With only modernized jeepneys allowed to resume operations next week, research group IBON said that keeping traditional jeepneys off the road inconveniences commuters and also denies them potentially safer means of transport. The group said that the traditional open-air jeepney is likely even safer against COVID-19 than its air-conditioned modernized counterpart. With the pandemic still…
Thousands of small public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers have lost as much as Php78,000 each from three months of mass transport suspensions since the lockdown. The government has been insensitive and stingy assistance has pushed jeepney drivers and their families into poverty, said the group. Their troubles risk becoming permanent with the government exploiting the…
Lenders have offered to defer debt payments for those severely affected by the lockdown. The World Bank has encouraged the Group of 20 nations to postpone repayment of official bilateral credit, although has not yet considered suspending debt payments owed it. The International Monetary Fund has approved debt relief to its 25 poorest member countries….
The rights and freedoms enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution was a result of the Filipino people’s struggles, continuing the long heritage of protests and revolts that helped shape our country today, as we celebrate our 122nd Independence Day. Thus, amid the current challenges facing Filipino educators nationwide, we cannot simply stay silent or neutral…