Save the Children Philippines supports LGUs in protecting children during climate emergency

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Save the Children Philippines has urged local government units (LGUs) to prepare for emergency response as the onset of the typhoon season is expected to compound the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly in communities with limited budget and weak health systems.

The child rights organization, through its Alert, Accountable and Resilient Communities (A2RC) project, provides technical support to the government agencies in improving its risk reduction and response mechanism to build resilience of communities.

It also implements a two-year program funded by the European Union (EU) in typhoon-stricken municipalities of Sulat and Dolores to protect deprived and marginalized children, pregnant and lactating mothers from emergencies in partnership with Caritas-Borongan and the Provincial Government of Eastern Samar.

Atty. Alberto Muyot, Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children Philippines, said children’s rights to survival, education, and protection from abuse and exploitation are at stake during emergencies such as natural disasters, conflicts, and health crisis.

“Children face the harsh impact of natural calamities and other emergencies as they highly depend on adults for protection and developmental needs,” said Muyot adding that, it is critical to empower parents, caregivers and community leaders in providing life-saving support and care to protect a generation of children in these trying times.

Save the Children Philippines has advocated the enactment of Republic Act 10821, or the Children's Emergency Relief and Protection Act that created the Comprehensive Emergency Program for Children (CEPC). The law mandates LGUs to ensure all children, pregnant and lactating women are protected, and their needs are provided for, before, during, and after disasters and other emergency situations.

Save the Children also partners with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in providing policy support in localizing the CEPC.

Marlon Matuguina, Program Manager for Risk Reduction and Resilience in Education and Governance of Save the Children Philippines said the organization provides technical support to the DILG and other government agencies to integrate health hazards and emergencies in the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management (BDRRM).

He said the CSS project also conducts children’s consultation on climate change to ensure children’s views are integrated in the DRRM programs in their communities.

The Philippines ranks second in the Global Climate Change Risk Report for 2020 of the Germanwatch, based on exposure and vulnerabilities to climate-related risks.

Save the Children has launched the #RedAlert campaign to raise awareness on the need to act on climate emergency that threatens children, including the Philippines and countries in the Asia Pacific region.

US Marine Killer of Transgender Jennifer Laude Is Set Free

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Transgender Jennifer Laude was murdered by US marine Joseph Scott-Pemberton in Olongapo City on October 11, 2014. She was found dead in a motel, with her head submerged in a toilet bowl. This murder happened because of how Laude fooled Pemberton in believing she was a real woman. Today, her murderer has been granted release!

The prison in Camp Aguinaldo is not even maintained by the Philippines but by the U.S. military, thanks to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

Pemberton served only 6 years for the killing of Jennifer Laude. Six comfortable  cushy years. He has been ordered released. Six years for the brutal killing of a Filipino. Six years for a US serviceman covered by the VFA. SIX YEARS.

6 yrs lang?  Permberton walks free? Good Conduct Time Allowance is unfair for victims of heinous crimes. The life of a Jennifer Laude is priceless! GCTA ok 4 Robbery, Qualified Theft,. But for murder, homicide , dapat auto-disqualify for it. Unfair sa napatay at namatayan.

Now it all makes sense why the @TeamAFP put forth that what I thought then was a seemingly random statement on SOGIE. Baka ito pala bigger play. To help lobby for the bail out of their supposed brother in arms.

It's sickening how a white US marine really got away with murdering a transgender and is now walking freely after only six years since the murder happened. Jennifer laude will remain as another burried case.

Laude’s death personifies the death of Philippine sovereignty and the light penalty imposed on Pemberton proves that despite the President's independent foreign policy, that Americans continue to have the status of conquering colonials in our country.

Despite the glaring lack of proof of Pemberton's behavior and conduct, Olongapo court says he has served more than the 10-year maximum penalty. How when the crime happened 2014, and it's only 2020.

There is no #JusticeForJennifer in a justice system that bows down to the whims of the United States!

The VFA has made it possible for a murderer like Pemberton to be entitled to good conduct time allowance (GCTA) when he has never set foot in a Philippine jail.

Setting Pemberton free is an insult to Laude, to the LGBTQ+ community, and to our national sovereignty; celebrating Ferdinand Marcos in a holiday is a grave insult to the thousands killed, raped, tortured, arrested, and disappeared under his fascist dictatorship.

If anything, these two issues today show us rather blatantly that justice system in this country is skewed towards the interests of those in power just to allow them to kill—to commit brutal human rights violations and crimes against humanity with rampant and brazen impunity.

Though the family got a huge sum of more than 4 million. Could this be the reason why Pemberton got an early release?

Pembeton’s lawyer and Marilou Laude (Jennifer Laude’s sister) met last August 25 for the settlement of civil damages. This comes more than 5 years after he was found guilty of homicide for Jennifer’s death.

The Supreme Court has terminated its review of the case involving Pemberton after he withdrew his petition seeking a reversal of his conviction on homicide. Pemberton may have simply withdrawn his petition in anticipation of a minimal 6 year sentence.

Lahat ng kabalastugan ginawa sa panahon ng pandemya...Pagpasa sa Anti Terror law, pagpapasara sa Abs cbn at pagpapalaya kay Pemberton dahil daw sa GCTA na naman?

September 11 is declared Dictator's Day in Ilocos Norte

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With 198 affirmative votes, 8 negative, and one abstention, the lower chamber approved House Bill No. 7137 declaring September 11 as “President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Day” in Ilocos Norte.

Thieves honoring the biggest thief in Philippine history? FTW he was even in the Guiness Records!

Magmumura na ako, ha! Mga letseng mambabatas. Walang maisip kung hindi bigyan kapurihan ang katulad nilang mga magnanakaw at traydor sa bayan. It's like rubbing salt into the wounds of martial law victims. Mga hijo at hija de tupa! Letse! Bwisit kayo. Tamaan na sana kayo ni Coronavirus at magpositibo ng tuloy-tuloy. Mga hayop!  grrr*&%**+*&%

Here we go again, another stupid idea coming from our elected officials. This can only create divisiveness among Filipino people. It’s more fun in the Philippines!

What is happening to our country  celebrating the plunderer of the Philippines? WTF! What values are we teaching our youth and students?! We condone criminal acts of plunder by celebrating the life of a plunderer and dictator? Dito lang sa bansang ito yata, among democratic countries, binibigyan ng holiday ang diktador. This nation is hopeless.

Dictator's Day! Only in the Philippines....oops Ilocos Norte. JUICE COLORED.  Nagpakasasa sa kaban ng  bayan at binaon sa utang tayong mga Filipino hangang sa kasalukuyan nagbayad tayo sa mga inutang niya, maraming kabataang pinadukot at pinapatay... Nilagay na sa Libingan Ng Mga Bayani at ngayon gusto pa parangalan taon-taon? Ano pang kahangalan angg gagawin ng gobyernong ito na taliwas sa kasaysayan at katotohanan.

Si Marcos ay isang diktador at magnanakaw kaya kasangga niya yung mga kongresista at nasa Malakanyang na diktador at magnanakaw din. Ibang klase, ibalik ang nakaw na yaman... Panahon ng Martial Law ang pinakamadilim na yugto sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Nakakahiya na ang kalagayan ng bansa natin kung hahayaan natin na magkakaroon ng batas na tulad niyan.

These is a shameless Congress. The other time, it was to shut down ABS-CBN and to send thousands of employees home jobless with no opportunity to find other source of work to support their families. Now, they want to honor the man who looted the nation’s treasury and caused our nation to become the waste basket of Asia. By this bill, they are helping re-write history of the scum who committed brutal crimes against his own people just to hang on to his reign of terror. What has Congress become? Another commodity that the Marcos’ ill-gotten wealth can buy? Please do not add any more injury to hurts of all the victims of Marcos brutal dictatorship!

The way we keep honoring disgraced officials like this, hindi na nakakagulat bakit sumisikat ulit ang mga Marcos. Instead of his reign being seen as a dark chapter in the nation's history, it will instead be seen as gray. The effect of historical revisionism is taking place....the power of the North...Ilocos to be specific.

Disgusting this thief and murderer became a hero because of Duterte and his thugs. Sad day at nawala na ang sense of self respect ng mga kongresista natin.

Also highlights kung gaano kalakas ang regionalism sa Pilipinas. This is how this government twist history and make plunderers look like a hero.

Gets namin na pinababango ang pangalan ni Marcos. Sa Ilokos Norte /lang/ ipagdiriwang si Marcos pero napakarami niyang pinapatay at pinasalakab sa bawat rehiyon ng Pilipinas. Ano yun, walang moralidad sa Ilokos Norte? Kuwidaw lang na mamamatay-tao siya?

Anong susunod? Ideklarang national hero, tapos, siguro sainthood. Lol talaga Itong gobyerno natin ngayon. Araw-araw na lang ay may lumalabas na nakakasukang balita!

There are so many good past president who truly care about our country and its people much more deserving than Marcos. What a nice way to celebrate 9-11. We're celebrating a dictator the same day when the one of the worst terrorist attack happened in America.

For crying out loud. He didn't even deserve to be buried at the Libingan Ng mga Bayani. How can we even honor this man when he plundered the country that resulted years of poverty and hardships to Filipinos?. Na rape ka na binigay mo pa ang iyong kaluluwa. Until we learn history well, put it in our minds and hearts, our country will suffer the same perdition again and again because of evil heartless greedy and shameless politicians.

Kung sa Ilocos lang di local government na lang nila, bakit ang congress pa ang magsabatas. Bakit kailangan pa ng house resolution? Di ba dapat sa LGU level lang yan since sa Ilocos Norte lang yun? At talagang sa panahon ng pandemya ginagawa ang ganyan?

We have a holiday wherein we celebrate the EDSA revolution that ended the Marcos dictatorship yet we also have a holiday honoring that same dictator.

Philippines numbah wan!