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IN PHOTOS: The catastrophe of overcrowded jails during the coronavirus
MANILA, Philippines – Based on current reports, the number of detainees incarcerated in our penal system is still 500% over capacity. This does not include persons kept in police stations awaiting...
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[FIRST PERSON] Barangay Captain Filomena Cinco speaks on the coronavirus
The following is a first-person account by Barangay Captain Filomena Cinco of Sampaloc, Manila, on the state of her community during the coronavirus crisis. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2,...
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Stranded Ifugao workers plead for assistance during Luzon lockdown
MANILA, Philippines– As the enhanced community quarantine continues in Luzon, several sectors have had to put their lives on hold due to the lockdown and the coronavirus outbreak in the...
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Musicians’ group holds online gigs to gather funds for health frontliners
MANILA, Philippines – Eager to gather funds to help health workers in the frontlines against the coronavirus, cause-oriented musicians’ group Musika Publiko is holding daily online benefit gigs dubbed...
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[OPINYON] Wala na sa hospital ang laban, tayo na ang nasa front line
From Day 1, ang mindset natin ay nasa hospital ang labanan, na ang kaligtasan nating lahat ay nakasalalay sa ating health care frontliners. Tama naman, kasi health emergency ang COVID-19 higit sa...
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A message to campus journalists: Your voice matters more than ever
Luzon is now in its third week on lockdown.Throughout these 3 weeks, we’ve stood witness to real-time stories of bayanihan, as ordinary Filipinos responded to the calls of frontliners and deeply...
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[OPINION] Waiting for things to go back to normal isn’t going to work
“After the pandemic.”It’s such a nice thing to think about – the things we’d do once the lockdown is over, the places we’ll go to; the normalcy we’ll have once again. It’s comforting in times like this...
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[OPINION] The state of Filipino nurses, before and during the coronavirus
I am a Filipino nurse. Now I'm sure you're wondering why I have a foreign-sounding surname. Those who don't know me usually mistake me as being married to a foreigner, but the truth is, I'm actually...
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[OPINION] The ethics of stealing during the coronavirus pandemic
In his magnum opus Summa Theologica, the medieval Catholic philosopher-saint Thomas Aquinas asks whether it is ethical to steal in a time of extreme necessity. He answers: "...if the need be so...
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Muslim professionals raise funds for frontliners' PPE in Basilan, Sulu,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – A group of young Muslim professionals in Western Mindanao is working to raise funds for medical frontliners located in the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and...
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[OPINION] The virus that flushed out the neoliberals
There is no truth to claims that the ongoing pandemic is the planet's way of “healing” itself. This claim comes from a privileged viewpoint, romanticizing the pandemic in the face of catastrophic...
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[OPINION] I was trying to heal from trauma and grief – and then the pandemic...
The past two weeks of the lockdown may seem like a lifetime for many. But for people like me experiencing anxiety and grief, the past weeks have not been so different from my life before all this...
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Student publications raise hell after UE campus journalist forced to issue...
MANILA, Philippines – Several student publications and councils were up in arms after University of the East's (UE) The Dawn editor-in-chief Joshua Molo was threatened with a cyber libel case and...
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Don Bosco Mandaluyong's bid to fabricate low-cost ventilators
MANILA, Philippines – Don Bosco Technical College (DBTC), a Catholic school in Mandaluyong known for its technical excellence, has been using its expertise in producing much-needed medical equipment...
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[OPINION] An open letter to the PAO on Persons Deprived of Liberty
Honorable Persida AcostaChief, Public Attorney's OfficeDear Chief Persida Acosta:Magandang araw po.I wish to forward to you the letter of Noemi, the sister of a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) in the...
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[OPINION] The coronavirus pandemic bares older Filipinos' vulnerability
“Kung makuha ko ang virus, at walang pang-pagamot ang pamilya ko, eh 'di patay ako,” shared an 81-year-old hypertensive woman I recently met at the market. Despite being identified as the most...
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[OPINION] This is not a war: A conflict journalist on the coronavirus
I have been working for years as a journalist in conflict zones, in the Middle East and North Africa. And for years, I have been following the destiny of millions of people migrating along dangerous...
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[OPINION] Dear Manila, lessons on the coronavirus from New York City
It’s 5 pm and I hear another ambulance siren outside my window. There have been so many since I woke up at 4 am that I’ve lost count. New York City is in a crisis, but you can’t tell at first glance....
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Coronavirus survivors donate blood to help COVID-19 patients
MANILA, Philippines – Three COVID-19 survivors have donated blood for an experimental treatment being carried out by the Philippine General Hospital to help patients with severe coronavirus...
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[FIRST PERSON] Diary of a Filipina who survived coronavirus in Berlin
“Ihr Test auf Corona-Virus war positiv.” Those were the words of the German doctor who called me last March 19. Alone in my apartment in Berlin, I learned that I was positive for COVID-19.March 14Five...
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