#COVID19PH | From kids with love
Filipino children responded to the call of a doctor to create handmade cards for #COVID19PH patients.
#COVID19PH | From kids with love
Frontliners stage #ProtestFromWards to call for protection amid COVID-19 pandemic
Frontliners stage #ProtestFromWards to call for protection amid COVID-19 pandemic
“The government’s inaction on our plight is unacceptable. But still, we are committed to continue serving our people wholeheartedly with the highest degree of responsibility and efficiency.”
Babangon Tayo, a song for frontliners and Filipino people
Babangon Tayo, a song for frontliners and Filipino people
An original composition of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
‘Arrest of GenSan teacher, son sets dangerous precedent’ – right group
‘Arrest of GenSan teacher, son sets dangerous precedent’ – right group
“It has happened in Cebu and in General Santos City — it won’t be long before arresting critics for online posts becomes a national policy that could throw us back to the dark days of Marcosian martial rule.”
Of pandemics and profits: How industrial agriculture is exposing humanity to killer outbreaks
Of pandemics and profits: How industrial agriculture is exposing humanity to killer outbreaks
Multibillion-dollar global agricultural industries are behind the pandemic-producing factory farms.
Protect mental health amid government lockdown, doctor urges
Protect mental health amid government lockdown, doctor urges
“We should have physical distancing, but let us not forget that we should have social connectiveness, because we need to connect with others in order to sustain our sanity especially at this time when we are experiencing the insensitivity of the government in terms of the needs of the people.”
‘Inaccessible,’ ‘exclusionary’ DOLE cash assistance criticized
‘Inaccessible,’ ‘exclusionary’ DOLE cash assistance criticized
Four in ten of the almost 2,000 respondents on their online survey claimed they haven’t received any assistance yet from DOLE due to inefficiencies in its process, while 23 percent claimed their applications were not processed by their respective employers.
Cuba’s help sought in fighting COVID-19 in Philippines
Cuba’s help sought in fighting COVID-19 in Philippines
"We shall be very grateful for any medical assistance from the government and people of Cuba to the people of the Philippines in this critical times."
COVID-19: Paracetamol, ibuprofen and other anti-fever drugs should be avoided
COVID-19: Paracetamol, ibuprofen and other anti-fever drugs should be avoided
The WHO should not expect at this time, while the pandemic is raging, to find published clinical and population-based studies specifically showing these negative effects in COVID-19 patients. Their main concern should be to protect COVID-19 patients from unnecessary risks because of irrational use of anti-fever drugs.
42 farmer-families in Bataan displaced amid lockdown
42 farmer-families in Bataan displaced amid lockdown
Amihan urged the local government units and concerned government agencies to ensure that farmers and their families will be protected against displacement and other forms of exploitation by landlords and private traders in this time of crisis.
Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 in detention facilities – UN Human Rights
Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 in detention facilities – UN Human Rights
“Now, more than ever, governments should release every person detained without sufficient legal basis, including political prisoners and others detained simply for expressing critical or dissenting views.”
Youth groups use TikTok to press for medical solutions to COVID-19 pandemic
Youth groups use TikTok to press for medical solutions to COVID-19 pandemic
“Quick, easy and effective. That's what Tiktok videos are. This is why it’s a good way to make our demands known to the widest number of people.”
Quezon City parish initiates measures to support pedicab drivers during quarantine
Quezon City parish initiates measures to support pedicab drivers during quarantine
“They are making us miserable. We have been deprived of food and now we are the bad ones. We are not criminals, we just want to earn a living so that we could feed our families.”
Lumad ‘bakwit’ school faces risk of virus infection, food shortage amid lockdown
Lumad ‘bakwit’ school faces risk of virus infection, food shortage amid lockdown
“The food and other resources [are] a challenge in this time of enhanced community quarantine since we couldn’t leave the premises, and so do other individuals or groups who have been visiting us.”
No ‘social distancing’ for sick and elderly political prisoners
No ‘social distancing’ for sick and elderly political prisoners
“The government should decongest the prisons by releasing all political prisoners who were falsely accused of crimes just because they were fighting for this country. Those spaces should be taken up by the real criminals, murderers and corrupt government officials. That is social distancing with justice.”
Groups use social media to help sectors hardest-hit by COVID-19 pandemic
Groups use social media to help sectors hardest-hit by COVID-19 pandemic
"This [#BarangayDamayan] aims to unite citizens while we undergo this public health crisis. It is very evident how the government has not provided urgent solutions such as free mass testing, accessible health care and assurance of job security amid the community quarantine. We see these as more tangible solutions rather than troop deployment."
300 families in Pasay lose homes amid COVID-19 pandemic
300 families in Pasay lose homes amid COVID-19 pandemic
The affected residents are now staying in the streets amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
Open letter of appeal for an ‘Iran Solution’ for Philippine prisons
Open letter of appeal for an ‘Iran Solution’ for Philippine prisons
To: Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea Department of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Director Allan Iral The Philippine prison system has the highest congestion rate...
Lockdown in Italy: Testimonies of OFWs
Lockdown in Italy: Testimonies of OFWs
“If Italy and other developed countries could admit that their health care systems could collapse in the advent of disease outbreak, then what more in our own country where health care is inaccessible and highly privatized? Duterte’s assurance is for the police and the military, not for us and our families in the Philippines.”
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