President Duterte has signed on Sunday, March 8, Proclamation No.922 declaring a state of Public Health Emergency nationwide following the confirmation of local transmission of coronavirus disease in the Philippines.
The argument that red-tagging has a chilling effect on human rights defenders is nothing new. What makes it hog the headline is that this now comes from those affiliated with the United Nations (UN).
A cut in the budget of the Department of Health (DOH) intended for the purchase of a new type of contraceptive could mean lesser access for women to reproductive health services in Northern Mindanao, a government official said.
Many young women, especially within urban poor communities, are becoming more vulnerable to the "prevalent" cases of prostitution. This time, this happens through social media networks, said a non-governmental organization helping prostituted women and children on Sunday.
The slowdown of the inflation rate in the country in February is but an artificial one, a progressive lawmaker said.