Cebu Pacific (CEB) transported 77,800 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines to six cities this week, flying in a total of 130,800 doses nationwide since last month. Its latest airlift earlier today (April 9), brought 6,000 doses of vaccine to Tuguegarao. This week’s batch of consecutive shipments...
Kenya on Thursday started vaccinating its Olympic athletes against COVID-19, paving the way to compete in the Tokyo Games. All the 75 athletes in the Olympic team bubble at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium were vaccinated on Thursday, in an exercise which will also cover the Paralympic teams, rugby...
How has the pandemic changed us? I wish I could wax romantic like Elizabeth Barrett Browning over all that we have lost — friends and family, our way of life, the world as we knew it. What’s different now — because we have yet to see the end of the pandemic or because it is also possible (God...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo In 2017 — I attended the Emerging Leaders Program at the Harvard Kennedy School which was chaired by Dr. Elaine Kamarck and Dr. Christopher Robichaud. In our class on ethics — we discussed about the responsibilities of public action via a simulation exercise of...
Matthew Wright perhaps echoed the sentiment of every PBA player recently as the waiting game for the 46th season to start lingers on due to the COVID-19 crisis. “Tired of waiting to play this game,” the Phoenix Super LPG star said on Instagram recently. View this post on Instagram Wright and...
(Photo from vitalmtb.com) Red Bull Formation, the world's first all-women freeride mountain bike event makes a comeback this May 24 to June 1 after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight athletes from Canada, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, and Sweden will...
Photo from MPL Philippines The MPL Philippines has decided to postpone the matches in the third week of Season 7 due to the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). "The safety and health of all players, coaches, talents, staff and their families are our utmost priority. We are...
The effects of virgin coconut oil among suspect and probable cases Over a year into this pandemic and the world is nowhere near the end of this virulent virus despite the emergence of vaccines and medications. COVID-19 can produce an excessive immune reaction in the infected individual. The...
On ‘wonder drug’ as prophylaxis and treatment against COVID-19 HARD TO SWALLOW PILL Ivermectin as an antiviral drug has not yet been approved by the FDA, EMA, and WHO COVID-19 has been around for more than a year, and a lot of us can’t wait to get back to normal. As several vaccines are now...
The PBA’s plan to have its teams and staff vaccinated remains far from clarity even if the government is allowing private entities like the pro league to purchase on their own. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said there are no new developments with regards to the vaccination program which could...
While the battle against COVID-19 isn't over, with more evolved strains coming in, news of people getting infected by it has also been increasing. And it's not just one person who gets it, the whole family ends up getting the virus, too! Mom-of-two Kabbie Rodriguez Alipio, like most of us, didn't...
Sharon Cuneta Actress-singer Sharon Cuneta has prayed for the safety of Filipinos during the pandemic. On Instagram April 6, Sharon said that she is praying for the exhausted frontlines, the poor and hungry, the jobless, the sick and families who have lost their loved ones. But she...
