SM Supermalls, Comelec team up for voter registration
SM Supermalls and Commission on Elections (COMELEC) have officially teamed up to provide voters with more registration venues at SM. After signing a Memorandum of Agreement for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Election last July 19 at the Event Center of SM City Manila, COMELEC has opened satellite registration centers in SM Supermalls nationwide.
The Launch for the “VOTERS REGISTRATION FOR BRGY & SK ELECTION AND VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM” urge eligible voters to register for the December 5 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls.
This aims to help ease and unburden voter registration traffic in barangays, providing the public a more convenient, faster and safer way to avail of the right to vote.
The “VOTERS REGISTRATION FOR BRGY & SK ELECTION AND VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM” was assured to be supported by all 76 SM Supermalls by providing an accessible and efficient registration experience and comfortable venue for the education of new registrants and currently active electorate. Local Comelec offices would oversee the running of demonstrations within the SM malls, Comelec’s sole partner in the VOTER REGISTRATION initiative.
The SM Supermalls that will participate in this activity will hold their Voter Registration from July 17 — 24, and the Voter’s Education, from August 1 to November 30.
Early grade learning with School-in-a-Bag
To support early grade learning across schools in northern and central Luzon, PLDT, Smart and long-time partner USAID, through RTI International, recently turned over one School-in-a-Bag (SIAB) each to San Rafael Elementary School (SRES) in Tarlac City, Tarlac and San Aurelio Elementary School (SAES) in Balungao, Pangasinan.
The SIAB also expands the learning platform of SRES where more than 400 students from Kinder to Grade 6 are currently enrolled. While the school has implemented limited face-to-face classes, it still employs blended learning to reach out to other students.
The School-in-a-Bag is a portable digital classroom that brings learning to last-mile schools and supports the Department of Education’s efforts in improving early grade education.
PERA HUB Remit Partner sub-agents
PERA HUB, one of the country’s leading cash and payment-related transaction centers, has launched a new sub-brand for its business partners: PERA HUB Remit Partner.
The launch of the PERA HUB Remit Partner brand was driven by the company’s vision to strengthen its retail network and make products and services more accessible to customers in over 3,000 PERA HUB Remit Partner locations nationwide.
This move allows customers to have more options as they can enjoy PERA HUB’s products and services not only in its company-owned branches but also through its continuously expanding network of business partners. These services will include the availability of international and domestic remittance brands such as Western Union, Transfast*, and Remitly; bills payment, cash-in and cash-out services, microinsurance products, and digital products such as PERA HUB Mobile and PERA HUB Visa Prepaid Card.
The company’s prominent partners such as Sinag Pawnshop, SMJ Pawnshop, H. Lhuillier Pawnshop, Tiwala sa Padala (Tambunting Pawnshop), Jackie’s Foreign Exchange and Money Transfer, Bongabong Pawnshop, De Leon Pawnshop, and LBC, among others will now carry the brand, PERA HUB Remit Partner.
SoPa acquires Mangan
Society Pass Inc. (SoPa), Southeast Asia’s leading data-driven loyalty platform, announced the acquisition of Mangan.ph, the leading local restaurant delivery service in the Philippines.
Founded in 2017, Mangan delivers restaurant food from over 1,200 partner restaurants through its 200 plus rider network to its over 500,000 registered users. Mangan has generated more than 100,000 mobile app downloads and accumulated over 80,000 social media followers.
Operating in Pampanga, Mangan’s geographic reach extends to 16 cities including Angeles City, San Fernando, Clark, Dau, Mabalacat, Guagua, Lubao, Tarlac, Bataan, Magalang, Pasig, Cabanatuan, Baguio, Lipa, Batangas, Antipolo City, Dagupan City. The newly acquired business will be integrated into SoPa’s F&B vertical, Push Delivery Pte Ltd, along with Pushkart and #HOTTAB.
Combined with Pushkart, which delivers grocery food to consumers in Metro Manila, and Mangan’s operating focus in the provinces, SoPa aims to double the number of registered users to over 800,000 and drive app downloads to over 200,000 by the end of 2023.
Mangan has established a reputation of being the top online local food delivery service, achieving over $2 million in gross merchandise value yearly. Leveraging SoPa’s marketing platform and capital, they aim to increase GMV multiple fold by the end of 2022.
