Covid 19, the Neo-liberal Policies and Chinese Imperialism (Part II, Section II)
Duterte refuses to assert the Philippines’s sovereign rights to Spratlys, claiming China will declare war on his country if he did. What a dereliction of duty! He should resign or be booted out from power if he is such s wimp of a president that he cannot even defend the integrity of the country. China consequently warned US ships from patrolling in the vicinity of the Spratly’s Group of islands, insisting they lie within its territorial jurisdiction.
ECQ disrupts livelihood of 19M: Millions of working people left behind by poor gov’t response
Research group IBON estimates that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) has disrupted the livelihoods of 18.9 million working people. Some 7.7 million working Filipinos and their families have not received emergency subsidies and are being pushed into deeper poverty, and that what support has been given has not even been enough to cover the almost seven week-long military lockdown.
Lola, nananawagan ng tulong
“Nais ko pa pong mabuhay,” ani Lola Nene. Ipinaliwanag niya na wala pa silang natatanggap na tulong mula noong nag-umpisa ang lockdown at wala namang kita ang kanyang tricycle driver na asawa. Sinabi rin niyang wala nang makain ang kanyang pamilya, lalo na ang mga bata.
Gov’t should deliver cash subsidies it owes 3.8M poor families in GCQ areas
Based on DSWD data, IBON noted, some 1.3 million beneficiaries or one of three target SAP beneficiaries in Luzon GCQ areas alone remain unserved as of April 29. Meanwhile, 8.4 million households across the country are reported to have not yet received any emergency assistance. Of these, 4.6 million households are in the retained ECQ areas and the remainder 3.8 million households are under the downgraded GCQ areas by May 1. Also, some Php50.3 billion in SAP funds have yet to be paid out nationally, Php19 billion of which is for GCQ areas.
Ayuda para sa mga drayber, hiniling sa isang pagkilos
Simula nang ipataw ang lockdown ay hindi pa sila nakakakuha ng tulong kagaya ng Social Amelioration Program. Nagtatanong ang mga drayber na may-ari ng sarili nilang mga sasakyan kung kasali ba sila sa dapat mabigyan ng tulong dahil nawalan din sila ng hanapbuhay dahil sa lockdown.
They murdered a jolly activist today
The person brutally murdered by four burly men in early this morning was one of Iloilo City’s most visible personalities during times of disaster and calamities, often seen organizing and coordinating relief missions. And giving relief to those most affected by the coronavirus lockdown was one of the last public things he did before assassins brutally snuffed out his life.
‘Magpalaya na ng mga nakakulong’
“Nanawagan na ang United Nations na upang maiwasan ang higit pang delubyo na maaring idulot ng COVID-19, magpalaya na ng mga nakakulong. Palayain na yung matatanda, may sakit, low-risk offenders, kabilang dito ang mga bilanggong politikal sa bansa.”
Covid 19, the Neo-liberal policies and Chinese Imperialism (Part2)
For China to call itself still a Communist country is a misnomer since Marxist communism, to which Mao adheres, advocates the abolition of capitalism, the disappearance of the state and the prioritization of the welfare of the poor classes. The current Chinese regime has called its kind of state (bureaucrat) capitalism as actually socialism with “Chinese characteristics” as envisioned by Mao! Mao may be restlessly turning in his grave.
OFW slapped, verbally abused inside PH Consulate in Jeddah; Consul admits to ‘hurtful words’
Distressed OFW Marvin Andigos accused Philippine Consul General to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Edgardo Badajos of shouting invectives at him after the diplomat’s driver and another employee slapped him. Badajos said “hurtful words may have been exchanged but the physical violence was accidental.
On 7th week of lockdown: 10M worker and informal earner households still waiting for emergency subsidies
IBON noted that to date, only 354,875 rice farmers or just 3.7% of the country’s 9.7 million farmers, farm workers and fisherfolk have been given cash assistance by the Department of Agriculture.