Palawan Eco-artist JC Enon has designed a way to transform plastic bottles into personal protective equipment (PPE) face shields for healthcare workers and other frontliners in the battle against the coronavirus disease or COVID-19.
Read more →Author: Blesilda Dela Cruz
Gucci model Hannah Locsin graces cover of Harper’s Bazaar Kazakhstan
Looks like there is no stopping Hannah Locsin from gaining international attention in the fashion industry – the Filipina model is on the March 2020 Cover of Harper’s Bazaar Kazakhstan.
Read more →Julie Anne San Jose inspires with acapella of Stand By Me
Asia’s Pop Diva Julie Anne San Jose’s acapella cover of Stand By Me is inspiring people and netizens in the Philippines now under quarantine to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19.
Read more →SM Group pledges 100M for health workers’ PPEs, medical supplies to PGH, RITM
SM Group has announced it will provide Php 100 million for personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies to assist healthcare workers at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), two of the country’s leading institutions in the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more →Filipino restaurants send free breakfast, food packs, snacks to healthcare frontliners battling COVID-19
Filipino restaurants are displaying the Pinoy Bayanihan spirit while sending free food to healthcare workers who have been on code red alert since last week due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Read more →Oil companies, Petron, Shell, impose major fuel price reduction on March 17, Tuesday
The Philippines’ leading oil companies Petron Corporation and Pilipinas Shell Corporation have announced major fuel price reductions effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
Read more →USAID recognises Technological Institute of the Philippines as Model Career Center
The USAID STRIDE has recognized the Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) as a Model Career Center that champions student success.
Read more →University of the Philippines Law wins Jessup Cup Manila rounds of Moot Court “Olympics”
The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law team was declared the 2020 DivinaLaw Philippines Jessup Cup Champion at the Manila leg of the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court global competition touted to be the Moot Court “Olympics”.
Read more →Panay Island, Visayas awarded Travellers’ Choice for Popular Destinations in Asia
Panay Island has been named once again among Asia’s 25 Best Destinations in the 2020 edition of TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice Awards.
Read more →Fil-Am comedian Jo Koy introduces Pinoy tabo as solution to toilet paper shortage
Filipino – American comedian Jo Koy has a new video introducing the “tabo” as a solution to toilet paper shortage that is apparently being experienced now in the United States and some countries amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Read more →#SalamatUP, “thank yous” to health workers trend online as COVID-19 escalates in Manila
As escalating cases of COVID-19 in Manila have placed health workers and scientists in the frontline of the fight to control the coronavirus disease, netizens went on Twitter and Facebook to express gratitude for their public service and sent hashtags #SalamatUP and the topic of “thank yous” to trending.
Read more →Pinaglabanan Bridge connecting San Juan to Manila reopens to motorists
Pinaglabanan Bridge, also known as San Juan Bridge, has been reopened to motorists plying the route from San Juan to Manila and vice versa.
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