The regional office of the National Food Authority (NFA-10) said the total rice buffer stock in its warehouses in Northern Mindanao was sourced from the local farmers in the region with 80% from Bukidnon while the rest are from other provinces.
Are we isolating COVID-19 cases effectively? Only 1,372 out of 9,054 active cases admitted
On May 17, the Department of Health (DOH) reported that there are 12,513 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country; 9,054 of these are active cases. Of these active cases, only 1,372 (15%) are admitted, 266 (3%) are in home quarantine, while 7,416 (82%) were classified “pending admission status.” But of those 1,372 confirmed […]
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Filipinos deserve more than the minimum under MECQ – doctor
In its Administrative Order No. 2020-0016, Nisperos said the Department of Health ordered the development of “minimum public health standards” on detecting, isolating and treating coronavirus cases as the main strategy for the country’s Minimum Health System Capacity Standards for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response.
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Editorial cartoon: Duterte Double Standard aka DDS
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Stranded MSU students finally home as lockdown eases
After quarantine restrictions were lifted in parts of Mindanao, 543 students from four campuses of Mindanao State University (MSU) finally returned to their hometowns in Caraga Region Saturday.
PNP COVID-19 cases increase by 17, all new cases from NCR
On May 16, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said 17 more police officers added to confirmed cases of COVID-19 among their ranks, bringing the total infections to 231. The PNP Public Information Office (PIO) said in a statement that all of the new cases were assigned in the National Capital Region (NCR). PNP TALLIES 17 […]
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Factory worker in Cavite allegedly mauled by police over ECQ violations
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed the “double standard on the implementation of ECQ rules,” pointing out that this was not the first time police “exercised brutality instead of compassion amid the COVID crisis.”
By JUSTIN UMALI
Bulatlat.com
SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Policemen beat a factory worker bloody on alleged violations of the extended community quarantine, May 12.
Ronald Campo, 30, was arrested by General Trias, Cavite policemen in Tropical Villages, Brgy. San Francisco. Authorities claimed that Campo was brought to the police station, and that when he attempted an escape, police and barangay tanods chased after him before cornering him at a private property.
The police denied mauling Campo and said that Campo’s bruises were the result of him jumping a concrete wall and falling on the pavement. Campo suffered bruises all over his body, including a fractured skull.
Accounts from Campo’s brother, Rolando, and Campo himself tell a different tale,.
According to the brothers, Campo was arrested along with other violators the night of May 12 when he was brought to the town plaza to perform push-ups as a punishment. Campo passed out when an officer woke him up and brought him to a dark corner of the plaza where he was assaulted.
Campo tried to escape but was caught hiding in the house of a man he did not know. He was assaulted a second time, until he passed out. His brother and mother found him in the hospital the next day with most of the bones in his jaw and cheeks broken. He was begging his brother to kill him.
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed the “double standard on the implementation of ECQ rules,” pointing out that this was not the first time police “exercised brutality instead of compassion amid the COVID crisis.”
Over the course of the ECQ, police and local governments have been involved in multiple cases of brutality and unfair treatment of ECQ violators. Early on in the lockdown, barangay officials in Sta. Cruz, Laguna received flak for putting violators in dog cages and threatening to shoot them. Amnesty International has since called on authorities to “investigate humiliating abuses by local officials enforcing the curfew.”
In a statement, KMU pointed out that “a simple curfew violation or going outside isn’t any legal basis for arbitrary arrest,” before contrasting it with Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas, who “clearly violated the ECQ, but was quickly absolved by PNP Chief [Archie] Gamboa.”
The group was referring to Sinas’ infamous “mañanita”, which made the rounds in social media to universal scorn. Sinas has since apologized for his actions.
Malacañang stated in a May 16 press conference that they will be launching an investigation into the matter.
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‘Duterte double standard’ or also DDS draws flak as president flies home to Davao
President Rodrigo Duterte flew home to Davao City midnight of May 16, or the first hours that the lockdown was lifted in his hometown, despite Metro Manila still under modified enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). The government announced on May 13 the transition of NCR from ECQ to MECQ from May 16 to 31. Davao City […]
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