Year-round gifting solutions for 2017

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It is that time of the year again when people are still recovering from what is referred to as the “Holiday Hangover”, that short period of time after New Year’s Day when you realize that all of the revelry is finally over, and you have to go back to work or school again for an entire year before the holidays come around once more. There will be more celebrations spread throughout the year, of course, but with the hassles of daily life coming into play; it is becoming increasingly difficult to find the ideal gift solutions no matter what the occasion may be.

Contrary to what most people think, it is actually harder to choose gifts for the people you are close to, rather than your officemates or colleagues, for example. While you can easily get away with giving anything simple and generic to the guy assisting you in the office, you cannot just do the same for your significant other or for anyone important in your life. Whether you like it or not, your loved ones will expect you to make a conscious effort in gifting as this will somehow serve as a reflection of how much you value them – and you do not want them to be disappointed with your gift choices.

These days, practicality is king – as the best gift for all occasions is something your recipient can actually use. How many times have you received something you had no use for during your birthday or any other special occasion, only to recycle it for the next year and give it to someone else instead? This is an extremely common practice that we are all familiar with by now. It goes without saying that it is the thought that matters when it comes to exchanging gifts, but if you are unsure of what to give someone, a gift certificate will always be the perfect solution. Thankfully, it could not be easier to find nowadays as your ideal gift can conveniently be found online at GCregalo.com. 

Why waste your money on impulse buys that may never even be unwrapped, when you can present your loved ones with a Sodexo Premium Pass that is accepted in over 9000 merchants nationwide? GCregalo.com even offers hassle-free payment with your credit and debit cards, and free delivery anywhere in the Philippines! Treat your friends and family with the gift of choice, and present them with something that is sure to fulfill all of their preferences this year.

Novuhair Celebrated Holidays Around the Globe

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Holiday rush might be over and It’s officially a New Year. Around the globe, most people are trying get back to their old figure after binging on holiday fares and sporting new clothes, new gadgets, and new shoes, but can these make up for looking best at what’s on top of our head, our hair!

Taking care of our mane should be on top of our list just as we go to spa to pamper our body, our hair needs pampering as well. Novuhair, Nature’s answer to hair loss has got you covered. 

As we bid adieu to 2016, throw away your difficulties on hair loss and scalp problems with Novuhair’s 19 natural ingredients. Made of herbal ingredients that include moringa oleifera, panax ginseng, virgin coconut oil and the natural essences of rosemary and peppermint, Novuhair nourishes the scalp and hair by increasing the flow of nutrients and improving blood circulation to the scalp. Novuhair also helps hydrate the scalp, maintain the hair’s natural luster and prevent early hair graying, hair dryness and itching.

The brand has helped thousands of satisfied users here in the Philippines, thus merits its fifth consecutive year of being awarded by Watson’s as the leading Medicated Hair Care Brand in the country.

Good news to our kababayans abroad and their friends, with the brand’s aim to help assuage hair problems across the globe, Novuhair products are available in Kuwait, distributed by Bee Organic Import & Export Establishment, Kuwait. For orders, you may contact landlines +96524343885 and +96524343866 or mobile numbers +96550380380, +96565559935 and +96560755122. Bee Organic’s showroom is located at Arabia Mall, First Floor Showroom # 15 Egaila Area, Kuwait. 

Novuhair can also be purchased online through our service partner: www.regaloservice.com. Servicing USA, Canada, UAE , KSA and other Asian countries. 

Locally, Novuhair Topical Scalp Lotion, Shampoo and Conditioner are available in all Mercury Drug Stores and other leading drug stores nationwide. 

For more information visit www.novuhair.com, like the brand’s official Facebook Page at Novuhair Official, and follow it on Twitter at @NovuhairNatural. You may also call the Novuhair hotlines at 4136570 and 09228830575 and order online at Lazada. 

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Exo Planet #3: The Exo'rdium in Manila 2017

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After the success of the Exo'luxion Tour, one of the world's biggest KPOP group today, Exo, will be making their Manila return as part of the Exo Planet #3: The Exo'rdium Tour. 

The concert will be held at the Araneta Coliseum on February 2017. Concert details as follows.

Pulp Live World, SM Entertainment and Dream Maker Entertainment presents Exo Planet #3 EXO

The Exo'rdium in Manila

February 25, 2017 & February 26, 2017 

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

SCHEDULE OF SHOWS

February 25, 2017 - 7:30pm

February 26, 2017 - 5:30pm

TICKET PRICES (Ticketing Service Charges included)

VIP Sections - P13,250 (Standing and Reserved Seating)

E - P10,600 (Reserved Seating)

X - P7,950 (Reserved Seating)

O - P5,300 (Reserved Seating)

L - P3,180 (Free Seating)

SEAT LAYOUT

Tickets are now available at all Ticketnet outlets nationwide and through online at www.ticketnet.com.ph. Call 911-5555 for ticket inquiries.

LINKS

http://ticketnet.com.ph/index.php/component/k2/the-exo-rdium

http://pulpliveworld.com/shows/2017/exordium-in-manila

https://www.facebook.com/pulpliveworldprod/

For Life by Exo

Monster by Exo

Overdose by Exo-K

65th Miss Universe Updates

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The 65th Miss Universe organized by the Miss Universe Organization along with the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and LCS Group of Companies, The Miss Universe coronation night will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena on January 30.

65th Miss Universe: Schedule of Events Released (Updated)

Kicking off the festivities of the upcoming international event, the DOT (Department of Tourism of the Philippines) Secretary Wanda Teo informed the local media about the tentative schedule of events for the 65th Miss Universe pageant.

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach (center) waves to the crowd as she leads the Miss Universe candidates during its kick off event at the Conrad Manila, Pasay City on Saturday night.
(Photo: Jay Ganzon)

65th Miss Universe Schedule of Events

Jan 12-14: Arrivals, Fittings and Registration

Jan 14: Group taping in Boracay, arrival of last contestants

Jan 15: Visit to Vigan City – Welcome Event with Terno Fashion Show

Jan 16: Governors’ Ball, SMX Convention Center, Manila, 6:30 pm

Jan 17: Parade at Sinulog Festival, Cebu / Swimsuit Fashion Show, Jpark Island Resort and Waterpark, Cebu

Jan 18-19: Visit to Baguio (Street Motorcade), Davao, Batangas (separate groups)

Jan 20: Return to Manila

Jan 21: Fashion Show, SMX Convention Center

Jan 22: Women Empowerment Night, SMX Convention Center

Jan 23: Visit to Malacañang Palace for courtesy call with President Duterte (morning) / National Gift Auction, Conrad Hotel (evening)

Jan 24: National Costume Competition, World Trade Center

Jan 25: Preliminary Interviews (Group 1), Rehearsals

Jan 26: Preliminary Interviews (Group 2), Rehearsals, National Directors’ Meeting

Jan 27: 65th Miss Universe Preliminary Competition, Mall of Asia Arena: All delegates will compete in Cocktail Dresses, Swimsuits and Evening Gowns (to be confirmed)

Jan 28: On-Camera Rehearsals, MOA Arena

Jan 29: On-Camera Rehearsals, MOA Arena / Final Dress Rehearsal, Mall of Asia Arena, 7-10 pm (to be confirmed)

Jan 30: 65th Miss Universe Live Telecast, Mall of Asia Arena, 8:00 am (Jan 29 at 7 pm EST) / Coronation Gala, 8:00 pm

Jan 31: Departures

*Schedule subject to change

Tickets for the Final Gala are being sold through SM; and tickets for the Governor’s Ball are being sold through the telephone.

Tickets for other events such as National Costume Competition, Presentation Show, Dress Rehearsal and Coronation Gala are not out yet to the general public. Information about these should be available any moment now.

Steve Harvey and Ashley Graham are officially confirmed to be the pageant’s hosts for the live telecast on FOX. 

The official Host Hotel in Manila will be the Conrad Hotel.

85 beauties from all over the globe are expected to arrive in Manila in only two weeks, in what is expected to be a big celebration in one of the planet’s leading nations of beauty pageant enthusiasts: The Philippines.

The 65th Miss Universe competition will be held Jan. 30, 2017, at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City.

Visit www.missuniverse.com for event updates. For tickets, visit smtickets.com.

* Updated after visits to Albay and Iloilo were cancelled due to the effects of Typhoon Nina

Sinulog Festival 2017

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The Sinulog Festival is one of the grandest, most distinguished and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. 

The major festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is fundamentally a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people's pagan past and their recognition ofChristianity.

The festival features some the country's most colorful displays of ceremony and pageantry: participants clothe in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums and native gongs. The streets are generally lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. Smaller versions of the festival are also held in different parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade.

The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which roughly means "like water current movement;" it describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation, and street dancing. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs in the native language.

Sinulog is the ritual prayer-dance honoring Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus. An image of the Child Jesus is said to be the baptismal gift the Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan gave Hara Amihan (Humanay) of Zebu (now Cebu) in April 1521. The image, believed to be miraculous, is housed at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City.

The Sinulog dance moves are basically two steps forward and one step backward as the dancer sways to a distinct rhythm of drums. This movement resembles the current (Sulog) of what was known as Cebu’s Pahina River.

The cultural event has been commercialized as a tourist attraction and instead of traditional street-dancing from locals, Sinulog also came to mean a contest highlighting groups from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is traditionally held in the Cebu City Sports Complex, where most of Cebu's major provincial events are held.

SINULOG FESTIVAL 2017 Schedule of Activities 

January 5, 2017 (Thursday) — Opening Salvo: Walk with Jesus

4:00 A.M. Assembly Time (Area) Fuente Osmeña

4:30 A.M. Start of Walk-Fuente Osmeña Blvd. – Basilica del Sto. Niño

5:30 A.M. Installation of Hermano & Hermana Mayores 2017

January 6, 2017 (Friday) Sinulog 2017 Kick Off

10:00A.M. : Sinulog Trade Fair @ SM City Cebu by Department of Trade and Industry

2:00 P.M. : Solemn Mass (Basilica del Santo Niño)

3:00 P.M. Launching Parade (Basilica Del Santo Niño to CCSC)

5:30 P.M. Novena mass

7:00 P.M. Opening and Launching Program, Fuente Osmeña

January 7, 2017 (Saturday) Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan

1:00 P.M. Parade of Participants (Capitol to CCSC)

2:00 P.M. Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan at CCSC

5:30 P.M. Novena mass

7:00 P.M. Ms. Cebu 2017 Pre Pageant Night @ Ayala Activity Center

10:00 P.M. Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Party Bands

January 8, 2017 (Sunday) Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan

3:00 A.M. : Cebu City 2017 Marathon

1:00 P.M. : Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to Cebu City Sports Center

2:00 P.M. : Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan @ Cebu City Sports Center5:30 P.M. : Novena Mass

9:00 P.M. : Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Street Party Bands

January 9, 2017 (Monday)

5:30 P.M. : Novena Mass

9:00 P.M. : Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Street Party Bands

January 10, 2017 (Tuesday)

5:30 P.M. : Novena Mass

9:00 P.M. : Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Street Party Bands

January 11, 2017 (Wednesday)

9:00 A.M. : Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)5:30 P.M. : Novena Mass

7:00 P.M. : Ms. Cebu 2017 Coronation Night @ Waterfront Hotel Cebu City

8:00 P.M. : Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña)

9:00 P.M. : Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Street Party Bands

January 12, 2017 (Thursday)

9:00 A.M. : Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)

6:00 P.M. : Balik Cebu Welcome Party @ Ayala Activity Center

6:30 P.M. : Sinulog Festival Queen Runway Competition and Photoshoot

8:00 P.M. : Handumanan @ Ayala Terraces

8:00 P.M. : Sinulog 2016 Idol Grand Finals @ the Fuente Osmeña

9:00 P.M. : Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Street Party Bands

January 13, 2017 (Friday) Visual Merchandising Contest (Dept. Stores and Malls)

4:00 A.M. : Walk with Mary (Area) Fuente Osmeña – Sto. Niño

9:00 A.M. : Solidarity Meeting (All Competing Contingent/Floats/Higante/Puppeteers)

@ Cebu City Sports Center Gym

6:00 P.M. : Sinulog 2016 Dance Crew Finals @ Cebu City Sports Center

7:30 P.M. : Sinulog Festival Queen 2016 Coronation Night @ Cebu City Sports Center

8:00 P.M. : Cebu Popular Music Festival @ Cebu Coliseum

January 14, 2017 (Saturday)

6:00 A.M. : Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of the Sto. Niño

9:00 A.M. : Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon Basilica del Santo Niño

12:00 P.M. : 12th “The Street Vibration & Big Bike Rally 2017” by V-max Owner’s Group, Inc. Cebu Chapter

2:00 P.M. : Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño

7:00 P.M. : Sinulog Fireworks Competition @ SM City Cebu

7:00 P.M. : Street Party @ Fuente Osmeña and Plaza Independencia

January 15, 2017 (Sunday) – Sinulog Grand Parade

4:00 A.M. : Mañanita Mass at Basilica del Sto. Niño

6:00 A.M. : Pontifical Mass

8:00 A.M. : Holy Mass at Cebu City Sports Center

9:00 A.M. : Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kick Off

7:00 P.M. : Grand Finale and Grand Fireworks at CCSC

9:00 P.M. : Pyrospectacular Show (Pyromusical Show at SM City Cebu)

5:00 P.M. – 2:00 A.M. : Sinulog DJ Mixing Grand Finals Night at Fuente Osmeña Circle

12:00 MN : Sinulog Fireworks at SRP (South Road Properties)

January 16, 2017 (Monday) : Awarding Ceremonies @ Cebu City Sports Center

January 20, 2017 (Friday) “HUBO”

January 31, 2017 (Tuesday) : Judging Sinulog 2017 Photo Contest

February 1, 2017 (Wednesday) : Judging of Finalist in Short Film / Video Documentary and Music Video Contest

2017 SINULOG STREETDANCING PARADE ROUTE

Cebu Sinulog Grand Parade will start 9AM. From Imus Road to Gen. Maxilom Ave to Fuente Osmeña Circle, Osmeña Blvd and ends up at Cebu City Sports Center for the Ritual presentation.

Source: sinulog.ph

February 4, 2017

1:00 P.M. : Screening of Finalists Sinulog Short Film Festival @ SM City Cebu

6:00 P.M. : Awarding Ceremonies Photo Contest, Short Film and Video Documentary Contest @ SM City Cebu

February 4, 2017 – February 13, 2017 : Photo Exhibit “Winning Photos Sinulog 2017″ @ SM City Cebu