April, 2020
Philippine Children Face Abuse for Violating COVID-19 Curfew
April 21, 2020 · By Human Rights Watch for www.hrw.org
Philippine authorities have subjected children to absurdly abusive treatment for violating curfew and quarantines rules imposed to limit exposure to COVID-19. Police and local officials in several parts of the country have mistreated people detained for violating COVID-19 regulations, including by confining them to dog cages and forcing them to sit for hours in the midday […]
Read More...Increase in child sex abuse livestreams observed during COVID-19 lockdowns —report
April 21, 2020 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
As schools are closed and majority of people stay in homes due to the threat of COVID-19, the incidence of livestreams of child sex abuse has increased, a nongovernment organization warned. According to John Tanagho, field office director for the International Justice Mission in the Philippines, the increase in such incidents has been observed by […]
Read More...Philippine jails are a COVID-19 time bomb
April 21, 2020 · By Aie Balagtas See, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for www.rappler.com
This story can also be accessed at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism website. MANILA, Philippines – On Wednesday, April 1, the police brought to a jampacked detention center at the Quezon City Police District headquarters 21 residents of a poor community who had been arrested for breaking quarantine rules. When they got there, the detainees were not […]
Read More...Philippines reports highest single-day death toll from coronavirus
April 21, 2020 · By Reuters for www.reuters.com
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines recorded 50 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, its highest in a single day, taking the toll to 297. In a bulletin, the health ministry said 220 new infections took the tally of virus cases to 4,648. But 40 more patients recovered, for a total of 197 recoveries. Reporting by Karen Lema; […]
Read More...Coronavirus lockdown complicates Philippines’s fight against TB
April 20, 2020 · By Lynzy Billing for www.aljazeera.com
Manila, Philippines – For years, Josefina Marquez, 58, has worked as a laundry helper in Metro Manila, but the coronavirus lockdown which President Rodrigo Duterte imposed on March 15 has not only left her without any income – it has also endangered the lives of four members of her family who are suffering from tuberculosis (TB). […]
Read More...The Philippines Bars Doctors From Going Abroad to Boost Health Force
April 20, 2020 · By Ian C Sayson and Andreo Calonzo for www.bloomberg.com
The Philippines has temporarily barred doctors, nurses and other health workers from leaving for overseas work amid the coronavirus outbreak, a move that irked its top diplomat who pledged to fight the ban. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration issued a resolution on April 2 halting the departure of workers in 14 medical professions for the duration of […]
Read More...Free the Child Prisoners Before They Die
April 17, 2020 ·
Free the Child Prisoners Before They Die Fr. Shay Cullen 17 April 2020 We are all feeling the restriction of confinement in our homes with the Coronavirus lock-down which is to continue. We cannot go where we please so let’s think of the prisoners jailed unjustly for years. Many of them are political prisoners […]
Read More...Man shot dead in Philippines for flouting coronavirus rules
April 17, 2020 · By Aljazeera for www.aljazeera.com
A 63-year-old man was shot dead in the Philippines after threatening village officials and police with a scythe at a coronavirus checkpoint, police said on Saturday. The man is believed to have been drunk when he threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of Agusan del Norte on Thursday, […]
Read More...Pandemic Claims The Lives Of Doctors In The Philippines At Startling Rates
April 17, 2020 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.npr.org
In the Philippines, doctors who have treated patients with COVID-19 are dying in alarming numbers. Fourteen physicians who died tested positive for the virus and four more are suspected of succumbing to it, according to the Philippine Medical Association. As the pandemic sweeps through the Philippines, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are rising by the hundreds […]
Read More...Coronavirus: Philippines’ locally-developed $26 test kit approved
April 17, 2020 · By Jay Hilotin, Assistant Editor for gulfnews.com
Dubai: Authorities in the Philippines have approved on Friday the use of a COVID-19 testing kit developed by Filipino scientists following the completion of its field validation test on April 1, Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration Philippines (FDA), was expected to issue the Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) for GenAmplify Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) […]
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