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Advocates warn over arming civilian groups
Human rights group Karapatan said that this would only lead to more human rights violations in the context of the numerous reported cases of extrajudicial killings especially with the police and military’s repeated use of the ‘nanlaban’ (fought back) narrative, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture and other grave violations.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Groups expressed their opposition over President Duterte’s proposal to arm anti-crime civilian groups.
Duterte made the proposal during the launch of the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers last June 25.
Vice President Leni Robredo said that arming civilian groups is dangerous while the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said that Philippine National Police (PNP) is “more than enough to fight the crime.”
The national Social Weather Survey of April 28–May 2, 2021 found 79% of adult Filipinos saying violators of health protocols, 11% the government’s lack of
May 25, 2021
The national Social Weather Survey of April 28– May 2, 2021 found 63% of adult Filipinos choosing the United States of America (USA) as their preferred source of Covid-19 vaccines.
The survey also found Sinovac Biotech and Pfizer-BioNTech topping the list of preferred brands at 39% and 32%, respectively.
At the time of the survey, over 7 million Covid-19 vaccines have been delivered to the Philippines. Most of these vaccines are China’s Sinovac (about 5 million), followed by United Kingdom’s Oxford-AstraZeneca (about 2.5 million) and Russia’s Gamaleya Sputnik (about 30,000).
The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech (around 193,000) COVID-19 vaccines arrived a week after the survey on May 10, 2021.
May 25, 2021
More than 700 rank and file employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) received their second dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that the 700 BI workers were inoculated last Saturday and Sunday at BI main bldg. in Intramuros, Manila.
“Now they have gotten their second dose, our frontliners are now more confident of rendering efficient service to the public with less anxiety of getting infected by the virus,” Morente said.
He added that despite completing their inoculations, the vaccinees were still reminded to follow minimum health protocols, such as wearing masks and face shields, while on duty.