The second episode of PETA’s Storytelling Sundays on May 24, 7 p.m., will feature Bodjie Pascua who will be reading Jeanette Patindol’s “Tight Times,” about how families cope during times of scarcity.

ON-DEMAND service app MyKuya announces that its users can now use the app to shop in SM Supermalls as quarantine measures “inspired [the company] to continue expanding its horizons for the comfort of the Filipino people,” a statement read.

The last two months of our quarantine, I am sure most of us stuck at home have done our share of movie bingeing. For a change, why not watch movies with wine themes?

WITH liquor bans being eased in some cities (Quezon City, Pasay, Makati, and Taguig at our last count), we think it’s okay now to have a drink, or two, or four — provided one follows social distancing measures, meaning one should drink these following drink recipes only at home. You don’t have to be lonely — some have gone on to the video-conferencing app Zoom for “e-numans” (remote drinking parties).

WE as a species can live without chocolate — we simply refuse to live a life without it. Even at the height of wartime privation in the 1940s, governments somehow still deemed chocolate a necessity, and it was allowed in stores, even if the wartime bars were of lower quality. Chocolate found itself in soldier’s kits, to boost morale and to serve as emergency rations (those bars weren’t very good either, according to reports).

SINCE you’re probably still staying at home, we cooked up a list of snacks to munch on and restaurants that are delivering their frozen and ready-to-eat meals right to your doorstep.

A YOUNG student named Patrick got into trouble at his new school. Scared that he might face a sanction, he hides inside a dilapidated storage room. Titser Kit finds him there and helps him with the situation he is facing.

OR YEHUDA, Israel — Israeli inventors have developed a coronavirus mask with a remote control mouth that lets diners eat food without taking it off, a device they say could make a visit to a restaurant less risky.

LONDON — Stuck at home with the kids? Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cate Blanchett may be able to help.

LIVE streaming company Kumu Holdings has been responding to a surge in demand for entertainment and online community spaces since the start of the enhanced community quarantine.

Much of the Philippines is still under varying degrees of lockdown though some restrictions have been loosened to allow people to go back to work and get the economy going. It’s a very delicate balancing act — keeping the spread of the virus at controllable levels while opening up the country. Many communities still need help due to quarantines while frontliners are kept busy handling the sick. Here are more stories of people doing good.

CCP Online’s sixth week of online programming continues with the following programs: Ballet Philippines’ Romeo and Juliet which premieres on May 21, 3 p.m., with music by Sergei Prokofiev and choreography by National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes; and Tanghalang Pilipino’s Walang Sugat which premieres on May 23, 3 p.m. Written by Severino Reyes, who is regarded as the father of the Tagalog sarsuwela, it follows the story of Tenyong who outwits the people trying to separate him from his beloved Julia. Watch for free at bit.ly/CCPOnlineYT.