The Filipino elderly are left behind
By SANNY D. AFABLE
After the launching of a community pantry resulted in crowd chaos and the death of a 67-year-old man, government officials and the media were quick to point fingers: at the well-meaning celebrity philanthropist, who remorsefully owned up to her failure to coordinate with barangay officials; at other community pantry organizers, who are accused of being scheming communists; and at the mass of hungry Filipinos who would brave the scorching heat and risk catching the virus just to get through the day.
And yet, why an older person had to be falling in line for free food in the first place was almost beside the point, a sight so commonplace under this new normal. For a nation that supposedly keeps strong traditions of filial piety, it should be a source of shame that many of its elderly are living in poverty and now disproportionately at risk of dying from the coronavirus.
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May 2, 2021 | 7:43 pm
Health coordinators and workers in Biñan City, Laguna hold seminars and distribute family planning items. POPCOM-REGION IV
THE Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) called on health workers to tap community pantries as a venue for the distribution of family planning items such as condoms and contraceptive pills.
“POPCOM is very much supportive of community pantries as a form of collective action in alleviating the need for sustenance of our less privileged. We believe that they will welcome the addition of condoms and pills among the goods they will source with the help of their local healthcare personnel,” Undersecretary for Population and Development Juan Antonio Perez III said in a statement on Sunday.
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For low-wage earners, staying at home is a luxury they cannot afford
MANILA – A street sweeper in Marikina, Mechelle Radolla could not believe it when she tested positive for COVID-19. This despite all her precautions such as wearing face mask and face shield, and observing physical distancing.
“My work compels me to be outside, and it is the same for others who are out there working or looking for one. If we can afford to stay at home, we would for sure,” Radolla told Bulatlat in a phone interview.
Published February 24, 2021, 8:00 AM
Baby boom and cautious spending are among the 12 top trends that will shape consumer behavior this year, according to a study.
Kantar, world’s leading data, insights and consulting company, has identified the top 12 trends that will impact how consumers navigate the new normal in shopping this 2021. These trends are baby boom impact, cautious spending, e-commerce expansion, leveraging omni channel, convenience and proximity, antibac, quest for immunity, bring the outside in, impulse at home, joys of pampering again, regionalizing of behavior, and sustainability.
Marie-Anne Lezoraine, general manager of the Worldpanel Division of Kantar Philippines, said that the top trends will affect consumer behavior as COVID-19 pandemic continues to influence the complexity of overall consumer behavior and mobility.
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The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) and the Commission on Population (PopCom), in a dissemination forum on Wednesday, Feb. 17, sounded the alarm on adolescent pregnancy and other top concerns of women in the Philippines during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Last week, the data from the civil registry on pregnancy of “very young adolescents” in 2019 was released.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), through POPCOM, said that a total of 62,510 children gave birth in 2019.
Of these, seven very young adolescents or those between 10-14 years gave birth per day, or a total of 2,411 for the year.