#CourageOn coalition to Duterte gov t: No excuse for abuse during pandemic
May 6, 2021 7:30 AM PHT
The coronavirus pandemic is not an excuse for the Duterte government to violate human rights of Filipinos, a coalition said on Wednesday, May 5.
“#CourageON: No lockdown on rights” coalition, composed of human rights groups and organizations, condemned the widespread attacks and abuse seen in the Philippines amid a health crisis.
Hindi niyo maaaring alisin ang karapatan nating magtanong, mag-usisa, at humingi ng kasagutan sa mga nangyayari sa mga panahong ito, writer-director Bibeth Orteza of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) said.
(You cannot take away our right to ask, scrutinize, and ask for solutions to what is happening in our country now.)
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Published March 10, 2021, 4:02 PM
Exactly a year ago, on March 10, 2020, schools were closed and students from all levels stopped attending face-to-face classes due to the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Friday, March 13, 2020 marked the last day of school for students in Iloilo City after the local government is suspending classes on March 16-31, 2020. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin File photo)
A year after, on Wednesday, March 10, schools are still physically closed for millions kinder, elementary, secondary and college students but the government – through the Department of Education (DepEd) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) – were able to find ways for learning continuity amid the health situation in the country.
Covid-19: The U.S. Is Edging Toward Normal, Alarming Some Officials
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A single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine can protect older people, a study shows. California reaches a deal that encourages schools to reopen.
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A hot dog vendor in Los Angeles reopened on Monday after being closed for two months. The restaurant has been in business since 1939.Credit.Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
Tens of thousands of students walked into classrooms in Chicago public schools on Monday for the first time in nearly a year. Restaurants in Massachusetts were allowed to operate without capacity limits, and venues like roller skating rinks and movie theaters in most of the state opened with fewer restrictions. And South Carolina erased its limits on large gatherings.
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Vaccines not panacea for poor COVID-19 response
Health advocate and community doctor Josh San Pedro said that mass testing remains important amid the increasing number of cases, and the new coronavirus variant, which is proving to be more transmissible. After all, vaccines have no 100 efficacy rate and that chances of getting infected remain.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA – Under the world’s longest and strictest COVID-19 lockdown, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte repeatedly proclaimed that the answer to the pandemic is “only vaccine.” Such declaration came amid mounting criticisms to government’s poor response.