“Longest night shift duty.” This is how pediatric nurse Kathrina Bianca Macababbad described her experience during the fire in PGH, which happened on Sunday, May 16. In her Facebook post, she narrated the experience on how she helped saving more than 30 babies. “Enjoy na enjoy pa ako nagpapaligo ng mga baby loves (patients) ko ng biglang may nagbukas ng pinto ko at sabi ay magprepare ng mag evacuate dahil may sunog.” The nurse shared. The nurse also stressed the situations of the babies, and according to her, some were ventilator dependent. “Ventilator dependent ang lima sa anim na...

  “Magbigay ayon sa kakayahan, kumuha batay sa pangangailangan.” The "community pantry" of essential goods that first popped up along a street in Quezon City has already sprouted in other areas in and out of Metro Manila. A lot of netizens praised the community pantry effort as a form of community spirit, where strangers help strangers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. But at the same time, they see the effort as a filler to the gaps of the government's response to the coronavirus, which they feel is not reaching enough the people who need help the most. Senator Panfilo Lacson praised the...

As the classes switched from face-to-face setup to online platform—almost every student and teacher are struggling—the reason comes from not having the luxury of owning a laptop and stable internet, as well as the lack of support from the government in order to buy anything that learners and educators need. In an interview of Scout Magazine with Sarah Elago of Kabataan Partylist, it was mentioned that a proper assistance for students during online classes should include providing free internet connection and availability of gadgets with learning materials that can also be accessed offline. According to UNESCO, over 1.5 billion learners...

Whenever we heard the word 'death', we automatically felt uneasy and uncomfortable talking about it. There this scary feeling that goes deeper beyond our minds and tends to overthink life. We all go there one day but it’s just a matter of time and fate, but can you afford to die for your country? Would you let yourself lose in a battle which no one knows when it will end? This is probably the dilemma being faced by our great medical frontliners and staff every single day as they continue to battle COVID-19, a silent killer in its sense. The...

On Friday afternoon, September 4, the unfortunate news of the YouTube vlogger and influencer Lloyd Café Cadena’s sudden demise started circulating online after the vlogger’s official Facebook page released a statement about Lloyd’s passing which shocked everyone. The announcement was soon flooded with people expressing their grief, mourning, and condolences. Different prominent personalities including the Hollywood superstar Mariah Carey—Lloyd Cadena’s idol and favourite artist, lamented the death of Cadena as she posted on Twitter.     Kween LC—which fans used to call him, was only 26. Lloyd Cadena has been known with his constant act of kindness. Instead of creating...