News Roundup 29 April 2020
Apr 29, 2020 • 2 min Read
‘No consideration’: In pain, PWD with walking ailment forced to personally claim aid at CSWD | PHILSTAR.COM – No consideration. This was how a person with disability (PWD) from Imus City, Cavite—for whom walking is a virtual impossibility—described the Department of Social Welfare and Development after he was asked to travel to its city office to receive cash aid. Barangay Poblacion I-A resident, 42-year-old Roy Moral suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a condition he contracted when he was 16-years-old, which later caused him a bone complication known as venous stasis ulcers. Not only does the former school teacher experience excruciating pain in his legs when he tries to walk, but he is also now more prone to contracting viruses and diseases—including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
MECO exec apologizes to Taiwan over OFW deportation issue | INQUIRER.NET – Manila’s representative in Taiwan has apologized to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) for the statement released by a Philippine labor official seeking the deportation of a Filipina caregiver who was critical of President Rodrigo Duterte. Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) chairman and resident representative Angelito Banayo issued the apology before Taiwan’s MOFA reportedly rejected the move to deport the overseas Filipino worker.
UST-Legazpi law graduate lands on top of 2,103 bar passers | Manila Bulletin – A total of 2,103 of the 7,685 law graduates who took the 2019 bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court (SC) last November passed the tests. Mae Diane M. Azores of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), formerly Aquinas University, in Legazpi City topped the examinations with a rating of 91.049 per cent. The other topnotchers are Princess Fatima T. Parahiman, University of the East, 2nd place, 89.5330 per cent; Myra M. Baranda, UST-Legaspi, 3rd , 88.8250; Dawna Fya O. Bandiola, San Beda College (Alabang), 4th , 88.3360; Jocelyn B. Fabello, Palawan State University, 5th, 88.2630; Kenneth Glenn L. Manuel, UST, 6th, 88.1730; Rhowee D Buergo, Jose Rizal University, 7th, 87.8710; Anton Luis A. Avila, Saint Louis University, 8th, 87.5820; Jun Dexter H. Rojas, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 87.5765; and Bebelan A. Madera, University of St. La Salle, 10th, 87.3795. The results were released online by the SC after its full court session today, April 29. Pandemic far from over – WHO | The Manila Times – NEW YORK: The World Health Organization (WHO) said the coronavirus pandemic was “far from over” and added there were concerns about increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and parts of Asia. “As in all regions, cases and deaths are underreported in many countries in these regions because of low testing capacity,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “This virus will not be defeated if we are not united. If we are not united, the virus will exploit the cracks between us and continue to create havoc. Lives will be lost,” he added.
