Lazada Employee Hacks: An Insider's Guide to the Biggest Online Sale of the Year

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Two days to go before we start Lazada’s biggest sale of the year, Online Revolution! We expect customers to go on a shopping frenzy with great deals from our most trusted brands with up to 95% off. Since 11.11 is just a few days away, Lazada employees shared a few tips for those planning to add lots of stuff in their Lazada shopping cart.

Lazada's Online Revolution, the country's biggest online sale, is so big that it can get overwhelming!

Here are some tips from Lazada employees, so you can get the deals you want easier and faster.


Tip # 1: Fill up your Wishlist
Tristan de Belloy – Chief Marketing Officer

Keeping track of all the items you like is easy with the Lazada wishlist function. Browse the Lazada mobile app or website days before 11.11 and add everything you need and WANT to your wishlist. This makes for easier and faster checkouts come November 11. Advance searching also gives you more time to think about the items you've picked and avoid impulse purchases on the big day. If you're shopping for Christmas presents, then the wishlist can work as a virtual Christmas list as well.

Bonus Tip- Sometimes the best gifts are found in the categories we rarely explore. Check out the highlights tab for featured brands and top deals for the day, to start exploring other product categories.


Tip #2: Lazada Social Media: Treasure Trove of New Items and Discounts
Chelo Bacarro – Partnerships 

Knowledge is power and the best way to get dibs on the latest deals, steals, sale previews and freebies is by following Lazada's social media accounts and getting updates from daily newsletters. Freebies are also up for grabs through social media games and quizzes. Who knows, you might be the next winner of a Lazada Php1,000 voucher in time for November 11.


Tip #3: Don't be stuck behind a desk, download the Lazada Mobile App
Alex Nuyda – Commercial: FMCG 

If you only shop through the Lazada website, it's time to download the App! Not only does this enable you to shop on the go, but you receive real time alerts on special deals and sales. You can also take advantage of app-exclusive offers and discounts that you will never see on the website.


Tip #4: Know your Payment Options
Cha Espiritu – Merchandising 

During big campaigns, banks usually have special discounts or offers for credit or debit card holders. Be on the lookout for these discounts to keep your spending in control! Whether it's an added discount or a cash rebate, these additional savings can cover for more gifts for your friend's yaya or your neighbors pet. When in doubt, there's also the Cash on Delivery option so you don't have to worry about your item - you only pay as soon as it gets to your doorstep. 

Tip #5: Research and Reviews
Paolo Cari – Commercial: Electronics

Read product reviews and check out unboxing videos of items you wish to purchase, especially if the items you want are pricey. Invest in quality products and brands that will make you more confident about your purchases. Just because you got the item at a cheap price, does not make it a good deal. Familiarize yourself with return policies so you don't waste time worrying about regretting a purchase.

Online shopping can save you lots of time during the busiest time of the year. Enjoy the season by spending more time catching up with family and friends than beating the holiday rush. The best part? There's free delivery around Metro Manila, so there's no pressure to consolidate everything in one checkout.

The countdown to the biggest online sale of the year starts now. Visit http://www.lazada.com.ph or download the Lazada mobile app for free via the iTunes store of Google Play store.

Hontiveros: Supreme Court has Failed the Test of History

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The Supreme Court has miserably failed the test of history and broken our hearts. By allowing the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the high tribunal has failed to protect the truth from the Marcoses' fictional universe.

The decision intends to effectively wipe the Marcos slate clean and negate the sacrifices of the thousands of brave souls who fought and suffered under the brutal Marcos dictatorship.

It also aims to contravene the core policy and historical basis of our 1987 constitution, which was drafted to reject martial law. This decision undermined existing laws such as the Human Rights Victims and Reparation Act of 2013 aimed to provide full and effective reparation to the victims of Martial Law and recognition of the abuses that took place.

However, I believe that the SC decision is not executory. The decision to give the late dictator a hero's burial is still in the hands of President Rodrigo Duterte.

I call on the President to respond to the challenge of history and reject with finality all plans to give Marcos a hero's burial. I ask him to rise above his indebtedness and loyalty to the Marcos family. If at all that he received money from the Marcoses for his Presidential bid, President Duterte has no right to return such favors with the history and the dignity of the Filipino people.

President Duterte is at a critical juncture in history. He could either stand up for truth and justice or submit himself as an instrument to the dictator family's desperate attempt to rewrite history and clear their name. I urge the President to choose well.

I also call on my colleagues in the Senate to sign Senate Resolution No. 86, which I filed, expressing the sense that Marcos should not be allowed to be given a hero's burial. At a time when truth and history are threatened, the Senate must make a brave stand.

Lastly, I call on the people -- especially our millennials -- to fight to make sure their own history is not rewritten for them. Let us not forget George Santayana's warning: "those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."No tombstone, no grandiose cemetery can change the fact that Marcos was not a hero. He was a plunderer, torturer and a thief with a family seeking to rewrite history to serve their interests. It is our duty to stand against this travesty and say--never again. Only then can we look back to the past with pride, and to the future with hope. Let us not fail the test of history.

Hillary Clinton wins “Pandesal Survey” at Kamuning Bakery Cafe

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Pandesal sandwich survey results: Hillary Clinton 37%, Pan de Nada (None of the above) 36%, Donald Trump 26%

Former New York senator and former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton has already won on November 7, 2016 as the first woman president in USA history with 37.138% or 475 votes out of the total 1,279 votes cast in the unique “Pandesal Survey” of the 77-year-old, artisanal, pugon-style Kamuning Bakery Cafe of Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. Pandesal Survey used different pandesal sandwiches for each of the U.S. presidential candidates.

Coming in second in the Pandesal Survey was “Pan de Nada” or none of the above at 36.4347% or 466 votes, while coming in No. 3 was realty tycoon & reality TV star Donald Trump at 26.426% or 338 votes.

The “pandesal” is the versatile and popular national bread of the Philippines, and Kamuning Bakery Cafe celebrates “World Pandesal Day” every October 16---also globally marked as “World Bread Day”---since 2015. The Philippines is America’s only former colony in Asia and has copied much of its presidential system of elections since the 1930s Commonwealth election won by President Manuel L. Quezon while still under U.S. colonial rule.

From August 2016 up to November 7, 2016 to measure the popularity of the 2 USA presidential candidates and to encourage discussions of USA politics, the unique “Presidential Pandesal Survey” was conducted by Quezon City’s pioneer artisanal Kamuning Bakery Cafe which is also venue of the newsmakers’ “Pandesal Forum” with media and intellectuals.

Included in its all-day breakfast menu, customers can vote for their favorite USA presidentiable by buying the pugon-bakedpandesal sandwich and drink assigned to each bet at No. 43 Judge Jimenez St. corner K-1st Street, Kamuning, Quezon City. The first edition of Kamuning Bakery Cafe’s Presidential “Pandesal Survey” was held from late 2015 to May 2016, which was won by former Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte.