In these modern times, a lot of things have changed on how we perceive life. This fast-paced setting pushed people to forget the value of time—enjoying temporary pleasures and worldly-competitions. The loud world suddenly went upside down. The timid noise of fear has conquered us when coronavirus disease 2019 entered the scene. COVID-19 has tremendously taken over our lives. As it worsens, it may collapse the world in its all aspects. Researchers are on the race to confront the virus--looking for the vaccine that may save people from uncertainty. As we deal with the day-to-day realities of a worldwide disease,...

Are you one of those ecstatic humans who roamed around the malls and roads last weekend and tend to forget the risk of getting infected with the virus? You’ve got a wrong move pal! Many have freely gone outside and depicted a ‘feast-alike’ scenario after Metro Manila has shifted to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from a two-month strict measure under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). As quarantine rules were relaxed beginning Saturday, May 16, 2020, it partially reopened malls and allowed operations of some business industries. People who badly missed the outside world have rushed to shopping malls and kept everything...

Ever since COVID-19 pandemic has begun, many have been hearing the phrase “Flattening the curve,” a strategy known worldwide as one of the goals of imposing lockdown due to the pandemic. This plan aims to reduce the number of positive coronavirus cases found daily to prevent the failure of health care systems all over the world. U.S.-based New England Complex Systems Institute through EndCoronavirus.org released information as to which countries are actually flattening the curve and which ones need to take action—our country, the Philippines, unfortunately, is part of the latter. Visual representations are shown to determine which countries are winning and not.  ...

One of the largest Media network ABS-CBN went off-air yesterday night, May 5, after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease and desist order to stop its television and radio operations. The network signed off at 7:52 pm, following the airing of its primetime newscast TV Patrol. But before the media network’s shut down, here’s a timelineof events on how the ABS-CBN lead to its closure. May 5, 2016 During the 2016 elections campaign period, ABS-CBN aired an advertisement showing clips and compilation of Duterte cursing, emitting a controversial rape remark, and saying he is ready to kill. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV paid for the ad,...

Don’t deny it! We all dreamt for a work from home setup before COVID-19 hit and forced us to shift in this kind of system—that light feeling that you can do all your tasks in the comfort of your home. Ugh, truly heaven! We’re all tired of long lines and traffic just to get home, the daily routines at the workplace and the level of stress we endured every day—these are just some few of the many reasons why we wish for this kind of setup until we experienced it for more than a month now and yes, we are...