Author: Mara Sugue

The Philippine government is now allowing the ‘limited practice’ of medical graduates to help battle the country’s COVID-19 crisis. These medical graduates are those who have graduated from medical school, but haven’t passed the board …

Free Wi-Fi hotspots will be installed in quarantine centers around the Philippines through the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)’s Free Wi-Fi for All Program. (ALSO READ: President Duterte to Lift Quarantine Once Antibody is …

In an interview with DZMM last Tuesday, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong shared how they were able to “flatten the curve” in the city. In the interview, the mayor shared that they already canceled the …

Anthony James Bautista, assistant professor, and engineer from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) created the LISA Robot: Logistic Indoor Service Assistant Robot, a robot designed to lessen contact between COVID-19 patients and frontliners. https://www.facebook.com/anthony.j.bautista.5/posts/10219423538452236 (ALSO …

To urge people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, “ghosts” roamed the streets of Indonesia. A village in Java island deployed people wrapped in white cloth to scare people and discourage them from leaving …

A pastor from Virginia dies from COVID-19 after defiantly holding a packed church service. The church service was done against the government’s orders of not holding large gatherings amid the pandemic. (ALSO READ: Archdiocese of Manila …

Angel Locsin has been one of the many personalities who have been vocal about donating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last March, she launched #UniTentWeStandPH, an initiative to help address overcrowding at hospitals during this crisis. …

An animal shelter in Southern California runs out of adoptable pets amid the coronavirus pandemic. Animal shelters have seen an increase in pet adoption since the government ordered people to stay at home. (ALSO READ: LOOK: …

Taguig City announced that it will double the monthly pay of barangay health workers in the city. This comes after Taguig City has promoted these barangay health workers from volunteers to job order personnel beginning …

Even emojis couldn’t escape the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Unicode Consortium, the group in charge of overseeing the release of emojis, has announced they are delaying the release of 2021 emojis for 6 months due to …