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Frontline health workers, racial-justice organizers among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year

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Posted at Dec 11 12:58 PM

Frontline health workers and racial-justice organizers are among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year, the magazine announced Friday. Read more »

The janitors of COVID-19

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 09:27 AM

Greggy Espedido, the senior of the 2 janitors, said he was the first to enter and clean the COVID wards at the start of the pandemic while other frightened janitors watched from the entrance. He said he needed to show them he was not afraid and give them the confidence to do their jobs. Read more »

Batang may cancer, nagbebenta ng mga paintings bilang tulong sa frontliners

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 18 08:22 PM

Hindi hadlang para kay Aedan Pio Malvar, isang 9 anyos na batang may clival chordoma, isang rare type ng bone cancer, na makatulong sa frontliners ngayong may coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Caloocan City Medical closed for a week after coronavirus hits some workers: mayor

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Posted at Jul 17 09:13 AM

The Caloocan City Medical Center-South (CCMC) will be closed for a week from Friday after some of its staff caught the novel coronavirus, Mayor Oscar Malapitan said. Read more »

Mga magsasaka sa Cebu City idinadaing ang epekto ng ECQ sa hanapbuhay

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Posted at Jul 10 10:02 PM

Pero iniinda maging ng mga magsasaka ang epekto ng krisis sa kanilang hanapbuhay.  Read more »

Philippine doctors shield families with "quarantent", safe spaces

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 04:19 PM

Hundreds of Philippine medical workers have been infected by the coronavirus and more than 30 have died. Safekeeping loved ones is also a high priority for paediatrician Mica Bastillo, even as she confronts COVID-19 head on. Read more »

PBA teams, Blue Eagles distribute face shields to frontliners

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Posted at Jun 22 07:00 AM

Ateneo and PBA teams TNT, Meralco and NLEX took time off to distribute more than 3,000 face shields provided by Smart Sports to frontliners from various medical facilities in the NCR. Read more »

In first post-lockdown audience, Pope thanks Italian doctors

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 08:10 PM

Pope Francis thanked the health workers, who wore masks, for being "angels."  Read more »

PH gov't vows to promote press freedom, hails journalists as frontliners

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Updated as of May 03 09:33 PM

The Philippine government on Sunday said it will continue to promote the rights and liberty of media as it hailed journalists in the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic on World Press Freedom Day. Read more »

Gov't allows use of seized medical supplies from hoarders, profiteers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 02:39 PM

Millions worth of medical supplies recovered by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from hoarders and profiteers are expected to be used by frontliners after agency heads signed Wednesday an inter-agency circular allowing the use of such items despite pending criminal cases. Read more »

Tributes, salutes: #SalamatFrontliners messages as of April 21, 2020

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Updated as of Apr 21 09:15 PM

Citizens send video messages praising and telling workers in healthcare and other basic services to keep safe. Read more »

Frontliner na ama, sinorpresa ng nangungulilang anak sa mismong kaarawan

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Posted at Apr 17 02:06 PM

MAYNILA - Nagbubunga ng takot at pangungulila ang kasalukuyang pandemyang dulot ng coronavirus sa mga pamilyang may mahal sa buhay na gumagampan ng gawain bilang frontliner. Read more »

Tributes, salutes: #SalamatFrontliners messages as of April 15, 2020

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Updated as of Apr 15 07:11 AM

Citizens send video messages praising and telling workers in healthcare and other basic services to keep safe.  Read more »

Tributes, salutes: #SalamatFrontliners messages as of April 13, 2020

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Updated as of Apr 13 03:29 PM

Citizens send video messages praising and telling workers in healthcare and other basic services to take care.  Read more »

#SalamatFrontliners: Filipinos send videos cheering, honoring COVID heroes

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Updated as of Apr 12 07:59 AM

We began calling out March 27 for video tributes to COVID-19 frontline workers. The messages kept coming. Read more »

10-anyos sa Iloilo nag-donate ng P500 na savings para sa frontliners

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Updated as of Apr 10 05:41 PM

Imbis kasi na sarilinin ang naipong P532 sa buong school year ay pinili ni Sky na i-donate ito sa donation drive ng Iloilo City Government para sa mga lumalaban sa pagkalat ng COVID-19.   Read more »

Philippines suspends deployment of health workers abroad to fight COVID-19

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Updated as of Apr 10 06:14 PM

The Philippines suspended the deployment of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers abroad to preserve its frontline force against the COVID-19 pandemic, the overseas job-matching office said. Read more »

Scholarships, pension for kin of fallen frontliners sought in House

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Posted at Apr 10 02:29 PM

A bill will be filed in the House of Representatives, seeking to increase benefits for COVID-19 frontliners and extend coverage to their kin in case they succumb to the disease, its proponent said Friday. Read more »

'Mga bagong bayani': Frontliners inulan ng pagsaludo sa Araw ng Kagitingan

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Posted at Apr 10 12:56 PM

Sa gitna ng krisis sa COVID-19, bumuhos ang pagsaludo ng netizens para sa iba't ibang frontliners.   Read more »

LOOK: Batangas students draw tributes, pen thanks to COVID-19 frontliners

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 05:56 AM

It's a reimagining of health workers, police, and other frontliners in the fight against COVID-19 as the new Katipuneros. Read more »