Philippine Daily Inquirer/February 05, 2021 On Jan. 30, 2020, the Philippines had its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus: a 38-year-old woman who had traveled from Wuhan, China, and arrived in the country nine days earlier. On Feb. 1, 2020, the country reported its first COVID-19 death: that of the 44-year-old male companion of…
Feb 4, 2021, Ralf Rivas MANILA, Philippines The Philippines’ poverty and unemployment rates will remain elevated even after President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office, as the pandemic scars the labor market Philippine state economists see unemployment staying elevated and more people remaining below the poverty line until 2022, as the coronavirus pandemic leaves scars…
GENERAL’S REMARKS REVEAL PERILS OF ANTI-TERROR LAW By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /February 04, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Several media organizations and other groups have denounced Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. for his comments against INQUIRER.net reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas over her story on Aetas who filed a petition before the…
Feb 3, 2021, Michelle Abad Manila, Philippines (3RD UPDATE) ‘I don’t want my sister to become just a statistic,’ says Mary Anne Daynolo’s brother, Cedric Other than sharing about her work-related stress, slain overseas Filipino worker Mary Anne Daynolo did not give any indication to her family that she was in danger or faced any…
Feb 3, 2021, Reuters Yangon, Myanmar (UPDATED) ‘We refuse to obey any order from the illegitimate military regime who demonstrated they do not have any regards for our poor patients,’ says the protest group Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar stopped work on Wednesday, February 3, to protest against…
Fifty years ago from February 1 to 9, 1971, students and faculty of the University of the Philippines built barricades around the campus, in response to the three-centavo increase in oil prices in the Philippines. But it was more than just about oil prices. It was the culmination of years of unrest due to social inequities happening around…
By Paul John Cana, Esquire Philippines, 1 February 2021, On a trip to Baguio organized by the Department of Tourism last November, I experienced firsthand how the city took stringent health protocols seriously. A negative antigen test 24 hours before your scheduled arrival, a health check on the city’s outskirts, another one in a holding area…
By Mario Alvaro Limos , Esquire Philippines, 29 January 2021 “You’re a pig!” That’s just one of the statements you should stop using, according to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA. Pigs have feelings too. According to PETA, it is not right to use animals to refer to human behavior that…