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SENTAVIO-FREEPIK In February 2020, April (not her real name) was wooed away from her former employer to join a local restaurant in Metro Manila as a restaurant manager. Alas, on March 17, 2020, the nation was locked down. Since her new company was not considered an essential business, the company had to stop operations. Days turned into weeks; weeks turned into months. As a new hire, April didnât receive any pay during the lockdown. However, she was still expected to produce output to help the restaurant resume operations once quarantine guidelines were eased. In July 2020, April made training materials based on the guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases. In the last quarter of 2020, the companyâs operations resumed at 50% dining capacity, which helped the business get back on its feet. Just like many employees of businesses struck by the lockdown, April and her colleagues received pay cuts. ....
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FREEPIC.DILLER/FREEPIK There is something romantic, even spiritual, about marriage during the pandemic. A couple exchanging permanent vows set against a backdrop of extreme uncertainty… what could be a more enduring image of romantic love? The pandemic has changed how we celebrate marriages. When I got engaged in 2018, my fiancée and I planned a grand event. Then, the pandemic happened. Forced to rethink, we agreed to hold an intimate wedding in July 2020. It was a stripped version of what my wife and I had wanted, but we had no regrets. After all, the essence of marriage is celebrating love and committing before God and our closest loved ones as witnesses. ....