UNILAB and Mercury Drug Celebrate 80 Years of Quality and Care with ALAGANG SUKI FEST 2025

8 whole decades is a long time, and that's exactly how long UNILAB and Mercury Drug has been providing quality and care for Filipinos. To celebrate with a bang, they got some of the hottest acts and personalities in the country to headline their show entitled "Alagang Suki Fest 2025". People were just shocked how they were able to combine the Koolpals, Jolina Slaydangal, Robi Domingo, and artist Belle Mariano, world dance champs Legit Status, hot band Mayonnaise, pop prince Darren Espanto, chart topper Maki, Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano, and the country's PPOP girl group BINI.

The venue was packed and they started the show with a few games with the audience to break the ice. 

Jolina was not just the momshie, but a generation that reminded us of the 90's, and how good it was til it lasted. Same with Robi who taught us how to take care of our tummies. Belle Mariano was the surprise of the evening, she was fun and had folks standing up, and went to the audience area because she really just wanted to have fun during her performance. She was really entertaining!

Belle really knew how to work the crowd, and she sang a few 80's and 90's hits, which really made us sing along with her. Her set was fun!

Legit Status showed us why they are world class. With jumps, tumbles and crump moves, we just watched knowing how difficult it is. That's passion personified.

Mayonnaise sang their hit songs, and thought to surprise us with JOPAY at the end of their set. Folks thought they wouldn't sing it but they did!

Darren and Maki really had the young ones mesmerized by their songs (and dance for Darren). Maki had a different sound, it appeals to a lot of folks. Though I haven't heard some of it, I am impressed. No wonder he's always in the mind of international acts who've heard his songs. He's really good! Darren on the other hand has performed his hits, and some of his newly released singles which were loved by many.

Highlight of the evening was Mr. Gary Valenciano, when folks thought it was going to be ballads, he comes completely bonkers with the Maneuvers. He didn't just wear the Mr. Pure Energy moniker, he became it. With high energy moves, songs, he got everyone off of their seats to dance and sing along with him. He brought us to church, he made us stars in our own seats, and that says a lot for a world class performer like him. Super love the evening because of that!

The nation's PPOP Girl Group, BINI made the crowd crazy. With their hit songs, and surprise number in the end, we were all just thankful how our dreams came true courtesy of UNILAB and Mercury Drug Corporation. Thank you for letting us be part of this wonderful celebration of your 80 years. Here's to more in the next few years because I'm sure you'll try an even bigger one right?!

If you want to watch the concert, head on to my TikTok account @kumagcow because I've managed to take videos of it in several parts. 

Thank you for the quality, for the care and the love you bring for Filipinos!

A NONI Fruit and Stevia Farm Tour in Bulacan

Have you heard or seen a NONI fruit? How about a Stevia plant? Well I have heard of it but have never seen it. Today we're privileged to have been able to visit a Stevia farm in Sta. Maria Bulacan. 

Dr. Tito Contado and The Queen o Stevia Ms. Au De Leon welcomed us and said "It's a good day today and we hope we could get you to enjoy the little tour we prepared for you in the Sweet and Fit Stevia farm which is dubbed as The Sweetest Farm In Town. We thank you for your gracious presence, today the NONI that we are talking about is a creation of God who is the formulator of the natural NONI. While Au is the queen of Stevia, you can call me the King of NONI in the Philippines. As part the media, I could only imagine what would interest you in this farm, I have been an agricultural professional since the 60's and I have been educating farmers about new farming technologies here and abroad. 

I have comfortably retired already, but I decided to come back here because I felt there was so much I can do for the development of the country. With all the pool of comfortable life outside the Philippines, I asked myself how we have tons of scientists and research but don't have products in the country. They all end up in other countries instead of us making a product. We have labor but don't have them working mostly here. I learned in my travels that entrepreneurs are the backbone of any country, it generates employment and producing multimillion wort of products from NONI, an obscure medicinal plant, have been able to convert this into a really good enterprise. 75 percent of it is being sold on exports and only have 25% sold in the Philippines. We want to revere that and hopefully sell more here. We have local farmers here who find this fruit in the wild, and they get paid a lot as we produce tons of it. Americans have tested this to be the most potent neutraceutical content and it was Tahitian Noni, but people have discovered we have this already in the country. 

With this NONI Juice, some people have found it to cure tumors, I had a bypass in the 90's and only 3/15 of us in the hospital who took it, and learned we healed faster than the others since we had our surgery. Our blood pressure has been constant and found us healthy. Many of these people in Los Banos where I got my bypass were still in theraphy, they were all gone and I am still here even if most of them were younger than me. I said thank God! I beleive that at 81, I shouldn't be doing many things like what I am doing now, but NONI is good and I want to make people know about it. I want them to know that if it comes in the Philippines we have a good product. I want everyone to be younger, better, healthier even at the golden years of their life."

So we also saw how they planted and produced the Noni fruit and Stevia plants, they call it PhilNONI Juice Con Stevia, and recently they have been able to supply this at Mercury Drug nationwide! I think they would be able to realize their dream locally since the biggest chain already approved it in their stores. The company who produces it is called Philippine Morinda Citrifolia, Incorporated and it is basedin 9613 Taal Street in Los Banos Laguna. You can visi their channels at Facebook.com/PhilMorindaCitrifolia and their website www.philnoni.com.

It retails for Php 1050 per 500ml bottle in Mercury Drug outlets nationwide.

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The Importance of Men's Grooming Down There: ToppCock Silver

Filipino men do not realize how much of a big deal hygiene is. There are millions of us living in the Philippines but there are no products specifically to cater to our needs. Well, people have attempted to do that locally but end up only making more female formulated merchandise that does not work for those who really need it, men. It's a little appalling, depressing and shocking why grooming isn't a priority and men might think it's a little taboo to use products like it. I mean why? Don't we deserve to take care of our own thingy?

If you haven't heard, there's ToppCock Silver now in leading drug stores and Mercury Drug branches nationwide. It's an old world solution made with new science so you can make those oh so precious man parts as clean as a whisk. People have used silver for a long time to kill microbes, help treat burns, combat germs, fight bacteria that have even grown resistant to antibiotics. It's anti bacterial and anti fungal properties are completely safe, good and all natural making it the best nano particle odor neutralizer available in the market.

Don't you think ladies actually talk about it in powder rooms or small chats with their friends when you have a problem down there? Exactly. We need to solve that, we need to make sure your name doesn't end up in that conversation... or anybody elses mouth for that matter. It's important to take care of the little guy especially if you're active. We don't want our partners to get turned off when they're already excited right?

Now I'm not the type who just endorses anything without even trying it out myself. So I've been using it for a couple of days now to see how it actually fares. ToppCock comes in 90ML small bottles and this one I used which are 10 ml sachets. It's almost the same size as your ordinary deodorant bottle so it's convenient to carry around in gym bags when you need to. Or if you're going to travel, this would fit snug in your man kits. It's also easy to use because you just need to take a shower, dry and apply. You don't need a lot either and just use enough to cover the area, you don't need to perform a rain dance or any mumbo jumbo for it to take effect because it protects you the moment you put it on. I can tell it even smells like a softer version of Hugo Boss shower gels which I often use. That other one costs an arm and a leg and this one is way affordable, a factor that you may think about when using this on a regular basis. Now, you have no excuse.

If you're also keen on checking out other things from their line, you can try their HYDROMAX shampoo and conditioner that not only cleans and prevents dandruff, but it is designed and formulated for men plus makes your hair moisturized. It smells so good too because they use lemon and sage so you feel and smell so fresh after a great shower. Now you can indulge on those long showers and baths before you go to work. Take a sachet of ToppCock Odor Neutralizer while you're at it and use it after your beast-mode sessions in the gym, or before sexy time. I'm sure your girlfriends will thank you for it, but really don't take my word for it and try getting one in your nearest Mercury Drug store as soon as you finish reading this. Be proper, be proud.

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