BLOOD DONATION. Jamie Malingan, 26, donates blood in Baguio City in this undated photo. She said she donates every three months not only to help others but also to stay healthy. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - More people are now realizing that donating blood does not only help recipients but also offers quite a few health benefits for the donor. Among the people who have known this all along are media practitioners Jamie Joie Malingan, 26, of the Philippine Information Agency-Cordillera who has been donating 450 cubic centimeters (cc) of blood every three months since May 2021, and Jonathan Munar, 50, a reporter of Radyo Pilipinas who has donated 45 times already in the last 14 years. Malingan said it was her way of giving back after her grandparent benefited from blood donation. "Matagal ko ng gustong magbigay kasi bago namatay ang grandparent ko, nakahingi kami sa Red Cross (I have long wanted to give blood because we were able to get blood from the Red Cross when my
BAGUIO CITY (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The high tourist influx in the city for the past weeks has not triggered an increase in Covid-19 infections, suggesting that vaccination and a well-managed health-care system have been effective against the disease, Mayor Benjamin Magalong said.