Muntinlupa, Batangas, and Santa Rosa cities were named global finalists in the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) which encourages participating cities around the world to develop environmentally sustainable practices.
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Io is a high school student and amateur writer who tends to look at the future idealistically despite others' warnings. A book enthusiast, she wants to make her words substantial in this world and to lift up others with her work.
WATCH: Disney Legend Lea Salonga reads Princess Jasmine’s tale for Storytime
Disney Legend Lea Salonga joined the studio’s “Storytime” series reading aloud a 5-minute tale on Princess Jasmine from Aladdin.
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UPLB free-to-download children’s e-books teach importance of social distancing, face masks
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has published two illustrated children’s e-books explaining practices during the COVID-19 pandemic that are free to download.
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#SilentHeroesPH volunteers send out PPEs, vitamins to help stop frontliner infections
Volunteer group #SilentHeroesPH has been quietly passing out Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), supplies, and vitamins to help stop infections among frontliners in the fight against COVID 19.
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Pangasinan Kindness Station of UPLB agripreneur Anjanette Tadena provides for indigent families
UPLB alumna and agripreneur Anjanette Tadena started a “Kindness Station” In Pangasinan to provide for the basic grocery needs of farmers and indigent families during the Luzon-wide lockdown.
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Champion teen gymnast Jessica Rayne Tijam conducts free online training sessions for athletes
Jessica Rayne Tijam, the accomplished teen rhythmic gymnast of the Philippine national team, is holding online gymnastics classes for other athletes of the Philippines who are staying home during the community quarantine to stop the spread coronavirus disease.
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COVID-19 test kit explainer released by UP-PGH as Philippines’ mass testing starts
A COVID-19 test kit explainer was released by the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) as the Philippines started mass testing in communities.
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Cardinal Chito Tagle reflects on faith lessons while under lockdown in Italy
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle shared faith lessons while under lockdown in Italy as he goes into the third month of his new Vatican post as the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP).
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GMA’s Howie Severino recovers from COVID-19, shares experience to help other patients
GMA Network’s Howie Severino recovered from COVID-19 and is sharing his experience to help other patients battling the disease.
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Philippine companies show compassion with new policies and donations amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Philippine companies are showing compassion amidst the COVID-19 that has affected thousands of lives and lifestyles in a matter of months.
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Real-life angel rescues health workers, provides sleeping quarters in stylish airconditioned tents
Actress and humanitarian aid worker, Angel Locsin, has been called a real-life angel for rescuing health workers by providing them tent sleeping quarters as the frontliners have been reporting for work even during the community quarantine to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Philippines.
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10 Homegrown Filipino Books To Read In The Time of Quarantine
Here is a list of books made by Fil-Ams and Filipinos to read while at home. We realize that not all of us have access to physical copies, so linked below are some places where you can find the titles available online.
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