EDITORIAL-CARTOONS: Exploiting an emergency
THE EDITOR
Lockdown vs. the economy
Words of comfort
Gripped in a crisis the dimensions of which are unprecedented and therefore frighteningly unknown, people naturally look to government for comfort. They are floundering and have to regain their footing. They need to be apprised of the enemy and of the ways, if any are planned, to bring it to heel.
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Presidents are constantly called upon to exercise leadership and statesmanship, and especially so during times of crisis: That’s the nature of the beast. In the United States, it’s said that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt got the American people through two of the gravest crises in modern history—the Great Depression in the 1930s and World War II in 1939-45—with the help of a series of speeches regularly aired on radio.
“Fireside chats,” the speeches were called, although he delivered them behind a desk at the White House on which lay mics of the various news networks. The term, coined by a reporter, conveyed the sense of comfort evoked by FDR in regularly addressing his constituents and discussing such pressing matters as unemployment, the drought plaguing farming, and the war against fascism in Europe.
It is of course futile to dare hope for anything like it in these parts.
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EDITORIAL – Exploiting an emergency
Don’t worry, the Philippine National Police assured the public yesterday – President Duterte was simply stressing a point. The PNP, according to its chief Gen. Archie Gamboa, isn’t about to carry out any order to shoot dead those who disrupt peace and order during the enhanced community quarantine.
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READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/04/03/2005117/editorial-exploiting-emergency
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EDITORYAL – Babala sa mga kurakot ng pondo at relief goods
May mga barangay kapitan na inirereklamo ng mga residente dahil daw hindi pa sila naaabutan ng tulong. Kung ‘yung ibang barangay daw ay ilang beses nang nakapagbigay ng relief goods, sa kanila raw kahit karampot na bigas ay wala pang dumarating. Marami na ang dumadaing na wala nang maisaing dahil wala na silang pambili dahil nawalan na sila nang pagkakakitaan mula nang ipatupad ang enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) noong Marso 16. Kahit mga jeepney at bus driver ay umaaray na sapagkat natigil ang kanilang biyahe dahil sa ECQ. Ang inaasahan nila ay ang sinasabing tulong mula sa local government units (LGUs) subalit wala silang natatanggap. Meron din daw cash na matatanggap subalit marami ang napapailing sapagkat kung ang bigas at sardinas ay wala silang natatanggap, cash pa kaya.
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MAGBASA PA MORE: https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/opinyon/2020/04/03/2005094/editoryal-babala-sa-mga-kurakot-ng-pondo-relief-goods
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Nararapat din namang imbestigahan ng Presidente ang reklamo na may mga barangay chairman na inuunang bigyan ng relief goods ang kanyang mga kamag-anak at supporters. Mayroon ding reklamo na binabawasan ng chairman ang mga naka-pack na relief goods at inilalagay sa kanyang sari-sari store. Dapat parusahan ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno na kinukurakot ang pondo at relief goods para sa mamamayan. Hindi lang sana pawang banta ang Presidente kundi gawin niya para hindi pamarisan ang mga kurakot na government at barangay officials. / Pilipino Star Ngayon
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