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[OPINION] 'Chaka, canceled ang show': Coronavirus and the LGBT gig economy
Surely it is clear that the national and local preventive measures to avoid further contracting of the novel coronavirus has disrupted everyone’s daily lives. Our often mundane and robotic daily...
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[OPINION] What privilege feels like after moving to Metro Manila
Metro Manila used to be a place I didn't see myself living in. Today, I (literally) can't get out of it. It’s been a year since I moved to Metro Manila – Quezon City to be exact. I came from Isulan, a...
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[OPINION] Conflicting instincts during the coronavirus
Crafty and cruel, the coronavirus attacks people by exploiting intuitive human responses. How natural it is to visit loved ones who are sick and to greet them with a kiss, a hug, a touch. But contact...
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[OPINYON | Wikapedia] COVID bilang Coronavirus Diona Tweet
QuaranTinapay. Ito ang pamagat ng pagdiriwang natin ng World Poetry Day ngayong Marso 21.Dapat ito ay sa Kamuning Bakery ng katuwang nating si Wilson Lee Flores sa likod ng tagumpay ng Kape’t Ka Pete...
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WATCH: How to shift to a work-from-home life
Even before the global pandemic that is COVID-19 and the government-enforced community lockdown in Luzon, many jobs have started shifting their systems online. This has paved the way for work-from-home...
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[OPINION] Comforting the ill at ease during the coronavirus crisis
I’m writing this as confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus continue to rise in the Philippines. I’m a doctor, but unlike other frontliners who are staffing hospital triage tents or coping with...
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[ANALYSIS] We need safe, clean water during the coronavirus pandemic
Preventing transmission of the COVID-19 disease requires that we consistently exercise proper health and hygiene protocols, both in our homes and in public spaces. Authorities have also advised that...
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[OPINION] Undermanned, overworked: A doctor's view from the frontlines of the...
A few nights ago, I was walking home at 10:30 pm. I live three blocks from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). When one is on Surgical Pathology rotation, it is not unusual to be cutting specimens...
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[OPINION] A call to nationalize select private hospitals in Metro Manila as...
I’m putting these ideas across, hopefully to generate movement in both public and private sectors. This was triggered by a report that Spain also had to nationalize private hospitals in the light of...
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[OPINYON] Sa panahon ng krisis, hinay-hinay sa isine-share
Dahil sa dami ng oras at suson-susong pangamba, manipis at maramdamin ako ngayon. Lalo’t nakaharap sa Facebook at nakabuyangyang sa newsfeed ko ang mga balita. Kaunting buyo lang, napipikon;...
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[EDITORIAL] Emergency measures? Show us the plan first
This Monday morning, March 23, senators and members of the House are scheduled to deliberate on President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposed declaration of a national emergency that will give him more powers...
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[OPINION] We need people power, not emergency power
I wrote this article after I received my admission letter from the Harvard Kennedy School. It’s quite overwhelming since it took me more than 10 years to face my fear and finally apply. Like many of...
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[OPINION] The false premise and promise of emergency powers
I believe that in times of crises such as today, it is imperative on the part of government to act swiftly and effectively. It is tempting to invoke emergency powers – and definitely the draft bill...
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[OPINION] Why I think the lockdown won't work
The struggle to save lives and to keep society functioning amid the coronavirus pandemic means hard choices lie ahead for our national leadership.These are 3 possible strategies going forward: First,...
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[OPINION] The Luzon lockdown from a Filipino student's perspective
About a month ago, we were advised by university officials that all student activities would be suspended. Moot court competitions, sports competitions, college weeks, and other activities for 30 or...
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[OPINION] 'Ano bang ambag mo?': An ethical dilemma in the middle of a pandemic
It's just been a week since Duterte put the entire Luzon under enhanced community quarantine, and we can already see the repercussions of this executive decision. It’s crazy to think that some of us...
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[OPINION] On political divides and needing the military during the...
Recently, someone sent me a message calling me a Dutertard for showing no support (apparently referring to a Facebook post of mine) for his own ideological and political stand on militarization amid...
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[ANALYSIS] The Philippine gov't should get cash into the hands of the poor, now
On March 15, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced that it would suspend a number of its social welfare programs to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This has cut off a...
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[ANALYSIS] How many cases of COVID-19 will there be in your area?
Editor's note: A longer version of this article was first published on Medium on March 10, 2020. It is being reposted with the author's permission. Watch and read the transcript of his interview with...
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[OPINION] The death of 'connectivity,' the China-led phase of globalization
The COVID-19 pandemic is the second major crisis of globalization in a decade. The first was the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, from which the global economy took years to reach a semblance of...
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