EDITORIAL-CARTOONS: PDI’s Corporate compassion
THE EDITOR
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Corporate compassion
Reports about the country’s biggest businesses and wealthiest individuals heeding the government’s call for help in containing the COVID-19 pandemic are much welcome. The Duterte administration has prepared a P27.1-billion spending plan for those affected by the health crisis, but this is barely enough. The private sector is called upon to take on a bigger role and shoulder a sizable part of the cost to stem the impact of the crisis.
With the “enhanced community quarantine” shutting down factories, malls, restaurants, and shops and the economy grinding to a standstill, tens of thousands of Filipinos are suddenly out of work. Even before the government unveiled its stimulus package, many business owners took notice of the extraordinary hardships the lockdown imposed and immediately crafted financial assistance for their displaced employees.
Jollibee Foods Corp., for instance, has allotted P1 billion to pay for the one-month salaries and 13th-month pay of its employees put out of work by the month-long quarantine of Luzon. The Ayala group has promised a P2.4-billion relief package to employees and its business partners, mostly tenants at its malls that have been ordered closed.
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Indeed. May their tribe increase, and may they continue not only to help those risking their lives at the frontlines—doctors, nurses, health workers, law-enforcement personnel manning checkpoints, staff at supermarkets and convenience stores—but also to extend their compassionate work to other Filipinos left most vulnerable by the crisis: the poorest and most marginalized communities around their businesses./ Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Even under normal circumstances, people are aware of the importance in life of the most basic need for survival, water. Residents of Metro Manila and several neighboring areas saw the consequences of an acute water shortage last year.
READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/03/23/2002801/editorial-safe-hands-world-water-day
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At the same time, the need to conserve water is emphasized on World Water Day. The global population continues to grow, putting a strain on fresh water resources. Analysts have warned that international conflicts are likely to be sparked by water resource exploitation. Water is used not just for sanitation and keeping pathogens at bay, but also for irrigation and energy generation. Efficient water resource management, through recycling and conservation practices, can prevent shortages. On World Water Day, as people are urged to promote “safe hands” amid the COVID-19 contagion, everyone is also reminded not to forget to turn off the tap.
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Malinaw ang babala ni President Duterte sa mga barangay chairmen na tatamad-tamad, kakasuhan ang mga ito kapag nagpabaya sa puwesto. Seryoso ang Presidente nang magsalita noong Lunes nang ihayag ang enhanced community quarantine sa Luzon, na dapat kumilos ang mga namumuno sa barangay upang masiguro na hindi na kakalat ang COVID-19. Inatasan ng Presidente si DILG Sec. Eduardo Año na ipatupad ang kautusan agad-agad.
READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/opinyon/2020/03/23/2002781/editoryal-hamon-sa-dilg-ang-mga-barangay-pasaway
Malaking hamon sa DILG ang nangyayaring ito. Nararapat imbestigahan ang mga mga pinuno ng barangay na hindi sumusunod sa direktiba at lalo na ‘yung mga pinagkakaperahan ang quarantine pass. Hindi dapat manaig ang ganito na dumaranas ang bansa nang kagipitan dahil sa COVID-19. Sampolan ang mga barangay pasaway!
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SG EDITORIAL
The Straits Times says
Learning lessons from a viral outbreak
The outbreak of the coronavirus has resulted in countries adopting a range of necessary and deterrent policies.
Lockdowns, the most stringent of those measures, and safe distancing are intended to impress on citizens the absolute need to keep themselves and others safe.
Yet, healthcare systems are in danger of being overwhelmed in some countries that never imagined they would be faced with a crisis of such proportions.
Hospitals might be faced with having to make a call on who is most likely to survive, and direct scarce resources towards him.
Italian doctors have warned about a surge in cases requiring admission to intensive care unit networks, and the possible need to take life-or-death decisions akin to those warranted in war or after natural disasters.
There are social emergencies as well.
Panic buying accentuates a survival-of-the-fittest mentality in which otherwise responsible citizens hoard necessities without regard for the basic needs of others.
However, society is not helpless in the face of the herd mentality. An Australian grocery chain decided to open its stores an hour early for the elderly and those with disabilities.
This is a fine example, seen elsewhere as well, of the way in which the power of the market can protect the vulnerable and reinforce social norms that are in danger of being trampled on in the psychological stampede caused by the virus.
