‘Back to square one’: Olympic delay puts Japan in a spin
TOKYO (AFP) Japan's media and athletes reacted with disappointment Wednesday to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but expressed relief the Games had not been cancelled altogether over…
Stores charged for selling overpriced medical supplies
BY JEFFREY DAMICOG *** THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed charges against two establishments in Manila which were found hoarding and selling overpriced medical masks and thermal scanners,…
DoH bares VIPs’ direct request for COVID tests
BY ANALOU DE VERA *** THE Department of Health (DoH) said some personalities made a “direct request” to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for them to be tested…
Gov’ts move to solve problems raised by virus
IN the face of the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the US Senate, led by Republicans, sought last Monday to enact a massive $1.8-trillion…
The virgin’s name was Mary
GOSPEL • LK 1:26-38 *** THE angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of…
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…
