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Brownout
By Rez Eleazar Santiag/Bulatlat A community in Manila had to bear with no electricity amid lockdown. Photo by REZ ELEAZAR SANTIAGO The post Brownout appeared first on Bulatlat.
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Seven Deadly Sinas
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Speak against darkness
They have taken our liberty to move freely. They claimed that the COVID-19 virus remains invisible and largely unknown. For more than two months even if we had our reservations, we obeyed. But mass testing, contact tracing and isolation did not come with what they called “quarantine” even if it is just a euphemism for…
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COVID-19 and food (in)security
Another time bomb ticking before us in this COVID-19 pandemic is our food supply. There is looming hunger as our agricultural system remains unsustainable, with its being export-oriented and import-dependent.
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People’s solidarity against abuse of authority: Making sense of the quarantine regime
The proclamation of the state of health emergency was hijacked by the government to dismantle people’s solidarities and put in place dictatorial rule that wiped out human, civil and political rights. Thus grotesquely rises, in the quasi-hobbesian sense, an all absorbing Leviathan. By TOMAS TALLEDO* Bulatlat.com “This hyper vigilant, threat-seeking way of living is exhausting…they…
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ANG ‘HULING EL BIMBO, THE MUSICAL’ REVIEW: When is nostalgia too much that it hurts?
And yet, in order for art to actually mean something, it has to mirror the times and in mirroring the times, social critique is inevitable. Otherwise, we would consider Brillante Mendoza’s poverty porn “supreme art” rather than what they simply are. This watered down social angling, to me, was the musical’s weakness. By choosing to…
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Based on science? Gaps seen in government’s COVID-19 data
At Banana Island, Intramuros, Manila where community members do not only worry about their health but also their homes as they face threats of demolition. (Photo by Neil Ambion/Pinoy Weekly) “The integrity of the data drops is particularly important given that no less than President Rodrigo Roa Duterte himself has said many times that the…
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Study reveals poor protection for health workers amid fight vs. COVID-19
A Filipino nurse wearing a personal protective equipment amid COVID-19 (Photo courtesy of the Filipino Nurses United) The survey revealed that health workers are working in “excessively long hours while earning very little pay.” Related story: Based on science? Gaps seen in government’s COVID-19 data By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – More than three…
