Megaworld Lifestyle Malls partners with The Medical City to boost Mall Sanitation Standards
July 03, 2020
As early as January 2020, the Live Events industry was one of the first to feel the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
All the sectors and members have been greatly affected – Weddings and Social Events; AVL (Audio, Video, Lights) and Staging suppliers; Agencies and Activations; Concerts; Gigs and Festivals, Conventions; Venues; Freelance Production Workers; Talents; among others.
foodpanda,
the on-demand food delivery service, announces grocery and essential items
delivery through shops. In
partnership with a variety of retailers nationwide, customers can now order
products and groceries without any minimum order requirement. They can have
items delivered right to their doorsteps, at an average delivery time of 25
minutes or less.
No need to schedule a grocery
run when the pantry is empty with snacks, beverages, and bread as 7-Eleven’s
list of favorite essentials are just a few taps away. Racks are also offering their ready-to-cook entrees from meats to seafood, while Tous Les Jours offers
its frozen bread. For those who need their daily caffeine fix, they can now set
up a cozy coffee station at home with Coffee Project and Bo’s Coffee. Hankering
for Subway’s deli sandwiches? foodpanda shops offers their staple ingredients
so anyone can recreate their signature favorites any time of the day! shops
will surely make access to necessities and favorites much easier.
Megaworld Lifestyle Malls is reopening
its lifestyle malls and commercial centers with more stringent safety measures
to ensure a ‘Safer and Happier’
experience for all its guests and to protect retail partners, store personnel
and employees against COVID - 19.
Heightened safety measures including the
strict implementation of social distancing, mandatory thermal checks,
compulsory wearing of facemasks and cashless transactions are among the new
safeguards that will be part of the ‘new normal’ in its lifestyle malls and
commercial properties across the country.
Preparing for the ‘new normal’: Cebu Pacific introduces measures for contactless flights
May 13, 2020
Many Filipinos are already yearning for the thrill
of new adventures. And for those looking forward to hop on that first flight as
soon as the situation gets better, they can be assured that Cebu Pacific is
more ready than ever to accompany every Juan on a safe journey to their desired
destinations.
As part of its preparation to fly again in the
near future, Cebu Pacific rolls out measures for contactless flights. Having
everyJuan’s health and safety in mind, the airline will continue to promote
social distancing and minimize face-to-face contact between passengers and
staff with the following guidelines:
Food panda acknowledges our nation’s real heroes in these trying times. To ease the burden
of frontline healthcare workers as they fight against COVID-19, foodpanda has
been helping out the best way they know how – through delivering good food
right to their workstations.
As a showing
of their appreciation and gratitude in keeping the community safe and healthy,
foodpanda partnered with local government units and restaurant partners such as
Camp Burger, Chatime, Nadej and J’S Burger in Iloilo, Chick N Pick, Vross and
Goat2geder in Butuan, Coffee Lounge, M Manuel’s Empanada and Jollibee in
Tacloban to bring warm meals to hundreds of healthcare
frontliners in hospitals and checkpoints across thirteen cities – from Baguio
to General Santos City. The people who have been working tirelessly to fight
COVID-19 received hearty meals and refreshments.
The nation was taken by surprise and worry
when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country. As the number of confirmed cases
rose each day, many brave frontliners stepped up to fight the global pandemic -
from the health workers and medical professionals who were working
round-the-clock in hospitals, to the grocery and retail crew ensuring goods, are
in stock, riders who ensured sustenance could still be delivered, and even
public officials caring for their citizens.
Along with the country’s frontliners, there
is another group of unsung heroes silently fighting their battles in the
airport grounds and in the skies. From ground personnel like cargo, passenger
and ramp agents, to pilots and cabin crew members, all of whom have also
heroically taken on the responsibility of serving the people and ensuring that
everyone gets to return home safely to their loved ones.
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| Heroes in Yellow: Christine Joy Madamba together with fellow cabin crew members (right, seated) Nadine, (from left, standing) Bertier, and FJ courageously lead the sweeper flights 5J 646 and 5J690 to bring stranded tourists to Manila |
As communities around the world struggle with COVID-19, hand washing is consistently mentioned - even by World Health Organization guidelines - as one way to keep ourselves not only clean but safe and healthy.
Constantly washing our hands, though, comes at a price resulting in dry skin. Excessive washing can strip the hands of moisture, leaving your skin feeling dry and tight.
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Globe Telecom
encourages its customers to share inspiring stories and messages of upliftment
For those suffering from fear, stress, anxiety, and depression, especially in light of the current pandemic that the world is battling.
Globe’s Hope Bank
Facebook Community (http://bit.ly/hopebank_), aims to serve
as an empowering channel for those who are trying to cope with the emotional
and mental challenges caused by COVID-19 and to boost the morale of frontliners , patients who are being treated for COVID-19, as well as their
families and friends.
Through this online
space, community members may share messages of hope for encouragement, strength and inspiration.
“We want to rally
people into becoming a community support group to make others realize that they
are not alone, that there are people who are willing to provide empathy and
emotional connection virtually. This is
the time for each of us to reinforce one another, even if only to provide
support to those who need them the most,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability
Officer and SVP for Corporate Communications.
To contribute to
the platform, members may post using the hashtag #SpreadHOPE, both on their
personal profiles and in the group. The
messages may be in the form of photos, artworks, quotes, songs/lyrics, video or
anything that reflects their expression of hope and positivity. They may tag family members and friends or
anyone who may benefit from such support.
Hope Bank was
first introduced by Globe two years ago
as a platform for people with mental health illness seeking help and support.
If
you are 60 and above, read this. The coronavirus can affect anyone but it’s
older adults, ages 60 and up, who are more at risk of getting seriously sick
from it. Is there a cure for it? None at the moment, but over 80,000 worldwide
have already survived it.
Filipinos are
now scrambling to keep their home supplies at bay, as the deadly novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread in various parts of the country, and a community
quarantine has been ordered in certain areas of the archipelago.
In Metro
Manila alone, some grocery stores have seen their shelves almost wiped out of
stocks, as people stockpile their homes with food and other grocery items to
prepare their families for more stringent quarantine measures.
This means
that the exchange of paper money is faster than ever, and money is circulating
from one hand to another without prejudice to whoever handled the banknotes
before people and merchants ultimately keep them in their wallets or cash
registers.
Paper money,
according to various studies, can harbor the viruses and bacteria that they
contract with for several days. This may include the deadly novel virus that
has forced the world into a pandemic.
And in the
Philippines, where cash is still king, the virus may potentially spread through
the exchange of paper money, which circulates not only in one area but can go
anywhere where payment is demanded.
Aside from
practicing personal hygiene, the World Health Organization (WHO) has already
encouraged everyone to use contactless payment solutions to avoid viral
transmission via banknotes and coins.
Thus, it is
high time for Filipinos to consider using frictionless payment methods such as
mobile wallets. Through mobile apps, account holders may transact with a wide
variety of merchants without physically touching paper money. They may also use
their mobile phones to pay for bills, settle for government dues, or even
support humanitarian efforts to combat the dreaded disease.
GCash, the
leading mobile wallet in the Philippines, is encouraging Filipinos to adopt a
more digital lifestyle, especially at times like these, when crises strike
everyone the hardest.
“At this
trying time, every one of us should adopt measures that will reduce our risk of
contracting the virus from any surface — and that includes paper money. We at
GCash believe that there is power in technology, and Filipinos could benefit
from this, especially during emergencies,” GCash President Anthony Thomas
said.
The digital
economy helps lessen the risk of transmission for those who leverage it, as it
limits the physical interaction between people and leverages new technologies
to facilitate services.
Transferring
funds to loved ones in the provinces
For instance,
a man who works in quarantined Metro Manila may send money to his loved ones in
Bicol via GCash. He may either send the money to their GCash wallets or even
transfer funds from his GCash account to their bank accounts via the Bank
Transfer option in the GCash app.
The funds
transferred may then be used by his family to purchase their everyday goods,
pay for services, and even pay for their bills.
No queues at
payment centers
Speaking of
paying bills, with social distancing protocols now in place, queuing at payment
centers also increases the risk of spreading the virus.
By using the
GCash Pay Bills service, anyone with a GCash account may settle their utility
bills, credit card bills, cable and internet bills, insurance, real estate, and
even government dues without going out of the comforts of their homes.
Get things
delivered
Likewise,
instead of going to supply stores, GCash users may use their GCash wallets to
shop online. Through its partnership with Lazada, which has the widest arrays
of goods being sold, GCash users may opt to buy their grocery items or even
daily necessities via their mobile phones. The items they purchased will then
be delivered to their doorsteps, reducing their risk of contact to the virus.
Pay with
credit lines
But if it is
really necessary to go outside and buy daily necessities from the grocery
store, GCash users may also use their mobile wallets to purchase goods via the
revolutionary Scan-to-Pay (STP) via QR or STP via Barcode payment systems,
which are accepted in over 70,000 merchants in the country. They may
either use their available balance or tap into GCredit, a credit facility
embedded in the GCash app, to transact with grocery stories like
Puregold.
Savings in
times of emergencies
GCash users
with GSave savings accounts may also digitally cash out their money when
emergencies arise. The money, when cashed out from the GSave account, directly
goes into the GCash wallet balance, and instead of physically cashing the money
out of ATMs, they may opt to use their digital wallets to transact with various
merchants across the Philippines.
Not the only
risk reduction measure
These are
just some of the services that Filipinos may benefit from during the global
pandemic. But while frictionless payments reduce the risks of spreading the
virus, everyone should still keep in mind that proper hygiene, as directed by
the Department of Health, should be thoroughly and strictly practiced.
“We have to
work together as a team — albeit following social distancing protocols — to
defeat this almost invisible enemy. We at GCash are exploring more ways to help
the government and the private sector in mitigating the further spread of
COVID-19 in the country,” Thomas said.
ILOILO CITY- According to the data of
the Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine in its review in 2008, diabetes
continues to rise in the Philippines with 7.2% of the population or 6.3 million
Filipinos reported to be diagnosed with diabetes. Meanwhile, 14.2% of Filipinos
already with the risk of pre-diabetes.
As part of its “diaBEATes” Campaign
which primarily aims to combat diabetes through information dissemination and
early detection, The Medical City Iloilo (TMC Iloilo) recently held a series
diabetes talks to various groups and organizations.
The first leg of the said diabetes talk
series was held last December in the municipality of Pavia with the member of
Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Mary Immaculate International. Meanwhile,
the 2nd and 3rd legs of the “Sweet Connections” were held
this February in partnership with the Sun Life Financial and Department of
Education (DepEd) Division of Iloilo City.
