The Metro Stores Health and Beauty Fair is back until August 14!

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Be #GlowUpReady and enjoy up to 35% OFF on beauty and body products at The Metro Stores until August 14

Plus a chance to win a trip to Boracay or Palawan when you shop during The Metro Stores’ Health & Beauty Fair

Beauty and body care junkies — this one’s for you! The Metro Stores brings back its Health and Beauty Fair with up to 35% OFF on great selections that help you become #GlowUpReady. These irresistible deals and discounts, buy 1 get 1 promos, gifts with purchase, and MRC exclusive treats are available from July 14 to August 14. Customers can #ShopTheMetroStores in-store at Metro Supermarket branches nationwide or online at shopmetro.ph.

If last year’s fair was all about experimenting on different skin, makeup, and personal care items, this year is all about investing in the best kinds of hair, skin, and body products that work for you. This campaign aims to encourage the public to make better choices for their own bodies while still being practical.

Shower must-haves like shampoo, conditioner, body wash, beauty soaps are available at low prices starting at P82.80. Most of which are offered at ‘Buy 1, Get 6’ bundles and more!

For those looking to stock up on personal hygiene essentials, now’s the best time to shop in bulk. Deo colognes from brands such as Bench, Lewis & Pearl, Juicy, Penshoppe are at up to 24% off. Most body lotions, including Plus, an exciting treat awaits all Metro Rewards Card (MRC) and Metro Business Card (MBC) members. A P500-worth single-receipt purchase of Health and Beauty Fair products is equivalent to one (1) e-raffle entry. The raffle period is until August 14 only. The raffle draw will be held three days after. The Metro Stores will award 6 winners of a Palawan Getaway Trip for Two worth P50,000, 10 winners of a Boracay Getaway Trip for Two worth P35,000, and 50 winners of P5,000-worth of Metro GCs each. This getaway prize includes the round-trip airfare and airport transfer, 3 days 2 nights hotel accommodation and daily breakfast for the pair.

Members can also get up to P200-worth of discount coupons when they buy products from the fair. A single-receipt purchase worth P1,000 gets them P150 OFF on their next purchase, while a minimum single-receipt purchase worth P500 gives them P50 OFF.

The Metro Stores is also offering free delivery for all MRC and MBC members who purchase a minimum of P1,000 worth of Health and Beauty products in a single transaction through the website. This is available in select Metro stores only, including Metro Colon, Metro Mandaue, Metro Ayala Center Cebu, Metro Market! Market!, Metro Alabang, Metro Gaisano Pasig, Metro Newport, Metro Gaisano Market, Super Metro Lapu-Lapu, and Super Metro Mambaling.

Visit the nearest Metro Supermarket to get first dibs on the sale items or #ShopTheMetroStores online at www.shopmetro.ph. Customers can also avail of The Metro Stores’ Personal Shopper services with Metro Pabili.

Just call, text, or Viber 0917-88-METRO (0917-88-63876) with your shopping list.

Join The Metro Stores Viber community to stay updated on the latest sales, promos, and announcements.

Silka, SkinWhite, Vaseline, Myra, Off, and Gluta-C, are offered at a ‘Buy 1 Get 1’ promo with nothing over P315.

Other health and beauty products for the face, dental care, baby care, feminine care, and men’s body care are also available starting at P52. Alcohol, cotton, and other daily essentials are offered at 18% off.

Bringing back the use of clean energy in Mindanao

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In a report by the Department of Energy in 2021, 31% of the installed energy capacity of Mindanao comes from renewable energy sources as of 2020. This was way lower than the 2011 data, where 65% of the total power generation mix in the island came from clean power.

Over the years, the continued power supply problems paved the way for oil and coal-based power sources to be the primary sources of electricity, which now constitute 68% of installed energy capacity.



Reaching the poorest through Mindanao REACH

To promote renewable energy in the region, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), Ateneo de Davao University's Mindanao Renewable Energy Research and Development Center, and PEF inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to establish the Mindanao Renewable Energy Advocacy and Coordination Hub or Mindanao REACH on June 24, 2022.

The Mindanao REACH seeks to establish a platform for multi-stakeholder, grassroots-based strategies of promoting renewable energy in poor communities which are underserved and unserved by traditional grid-based electricity.

The hub will also advocate measures that would promote RE to revise fossil-dependence on Mindanao, electrify off-grid communities to attain inclusive growth and provide access to information relating to RE.

“We intend to make the center a venue for knowledge sharing, capacity building, and advocacy initiatives to push for renewable energy transition and ultimately address poverty,” MinDa Secretary Maria Belen Acosta said during the ceremonial signing of the MOA.

PEF Executive Director Roberto Calingo meanwhile emphasized the need to establish the hub with rising fuel costs and exhausting fossil fuel reserves.

“The need of having energy sufficiency together with food sufficiency has been more urgent,” he said.

Also present in the ceremonial signing are Climate Change Commission Executive Director Robert Borje, MinDA Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro, and ADDU School of Engineering and Architecture Dean Dr. Randell Espina, representing ADDU President Fr. Joel Tabora.

Digitalization of services remains a top priority, says SSS chief

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Social Security System (SSS) President and CEO Michael G. Regino announced on Monday that the digitalization of the pension fund’s services remains one of its top priorities in the coming years.

PCEO Regino said that as online transactions become the new norm, more notably during this COVID-19 pandemic, the SSS plans to add more services to its online channels such as the My.SSS Portal, SSS Mobile App, Text-SSS, uSSSap Tayo Portal, and Self-service Express Terminals.

“In 2021, out of the 52.62 million transactions we received, excluding inquiries, 43.52 million or 82.7 percent were made using our online channels,” Regino said.

Currently, there are more than 30 member services and over 20 employer services that can conveniently be accessed through the My.SSS Portal. These services cover transactions for membership, contributions, loan granting and repayments, benefit disbursements, among others. Some of these services can also be accessed through other SSS online channels.

“Since the My.SSS Portal is our main online channel, almost all of the new online services are made available here first. However, intensified efforts are also put towards making the services in this portal accessible in the SSS Mobile App for smartphone users, Regino added.

“We are gradually implementing mandatory online transactions for our programs. However, those without the personal means to transact with us online may use the e-Centers in our branches,” he concluded.

Information about SSS online services including how-to guides can be accessed through the uSSSap Tayo Portal at https://crms.sss.gov.ph; and SSS' social media accounts at “Philippine Social Security System – SSS” for Facebook, “mysssph” for Instagram and YouTube, and “PHLSSS” for Twitter. The SSS also has a Viber Community at “MySSSPH Updates.”