Regalo Central

Regalo Central was founded in 2007 by an enterprising Filipina.  In 2010, this novel business was turned over to EDWARD MICHAEL MIRANDA CRUZ, a native of the Philippines.

Michael grew up in Kalookan City, Philippines.  He got his education in the following institutions:  Notre Dame, Don Bosco Juniorate and San Beda College.  His family owns Edward Marcs Philippines, Inc. (EMPI), founded in 1984.  This is where he learned his business sense working his way up the ranks, gaining the highest position of Marketing and Sales Manager.  EMPI is involved with trading electro-mechanical equipment and renewable energy (solar panels).

Michael managed another family-owned business, a water refilling station; and personally owned a cyber café for a couple of years.  Michael had a brief stint for a Starbucks branch in the Philippines as an Assistant Store Manager.

Michael has been based in New York since 2007, with his wife, Ma. Michelle Quimosing-Cruz, a medical doctor and a physical therapist; and their two lovely daughters.

Philippine-based engaged couples:  Sign up and post your wedding registry on RegaloCentral.com.  You can list any item or service from any Metro Manila store or company on your list.  You can then tell your family and friends to check it out on our site. 

Now, your overseas-based loved ones can use our Pabili Personal Gift Shopping service to send you gifts.  We offer FREE delivery within Metro Manila and certain areas of Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna (with some restrictions and limitations).

We aim to distinguish ourselves as the innovator in providing gift shopping services that cater to both sides of the market (US and the Philippines).   

Through the Pabili personal shopping service, we offer more choices and a wider range of products and services than most online gift stores and portals.  We constantly update our comprehensive list of suppliers, vendors, stores and service providers that can meet the client’s need.   We offer feedback on the latest trends and the new and top-rated stores and services available in the Philippines.  We will endeavor to get the most value for our client’s money while getting the best possible gift for the recipient.

Through the Padala  service, we address the need of Philippine-based customers to send gifts to family and friends in the US and Canada to express appreciation or to celebrate important occasions and milestones, but have always considered the cost to be too expensive.   With our Regalo Central Gift Store items, gift-giving does not only go one way. 

Our target market is the ever-growing number of overseas Filipinos and other nationalities with Filipino heritage or affiliations.  Our focus is on the overseas Filipino worker population who have families, relatives and friends in the Philippines that they regularly communicate with and send gifts to during special occasions.

We also want to make it affordable and convenient for customers in the Philippines to purchase gifts for their family and friends in the US and Canada.   

With the Gift Registry feature, we’d like to bridge to gap and make gift-buying for special occasions like weddings and birthdays more convenient.   Philippine-based brides and grooms can list their desired items on our site, and their US-based friends and relatives can use our Pabili service to send them gifts. 

With the Client Profile information, we will send regular alerts and reminders to customers regarding upcoming special occasions (birthdays, anniversaries, Fathers’/Mothers’ Day, graduation, etc.) to help them stay in touch with their families during these special events.

• Pabili – We offer Metro Manila-based personal shopping services to overseas Filipinos to help them find and buy the gifts that their relatives and friends in the Philippines would appreciate and enjoy.   We will then coordinate delivery of these gifts to their loved-ones

•   Padala – We want to provide an opportunity for the gift-giving to go both ways.  Thus, we offer choice gift items for Philippine-based customers to purchase on our website with convenient, local payment options.  We will then ship their gifts to their family and friends in the US.  These items will already be stocked in the US office, to facilitate cheaper shipping costs. 
  

• Patakbo – We will assist clients in procuring public and/or legal documents in the Philippines and facilitate delivery of said documents to the clients. Examples of these are school Transcripts of Records, professional licenses, birth, marriage and baptismal certificates. ** (As allowed by institutions’ guidelines regarding transactions by/with authorized representatives)

Our mission is to serve the Filipino and the international community by providing efficient and reasonably priced personal gift shopping and document assistance services as well as a selection of high quality and affordable gift products.