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McDonald’s is giving away 50,000 meals for frontliners

Recognizing the selfless efforts of frontliners and the support needed by marginalized communities during this time of crisis, Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), the charity of choice of McDonald’s Philippines, opens the McDo Kindness Kitchen. For this program, McDonald’s Philippines pledges 50,000 meals to be served for medical health workers,…

Makati Med’s successful COVID-19 treatments earn praise

By Hermes Joy Tunac As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise daily, so do the number of patients who have successfully beaten the disease. Makati Medical Center (MMC) recently announced that it has already discharged 29 patients who have recovered and tested negative of COVID-19. In the same DZMM interview quoted by The…

Gucci announces €2-million donation in support of two campaigns vs. COVID-19

Gucci stands side-by-side with the global community to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by making two donations to crowdfunding campaigns--one in Italy, where the company is based, and another one for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in support of the World Health Organization. At a time when most of us are…

How Pinoys in Pisa battle COVID-19

Story and photos by BÜM D. TENORIO Jr. “Grabe dito sa Pisa. It’s like [the] Apocalypse. We feel paranoid. May konting sumakit lamang sa katawan, feeling namin infected na rin kami. Fear is everywhere.” The Filipino is an international race. We are everywhere. In Pisa, Italy alone, some 300 people from Gulod, my barrio in Cabuyao, Laguna, now live and work in that part…

Stories from the frontline—“When good people die alone”

Dr. Lorena Patrice “Bugs” Caslib, one of countless doctors who’ve answered the call to serve, appeals to the government to allot more budget to the country’s healthcare system. There’s also a pressing need, she said, to expand the capacities of hospitals and to properly distribute medications and PPE kits. BY…

“I am Patient 358:” A COVID-19 survivor’s story

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ As of March 29, 2020, the Philippines has recorded a total of 1,418 COVID-19 cases, with 71 fatalities and 42 recoveries. This young man's inspiring journey gives a face to such statistics. On March 29, Rogelio Bueno Jr. took to Facebook to tell his story –…

DLSU and CSB are now homes to the homeless

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ/ Photos courtesy of DLSP and Kalinga. It’s a question many concerned netizens have asked since the enhanced community quarantine took effect in Luzon earlier this month: How does one stay at home, if one is homeless? Such is the tough reality that many of…

Charity concert “from home”: Lazada expands digital giving drive vs. Covid-19

As the Filipino community continues the fight against COVID-19, Lazada Philippines partners with Magic 89.9, Jam 88.3, Wave 89.1 and Play 99.5 to host two special sessions of #RadioGivesBack: A LazadaForGood Charity Concert From Home. The two one-hour charity fundraising concert sessions will be livestreamed exclusively on the Lazada app…

Lockdown-compliant, Internet-famous Korean coffee to ward off the quarantine blues away

Text and photos by Hermes Joy Tunac If you've been on social media since the start of the enhanced community quarantine, you probably have a friend or two who've been sharing images of the frothy drink dubbed as "Dalgona Coffee." Some have probably even gone one step further, posting their…

The frontliners: Above and beyond the call of duty

By Joanne Rae Ramirez In his book The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw, referring to those born approximately between 1901 and 1927, wrote: “It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with…