May 31, 2021, Aika Rey Plant outages amid high temperatures prompted the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to place the Luzon grid under red alert on Monday, May 31 – the first time it has done so since June 2019. A red alert means there is insufficient power supply in the grid. The…
Neil Jayson Servallos, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Saturday, May 29, 2021, OneNews.ph Online sexual exploitation of children surged during the pandemic, when many Filipinos lost their jobs. More than 1.29 million images and videos of child abuse materials produced in the country in 2020 – triple the number reported in 2019. The coronavirus pandemic…
By: Eunice Barbara C. Novio, INQUIRER.net /May 24, 2021 “Despite our situation here, we still send money to our families in the Philippines,” said Mara, a Filipino teacher. She has an employment contract with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), which operates public and private schools around Bangkok. She lives with her husband, also a teacher, and…
By Luz Wendy T. Noble, Reporter, May 25, 2021, bworldonline.com THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY is the “clear laggard” in Asia, as it is likely to only return to its pre-pandemic level by end-2022 due to the snail-paced vaccine rollout, Moody’s Analytics said. The research arm of Moody’s Investors Service expects the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP)…
Marc Jayson Cayabyab, May 24, 2021, OneNews.ph A former drug user saw the community pantry as an opportunity to heal his wounds and move forward by helping others in need. Jay (not his real name), a teenager who was arrested in 2019 on charges of illegal drug possession, used to feel angry with the police…
Janvic Mateo, May 21, 2021, OneNews.ph The 18 million pieces of content from Facebook and Instagram from all over the world were taken down for violating policies on COVID-19-related misinformation and harm. More than 18 million pieces of content featuring false information about COVID-19 have been taken down from Facebook and Instagram since the start…
Published May 24, 2021, Manila Bulletin Online by Ben Rosario What’s the difference between the legislative franchise applications of ABS-CBN network and Metro Manila’s two water concessionaires which all have gotten the goat of President Rodrigo Duterte? Aside from the alleged railroading approval of the franchise applications of Maynilad Water Services and the Manila Water…
Philippine Daily Inquirer / May 23, 2021 Leading health institutions have acknowledged a key finding about COVID-19 that will have a major impact on health protocols and policies worldwide: that SARS-CoV-2, or the virus that causes COVID-19, is airborne. The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Q&A page on COVID-19 on April 30, or 15…