Migrante International is demanding a total scrap of the relevant provisions in the Universal Health Care Law which make PhilHealth membership mandatory for OFWs. (Screenshot of online protest) “Filipino migrants are tired of being treated as milking cows by the Philippine government. We will continue to protest the unjust provisions of the law until it…
The National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines, thought to be the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines, is set to exceed the length of the lockdown in Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus and coronavirus disease were discovered towards the end of December 2019. The lockdown in NCR was announced today to be…
By 12 noon, in the press briefing of Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque, the public finally learned of the fate of whether their areas of residence will still be part of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) or the general community quarantine (GCQ) or “new normal”, a more relaxed version of the lockdown. A new term…
Health workers from Pasig General Hospital (Photo courtesy of Filipino Nurses United) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – With the recent announcement of easing the lockdown in some areas, scientists and health advocates are pressing for increased COVID-19 testing capacities to know where the country really stands in its fight against the dreaded…
President Rodrigo Duterte’s pre-recorded and delayed speech aired at 8am on May 12 and lasting for about 45 minutes did not announce the fate of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila that is supposed to end on May 15, Friday, already the second two-week extension. Only three days left in almost two months of…
Abril 23, taon ng pandemyang Covid-19, namatay sa edad na 73 si Edel E. Garcellano — kritikong pampanitikan, pangkultura, at panlipunan; manunulat at makata; naging guro kapwa sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (UP) at Politektnikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (PUP). Pumanaw siya sa panahong marami ang humahanga sa kanyang mga akda, lalo na ang mga sanaysay ng…
“Not yet.” Ito ang sagot ni Prop. Felix Muga II, PhD, propesor sa Ateneo De Manila Math Department, sa titulo ng kanyang presentation slide “Are we flattening the curve?” na patungkol sa graphs ng mga kaso ng coronavirus disease (Covid-19) sa bansa. Prop. Lex Muga ng Ateneo de Manila Math Department Iprinisinta ito ni Muga…
Leaders of progressive organizations share the situation of workers in the US amid the global pandemic. “Instead of prioritizing widespread testing and providing support for workers, Trump has ensured profits for his Wall Street friends. We need hazard pays, our health workers should be given the pay they need…” By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat.com MANILA —…