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Thirty-year-old doctor dies a hero in the frontline

Thirty-year-old doctor dies a hero in the frontline

Praises and prayers poured on the Internet for Dr. Wilbur Jan Robert Demafiles, a medical professional and an HIV advocate who recently passed away after manning the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. LoveYourself Inc., a non-profit organization that conducts free HIV testing and awareness campaigns, shared their grief over…
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Oplan Hatid Laban sa Covid keeps fight vs. COVID-19 alive

Oplan Hatid Laban sa Covid keeps fight vs. COVID-19 alive

As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the country, one group has brought Filipinos of all backgrounds together to sustain relief efforts in a unique way. Oplan Hatid Laban sa Covid (OHLC), a consortium of volunteers and NGO leaders, has been training and deploying drivers to transport frontline…
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Pan-Asian space designs to address a raging pandemic

Pan-Asian space designs to address a raging pandemic

Leading architect Dan Lichauco and his collaborators have designed some of the most modern hospitals here and abroad. But nothing could have prepared them to design and repurpose existing structures into off-site quarantine and treatment facilities to address Metro Manila’s mounting COVID-19 cases. Here’s how they did it. By ALEX…
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Front liners find refuge in select De La Salle campuses

Front liners find refuge in select De La Salle campuses

The professionals and healthcare workers from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) have found a temporary home at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) through its project dubbed as "Project Safe Shelter." The partnership has so far accommodated approximately 60 individuals. DLS-CSB has converted some classrooms and other amenities…
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Gucci releases its newest podcast featuring a three-Michelin-star chef

Gucci releases its newest podcast featuring a three-Michelin-star chef

The latest episode of the Gucci Podcast features three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura in conversation with his old school friend Gucci president and CEO Marco Bizzarri. In this episode, they talk about childhood memories and the two Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura restaurants in Florence and in Los Angeles, which were…
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Brooking no limitations to produce lifesaving face shields

Brooking no limitations to produce lifesaving face shields

Led by an MBA graduate from UP, volunteers behind Shields for Heroes PH are producing face shields made of polypropylene plastic and polyvinyl chloride. In five short days, they were able to produce and release 32,000 units for use by people who need them most—the country’s front liners. By ALEX…
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Holy Week services to be livestreamed into your homes

Holy Week services to be livestreamed into your homes

From drive-through confessions, where a priest--seated a meter away--hears a parishioner confess his sins while inside his car, to receiving Holy Communion in front yards, the Catholic Church has found innovative ways to engage its flock in prayer and participate in church activities amid the worldwide spread of COVID-19, which…
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