There is yet another health issue that needs urgent attention: The Philippines has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the Asia-Pacific region, with the Department of Health (DOH) recently noting an increase of more than 100 percent — from 72,000 in 2017 to almost 150,000 this year — in HIV cases in the country, most of them coming from the youth sector. The COVID-19 pandemic has also contributed to the increase in infection rates as
When Ferdinand Marcos Sr. placed the country under martial law in September 1972, the United States government said nothing critical of the blatant cancellation of democracy in their former colony. Marcos Sr. continued to be regarded, throughout martial law, as a trusted friend and ally of the US in this part of the world. Among other things, the Filipino dictator quickly showed his appreciation for America’s tacit approval of his authoritarian move by assuring American businessmen, who owned lands in the Philippines under the terms of the Laurel-Langley Agreement, that there would be no outright confiscation of their properties after the
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