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At long last, the film and audiovisual (AV) industry in the Philippines now has safety officers who have received training not just on Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) but also on audiovisual industry-specific topics through the first-ever Safety and Health Officers Training Seminar (Shots). Shots is a free online 40-hour BOSH Training for Audiovisual […]
Sometimes, it only takes a small step to spark a movement.
When 26-year-old Ana Patricia “Patreng” Non decided to start a community pantry near her home in Maginhawa Street, Quezon City, it was because she wanted to help. “My small business was affected because of the lockdown,” she explained in Filipino in a Panahon TV interview. “But even if I didn’t have any income, I could still eat three times a day. I thought of those whose livelihoods depended on being out on the streets. They needed support.”
Soon, news about Patreng’s Maginhawa Community Pantry, fashioned from a bamboo cart, spread like wildfire. People came in droves, dropping off food donations, and getting food. The initiative was so popular that even the German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel dropped by to donate goods. She tweeted that she was “deeply impressed by the solidary spirit of the Filipinos.”