Tag: COVID-19
“Assert a People-Centered Development” – CSOs
May 27, 2023CSOs in a forum discussed the systemic barriers faced by people across the globe amidst the “polycrisis” of connected and cascading crises in recent times. The economic and geopolitical interests of global powers impact on the on the multiple crises, wars, and acts of aggression. Peoples across the global South are waging struggles for their rights and sovereignty.
“2022 budget prolongs pandemic and PH recovery”—CPDG
September 22, 2021“Anyone who looks at the 2022 budget will immediately see that it does not respond enough to the country’s most urgent issues of COVID-19 and poverty alleviation,” Liza Maza, spokesperson of the Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) stressed.
“Celebrate the heroism of healthcare workers by providing benefits, not token appreciation”—CPDG
August 30, 2021“Our heroic healthcare workers deserve more than lip service from the government. They are overworked and underpaid, even before the pandemic. Their Special Risk Allowances and other benefits are long overdue,” says Liza Maza, CPDG spokesperson.
“PHP 67.3 billion misused DOH funds a clear disregard for people’s health and well-being”—CPDG
August 17, 2021While Sec. Duque explained that the funds were already “accounted for” in a statement on Aug. 11, the mass resignation of nurses and health workers over unpaid benefits including the unreleased COVID-19 hazard pay, among others, looms.