Philippines

Books usually take years to print and money before they need to be published and sold to retail; readers need to purchase them. And now, Philippine publishing industry is like a book trapped by the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on just one line. The impact started before the enhanced group quarantine (ECQ). Adarna House president, Asa Montenejo expressed her decision …

Newly arrived inmates at prisons nationwide will be placed in isolation units for 14 days and undergo a health check before they can be assigned to cells, according to Pol Col Naras Savestanan, director-general of the Corrections Department. He said yesterday it must be assumed first that all new inmates as well as those who left the prisons briefly to …

As hospitals and nursing homes are urgently searching for a hand sanitizer in the midst of coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are stopping ethanol manufacturers from producing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be converted into a mixture of germ-killing. The roadblock of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has irritated the pharmaceutical and ethanol industries which have called for …

Before the coronavirus pandemic saw the cancelation of their La Liga match, two Spanish footballers took care of “FIFA 20,” a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online. The massive digital crowd is part of a remarkable boom for the digital gaming industry, as large numbers flock to online platforms for relaxation, entertainment and interaction with the “real world” suddenly falling apart. …

Filipinos are huge fan of basketball. No wonder that there are many filipino basketball players that exert their best in making a name in the history of PBA. We’ve seen an explosion of basketball talent developing overseas over the last 20 years. Today, countless names from international soil come from the global game gas like Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis, Giannis …

Every family in their pantry has its own stockpile of go – to food items, whether for fast meals or snacking at any time of day or night. Only look at this list of staples canned, bottled or packed: sardines, tuna, tuyo fillets (salt dried fish), sausages, luncheon meat, corned beef, instant noodles, milk, soda crackers, potato chips, etc. Let’s …

Despite the internet dominating news about COVID-19, false news has proven it can spread much faster than the virus itself. The issue really lies in the fact that many people believe they can work as news reporters with the advent of the internet, but they fail to check the veracity of the information they post online, particularly in social media. …

Everyday, we encounter a busy street full of cars, people and establishments. The world we live in was like this. But plot twist, COVID-19 took place and people are forced to stay at home to reduce the spreading of the virus. But here’s to an important improvement amidst the increasing numbers of people infected by the virus. Our earth is …

As a result of recent exposure to individuals who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, an growing number of people are now undergoing voluntary or compulsory quarantine. It is slowly becoming a solitary planet. While we can certainly do without the current pandemic causing so much death and misery worldwide, I’m starting to understand that it’s one of the …

There are creative ways that we can teach during this enhanced community quarantine. Besides saving, children often learn about the value of personal hygiene and physical distance, as they obey a set of rules to purchase from Mama’s home quarantine store. Mother Hycinth Clor de Arta, hoping to be successful while in quarantine, set up a mini sari-sari store at …