While the quarantine is ongoing, the beverage manager of Shangri-La at the Fort spends most of his days inside the hotel’s bar laboratory, hatching drinks that are conversation-starters. But when this is all over, he just wants to drink a bottle of champagne with friends. By BAM ABELLON
Carlos Garcia got into diving when his dad bought a boat and scuba gear for the entire family. It’s a passion Carlos now shares with his teenage son. BY FELICIANO RODRIGUEZ III
On a more positive note, we reached our lowest fatality rate (3.17) today and had our highest number of recoveries (400) in a single day. Elsewhere in the world, countries in the top 10 of total COVID cases also reach single-day highs. BY BENJAMIN CO MD
Only 60 cases were tallied from NCR today and no cases were reported from the current COVID hotbed of Region VII. Nevertheless, we should give the Health Agency room for this adjustment, says our resident expert. BY BENJAMIN CO MD
As more restrictive measures are set to be placed on the Visayan capital, we spoke to some of the city’s residents to get their take of the situation. BY JACS T. SAMPAYAN
