The fate of BBB in the time of COVID-19
The Philippines has to improve the current state of infrastructure especially in the context of COVID-19: one that supports a strong public health system and the stable production of the nation’s needs in order to withstand and battle a pandemic. The problem with the BBB program is how this massive infrastructure program is not only disconnected from correcting but even reinforces the fundamental problem. BBB ignores the need for reliable, strong and public-controlled social services and public utilities infrastructure, for agricultural development and national industrialization, and healthy environment.
Kung paano pinaghahandaan ng ilang guro ang pasukan sa panahon ng pandemya
Inihayag ni Propesor Lynda Garcia, isang guro ng Miriam College, ang ginagawang paghahanda ng mga katulad niyang edukador ang parating na pasukan habang nasa gitna ng lockdown ang bansa dahil sa pandemya ng coronavirus. “Heto po, nagsisiskap para matugunan ang lahat ng responsibilidad ng isang guro”, ani Garcia.
‘Outrageous instance of double standard and selective justice’
“BGEN Sinas has the gall to violate quarantine rules and publicly display thoughtless extravagance at a time when many people are jobless, hungry and desperately waiting for government aid.”
Filipino volunteer dies of coronavirus in Dubai
Philippine Consul-General Paul Raymund Cortes said Mandac was the 28th Filipino to have passed away from coronavirus in Dubai.
Panawagan ng mga nars sa International Nurses’ Day
Nagbigay ng mensahe si Cristy Donguines, isang nurse at tagapangulo ng Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Employees Union para sa pagdiriwang ng International Nurses Day 2020.
STATE OF PHILIPPINE MEDIA 2020: Journalists Struggle to Cover the Pandemic as Space for Media Freedom Shrinks
The shutdown of ABS-CBN, the country’s largest media network, is the latest in a series of attacks and threats against the Philippine press.
‘Para sa lahat ng nurse’
“Ang Filipino Nurses United (FNU) ay buong pusong nagpupugay sa lahat ng nurse sa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo ngayong International Nurses’ Day. Saludo kami sa inyong matapang at masigasig na paglilingkod sa mga mamamayang biktima ng COVID-19. Naniniwala ang FNU na responsibilad ng pamahalaan na tiyakin ang inyong kaligtasan bilang mga frontline health workers. Ang laban ng mga nurse para sa kanilang karapatang mabuhay ay laban ng sambayanang Pilipino.”
Statement condemning NTF-ELCAC’s black propaganda against ABS-CBN and Maria Ressa
At a time when our people are battling a deadly pandemic, it is extremely unacceptable that there are those in government who are making media repression, not saving lives, as the priority.
Oil tax hike insensitive and will make poor Filipinos suffer more
The additional oil tax will make socially-sensitive products more expensive as well as increase the general price level. Instead of pursuing this grossly insensitive revenue measure, IBON said that government should instead impose a wealth tax on the country’s super-rich.
Press freedom advocates hold black screen broadcast protests over ABS-CBN shutdown
Groups such as the University of the Philippines Film Institute, the Altermidya Network and the Concerned Artists of the Philippines took to Facebook to broadcast a black screen symbolizing the sign off the media giant was forced to undergo by the Rodrigo Duterte government.