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April, 2020

  • 20 April

    Collective effort will defeat COVID-19 – Queen Elizabeth II

    Queen Elizabeth II thanked healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, promising a united effort would help defeat the disease.

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  • 20 April

    Why it takes time to produce a Covid-19 vaccine

    By DR. EDUARDO GONZALES Despite the mass quarantine, lockdowns, and social distancing rules that most governments have adopted in stemming the COVID-19 pandemic, don’t expect the disease to go away anytime soon. These extremely costly measures will hopefully slow down the spread of the disease to levels that our health care delivery systems can cope with and buy time for …

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  • 20 April

    Tips for working, studying at home

    Telecommuting – today’s buzzword for studying or working from home – can benefit a lot of families: flexible work schedule, no strenuous daily commute, increased productivity and improved work-life balance. Technology and the internet has made telecommuting a lot easier with various apps and websites available.

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  • 20 April

    Learning to play a musical instrument online

    Learning to play a musical instrument is very rewarding. Through music, kids and adults learn discipline and coordination, express creativity and find a healthy way to manage stress.

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  • 20 April

    Staying mentally healthy during lockdown

    While billions are unable to leave their homes and conduct their normal routine during the extended lockdown, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that people are experiencing different levels of stress during the global pandemic.

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  • 20 April

    Holcim supports provincial hospitals, communities

    To help in the fight against COVID-19, cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, Inc. (HPI) is shifting its corporate citizenship budget to provide medical supplies to hospitals assigned to treat coronavirus patients and relief items to its affected communities. 

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  • 20 April

    Manila Water builds shower facilities at WTC

    Manila Water has partnered with the Ayala Group and other companies in converting the World Trade Center (WTC) into a fully operational healthcare and quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients.

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  • 20 April

    Consumer Confidence still optimistic for Q1 2020

    The country’s consumer outlook remained positive for the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, even as the overall confidence index (CI) remained positive although marginally lower at 1.26% from 1.31% for Q4 2019.

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  • 20 April

    Hanabishi, Eat Bulaga donate fans to Pasig Children’s Hospital

    To help ease the condition of patients diagnosed with coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), Hanabishi partnered with the longest-running noontime variety show Eat Bulaga (EB) in donating electric fans to Pasig City Children’s Hospital (PCCH).

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  • 20 April

    DENR-EMB San Fernando takes on Digital Archiving with Epson Scanners

    Traditional organizational archives today are slowly becoming extinct. Gone are the dusty, dim-lit storage rooms, floor to ceiling shelves full of paper and stacks of cardboard boxes bursting with files and folders.  Enterprises are learning to effectively manage the growing mass of documents they generate and use modern scanning technology to digitally archive vital documents fast and efficiently.

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