Tag: Guela Ampong

Cagayan de Oro-based Fashion Designer Guela Ampong recently made waves online after sharing a Philippine flag-inspired PPE design to honor the country's "modern-day heroes." This proves that in times of crisis, the Filipinos find ways to unite and come up with brilliant ideas to help each other and survive. PPEs for the COVID-19 frontliners "They are the front liners. Since we are Filipinos, the design somehow shows our national pride," Guela told CNN Philippines' The Source. "When we found out that the number of positive cases here are increasing, all of us were alarmed. There was a shortage of PPEs and a lack of materials, we didn't know what to use. Until my friend, who is also a doctor (refers to Dr. Jamillah Watamama), came to me and said, 'Help us. Help me with this. Let's make ...