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.  ...

Let’s face it, our lives are indelibly regulated by the numerous contracts that we enter into. And no, I’m not just talking about the document that we commonly know as a “contract”. But in view of the current pandemic and the containment measures that government has imposed and that we are all experiencing, we keep on hearing about rent payment holidays, deferred payments of obligations, and the like. Basically, what these all means is to allow people not to comply with their contractual obligations. Question is, could that be done? To answer this question, there is a need to determine...

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...

Habang patuloy ang pagdami ng kaso ng mga tinamaan ng COVID-19 sa Pilipinas, patuloy ding pinapalakas ng gobyerno ang pagtatalaga ng pwersa ng military at pulis sa ibat’t-ibang lugar sa metro manila. Ngunit paano kung sa patuloy na paghihigpit ng mga pulis sa mga tao ay nagiging dahilan na rin upang magmukhang masama ang kanilang imahe sa lahat—COVID-19 pa ba ang kalaban natin ngayon o nadadagdagan pa sila dahil sa mapusok na pananaw at bugso ng damdamin? Isang nakakalungkot na balita ang tumambad sa mga telebisyon kahapon, April 23, 2020—isang buhay na naman ang nawala ngayong patuloy na umiiral ang...