Mga mamimili sa Krus na Ligas, nanawagan ng mass testing
Sa unang araw ng ipinangakong community-based mass testing para sa COVID-19, nagbitbit ng plakards ang ilang mamimili sa barangay Krus na Ligas.
Family asks chief justice to free political detainee and other elderly and sickly prisoners
“My father’s freedom will remove him from otherwise high vulnerability to the coronavirus while in prison, and enable us, his family, to better care for him as he struggles through illnesses,” Casambre’s daughter Xandra Biseño said.
‘Nauubos na rin yung aking puhunan’
“Nauubos na rin yung aking puhunan. Dati, namumuhunan, utang pa, bumbay pa, 5-6 pa. Ngayon, wala kaming gaanong tinda. Sisingilin ka pa ng kung anu-anong kautangan mo riyan. Kaya mahirap din po sa kasalukuyan ang nagaganap sa atin.”
PhilArmy drops counter-insurgency leaflets on towns on Easter Sunday, earns condemnations
The Philippine Army dropped counter-insurgency leaflets on Sagada and Besao towns in Mountain Province on Easter Sunday, April 12, in what appears to be another violation of the government’s own ceasefire declaration.
Bayan asks government, ‘Where is your health and economic roadmap to end lockdown?’
“The people want to know the comprehensive plans that are being taken to effectively fight Covid-19 en route to lifting the lockdown. Absent a set of goals on lifting or easing the lockdown, it would appear that what the government is preparing for is another lockdown extension,” Bayan warned.
415 Filipino sailors stranded in UAE flown home
A total of 415 Filipino seafarers stranded in the UAE for six weeks returned home to the Philippines on two chartered flights on Saturday and Sunday.
LGU, police deny AFP report; Reds slam ‘despicable lie’
“It is despicable and condemnable how the AFP has resorted to outright lies and perverse propaganda at a time that the Filipino people are confronted by the Covid-19 pandemic,” CPP information officer Marco Valbuena said.
Coronavirus effect: Hundreds of Filipinos in the UAE want to go back home
Flights to Manila from Dubai, however, are still suspended, following the Philippine government’s directive on extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon.
Si Lisa at ang mga Lumad na bakwit sa panahon ng enhanced community quarantine
Nakapanayan ng Kodao si Lisa, isang grade 10 student ng Salugpongan School. Kumusta siya at ang kanyang mga kasamang Lumad na bakwit sa panahon ng enhanced community quarantine? Panoorin ang bidyong ito.
Philippine Jails are a Covid-19 Time Bomb
The Philippines has the most crowded correctional system in the world. It’s only a matter of time before the virus enters and spreads in prison and jail facilities. Humanitarian groups have called for the early release of elderly and sickly and nonviolent, low-risk detainees.