Pinoy Stop

06/08/2022

by Indio Historian

This day in 1944 and 2009, two Presidents died respectively—Pres. Manuel L. Quezon, while in exile in Saranac Lake, New York, and Pres. Corazon C. Aquino, in Makati City. The former died while in office; the latter, after her term.

With the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and the entire Southeast Asia in December 1941, Quezon and select members of his Cabinet moved the seat of government to Corregidor. After months, knowing imminent defeat, they were urged to escape. They left in March 1942.

Quezon established the Commonwealth government-in-exile in Washington, D.C. while campaigning for the U.S. reprioritization of the liberation of the Philippines under the Japanese. While doing so, his tuberculosis worsened. The U.S. Joint Resolution 95 extended his term.

in 1944, never seeing his country liberated, Quezon passed away at a "cure cottage" in Saranac Lake. His Vice President, Sergio Osmeña assumed the presidency of the Philippine Commonwealth.

Meanwhile, Corazon Aquino was swept to power by the EDSA People Power Revolution in February 1986 that toppled the Marcos dictatorship. On February 25, 1986, she was sworn in as President of the Philippines at 10:46 am.

Her administration was challenged by several coup attempts, and other issues such as unrest from unfulfilled agrarian reform. With the Mendiola Massacre in January 22, 1987, her head of Presidential Committee on Human Rights, Jose W. Diokno, resigned in disappointment.

Nevertheless, her administration is credited for instituting a new Constitution that strengthened safeguards on Filipino civil rights (1987 Constitution), initiating autonomy for Cordillera and the Moros, and ensuring peaceful transition to the next president.

Seventeen years after her term, opposing certain moves of her successors, while having been the figurehead of democracy in the Philippines, Cory Aquino died after a long struggle with cancer in 2009 in Makati Medical Center. The country went into national mourning for ten days.

Photos:
- Quezon funeral at St. Matthews Cathedral, Rhode Island, from Presidential Museum & Library
- Aquino funeral procession, from Philippine Star
- Quezon with Major Emigdio Cruz, Miami, Florida, from PhilippineDiaryProject.com
- Aquino sworn in as Philippine President, from Presidential Museum & Library

12/07/2022

Taká, Paete's papier-mâché art, is a crucial part of the Laguna town's culture and economy

01/06/2022

The top place on this annual list hasn't changed since 2008.

21/05/2022

The next nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system is happening tomorrow, Sunday 22 May 2022, between 6-7pm.

The nationwide test is a necessary part of making sure the Emergency Mobile Alert system works well.

You can find more info including a fact sheet, capable phones and a list of FAQ's here - https://getready.govt.nz/emergency-mobile-alert/

29/04/2022

Philippine superstitions and folklore were the perfect weapons against rebels.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3Lp4c88

30/03/2022

26/03/2022

15/03/2022

Because there are many Kiwi-Filipinos in this group. Scroll down to register interest on a google docs link.

Thanks Marie!

Wellington Filipino Community Learning Hub
For Wellington Pinoy Families, come and join us for a series of FREE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS. This is an initiative of New Zealand's Ministry of Education, supported by a group of Filipino educator/teacher volunteers.
Learn more about ways to help your child or young adult at school and at home. We have experts in the field to help you answer the following questions below:

What is the NZ curriculum like? Anong pinagkaiba nito sa Pinas?
How can I help my child at home? May homework ba?
Common ang stress and anxiety among teens and tweens. How can I help at home?
Screen addiction: Ano ba ang pwedeng gawin to keep kids safe online?
How do schools teach digital technology and cybersafety?
Anong gagawin kung may problema sa school? How do I teach my child to deal with bullying?
What do I do if I suspect my child has Special needs? Ano ba yung learning support?
Ano ba yung NCEA? How can I best prepare my child for high school?
Ano ba ang OK na University? What will suit my son/daughter's interests?
Paano kung ayaw mag University? What other career pathways / options are there?
Ano ba yung tinatawag na Bicultural education? My child is learning Te Reo Maori, Paano ko ba ito maiinitindihan?

Come and register your interest now!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPVmO-mgAwxaKsOtsajKLEfRrX5WpgiduGnoNMaUA6X3bgiA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1EPcu1vJM9e4iihJhrXXb9dhi8hvpRu6z6-YmKH6x92lkUI8gRzrffKI0

Wellington Filipino Community Learning Hub (February - June 2022) Address: 92-96 Cuba Street, Petone, Lower Hutt Contact us at [email protected]

14/03/2022

Fyi

Here’s a guide to help you work out when you, and your Household Contacts, can leave self-isolation.

From Saturday 12 March, people who have tested positive will not need to isolate again for 3 months after they have recovered, as the risk of reinfection is very low during this time. Everyone else in the household, who hasn't previously tested positive, will need to isolate again if they test positive or become Household Contacts of a new positive case.

You can find more information here for:
- Positive cases: https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/if-you-have-covid-19/
- Household Contacts: https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact-tracing/household-contacts/
- How to self-isolate: https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/how-to-self-isolate/

Some Household Contacts who are critical workers may still be able to go to work through the Close Contact Exemption Scheme, provided they meet the criteria here: https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact-tracing/critical-workers/ -contact-exemption-scheme

06/03/2022

Check what to do if you test positive

25/02/2022

Information on what to do if your RAT result is positive

What happens if your RAT result is positive for COVID-19?

1️⃣ Self-isolate
You’ve already prepared for it, now kick your isolation plan into action and stay home.

How to self-isolate: https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/how-to-self-isolate/

Advice for your Household Contacts: https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact-tracing/household-contacts/

2️⃣ Record your positive result
If your RAT is positive, you need to report your result on www.MyCovidRecord.nz or call 0800 222 478 and press option 3.

If you got a supervised RAT at a Community Testing Centre or other health provider, the result will be automatically entered for you and will turn up on your My Covid Record.

Your positive test result is recorded and you will get sent a link to a contact tracing form with a unique code. It may take up to 24 hours to receive your code.

Please make sure you fill in this form as it will help us identify if you need any additional health and welfare support. It will also help for contact tracing purposes.

If you don’t have access to a mobile phone or internet, a health provider will be in touch to help collect these details.

If you have a positive result from a PCR test, you will get a text from the official 2328 number.

3️⃣ Look after yourself
Most people will have mild to moderate symptoms and will be able to self-care at home. Care and support will continue to be there for people who need it.

Some people will receive additional health and wellbeing checks depending on their needs. As always, Healthline is available free and 24/7 on 0800 358 5453.

It is important to track your symptoms every day in case you become more unwell and need urgent medical care.

There's more information about managing symptoms on our website: https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/advice-people-covid-19 -care

4️⃣ Get help if you need it
Wellbeing and financial help is available: https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/help-when-you-are-self-isolating/

5️⃣ Check that you’re ok to leave self-isolation
After 10 days, and if you are free of COVID-19 symptoms, you will be able to leave self-isolation without needing to do anything further. Others in your household will need to return negative tests on the relevant days before they can leave self-isolation.

Find out more about testing positive for COVID-19 here: https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/what-happens-if-you-test-positive-for-covid-19/

24/02/2022

NZ is moving to Phase 3 of the Omicron response. Here’s what you need to know

21/02/2022

Fyi

16/02/2022

Transporting coconuts via river, Pagsanjan, Laguna. c1910.

- simoun
image: Pinterest/Chris Lubuguin

12/02/2022

WAIRARAPA - FLOODING - FINAL UPDATE 6:15AM, TUE 15 FEB

The flooding RECEDED last night, so both SH2 Masterton and SH53 Martinborough are now fully OPEN. Thank you for your patience over the last few days while crews waited for river levels to drop.

It is important to note that there is a number of council roads closed in South Wairarapa. Please follow their page for more info facebook.com/SouthWairarapaDistrictCouncil

OPEN
• SH2 Masterton between Forth St and Lennies Rd – Flooding
• SH53 Martingborough (Waihenga Bridge)
• All other State Highways remain open

This post and our live Traffic Info Map, will be updated with all major developments as we receive them.

For more info on the weather event please visit metservice.com/warnings.

Haumarutia tō haere (drive safe) and stay warm! ^DL

25/01/2022

Locations of interest across the motu are automatically updated on our website hourly between 8am and 8pm, as they are confirmed. Please check the list regularly, https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-public/contact-tracing-covid-19/covid-19-contact-tracing-locations-interest and follow the health instructions if you were at a location on the same date and time shown

Locations of interest are linked to public exposure events. Some private exposure events are not made public locations of interest if everyone who may have been exposed can be identified.

Anyone with symptoms should isolate immediately and call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 or your doctor or nurse, or iwi health provider to arrange a test.

You can read more about life at Red on the Unite Against COVID-19 website: https://covid19.govt.nz/traffic-lights/life-at-red/.

With the uncertainty of the situation, it's normal to feel worried or stressed. It’s okay to not be okay. You can text or call 1737 to talk to a trained counsellor 24/7.

Following public health advice and hygiene measures will help slow the spread of Omicron in the community. Be calm, be kind, get boosted.

23/01/2022

👌

Kamille and her Belgian husband Jelle make and sell the famous Filipino ice cream to kababayans and foreigners overseas

22/01/2022

Fyi

All of New Zealand will move to Red at 11.59pm tonight, 23 January, in order to slow down and manage the spread of Omicron in the community.

Red is not lockdown. At Red businesses stay open and you can do most of the things that you normally do, if you are vaccinated. There are no regional boundaries at Red, and you can shop normally as all supermarkets and retail remain open.

🔴 Omicron case update

Nine COVID-19 cases reported yesterday in the Nelson/Marlborough region have now been confirmed as the Omicron variant, and a further case from the same household was confirmed late yesterday.

These cases flew to Auckland on 13 January to attend a wedding and other events. Initial estimates suggest there were well over 100 people at these events.

This cluster has already led to an additional infection of a fully vaccinated flight attendant who picked it up on flight 5083 on January 16th from Auckland to Nelson that the family was on.

That flight attendant has worked four additional flights while infectious. These flights are:

Flight NZ 5083 from Auckland to Nelson at 5.20 pm on 16 January
Flight NZ 5080 from Nelson to Auckland at 4 pm on 19 January
Flight NZ 5077 from Auckland to Nelson at 2pm on 19 January
Flight NZ 5049 from Auckland to New Plymouth at 7.50 pm on 19 January
Flight NZ 5042 from New Plymouth to Auckland at 1.50 pm on 20 January

We don’t yet have a clear lead on the index case that links this family to the border, as we have with our other Omicron cases to date. That means Omicron is circulating in Auckland and possibly the Nelson Marlborough region if not elsewhere.

As we have seen elsewhere in the world Omicron is significantly more infectious and we will see far more cases than we have in the two years of the pandemic to date.

🔴 Boosters

The evidence from overseas is that boosters significantly reduce the likelihood of getting sick and needing to go to hospital, and also helps to reduce the transmission of the virus. Around 56% of those eligible for a booster have already had one, if you’re eligible now – go to BookMyVaccine.nz or find a walk-in vaccination clinic at https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19-vaccination/?options=walk-in

Here’s what you can do – get boosted, wear a mask in indoor settings and when out and about and reduce contact with others.

While we will now experience more cases of Covid-19 than we ever have before, most people will be able to recover at home.

Anyone with symptoms should isolate immediately and call Healthline (0800 358 5453) or your doctor to arrange a test. If you test positive, you will need to isolate for 14 days and your close contacts will need to isolate for at least 10 days.

Help and support, including financial support, will be available for people who are isolating. More information is available here: www.workandincome.govt.nz/covid-19/

We’ll share more information around life at Red in our next update.

Be calm, be kind, get boosted.

13/01/2022

A shopping experience like no other, Old Bank Arcade mixes history with the latest fashion with a dose of good coffee - it is Wellington after all!

29/12/2021

Areas currently at the red traffic light setting are due to move to orange at midnight tonight, apart from Northland.

25/12/2021

Christmas Day beachgoers are urged to exercise caution at multiple holiday hotspots.

21/12/2021

03/12/2021

There are three key things to remember at every traffic light setting: Mask. Scan. Pass.

1. Take your mask wherever you go, and be ready to wear it.
2. Scan in using the NZ COVID Tracer app wherever you go.
3. Have your vaccine pass ready to show at places that require it.

Businesses or services that require vaccine certificates can use the NZ Pass Verifier app to scan people's My Vaccine Pass. The information scanned from your My Vaccine Pass is not stored so you still need to scan QR codes wherever you go, using the NZ COVID Tracer app, for a record of where you've been.

You can learn more about the NZ Pass Verifier app and how it works, here: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines/my-covid-record-proof-vaccination-status/nz-pass-verifier

02/12/2021

Johnsonville 😊🎄

Christmas 2021 Centre Trading Hours 🎅🎅

02/12/2021

Fyi wellington 😊

We’ll be running special timetables on buses, trains and the harbour ferry from Saturday 25 December 2021 to Sunday 9 January 2022, so please double-check before you travel. Your normal weekday services will resume on Monday 10 January.

24/11/2021

| Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins has announced sweeping changes to the international border from early next year — including the end of MIQ for returning Kiwis.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3r5civi

01/11/2021

Wellington City is now one of a handful of cities worldwide using the technology to identify and address social wellbeing issues.

30/10/2021

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23/10/2021

🟢🟠🔴

With high vaccination rates we will soon be able to take a new approach to managing COVID-19 with fewer restrictions and less reliance on lockdowns to stop the spread of the virus.

New Zealand will move to our new COVID-19 Protection Framework when 90% of the eligible population is fully vaccinated across each DHB. There will be three stages: green, orange and red. At each stage, there will be things we need to do to keep safe.

Green is when there is some COVID-19 in the community but at low levels. Fully vaccinated people can enjoy all events and hospitality and gatherings by showing a vaccination certificate. Where premises choose not to use vaccination certificates they will face restrictions on numbers and physical distancing similar to the current alert level framework. Face masks will only be mandatory on flights but will be encouraged in indoor settings.

At Orange, places that choose to use vaccination certificates can remain open. For places that choose not to use vaccination certificates will either be closed or will have public health measures in place. This is because at orange, greater protection will be needed as there will be increasing community transmission.

Red is what we will use when the virus is spreading in a way that means we need to take action to protect our most vulnerable and prevent too much pressure on our health system. There will be significant restrictions where vaccination certificates are not used. Places using vaccination certificates will continue to operate, but with public health measures in place.

At all levels, there will be places that will always be exempt from requiring vaccination certificates such as supermarkets, pharmacies, health services and education entities that everyone needs to be allowed to access.

Across all levels, localised lockdowns will be a tool available as part of the public health response.

Just as we did for the Alert Level Framework, we will continue to work through detailed plans for each sector.

We are not implementing anything until it's safe to do so. And that means getting New Zealanders vaccinated. Our goal is to keep people safe and to move forward.

Visit covid19.govt.nz/covid-19-protection-framework for more information.