3 Day Sale at SM City Marikina

From SM City Marikina Pre Sale Show

SM City Marikina is holding their 3-day sale on March 19,20 and 21 with discounts of up to 50% off on selected items mallwide. The 1st day is a midnight sale with extended hours for shoppers. The mall will also extend their Saturday and Sunday mall hours till 10pm.

In addition, lucky shoppers will get a chance to win one of 6 Yamaha Nouvo Z Automatic motorcycles. A minimum purchase entitles each shopper a raffle ticket and chance to win.

Head on to SM City Marikina to check out great bargains and a fun weekend shopping experience.

SM City Marikina Holds Pre-Sale Show

SM City Marikina will have a 3-day sale from March 19 to 21, 2010 from 10am till 12 midnight on the 1st day and 10am-10pm mall hours on March 20 and 21.

In preparation for the 3-day sale, SM City Marikina held a pre sale show last March 13 at 5pm featuring Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity ex-Housemate and model Will Devaughn. Will sang a few songs before the main portion of the show which was a contest to win a date with Will. Four lucky female contestants joined to get up and close with the celebrity hunk.

Will also promoted the sale and thanked everyone for coming to the show. Catch up to 50% off on selected items mallwide and get a chance to win one of 6 motorcyles to be raffled off to lucky shoppers.

Pacquiao-Clottey Boxing Match Televised In Front Of City Hall

For all the Manny Pacquiao fans and boxing enthusiasts, you can watch the Manny Pacquaio - Joshua Clottey boxing match at the park area in front of the Marikina City Hall today. A large screen will be situated in front for spectators to watch at the shady park for everyone to be accommodated.

Definitely there will be cheering going on at the park during the fight and even more crowd cheering and celebration should Manny Pacquiao win this fight.

We hope Pacquiao once again give glory and honor to the Filipinos. Goodluck to you Manny !

(Photo taken from http://www.pacquiaovideo.com)

Feature Photo: Dutch Marikina

Dutch Marikina is located in Industrial Valley along the stretch of the Marikina Riverbanks-C5 road and parallel to the Marikina River. The shape of the facade is reminiscent of Dutch housing hence the name Dutch Marikina.

Pirated Stores Closed by City Order

Several stores occupying the stalls at the corner of Shoe Ave. and A. Bonifacio St. in Bayan have been closed since Feb, 24, 2010 due to conducting business without proper business permits.

In addition to non-permit violations, these stores that occupy the space of the former supermarket, Sanko, have been selling pirated movies and pornographic media. The pink stalls have been closed and closure signs have been posted for the public to know why they were closed.

This is in line with the city's strict implementation of business permits whose deadline for renewing and filing city permits for the year ended last January 2010.

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OpenStreetMap-PH Marikina Mapping Party

There will be an Openstreetmap Philippines Marikina City Mapping Party on March 20, 2010. from 9am onwards.

OpenStreetMap is a free, open source map that can be contributed, edited and used by anyone anywhere. Mapping parties are social events where experienced and new mappers can meet to share and learn more about the project. The events are generally held in a public place, and allow time for discussion, mapping and editing.

You can invite your friends and be taught how to map using GPS, paper, on foot, car or bike. The objective is to place Marikina City on the OSM map and make Marikina City the best mapped city in OSM.

Please check this link for updates:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/Mapping_Party/Marikina

If anyone is willing to join, help in the preps or sponsor the even, you may contact emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com

Here are the event details as of Feb. 25, 2010:

Event details

• When: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 9am onwards
• Meet-up place (9:00 AM): Marquinton - Blue Wave Mall - tentative
• Post-mapping place (2:00 PM): SM City Marikina (free Wi-Fi!) - tentative
• Weather: This event is rain or shine. (But given that it is El Niño season, it will likely be sunny.)

Schedule of activities

9:00 am - 2:00 pm - POI Collection

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Data Editing

5:00 pm onwards - Socials in a nearby pub

Marikenyo Spotlight: Coach Rio dela Cruz

Last week, I got the opportunity to meet a distinguished athlete at the Unilab Run United for Wellness primer. He is no other than Coach Rio dela Cruz. He is mainly a runner but his many achievements supercede his runner status. He has joined several marathons both locally and abroad and have been clocked with very impressive time results.

He is popularly known as Coach Rio, because he is a sought-after coach by celebrities and personalities. Some of his clients include Iza Calzado, Karel Marquez, Anthony Pangilinan, Karen Davila and Piolo Pascual. His healthy outlook and achievements have also landed him endorsements such as Nike, Timex & Nature Valley.

When I mentioned to him that I occasionally jog at the Marikina Sports Center, I was susprised that he is very familiar with the place because during his early years, he trained at the Marikina Sports Center, where he later on met his high school coach. In fact he even told me that he lives in Vista Valley, exactly 100 meters away from the Marikina Sports Center via Sumulong Highway.

Currently, Coach Rio's next event is organizing the Unilab Run United for Wellness for the benefit of Children’s Hour and K.I.D.S. Foundation. The Unilab Run United for Wellness will take place at the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig on March 7.

COACH RIO’S PROFILE

• Graduate of the University of the Philippines (Bachelor of Physical Education)
• U.P. Varsity Track and Field Team Coach
• Former UAAP Record holder (10km & 1,500m) P.R.
• Former Member of the National Team
• Event Organizer (Run United for Wellness, Kenny’s Urbanite Run, 2009 Timex Run: Time is Running, Men’s Health Urbanathlon, Greenfield Cityscape Run, among many others)
• Running coach
• RUNNER!

For more details on Coash Rio, you may visit his website at http://www.runrio.com

PLMAR turns Seven!

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina or PLMar for short is celebrating its 7^th year founding anniversary this week. Mayor Marides C. Fernando envisioned an affordable and quality tertiary education for the city residents of Marikina and PLMar was born. PLMar is the first city university of Marikina City and was established by the Marikina City Council on 2003 via city ordinance no.015.

I had the privilege of teaching at PLMar for two years and I loved the time I spent there but due to some health reasons I had to slow down in teaching. PLMar offer varied courses like Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Criminology, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Business Administration, Tourism and Mass Communication plus Associate courses in Hotel and Restaurant Management, Science and Healthcare and Diploma in Caregiving.

On February 24, 2010, the university will celebrate its Founding Anniversary at Teatro Marikina. There will be a Job Fair, Debate contests and Awarding ceremonies of different contests.

The launching of PLMar’s electronic newspaper PLMar Link is one of the highlights of the celebration. So visit now and get to know all about PLMar.

Riverbanks Center Deck Now Open

If you're the type who would loves places that are overlooking, Riverbanks Center has recently opened its Deck, which is elevated from the rest of the Riverbanks Center.

From the Deck, it is overlooking to the Marikina and Quezon City skyline. Nearby is Dencios restaurant which also offers a scenic view of the riverbanks as it is situated along the Riverbanks. You may choose to dine inside where huge clear windows provide a scenic view or proceed to their terrace where you can feel the weather while dining.

Evening entertainment is also available at Dencios as scheduled live bands play regularly. Best tme to visit Dencios is an evening out with your friends and enjoy the river ambiance.

Riverbanks Mall Inventory Fair

Marikina Riverbanks Mall is holding a Mall Inventory Fair at the Exhibit Hall from Feb 5, 2010 to March 3, 2010. During this period, participating tenants will be selling their products at discounted prices.

Marikina Riverbanks Mall is located at Riverbanks Center, 84 A. Bonifacio Ave, Marikina City. From C5 Eastbound, turn right exiting C5 and take the service road parallel to Marikina River. From Quezon City, take Aurora Blvd, going to Marcos Highway and exit the highway by taking the fly over on the left leading to Marikina City proper. Turn right at Marikina Riverbanks Center.

For more details, contact Marikina Riverbanks Center at 570-0704, 570-0705, 570-0708 and 570-0709.