SM Prime & Hamilo Coast: Defining Beach Resort Living in the Philippines

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Recognized as one of the largest integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, SM Prime offers innovative and sustainable lifestyle communities. Under its portfolio of leisure developments is Hamilo Coast, a master-planned seaside community located along Nasugbu, Batangas. 

SM Prime's Hamilo Coast is a master-planned development, a sprawling beach resort community that encompasses 13 coves. Its maiden development, Pico de Loro Cove, is home to residential condominium developments and a variety of leisure amenities.

Hamilo Coast is a sprawling coastline residential resort town that encompasses three major mountain peaks and 13 coves, three of which are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Its unique location at the head of the Nasugbu coastline makes it the gateway to the so-called “Philippine Riviera”.

Bounded by the vast West Philippine Sea and misty cloud-covered Pico mountain ranges in the east, Hamilo Coast carefully integrates residential, resort, leisure, commercial, and institutional land uses into its communities, wherein beach resort living will eventually be spun into an everyday lifestyle choice. 

Hamilo Coast's latest residential development is Freia, a contemporary tropical inspired beachfront condominium with encompassing vistas of the West Philippine Sea and Mt. Pico.

Pico de Loro Cove, Hamilo Coast’s maiden development, is a vibrant community where environmental sustainability thrives. It boasts of a 1.5 km. stretch of fine white sand beach, a 4-hectare man-madelagoon centerpiece with pocket gardens, and a Beach and Country Club that features the most extensive land- and sea-based recreational facilities in Nasugbu. In 2007, Hamilo Coast teamed up with the WorldWide Fund for Nature-Philippines, a partnership that continues to thrive up to this day. One of itsenvironmental programs included declaring Pico de Loro Cove as one of its Marine Protected Areas. Conservation efforts under this partnership include ridge-to-reef management, the use of renewable energy, and guidance on the responsible and eco-handling of solid waste.

The Pico de Loro Cove Beach and Country Club is a lifetime membership club that provides exclusive access to the most extensive land and sea-based recreational activities in Nasugbu, Batangas.

A membership at the Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club is a pass to a whole new world of excitingrecreational adventures. A member has access to aquatic sports like sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and scuba diving and outdoor activities such as hiking, trekking, and birdwatching. Members can also enjoy indoor activities such as billiards, bowling, basketball, tennis, badminton, and swimming.

To enhance, Hamilo Coast continues to elevate beach resort living through its latest residential offering, Freia. Rising a few steps away from Pico de Loro Cove’s beachfront, Freia gives its future residents a breathtaking vista of the serene blue waters of the West Philippine Sea and verdant Pico mountains.

Upon entering Freia, residents are welcomed by a grand, high-ceiling lobby designed by acclaimedconsultant Budji+Royal. The beach condominium will offer 214 superior two-bedroom units and nine bi-level three-bedroom penthouses, each designed with living spaces, large picturesque windows, and spacious balconies, that open up to the owner’s chosen view.

Only a 90-minute drive from the SM Mall of Asia, Hamilo Coast is the premier sustainable beach resort town of the Philippines. 

Hamilo Coast is the SM Group’s premier beach resort town in Nasugbu, Batangas. It is now approximately 90 minutes from Manila via Cavitex and the new Ternate-Nasugbu Road. For inquiries, call (632) 945-8000 or visit www.hamilocoast.com.

Healthy Eating Lifestyle at Jar’d IN Salad House

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Healthy eating is one of the most important to stay healthy to enjoy life to fullest. We make choices about the food we eat and our lifestyles. We can make choices for ourselves and for our families that make a real difference to our ability to remain healthy and active, and enjoy life.

Eating salad may be one of the most healthy eating habits you can adopt.

Jar’d IN Salad House held its grand opening on May 31, to offer easy, fresh and healthy salad that can be on the dinner table in no time.

Jar’d IN Salad House has an open salad station that customers  see their orders being made on the spot. 

The salad station has a selection of fresh vegetable -  lettuce, chopped cherry tomatoes, assorted raw, sliced cucumbers, carrots, celery, olives and green or red bell peppers, Feta cheese, dried bread croutons, chopped bacon, cooked cold meats, chicken breast, ham, shrimp, tofu, walnuts, sweet corn, cooked beans, boiled eggs, nacho chips, crispy noodles, fresh cut fruit slices  as grapes, pomelo, watermelon and various types of salad dressing.

 Jar’d IN Salad House  owners  Ed Paras,  Paul Gan and Edmil Chan 

The  Jar’d IN Salad House owners Paul Gan, Edmil Chan and Ed Paras shared to us during the exclusive interview, "to ensure the quality and freshness of the ingredients, the source of their lettuces, vegetables and fruits is from Benguet Growers Association." The ingredients of the salad  are fresh from the Baguio farm guaranteed! 

Some of their easy, fresh and made-to-order signature salad are : “Greek Salad,” “Cowboy Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad,” “Cancun BBQ Burrito Bowl”, “Vietnamese Banhme Pomelo Salad”, and “Amazonia Grain Powerbowl”.

“Cowboy Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad”  ( Bacon Caesar dressing pored over the sliced fried Chicken Finger with Romaine lettuce, cherry tomato, halves hard boiled egg and topped with parmesan cheese)

“Amazonia Grain Powerbowl” (Basil Pesto Yogurt dressing, mixed with romaine lettuce, red and green cabbage, cucumber, carrot, turnip and pomelo and garnished with peanuts, cilanto and dressed with their special Hoisin sauce. And a scoop of red rice makes it a poweful meal)

“Vietnamese Banhme Pomelo Salad”  ( like the common Bahnmi sandwich, this salad can have chicken or ham or tofu or shrimp, your choice. Mixed with sliced veges and pomelo, and topped with crispy sotanghon noodles, nuts, dressed with pineaple nuac cham)

 “Greek Salad”  (Mixed of specialized Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing, Romaine lettuce, arugula and topped with bell peppers, Red onion, Sliced cherry tomato, halves Grapes, watermelon and garnished with crunchy walnuts and crumbled feta cheese)

“Cancun BBQ Burrito Bowl” (Mexican salad with cherry tomatoes, red onion, corn, Nacho chips and drizzled with BBQ sauce and dressed with Basil Pesto Yogurt- Caesar dressing, or Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette, Roasted Chicken Breast is tossed in bbq sauce)

You can choose and made-to-order Fresh Healthy Delicious Salad in a clear Jar

Price range: P220-P330 per bowl or takeout with a transparent jar. If you chill the jar right away, the salad can last up to two days.

Soon to be available in GrabFood, Zomato and FoodPanda!

Jar'd IN Salad House has seating for 30, and have limited outdoor seating. It is open daily 10AM to 8PM. 

They also serve refreshing specialty drinks: Lemonade Chili Juice, Carrot-Ginger-Orange Juice, and Ampalaya Mango Juice. Hot tea for sharing, good for four!

Jar'd IN Salad House is located at MC2 Building in 177 Congressional Avenue, Barangay Bahay Toro, Project 8, Quezon City 1106 Metro Manila.

This healthy, flavorful salad comes together so quickly, and it is guaranteed fresh and to be a hit with your entire family and friends!

Visit and Like Jar'd IN Salad House Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jardinsalad/ and https://www.instagram.com/jardinsalad/ 

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Lalamove Embraces GCash for Partner Driver Payments, Explore More Opportunities for Cashless Transactions

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Local logistics provider Lalamove Philippines have partnered with the nation’s leading mobile wallet GCash to secure payments for their partner drivers. This move comes after the company’s push for a more efficient disbursement method for their drivers, who are usually on field 24/7.

Logistics personnel usually encounter challenges when withdrawing their salaries, as some still depend on cash envelopes, in which, by late afternoon, their head office is already closed. Meanwhile, some do not have ATM cards at all. GCash solves this with the GCash App and its GCash Mastercard. 

The GCash App empowers the user to be able to use money in the app real-time: customers can purchase discounted prepaid load, send money to other GCash users for free, pay utility bills without actually setting foot in payment centers, or pay using GCash QR in over 60,000 GCash Partner Merchants nationwide, including restaurants, apparel, and other product and service brands. The GCash Mastercard, on the other hand, is a card directly linked to a customer’s GCash App, and can be used for swipe, ATM, and online transactions.

“Madali talaga gumamit ng GCash kasi hindi ka masyadong mahihirapan pag magcacash-out ka, kasi kahit nasa labas, kahit disoras ng gabi, 24 hours pwede ka magwithdraw, tsaka safe yung pera kasi nasa telepono mo lang,” said Charlie Cabilangan, a Lalamove driver who has been with the company since 2017.

Lalamove is also looking forward to expanding their partnership with GCash by adopting more services, such as offering GCash QR acceptance for delivery payments.

“Lalamove is the pioneer in on-demand logistics services in the Philippines, and have been leading the industry since 2016. We’re very happy to have partnered with GCash as they were able to make our partner driver disbursements more efficient,” said Dan Marajocon, Managing Director of Lalamove. “We’re definitely looking forward to exploring more opportunities with them,” she added.

Anthony Thomas, Mynt’s President and CEO, meanwhile said, “GCash’s payroll solution is designed for quick and easy disbursements for SMEs, and even big corporations. This service features a GCash Mastercard, which doubles as an ATM card and a debit card all in one, available for use in over 5,000 POS terminals and over 12,000 ATMs nationwide.” “GCash and Lalamove share the same startup mindset, and we’re very happy to continue working with them on working towards a more convenient and financially-inclusive employee payroll ecosystem,” he added.

Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hiring. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove now operates in 100+ cities across China and Southeast Asia. Today, the company unceasingly matches 15,000,000 registered customers with a pool of 2,000,000 drivers of vans, trucks and motorcycles. Lalamove is also the leading app-based logistics provider in the Philippines.

Getting a GCash account is easy. Just download the GCash App for free from the App Store or from Google Play and sign up for an account. Alternatively, you can look for @gcashofficial on Messenger and sign up.

To fund their GCash account, a user can visit over 16,000 GCash partner outlets nationwide, like 7-Eleven, SM Business Centers, Robinsons Business Centers, Puregold branches, and Villarica Pawnshop branches, and tell the cashier to cash-in to their GCash account. Cashing-in to a GCash account is free.

For more details about the promo, customers can visit the official Facebook page of GCash at www.facebook.com/gcashofficial.

Shopee debuts television commercial with Sarah Geronimo for Shopee 6.6 - 7.7 Lowest Price Sale

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MANILA, 31 MAY, 2019 - Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, launches its first-ever television commercial with Sarah Geronimo on June 1. On May 30, Shopee announced that Sarah Geronimo is their new ambassador just in time for the Shopee 6.6 - 7.7 Lowest Price Sale.

Sarah first performed the “Shopee Spaghetti” commercial in front of thousands during the launch event of her cosmetics brand, POP Studio, on Shopee. The television commercial which put a creative twist on the classic novelty song “The Spaghetti Song” by the Sexbomb Girls, garnered a good reception from Filipino viewers across the country.

Shopee’s previous television commercials have been recognized by several organizations for its innovation and influence. This includes the Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day television commercial, which was crowned the number 1 YouTube ad in the Philippines at the Youtube Ads Leaderboards by Google last March 25. In addition, the Shopee-pi-pi song was also named the People’s Choice for the Last Song Syndrome (LSS) Award by the same organization.

Ruoshan Tao, Head of Marketing, Shopee Philippines, said, “Coming from the viral Shopee-pi-pi television commercial, the Shopee Spaghetti commercial is another song with a catchy tune and a fun dance that will surely entertain our Filipino audience. We look forward to sharing more creative content with our consumers in the upcoming months.”

The Shopee 6.6 - 7.7 Lowest Price Sale from June 3 to July 7 offers consumers five weeks of unbeatable deals including free shipping with ₱0 minimum spend on selected brands or categories daily. There will be one million Lowest Price Deals, daily 100% cashback vouchers, and ₱1 Deals up for grabs. Additionally, consumers can look forward to special deals up to 90% off from top local and international brands including P&G Hair, Huawei, Colourette, Colgate, Silverworks, Maybelline, Unilever Personal Care, Watsons, and Olay. Leading industry players such as BDO, Cebu Pacific, and iWant are also participating to offer Shopee users exclusive promotions.

For more information on the Shopee 6.6 - 7.7 Lowest Price Sale, please visit https://shopee.ph/m/6-6.

Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.

Visit https://shopee.ph for more information.

Paranormal meets crime in Blue Ant Entertainment newest thriller The InBetween

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Enter the unknown in new American drama series The Inbetween premiering May 31 at 10:35PM express from the U.S.

Justice can be painfully slow in a cold-case murder, but what if the victim can reach out from beyond the grave? In the upcoming crime series, The InBetween, airing on Blue Ant Entertainment this May 31, the unhappy dead provide clues to help unravel the mystery of their demise and even help solve the most challenging cases through supernatural means.

Cassie Bedford (Harriet Dyer) was born with a rare gift—or curse—that allows her to see ghastly visions and communicate with the dead. With her “sixth sense,” she often contends with restless spirits seeking help in resolving their untimely deaths.

Paul Blackthorne as Detective Tom Hacket will do whatever it takes to crack Seattle’s most bizarre cases before the tracks run cold

The dead aren’t the only ones that appear at her door for assistance, however. Detective Tom Hacket (Paul Blackthorne), and his new partner, former FBI Agent Justin Cornwell (Damien Asante), race against time to solve some of Seattle’s worst felonies. And when the tracks run cold, the two sleuths turn to Cassie. Will she hesitate to use her abilities, or will she risk her own sanity to crack the city’s darkest cases?

Former FBI Agent Justin Cornwell, played by Damien Asante, joins Detective Hacket in tracking the clues behind seemingly unsolvable cases.

Catch The InBetween every Friday, 10:35PM, starting May 31, express from the U.S., on Blue Ant Entertainment, available on SKYcable channels 53 (SD) and 196 (HD), SKYdirect channel 35, Cignal channel 120, and Cablelink channel 37.

Bringing the series closer to viewers, Blue Ant Entertainment has partnered with Breakout Philippines for a puzzle game that will run from May 30 to June 19, 2019, at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall. Unlock the secrets of Missing: An Escape Room Based on the TV Show The InBetween in a one-of-a-kind suspense that will let the most daring teams experience the show’s paranormal, crime-solving thrills in the flesh. The first 100 participants to break out within the time limit will take home a special prize from Blue Ant Entertainment.

For more thrilling updates, follow Blue Ant Entertainment on Instagram @BlueAntEntertainment, @BlueAntEnt on Twitter, and at www.facebook.com/BlueAntEntertainment/ on Facebook.