Every time we are hurt when we were once a fragile child, our caring mother rushes in to help and console us. As we encounter the COVID-19 health crisis, it is not only the men who primarily helped our kabayans in Kuwait. Like how a loving mother shows her heart-warming caress to her child, the…
Noong middle of January this year, pinapanood ko lang sa internet ang kumakalat na sakit sa Wuhan, China. Bagama’t nakaka-awa ang mga taong tinamaan ng bagong sakit na ito, Subalit, hindi ko naramdaman ang takot sa pagkakasakit nito dahil napakalayo ng China sa Kuwait kung saan ako ay nagtatrabaho. Pero nang pumasok ang Pebrero, nagsimulang…
June 29, 2020 “Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world.” William Hague Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has never been easy. Considering its high infectivity rate, it can reach many regions through the flow of…
As more and more information surged all over the web pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes easy to raise panic and anxieties to the community. We have seen online and on other forms of media how the coronavirus disease propagates infecting several million people. However, it is nothing compared to the other fatal diseases,…
The Philippine government has been putting all their efforts in facilitating the return of our fellow kabayans. As of June 7, 2020, about 55,859 OFWs arrived in the country since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. Within the tally, 17,419 are land-based, while 38,440 are sea-based OFWs. According to the Department of Health’s (DOH) COVID-19…
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the lives of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who are working worldwide. Due to the implemented lockdown measures, they widely faced and struggled with the “No Work, No Pay” situation. Therefore, many of our fellow Kabayans wants to return home immediately to be united. The Philippine government responded to the…
The world continues its almost 7-month battle of the transmission of COVID-19 disease. As we face the coronavirus pandemic, we, the Overseas Filipinos in Kuwait, want to return safely back to our home country, the Philippines. Because of the implemented lockdown measures, our primary jobs stopped together with our financial income. I know that as…
June 22, 2020 “Heroism is not blind courage: it is a selfless action. It is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do what you do for the good of others.” John Baldoni In this coronavirus health crisis, everyone depends on the gallant works of our beloved frontliners. As they…
The COVID-19 pandemic threatened the lives of every individual in the world significantly. Aside from its posing dangers to our physical health, it has also reached and affected our very own soul. It did not only stopped in instilling fear towards the community. It also increased the likelihood of suicide cases globally. Especially to the…
Are we taking care of our mental health? This is the common question that comes into our minds behind our homes’ walls in this COVID-19 pandemic. The circumstances brought by the coronavirus disease changed the way we look at the world’s situation. As the COVID-19 cases continue to grow around the world, it is easy…
