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The Impact of Pandemic in The Lives of Filipinos
The Impact of Pandemic in The Lives of Filipinos
213,000
NEAR AUGUST
Despite implementing one of the
world’s longest lockdowns, the
Philippines has recorded an upsurge of
SAFETY positive cases from 140 cases in mid-
March (when strict social distancing
measures were first put in place) to over
213,000 cases near the end of August.
Only 8 months spell the difference
between life as many Filipinos knew it,
to one now centered on protecting
HOW BARANGAY against an infectious disease. Early
OFFICIALS SECURE inaction coupled with a lack of quick,
THE SAFETY OF THE decisive leadership cost the country
precious lead time that could have
PEOPLE IN THEIR cushioned the blow of the health crisis.
AREA? A patchwork of responses allowed the
virus to insert itself into communities
still struggling to contain its spread. -
Sofia Tomacruz (August 30, 2020)
ENVIRONMENT
DOES THE SUDDEN RISE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE IS
BEING A THREAT TO THECOMMUNITY?
DUE TO MOVEMENT
RESTRICTION AND A
SIGNIFICANT SLOWDOWN
OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES, AIR QUALITY
HAS IMPROVED IN MANY
CITIES WITH A REDUCTION
IN WATER POLLUTION IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WORLD.
EDUCATION
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR
GADGET AND MOBILE DATA
IN THIS NEW NORMAL
SCHOOL YEAR?
THE NEW NORMAL
TEACHING
The Department of Budget and
Management’s 2020 budget of PHP 4.1
trillion (or roughly HK$650 billion)
allocated the largest budgets to the
education and infrastructure sectors.
However, the government denied DepEd’s
request for an
additional PHP 30 billion (HK$4.7
billion), affecting its plans to construct
65,000 more classrooms and hire 43,000
new teachers.
“Even when there’s a budget, families still have a hard time adjusting to the
[online] medium [since parents having little time outside work to help] and
often never having learned the material themselves,”