Amid the many problems the nation is now confronting in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic -- the continuing infections and deaths, the looming economic repercussions, and the impact on the personal lives of countless Filipinos – we must carry on with various other concerns and issues affecting...
The Philippines continues to rely greatly on its fellow Asian nations, notably China, in its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was highlighted in a webinar co-hosted by the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) and the Philippine Studies Center (PSC) of Jinan University this...
After Russia announced it has approved its anti-COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V” and will administer it to its teachers and health workers in October, China announced this week that it too has approved its vaccine, saying tests have shown it is “safe and...
We can expect a rise in COVID-19 infections with the easing of restrictions in Metro Manila from Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to General Community Quarantine (GCQ), because more people movement will now be allowed and a greater deal of the responsibility of keeping infections down...
One immediate response of our government to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the release of thousands of inmates in danger of infection and death in the nation’s congested prisons. Prison congestion has long been a problem in our justice system because of limited facilities and the detention of...
Japan last Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on August 15, 1945. with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over the country’s wartime actions, which included the occupation of the Philippines for three years in 1942-1945. The emperor ...
The result of the July 3-6 poll of Social Weather Stations (SWS) on the people’s perception on their quality of life in the last 12 months was perhaps to be expected in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey said 79 percent of Filipinos said their quality of life had worsened compared to...
School year 2020-2021 for public schools was scheduled to open one week from today, on Monday, August 24. It has now been moved 35 days to Monday, October 5, by President Duterte on recommendation of the Department of Education (DepEd). Before the presidential decision, the DepEd had been ready for...
A great deal of COVID-19 infections is believed to take place in transportation when masses of people take to buses and light rails to go work. Still the best way to combat the virus is the use of a face mask,...
President Duterte welcomed last Tuesday Russia’s offer of its anti-COVID -19 vaccine which it plans to start administering to its teachers and health care workers in October. Since all other vaccines now under development in various other countries...
The two-week “time-out” given to medical frontliners by President Duterte is “not enough” to relieve the stress and address the problems of the healthcare system, Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan, chairwoman of the House Committee on Health, said Sunday. She suggested that more time be given for...
Seven years after super-typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) hit Samar, Leyte, and the rest of Eastern Visayas on November 7, 2013, killing over 6,300 people and damaging over a million houses, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced this weekend that the housing project for Ormoc City...
