EDITORIALS-CARTOONS: Editor’s Choice – Aid to workers is paramount.
THE EDITOR
Aid to workers is paramount.
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EDITORIAL- Accuracy above all
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Globally, the fight against the pandemic requires China’s straightforward accounting of how it dealt and is dealing with the novel coronavirus starting from the initial manifestations in Wuhan City in December, so that the rest of the world can learn valuable lessons. The experience of the whistle-blower doctor Li Wenliang is part of China’s failures to disclose crucial information about the virus to the public.
Is China altering the narrative? Now it has revoked the press accreditation of reporters of the United States’ biggest newspapers. Another contagion seems to be brewing.
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EDITORIAL – Most vulnerable communities
They are the most vulnerable to the economic fallout from the enhanced community quarantine. At the same time, however, informal settlers live in the most congested areas in Metro Manila, where social distancing can be impossible to observe, thus raising the risk of infection. This could curtail the informal settlers’ ability to earn a living.
READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/03/20/2002194/editorial-most-vulnerable-communities
Special protocols are needed to address the difficulty of promoting social distancing in informal settlements. Along tiny alleys opening out to narrow streets, families of six to 10 members live in poorly ventilated shanties separated merely by flimsy plywood and galvanized iron sheets. Promoting social distancing in such communities will require innovative ideas, political resolve and effective implementation.
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Editoryal – Suplayan ng face masks ang mga pulis
Frontliner din ang mga pulis sa panahong ito na nananalasa ang hindi nakikitang COVID-19. At katulad ng health workers, nangangailangan din ng suporta ngayon ang mga pulis na nakaharap sa panganib na mahawahan ng coronavirus.
READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/opinyon/2020/03/20/2002148/editoryal-suplayan-ng-face-masks-ang-mga-pulis
Ang mga pulis ang inatasan ni Duterte para ipatupad ang enhanced community quarantine na tatagal ng hanggang Abril 14. Sana, hindi sila makaligtaang pagkalooban ng tulong na gaya ng ipinagkaloob sa health workers.
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SG EDITORIAL:
The Straits Times says
Fiscal guns firing, but a long way to go
Not a moment too soon, and as a global recession approaches, economic policymakers have started to adopt more aggressive measures to combat the economic fallout from the spread of Covid-19, which is continuing to accelerate across the globe. On the interest-rate front, monetary policy has almost maxed out, with rates either close to zero or negative in the major economies of the United States, the euro zone and Japan. While rock-bottom rates will be helpful in smoothing the functioning of credit markets and lowering some borrowing costs, they will take months to work their way through economies.
It is thus reassuring to see that policymakers have turned to faster-acting fiscal measures, and on a massive scale. The US Congress is considering a US$1 trillion (S$1.45 trillion) package, including support for paid sick leave, higher unemployment benefits, free testing for Covid-19, and food and medical help for those affected. It also contains about US$200 billion in loans for beleaguered sectors such as the airline industry. A separate US$1 trillion for small businesses is also under consideration. European countries are pushing ahead with their own multibillion euro fiscal packages as well as loan guarantees for troubled industries.
Goh Sui Noi
KMT’s rocky road towards a new China strategy
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The party has a new head after the recent electoral setbacks. Now it has to find a way to better reflect the views of Taiwan’s voters.
The Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s oldest political party and the largest in opposition, elected the younger of two candidates to be its leader recently, signalling that it is ready for change.
The KMT’s members in a ballot on March 7 chose popular lawmaker Johnny Chiang, who at 48 will be the youngest-ever person to lead the 107-year-old party, over 68-year-old Hau Lung-pin, a former mayor of Taipei.
COLUMNIST OPINION
Paying price for slackness
OP-ED OPINION: Epidemic of rumours breaks out amid COVID-19 crisis
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HÀ NỘI — As the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection cases soars in China and spreads across the world, misinformation on social networks about the origins, scale and magnitude of the epidemic has hit countries across Asia, including Việt Nam./ Khánh Dương
READ MORE: https://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/op-ed/592200/epidemic-of-rumours-breaks-out-amid-covid-19-crisis.html
> We should not share inaccurate or unverified information but spread the word responsibly, read news from reliable sources and follow medical advice from official sources like the health ministry.
Besides prevention measures like face masks and hand sanitiser which are in urgent need these days, knowledge is another way to safeguard ourselves, our family and community against the epidemic of rumours. — VNS
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