Vice Ganda has offered a helping hand to COVID-19 frontliners by donating medical supplies to different public hospitals in the metro. The It’s Showtime host shared photos of the boxes containing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as N95 masks, medical disposable gloves, safety goggles and alcohol disinfectant spray that were distributed to Lung Center of the Philippines, the Quezon City General Hospital, the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila and the Philippine Children’s Medical Center. Along the boxes was a printed was a “thank you” message from the comedian to the frontline health workers that read: “MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT PO SA…
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American singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers has passed away Friday night. He was 81. The Through the Years hitmaker died “peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice,” his family said in a statement released via Twitter on Saturday. The Gambler, Lady, Islands In The Stream, Lucille and She Believes In Me are among the music icon’s chart-topping songs. To note some of his achievements in the span of his more than six-decade career, Rogers was a three-time Grammy Award winner, Country Music Hall of Fame member, six-time Country Music Association Awards winner, and CMT Artist of a Lifetime…
Coney Reyes is one proud mama! The actress feels grateful to her son, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, for showing a sense of humor despite the coronavirus crisis the country is currently facing. The 65-year-old Love of My Life star admitted that her son got it from his father, TV host and comedian Vic Sotto. “I thank God for his sense of humor (which I’m sure he got from his Papa) amidst all that we are experiencing as a people… as a nation,” she said in an Instagram post accompanied by a viral video of the young mayor. In the…
#MochaUsonIsOverParty top trended nationwide and worldwide after netizens were urged to “mass report” Mocha Uson’s Facebook page, claiming that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) deputy executive director has been “blatantly attacking” some public officials lately. Netizens also plan to “shut down” the Banat By Facebook page which earlier got into a controversy after calling Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto “pabebe” in a Facebook post for pleading with the national government to exempt tricycles from the public transportation ban amid the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to address the coronavirus crisis. The Facebook post was shared by Mocha Uson…
The first dog in Hong Kong to test positive for the coronavirus has died, but the cause of death was undetermined. South China Morning Post reported that the 17-year-old Pomeranian owned by a now-recovered COVID-19 patient passed away on Monday (March 16), two days after returning home from a government quarantine facility. According to the report, the 60-year-old owner “was not willing to (allow) an autopsy to examine the cause of death.” The dog reportedly had tested “weak positive” for the virus but showed no symptoms. On March 13, it tested negative and “the department allowed it to leave the…
This taho vendor is helping in his own little way the frontliners in the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country. Netizens lauded Mang Boyong, a longtime taho vendor who was spotted giving away free taho to people stationed at the checkpoint area in the Valenzuela-Meycauayan boundary early Friday morning. News5 Aksyon reported that Mang Boyong has been selling taho for 27 years already. Mang Boyong shared that he thought of giving away his product for free to the frontliners on duty so they could at least recover their strength from their long shifts and sleepless nights. Mang Boyong’s kind gesture…
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma continues to pour donations to countries hit by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez announced on Thursday that the founder of e-commerce Alibaba will be donating 500,000 face masks to the Philippines to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. “I want to personally send my best regards and hope we can do something for the Philippines to fight this virus. I hope that I can do something more. For now, we have decided to give 500,000 masks to the Philippines,” Jack Ma said in a statement as reported by Philstar.com.…
Bela Padilla has started distributing relief goods to the less fortunate adversely affected by the imposed community quarantine to combat the coronavirus spread in the country. After raising over P3 million from her online fund drive dubbed Pagkain Para sa Pinoy, the Kapamilya actress was joined by some members of the Philippine Army in the distribution of food and relief goods to people in Manila City on Thursday. In a series of tweets and Instagram stories, Bela shared updates on her agenda for the day and thanked people who offered help in making the mass distribution possible. The Kapamilya star…
Another COVID baby? Another baby named after the coronavirus disease 2019’s acronym took the spotlight online. A copy of the birth certificate of a baby girl born in Sultan Kudarat bearing the name “Covid Rose” went viral, earning mixed reactions from Twitterzens. Is Covid Durant next? New ship? ‘Only in the Philippines’ Covid Bryant previously trended online after a Pinay mom supposedly named his baby boy after the coronavirus and the late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. The country, along with other nations, is currently struggling to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the Philippines…
Ethel Booba threw shade at Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) deputy executive director Mocha Uson. The comedienne on Thursday said of the OWWA official, “Okay na sa pabebe kesa sa pabobo.” This came after a netizen tagged Booba in a tweet showing Uson’s Facebook post about Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto being called “pabebe” by Banat By Facebook page. Mayor Sotto earlier appealed to the national government to exempt tricycles from the public transportation ban amid the enhanced community quarantine. Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya, however, rejected Sotto’s plea and told him to be more creative in dealing with the situation. …