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By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published May 7, 2021 3:33pm The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday insisted that the country’s supply of oxygen tanks amid the coronavirus pandemic was “sufficient” even as some hospitals and infirmaries reported a shortage of the item. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said over 1,000 hospitals and more than 500 infirmaries participated in a DOH survey on oxygen tank supply. Among the hospitals that submitted data, three or 0.25% report...

The Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 squad vying for a Tokyo Olympics slot later this month is glad to have finally set its preparation in motion after a long respite due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VAntage Point Vicente P. Lim: Never Surrender Brigadier General Vicente P. Lim served as an Army infantry officer and was best known for leading a heroic defense of the Philippine Islands during World War II. Vicente P. Lim was born in February 1888 in the Philippine city of Calamba. He was attending the Philippine Normal School in Manila during the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. An American teacher at the school noticed Lim’s excellent academic and athletic ability and recommended t...

(Photo from the Calamba Bayan Community Pantry Facebook Page / MANILA BULLETIN) Emma Gali, 75, is taking care of her two sick children. One of her children suffered a stroke while the other has been bedridden for two years due to an unknown condition. “Noong pumunta siya sa pantry namin noon, mangiyak-ngiyak siya kasi nabigyan daw siya ng pag-asa na makatawid sila ng pagkain sa ilang araw (When she went to our pantry, she was on the brink of tears because getting a few days’ worth of food g...

Crisis-resilient education strategy enables Smart’s donation of portable digital classrooms Supported by Smart and PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), CVIF-DLP has been proven to improve the academic performance of students, especially in Science, Innovative Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It was first established in 2002 at the CVIF in Jagna, Bohol by world-renowned Theoretical Physicists and Ramon Magsaysay awardees for education, Dr. Christopher Bernido, and Dr. Ma. Victoria Carpio-Ber...

Busy stretch for OQT-bound Gilas Pilipinas 3-on-3 team May 2, 2021 | 7:16 pm MEMBERS of Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 team entered their training “bubble” at the INSPIRE Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna, at the weekend in preparation for their FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament bid in Austria later this month. — SBP GILAS Pilipinas 3×3 team’s busy journey to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) has begun after it entered its training “bubble” at the weekend at the INSPIRE Sports Aca...

Published May 2, 2021, 4:05 PM Joshua Munzon believes chemistry won’t be an issue for the veteran 3×3 players and two members of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medal team who are joining forces to form Gilas Pilipinas pool for this month’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Munzon, Alvin Pasaol, Santi Santillan and Karl Dehesa are teaming up with CJ Perez and Mo Tautuaa for the OQT preparation which started this weekend when they entered the training bubble at the Inspire Sports Acad...

Gilas 3x3 pool enters Calam-bubble to restart buildup for OQT

Published May 1, 2021, 5:41 PM The pandemic has an unprecedented impact in the lives and livelihood of each of us, drastically changing the way we live, study or work, and rest. With the wider acceptance of work-from-home setup or “telecommuting,” and online learning for students, the allure of countryside living becomes a realistic consideration. It is now a possibility to be residing outside the periphery of Metro Manila or even farther such as those in VisMin cities, while still doing wo...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Nicolas P. Aca Jr., a visual and performance artist from Cagayan de Oro City recently, had his work, a wood carving intermedia artwork, handed over and dedicated to Jose Rizal by the Bangladesh Embassy, as a permanent showpiece, to the Museo ni Jose Rizal, Calamba in...