Last month, national authorities launched StaySafe.ph. As per the National Task Force Against COVID-19 and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, it’s the country’s official app for contact tracing, symptoms reporting, and social distancing regulations. So, you may have gotten text messages recently asking you to sign up.…
May
14
May
14
COVID19 forced the Philippines to be in quarantine for close to 2 months already. With businesses closing down, the livelihood of Filipinos is severely affected. Most don’t even know if they have jobs they can go back to after. The economy needs to reopen slowly. But prematurely lifting the ECQ…
May
13
Sure, an air conditioner has long been a necessity in a country like ours, but not everyone has access to one, whether it’s because of budget constraints or plain old bad luck (i.e., your old one broke and you can’t get it repaired or replaced right away due to ECQ).…
May
12
Oh, don’t get me wrong. Zoom’s been great for adapting to the new normal. Many of us here can attest to that. From conference calls to virtual drinking sessions (e-numan in the vernacular), the video call app has proven very useful indeed. Yet, you can have too much of a…
Apr
30
Ever since the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was declared, many companies opted to implement a work-from-home (WFH) scheme. While majority still struggle with the specifics, those who work for these companies are lucky to remain employed. Otherwise, now is a really tough time to be out of work. From small-medium…
Apr
30
COVID19 affected our lives drastically. The threat of the virus stopped operations for almost all establishments around the world. As of writing, there are more than 3 million cases of COVID19 with over 217,000 deaths and 950,000 recoveries. The Philippines is at around 8,000 cases with 530 deaths and 975…
Apr
28
Updated: April 5, 2021 With the COVID19 pandemic, it’s now inconvenient to do regular day-to-day activities like going to the grocery or paying bills. We can’t go out as much because of the Enhanced Community Quarantine. And even if we go, paying is time-consuming because of the long lines. And…
Apr
27
We remote workers often have to jump through a set of hoops to get clients. There’s the endless need to upskill, the required installation of time trackers, and setting up one’s accounts for receiving payment. On the other hand, are you aware that you can also screen potential clients? I…
Apr
22
Last 16 March, President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire area of Luzon under an enhanced community quarantine or ECQ. And that, for the previous month at least, was the end of life as we know it. Almost overnight, the world went upside down. Something as simple as going out for…
Apr
21
If you’ve been doing remote work for quite some time, you probably rely on delivery riders all the time. I know I certainly do. When you’re toiling away in your home or office for much of the day, it’s not easy to nip out to the grocery, pharmacy, or the…