High-functioning anxiety can cause us to continue taking on outside stress and obligations even if we’re already overwhelmed with what’s on our plates ART by ARIANA MARALIT Living through a pandemic, without question, is causing us invisible stress—a pervasive, ever-shifting, hard-to-define...
PSA: Here are the updated guidelines for MECQ Granting the request of exhausted medical frontliners for a “timeout,” President Rodrigo Duterte approved last night a Cabinet recommendation to revert Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal to a stricter quarantine...
Fresh from her birthday celebration in Amanpulo, singer-actress Sarah Geronimo was named as an endorser of a vitamin C supplement brand. At a virtual campaign on Monday, STADA Philippines general manager Sharmaine Abarientos revealed Geronimo is now a part of their Fern-C family. View this...
More businesses located in areas under general community quarantine will be allowed to partially reopen starting Aug. 1. Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) spokesman Harry Roque on Wednesday said gyms, internet shops, and review centers could gradually reopen...
Children may be processing the disruptions in their lives right now in ways the adults around them do not expect: acting out, regressing, retreating, or even seeming surprisingly content. Parents need to know that all of this is normal, experts say, and there are some things we can do to help....
The DOST-funded GenAmplify test kit. Photo courtesy of Department of Science and Technology After being recalled over “minor defects” in May, the country’s first locally developed test kit for Covid-19 is now ready for commercial use. The Department of Health made the announcement...
Dancing without a stage Ballet Manila principal dancer Jasmine Pia Dames . Photo by Sean Pelegrin We have found that working from home, even when home is a studio apartment, is mostly doable. Working out from home, though? That’s another matter, especially for ballet dancers. “In this new...
Images by NOEL PABALATE Hit Eastwood this weekend to show support for our farmers Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, Department of Agriculture, and Resto PH pays tribute to Filipino farmers and food businesses. Leading the opening ceremony were (middle, from left to right) Megaworld Lifestyle Malls...
The culprits behind #maskne and how to deal with them Illustration by ARIANA CAMILLE MARALIT These days, you can’t step out of the house without seeing people wearing face masks, which is a good thing as it is proven to help prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses. But for some people,...
A city in northern China has put control measures in place after one confirmed case of the disease, which caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages. A herdsman from a city in Inner Mongolia was confirmed to be infected with bubonic plague, health officials said, a reminder how even...
Five ways to help you relax and put things in perspective—in between washing your hands, of course Illustration by Ariana Camille Maralit Erasing stress and anxiety from daily life isn’t an option for most people today. Healthy habits can be hard to maintain and it’s easy to succumb to fear...
She got tested for Covid-19. Then came the flood of medical bills By March 16, Carla Villanueva Mañas , an executive and leadership coach, had been having bouts of fever, back pain, and dry cough for a couple of days. She couldn’t remember how she caught the virus because she said she didn’t...
