Tag: Covid-19
MakatiMed receives 2 international awards for COVID-19 best practices
The Philippines' Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) has received the Excellence Award for Patient Safety from the 2020 Asian Hospital Management Awards (AHMA) and Special Recognition for the International Hospital Federation (IHF) Beyond the Call of Duty for COVID-19 program.
Filipina nurse Charito Romano receives British Empire Medal for pandemic work
Filipina staff nurse Charito Leonardo-Romano has been awarded the British Empire Medal in recognition of the nurse's "outstanding work" amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
2020 YEAR ENDER: Best Good News in Filipino Science & Technology
This Year Ender List of the Good News about Filipino Technology in 2020 presents the best of the ground-breaking Filipino science and technology innovations that were developed in response to the Taal Volcano eruption in January and as the world faced the coronavirus pandemic.
BPI Foundation helps COVID-19 medical front liners’ next of kin to pursue dreams
BPI Foundation, the social development arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), has chosen five college students for its “Pagpupugay” Scholarship Program which hopes to create a secure future for the next-of-kin and close relatives of COVID-19 heroes through education.
Philippines’ resilience champions for tourism honored in Virtus Awards
The Philippines' resilience champions for tourism were honored in the prestigious Virtus Awards 2020 by the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association (HSMA) in partnership with the Department of Tourism and the Tourism Promotions Board Philippines in a bid to highlight the tourism and hospitality industry's overcoming the worst of times when Covid-19 put traveling to a halt.
LIST: Christmas Bazaars Supporting Entrepreneurs Selling Online and Onsite
Ready for some Holiday gift-giving? Check out your favorite Christmas bazaars which are now available both virtually and on-site for your shopping needs amid the new normal!
TEST RESULTS: Study confirms meals with VCO reduce COVID-19 symptoms
A Philippine study has confirmed that meals mixed with Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) could reduce COVID-19 symptoms such as cough, colds, body aches, headache, loss of taste and smell, and fever, thus, possibly preventing the progression or severity of the disease.
Tarlac Christmas Belen displays honor frontliners
Tarlac, known for "Belenismo" or the province's greatest attraction during the Christmas season, is honoring Filipino frontline workers in the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic.
CCP offers free-to-download children’s art e-book about health, COVID-19
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is set to launch a free-to-download e-book about health and COVID-19 with creative and artistic content for children.
Safety Guide When Typhoons Strike During Covid 19 Pandemic
When Supertyphoon Rolly (International name: Goni) was forecast to hit the Philippines on the first day of November 2020, people remembered the major damages to life and property that Supertyphoon Yolanda brought in November 2013 and braced for the worst.
LIST: Ways to Observe All Souls Day While Under Quarantine
Here are ways Filipinos can still observe the solemn holiday and have the full Undas experience this All Saints' and All Souls' Day even despite cemeteries being closed and the nation is under community quarantine to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
Philippine airports start using Traze contact tracing app
Four Philippine airports have begun using the Traze contact tracing app on Wednesday to reduce human-to-human transactions and speed up transaction processes, as part of the ‘new normal.’