virus from being passed on. Full immunization therefore protects against both vaccine-derived and wild polio viruses.
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid. According to the American Lung Association, anyone can get pneumonia. It’s commonly a complication of a respiratory infection—especially the flu—but there are more than 30 different causes of the illness. In the Philippines, 57,809 pneumonia deaths were reported in 2016, nearly 10 percent of 582,183 registered deaths in 2016. This made pneumonia the 3rd top killer behind ischemic heart disease and cancer.
So imagine the scenario if there will be another vaccine scare... morality rate for each disease will increase, we will not be able to get the feeling of security that we are safe, that our country is a safe and happy place to live in.
That is why, during the public health forum participated by Dr. Lulu Bravo, Executive Director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination and Atty. Tom Syquia, former Executive Director of Procurement Service-PhilGEPS, held at the Manila Hotel last Wednesday, January 22, 2020, they both suggested and is strongly encouraging a push toward more competitive bidding to regain public confidence in vaccines, this was also coming from both public and private sectors.
“It's always best to have a public bidding, because competition will give you the best price. It is transparent,” noted Tom Syquia, former Executive Director of Procurement Service- Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PS-PhilGEPS). “You get the same quality but at the lowest price. It's always best for the public if you have competition,” he added.
Atty. Tom Syquia talk about competitive bidding for largest DOH vaccines
The budget for pneumonia vaccines alone is P4.9 billion, allotted for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCVs), which aim to guard against Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPDs), the largest cause of death for Filipino children under five.
Currently, there are two vaccines available for the government to procure during the next budget allocation, PCV 10 and PCV 13, two vaccines that global health experts claim are comparable in performance.
In February 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed an earlier position saying that the two available PCVs are equally effective in preventing overall pneumococcal diseases in children. The position paper also states that there is at present insufficient evidence of a difference in the net impact of the two available PCVs on overall disease burden.
“The WHO has already come out saying that there’s really no difference between the two,” said Dr. Lulu Bravo, Executive Director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination, when discussing the efficacy of the two PCVs. “Many developing countries have already procured PCV 10.”
Similarly, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) in its own study said that available evidence to date indicates significant impact of both PCV10 and PCV13 in the outcomes studied, with no evidence of the superiority of one vaccine over the other on pneumonia, Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPD), or meningitis hospitalization reduction in children under 5 years old.
What type of vaccines should we really acquire or for the children to have in order to avoid such dreadful diseases? Listen to Dr. Lulu Bravo's answer.
In turn, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), in their 2017 PCV product assessment which was based on a comprehensive review of published data, also declared that current evidence does not indicate an added benefit with one vaccine over the other.
Syquia highlighted that the competitive bidding process should be accompanied by the scrutiny and recommendation of legitimate health experts, which would help allay concerns over whether the procured vaccine has carefully been studied or not.
“The first thing to ask is, what is appropriate for the Philippines? How many manufacturers make PCV13? How many PCV10?” said Syquia. “You need a decision on an expert level. What product do we need? Then it will dictate the modality of the procurement.”
Even when the procurement process is transparent, there is a danger in the way it is implemented, claimed Syquia. The bid posted by the government is required to list specifications regarding the item to be procured. It is possible to “tailor-fit” the bid by listing specifications that unnecessarily cut other options out, making it difficult to protect the sanctity of the contract.
“Do we need a PCV10? If that is sufficient, and has multiple suppliers, why would you go for 13 if there is only one (supplier)?” he said.
There is also a concern among health experts that the resurgence of diseases and the potential exacerbation of currently prominent sicknesses, like pneumonia and meningitis, will become a larger problem should the public's fear towards vaccines continues to persist.
Experts believe that vaccine confidence is a critical issue, especially since pneumonia is a very common disease in children here and abroad. Of the hundreds of countries in the world, the Philippines is included in the top 15 countries in terms of pneumonia deaths, and those 15 countries are responsible for 75% of all deaths from pneumonia.
“In the last year or so we had so many outbreaks. Since 2018, nawala ang vaccine confidence ng Pilipinas. Isa tayong country na naging number one anti-vaccine country in the world,” said Dr. Bravo, “The vaccine confidence of 93% in 2015 plunged to 30 percent in 2018.”
“Patients, people, and the community, would drive away the healthcare workers. They were being stoned, they were being driven away, and were even called child-killers,” she added.
In an earlier statement, the DOH pointed to vaccine hesitancy, or the refusal of vaccines despite availability, as one of the reasons for the recent measles outbreak in some regions of the country.
In order for this not to happen again, Dr. Lulu Bravo also highly recommends...
If I may also include the latest international "scare" that we are all experiencing...what I'm saying is the nCoV or Novel Corona Virus that's been spreading globally, like that of SARS and MERS before.
It has been known that this dreadful disease originated from Wuhan, China. Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. You see, if we all practice healthy living and that we have also submitted ourselves to every vaccine shots applicable and possible for us, we have some sort of protection for ourselves. So please, we are appealing to all sectors, organizations and and officials concern to please do your job properly and don't be selfish. If being unselfish and giving concern to our fellowmen would practically save us from all these, then please give what is due for the people, most especially concerning health matters.
Thank you for reading and the continued support amazing peeps! Please do take care of yourselves and your loved ones. May we all successfully surpass all these... "Til our next!
(Manila, Philippines) — Filipino pride and US rockband Journey's lead singer Arnel Pineda continues to inspire legions of fans—local and international alike—that you don't stop believin' in the power of your dreams as you faithfully work your way to achieving them. His can-do and go-getter attitude has been one of the secrets to his success in the international music scene.
On February 16, 2020, the once budding singer will prove to the world what he is made of as he stages his comeback concert titled "Let It Love, Let It Rock." The post-Valentine concert will be held at the New Frontier Theatre (formerly Kia Theatre) at 7pm. Arnel will rock the house down with pop star royalty Yeng Constantino.
"As the concert date draws nearer and nearer, I couldn't help but get more and more excited. It's always a pleasure to perform in front of a Filipino audience. We've prepared a lot of exciting things for those who will come to see us on the 16th of February, and we hope you'll go home after the concert with a smile on your lips and happiness in your heart," says Arnel.
Arnel started his love affair with music at the tender age of 15, performing in different stages. After posting cover videos of bands like Led Zeppelin and Journey on YouTube, he was discovered by Journey co-founder Neal Schon and was offered to be the new vocalist of the band in 2007. He's since toured with Journey, performing in jam-packed arenas who joyfully join them in singing classic ballads like Open Arms, Faithfully, and Don't Stop Believin'. Arnel also recently performed with Journey at a Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
"I'm excited to spend that one night with my Filipino fans, and I promise to give it my all—just like how I always do it when I perform. I hope you join me as I continue with my own journey, singing songs that are close to my heart," he says.
Tickets for the "Let It Love, Let It Rock" concert are available at Ticketnet.
TikTok policies are
updated to promote a more positive and safe environment for the community, and
users are encouraged to follow and utilize these measures to keep TikTok fun
and welcoming space for every user.
TikTok released a
comprehensive, expanded publication of the CommunityGuidelines to help maintain a supportive and
welcoming environment on the platform and continue to provide a space for
creative self-expression while remaining safe, diverse, and authentic – and
define a common code of conduct.
The update on TikTok’s
policy ensures that users understand the guidelines, including when and why
some restrictions are placed and identify what is or isn't allowed on the app.
Users will begin to receive notifications of the updated guidelines starting
January 8, 2020 which they can easily check on the Safety Center
and directly in the app.
Updated for greater transparency
The Community
Guidelines published will give users far more detail and greater transparency
than previous versions.
Users will notice that
violations are grouped into 10 distinct
categories, each of
which includes an
explanation of the rationale and several detailed bullet points to
clarify what type of
misbehavior would fall into that category.
These changes offer
clarity around how we define harmful or unsafe content that is
not permitted on the
platform.
The values behind the guidelines
TikTok is an inclusive
platform built upon the foundation of creative expression. We
encourage users to
celebrate what makes them unique, within a community that does
the same.
“Our community is
diverse and global, and we aim to cultivate an
environment for
authentic interactions. We believe that feeling safe helps users feel
comfortable expressing
themselves openly and allows creativity to flourish.
“Our global guidelines
are the basis of the moderation policies TikTok's regional and
country teams localize
and implement in accordance with local laws and norms. Our
teams remove content
that violates these guidelines, and suspend or ban accounts
involved in severe or
repeated violations,” said Lavanya Mahendran and Nasser Alsherif, Global Trust
and Safety at TikTok.
Inspiring creativity and bringing joy to
users across the globe
As further explained by
Mahendran, spending time on TikTok is meant to be
rewarding and fun. That
doesn't mean serious or controversial content doesn't have a
place on the platform;
ultimately, the platform is built to support our users and their
diverse thoughts,
experiences, and interests. But the goal is to provide tools for users
to foster their
creativity and enjoy content that's expressive, authentic, refreshing, and
sometimes delightfully
quirky – all within a supportive community environment.
TikTok continues its
commitment to transparency on the ways the app experience is maintained while
providing the necessary protections. The update is just one
Step for TikTok as we
constantly work to improve and expand its practices, policies, and protections
in order to provide a joyful experience for its users.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading
destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire and enrich
people’s lives by offering a home for creative expression and an experience
that is genuine, joyful, and positive. TikTok has global offices including Los
Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta,
Seoul, and Tokyo. www.tiktok.com.
Shop on January 15 and get 20% Cashback and sitewide Free Shipping with ₱0 minimum spend
Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, ushers in the new year with greater saving options at the Shopee New Year Cashback Sale. With a day left to enjoy additional savings, shoppers can look forward to up to 20% cashback from their purchases and free shipping with ₱0 minimum spend on January 15.
Ruoshan Tao, Head of Marketing, Shopee Philippines, said, “Shopee had a successful year last 2019 and we are very thrilled to kickstart the decade with a smarter way to shop. We invite all our users to join in the Shopee New Year Cashback Sale to enjoy up to 20% cashback on their purchased items.”
Highlights of the Shopee New Year Cashback sale on January 15:
20% Cashback Daily - Users can earn Shopee coins up to 20% of their spend across different categories by using upsized cashback vouchers. In addition, Shopee offers thousands of sitewide cashback vouchers including category cashback, and limited quantity 50% and 100% cashback vouchers.
Free Shipping - There will also be sitewide free shipping with ₱0 minimum spend
Find out more about Shopee New Year Cashback Sale at https://shopee.ph/new-year-sale.
Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.
About Shopee
Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is a platform tailored for the region, providing customers with an easy, secure and fast online shopping experience through strong payment and logistical support. Shopee aims to continually enhance its platform and become the region’s e-commerce destination of choice.
Shopee has a wide selection of product categories ranging from consumer electronics to home & living, health & beauty, baby & toys, fashion and fitness equipment.
Shopee, a Sea company, was first launched in Singapore in 2015, and has since expanded its reach to Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Sea is a leader in digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services across Southeast Asia. Sea's mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology, and is listed on the NYSE under the symbol SE.
When it comes to shopping, what are ypur preferences? Well, as for me, being a woman that's always on the go, I would prefer shopping in the most convenient way, aside of course getting great deals and discounts from the stores that we've come to grown up with ans trust, like the SM stores.
Yes! Every Filipino has his/her own story about how they've come to love shopping at SM stores, right?! It has been part of our "Pinoy habit" that whenever we want something to buy, you can find it at any SM Mall, whenever we have special occasions, we tend to spend ot woth our family, dine out and hang out in any SM mall near us,right? During bonding or meet-ups, and also for recreation, leisure and if we want to avail particular services, they got it all, as their tagline says and they had proven that very clearly.
But what if you don't have much time to visit the mall and you've been dreading to buy something? The good news is, we can now shop at SM, online! This is via www.shopsm.com!!! We can now shop more conveniently during our available time and place!
Here's what I have experienced shopping online using ShopSM:
For a fresh start, when you click the ShopSM website, here's what you'll be expecting..
2019 is indeed a fruitful year for Skin Magical CEO Ghie Pangilinan whose hard work and perseverance to carve a niche in the beauty and skin care industry have been recognized by various award-giving bodies. Her nonstop innovation to make the Skin Magical brand a top choice among Filipino consumers has made Ghie truly deserving of all the accolades.
Last November 19, Ghie bagged the Influencer of The Year award at the Leaders Asia Awards held at the Rizal Ballroom of Makati Shangri-La Hotel. The lady entrepreneur also walked away with the trophy for Start-up Company of the Year for Skin Magical.
This year’s Most Influential Female CEO in the Field of Cosmetics and Skin Care trophy was handed to her during the 18th Annual Gawad Amerika Awards night in Los Angeles, California.
Ghie felt doubly happy when swamped with messages of congratulations from family and friends after being named the Most Influential Entrepreneur of the Year at the 14th Gawad Pilipino Awards Night. The awarding ceremonies was held last December 5 at the Tanghalang Pasigueno inside the Pasig City Hall Complex.
Also included in the awards list are Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso, Ali Sotto, Jessica Soho, Atom Araullo, Mike Enriquez, Malou Mangahas, Gretchen Ho, Joyce Ruelos and Arlene Navarro.
Organized by Dr. Danilo Mangahas and EuroTV, the Gawad Pilipino Award is an annual event that aims to recognize the excellence of individuals, organizations and companies from the academe, entertainment, public service, business and NGOs through their passion and work ethics that greatly affect the Philippine culture, traditions and society for humane innovations.
Furthermore, Ghie was also given the Outstanding Contribution in Micro-Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Motivator 2019 by the Philippine Honorable Queens (PHQ Events) last December 15 at Crimson Hotel in Alabang Muntinlupa City. A video tribute called as “The Butterfly Sisters” was also presented to honor her struggles and success with her sisters Joyce Ruelos (who was also awarded tht evening) and Ruffa Gel Garrovillas (who has passed on in 2018).
PHQ Events appoints nominating bodies from all over the country to select Finalist for both Honorable Queens and Finest Woman.
“The awards and nominations I’ve received with Skin Magical served as great reminders for all the hard work and persistence that I and my husband Jerry have done to be successful in beauty and skin care business.
“Each award makes us even more passionate in creating, innovating and sharing skin care products that are effective and safe for all types of skin,” Ghie said.
Ghie shared how she and Jerry strove to become successful and learn new things about running a business. Her husband was a still working as a seaman when Ghie, who was then an online seller of various products, took the advice of her friend to create her own brand. With only an initial capital of P7,000, Ghie was able to start selling through online her own skin care brand, called Skin Magical, with rejuvenating papaya soap, lotion and toner as introductory products. Eventually, it became popular that her husband stopped working and came home permanently to help her in the operation and distribution of the products. They also expanded the business by offering not just papaya soaps.
Many of their loyal customers became Skin Magical distributors “because the products worked on them,” said Ghie who also attributed the success of their business to the loyalty of their employers, resellers and customers.
Until this day, Ghie never tires to share a tip or two about entrepreneurial skills to Pinoys who also wish to succeed in their business through mentoring sessions with them in Go Negosyo. Soon, Ghie will be releasing a book to be published by ABS-CBN Books
