Make life, shopping easy with Metro Pabili

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MAE pabili from The Metro Stores?

#ShopTheMetroStores with MAE at 0917 -88-METRO

Introducing Metro Pabili — the retail giant’s new and improved personal shopping service that lets customers buy Metro Department Store and Supermarket items from the comforts of their home.

Previously, The Metro Stores provided call and pick up hotlines per branch. With Metro Pabili, the whole process is made simple, easy, and convenient with just one easy to remember phone number. Customers can now call, text, or Viber message 0917-88-METRO to get in touch with the store’s always-on shopping assistant, Mae.

After choosing which branch to shop at, they will be connected to an actual Metro staff who will be their assigned personal shopper for the day. Through Metro Pabili, they will get access to The Metro Stores’ wide assortment of affordable items in real time — as if they were the ones in-store.

“Metro Pabili is really all about making our customers' lives easy, especially the ones who may prefer to buy through personalized staff service instead of an online website. We’ll take care of the shopping for them so they can focus on doing other more important things like work, taking care of the kids or the family, or running other errands,” says Manuel C. Alberto, President and Chief Operating Officer of Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc.

As the go-to store of moms and wais shoppers, The Metro Stores understands how valuable time is for its customers. By shortening the process and improving the overall at-home shopping service, The Metro Stores is making life easy for everyone. So whether it’s for replenishing your kitchen staples, last-minute gift shopping, or just looking through the different Metro Department Store and Metro Supermarket offers, you can trust the Metro Pabili service to get your errands done with a quick call or text.

Mae of Metro Pabili is at your service from 9am to 6pm daily and will first be available in selected areas in Luzon and Visayas. Orders placed and paid after the 2pm cut-off will be delivered the next day. Deliveries are made within three hours. Payments can be done via credit or debit card, Gcash and PayMaya.

#ShopTheMetroStores now in-store, online at www.shopmetro.ph, or through Metro Pabili via 0917-88-METRO. Join The Metro Stores Viber community to stay updated on the latest sales, promos, and announcements.



About Metro Retail Stores Group Inc.

The Metro Retail Stores Group Inc., previously known as Gaisano Metro, is a retail company that built its first Metro Department Store and Supermarket in Colon, Cebu City in 1982. It has grown to own and operate over 60 branches of supermarkets, department stores, and hypermarkets in Luzon and Visayas with heightened presence in Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, National Capital Region (NCR), Central Visayas, CALABARZON, and the Bicol Region.



As one of the largest supermarket and department store chains in the country, Metro aims to make life easy for its customers by offering wide and assorted product selections at affordable prices through convenient ways. Customers can #ShopTheMetroStores in-store or order online through www.shopmetro.ph and have it delivered straight to their homes or picked up at the nearest Metro branch.



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Mae of Metro Pabili is at your service from 9am to 6pm daily.




Customers can now call, text, or Viber message 0917-88-METRO to get in touch with the store’s always-on shopping assistant, Mae.



MAE pabili from The Metro Stores? Introducing Metro Pabili — the retail giant’s new and improved personal shopping service that lets customers browse and buy Metro Department Store and Supermarket items from the comforts of their home.




#ShopTheMetroStores now in-store, online at www.shopmetro.ph, or through Metro Pabili via 0917-88-METRO.

Rhea Rodriguez’s New Song “Pilipinas Natin ‘To” Calls on Filipinos to Celebrate Unity and God’s Sovereignty

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Singer-songwriter Rhea Rodriguez is calling on all Filipinos to look beyond colors, celebrate unity, and declare God’s sovereignty over the nation with her latest single titled, “Pilipinas Natin ‘To.” The song is OUT NOW on all digital streaming platforms worldwide!

Striking a chord with its ethnic, hip hop-rock vibe and lyrics that evoke nationalistic pride, Pilipinas Natin ‘To seeks to inspire unity across the country during these divisive times.

The Bikolana creative teamed up for the first time with rising rapper Elai—who blended his breakthrough wordplay perfectly into the song—making it the newest anthem that will surely stir the listeners’ heart for country and faith in God.

“I hope that this song may move you to seek God and pray that He may use us to send His hope to our nation,” shared Rhea, who inspires others with her advocacies centered on Christian faith, nation building, and planet care.

The song is released under Reverb Worship PH, CBN Asia’s music arm, and arranged by award-winning musical director, Mon Faustino.

CBN Asia’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Valdes Tan hopes that through the song, Filipinos will be inspired to reconcile and pray for the betterment of the country.

"During election season, people are divided over their choices of leaders. Pilipinas Natin 'To reminds us that despite our differences, we should unite as Filipinos and seek His righteousness so that the Lord will bless the Philippines. I believe this song is a message from our Lord. Its timely message is what our nation needs to hear right now.”

Be inspired to stand as one nation under one God. Stream Pilipinas Natin ‘To by Rhea Rodriguez featuring Elai, on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and YouTube!

To catch the latest updates about the song, follow Reverb Worship PH on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

'Song of Negros' book now out

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The newly re-opened Ayala Museum hosted its first event on April 24,  2022 with the well-attended launch of the book SONG OF NEGROS: MYTHS AND CULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES.  

The book contains fifteen beautifully illustrated myths, legends, and folktales from the island of Negros and explains the significance of these tales to the culture of the provinces in particular, and of the Philippines in general. 

Ms. Narz Lim introduced the main speaker, Dr Rene Samaniego.  “Mythology”, said Dr Samaniego, “is a projection of our unconscious, representing the totality of the human experience.  Depicted in myths are our life events:  our birth, death, illness, loss, and everything else that happens in between.”

Dr. Samaniego is an eminent psychiatrist and psychotherapist who practices at Makati Medical Center and teaches at the Ateneo School of Medicine.

Dr. Victoria Hoffarth, the book’s author, adds, “The fantastical tales of our culture’s mythology can shape our world in ways that we don’t even realise.” 

In the book, she embarks on a journey to seek such tales from Negros, explaining the symbolic values as well as the underpinnings of these fifteen stories, given the collectivistic culture of the country.

Through these well-written accounts, Dr. Hoffarth shows how myths are intimately related to history and religion—from Christianity to Islam, from ancient Greece to Hollywood, from pre-Enlightenment Spain to modern, secular Europe. 

A very accessible book with a tone that bridges the gap between academic and popular literature, it is entertaining, informative, and insightful, whilst stimulating our imagination and encouraging us to ask questions. 

A go-to book especially relevant to those interested in commonalities among peoples coming from different cultures, it is now available for sale at Fully Booked, Ayala Museum, Negros Museum, and their websites for online purchases. 

After June 28^th, it will be available at Amazon.com in paperback, e-book, and audio-book.

Victoria Bantug Hoffarth grew up in Victorias, Negros Occidental.  She left her province in 1964 for university at Maryknoll College in Manila, then earned graduate degrees from Columbia University and New York University.

Married to a German economist, she spent many years in Europe teaching in business schools and doing consulting work on women-in-management. 

She now divides her time between Manila and London, and with her son in Berlin. 

Dr. Hoffarth is the author of the book When Turtles Come Home: A Memoir on Life in the Philippines, and maintains a blog www.victoriahoffarth.com