SM FOUNDATION donates COVID-19 TEST KITS to Mandaluyong City

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Mandaluyong Mayor Menchie Abalos receives the donation of COVID-19 test kits from SM Foundation, turned over by SM Supermalls’ Ian Mathay. The 200 test kits worth close to PHP5M, is good for 2,400 tests and is in support of wider access to testing. This forms part of SM Foundation’s donation efforts of over P270M for hospitals and local governments to support the country’s fight against COVID-19. #SMCares

Catch the Shopee 6.6 Shake & Win TV Special on Wowowin Primetime and Win A Total of ₱1.3 Million in Cash

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Tune in on June 6 and stand a chance to be one of the lucky winners 

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, is inviting everyone to tune in to Wowowin Primetime on June 6 to stand a chance to win a grand total of ₱1.3 million. From 7:00 PM to 7:40 PM, the audience can anticipate fun games, non-stop prizes and giveaways, 6-peso deals, and up to 50% off on leading brands. 

Wowowin’s main host Willie Revillame will be joined by Kapuso stars Rhian Ramos and Julie Anne San Jose to host the show. Viewers can also look forward to performances from famous celebrities like Julie Anne San Jose, Kris Lawrence, and Michael Pangilinan. 

Key highlights of Shopee 6.6 Super Flash Sale: 

On June 6, consumers can expect fun games, amazing promotions, and big cash prizes. Key highlights include: 

• ● Watch & Win: Six lucky viewers will get the chance to win ₱50,000 each. All they have to do is pre-register and tune in to Wowowin on Shopee Live. 
• ● Shopee Shake: Three Shopee Shake winners will win a total of  ₱1 million. Two will win ₱250,000 each, and one lucky winner will take home a grand prize of ₱500,000. Viewers should tune into Wowowin at 7:10 PM, 7:15 PM, and 7:25 PM for the Shopee Shake Segment. 
• ● All-day sitewide free shipping with ₱0 minimum spend on all flash deals 
• ● 50% off on selected items: Get amazing deals across different categories. Users can get an Amazfit Stratos watch, a pair of Reebok Instalite Lux Women's Running Shoes, or a Fisher-Price Lion Walker at 50% off. 
• ● Flash deals as low as ₱6: Consumers can look forward to amazing deals for as low as ₱6. 
• ● Exclusive promos from leading brands: Users can enjoy exclusive discounts ranging from 20% to 50% off from leading brands such as Wyeth, Unilever Beauty, Shigetsu, L’Oreal Paris, Maybelline, P&G Home, and Nestle. 

Ruoshan Tao, Head of Marketing at Shopee Philippines said, “As more Filipinos are turning to online platforms for entertainment, we are excited to team up with Wowowin Primetime to bring greater fun and entertainment to Filipinos across the country, just in time for Shopee 6.6 Super Flash Sale. Filipinos can look forward to our continuous efforts on improving the platform; making it even more fun, social, and engaging for everyone.”

To find out more about the Shopee 6.6 Super Flash Sale, head over to https://shopee.ph/m/double-double.

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

Kalinga QC beneficiaries may opt for GCash as disbursement method

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Quezon City residents may opt to receive their supplemental financial assistance from the local government safely, securely, and conveniently through GCash, the leading mobile wallet in the Philippines.

Through GCash, beneficiaries of the local government’s Kalingang QC Program stand to benefit from the wide array of financial services that GCash offers to its users — from savings to credit, from investments to insurance. 

Kalinga QC is the supplemental Social Amelioration Program (SAP) for the vulnerable sectors in the city. It aims to dole out P22,000 in financial assistance to solo parents, senior citizens, and persons with disability, among others. They may opt to choose GCash as the disbursement facility for the financial assistance. 

“Choosing GCash as their preferred disbursement facility allows beneficiaries to receive the financial assistance safely, securely, and conveniently. Aside from this, they may also use their GCash wallets for an array of services such as bills payment, online and offline transactions, and fund transfers, among many others,” GCash Vice President for Enterprise Luigi Reyes said. 

Beneficiaries of the Kalinga QC Program may use the funds facilitated through GCash to buy from over 70,000 GCash partner merchants like Puregold, Mercury Drug Store, 7-Eleven, among others via Scan to Pay via QR or Barcode, pay their electricity bills via Bills Pay, transfer money to and from 40 banks via Bank Transfer, and buy airtime load credits. 

They may also use their GCash wallets to get a savings account via GCash Save Money, invest in money market funds via Invest Money, and even avail of very affordable insurance plans via GCash Insurance. 

“We at GCash believe that the future is cashless, and it is only being accelerated now by this pandemic. Now, more than ever, we have to be vigilant of our safety and leverage digital technologies such as GCash for our everyday needs,” Reyes said. 

Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), which operates GCash, is part of the portfolio companies of 917Ventures, the largest corporate incubator in the Philippines wholly-owned by Globe Telecom Inc. 

GCash is available for download on the App Store and Google Play. For more information, kindly visit https://www.gcash.com/.

Maintain an active lifestyle at home with these tips from vivo

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There are many ways through which people are coping with feelings of anxiety, depression, boredom, and other ill-effects of an extended enhanced community quarantine. One of these is stress-eating

While understandable, such a lifestyle may not be sustainable in the long run--especially if one has not been exercising. Unfortunately, most gyms and sports facilities won’t be opening anytime soon, so there is really no better way to shed-off excess fat than by adopting exercise habits at home.

Don’t know where to start? Here are simple and easy ways to get your body moving and getting it back into tip-top shape.

Start with simple activities

It would be unwise to instantly go through rigorous exercises and programs without priming your body to go through them. Activate and engage your body through simple activities such as cleaning the house while listening to upbeat music. You can also try meditating just to make sure that your mind is in harmony with your body.

Download Workout apps

The vivo app store has workout apps that contain plenty of programs and exercises. Try apps that include High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) programs where you do a series of repetitions continuously with minimal rest time. While these apps promote quick workouts that last less than 10 minutes, do not be fooled--you will feel like you just ran a marathon.

Head to Facebook for live workout videos

If motivation is what gets you going when it comes to workouts, try doing it together with other online users. Facebook pages of different gyms around the metro now offer both free and paid live online workout classes like yoga and shadow boxing that are sure to shed off a few “quarantine pounds”. If you’re not to keen on working out with strangers, you can always gather your friends for a video call workout session. Just make sure you actually work out and not end up having an “e-numan”--you can always do that at a different time.

Try Tik-Tok dance challenges

If conventional workout routines and exercises aren’t your thing, you can always try creating TikTok videos. Try engaging in a “dance workout” by trying out all the dance challenges created by users in the platform. You will actually sweat buckets trying to perfect the challenges over and over again.

These home-based exercise methods may not be the same as “maxing out” in the gym, but these are great ways to maintain an active lifestyle and fight off the urge to stress-eat during these unprecedented times.

All it takes are a few clicks. You can download the Facebook app and plenty of workout apps using the vivo app store, pre-installed in all vivo mobile devices.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES Flight Schedule : List of Operational Flights for June 2020

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Philippine Airlines has just announced that it will be resuming operations of selected international and domestic flights from June 1 to 30, 2020. The move was made after the government had stated the plan to place Metro Manila under General Community Quarantine (from stricter Enhanced Community Quarantine).

The list that PAL has released covers a limited number of international routes (mostly in the USA and East and Southeast Asia) and several domestic routes.

Internatonal Flights

Coverage: June 1-30, 2020

MANILA – LOS ANGELES – MANILA
PR 102/103 – June 8 and 10
PR 102/103 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays (Effective June 11)
PR 102/103 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – SAN FRANCISCO – MANILA
PR 104/105 – June 1 and 10
PR 104/105 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 11)

MANILA – NEW YORK (JFK)
PR 126/127 – Thursdays, Sundays (Effective June 11)
PR 126/127 – Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays (Effective June 22)

NEW YORK (JFK) – MANILA
PR 127 – Mondays, Fridays (Effective June 12)
PR 127 – Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays (Effective June 22)

MANILA – HONOLULU – MANILA
PR 100/101 – Tuesdays, Saturdays (Effective June 13)

MANILA – GUAM
PR 110 – June 12
PR 110 – Fridays / Mondays (Effective June 15)

GUAM – MANILA
PR 111 – June 13
PR 111 – Saturdays, Tuesdays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – VANCOUVER – MANILA
PR 116/117 – June 10 and 14
PR 116/117 – Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays (Effective June 15)i

MANILA – TORONTO – MANILA
PR 118/119 – June 14, 17 and 21
PR 118/119 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Sundays (Effective June 22)

MANILA – SINGAPORE – MANILA
PR 507/508 – June 3
PR 507/508 – Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 12)

MANILA – XIAMEN – MANILA
PR 330/331 – Wednesdays (Effective June 17)

MANILA – JAKARTA
PR 535 – Saturdays (Effective June 13)
PR 535 – Tuesdays, Saturdays (Effective June 16)

JAKARTA – MANILA
PR 536 – Sundays (Effective June 14)
PR 536 – Wednesdays, Sundays (Effective June 17)

MANILA – KUALA LUMPUR – MANILA
PR 527/528 – Saturdays (Effective June 13)

MANILA – HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON) – MANILA
PR 591/592 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – HONG KONG – MANILA
PR 300/301 – Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 19)

MANILA – DOHA – MANILA
PR 684/685 – Thursdays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – DUBAI – MANILA
PR 658/659 – Tuesdays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – DAMMAM – MANILA
PR 682/683 – Saturdays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – RIYADH – MANILA
PR 654/655 – Mondays, Fridays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – TAIPEI – MANILA
PR 890/891 – Mondays, Fridays (Effective June 16)

MANILA – TOKYO (HANEDA) – MANILA
PR 422/421 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 22)

MANILA – OSAKA (KANSAI) – MANILA
PR 412/411 – Mondays, Thursdays, Sundays (Effective June 22)

MANILA – NAGOYA
PR 438 – Thursdays, Sundays (Effective June 22)

NAGOYA – MANILA
PR 437 – Fridays, Mondays (Effective June 23)

PAL is still assessing whether or not they could operate flights to and from Sydney (Australia) and London (UK) this June. However, they have confirmed that they will NOT be flying to Auckland (New Zealand), Bali (Indonesia), Bangkok (Thailand), Beijing (China), Brisbane (Australia), Busan (South Korea), Fukuoka (Japan), Guangzhou (China), Hanoi (Vietnam), Macau, Melbourne (Australia), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Perth (Australia), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Quanzhou (Jinjiang, China), Sapporo (Japan), Seoul/Incheon (South Korea) and Shanghai (China).

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Domestic Flights

Coverage: June 8-30, 2020

MANILA – BASCO – MANILA
PR 2936/2937 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – LAOAG – MANILA
PR 2196/2197 – Tuesdays, Saturdays (Effective June 08)
PR 2198/2199 – Wednesdays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – LEGAZPI – MANILA
PR 2921/2922 – Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – PUERTO PRINCESA – MANILA
PR 2785/2786 – Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – BUSUANGA (CORON) – MANILA
PR 2961/2962 – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (Effective June 15)
PR 2965/2966 – Sundays (Effective June 15)

MANILA – BACOLOD – MANILA
PR 2131/2132 – Daily (Effective June 08)

MANILA – CEBU – MANILA
PR 1845/1846 – Daily (Effective June 08)

MANILA – DUMAGUETE – MANILA
PR 2545/2546 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – ILOILO – MANILA
PR 2141/2142 – Daily (Effective June 08)

MANILA – KALIBO – MANILA
PR 2969/2970 – Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – CATICLAN (BORACAY) – MANILA
PR 2041/2042 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturday, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – ROXAS – MANILA
PR 2203/2204 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – TACLOBAN – MANILA
PR 2985/2986 – Daily (Effective June 08)

MANILA – TAGBILARAN (PANGLAO) – MANILA
PR 2773/2774 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – BUTUAN – MANILA
PR 2967/2968 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – COTABATO – MANILA
PR 2959/2960 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – CAGAYAN DE ORO – MANILA
PR 2521/2522 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 01)

MANILA – DIPOLOG – MANILA
PR 2557/2558 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – DAVAO – MANILA
PR 2813/2814 – Daily (Effective June 08)

MANILA – GENERAL SANTOS – MANILA
PR 453/454 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – OZAMIZ – MANILA
PR 2889/2890 – Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 01)
PR 2889/2890 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – PAGADIAN – MANILA
PR 2783/2784 – Tuesdays, Saturdays (Effective June 01)
PR 2783/2784 – Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

MANILA – ZAMBOANGA – MANILA
PR 2997/2998 – Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (Effective June 08)

CEBU – DAVAO – CEBU
PR 2363/2364 – Daily (Effective June 08)

PAL also shares that they plan to add more routes and flights in the next months, if they will be permitted by aviation authorities.

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Updates Log

2020 May 30 – PAL added JFK-MNL flights, changed the schedule of MNL-YYZ-MNL (June 10/14 to 14/17/21), revised the coverage of list of domestic flights (June 1-30 to June 8-30), and removed all previously announced domestic flights scheduled on June 1-7.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Before booking, check with the local government of your origin or destination for possible travel documents that may be required.

Because the status of flights changes quickly especially during these uncertain times, before making any move, always double check with PAL first to get the latest flight status. You may check their official website or Facebook page.