Kinumpara
HINDI maiwasang pagkumparahin sina Angel Locsin at Bela Padilla, fiancee’ at ex-girlfriend ni Neil Arce, respectively. Parehong aktibo sa pagtulong sa taumbayan ang dalawa kaugnay sa pananalasa ng…
Palakasan?
BY DELIA CUARESMA *** MAY kumakalat na usap hinggil sa pag-abuso diumano ng ilang pulitiko sa kanilang posisyon upang ma-test sila at pamilya laban sa kumakalat na covid-19. Nagsimula ito…
Films with virus
THE current situation brought about by COVID-19 calls to mind famous movies about epidemics and pandemics. One of these films is “Outbreak” (1995), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Dustin…
The doctor is in
ADD my name to the expanding list of admirers of DOH Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, MD, who has been daily, regularly updating an anxious public on what they…
Keep your frenemies closer
Dear Manay Gina, I used to have a high-school friend but she turned out be an enemy-in-disguise. How? Well, when my boyfriend was still courting me, he said he…
Support our heroes
IN the current war against COVID-19, our frontline forces are the health workers – doctors, nurses, medical technologists, radiologic technologists, caregivers, and maintenance staff of health facilities. Given the…
A ceasefire could help in drive on COVID-19
PRESIDENT Duterte has declared a cease fire with the country’ s Communist rebels effective March 19 to April 15, 2020. This is about the duration of the lockdown or…
Paayuda
NAGBIGAY ng isang milyong pisong ayuda ang Regal Entertainment sa pamumuno ni Mother Lily Monteverde bilang tulong sa mga Pinoy na apektado ng krisis dulot ng COVID-19 at…
Tokyo Games officially delayed to 2021, easing athletes’ angst
TOKYO/ATHENS (Reuters) - Japan and the Olympics movement decided on Tuesday to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last major imminent sporting…
Fajardo, 3 other PBA stars vie in ‘Lockdown Games’
By JONAS TERRADO Four PBA stars are scheduled to take part in an esports competition aimed at raising funds to help health workers serving as frontliners in…
Mega drug rehab center eyed as quarantine site
The Philippine Army (PA) is preparing the mega drug rehabilitation center located inside a military base in Palayan, Nueva Ecija as a quarantine site for individuals being monitored for 2019 coronavirus…
Another doctor succumbs to COVID-19
By JOSEPH PEDRAJAS A cardiology "pillar" at the Philippine Heart Center working on the frontline in the battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) died, the Philippine Heart Association (PHA)…
11 QC villages under extreme quarantine
The Quezon City government said on Tuesday that it has enforced an “extreme enhanced community quarantine’’ in the city’s 11 barangays severely affected by the novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)…
DoJ files raps vs Garin, et. al over Dengvaxia deaths
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has started filing charges against Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin, former health secretary, and her co-respondents over alleged liability in the deaths…
To athletes’ relief, Tokyo 2020 postponement decision due any day – sources
ATHENS/TOKYO (Reuters) - A decision on whether to postpone this year's Tokyo Olympics for the first time in the Games' modern history will come in days, sources said on Tuesday,…
AFP general, wife test positive for COVID-19
A senior military official and his wife both tested positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in what could be considered as the first confirmed cases of the…
