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Too early to recommend easing quarantine restrictions — health experts
By: Maricar Cinco – Reporter / Philippine Daily Inquirer / February 22, 2021 Health experts on Sunday cautioned the government against easing to the lowest level coronavirus curbs throughout the country, especially in Metro Manila, after an independent research group last week reported a slight upward trend in COVID-19 cases in the metropolis, with a…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsFor reporting slow aid distribution, radio station in N. Ecija threatened by local officials
Townsfolk crowd Guimba’s municipal hall during SAP distribution. (Radyo Natin Guimba photo) “What is wrong and what violation is committed by Radyo Natin Guimba when it only gives voice to the people in order for their appeals and complaints to be heard while they are under quarantine and are unable to work?” By RAYMUND B….
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsGroups protest signing of ‘Terror Law’
A protester uses her face mask to express her sentiments. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) “The Anti-Terror Act of 2020 tramples on our basic human rights and it is unconstitutional. It does not provide us safeguards and protection from terrorism. If anything, it is the very tool that creates all-out terror among the people.”…
Moro group blames Duterte for the massacre of Tausug evacuees
National minority group Suara Bangsamoro blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for the massacre of seven Tausug civilians Friday in Patikul, Sulu by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). “President Duterte’s all-out war policy is killing more and more of our Moro brothers and sisters. We are enraged that, to appease his Filipino soldiers, he would…
Solidarity statement for dying political prisoner in Russian labor camp
Karapatan stands in solidarity with Ukrainian writer and director Oleg Sentsov, who was sentenced in Russia to 20 years of strict-regimen labor colony on trumped-up charges of terrorism. Today is the 94th day of his hunger-strike and his health condition has dramatically deteriorated, leaving him near death. read more
Peace spoilers score in 2018, but provoke greater clamor for genuine peace
AS THE YEAR draws to an end, the militarists, hawks, and peace spoilers are celebrating and congratulating themselves for a string of major victories and accomplishments this past year. It was in mid-June when they succeeded in aborting the resumption of the 5th round of formal talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines…
