This is why we are here
THESE
days, the world is awash with fake news and false claims, often circulated on
social media. It is down to the trusted media to be...
Politicking in the midst of health crisis
(We
yield this space to the statement of ACT Teachers’ Rep. France Castro due to
its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE FIND it difficult to stomach that in...
Free mass testing
AS THE number of cases of COVID-19 in the
country grows, the government must prioritize medical mitigation measures. Not
a few have expressed concern that the...
Curfew violators
(We
yield this space to the statement of human rights alliance Karapatan-Panay due
to its timeliness. – Ed.)
IN LINE with the implementation of an
enhanced community quarantine,...
Save our forests
OVERSHADOWED
by the COVID-19 pandemic was the recent observance of March 21 as International
Day of Forests – an annual event that aims to raise awareness...
Private sector workers
OVER
600 private establishments in Western Visayaswith several thousands of employees adversely affected by the
enhanced community quarantine being observed to keep the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) 2019...
Fortifying barangays vs COVID-19
WITH the emergence of a positive COVID-19 case
in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo and the municipal government’s decisive action to
subject two of its barangays under quarantine,...
Quarantine centers
AN INFRASTRUCTURE-oriented think-tank
called for the reactivation of shelved Department of Health (DOH) barangay
health stations (BHS) as additional quarantine centers for coronavirus
response.
This suggestion should be...
Protecting waste handlers
AS AUTHORITIES step up preventive
measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we must
not forget to provide ample protection to workers...
Ceasefire
THE RESPECTIVE unilateral ceasefire
declarations of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and President Rodrigo
Duterte in response to a global call to fight the...