SM GROUP PLEDGE 100M CALAMITY FUND

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In the wake of damages brought about the recent 7.2 earthquake and the super-typhoon Yolanda, SM Group pledged P100M as a calamity fund for areas devastated by the earthquake and the typhoon, particularly in, Tacloban, Ormoc, Samar, Bohol, Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz and Bicol. 

The fund will be for rebuilding homes, community centers, schools, and churches, as well as for immediate relief through food and supplies. 

SM Foundation is also taking the lead in the relief operation effort with the nationwide reach of SM Cares of the mall group, SM Savemore, and BDO Foundation. Recently, SM Group of Companies, through SM Foundation, has sent out thousands of kalinga relief packages consisting of bottles of mineral water, rice, ready-to-eat ulam packs and instant noodles. These were given to the affected areas and communities of the recent calamities.  

SM’s disaster relief facility, Operation Tulong Express, is also accepting donations of relief goods in SM Malls nationwide, and its accounts in BDO and Chinabank for cash donations. 

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With the P100M calamity fund, SM seeks to extend an extra hand to these affected communities, working side by side with community groups to expand efforts and widen the reach of the relief operation.

Camille Co for SM Soirée

It all started with a little girl’s dream. From simply sketching gowns and dresses, Camille Co has become a fashion influencer with her blogs, and great personal style and designs. 

Today, Camille brings her young elegance in-store as she teams up with SM to design the holiday collection of its Soirée label in its Girls Teens Wear line.

With Carine Roitfield, Kate Moss and Diane Kruger as her fashion icons, Camille’s collection for Soirée is inspired by today’s stylish young Filipinas - bubbly, experimental yet in vogue. The collection highlights abstract prints, lace and leather, perfect for the upcoming parties and special occasions with friends and family making your holiday outfit more remarkable and electrifying.   

Celebrate in style with the Camille Co Holiday Collection for Soirée available exclusively at the Girls Teens Wear Department of The SM Store.

Blogger, designer and fashion set darling Camille Co brings her great sense of style in-store for SM Soiree.

Pretty in Prints. Long Sleeved dress in the season's artsy prints is the perfect way to party

Show off your feminine side in plain halter dress

So Long! Printed cropped long sleeved top paired with a printed maxi skirt.

Abstract print dress with faux leather detail

Printed long-sleeved dress

Printed abstract blazer is great for chilling out.

Young and fun cropped halter top worn with a blue lace skater skirt.

Fashion looks on the bright side with this abstract printed dress with yellow lace sleeves.

Maximum Impact. Endure the timeless elegance with blue lace long sleeves paired with printed maxi skirt.

Quote for the day

SAPI

Cannes award-winning director Brillante Mendoza’s first horror film, “Sapi”, will open at SM Cinemas beginning November 6. A co-production between Solar Films and Centerstage Productions, the film depicts the phenomenon of possession vis a vis the frightening realities of everyday life.

            In the film, Sarimanok Broadcasting Network (SBN) needs a miracle to stay alive in the competition with its rival station Philippine Broadcasting Channel eating up the TV audience’s major share.  SBN’s news team finds that documenting an actual spiritual possession could be their only hope.

            Tasked to head the documentary production is Meryll Flores (Meryll Soriano), a trainee TV executive producer, along with Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo), the reporter.  Needless to say, the success of the project will also secure their eventual promotion in the company.

 

            However, the miracle seems to evade Meryll’s team.  They go distant places, schools, provincial areas, religious groups, and faith healers, just to cover the case of mass possession, but to no avail.  They simply cannot find a single incident of possession.

            Worse, Baron Valdez (Baron Geisler), cameraman of the rival network PBC, is the one who was able to capture the isolated case of demonic possession that involved a high school teacher.

            To fulfill her task, Meryll enters into a deal that is more profoundly horrifying than the harrowing scene of paranormal possession.  To acquire the needed footage, she buys the outtakes of the Ruby possession case from Baron.  

            But at the point where Meryll imagines to be the turning point of her new career, an exorcising reality dawns on her with a spiraling effect that mirrors the political system governing the TV network.

Reality is profoundly stranger than fiction, as Sapi offers not only horrifying cases of exorcism, but most importantly, uses the said occult phenomenon as a metaphor for the appalling state of Philippine government; supposed public servants acting as spirit possessing Juan de la Cruz, consuming and corrupting the wealth and minds of the helpless nation.

Sapi opens on November 6 at SM Cinemas. 

Anong kinatatakutan mo? SAPI.