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Business Talk

#SupportLocalMSMEs: SM Southmall’s StartUp Market Opens

From health & wellness to home & lifestyle essentials and baked goods, participating businesses offer locally-produced and eco-friendly varieties that include hand-made, authentic artisan leatherware from Enoch; exquisite flower arrangements and scents from Acrewoods Floral & Aroma; hand-poured soy candles and home aromatherapy by Sevetenna Scents; multi-surface, copper-made disinfectant sprays pioneered by Blue Vitriol; eco-conscious household and lifestyle alternatives made of chemically-engineered bamboos from The Bamboo Company; native handcrafted pieces of rattan, pandan, and other locally-sourced materials from Adelina Home; fragrant, high-quality raw materials for soap-making by Zanjois; and half-baked chocolate chip goodness and recipes from Cookie Dude. 

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Food Talk

Chowking: how to eat an authentic, Hong Kong-style siopao

Siopao has become among the go-to snacks of Filipinos, found almost everywhere and offered in a variety of flavors and in different ways. But while there are many of its kind available out there, Chowking, the #1 Chinese restaurant in the country, offers its customers an authentic dining experience with its new and improved Chowking Chunky Asado Siopao that’s packed with Hong Kong-style pork filling, made saucier inside para asadong-asado ang sarap!

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Business Talk

P&G Philippines Erica Cabayan: Why More Women Leaders and Allies Matter at Work

More women in the workplace are championing work and personal life balance, advocating for equality and inclusion, and role modeling the aspirational careers that are possible when these are achieved.

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Health Buzz Lifestyle

Allergens & Viruses Away With LG Wearable Air Purifier

Aside from needing to dodge viruses, it’s allergy season once more. Coughing or sneezing, especially when you’re outside, is a major faux pas now that sadly, some people have a hard time avoiding. Masks help a lot in filtering out pollen and allergens for people suffering from asthma and rhinitis but sometimes it’s not enough.

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Parenting

Meta Launches Instagram Parents Guide Designed for Filipino Families

This Safer Internet Day, Meta launched the Instagram Parents Guide to educate Filipino parents on Instagram’s safety features and empower them to initiate conversations with their children on online safety and mental well-being.  

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Health Buzz Lifestyle

Ensure Your Family’s Safety from Omicron

Once again, the Department of Health (DOH) categorized the Philippines as a “high risk” country for the COVID-19 virus*. As the number of cases spikes and the positivity rate increases by the day, there’s no doubt that the highly contagious Omicron variant plays a part.

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Health Buzz Lifestyle

Live Like a Pro by having a Life 5.0 Activated Lifestyle

Having a regular exercise regimen helps the body to prepare better for the coming years so, it is important to jumpstart that workout and maintain physical activity to help prevent health problems later on in life.  

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Health Buzz

Put a Quick Stop to Sore Throat, Agap Agad with Bactidol

Staying healthy is very important these days, especially as we continue to deal with uncertainties in the new normal. Taking care of oneself usually means eating a balanced diet accompanied by regular exercise, but it should also include taking immediate action when common ailments occur. There has been an increasing number of sore throat incidences since the start of the year, and it shouldn’t be taken lightly knowing sore throat can progress from mild to severe without proper treatment.

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Advocacy

The SM Store: Share Your Extras for Typhoon Odette Communities

Let’s make the start of the year more meaningful by donating new or gently used clothes via The SM Store and SM Foundation’s Share Your Extras. Donations pooled this year will be for the benefit of communities impacted by Typhoon Odette.

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Food Talk

Iya Villania treats kids with Red Ribbon Triple Chocolate Roll

The saying that moms always know best has always been true for generations. Whatever the family needs—especially the kids—moms always give those that pass their strictest and most stringent standards.