Tag: Manila lockdown
Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous
Pacific Media Watch
The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) has strongly condemned the shoot-to-kill order by President Rodrigo Duterte this week...
Social (status) distancing? Filipinos seek laughs via lockdown memes
By Rappler
Filipinos on lockdown have sought comic relief online through various memes and social media posts related to the uncomfortable experience of being quarantined...
State must fund urgent Filipino health, social needs now, say economists
Week one of the wide-ranging quarantine measures in the Philippines has already rattled medical frontliners, law enforcers, national and local government authorities and economic...
Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in...
By Rappler
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today - bringing the...