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.
‘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.
Before Covid-19, Philippine Jails Already a Death Trap
Human rights advocates believe that numbers will still increase and the full force of Covid-19 is yet to be felt. They also call for transparency in releasing death and infection rates to help craft policies and mitigate the spread of false information.
Why can’t food self-sufficiency be our new normal?
But in the long-term, food self-sufficiency is about the assertion of an entire range of human rights. The state should recognize the right to food, the right to produce food, the right to till the land, and to have control of the land that farmers have been tilling for generations. Farmers have the right to choose their own production system, so as not to be dictated by the whims of the market and made vulnerable to market vagaries. We can envision an agriculture that is moving away from the profit-oriented concept of value chain that disregards the small producers and their environment, and move towards sustainable farming practices.