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Continue reading →: Duterte: COVID-19 figures not so bad; Data say otherwise
As Metro Manila and other areas prepare to transition from modified ECQ to GCQ, Pres. Duterte said Thursday (May 28) that figures on COVID-19 in the Philippines are “all in all, not so bad”. “The death toll is 921. So you would see that the Philippines has…ratio and proportion vis-a-vis…
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Continue reading →: PH has strictest lockdown in Asia, but ineffective vs. COVID-19
If you feel that the COVID-19 lockdown being imposed by the Duterte regime is very strict, data say you are right. In fact, Duterte’s lockdown is the strictest in the region, even more rigid than that of his fellow authoritarian ruler Narendra Modi of India. Compiling Google’s data on six…
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Continue reading →: COVID-19 charts: PH death rate, testing capacity among worst in ASEAN
You know the Philippines is in deep shit when it has the highest number of #COVID19 deaths relative to the population and one of the worst testing capacities in the region, and yet all President Duterte could talk about are Martial Law and the NPA. As of Apr. 24, the…
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Continue reading →: PH prisons: Ticking COVID-19 time bombs
The Philippines has the world’s most overcrowded prisons, according to the World Prison Brief (WPB). In Asia, a region where jammed detention facilities are ticking #COVID19 time bombs, Philippine prison overcrowding is twice as worse as Bangladesh, the distant second in the region in terms of prison overcrowding. At the…
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Continue reading →: The people are not afraid of you, Mr. President
President Duterte’s militarist response to the COVID-19 crisis took a turn for the worse on Tuesday, Apr. 1. In a televised address to the nation, he warned people seeking government relief amid the pandemic that he will “shoot them dead”. His unscheduled speech was apparently triggered by the protest…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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