Food is one of the basic needs that sustain people. The lack of it could cause adverse health effects such as malnutrition, one of the leading problems that affect Filipinos today. According to the World Health Organization, malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a...
Food establishments are now allowed to resume their dine-in services while care establishments like salons and nail spas may now reopen in areas under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), Malacañang announced. File Photo (Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg) Presidential Spokesman Harry...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has called the village youth council of a town in Rizal province as an "inspiration". DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda (Photo from Antiporda's Facebook) This, after the group of young officials found a way to...
Hybrid MECQ? MECQ Flex? "'MECQ' is enough." President Duterte is not keen on having long and cumbersome names for quarantine classifications as the government's pandemic task force worked on making adjustments to allow more businesses to operate during the two-week extension of the modified...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force was set to meet to finalize the list of new businesses that will be allowed to reopen under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). A volunteer firefighter sprays disinfectant at the Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Manila on April 29, 2021...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to “assume a friendly approach” to community pantries instead threatening to halt their activities. De Lima said the DILG should put to task barangay officials to ensure the proper...
Drawing inspiration from the different versions of community pantries that have sprouted all over the country, the Polytechnic University of Philippines (PUP) has launched its own mobile community pantry. PUP Unisan's 'padyak' community pantry (Photo courtesy of Christian Revares) Called...
Operating hours should be set aside for the community pantries in barangays to avoid large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic, President Duterte proposed Wednesday. (Mark Balmores / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) According to the President, implementing a schedule should be put in place to...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has spelled out the guidelines for community pantries to help the organizers maintain order and at the same time avoid triggering a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. A community pantry that solely offers medicines. (Photo by...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta A UP professor friend sent me a photo of a burly band of youngish males, properly protected with surgical masks and face shields posing in front of the Maginhawa community pantry after depositing donations in kind. They were wearing tees of various colors and designs,...
BY PATRICIA BIANCA S. TACULAO Corn is a favorite crop among Filipinos. It can be eaten in various ways such as grilled, boiled, and added as an ingredient to other recipes. But after the corn has been harvested from the fields, the stalks and husks are discarded and considered agricultural...
President Duterte has asked for the public's understanding following his decision to extend for another two weeks the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area, saying it was necessary due to the spike of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases....
