BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara We, Filipinos, are not known to easily give up. And in the face of adversity, we as a community are able to overcome either by helping each other out or receiving help from our kapwa. We have witnessed this in the past week or so with the emergence of the viral...
A Filipino organization in Chalong, Phuket installs a community pantry to help Filipinos working in hotels, bars, and restaurants There’s now a FIlipino community pantry in Chalong, Phuket Thailand established by ACTION-Association of Concerned Filipinos in Thailand , which is a non-government,...
Malacañang believes that the private owners and local government units will be able to ensure that establishments allowed to operate under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) are compliant with health protocols against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A restaurant staff cleans a...
People were divided over the decision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urging organizers of community pantries to tap barangay officials in distributing the supplies to the residents. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday, April 29, that no permit is required if one...
The province of Ifugao is now also under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) along with the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area and three other places in the country until May 14. File Photo by (Maria TAN / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
Azolla ( Azolla pinnata ), also known as water fern, is a free-floating aquatic plant that forms clumps. It has short branches, slender roots, and is coated with tiny hairs that help keep the plant afloat. But scientists have now put the spotlight on the wonders of this water fern. In a study...
Defying the limits of the land to exemplify the "bayanihan" spirit, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has set up floating community pantries in the middle of sea in Surigao del Sur, Zambales, and Camarines Sur to help fishermen who were affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
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...