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SENIOR citizens, in this 2019 photo, attend a training designed for their sector on containerized organic vegetable gardening in Butuan City. ATI.DA.GOV.PH
Consumer group turns to anti-red tape agency to speed up discount guidelines for online buys of seniors, PWDs
A CONSUMER group has turned to the government’s red tape watchdog to flag inaction on its request to issue guidelines on providing the mandatory discount for senior citizens and persons with disability (PWD) when buying online. In a letter to the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Mar. 5, Laban Konsyumer, Inc. President Victorio A. Dimagiba asked the agency to intervene after four months since filing their request to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Laban Konsyumer, a non-profit organization focusing on consumer rights, sent its request to the Trade and Social Welfare departments in October, asking
Delfin Lorenzana rolled up his sleeve during the vaccination rollout of China’s
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines in Davao City last Friday but it fueled concerns after admitting that it was just for “photo ops.”
The defense chief, along with other high-ranking government officials, attended the rollout of the
CoronaVac, Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) where he was pictured supposedly receiving a jab.
A photographer from a local news outlet was able to capture the moment which was eventually revealed to be just for show.
“Photo ops lang,” Lorenzana rold the reporters in a Viber message, referring to photo opportunity.
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An army doctor prepares to inject the Sinovac vaccine from China during a vaccination at Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila
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On March 1, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Philippines – for many, representing the long-awaited the light at the end of the tunnel. However, as vaccine confidence plummets in the country, the end of the pandemic remains elusive, with knock-on effects for the economy, which used to thrive on consumption and investment confidence.
The success of a vaccination campaign as a public health intervention hinges upon individual action to achieve collective or herd immunity. This might as well be called social solidarity, something the Philippines once held as a matter of pride. In fact, in 2015, the country showed some of the highest rates of vaccine confidence in the world, and while many countries struggled with anti-vaccination movements, the Fil
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A recent survey of the Octa Research Group indicated that only 46% of adult Filipinos are willing to be inoculated with a vaccine that would protect them against serious illnesses caused by the coronavirus. Octa is a polling and research group of experienced experts and academics with interdisciplinary backgrounds.
The resistance to anti-coronavirus vaccine has tremendous implications on the Department of Health’s objective of inoculating at least 70% of the population to achieve herd immunity when the great majority of the people have been immunized to the coronavirus, thus preventing its further spread. With only 46% immunized to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the other half of the population remains vulnerable to the coronavirus, the number of deaths is likely to rise.