Many are complaining how they've gained a lot of weight during the pandemic. Some point to lack of work having pushed them towards idle loafing as with excessive eating. Actress Bea Alonzo actually shared the same problem. Early this year, she revealed via her vlog how she actually gained 15 to 20...
The United States Embassy in the Philippines on Monday announced the cancelation of nonimmigrant B1/B2 (Business/Tourist) visa interview appointments scheduled through July 30, 2021 in response to the continued significant worldwide challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. US Embassy in the...
Senator Grace Poe prodded on Monday, June 21, the government's pandemic task force to heed calls of Iloilo province and other local government units for vaccines and more resources amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in their areas. Residents go about their business in Iloilo City despite the...
Three medical experts from Israel's Ministry of Health arrived in the Philippines on Sunday afternoon, June 20, to support the Philippines in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (third from left) welcomes three medical experts from Israel's Ministry of...
More than eight million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered in the country, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 revealed on Sunday, June 20. An airport employee receives a coronavirus vaccine shot during the vaccination rollout at the Manila...
After months of delay, the country has finally purchased 40 million doses of Pfizer vaccines to boost its efforts in combatting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a landmark move that saw the government's biggest vaccine procurement this year, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19...
The government must review existing policies and “retrofit” them according to the “present context” to help businesses survive the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, June 20. Vice President Leni Robredo (FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN)...
After fully complying with the government-mandated health and safety protocols against COVID-19, Barangay San Antonio became the first barangay in Pasig City to receive a Safety Seal from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). (Photo taken from the Barangay San Antonio Facebook...
Our lives have been changed by the coronavirus pandemic. The dreaded disease have separated families and friends in ways they never experienced before. It has changed the way people celebrate events and holidays -- and that includes Father's Day. Three Filipinos share what they miss the most...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them.” Epictetus (A.D. c.50-c.138), Greek Stoic in Discourses. Chap. xxiv. (A.D. 101) While the DOH churns out its daily census of COVID-19 new infections, deaths and...
The government should not delay the release of a unified quarantine protocol for vaccinated Filipino travelers for the sake of the Philippine economy, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Saturday, June 19. Passengers show their travel documents to authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I said I would share some realizations I had as a pandemic bride this week. Like many other things in life, this pandemic surely shifted perspectives in a multitude of and in multiple ways when it came to weddings. For one, gone are the extravagant...
