Long afflicted with foot-in-mouth syndrome, Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez kicked a hornets’ nest two Sundays ago by asking the military and police to withdraw their support from President Marcos to force him to abdicate the presidency. Unfortunately for the Mindanao lawmaker, a one-time Speaker, his call was greeted with brickbats instead of bouquets. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation on Alvarez’s possibly seditious words, while the Department of National Defense eyes a
Build back better, the new normal, change. They were words we tried to define during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. They all represent some form of recovery.Recovery is easier to imagine where infection and monitoring symptoms are concerned. Defining the word, however, is complex and daunting, especially when we measure COVID’s social impact: the children who grew up indoors, the students who were educated in virtual classrooms, the adults who had to contend with the mental toll of working from home. Back in 2020, several think tanks were already formulating recovery plans for when the pandemic would abate. The Organization
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