Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Further Dispatch from Crame No. 752 on the Recruitment of Additional Health Workers
This serves as a supplemental dispatch to that which I issued yesterday on the proposed enlisting of nursing students. We are faced with a monster we have to vanquish with our very limited resources. Our medical workforce is starting to dwindle against our favor – unfortunately so, at the very early stages of our fight […]
Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Supplemental Dispatch from Crame No. 751 on Mass Testing
Ilan pa ba sa ating mga kababayan – mga health workers, frontliners, PUIs, PUMs, at mamamayang bulnerable, gaya ng mga matatanda at may malulubhang karamdaman – ang mamamatay na lamang bago pa matiyak na may COVID-19 sila at mabigyan ng karampatang gamutan? Kailan pa natin masisiguro ang kaligtasan ng lahat mula sa posibleng pagkakahawa sa […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 750: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s proposal to enlist the help of nursing students amid COVID-19 crisis
A 2014 report revealed that the Philippines “only has 3.5 doctors for every 10,000 population – a far cry from the ideal ratio of 1 to 1.5 doctors for every 1,000 population.” Medical professionals have long demanded the government to “take immediate, sustained, and dramatic steps to solve this crisis.” They said that infectious diseases […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 748: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Mass Testing Now PH Petition
I commend the Mass Testing Now PH group for its initiative. I join their call for a national mass testing program that prioritizes: (a) health workers or frontliners; (b) PUIs and PUMs; and (c) vulnerable sectors like the elderly and those with underlying illnesses. Urgent and appropriate action is imperative in the race against time […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 747: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the ₱1.5-B assistance of big businesses for urban poor amid Luzon quarantine
Iyan ang tunay na pagmamalasakit at bayanihan. Nagbibigay-pugay ako sa Project Ugnayan sa matagumpay na pagkalap nila ng higit ₱1.5 bilyon para sa mahigit isang milyong pamilyang Pilipino na apektado ng krisis na dulot ng COVID-19. Malaking ambag ito upang kagyat na maibsan ang paghihirap ng mga pinakaapektadong pamilya. I laud and thank all of […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 746: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Expression of Gratitude to DLSU and the Divine Word Missionaries
Kindness, especially to those who have nothing to give in return, serves as a beacon of hope in the darkest of times. Sa panahon ng matinding krisis, habang ang lahat ay abala sa paggawa ng paraan upang maging ligtas sa kapahamakan, laging napag-iiwanan ang mga pinakabulnerableng miyembro ng ating lipunan. It is as if their […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 745: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Statement of Certain Officials that Human Rights and Writ of Habeas Corpus may be Suspended under the Current Health Crisis
I have this to say to officials who claim that human rights and writ of habeas corpus can now be dispensed with due to health emergency: Respect human rights! Maging ang WHO iyan ang paalala. Please lang, hindi ito panahon para lalong sikilin ang mamamayan. Noong nanawagan na isara na ang mga paliparan para hindi […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 744: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the Duterte government’s mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis
On Day 7 of the lockdown, which started as an NCR-wide Community Quarantine, then expanded to cover the whole of Luzon, the following things are clear: The Duterte Administration is ill-prepared to face the crisis. Its agency heads are not coordinating among each other. While the DOTr lifted travel bans on foreign nationals, the DFA […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 743: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the laudable efforts of local leaders, health force, and community workers
Ang mga LGUs ngayon ang tunay na maaasahan. Because of the efforts of LGUs from the city, municipal and barangay levels, the community quarantine in several areas, especially within the NCR, has been relatively successful, no thanks to the national government. Not everything is going well, but step by step and day by day, the […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 742: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the announcement, re: Senators to undergo COVID-19 testing
Just to be clear. I will not join my colleagues to be tested for COVID-19. I have been relatively in involuntary quarantine for the past 3 years. With God’s grace, I remain healthy. The testing kit to be used on me is better given to a symptomatic PUI. The ideal scenario is mass testing. That […]