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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The number of Filipinos who have died in the UAE due to COVID-19 has further increased to 55 — or 24% of the total 233 as of May 20 — of which 48 were in Dubai. There were additional 5 Filipino deaths recorded in four days from May 17, Sunday, whenContinue reading “‘STAY CALM.’ Total COVID Filipino deaths in UAE continue to rise at 55”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates:  Forty-three Filipinos in Dubai and the northern emirates have died of COVID-19, while five more have been reported dead in Abu Dhabi, bringing the total at 48 – or 22% – of the 220 coronavirus-related deaths announced by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) on Sunday, May 17. ConsulContinue reading “48 of 220 COVID deaths in UAE are Filipinos”

Janette Alano, the Filipina nurse who recently died of COVID-19 in Abu Dhabi, had suspected she got the coronavirus following conversation with a fever-struck staff whom she asked to go home. This was learned in an interview with Jalyssa, the deceased nurse’s daughter, who said her mom also told her that she and the staffContinue reading “How did the Filipina nurse who died of COVID in Abu Dhabi possibly get the virus?”

How do you beat boredom staying at home? Go training. Better yet, go training for a cause. Take it from seasoned Filipino triathlete, Romeo Tumayao Puncia III, who ran 19 kms in 19 days on a tread mill for a total distance of 361.34kms, clocking in at 32:32:42. He also did 19-km laps for aContinue reading “Pinoy triathlete front liner runs, bikes over 700km at home for COVID-19 relief effort”

Community volunteer also succumbs to the virus DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A 31-year-old Filipina nurse, who was supposed to visit her five-year-old child in the Philippines but could not because of the lockdown back there, has died of COVID-19 as medical practitioners around the world observed International Nurses Day. Lezly Ocampo Concepcion, passed awayContinue reading “Another Filipina nurse dies of COVID in UAE”

A nurse who was also a  mom died of COVID-19 on Mothers’ Day while an engineer, who was nearing retirement and was  reluctant to be transferred to another site because those who has worked there were put on quarantine, has also passed on due to the virus in the UAE. Janette Daywan Alano died onContinue reading “Another nurse, eng’r in UAE die of COVID-19”

DUBAI: An overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who had been staying home to avoid being infected with the coronavirus, has tested positive for COVID-19. Jullian Marimla,  video editor, said he still does not know how he got the virus. “We do not have any idea. It could have been from anywhere. We had a hunch weContinue reading “Man stays at home but still gets COVID-19”

DUBAI: The number of Filipinos in Dubai who have died due to COVID-19 has gone up to 23, or six new deaths in a span of five days from Sunday, May 3 when the figure was at 17. This was gathered from Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes who also said there has been “quite aContinue reading “Number of Filipinos who died of COVID in Dubai rises to 23 in 5 days”

DUBAI: Twenty-one Filipinos in the UAE have died of COVID-19, according to Ambassador Hjayceelyn Quintana. Speaking during a live-streamed interview with the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) in Manila yesterday, Quintana, head of the Philippine mission to the UAE, told PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar and Undersecretary Rocky Ignacio that 17 of the fatalities were from DubaiContinue reading “21 Filipinos in UAE have died of COVID-19”

The fight against COVID-19 is like a game of chess, said Asia’s First Chess Grandmaster Eugene Torre, who said one needs to be “patient and avoid weak as well as risky moves” to win. In a message to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the UAE, the 68-year-old chess grandmaster, said blunders should be avoided inContinue reading “COVID: ‘Avoid weak and risky moves’ – Chess icon Eugene Torre tells Pinoys in UAE”