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Read more about the article Progressives slam lack of gov’t aid for the poor
THE STATE OF THE NATION. As President Aquino delivers his third Sona, a poor couple watches the marching activists along Davao City’s Ponciano Street on Monday. While PNoy claims economic improvement, poverty has worsened according to progressive groups. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Progressives slam lack of gov’t aid for the poor

More than a year since the onset of COVID-19 in the country, the urban poor in Davao City continue to be hit the hardest, said Bayan Muna Davao Coordinator Rauf Sissay.

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Read more about the article Aggressive tracing and citizenship cited for low COVID-19 cases in Davao
At the checkpoint in Lasang, a composite team of health workers, traffic officials, local security and Task Force Davao personnel conduct temperature checks and verification of IDs of people coming in to Davao City from the northern side of Mindanao. Those coming from Tagum City are barred from entering, as the first Covid-19 patient of Davao Region is confined in that City. (Ken E. Cagula/ davaotoday.com)

Aggressive tracing and citizenship cited for low COVID-19 cases in Davao

DAVAO CITY – Despite projections of a ‘mega-surge’ in Davao City during the onset of Holy Week, COVID-19 cases continue to drop as the City Health Office recorded more recoveries…

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Read more about the article [STANDPOINT] Duterte Administration: Solve the Life-threatening Situation of Hospital Workers
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[STANDPOINT] Duterte Administration: Solve the Life-threatening Situation of Hospital Workers

As hospitals are overwhelmed, so are frontline health workers who take care of patients. SHAPE-UP Defeat Covid-19 urges the Duterte administration to immediately solve the life-threatening situation of hospital workers and appeals to hospital directors to report the real situation and be one with the hospital workers.

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Read more about the article Labor group to Davao City: ‘Ensure assistance gets to those who needs it most’
Labor groups led by Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao filing a petition in the Regional Tripartite Wages and Regulatory Board XI for an emergency wage increase of P100 for non-agricultural and agricultural workers (Photo from KMU-SMR).

Labor group to Davao City: ‘Ensure assistance gets to those who needs it most’

Amid huge funds poured into the COVID-19 response in Davao City, labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno-Southern Mindanao Region (KMU-SMR) criticized the distribution of the assistance shelled out last year as it failed to reach the most affected population.

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Read more about the article [Analysis] Why are cases soaring in the Philippines, one year into the pandemic?
Police officers on a checkpoint in Barangay Alae, Manofo Fortich request passengers to subject to thermal check, foot bath and identification check as Bukidnon's enhanced community quarantine in response to Covid-19 goes under way. Those who cannot establish their residency are then asked to turn back. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

[Analysis] Why are cases soaring in the Philippines, one year into the pandemic?

On April 2, new cases surged to 15,310, the highest reported single-day tally in the country and in Southeast Asia since the start of the pandemic. Although the Department of Health (DOH) said this included the backlog of 3,709 cases from March 31, these figures look worse still. How did we get here and what are the ways forward?

Continue Reading[Analysis] Why are cases soaring in the Philippines, one year into the pandemic?