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A grim scenario for the Philippines as the COVID-19 pandemic runs its course

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A grim scenario for the Philippines as the COVID-19 pandemic runs its course

The scenarios playing out as we move further into uncharted social territory as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages Philippine society seems to be gravitating to just two — worse and worst. The earlier, Worse, is already a known risk today. As social distancing and lockdown periods continue to extend with no end in sight in the…

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Lifestyle, Society

Social distancing may have to be a permanent way of life even if we beat the coronavirus

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Social distancing may have to be a permanent way of life even if we beat the coronavirus

And then what? That is the question that will remain when we finally flatten that curve. The novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19 is being combated by isolating it — and isolating people — to preventing its spread. This is the equivalent of cutting gaps through forests to prevent fires from spreading. The trouble is, that…

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Lifestyle, Science

Reflections after three weeks of working from home full time

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Reflections after three weeks of working from home full time

I was never really much into working from home (WFH), preferring instead to work long hours when required at the office than lug my laptop home to continue working there after dinner like some of my colleagues did. Even as a university student, I preferred to drive to the campus library to study whenever I…

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Business, Lifestyle, Tech Talk

Has PLDT been depriving its customers of available capacity all this time?

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Has PLDT been depriving its customers of available capacity all this time?

One of the good things about the COVID-19 pandemic is that it reveals what business organisations are actually capable of given a call to step up the quality and performance of their products and services. According to a Rappler “report”, it turns out top national telco Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) company has “more than…

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Business, Tech Talk

Implementing community quarantine in Metro Manila a test-and-learn exercise to manage the spread of COVID-19

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Implementing community quarantine in Metro Manila a test-and-learn exercise to manage the spread of COVID-19

As much of the Philippines belatedly comes to terms with the enormity of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is, to be fair, important that quick and strong measures be implemented to contain the disease. A Code Red Sub-Level 2 alert has been raised by the Philippine government which when implemented restricts movement out of and into…

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Civics, Government