By Modesto P. Sa-onoy The news that several overseas Filipino workers are coming home caught the local governments by surprise. This is the first time that the OFWs were not welcome. Their dollar remittances are of course always welcome, but this time these returnees are not bringing foreign currencies but, heavens forbid, the dreaded corona
April 28, 2020
By Modesto P. Sao-noy President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to move the opening of the next school year to September in areas placed under General Community Quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Some restrictions are eased in areas
April 27, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy John Horvat of Return to Order shared an article by Rex Teodosio on the Easter Monday statement made by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that raised “a storm of complaints.” Speaking on the development on the fight against the pandemic Cuomo said, “The number is down because we brought the number down.
April 25, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Yesterday a radio caller explained the mathematics of the Enhance Community Quarantine and concluded that the government does not have the resources to maintain the continued isolation of over 100 million people beyond April 30. Even now the ECQ is creating demand more than just providing for the daily needs of
April 24, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy People got alarmed by the report that a man from La Castellana was found positive with the virus and another in E.B. Magalona was suspected of carrying the disease. The confirmed positive case in the province, a 41-year-old female from E.B. Magalona town had tested positive on March 28 but was
April 23, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Still on the UP proposal cited yesterday, it said “our best recourse after April 30 is to implement graduated activation of ECQ depending on the level of risk in certain areas at a given time. Under this setup, provinces (or even lower-level LGUs) may be put under ECQ depending on how
April 22, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy Slowly but consistently countries infected with the 21st century pandemic of the corona virus have begun the process of lifting the quarantine they imposed to curb the spread of this diseased that so far, no cure had been found. The virus itself seems to have completed its visit on humankind or
April 21, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy There was a sigh of relief at the initial report – where else but the social media? – that Occidental Negros Governor Eugenio Lacson will issue an order for a modified enhanced community quarantine by today. There were lots of speculations and some people started thinking on what to do first
April 20, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy So many Catholics had been badgering their bishops to reopen the churches but adopting measures to prevent the spread of the disease. To a devout Catholic, the Mass which includes the reception of the Holy Eucharist is vital. I recall St. Pio saying that it is better without the sun than
April 18, 2020
By Modesto P. Sao-noy About two weeks ago, a report came out of the US that majority of the victims on the pandemic were poor and black. In New York several dozens of the fatalities were buried in a mass grave in a pauper’s field because they had no known relatives. A question arose in
April 17, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy There is an increasing proposition to gradually lift certain restrictions in the lockdown or quarantine imposed to prevent the spread of the pandemic. The data in the news show the flattening of incidence of infection and death. Examples are Spain and Italy, Europe’s worst hit. China has since over a week
April 16, 2020
By Modesto P. Sa-onoy With people confined to their homes, their jobs lost, and incomes gone families worry about the time when the lockdown is lifted. For many they will just report for work, but most will have to start anew. Casual workers will be worst hit. The forced closure of the enterprise and the
April 15, 2020