Greenhills Mall: The crown jewel of Ortigas Malls then, today, and the future

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What makes a person come back to a mall? Is it the proximity? Its dining spots? Is it the stores they can shop at? Whatever takes them to the mall, now more than ever, people develop a deep connection to a place that offers beyond what’s functional.

As people slowly go back to their old routines, they can’t help but flock to malls to once again experience the activities they missed the most. This is why Greenhills Mall, Ortigas Malls’ crown jewel of the entire Greenhills complex, continues to create a safe and engaging space where people can reconnect with their loved ones, lifestyles, and passions.

Serving as a home for new and different experiences, Greenhills Mall launched the Passion Hub. It’s a series filled with exciting workshops and events, gathering lovers of sports, arts & crafts, self-development, and more, in a space where they can create and mingle with like-minded peers. This bi-monthly initiative started this year and will run until December in Greenhills as well as other Ortigas Malls including Tiendesitas and Estancia.

One thing that also drives people back to a certain place is its atmosphere which fosters a great sense of community. This is why Greenhills creates a conscious effort to keep the charm of the San Juan neighborhood alive: warm, welcoming, and open.

With this, the mall recently dedicated a portion of its iconic Connecticut Arcade roof deck to give more space for shared experiences. Called the Greenhills Skyline, this new spot will allow people to relax in coffee shops, al fresco lounges, and sunset mobile bars, in the company of their loved ones. Watch out for this new hangout destination this April.

Greenhills is also known for its wide array of stores that cater to all kinds of interests — from fashion pieces, to toys, to knick-knacks. One of its most popular haunts is the Pearl section where customers can shop from a variety of elegant saltwater and freshwater pearl jewelry.

For people who love to collect toys, Greenhills is also home to the finest selection of authentic collectibles. The toy collectibles are found at competitive prices perfect for hobbyists who love to relive their childhood memories. The malls’ own Toy Club has been recently launched led by female ambassadors in time for Women’s Month.

More food and lifestyle brands have joined to boost the vibes of the Greenhills community. These include Sweet Ecstasy, Koomi, Oh My Greek (OMG), Zig, Romantic Baboy, Peri Peri and Break (Vegan Restaurant). Other stores that opened were Beauty Studio, Nailandia, Electric Cyclery, and toy haven EZ Toys Collectibles

What’s more, Ortigas Malls’ Greenhills redevelopment is well underway. The first phase is expected to open by 2023 and will be designed as a next-generation mall, with more space, accommodation for merchants, and flagship stores.

All these mall facilities are housed in a carefully master-planned development that has continuously been an incubator for Filipino MSMEs. The presence of homegrown brands further proves that Greenhills will carry on to be the ultimate shopping destination with the widest selection of shopping and dining experiences then, now, and the future.

So, join in the fun and enjoy every day in a place that gives you all the reasons to come back. Learn more and be updated with the latest offerings and experiences at Greenhills Mall by visiting greenhills.com.ph and its Facebook page at facebook.com/greenhillsofficial.

About Ortigas Malls

Ortigas Malls prides itself in developing leisure destinations that enrich the community. For more information, visit the Ortigas Malls website at ortigasmalls.com, and the official Facebook pages @greenhillsofficial, @tiendesitas, @EstanciaPH, @IndustriaAtCirculoVerde. Download the Ortigas Malls app on App Store or Google Play.

Singlife’s Cash for Income Loss, a must have for every breadwinner

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• Need to protect yourself and your loved ones from possible income loss?
• Singlife’s Cash for Income Loss has you covered, FREE P100k accidents cover for 3 months

Manila, Philippines – Your salary empowers you to pay for housing, food and all the niceties in life for yourself and your loved ones. Money makes the world go round, as they say. But does your family’s world stop when disability, or even death, strike, and the salary you’ve gotten used to is no longer being paid?

Most homes have one or two breadwinners, those that bring in the money to live the life you have been living. And as most of us experience, adjusting your spending when the money coming in increases goes without a problem. Having that special lunch in your favorite place every week, sending the kids to a more expensive school, or buying that extra pair of shoes makes living life more enjoyable.

It is another story when the money that is available for spending decreases, as the salary we were used to is no longer something we can count on. Disability and even death are realities, and after just coming from a pandemic we all know very well that bad luck can happen to anyone.

Apart from the unfortunate direct effects, it all becomes a lot worse if there is also a significant financial impact. Just imagine being disabled and having to move out of the house as you can’t afford it anymore, and sending your kids to a new public school, and struggling to even get enough money for food on the table so that the kids grow up healthy.

Of course, chances are that you will never experience this, and we certainly wish you the best, but how much better would it feel if you could be prepared?

How to protect yourself and your family from income loss?

Singlife Philippines, a mobile-first savings and protection company, believes that every Juan and Maria must be able to ensure that there is money when needed; and a disability or death is one of those unfortunate events when you need someone to have your back.

Singlife’s Cash for Income Loss is the perfect product for this and for around only Php 280 per month, you can already ensure that you or your loved ones will receive a replacement income of Php 30,000 per month for 3 full years. That’s more than a million to get your life back on track, for the price of two packs of cigarettes per month.

“We offer the middle-income class in the Philippines solutions that have been exclusively available to the top 10% in the past. Protection for income loss is however especially valuable to normal people. People that work hard every day to provide their families a good life and have the aspiration for a better future for their kids and themselves”, says Rien Hermans, Singlife’s CEO. “Our products support them to be financially protected, whatever happens, and we do that without breaking their budget.”

Singlife’s Cash for Income loss is available in GCash, where you can choose your preferred cover by answering a few questions, get insured, and receive your policy in just a few minutes.

FREE P100k Accidents Insurance for 3 months

To reward you for protecting yourself, Singlife Philippines is giving everyone who has a personal quote made in GCash free Php 100,000 accident insurance. No need to purchase our product! We just want you to see for yourself how low the premium is and how easy it is to be insured with Singlife. Go to GCash today and tell your friends and family to do the same before May 15, 2022, to get your free Php 100,000 accidents cover.

To get your free accidents cover, go to GInsure in GCash, click on the ‘Cash for Income Loss’ product card, and answer a few questions to get a personalized quote. All qualified customers will then receive a notification via SMS and email with details on their free accidents’ insurance. It’s that easy!

All verified GCash users, aged 18 to 54 years old who are Filipino Citizens or foreigners that are legal residents in the Philippines can avail of this promo.

With Singlife, you are just a few taps away from securing your financial future.

Click this link https://singlife.com.ph/cfilaopromo/ to get your free P100k accidents cover.

4 Reasons Why LG REF is our #NAENGJANGGOALS

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Summer is finally here and coming along with it is intense heat. One of the most important appliances to have during the season is a refrigerator that helps you cool off, stay hydrated, and keep your food fresh. But due to the intense heat nowadays, some refrigerators struggle, and you’re left wanting for something better. Make the switch to make life good just in time for Summer. 

LG refrigerators present the best combination of technology, efficiency, and energy savings. We’ve outlined below 4 reasons why LG refs should be your #Naengjanggoals (naeng-jang-go is Korean for refrigerator).

1. Door Cooling + - LG refrigerators have a door cooling function that quickly cools items placed in the door section. This works through air vents located at the front of the fridge, directing cool air onto food items stored in the area. This feature starts 15 seconds after you close the door.

2. Inverter Technology = Savings - LG’s inverter technology maximizes your savings with its energy efficiency. The refrigerator’s Inverter Compressor provides up to 32% in energy savings, top-rate 20-year durability, and optimal temperature control to keep foods fresher longer. Aside from stretching your budget, the inverter also helps maintain the appearance and taste of fresh products for longer by reducing temperature fluctuations.

3. 10 Year Warranty 2yrs parts and service - Your investment is safe with LG refrigerators. Its Inverter Linear Compressor has a 10 Year Parts Warranty to give you peace of mind. With less vibration, moving parts, and noise than a conventional LG compressor system, the LG Inverter Linear Compressor is quieter and more durable. As the Inverter Linear Compressor is the heart of your refrigerator we back this with a 10-year parts warranty on the compressor.

4. Capacity Options - With refrigerators, space is the name of the game. You want to be able to place a large amount of items inside, whether you’re living solo or have an extended family. You have plenty of models to choose from. There are Door-in-door, Instaview, side by side, bottom freezer, top mount, and single door options. Pick one that’s suitable for your lifestyle!

Want one for yourself? Now’s your chance. Manifest #refgoals and get your dream LG refrigerator for free! You can go to https://lgpromoregistration.ph/ and join a special raffle. The mechanics are simple. Fill out the required information and upload a photo of your selfie with your dream refrigerator from LG with an explanation of why you deserve to win. Participants are entitled to one raffle entry per registration. For additional entries, customers can post their photos on Facebook and Instagram with the hashtags #Naengjanggoals and #LGRefGoals to increase the chances of winning. There will be a total of five winners. Entries can be registered until 11:59 PM on April 29, 2022.

 

Shopee launches Career Jumpstart Series to help accelerate tech careers of students, young Filipinos

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A curation of virtual open houses designed to equip young tech leaders with career-building skills

By 2025, the Philippine internet economy is expected to grow by 30% annually to reach USD28 billion . In order to sustain such sizable growth, developing young, tech-driven talents will be key. In fact, the DTI has recognized the increasing need to upskill and reskill Philippine talent as one of the main priorities for the 2022 Philippine E-commerce Roadmap. As a means to support the digital economy boom, this April 2022, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, is launching its first-ever Career Jumpstart Series, a curation of virtual open houses designed to train young tech leaders with career-building skills.

The Shopee Career Jumpstart Series aims to equip leaders of tomorrow with the necessary skills to find success in the tech industry’s workplace setting. The open house learning series will be spaced out across three seminars scheduled on April 5, 7 and 9. Penultimate and graduating students, as well as young professionals with less than two years of work experience, are invited to join this event.

Each seminar will be held virtually and focuses on relevant career-building topics such as effective resume writing, essential interview skills and case interview mastery. This presents the perfect opportunity for students and budding professionals to polish their skillsets before immersing themselves in a tech company setting.

Martin Yu, Director at Shopee Philippines, said “We are committed to developing young talent - from the initial interview stage, all the way up to securing a job and furthering one’s career. Through the Shopee Career Jumpstart Series, we believe that we can not only help young talent fulfill their potential, but also help contribute to the Philippines’ growing digital economy. We look forward to creating even more opportunities to hone the skills of young Filipinos and support local digital growth.”

Apart from the Career Jumpstart Series, Shopee also offers other programs and initiatives centered on polishing the skills of young talent. Shopee’s Global Leaders Program, for example, is a 2-year graduate program consisting of four 6-month local and overseas rotations that is open to final-year students or young professionals with up to two years of working experience. On the other hand, the Shopee Apprentice Program is an internship program designed to expose interns to the e-commerce and digital finance industry and allow them to participate in the different end-to-end processes of large-scale projects and initiatives.

Registration for the Career Jumpstart Series will be open to all interested individuals. Registrants are not required to be applicants of Shopee’s other key talent programs such as the Shopee Apprentice Program or the Global Leaders Program.

Those interested in learning how to stand out among other applicants may apply for the Shopee Career Jumpstart Series here: https://shp.ee/yz3c5n3.

#BreakTheBias: Teleperformance Philippines shares tips for empowered women to break gender stereotypes in International Women’s Day

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Teleperformance Philippines (TP) hosted its #BreakTheBias Digital Forum as part of its celebration to support International Women’s Day. Organized by TP Women, this event highlighted the importance of bringing light to the fight for women, identifying individuals for equality, and breaking stereotypes and reducing discrimination to create a gender-equal world.

Other topics include a conversation on gender bias and discrimination and how everyone can take a part in breaking the bias in the workplace. The event culminated in the participants taking a pledge to be advocates for gender equality.

Marilyn Ventenilla, Senior Director for Communications and Marketing and TP Women Philippines Chair, gave a message of encouragement during the event. “This also makes their journey at TP Women much more thrilling. As a catalyst, we're driving positive change and its members of the Teleperformance global community, we will pursue increased opportunities to support the human potential regardless of age, gender orientation, and ethnicity.”

TP Women, which was launched in 2019, is a Teleperformance effort committed to celebrating the accomplishments of women in the industry while also providing a network and support system for women.

The event was live-streamed at the Teleperformance Philippine Facebook Page and was hosted by Ceej Tantengco. Feature panelists included Program Manager of the Philippine Business Coalition for Women's Empowerment (PBCWE) Amor Curaming, Lunas Collective founder and Assistant Professor of the University of the Philippines Diliman's Department of Women and Gender Studies Sabrina "Inna" Gacad, Kreations Upcycled Furniture founder Akrisah Helig, multi-award-winning actress, comedian, and advocate for diversity Candy Pangilinan, and lastly, Director of Operations for Teleperformance's Telco group Nina Abad.

To further help women in breaking barriers both in home and workplace, panels in the TP Women forum offered us these tips:

Speak out, don’t drop out

To encourage women to continue pursuing their talent even after giving birth, they need to communicate with the terms that they want. “For the women they just have to communicate,” advised Amor Curaming. “They don't need to drop out, they can speak out and say they can do flexi work, or can I take a sabbatical for now, but I'll be returning. So, you know it's really a matter of communicating,” she expressed.

Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable

When it comes to self-care and finding freedom, Inna Gacad, expressed how women deprioritized their physical and mental health during the lockdown. However, she believes women also took on the challenge of providing care and assistance to volunteer for organizations that helped them support one another, “Yes, women were vulnerable, not only women rose to power, and it was possible because of community,” she said.

Build a supportive network

“It is often a misconception that women cannot be in leadership roles because we tend to be more emotional,” shared Nina Abad. She described how women struggle with the misconception of how they cannot take charge of leadership roles. “Sometimes it doesn't work that way. We need to ensure that a wider audience knows who you are, how you are performing, and what you are contributing in a broader sense. You have to talk about your accomplishments kept out there within your organization and the industry and build a supportive network,” Abad added.

Be an empowered woman

Akre Helig was asked on how to deal with people who think of themselves as “i’m only a woman”, she answered, “We should always remind them that we’re not a just a woman, but you are an empowered woman with creativity and have the capacity to create something beautiful and wonderful regardless of your gender.”

Women continue to face barriers and social discrimination that hinder them from achieving leadership positions in their fields. Currently ranked at number 17, the Philippines is the only Southeast Asian country to be included in the Top 20 list in the Global Gender Gap Report 2021. However, according to the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) December 2021 Labor Force Survey Report, men make up 76% of the labor force participation rate, while women make up 54%. This indicates that, because the gap is still wide, we must address our stereotypes in our society such as supporting women to be engaged in the workforce even after childbearing.

“Teleperformance will continue its mission as evangelists for achieving and sustaining equality within Teleperformance and beyond, so let's continue to join the movement to break the bias because collectively we know that we can break the bias in our communities, we can break the bias in our workplaces, we can break the bias in our schools, colleges and universities,” said Ventenilla.

Those who want to get more insights on women breaking gender bias can check out this link to the event on the Teleperformance Philippines Facebook page. To know more about Teleperformance Philippines, visit their website at www.teleperformance.com.