COVID-19 crisis: House panel backs temporary freedom for ‘qualified’ detainees

Neil Arwin Mercado 04/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A House panel is recommending the temporary release of “qualified” persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to address the congestion in jails and detention facilities amid the COVID-19 threat. The House Committee on Justice submitted…

Suspend deployment of nurses overseas amid COVID-19 crisis, DOLE urged

Neil Arwin Mercado 03/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines —  A lawmaker is urging the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to temporarily suspend the deployment of Filipino nurses overseas as the country fights the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Cagayan de Oro City…

Central Visayas SLPAs turning crisis into opportunity

By Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The coronavirus pandemic might have adv affected many businesses but this crisis has also brought about an opportunity to some sustainable livelihood program associations (SLPAs) in Central Visayas. Realizing the rising demand for face masks,…

Dialogue leads to solutions to Barangay Luz’s residents water woes

Immae Lachica 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Water trucks and orderly distribution of water to residents and a search for additional water sources to solve the water problem of Barangay Luz in Cebu City are among the solutions promised by…

Unfolding crisis

01/15/2020

Crisis, it’s been said, brings out the best and worst in people. There’s plenty of instances of that dichotomy in the way the country is responding to the ongoing eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas, which, to…

Cooler weather brings respite in Australian wildfire crisis

AP 01/05/2020

SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended his leadership and his government’s record on climate change Sunday as milder temperatures brought hope of a respite from wildfires that have ravaged three states, claiming 24 lives and…

Young Filipinos are in the midst of a mental health crisis

Eric S. Caruncho 11/05/2019

I’ve seen depression and anxiety but not to the degree that we have now–Dr. Cornelio Banaag Jr. After her European boyfriend breaks up with her, a 17-year-old girl falls into a suicidal depression, even though they had…

MCWD chair speaks out: We are not at fault for water crisis

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/16/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Chairman of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), Joel Marie Yu, broke his silence on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, a day after Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella terminated the water utility’s Board of…

French govt holds crisis talks

AFP 12/03/2018

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe holds talks with party leaders on Monday as Paris scrambles to forge a response to violence by anti-government protesters that has left hundreds injured nationwide and caused widespread destruction around the capital.…

Australia’s strawberry crisis now tastes a little sweeter for farmers

AFP 09/24/2018

AUSTRALIA’s pins-in-punnets strawberry crisis prompted a spate of social-media driven hoaxes, but sites like Facebook and Twitter are also helping stir a revival in sales that has left some farmers struggling to meet resurgent demand. For almost…

Pope to honor Baltic martyrs amid abuse crisis

AFP 09/22/2018

Pope Francis kicked off a Baltic tour in Catholic Lithuania on Saturday where he will honour victims of the region’s Nazi and Soviet occupations as the Church reels from fresh clerical abuse scandals. The four-day trip to…

…as he rejects proposal to legalize smuggling to curb the rice ‘crisis’

Inquirer.net 09/02/2018

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he is not in favor with Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol’s proposal to legalize all transactions related to rice, including smuggling, in order to address the developing rice crisis in the Zamboanga…

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