Kata Dayanghirang (Philstar.com) – December 2, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Many of us have been confined in our homes for such a long time and the lack of outdoor amusements left us wondering how Christmas can be celebrated like before. After all, we, Filipinos, have the longest Christmas season in the world, starting from September…
STATEMENT | December 10, 2020IBON Foundation The Philippine government is a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The covenant obliges the government to take measures to prevent or at least mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Its gross failure to do so is leading to unprecedented but preventable suffering…
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‘The youth is adversely affected in terms of employment opportunities, education and training, and mental health and well-being’ Nov 30, 2020, Fatemeh Halabisaz /Vincent Jerald Ramos The Philippines has gone through a lot this year — from localized natural disasters such as the eruption of Taal Volcano in January and the Masbate earthquake in August,…
Nov 28, 2020, Michelle Abad Manila, Philippines A Save the Children study found domestic violence to be strongly linked to loss of income during the pandemic About one in 3 households around the world reported violence at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a new study conducted by Save the Children…
(Philstar.com) – November 26, 2020 – 12:08pm MANILA, Philippines — To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women yesterday, actress and TV host Maine Mendoza was launched as the new “celebrity champion” of Filipina migrant workers via Babaeng Biya(hero), the national campaign of “Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights…
(Philstar.com) – November 26, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Thursday slammed the extrajudicial killings linked to the administration’s flagship campaign against illegal narcotics, particularly in the Quezon City slums, which she said were unhampered by the lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The senator said the continued killings were “a product of…
(Philstar.com) – November 23, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila students on Monday called for a nationwide academic break as part of its demands to hold government accountable for its response to the recent typhoons and the coronavirus pandemic that has hit the country, describing the situation as a result of the “criminal neglect of…
FQ Corner – Rose Fres Fausto (Philstar.com) – November 18, 2020 Are you familiar with Ulysses? Not the typhoon that just devastated us, but the legendary Greek hero. His Greek name was Odysseus but he was known to the Romans as Ulysses. Ulysses was a man who thought like a behavioral scientist. He was the…