When the global pandemic reached Hong Kong, the once busy streets in Chater Road became quiet. Domestic workers were not allowed to go out and were forced to work longer hours, including Sundays, as their employers were working at home. Others had their contracts arbitrarily terminated.
Tags: COVID-19 lockdown
Bloodsucking by profession
By DEE AYROSO
Here it comes again
By DEE AYROSO
Relief volunteers, advocates say junking of charges ‘a vindication’
“Time and again, we have reminded authorities that neither the pandemic nor their grave ignorance of the law or dumb over-zealousness is an excuse to trample upon basic rights and curtail freedoms.” — NUPL
Typhoon Ambo and lockdown, double whammy for ‘food security workers’
Amihan said that areas hit by Ambo were the same areas where social amelioration programs of the government have been slow. These are Eastern Visayas, Bicol and Southern Tagalog, where many poor peasant families rely on farming and agriculture for a living.
Children most vulnerable to physical, sexual, emotional abuse in the time of pandemic – groups
“The situation is very hostile. Because of the long confinement at home, the victims are locked down together with their abusers. This makes the victims more prone to physical, sexual and emotional abuse.”
Police tags relief ops ‘anti-government,’ files charges vs ex-solon, aid volunteers
“There were also no anti-government products in the food packs. There is no such thing as anti-government vegetables, anti-government condiments, or anti-government soap.”
Essentials
By DEE AYROSO
Contained
By DEE AYROSO
Total lockdown
By DEE AYROSO
5 questions on e-learning and fighting the pandemic
Based on empirical data, e-learning is not for everyone given the unequal economic status of students. Internet access is not for everybody. Even if mobile telephony is ubiquitous, the low purchasing power of families makes it expensive to maintain good data connection in the students’ mobile phones.