NEW: There are still three months left before the country fully returns to face-to-face classes, and parents, students, and teachers have one wish: for the government to make them feel it’s safe to go back to their campuses.
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Rappler Recap: The Philippines' P18-billion classroom problem
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Duterte arrives here in Cavite. She is inspected to inspect classrooms here ahead of the school opening on August 22.
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STANDBY FOR COVERAGE. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte is the guest of honor and keynote speaker of the national brigada eskwela kick off here in Imus Pilot Elem School, City of Imus, Cavite.
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Kababayan ko pala si Bb 40! She’s pretty and smart. Go, Roberta! 🫶
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The US CDC says primarily #Monkeypox can spread to anyone through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact.
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#Monkeypox is not an STD. It is inaccurate and stigmatizing to label any disease as caused by a group of people.
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Stigmatising people because of a disease is NEVER ok. Anyone can get or pass on #monkeypox.
#SolidarityNotStigma
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Communicating the risk of an infection to those who are most at risk always bears with it the danger of inducing stigma. As far as my friend and the institution we work in are concerned, we are making every effort to choose words carefully.
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WATCH: Rappler producer @nickvillavecer gives a recap of the press conference with Thai BL stars @Tawan_V and @new_thitipoom (TayNew), who are currently in the Philippines for the 'Beyond Limitless' fan-meet on Saturday, July 30 at Solaire, Parañaque. #TayNewManilaFanmeet
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Rappler Recap: Philippines confirms first monkeypox case
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“It spreads mostly by intimate sexual contact with those who have rashes or open lesions. It’s not like COVID-19 that spreads through air," says DOH assistant spokesperson Beverly Ho.
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DOH says investigation of recent monkeypox cases in other non-endemic countries indicate potential transmission through sexual contact.
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The DOH says the close contacts are not exhibiting any symptoms.
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The DOH says that 10 close contacts were traced – three from the same household and are currently in quarantine.
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The case was confirmed to have monkepox on July 28 via RT-PCR. The case has already been discharged, and in strict isolation at home.
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There are now more than 16,000 reported cases from 75 countries and territories, and five deaths.
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On July 23, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency.
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The DOH says it cannot disclose further information on the case, but says the case is recovering at home now.
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The DOH says the victim is a 31-year-old who arrived from abroad. The agency adds the victim traveled from a country where monkeypox is not endemic.
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BREAKING. Philippines confirms its first case of monkeypox.
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The province of Abra was part of the so-called “Solid North.” During the May 2022 elections, the province delivered 147,655 votes for Marcos, with his closest rival former vice president Leni Robredo only getting 4,500 votes.
NOW: DOH gives updates on pandemic situation in the country. The entire PH remains low risk for COVID-19, but Metro Manila now 'MODERATE RISK.'
890 new cases of BA.5 have been detected.
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"We cannot be providing water bottles for too long," Marcos tells local officials.
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Marcos orders water supply in some areas in Bangued to be restored immediately.
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DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo reports that a total of 20,091 individuals or 2,312 families are currently staying in evacuation centers.
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Phivolcs director Renato Solidum says that earthquake aftershocks are still expected.
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NDRRMC Asec Bernardo Alejandro says so far, around 61 damaged schools and 116 damaged classrooms have been reported. Assessment still ongoing.
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JUST IN. President Marcos arrives at the Abra Provincial Hospital in Bengued. The President is joined by several Cabinet officials — Secs Abalos, Tulfo, Lagdameo, and Faustino in todays visit to earthquake-hit Abra.
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It wasn’t clear who the survey respondents were. The demographics of the respondents were not disclosed as of this posting.
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A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Abra province on Wednesday morning, July 27, with the tremor so strong it was felt in other parts of Luzon.
Bookmark this page for news, photos, and videos on the aftermath of the earthquake. #EarthquakePH
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VP Duterte’s plan for the welfare of teachers was asked because this was not mentioned during the first SONA of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Though the President mentioned “promising” plans for the education recovery, teachers’ welfare was left out.
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Although Poa says the DepEd "fully supports" the mandatory ROTC "because it adheres to one of our core values of being makabansa."
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At the joint OVP/DepEd press briefing earlier, DepEd spokesperson Michael Poa says "it’s very hard for us to comment because there’s no concrete proposal on the implementation of mandatory ROTC."
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LOOK: A Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian shows that 69% of Filipinos support the mandatory ROTC. The survey had 1,200 respondents and was conducted from June 24 to 27.
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