A solo trip is just what I need after the pandemic
At this point, saying “I miss the outside world” sounds like the understatement of the year. If you’ve also been spending time in quarantine reminiscing about past travels, I bet…
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Brb, grabbing tissues–Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19
Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t take anything else away from you, here’s another curveball: Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19 and we’re all crying. News first broke out…
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The zombie film ‘#Alive’ is dropping on Netflix and it’s lowkey relatable
If you’ve been a frustrated cinephile jealous of countries that have been responding to the pandemic well enough to reopen cinemas for new film screenings, then you’re in luck because…
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I never thought a COVID-19 mascot would debut as a pandemic response, but here we are
The government has finally issued a new response to the pandemic and, no, it’s not an improved mass testing and contact tracing plan but a COVID-19 mascot. Earlier today, GMA…
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Did the World Health Organization just… subtweet us?
Here’s the tea, sis. The Philippines has been under the longest and strictest coronavirus lockdown in the world and there’s no sign that it’s going to ease up soon. While…
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Here’s how this Filipina labor organizer keeps it together
If you have the privilege of working a 9 to 5 job with stable income and benefits, you most likely have labor unions and workers’ organizations to thank for. Labor…
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This woman’s loss shows how the government allegedly treats frontliners
We’re at the sixth month mark on the Philippines’ battle against the pandemic, and yet our medical frontliners are allegedly still not receiving proper compensation despite risking their lives to…
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ICYMI, the ‘Better Normal Bill’ has just been approved on its third reading
On Aug. 10, the House of Representatives approved House Bill No. 6864 or “An Act Establishing Public Health and Environmental Standards and Safeguards for the Better Normal in the Workplace,…
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Mika Salamanca posts court-mandated PSA in Filipino
After Hawaiian authorities arrested Filipino YouTuber Mika Salamanca for violating the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine for tourists on July 24, she posted an apology video in Filipino on her Twitter…
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Today in wishful thinking, Pres. Duterte hopes for a COVID-free December
Quarantine has been making it difficult for anyone to make plans for the future. With the active number of COVID-19 cases only rising higher every day, many of us are…
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