Battling COVID-19 is like battling the undead
In the midst of the global crisis surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth considering that this “problem” may not actually go away anytime soon. People talk about how …
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Icarus crashing and burning: Where are the social media “influencers” now?
Back in the day (just weeks ago, before COVID-19 came to be regarded as a force of social disruption to reckon with) the familiar social media “influencer” call to action …
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COVID-19 further highlights how important it is for the Philippines to be INDEPENDENT
One thing the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching the world is that it is important for communities, both at local and at national levels, to be self sufficient. The drastic equalising …
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A Tale of Three Viruses: How Smallpox, the 1918 ‘Spanish’ Flu, and COVID-19 Changed the World
The history of human civilization is riddled with course-changing epochs in world history related to the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. I learned that important concept …
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The COVID-19 pandemic did not “expose” the class divide. It’s always been there in plain sight!
People are now lamenting the sad social divide supposedly laid bare as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages Philippine society. This comes across as mere quaint virtue signalling within the current context …
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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 …
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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 …
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The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus forces us to rethink our lifestyles
Societies around the world have been caught flat-footed after the spread of a new disease now named COVID-19 carried by the novel coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by the …
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