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In compliance with government directives on General Community Quarantine, please be guided on the temporary closure of Ayala Malls Legazpi effective tomorrow, March 17, 2020 until further notice.

However, we are keeping key establishments such as LCC Supermarket, Mercury Drugstore and ATM open to continue serving your essential needs.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

It's A Leap Year – How will you be marking the extra day?

Why is there a leap day?
February 29 is a date that usually occurs every four years, and is called leap day. This day is added to the calendar in leap years as a corrective measure because the Earth does not orbit the sun in precisely 365 days. The Gregorian calendar is a modification of the Julian calendar first used by the Romans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year

Leap year - Wikipedia

Why should I register a company?

So often people ask the question ‘Do I really need to register my business?’. While at face value it seems registering a company is not a necessity, years of research have proven that it is indeed important. In fact, your success in business may actually depend on it. Read on and let us know if there is any that we missed in the comments.

Here are the 8 reasons why you should register your business:

1. To be more professional
First impressions are important they say. This is even more true in business. Would you prefer to buy an expensive smartphone that has been created by an individual or by a company? That’s the power of registering a company. It establishes you as a professional in your field. You prove to the world that you are legitimate and are not after a quick buck. It shows your customers that you are serious and will not simply disappear tomorrow.

2. To protect and secure your business name
Registering your business name protects it from being used by other businesses. When you register a company, the name that you choose is reserved for you only. You may not have plans to start operating right away but registering that name that you have always wanted ensures that its available to you when you are finally ready to launch your dream business. Once your company name has been incorporated and registered, you can further restrict its usage by registering it as a trade name or trademark. This ensures that no-one else can legally use it.

3. To get access to funding
One of the advantages you enjoy when you register a company is the increased access that you get to funding sources. There are various government loans available for youths and small businesses. Besides, various economic development agencies, banks, and NGOs provide low-interest loans to small to medium enterprise owners who may not qualify for traditional commercial loans.

4. To separate personal and business finances
Most small business owners discover painfully that mixing business and personal finances are a recipe for disaster. The majority of small businesses that fail fall into this trap. If you keep business finances in your pocket you run into the temptation of ‘helping out Uncle Thomas’ when he asks for financial help. And when month-end comes you discover that you don’t have enough to pay for business rentals or suppliers. Having your business incorporated helps you separate these two so that you don’t run into problems tomorrow.

5. To participate in tender processes
To apply for both government and commercial tenders, you need to be a legalized business entity. All tenders have on their top of the list the requirement to be an incorporated company. Simply put: ‘No registration papers, no tender acceptance’. Most tenders are advertised for big contracts and orders, so this represents a very real opportunity for your business to break out and make some large amounts of cash. Don’t neglect this.

6. Lower taxes
When doing business you have the option to do so as an individual or as a registered business. When you trade as an individual, you pay tax on the additional income you receive from your business. Unfortunately, you don’t get any tax deductions on the expenses you incur in running the business e.g. internet costs, telephone costs, transport, rents, etc. These are all regarded as personal expenses more or less. One of the more appealing reasons for registering a business, as opposed to simply reporting your additional income, is the extra money you have leftover. In Zimbabwe, businesses receive tax deductions for business-related expenses, including use of your car, a home office or a rented storefront, insurance, and more.

7. Liability protection
There are two types of businesses registered in Zimbabwe and these are the Private Limited Companies and Private Business Corporations. The business is treated as a separate legal entity from its owners and enjoys corporate citizenship in Zimbabwe as if it were an individual. Both types of businesses offer limited liability to their owners or shareholders. Both business types provide personal liability protection for business decisions or actions of the business. This means that if the company incurs debt or is sued, its members are not required to satisfy the claims with their personal assets. By registering your business, your business and personal assets are separated from each other. There are many reasons to incorporate but for the protection of your family, this may be the most important.

8. Business continuity
Do the names Irvines, Microsoft, Facebook or Google sound familiar to you? Good. What do they all have in common? They were started by individuals. And because these individuals registered their companies it means their businesses can continue without them. They are now separate entities from their person. That’s the power of registering a business. It ensures the continuity of your business beyond just you. Customers are interested in knowing if your company has a future and if the company can continue serving them in your absence.

https://www.companyregistrations.co.zw/blog/why-should-i-register-a-company

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PH records 8.26-M tourist arrivals for 2019
By Faye Almazan
February 18, 2020

THE country’s tourism industry welcomed 8.26 million foreign visitors last year, a 15.24-percent increase from the 7.16 million arrivals recorded in 2018.

The figure is also marginally higher than the Department of Tourism (DoT)’s 2019 target of 8.2 million, set in the National Tourism Development Plan for 2016 to 2022.

“This heralds a new milestone in the country’s tourism history, breaching the eight-millionth mark. Without a doubt, our convergence programs with other government agencies, particularly in improving access as well as product development and marketing initiatives with local government and private sectors have greatly paid off. These gains we hope to sustain even as we face global challenges,” Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said in a statement.

South Koreans remained on top in the most number of tourist arrivals in the country, recording 1.989 million arrivals last year, a 22.48-percent increase from the 1.624 million in 2018.

China followed with 1.743 million, reflecting a whopping increase of 38.58 percent from 1.257 million in 2018.

The United States placed third at 1.064 million, a 2.90-percent growth from 1.034 million, while Japan ranked fourth with 682,788, 8.07-percent better than the 2018 figure of 631,821.

Taiwan completed the top five, registering a 35.01-percent growth or 327,273 from 242,411 in 2018.

All months, except for January, registered a double-digit growth rate with August exhibiting the highest at 27.54 percent or 702,843 from 551,088 in 2018.

Meanwhile, the month of December recorded the highest tourist arrivals at 776,798.

“This is a high point for Philippine tourism as it depicts our solidarity and commitment to make tourism work and prove its full potential as a sustainable and inclusive economic activity. The record-breaking numbers solidify the effectiveness of the Tourism Act of 2009, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2019,” Puyat added.

It continued with “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” campaign last year, alongside championing for sustainable tourism in the country.

The “Save Our Spots” movement became the industry’s battle cry to encourage visitors to become responsible tourists and do their part in preserving the country’s tourist spots.

The Philippines was also awarded a number of international travel awards in 2019, including the World’s Leading Dive Destination and Asia’s Leading Tourism Board at the 2019 World Travel Awards and Excellent Partner Award for sustainable efforts in the rehabilitated island of Boracay.

PH records 8.26-M tourist arrivals for 2019 – The Manila Times THE country’s tourism industry welcomed 8.26 million foreign visitors last year, a 15.24-percent increase from the 7.16 million arrivals recorded in 2018.

💖 SA MGA MINAMAHAL NAMIN NA ALBAYANOS 💖

Maraming salamat sa patuloy na pagtangkilik sa Starbex Mercado.

Ngayong Araw ng mga Puso, hangad namin ang inyong kasiyahan!

Happy Valentine’s Day mga Ka-Starbex! ❤️❤️❤️

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Visit Starbex Mercado 2020 Love Bazaar and explore our Valentine goodies:

🌹 Flowers
🍫 Chocolates
🧁 Cupcakes
🍬 Sweet delicacies
🎁 Gifts
🎉 and a whole lot more!

📍 We are located at the Ground Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi from February 10 to 16, 2020

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗢 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡?

Receiving flowers on Valentine’s Day is truly romantic. But did you know each color has its meaning?

🌹 RED - Although red flowers are most commonly associated with feelings of true love and passion, they can also be used to convey respect, desire, and courage.

🌻 YELLOW - The color yellow is primarily associated with spreading happiness and joy, however, it is also the ideal color for symbolizing friendship.

🌸 PINK - Similar to red flowers, pink flowers have also grown to be a symbol of love, though some other meanings include happiness, gentleness and femininity.

💮 WHITE - White flowers range in meaning from purity and innocence to Sympathy.

Visit Starbex Mercado 2020 Love Bazaar to pick the perfect flower for your special someone!

📍We are located at the Ground Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi from February 10 to 16, 2020

FLOWERS OR SWEETS? PWEDE NAMAN BOTH!

Surprise your special someone with these edible Flower Pastillas available at Starbex Mercado 2020 Love Bazaar

Visit our exhibitors and explore our Valentine goodies:

🌹 Flowers
🍫 Chocolates
🧁 Cupcakes
🍬 Sweet delicacies
🎁 Gifts
🎉 and a whole lot more!

Visit us at the Ground Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi from February 10 to 16, 2020

ANO MAN ANG STATUS NG LOVELIFE MO, MERON NA BAGAY NA TSOKOLATE PARA SA’YO

Enjoy Valentine’s Day with these special Hugot Lines Chocolates available at Starbex Mercado 2020 Love Bazaar

Visit our exhibitors and explore our Valentine goodies:

🌹 Flowers
🍫 Chocolates
🧁 Cupcakes
🍬 Sweet delicacies
🎁 Gifts
🎉 and a whole lot more!

Visit us at the Ground Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi from February 10 to 16, 2020

PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL

Make your special someone feel truly loved by presenting them with nice yet affordable gifts!

Visit Starbex Mercado 2020 Love Bazaar and explore Valentine goodies:

🌹 Flowers
🍫 Chocolates
🧁 Cupcakes
🍬 Sweet delicacies
🎁 Gifts
🎉 and a whole lot more!

Visit us at the Ground Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi from February 10 to 16, 2020

LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR SPECIAL SOMEONE THIS VALENTINE’S DAY?

Worry no more as Starbex Mercado hosts the 2020 Love Bazaar at Ayala Malls Legazpi!

🌹 Flowers
🍫 Chocolates
🧁 Cupcakes
🍬 Sweet delicacies
🎁 Gifts
🎉 and a whole lot more!

Visit us at the Ground Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi from February 10 to 16, 2020

Congratulations to the CITY OF LEGAZPI and BICOL UNIVERSITY, official host to the 2020 NATIONAL SCUAA GAMES on March 22-29, 2020.

The State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) is an association of 93 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of different state colleges and universities in the Philippines. SCUAA is one of the inter-collegiate sports associations in the Philippines, the union of seven major state colleges and universities in Metro Manila.

The organization was established as State Colleges Athletic Association (SCAA) in 1953 encompassing the Philippine Normal College, Central Luzon Agricultural College, the Philippine College of Commerce, and the Philippine College of Arts and Trade.

Despite many years of challenges at the forefront, SCUAA was able to gain ground in various regions in the country through the creation of regional or satellite SCUAA, hence the establishment of a National SCUAA in the mid-1980s. Two years after, the first National SCUAA Olympics was held with member state colleges and universities from Regions I, IV, V, VIII, and NCR participating. Wikipedia.

Starbex Mercado in partnership with Ayala Malls Legazpi invites you to join us in celebrating the Lunar Year.

Join us as we celebrate the auspicious arrival of the Year of the Metal Rat.

Visit the Little Chinatown Bazaar for your lucky charms, best tasting hopia, and the traditional tikoy to complete the celebration.

Little Chinatown Bazaar is open until Monday, January 27, 2020, located at the Ground Level of Ayala Malls Legazpi.

Be aware of your fortune this 2020, the Year of the Metal Rat and be guided by the stars of your Zodiac.

Free Feng Shui Forecast
by Master Gerald
January 24, 2020
11am to 1pm
Ayala Malls Legazpi

Celebrate a prosperous Chinese New Year with our FREE FENG SHUI FORECAST from Master Gerald of Kevin Foong Feng Shui Academy Singapore on January 24,2020, 11AM to 1PM only!

Don’t miss this chance to know what’s in it for you this 2020, Year of the Metal Rat!

Visit Ayala Malls Legazpi Activity Center located at the Ground Level.

Congratulations to the winners of Starbex P100 Eatsakto Challenge! 🎉🎉🎉

👉Mernel Bataller Ogsila
👉Kaye Montallana
👉Bevs Lomibao
👉HLee Lomibao

Please visit Starbex Office located at 3rd Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi to claim your two (2) movie passes.

Prizes may be claimed from January 15 to 20, 2020 from 3pm to 6pm.

Filipinos are known to be family-oriented with very close family ties.

Many of us believe that eating food made from sticky rice like bibingka (a type of baked rice cake), biko (sweet rice cake) and tikoy (also known as nian gao, which is translated as Chinese new year's cake) will bind families together stronger.

This is also believed to deliver good fortune.

"Happy Monday morning mga Ka-Starbex!

Here’s an inspiring quote from Confucius to remind you not to stop!

Have a mga Ka-Starbex!

Thank you DTI Albay for supporting Starbex Mercado through the years!

MANALO NG FREE MOVIE PASSES TO AYALA MALLS LEGAZPI CINEMA PLUS P1,000 CASH PRIZE 🍿💰

JOIN Starbex Mercado EATSAKTO P100 CHALLENGE! 🤩😎

Sobrang dali sumali:

✅ Buy Php 100 worth of products from Starbex Mercado exhibitors
✅Take a selfie with all the products you have purchased and send the pictures to Starbex Official page (www.facebook.com/MyStarbex/)
✅Starbex Mercado will post the pictures on our page. The picture with the most number of likes (heart, wow, haha, and other reactions are not counted) will win Php 1,000 plus two (2) movie passes from Ayala Malls Cinema.
✅ Starbex will also choose the most creative picture and will be given Php 500 plus two (2) movie passes from Ayala Malls Cinema.
✅ Starbex Mercado will also give away movie passes as consolation prizes to participants.

REMINDERS

👉 Open to everyone ages 13 and up.
👉 Sending of entries is from December 9 to 30, 2019.
👉 Liking contest is from December 31, 2019 to January 15, 2020
👉 Starbex Mercado will announce the winners on January 20, 2020
👉Winners will be announced thru the Starbex Official Pages
👉Winners can claim prizes from January 21 to 25, 2020 from 2pm to 7pm at the Starbex Office, 3rd Floor, Ayala Malls Legazpi.

NOWHERE TO GO?

For an after-Christmas stroll, you can visit located at Al Fresco Strip Ayala Malls Legazpi

FROM YOUR STARBEX FAMILY:

We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our partners, exhibitors, and everyone who supports us.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

SAAN GALING ANG TRADISYON NG NOCHE BUENA?

The traditional Christmas Eve feast is referred to as the “Noche Buena,” which is Spanish for “night of goodness.”

The Noche Buena is also a time for extended families to gather together at one house to partake of the feast.

But while modern Filipino families can have their Noche Buena at any time on Christmas Eve, it wasn’t always that way.

The Noche Buena actually came into being because the Spanish friars required Filipino churchgoers to fast until Christmas morning back in the 16th century.

Since the natives were usually very hungry after coming back from the Christmas midnight Mass (and since any hour after midnight was technically considered to be part of the next day’s morning), they conjured up the nocturnal feast before going back to bed.

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Para mas maging espesyal pa ang inyong noche buena, bumisita sa Starbex Mercado AL Fresco Strip. Maraming masasarap na pagkain ang pwedeng idagdag sa inyong handaan mamaya!

STREET VENDOR MAY PUWESTO NA NGAYON SA AYALA MALLS LEGAZPI

Sa second episode ng ating , kilalanin natin si Mrs. Lorita Baldo, ang may-ari ng LHAY P**O BUMBONG & TALAPIOCA SHAKE .

Dating nagtitinda ng barbecue si Lorita sa Rizal Park at ngayong 2019, nabigyan sya ng pagkakataon na makapagtinda sa Ayala Malls Legazpi sa pamamagitan ng Starbex Mercado.

“Masaya ako dahil mas marami kaming benta rito at higit sa lahat hindi pa kami nauulanan,” ayon kay Lorita. “Kaya nagpapasalamat ako dahil nandito kami ngayon sa Ayala Malls para magtinda.”

Nakatira si Lorita sa Barangay Oro Site, Legazpi City. Siya ay 50 years old at may limang anak na lalaki.

Isa si Lorita sa mga startup entrepreneurs na tinutulungan ng Starbex Mercado na mapaunlad ang kanilang negosyo.

“Pinili ko ang Starbex Mercado bilang partner ng Bazaar kasi nabibigyan kami ng opportunities na mas lalong dumami ang kita dahil araw araw maraming tao at maganda dito sa Starbex dahil kapag may Event silang pinupuntahan ay sinasama nila kami,” ayon kay Lorita.

Bilang isang business incubator, nais ng Starbex Mercado na ma-train ang mga katulad ni Lorita upang maihanda sila sa pagsabak sa food industry.

Ngayong Pasko, hinihimok ng Starbex Mercado ang mga mamimili na tangkilikin ang mga produkto ng mga micro and small entrepreneurs.

Bisitahin ang Lhay P**o Bumbong and Talapioca Shake sa Starbex Mercado na matatagpuan sa Al Fresco Strip, Ayala Malls Legazpi.

Ang kanilang itinitinda ay P**o Bumbong at Talapioca Shake - isang inumin na may halong sago.

Starbex Mercado is organized and managed by Starbex Corporation

Happy Monday morning mga Ka-Starbex!

Here’s an inspiring quote from Elbert Hubbard to remind you to always keep trying!

Thank you Ayala Malls Legazpi for supporting Starbex Mercado through the years!