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Strive to be empathic and give what you can – no amount or donation is too small. The COVID-19 outbreak has been putting a large amount of stress on everyone. However, we must also remember that this is not going to last forever and that if we are open to it, we can learn many life lessons that can help us live better lives. Here are some valuable lessons we can take from the health scare and enhanced community quarantine. Be prepared for any scenario. The best defense we can have against life’s uncertainties is to be ready for anything. Have an emergency fund and insurance for chaotic times like these. If you haven’t yet, build up a savings plan or take out health insurance— these are a couple of the best ways to deal with financial setbacks that may be caused by unforeseen events. Make adjustments to your lifestyle. Since restaurants and gyms have been either limited or closed, this pandemic has been teaching us to eat better, get enough sleep, and make time to exercise e

While we are spending more time at home, having a book on hand is one of the ways to care and cope. A good book is a source of inspiration, instruction, and insight, especially now that people are in need of encouragement and guidance. OMF Literature brings inspiring books to those who need it and at the same time, let the readers help out some of the frontliners. Through a purchase of an OMF Lit title on Amazon, we are able to help provide for the needs of the frontliners in the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH), through the Physicians’ Association, Inc. It’s been one of the more underreported news in the past few weeks: The frontliners at the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) are in need of items like PPEs, vitamins, disinfectants, and other vital supplies to help them protect and take care of their thousands of patients. Currently there are several cases of both patients and health workers that are already COVID-19 positive and so all the more they need help in

Women of Taguig Livelihood Shoppe repurposing donations of old clothes, blankets, sheets into reusable and washable face masks for donation In the middle of these desperate times the nation is united more than ever to put an end to COVID-19 with local communities, health workers, private sectors, and civilians working hand-in-hand with the government to adhere to the nationwide enhanced community quarantine. With majority of Filipinos lives disrupted and robust measures around the world attempt to contain the spread of the virus, the outbreak is hitting the marginal sector very hard. And yet, it is also in the middle of these desperate times that the very best in us emerges. The Filipino spirit of bayanihan stays strong — even the affected sectors have shown commitment to help the country through small acts of kindness. Women of the Taguig Livelihood Shoppe share their touching stories of heroism to help flatten the curve and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 with locally made

Recently, the largest hotel chain in the Philippines, Hotel Sogo, provides P60 Million worth of rooms to medical frontliners. They provide over 850 hotel room accommodations with a value of PhP 60 million for the frontline medical workers from 11 hospitals in different key cities in the country. Ten Hotel Sogo branches are dedicated to doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare providers who need a place to rest and sleep until the end of the quarantine phase, for FREE. The whole world is facing a terrible crisis and many Filipinos are very much affected. Not only for the health issues but of course, some loses their daily income and job while some are starving. Due to enhanced community quarantine and Luzon-wide lockdown, Hotel Sogo realizes, even more, the importance of their core value –Pagmamalasakit. Even though a lot of businesses have closed down, Hotel Sogo continued its support to the frontliners and LGUs who risk fighting against COVID-19. It is a good news ins

The country’s biggest canned food maker, Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CPFI) assures the public of adequate supply of its products to meet the heightened demands of consumers during this period of Expanded Community Quarantine “Thanks to the support of the Department of Trade & Industry and the Inter Agency Task Force, we are able to maintain a smooth flow of goods. Our factories are continually operating with enough capacity despite the use of a skeletal workforce. Thus, we currently have sufficient stock of products in our warehouses so there is no need to panic or worry that supply might run out,” says Ted Po, CPFI President. “There is enough raw materials and ingredients to sustain production. Our trade partners, distributors and retailers also have enough supply.” Ted Po says. CPFI food products include such brands as Century Tuna, Argentina, 555, Swift, Birch Tree Fortified Milk, Angel Milk, Fresca, Wow Ulam, Hunt’s and Coco Mama. “Let us all do our share in be