Category Archives: health

Community actions offer hope and alternative

By admin | June 1, 2025

Published by Bayan Metro Manila Community pantries and clean-up drives offer concrete solutions that directly alleviate the hardships of our people, while disproving the claim of the government that only repressive lockdown models are effective in containing COVID-19 cases. The establishment of community pantries in recent days highlighted the slow and inadequate arrival of aid […]

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Use NTF-ELCAC funds to give relief during extended ECQ

By admin | January 28, 2025

Published by Bayan Metro Manila The government should tap the funds intended for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and instead use it give urgent relief to families affected by the extended enhanced community quarantine and other lockdown restrictions across the country. The emergency situation should compel the Duterte government to […]

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Stop the surge in demolition and anti-poor restrictions

By admin | July 10, 2024

Published by Bayan Metro Manila While COVID-19 cases are surging, authorities are brutally demolishing houses in urban poor communities. As residents adopt safety measures during the pandemic, the DILG treacherously lifted the ban on demolitions which quickly led to the destruction of houses in some barangays in Quezon City and heightened the tension in some […]

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My experience as a folding biker and bimodal commuter in Metro Manila

By admin | June 30, 2024

Published by Bulatlat Biking became necessary during the first month of the pandemic lockdown in 2020 when the government prohibited even jeepneys and tricycles from being out in the streets. It became a lifesaver for frontliners and convenient option for those who needed a faster and safe way to move around the city to access […]

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A year of surviving the pandemic and Duterte’s misgovernance

By admin | December 17, 2023

Published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer This week marks the first year since the Duterte administration imposed harsh lockdown measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The failure of the militarist approach is reflected in the surging COVID-19 cases, livelihood losses caused by unnecessary restrictions, and worsening human rights abuses. The remorseless incompetence of the […]

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Affirming solidarity and redefining development during the pandemic

By admin | November 23, 2022

Published by Bulatlat A group of researchers and activists from across Asia gathered during the first week of April in Thailand to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the region’s marginalized communities and how people’s movements are putting forward an alternative model of development. The gathering was organized by the Asia Pacific Research Network […]

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Duterte, Duque, and the IATF generals

By admin | June 18, 2022

Published by Bayan Metro Manila As health workers press for a two-week timeout, we assert that it’s time to go for Duque, IATF generals, and even President Rodrigo Duterte. We share the observation that the government’s COVID-19 response has been largely ineffective in containing the spread of the virus. We blame the inept leadership of […]

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On Manila’s ‘hard lockdown’

By admin | June 4, 2021

Published by Bayan Metro Manila After imposing a ‘hard lockdown’ in Sampaloc, the Manila local government is set to adopt the same measure in Tondo. The ‘hard lockdown’ is worse than the national government’s ‘enhanced community quarantine’ since it imposes absolute restrictions on individuals while deploying a bigger number of police and military forces in […]

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What Is Bogging Down the Philippines’ COVID-19 Response?

By admin | April 1, 2021

Published by The Diplomat More than a month after imposing a lockdown in mainland Luzon, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said the order to stay at home will be extended for another two weeks to contain COVID-19. But as more cases of infection continue to be reported, the authorities have hinted at the possibility of a […]

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Pedagogy of the digitally oppressed

By admin | March 22, 2021

Published by Bulatlat Under the ‘new normal’ of internet-based learning, those at the margins of society could find themselves struggling against further exclusion. The concept of access needs further exploration beyond the popular understanding that it is mainly about the installation of broadband networks and distribution of gadgets to the community. More than the means […]

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