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Muddling through aid distribution mess

THE EXTENDED community quarantine (ECQ) has pushed more Filipinos deeper into poverty. The government’s aid has been slow to trickle down and at the rate that things are going,... Read more

Focus on the Forgotten: Sad state of the NCMH

MEDIA COVERAGE of the pandemic has rightly placed medical professionals and all health care workers front and center in the news. The group’s vulnerability to the disease is obvious... Read more

The importance of information in time of pandemic

CMFR CHEERS Cielito Habito for deftly detecting a failure in the government approach to fight COVID-19. From the start of the crisis, none of the public officials seemed inclined... Read more

Amid the pandemic: News that remembers the forgotten

FOR ALMOST a month now, Filipinos in Luzon have been living the new norm of lockdown, restricted mobility, limited access to goods and services, and all social interaction pursued... Read more

2 journalists, 17 others face charges for alleged coronavirus ‘fake news’

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two journalists in the province of Cavite are facing the possibility of two months imprisonment and a fine of up to PHP1 million pesos ($19,706.72) as a... Read more

The government’s emergency subsidy: Lacking substantive matters

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte announced on March 30 the biggest aid package ever to be given by government to people in need. Mandated by law to report on that day,... Read more

Questioning Duterte’s need for emergency powers

THE DISMAL performance of the national government in handling the COVID-19 pandemic has enraged ordinary citizens, who have been forced into a lockdown without concrete guarantees for their daily... Read more

The pandemic’s economic fallout

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte on March 16 placed Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine,” which restricts the movement of roughly 60 million Filipinos. The quarantine mandated the temporary closure of non-essential... Read more

Hostage-taking crisis in San Juan mall: Media could have done better

SADLY, HOSTAGE-taking incidents are not new in this country; there have been enough to teach the police how to handle these situations so as to prevent more harm. But... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (March 7 to 12)

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