Posts Tagged "Philippines"

Cotton On’s First Flagship Store in the Philippines

Posted by on Mar 5, 2012 in Lifestyle | 0 comments

Cotton On's First Flagship Store in the Philippines

Cotton On will finally open a flagship store in the Philippines and it will be in Lucky Chinatown Mall. The mall is located at Reina Regente St. near 168 Mall. Cotton On Philippines is owned by Ben Chua Chan of Bench if I’m not mistaken. My sister will surely love this news.

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S3X Tour Tres: Day 1

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Features, Philippines, Travels | 4 comments

I was very fortunate to have been invited to this year’s S3X Tour (SOCCSKSARGEN Experience Tour). I’ve never been to the region but I heard wonderful things about it, especially Gen San, from Dabawenyo bloggers during my DFAT tour earlier this year.

I arrived a few days early so I can spend some time in Davao then Tara, Ria, Mica and I took a bus from Davao to GenSan. The ride was long but smooth. I enjoyed the scenery while my companions slept. Too bad it started to rain when we got to GenSan so commuting was a bit difficult. We agreed to meet up with Avel and company at KCC Mall before checking into our hotels. When we arrived, some Manila-based bloggers (Fitz, Rina, and Don) were at Coffee Dream, our designated meeting place and one of the sponsors of our tour.

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The initial guidelines for bloggers holding contests

Posted by on Aug 4, 2011 in Features, Internet | 13 comments

I attended the bloggers meeting with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on bloggers holding online contests. I was an hour late because of the terrible traffic but I got to hear the question and answer part of the meeting. So here are the rules I gathered. These are just temporary until DTI, with the help of select bloggers, comes up with a final (?) list 3 to 6 months from now.

  • Personal and Professional Bloggers (probloggers) are exempt from DTI if the annual sum of the value of prize/s which they personally spent for is less than P1 Million.
  • Personal and probloggers are exempt from DTI if the annual sum of value of prize/s which are from sponsors is less than P200,000 provided that sponsor isn’t a big company.
  • Bloggers are the ones responsible in securing permits whether sponsored or non-sponsored contests.
  • Once a purchase is needed in a contest, a permit is a must whether the value is less than P200,000.
  • DTI will rely on the honor system of bloggers to patrol the online community. Those caught without necessary permits penalized.
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