As intimacies between couples who are locked down together break the barriers of social distancing, the Reproductive Health Law or R.A. No. 10354 gains more relevance today.
In the midst of lockdowns to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, spouses and partners need to avail themselves of contraceptives and other effective methods of family planning to prevent unplanned, unwanted and high-risk pregnancies.
The Duterte administration must seriously consider the urgency of conducting mass testing for COVID-19 infection in its decision whether or not to extend the lockdown policy in the National Capital Region (NCR), the rest of Luzon, and elsewhere in the country.
It would be extremely difficult to implement initial selective and subsequent comprehensive mass testing in a dispersed and mobile population.
President Rodrigo Duterte must be lauded for his forthwith vindication of Vice President Leni Robredo and his swift dismissal of Manuelito Luna, a Commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) who asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to summon Robredo for her anti-COVID-19 volunteer work.
Where are the military hospitals in our war against the COVID-19 pandemic?
While government civilian hospitals and private medical facilities are in round-the-clock operations to address the infectious menace, little is heard of the involvement of the various major military hospitals under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Veterans Memorial Hospital under the Department of National Defense (DND).
Should Good Samaritans who are helping combat the deadly COVID-19 be summoned by government to account for their volunteer work?
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is reportedly being asked to probe Vice President Leni Robredo for “competing” with government efforts by providing free shuttle service and dormitories for health workers and donating personal protective equipment (PPEs) for the use of frontline doctors and nurses.
