#JusticeForAll slain Philippines is farmers!

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At least 21 peasants were killed since January in Philippines considered as the most dangerous country for farmers.

Imagine being an agricultural capital notorious for killing off its own farmers. Imagine being the MOST DANGEROUS country for farmers.

Violence and death threats against activists and human rights defenders have continued unabated.

There will be no climate justice while the Philippines remains one of the most dangerous places for environmental defenders or activists.

Hands-off activists! Protect our human rights defenders!

Philippines is indeed the most dangerous country for land defenders and farmers which is the very sector keeping us alive. 268 dead. 9 massacres. 10 children, killed for fighting for their rights. Let that sink in. Demand justice. Demand accountability.

On today's Global Day of Action for the country, we call for land and justice for the Filipino farmers.

Global Day of Action against Killings in the Philippines.

Today as the session of the UN Human Rights Council opens we continue to call justice for all the victims of extra judicial killings in the Philippines.

We join more than 700 organizations & individuals all over the world asserting the call for an int'l investigation on the human rights situation in PH because of the “fruitlessness & ineffectiveness of domestic measures in exacting accountability.

I call on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the situation in the Philippines and to stop the killings of activists and human rights defenders.

#JusticeForAll slain PH farmers!

WTF is the IATF thinking? STFU and let experts lead

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Decreasing the physical distancing in public transport? Ohmygad IATF, hindi ninyo alam na wala na ngang masyadong social distancing sa public transportation. IATF should conduct studies first before providing guidelines, o IATF officials should try commuting via public transportation for a week para malaman nila!

Rather than  reducing to the WHO standard no less < 1 meter physical distancing , IATF should provide more public transport units while maintaining strict health standards. DOTr should consult DOH and medical experts before implementing a highly flawed & risky measure.

Social distancing is key to control covid virus spread. Keep everyone safe. Let’s base our decisions on science and medicine. Let us not advocate the new IATF and DOTr guidelines in public transport. It’s definitely counterintuitive to our basic plan of action.

What’s happening? High cases lately and then the sudden relaxed IATF and DOTR guidelines on physical distancing on public transport. We can’t be confused in our plan of action. We need clarity of thoughts!

"Nakabase ba siya sa siyensiya?"

Vice Pres. Robredo also questions the government's decision to reduce the required distance among passengers in public transport starting September 14.

Authorities, however, have said that such was made with the backing of medical experts within the IATF. Transportation Usec. Artemio Tuazon defends IATF policy and says the measure is supported by studies abroad.

It just doesn’t make sense, does it? Parang hairbrain idea nang barrier sa motor.

Decreasing distances between passengers but not allowing more jeepneys back on the road.

We can increase capacity without compromising safety by allowing more public transport. But government needs to subsidize otherwise they operate at a loss.

They probably just wanted to generate more money for MRT operations at the expense of violating the WHO recommended social distancing. Ano ba kasi qualification ng mga IATF na to?

The IATF also confirmed that staycation is allowed if the hotel is near your area.

So halimbawa you're from Valenzuela, pwede ka mag "staycation" pero sa hotel lang din sa Valenzuela??? What????"

Alam na ninyo ibig sabihin ng the best & the brightest sa Duterte administration.

Dear IATF, for as long as you insist on doing things your way and not including the medical associations and scientists in your consultations, blunders will keep happening. Bakit nga ba parang ayaw ninyo sila konsultahin?

Para more utang? More pera?! More Kurakot?! They wont let outsiders para walang kulong?. Look at what happened to Doc Tony Leachon.

I swear IATF's stubbornness and blatant disregard of science & transport planning have been the major cause of our economic collapse. Nakakapagod silang intindihin.

Baka it's time for all doctors, scientists and epidemiologists to speak up again. IATF only decides based on what’s good for business. If you guys don’t speak up now, kayo rin ang maaapekto kapag mag surge uli ang mga kaso.

Let's also do a petition to have IATF officials take public transportation for 30 straight days and maintain 0.3 meter distance from the next person.

Former Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Adviser Dr. Tony Leachon said that President Rodrigo Duterte should consider hiring a data analyst czar after the Department of Health (DOH) released figures of COVID-19 recoveries which later turned out to be deaths.

Thus, also make Duque resign and let the actual doctors and scientists take over IATF to make evidence based policies.

We all want to perk up our economy -but not this way. DOTr and the IATF should reconsider new guidelines before we all experience a mighty surge of new cases in NCR. Let’s propagate guidelines based on sound scientific evidences.

Our economy will continue to fall when there will be a constant surge of infected. IATF keeps blatantly deciding without the support of Science and Strong Health Protocols + manor consultations from our health workers. Kung may tama man silang nagawa, nabibilang lang sa sampu kong mga daliri sa kamay.

A poll is going on now at PH Coronavirus Updates. Over 90% of respondents (currently over 4K and counting) think that reducing the distance between passengers  in public transport increases the risk of contracting COVID-19. Mas alam pa ng mga tao kaysa sa IATF.

Never mind also that in proportion to the OVP, the national government and the OP has trillions and billions, respectively, with emergency powers to boot, and all that personnel at its disposal.

But yeah, I am comparing. Wouldn't you?

It's the VP managing the OVP vs. the President presiding over the IATF meetings every Monday...or whenever they feel like it.

New physical distancing measures of IATF and DOTr - we understand economic needs to increase public transport to support workers. But it should be based on SCIENCE, DOABILITY, and lastly UNIVERSALITY of application that would oppose existing principles.

I don't understand. DOTrPH made everything even worse when the return to work started. They left our workers even more exposed to the virus on the road because of lack of transportation. and now this!!

I think we need to challenge the status quo. Though we need to help IATF, their policies should be holistically challenged and reviewed with stakeholders.

We need extra space of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual space in dealing with, not only with the virus but with this government also.

China's bootlegging prominence has conquered the world

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No, I'm not sleeping yet. I'm just showing off my gray hair....errrr... I mean the bootlegged bed cover and pillow cases that my wife bought from one of the unit owners of our building. We have a group chat where majority are selling all kinds of products from food to clothing, to all sorts of other knick knacks that you'll believe everyone has turned to online selling.

This fake product with the famous double G logo of Gucci employing the two interlocking, bold “Gs” of the father's – Guccio Gucci' speaks highly of how China has defied ethics and the law. Yet, we have let them to seemingly "propagate" their wares like the weed or grass we should never have in a decent garden but kept using them as if they're the very useful mulch.

Yup! This obviously came from our president's BFF country, China.

They're very cheap but seems to be good enough for the middle class like us as it's a lot more soothing to the skin compared to the expensive branded one I bought more than a month ago.

Which makes me wonder why there were authentic brands that put up stores in the country despite the rampant proliferation of fake products from China which many of us have been greatly patronizing because it's so outrageously cheap.

It could only mean that there were still a significant number of buyers coming from the affluent class....or they were selling at unreasonable prices that even a few bought from their stores will already propel their investment.

With this pandemic now greatly affecting both local and foreign authentic brand due to the many businesses that closed down or had to retrench their operations, people will surely settle for knockoffs, and China has been leading the pirating of products for decades.

We have very little choice,... unless we want to drain our savings since we still do not have an idea when everything will go back to at least close to the previous normal. This "new normal" terminology is doing nothing but conditioning us to accept we will never go back to the usual.

Have we lost all hope to return to the "old normal" we once knew? And now we have fallen for not just the convenient availability and affordability of China-made face masks and shields, but even for these "imitations" of branded products.

Wake up world! It's not yet time to sleep. You need to keep wide awake before China fully conquers the world!