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MAYA O CALICA (NEW BEGINNINGS)
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LESTER LEDESMA (TET)
With Country Bankers’ life
plans, you can face the New
Year with confidence
January is a month of fresh starts, so why not join in on the fun
at these annual events celebrated across the network?
New beginnings
IF YOU’VE BEEN
spending nights
worrying about the
future — especially
that of your family’s
— then it’s about
time you took stock
and prepared yourself for any uncertainties.
This New Year, resolve to ensure your
family’s financial stability with the best kind
of security — life insurance from Country
Bankers Life Insurance Corporation (CBLIC).
Among CBLIC’s gallery of insurance
products is the Classic Benefit Plan, a
whole life insurance that may be suitable
for your needs, or that of someone you
love. It offers added flexibility of financial
solutions: you can treat it as forced savings
that can become a source of funds for
emergency loans, or as protection for
the family in case of the loss of a loved
one. The plan also earns cash values that
may be used by the policy holder, while
beneficiaries can use the proceeds of a
life insurance policy to cover inheritance
taxes and the deceased’s other financial
obligations. Even mature individuals aged
50 to 80 years old who need to upgrade
their existing insurance coverage may
apply for the Golden Classic Benefit.
To find out what kind of coverage
you need, or to know more about other
products, call +63 (2) 523 8611 to 18. Also
visit them at Country Bankers Center, 648
T.M. Kalaw Ave., Ermita, Manila.
www.
countrybankerslife.com
SAFE,
STABLE,
SECURE
Look
forward to a
future with
no worries
SEIJIN NO HI
January 9
Every second Monday of January, Japan celebrates “Adult’s Day” or “Coming-of-age Day.” As
the name implies, the occasion acknowledges and congratulates young people who’ve turned 20
— the age of majority — during the past year. Newly minted adults show up at public halls garbed
in their best threads: ladies slip into gorgeous rented kimonos and feather boas with flowers in
their hair, while gentlemen don Western suits or traditional
hakama
. Afterwards, they gather with
friends and family to celebrate their new freedoms: the right to drink alcohol, smoke and gamble.
Cebu Pacific flies to Osaka from Manila.
www.cebupacificair.com
TET
January 23
A sacred holiday in Vietnam, this three-day
affair is marked by those who are returning
to their hometown for family reunions and
are paying their respects to their elders.
There will be fruits, flowers, and traditional
food like
mang
(bamboo shoots and fried
pork soup) and
xôi gac
(orange sticky rice).
Cebu Pacific flies to Ho Chi Minh City from
Manila.
www.cebupacificair.com
CHINESE NEW YEAR
January 23–February 6
This festive season, which is deemed as
bigger than Christmas for the Chinese, is
celebrated in countries like the Philippines,
Singapore and Indonesia, just to name a
few. It is a time for rekindling relationships
with family, and ushering in good luck and
prosperity for the New Year.
Cebu Pacific flies to Hong Kong from Cebu,
Clark and Manila.
www.cebupacificair.com
Party with the “new
adults” of Japan.
09LKH Smile
Ser 4
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