The world’s attention is riveted on the latest health epidemic: the spread of a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has killed three percent of those afflicted. While its fatality rate pales in comparison to the common flu, its newness has raised the deepest dread among humans: fear of the unknown. The disease knows no borders, …
On March 12, with bated breath, people waited for an expected announcement of a lockdown for Metro Manila. It came shortly after dinnertime, leaving more questions and anxieties than assurances. Since Jan. 30, when news of the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the Philippines broke, Filipinos have been waiting for President Duterte to take matters …
The COVID-19 scare seems to be dying down. We pray that the virus is on its way to permanent hibernation, and South Korea will overcome the contagion spread by church people. Taal Volcano has quieted down. Evacuees have returned home, except for those who live on Volcano Island. The question now is whether the government …
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It has been a hectic two weeks as Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran continues relief operations for victims of Taal Volcano’s eruption and unexpectedly found itself helping in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, the name for the virus previously referred to as 2019-nCoV. Amidst difficulties and challenges, it is heartwarming that Kaisa continues to …
