Your Next Job Opportunity Awaits: Kalayaan Job Fair At SM City Marikina This June 12!

In celebration of the 127th anniversary of Philippine Independence on June 12, 2025, SM City Marikina will hold a Kalayaan Job Fair. This will give people in Marikina easy access to a wide range of job prospects.

This job fair, put together by SM Supermalls and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is meant to connect people who are looking for work with a lot of companies that are hiring. And for people who live in Marikina, the fact that this big event is happening right in SM City Marikina is very convenient.

This isn't just any job fair; it's a chance to meet potential employers in person, learn about a lot of different fields, and hopefully find a fulfilling job. The Kalayaan Job Fair is for people with all kinds of skills and levels of experience, whether they are recent college graduates, seasoned professionals looking for a change, returning OFW’s, or people looking for new challenges.

To register for the Kalayaan Day Job Fair, scan the QR code below or visit this link to fill out the form: https://pia.gov.ph/dole-ncr-job-fairs-offer-gainful-employment-this-independence-day/

Proceed to the Ground Level, Hallway of SM City Marikina on June 12, 2025 for the Kalayaan Job Fair.

If you're there early, you can witness the Philippine Independence Day flag-raising ceremony at the canopy parking area at 8:00AM.

#Kalayaan2025 #PatuloySaPagtuklas #MakeItHistoric

#SMJobFairs #IndependenceDay2025 #TrabahoParaSaLahat

Sources:

• DOLE-NCR Job Fairs Offer Gainful Employment this Independence Day

• SM Supermalls to Hold Kalayaan Job Fairs on June 12

Marikina Participated in the 2nd MMDA Shake Drill

Following the success from last year's ShakeDrill, Marikina participated for the 2nd time in the Metro Manila ShakeDrill, along with other participating cities in Metro Manila. Last June 22, at 9:00am, Marikina prepared to act on an earthquake scenario simulation.  

This time, the simulation was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. SM Marikina participated and reported 531 employees and mall goers were successfully rescued. In addition, the mall area was declared secured within 35 minutes from the start of the simulation exercise.
MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos said “We hope to institutionalize this exercise so that the public may develop a culture of preparedness.”

Fore more info, visit All Systems Go for 2ND ShakeDrill

SM Store Marikina Giving Away PhP 20K Worth of Shopping Certificates #SM3DSMarikina

In celebration of SM Marikina's 3 Day Sale, SM Store Marikina is giving away P5,000. worth of shopping certificates to 4 lucky winners for a total of P20K.
To join,

1. Follow @theSMstore on twitter.
2. Tweet "It's @TheSMStore Marikina's 3 Day Sale!" and include the hashtag #SM3DSMarikina
3. Attach the promo poster in your tweet. (Get a copy from the SM Store Official Facebook page)

"It's @TheSMStore Marikina's 3 Day Sale!" #SM3DSMarikina @SMCityMarikina the place to go.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/89GAThqcoB
— Sarah Mijares (@sarahbells18) March 11, 2014

Promo runs from March 11 = 14, 2014.  4 winners will be announced on March 14 at noon. Happy #SM3DSMarikina Tweeting!

The White Hat Italian Frozen Yogurt at SM Marikina

Love yogurt? Do you travel all the way to SM North or Mall of Asia just to get your White Hat fix? Look no further, Marikenyos! The White Hat is here to serve us at our very own SM Marikina :)

White Hat fan that I am, I've been visiting this yogurt place frequently for the past few months. I honestly don't know why it only occurred to me just now to blog it :P Anyway, my husband and I (he's also a yogurt fan!) used to brave the traffic and drive all the way to SM North EDSA or Mall of Asia just to have our White Hat fix. It's really great that this yummy yogurt is now just a stone throw's away!

The White Hat Italian Frozen Yogurt kiosk at SM Marikina opened last December, a Yuletide treat to the Ondoy-stricken mall. It's located at the second floor right across the entrance to the Department Store. You can't miss it :) The kiosk offers all the popular White Hat toppings like fruits, candies, Kitkat (my favorite!), homemade brownies and cheesecake. They also have green tea-flavored yogurt available at this branch.

Happy healthy eating! :)

SM City Marikina 3 Day Sale

SM City Marikina will be holing a 3-day mall-wide sale on March 13, 14 and 15, 2009. Up to 50% discounts on selected items will be up for grabs.

Too bad I'll be out of town during the sale. Hope you get a good bargain and happy shopping !

SM City Marikina WIFI Stress Test Event

Last Feb. 28, 2009, SM City Marikina soft launched their new service, mall-wide free WIFI.   

Being the newest SM Mall having opened its doors to the public last September 2008, 

SM City Marikina is the first on the list of SM malls for deploying WIFI and they invited bloggers for an afternoon WIFI stress-testing session.   

After registration, bloggers scattered around differents parts of the mall to try out the free WIFI.   Bloggers were equipped with laptops, wifi-enabled mobile phones, PSP's and PDA's.  

Several bloggers reported that WIFI signals were detected from the basement up to the top floor and were able to conduct live blogging during the event.  I was able to stream some youtube videos from my laptop and download updates for my anti-virus program.

By 5pm, all bloggers proceeded to the Cyberzone area where SM officials raffled off some prizes.  I won a Microsoft cap.  Sha, my blogger friend won the grand prize, an ASUS laptop.  Incidentally, that day was her birthday so it was a great surprise and gift for her.

Personally, I's say that SM City Marikina is stepping up to the plate in terms of offering WIFI.   The other malls within the vicinity, Robinsons Metro East and Sta Lucia East have been offering WIFI for a while too.   SM City Marikina can now compete head on with the WIFI-enabled malls.

The city will also benefit from this as one of the biggest mall chains now offers free WIFI in the city of Marikina.

Here are some other blogger posts about the event:

• SM Marikina wi-fi test recap
  
• Live Blogging at SM Marikina WiFi Testing Event
• My WiFi Testing Experience at SM City Marikina vs Robinson's Metro East and Sta. Lucia Grand Mall
• Live Blogging from SM City Marikina
• SM Marikina now offers Mall-Wide Free Wifi Access