BIGMK.ph offers commission-free online selling

(Manila, Philippines – October 12, 2016) – BIGMK.ph is the Philippines’ first locally produced commission-free online marketplace. The site was founded by the owner of Mars Kingdom – Mr. Francis Que.
BIGMK aims to give entrepreneurs, retailers, businesses – well known and start-ups alike, the chance to market and sell their products and services the simplest and easiest way there is online. More so, it offers a wholly business to consumer (B2C), and consumer to consumer (C2C) commission-free platform.
Joining and opening up a shop at BIGMK.ph is as easy as signing up for a social media account. Sellers only need to register and agree to the standard terms and conditions and they can immediately begin selling their products. BIGMK promotes simple, safe, and effective barters online. The site allows sellers to directly transact with their consumers without interference from any third parties for greater transparency.
BIGMK provides consumers convenient shopping experience while cutting expenditures for its sellers.
To learn more, please visit www.bigmk.com.ph

Sun Life’s #LiveBrighter Campaign: Millennials for a Financially Prepared Generation

PRESS RELEASE:
The new generation of workforce, the Millennials, wants to grow with a company that respects their individuality while being part of a noble cause. Such opportunity is possible when one becomes a Financial Advisor. This is a door that Sun Life (of Canada) Philippines, Inc. opens wider with a recruitment drive called #LiveBrighter. It aims to present the profession as a career choice for Millennials who wish to have the time and resources to pursue their passions as they advocate financial foresight and planning. 

“Millennials are known to be slashers as they juggle a lot of things like traveling, blogging, and other passion projects on top of their regular 8-5 jobs. It sounds very aspirational but how can they sustain this in terms of time and resources?” stated by Sun Life Recruitment Manager Fin Bernardo. “With that in mind, we see that the profession of a Financial Advisor is a perfect fit for their lifestyle,” Bernardo added.

After introducing the Financial Advisor in popular culture thru its engagement with Cinema One’s Single/Single, Sun Life dishes out the #LiveBrighter Sessions. This is a series of meet-ups to show how a Financial Advisor lives up to the demands and rewards of the profession. It aims to reach more Millennials and send them the message that their dream job is just here all along.

Guided by the core values of a Sun Life Financial Advisor – caring, professional, inspiring and winning - #LiveBrighter Sessions will give a taste of the benefits one can enjoy in choosing this particular career path. More than the chance to earn an unlimited income, it also provides the perks such as all-expense paid travel and the freedom to work with an unbridled schedule. With more Filipinos keen on getting insurance and investment products, the possibilities for new Advisors are endless. 

“We need more Financial Advisors to educate Filipinos on the importance of preparing for unexpected life’s events and offer them solutions that lets them have Money For Life,” Bernardo explained. Choose to #LiveBrighter now. Register to the next #LiveBrighter Forum by visiting bit.ly/LiveBrighter.

Robert Laurel Yupangco for Asia HR Expo 2016

When it comes to handling and recruiting people, Mr. Robert Laurel Yupangco of Yupangco Group of Companies is the expert with manpower distribution to his 6 theme parks, 4 restaurants, more than 100 branches of Yamaha Music School, Finance company and more. On September 16, 2016 at SMX Convention Center, Taguig from 8:30AM to 6PM, the first conference to discuss the "Digital Talent Acquisition" will be here under Asia HR Expo 2016 brought to us by TAG Media and Public Relations with the objective to promote the Philippines as the premier business hub in ASEAN region and beyond. Mr. Robert Yupangco will be in a panel discussion and round table discussion along with leaders such as the country head of monster.com, Assistant Vice President for Recruitment of Teledevelopment, Vice President of Concepcion Carriers, Country Head of Bestjobs and many more. Theme Parks under Yupangco Group is under Zoomanity Group which is composed of Zoobic Safari in Subic, Zambales, Zoocobia Fun Zoo in Clark, Pampanga, Residence Inn in Tagaytay City, Cavite, Paradizoo in Mendez, Cavite, Zoocolate Thrills in Loboc, Bohol, Nanten Japanese Restaurant inside Manila Polo Club, Makati, Misono Japanese Restaurant in Bel Air, Makati and more. TAG Media and Public Relations is the marketing arm of Zoomanity Group. For details, contact grace@tagmedia.asia. You can check more about Zoomanity Group via their website: http://www.zoomanity.com.ph/

Fair Trade Org. lauds Duterte admin's pro-people program; Calls for inclusion of livelihood development in resilience-building

[Press Release] The Community Crafts Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CCAP) through its Executive Director, Voltaire P. Alferez, lauds the Duterte administration’s pro-people program of government particularly in ensuring that all communities are resilient to disasters and the impacts of climate change. “Pres. Duterte’s pronouncement in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday to prioritize pro-people programs particularly in ensuring that communities are resilient to the impacts of disasters and climate change in the country bodes well for the many communities who live through the very environment where they are located,” said Mr. Alferez. “It gives us hope in CCAP’s mission to ensure that these communities have alternative sources of income through community-based livelihood initiatives,” he added. For more than four (4) decades, Community Crafts Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CCAP) and its subsidiary CCAP Fairtrade for Development, Inc. (CCAP Fairtrade) have assisted marginalized handicraft producers through product design and development and exporting their handicrafts to Fair Trade buyers abroad. Quite recently, it opened its domestic line under the brand name, Likhang Atin by CCAP Fairtrade. Furthermore, Mr. Alferez calls on the administration to include livelihood development in any resilience-building plan. He emphasizes that a pre-disaster resilience-building initiative will be more responsive by having a livelihood development component for the communities. Towards this end, CCAP launches its Business Development Services Program where CCAP and its experts in business and entrepreneurial development and related aspects will provide assistance to community organizations, non-government organizations, funding agencies, corporations and government agencies to help in developing and strengthening livelihoods of communities, partners or beneficiaries. Moreover, CCAP could provide for a market for handicraft products as long as said products are compliant to Fair Trade standards which CCAP is ready to assist the producers.# “The idea is to draw out from our decades of experience in community-based livelihood development and apply DRR-CCA principle in the process so that said livelihood activities could be easily revived if and when a disaster strikes in a particular area,” explained Mr. Alferez. He notes that in this way, while rebuilding is being done, a possible source of income could be tapped in addition to the different strategies in rehabilitation such as cash for work, among others."

Chef Next Door with Chef Jonas Ng - Season 2

[Press Release] The Group Entertainment together with Lifestyle Network channel welcomes another feisty, hot character on the block this July. Say hello to the Chef Next Door – Chef Jonas Ng. Chef Jonas, head chef and owner of Huat Pot Hotpot Restaurant in Greenhills and Le Jardin in Bonifacio Global City, takes us on a culinary journey to the food industry by showing you the faces, places, and stories behind the food industry that we are only starting to discover. He shares the easiest and most practical ways to cook restaurant recipes, some tricks of the trade and chef hacks that he has learned over ten years of working inside a high-pressure, solution-oriented professional kitchen. Each episode teaches viewers how to come up with restaurant quality output from modern urban limitation and just like in real-life kitchens, be prepared to see how Chef Jonas bounces back from realistic kitchen struggles like lack of time, space, and budget by doing his #chefninjamoves as he “MacGyver” his way to coming up with creative and informative solutions in every kitchen crisis he is thrown with. Comical, adventurous, and passionate. Be prepared to fall in love with ….. or maybe just “friend-zoned” in the Chef Next Door. “Chef Next Door Season 2” will air regularly on Lifestyle every Wednesdays at 9:30PM, Thursdays at 1:00AM, Saturdays at 6:00PM, Sundays at 10:00AM, Mondays at 3:30PM, Tuesdays at 12:00MN. The show is a joint production venture by The Group Entertainment and iSnap Creatives. Lifestyle is available on SKYcable channel 52.

Sun Life Aims for 5M Clients by 2020

[Press Release]

Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc., the top-ranked and the longest-standing life insurance company in the Philippines, aims to serve five million clients by 2020 under its new five-year growth plan that is dubbed as "PH Rise "

"Rise PH" financial inclusion champions in the Philippines, where only a small percentage of the whole population utilizes financial products such as insurance and investments. "Despite the bright prospects that the country's economy has, still prosperity has not trickled down to the more disadvantaged sectors of society. We have to address this," Sun Life President and CEO Riza Mantaring said. "Sun Life would like to see more Filipinos looking forward to a brighter future and the whole country rising to greater heights. We would like to start by targeting five million clients in five years.

While it may seem like an ambitious goal, Mantaring believes that it's best to set the high targets. "At Sun Life, we always dare to dream big - more so if the stakes are high. This is the country's future we're talking about, after all," she explained. "Setting high targets will push us to do more, and will allow us to make a greater contribution to our country's future."

In order to reach the company's goals, several initiatives will be launched under "Rise PH". These initiatives will have Sun Life reaching out to a broader market, further boosting its financial literacy advocacy, and expanding its reach nationwide.