Amid their daily struggles to make ends meet, this family generously shares their time and effort to help other families in need. This young family is led by a widowed mother who works as a laundrywoman to provide for her six children. Yet she is able –together with her kids – to volunteer as teacher to a non-profit organization that promotes social and economic development in depressed areas in Manila. One family, on the other hand,  has made it their advocacy to raise awareness about autism and offer support to other families who has a loved one with the same condition. Moreover, this family provides counseling and livelihood programs for parents of children with autism, as well as art workshops for kids. Another family –a young man in his mid 20s then and his mother—decided to adopt a young boy dumped by his own family. Moreover, he decided to adopt eight other homeless kids, and along with this new found family, offer literacy and values formation programs to imp...

Gaano kaligtas ang mga sasakyang pampubliko sa Pilinas? At sino ang dapat managot sa mga biktima ng trahedya o disgrasya sa public transport lalo na kung may naganap na kapabayaan mula sa panunuan nito? Kamakailan, umani ng batikos ang MRT sa disgrasyang kinasangkatutan ng maraming bata at kanilang mga ina at senior citizens. Bunsod ito ng pagtulak sa bagon ng MRT na nasira sa Magallanes station. Upang hindi maantala ang operasyon ng MRT  kinailangan itulak ang bagon ng isang pang unit ng MRT train. Sa kasamaang palad ay humiwalay ang pagkakarugtong ng dalawang tren sanhi upang dumeretso ang sirang bagon at lumampas ito sa riles na hangganan ng MRT station sa Pasay. Sa lakas ng impact ng tren marami ang tumilapon sa loob ng tren,naumpog at nasugatan. Salamat at walang binawian ng buhay sa aksidente at sinagot  naman ng pamunuan ng MRT ang naging gastusin ng mga biktima sa ospital. Sa mga nagdaang buwan at araw, samu’t saring aksidente naman sa bus ang naganap tulad ng ...

Text and photos by Mark Garcia I am a man but the labor and nitty-gritty of doing the laundry is nothing new to me. I do my own laundry ever since my high  school days even now that I already belong to the country’s work force. There was even a time that I was in charge of my three sisters’ laundry being the eldest of four kids, in a bid to help mom and pop as they work outside of the home to feed us four and send us to school. That’s why I was most willing to pitch-in for mom when he asked me to cover a laundry event by Unilever Philippines. It turned out that Unilever   through its detergent powder  brand Breeze was treating moms all over the country to a day off from washing clothes with   1Laba Day , a simultaneous nationwide event on   August 28, 2014, in Metro Manila (Pasig, Marikina, Quezon City, Pasay), North Luzon (Tarlac, Pangasinan),  South Luzon (Laguna, Cavite) Visayas (Cebu)  and Mindanao  (Davao...

Have you notice that you can't fit in your favorite clothes lately? Do you feel your excess weight, especially around your midsection, make it harder for you to breath, making simple tasks like walking up stairs difficult? Chances are you’d gained unreasonable weight.  Or you may be obese already. Obesity is defined as having excess proportion of total body fat. Analyzing your body mass index or BMI is one of the most common ways to measure or determine if you are obese or not. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. In the Asian category of the data from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, you are already overweight if your BMI is between 24 and 26.9. Meanwhile, a person is already considered obese if his or her BMI is over 27. Who Should Lose Weight and Why The impact of being overweight or obese has on your body is one of the main reasons to lose weight. The more weight you gain, the more at risk yo...

Craving for pastries and desserts? Try Happy Cream Puff, the lighter and healthier alternative for health and weight-conscious individuals. First Happy Crème Puff has mastered making a crust that is easy to bite and with the right amount of crispiness. Second, its custard filling, caramelized coating and flavor-filled toppings are what make the small cakes delightful. The combination makes a refined sweetness the way most people would prefer. And third, Happy Crème Puff’s pastries are without preservatives and uses fresh cow’s milk that is less fattening. At the newly opened branch at the 5th level of Shangr-ila Mall’ East Wing, General manager Mytch Alipio said cream puffs are a craze in Japan. Company owners Maricel and her husband Haruo Yamagishi decided to bring its concept in the Philippines and make a business out of it in 2006 starting off with a small store in Makati City. "The owners are meticulous when it comes to the products' quality. Our cream puffs, comp...

To beat the summer heat and treat every member of the family as well, well-loved cookie brand Oreo recently gave away special prizes through a fabulous show at the SM Megamall activity center on March 28 to launch the Oreo Better Together Facebook promo at www.facebook.com/oreogetdunked.ph. Huge Oreo and milk couch set can be yours plus a 40” Samsung LED Smart TV and an Xbox 360 with Kinect by joining this contest. All you have to do is ‘Like’ the OREO Get Dunked Facebook page and click on the Oreo Better Together Promo or go to OreoBetterTogether.com and play. There you can dunk Oreo cookies in a virtual pachinko board to earn points. To earn cookies to play with, you can either register your details in the game or buy an Oreo Better Together nine-pack in leading stores and supermarkets. Registering will instantly give you 3 free chocolate cookies, while buying an Oreo nine-pack gives you a unique promo code worth 65 cookies. Each Oreo Vanilla creme pack gives you 65 vanilla cookies...

Graduation means the end of an academic era and the beginning of the next chapter in our lives. Most of us would agree that the days we spent in high school were certainly the best days of our lives. It was in school that we made our first friends, competed to excel, hoped for places in the sports teams, and learned our first lessons about life. The academic year has come and passed, along with graduates who are moving on to the next stage in their life. These bright young students have overcome the challenges of their school years, and are ready to take on all new endeavors. This important milestone deserves to be celebrated with family and friends. As always, Goldilocks, the country’s number one bakeshop, has the perfect cake to share during this commemoration: the Goldilocks Rocky Road Greeting Cake. Indeed, it is a fitting reminder for graduates that the road to success may be rocky at times, but altogether it is sweet and delicious. The three-layered chocolate sponge cake is dr...