No vaccine. No games. This continues to apply to non-professional leagues and tournaments after the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) reiterated on this call as the government continues to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The appeal of Mitra is in line with the decision of the Joint...
Kyla Singer Kyla is not allowing anyone to steal her peace from her even if it also means staying away from social media. In her latest post, Kyla shared that she actually deleted her Instagram and Facebook for some days when she felt it was adding to her "anxiety." "It’s nice to post pictures of...
There are a lot of people who use cotton swabs, from mothers who use them to clean their babies to adults using them to wipe dirt off their faces or hard-to-reach areas. It might be a simple product that we all use on a daily basis, and it may look like all cotton swabs are the same, but the Food...
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has declared the Philippines free from avian influenza or bird flu less than a year since the fatal animal disease crept back into the poultry farms of the country. As of January 8, the country is now free of the last remaining A (H5N6) strain of the...
Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto Congresswoman Vilma Santos-Recto welcomes 2021 by keeping herself healthy and fit on a spin box! In her first Instagram post for 2021 uploaded on Jan. 15, Ate Vi said that she's ready to face the challenges of the new year. "Vacation’s over. ? Prepping for work and the...
Even Ellen Adarna did it—here's how walking can help someone with major depressive disorder. In a three-part video on instagram, Ellen Adarna shared her mental training experience through the Kokoro program in Bali, Indonesia. It was concluded with a 115-kilometer walk where Ellen finished for 26...
Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health), through Healthway Philippines Inc. (HPI), has signed agreements to acquire a controlling stake of Mercado General Hospital, Inc. (Qualimed), which owns or has interests in the Qualimed Health Network. In a statement, AC Health said the addition of...
With rising number of cases, the country is still far from flattening the curve. That's why when a young TikToker's video of spending time with friends in a home without a single one of them wearing masks went viral, it sparked anger among Filipinos. TikTok user Hazel Grace, under the username...
Written by a mother of a child with autism, Doobiedoo Asks is a wonderful book for all ages Photo courtesy of Bambi and Roland Amago Raising an autistic child is hard enough, let alone raising one in a culture in which the stigma surrounding autism still runs high. So this mother created a powerful...
In the midst of the hunger crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) partnered with International Care Ministries (ICM) to quickly deliver life-saving food relief to more than 30,000 children during the COVID-19 community quarantine. Since July, the DOH dispatched...
As a result of the government’s decision to regulate the issuance of import permits on rice, the Philippines will now end the year with slightly lower imports of the staple. Despite this, the country is still poised to retain its status as the world’s top rice importer. In its latest report on...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for seven of the top 10 causes of death before the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Dec. 9, with heart disease killing more people than ever before. The WHO's new Global Health Estimates, adding 2019...
