As much as it’s okay to be productive during the quarantine caused by COVID-19, there’s no problem about being unproductive as well. As someone who easily gets anxious for being unproductive for consecutive days, it indeed pressures me a lot to be seeing people in social media doing different stuff to make their quarantine days a productive one. Lately, I have been seeing posts online saying that quarantine is not a productivity competition. At first, I found this statement ridiculous and I was puzzled. Because for me who had benefited a lot from the Enhanced Community Quarantine (for example, I...

For many, to be called a hero during the early times, you must did something huge for your country, you must die for countrymen; but in today’s modern world, you don’t need to do anything but to bear a pure heart and mind to help one another. Serbisyong Matapat, a digital page which served as a channel particularly in social media which features different noble and heart-warming stories of dedicated Filipino workers whose passion to serve and help others is undeniably huge as their hearts. This Labor Day, three stories COVID-19 frontliners or warriors have been featured on the page...

On the 45th day of enhanced community quarantine, here I am, still contemplating things about life—seeing it a new, meaningful, and wonderful perspective. I am not the same person forty-five days ago. I was a happy-go-lucky one who thinks that the world revolves for me—for my existence and personal goals. I don’t care about the day at all then. Taking all things for granted—loved ones, time, and most especially life. Looking back on the days I have wasted time doing the so-called ‘YOLO’ things, it makes me uneasy. I have nothing about it, it is just that there’s more than...

Medical frontliners are indeed our today’s modern heroes as they continue risking their lives fighting against COVID-19 pandemic. Imagine the terrifying scenes in every hospital right now in the Philippines—the growing numbers of positive cases, unprotected medical workers, and lack of PPEs and masks. No words can really describe how painful this crisis for them—especially seeing their fellow frontliners dying before their eyes. These scenes have pushed them to speak up and lead to honor each other in the field as a source of strength and inspiration to carry on.  Kimberly Magbanua, a nurse based from Negros Occidental, has caught...

All of us is greatly affected by the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. With the Enhanced Community Quarantine taking place, people have lost their livelihood and jobs, thus not being able to provide themselves and their families with basic necessities. Here are some of the ways that you can help those in need.   Angkas Our favorite motorcycle ride-hailing company has launched donation drives both to help our medical frontliners and also to help their riders. They have been crowdsourcing donations of PPEs and ready-to-eat products for our healthcare workers, to be picked up from the donor and delivered...