State of Emergency in the Philippines by Herbert Docena Focus on the Global South www.zmag.org, March 5, 2006 On the very day when Filipinos were to mark the 20th anniversary of the 'People Power' uprising which ended Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship, Marcos-style dictatorship sprang a come-back: this time, in an attempt to prevent another 'People Power.' As of 4pm yesterday (April 10) there were approximately 4200 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and 119 new cases — which was a bit of a decrease from the previous 24 hours, and so on. Philippines: Duterte threatens activists aiding communities We had in the Pacific a few days ago massive cyclones. Even the transport of emergency health personnel in tricycles is not allowed. It started on the 15th of March and it has been going on for several weeks now. Suicides have increased and in a very conservative catholic country. #19 Maginhawa Street UP Teachers Village, Diliman, Quezon City Philippines. For $10 per month get the above and the print edition delivered to your door. There was one comment that was made by one of the leaders of this [action]. And this granted Duterte additional powers to deal with the pandemic. These intersecting crises signal a major socio-economic crisis and some analysts have even said a collapse of the capitalist system. [From the web] Asian Network pushes stronger TNC regulations at the UN amidst pandemic -Focus on the Global South. Agribusiness and mining projects are the activities with the highest links to these killings. by Focus on the Global South Team | Aug 7, 2020 | Opinion/Analysis, Philippines | 0. I think this is very much highlighted in the situation in the US today — the centre of global capitalism, the epicentre of the crisis — which is now providing the baseline for the worst case scenario, with over 500,000 cases of infection and over 18,000 deaths and coming at over 2000 deaths per day — a big majority of these African Americans. Focus on the Global South Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. He is extremely ill with liver cancer. Poverty in the Philippines: Urban and Rural Poverty (Note: This piece is a segment from a larger article “Poverty in the Philippines: A Profile”, showcased in Focus-Philippines’ upcoming Poverty Policy Review) Urban vs. Meanwhile, we still have the debt appropriation law, which is one-third of the national budget automatically for debt servicing and we are calling for a moratorium on this debt appropriation law, which has been a historic demand of the movement. Transportation is suspended and only the provision of food and essential health services are allowed. So there was a public outcry and demands for substantial testing, including mass testing. Vietnam has had no fatalities to date, as far as we know. It was a spontaneous gathering, a spontaneous mobilisation. 4th Floor Wisit Prachuabmoh Building Human Rights Online Philippines / November 4, 2020. Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020.... by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Aug 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Philippines | 0. There were no doctors and medical experts who are leading this at the press conference. Meanwhile, at the height of all this, the Department of Social Welfare came out several weeks ago and temporarily suspended its poverty alleviation cash grants to the poorest families in the country. In a desperately unequal world facing a climate emergency, everyone has to pick a side. New jobs for focus global inc in Philippines available today on JobStreet - Quality Candidates, Quality Employers We work on the following thematic areas: Political … These loans we have no reason to believe we have absolutely no confidence to believe that — given the record of elite governments, given the record of this government — that we will see any substantial amount of that money being used for COVID response. Focus on the Global South-Philippines | Focus on Poverty - Standing with the Poor and the Marginalized Focus on the Global South-Philippines Focus on the Global South Philippines Programme has been implementing in the Philippines, since November 2001, the regional programme of … And on top of all this, our debt repayment continues — the never-decreasing debt — with one third of our annual national budget automatically appropriated for debt repayments. Click here to skip the chart. In fact, in the first few days they weren’t even provided with the basic safety equipment such as masks and hand sanitisers. With no corporate sponsors or advertising, we rely on support and donations from readers like you. Mass testing only began on April 14 and workers in the informal sector and the urban poor are bearing the brunt of a woefully inadequate health response by the Rodrigo Duterte regime. Along the X axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. As such the term does not inherently refer to a geographical south; for example, most of the Global South is actually within the Northern Hemisphere.. A public health crisis triggered by the pandemic, an economic crisis — with many leading financial expecting this to be the worst recession in living memory, and a climate crisis (and the coronavirus crisis needs to be considered part of the climate crisis, and very much so). These are all high interest loans, which means debts are going to grow. Long-time feminist and socialist Reihana Mohideen, a leader of the Party of the Labouring Masses in The Philippines, spoke about the dire situation facing that country. We also think that the rising authoritarianism and the provisions that are put in place from Hungary to Britain to Chile to Israel to the US and The Philippines and other countries where speakers are speaking from today, could shape politics for years to come. Long-time feminist and socialist Reihana Mohideen on the dire situation in the Philippines, where workers in the informal sector and the urban poor are bearing the brunt of a woefully inadequate health response by the Rodrigo Duterte regime. We started it from day one. How I wish we could have our own version of GL in the Philippines. Our relief operations are ongoing. #March4Justice rallies say 'Enough is enough'. Focus on the Global South was established in 1995 to challenge neoliberalism, militarism and corporate-driven globalisation while strengthening just and equitable alternatives. Photo: Jose Pedrosa. So what we are witnessing is a huge failure, of not only the public health system, but the system as a whole. Posted by Jerik on Feb 10, 2012. "AND CRIME? Indeed, there are significant differences in the way it interacts with various actors. Today we face a multiple, intersecting crisis. Out of this 200, 65% are doctors and 25% are nurses and 21 doctors have died to date and these are figures from yesterday. This ₱275 billion that Duterte has managed to amass around himself, through his special powers, has not gone down to the local mayors and there is a lot of desperation, a lot of pressure, and the mayors are starting to take their own initiatives. The Philippines Programme Department at Focus on the Global South on Academia.edu The only place he could point to was the Cultural Center of The Philippines. The capacity of the Philippines state to provide even the modicum of public services, systems and related infrastructures, such as health, water, power, etc, public education, has been gutted after decades of structural adjustment programs, debt diktats of neoliberal economic policies imposed by the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and so on, multilateral, bilateral agreements with imperialist countries all enthusiastically embraced by our technocrats and successive elite governments. That came later on. The country has no universal healthcare program and one of the most expensive health services in the region. Food relief is not coming from the government. This is inevitable. This has been enforced by checkpoints everywhere. We ran a massive campaign and [had] a small victory: they were released without charges because of the protest. They see the reports, they learn in the news about how South Korea and Vietnam have been fairly successful in “flattening the curve” or however they describe it. Finally, there will be sporadic and spontaneous combustions, as people protest and resist in their struggle to survive. The corona crisis has highlighted the fact that continuing on the capitalist path, including some reformed social democratic version of it is no longer an option. Photos: Filipino activists mobilise to provide aid to communities. They were arrested, but once again because of public pressure, they have been released. Crisis and change Walden F. Bello Not in Library. All these loans are hard money — that is, they are not grants, they are not low interest, or whatever. Mar 2, 2021. Some ₱275 billion, divide that by forty and that is roughly about A$6–7 billion dollars has been pulled out of the budget for the COVID response. We have only six testing centres across the country. Our side is — and always will be — that of the 99%. Focus on the Global South Philippines Library -- Focus on the Global South Philippine Programme. Staying at home is just not an option. 12 Hunyo 2020*   Nakikiisa ang Focus on the Global South sa mga progresibong grupo at mga kilusan sa mariing pagtutol sa napipintong pagpasa ng bagong anti-terror law sa Pilipinas. See also You can also add a donation to your support by choosing the solidarity option of $20 per month. The Department of Health has apparently procured 1 million pieces of protective equipment for distribution, and these include donations — people are just going and donating some of this stuff — and it is all stuck in this massive quagmire of red tape. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. We are currently under enhanced community quarantine, which is strict form quarantine for all households. I have been asked to talk on The Philippines. On March 23, Congress passed what is called the Bayanihan (To Heal as One) Act. In the same way, some of the realities that the Philippines faces are contrary to or are not totally aligned with the more stringent concepts of International Relations. It’s More Fun Without APECO – A Call for Solidarity with the Struggle of the People of Casiguran. A video documentation of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Focus on the Global South held in Manila, Philippines. In terms of the numbers, we are reassuringly told by the Department of Health that our numbers are not looking too bad, even looking good. We shall find / We shall discover / What is ours we... by Walden Bello | Aug 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy | 0. Dear Friends, Supporters and Fellow Advocates, We, from the Prelature of Infanta and Task Force Anti-APECO, are hoping for your solidarity with our latest efforts to stop the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO). Recently some residents in one of the urban poor communities close to us — the city of San Roque — they just mobilised, walked out of their homes, walked out of their communities, took over one of the major highways, demanding food. [Duterte] has also announced around ₱25 billion for a “war chest” to fight COVID, but much of this money — about ₱14 billion is going to the tourism budget, to bail out companies in the tourism sector. They have basically converted hospitals and so on, quickly set up some labs with local experts, the universities in their areas. For just $5 per month get the Green Left digital edition in your inbox each week. Focus seeks to build grassroots capacity to tackle wider regional issues of development and capital flows. Focus on the Global South (Focus) is a non-governmental organisation with twenty staff working in Thailand, the Philippines and India. It’s not like these extreme weather events are going to stop. And the main feature of this lockdown has been the deployment of police and some units of the military. In sum, the Philippines displays how a country in the global south maneuvers its way in the international system. From a war against the urban poor, starting with the deaths of thousands of mainly youth, in the guise of a campaign against drugs, to martial law in the southern island of Mindanao. They have basically blocked [them]. CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP, by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Oct 5, 2020 | 1Post Types, End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0. Now, the impact of the crisis on workers and the urban poor — as you can expect — has been devastating. These powers included being able to realign and amass massive sums of money, including from the budget, for the COVID response. Meanwhile, mass testing is only going to be started this April 14. Nineteen members of our local vendors’ association (the Metro Manila Vendors’ Association) in my area were trying to sell their goods — because they need food, they need money to live — and were arrested a few days ago. So instead of addressing the weakness in the health system infrastructure as its main priority, the Duterte regime’s strategy has been to declare a lockdown of the entire capital — Metro Manila, the national capital region — which later on extended to the entire island of Luzon. And these figures of around 4200 confirmed cases, these figures are flabby because no substantive testing has been done as yet. Can we challenge racism without challenging capitalism? Freecall now on 1800 634 206 or follow the support link below to make a secure supporter payment or donation online. The left had mass organisations in the area and we joined it. Or listen to the speeches by Mohideen & Dr Kumar Jeyakumar (Malaysia) below. Our members joined it, but it really was a spontaneous action and there was one of the leaders of it who said: “I’m not afraid of COVID-19. Our goal is not only to expose the lies, hypocrisy and bias of the billionaire class and their media: we seek to help the organising efforts of all those actively resisting the increasingly authoritarian rule of the corporate rich, here and overseas. HEADQUARTERS Focus on the Global South 4th Floor Wisit Prachuabmoh Building Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road Bangkok 10330, THAILAND Tel: +66 2 218 7363 Fax: +66 2 255 9976. Even as the Standing with the Poor and Marginalized Platform remains a collective endeavour among the entire Focus-Philippines staff, certain individuals have taken a lead in sustaining the conceptualization and development process of the platform. The Department of Labor and Employment has announced a one-time financial assistance of ₱5000 for every worker, which is about $3 per day for 30 days, but again this is rigged because the employers have to apply for it, workers can’t apply for it directly, and workers in the informal sector and workers who are outside Metro Manila, who are now stranded from their workplace because of the lockdown, can’t apply for it from outside Metro Manila. And the left has responded and has opposed this kind of lockdown, saying that this is a military response to a public health crisis. Photo by: Arrem Alcaraz, Kodao — with Wacphilippines Cavite. Focus on the Global South-Philippines : "Does Corruption Create Poverty? Green Left co-hosted an international online roundtable on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the Global South on April 11, featuring a range of activists from around the region. By Galileo de Guzman Castillo WHAT FREEDOM? Publishing History This is a chart to show the when this publisher published books. And it worked. February 2012. Focus on the Global South was established in 1995 to challenge neoliberalism, militarism and corporate-driven globalisation while strengthening just and equitable alternatives. It has now been extended to April 30. The Local Government Units and barangays [districts] are using calamity funds, private donations, whatever funds that they can get their hands on, to distribute food relief. So workers, people simply trying to shop for food, workers trying to get to work, students who are helping families, trying to food and so on, are now being arrested. Open Letter to the Biden Administration on the Need for a Pandemic Pivot. 19 Maginhawa St., UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City 1104 PHILIPPINES. Differences of the Global Divide Word Count (647) Focus on the Worldwide South Philippines Program has been actualizing within the Philippines, since November 2001, the territorial program of Center on Worldwide South. We work in solidarity with the Global South - the great majority of humanity that is marginalized and dispossessed by globalisation – believing that progressive social change and Global South He rambles at daily press conferences, possibly even beats the ramblings of Donald Trump. In 1995, he cofounded Focus on the Global South, of which he later became executive director. The informal sector workers aren’t given assistance and so on. This article, written by Focus on the Global South-Philippines, tells us about more about food security and agricultural challenges in the context of the Philippines, and looks at different environmental and structural causes of insecurity. Tel: +66 2 218 7363 Passes are needed to pass through, very limited movement, public transport has ceased, and so on. These mayors are under enormous pressure, they are taking initiatives and the Duterte regime has come out and, Duterte, in a press conference a couple of weeks ago, said that if these mayors did not strictly comply with these regulations (and that included tricycles to be allowed to take emergency workers to work — that was one of the things he did not want to happen) that these mayors would be arrested and would be filed with criminal charges. This was a huge scandal all over the papers, all over the TV, all over social media, where these 2000 test kits were essentially being plundered by Duterte and his cronies for their own personal use. And today, this dual character of both a weak and strong-armed state is starkly demonstrated in the [Rodrigo] Duterte regime’s response to the COVID pandemic. Meanwhile, the international financial institutions are lining up with loans. Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally binding instrument on … Padayon at mabuhay kayo, mga kasama! Progressive activists have conducted food drives for a month in and around the capital, Manila. But the problem is, most of the valuable government assets have already been sold as a result of privatisation. The Asian Development Bank is providing a US$1.6 billion loan to The Philippines for its COVID response. A couple of days ago he came out on national TV and declared that there was no money in the coffers, he didn’t know what to do, he was going to sell all government assets to be able to raise money. General inquiries: [email protected] One of the main reasons was because of the substantial testing they have carried out. Well, our scientists responded very fast. It is a one month lockdown. It is very likely that a big proportion of that money will be plundered by various factions of the elite. FOCUS ON THE PHILIPPINES An electronic newsletter (focusing mainly on Philippine news and issues) of FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH A Program of Development Policy Research, Analysis and Action Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road Trade Justice Pilipinas statement on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic... Indigenous and spiritual leaders of Timuay Justice and Governance offer a ritual in Maguindanao on the occasion of their Indigenous Political Structure's founding anniversary on October 3, 2017. COVID-19 and the Global South: Focus on the Philippines | Green Left Ang pagratsada ng panukalang batas na ito... HEADQUARTERS Focus on the Global South’s Statement on the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Law in the... by Focus on the Global South Team | Jun 12, 2020 | Philippines, Statement | 0. Activists in the Philippines get significant news analysis of what’s happening in the world. Fax: +66 2 255 9976. The climate crisis and the impacts of that will continue. Bangkok 10330, THAILAND We have a sick President. Hunger has increased. Corporate-Controlled Global Food Supply Chains Must Go. Green Left is a vital social-change project and aims to make all content available online, without paywalls. Focus on the Global, South Philippines Programme Publisher - 2 works / 0 ebooks Extreme weather events Arlene Bag-ao Not in Library. This ailing public sector coexists, however, with the so-called strong arm of the state, which has been maintained and which has even increased its capacity to mobilise the military and the police to impose a range of authoritarian measures. Over 200 doctors and nurses around the country have contracted the coronavirus — and these are Department of Health figures, which would be conservative. But if you look at our Case Fatality Rate (CFR), it is really high and probably one of the highest in the region; 5.3% is our CFR. None of this money has been distributed as yet. Staying at home is not an option for a majority of people in The Philippines. (Optional) Enter your postcode for local activist event updates. Photo: PhilRights, by Focus on the Global South Team | Oct 7, 2020 | COVID-19 Updates, Feature, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Social Movements | 0. PHILIPPINES OFFICE. Photo: Galileo de Guzman Castillo, by Walden Bello | Oct 7, 2020 | 1Post Types, COVID-19 Updates, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Social Movements | 0. Focus on the Global South is an activist think tank in Asia providing analysis and building alternatives for just social, economic and political change. The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) has come out with a very clear statement that the main reason for the contraction [by] and the deaths of our health personnel is the lack of protective equipment. The money isn’t coming down. If you look at our Case Recovery Rate (CRR) it is much lower than the CFR — it is around 3.4%, which is also high. In early March, only 2000 testing kits were available, and Duterte’s family and his cronies were given preferential treatment for the use of these test kits, even though they didn’t meet the Department of Health criteria.
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