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[33] University of the Philippines sociologist Athena Charanne Presto noted that the community pantries were a way for the ordinary citizen to take action in the face of a crisis, adding that the community pantries movement can be seen as acts of resistance against the failure of the government to adequately address citizens' needs, against the ...
Despite the averted Sugar Order No. 4, President Marcos in mid-August still raised the possibility of importing sugar to the Philippines to address the sugar crisis. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] He said that around 150,000 MT of sugar could be imported to address the country's needs for the rest of 2022 and projected the current supply to last until October ...
On March 12, 2020, President Duterte announced a partial lockdown covering the entirety of Metro Manila that was later put into place on March 15. [22] The lockdown was further expanded on March 16, when President Duterte imposed an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) throughout the entire island of Luzon and its associated islands. This was ...
Forecasts of the economic loss from the three-month lockdown, which was subsequently eased in late May 2020, indicated that Pakistan would face its first annual economic recession since 1952. [366] Given the strained government resources, civil society and charity organizations became much more active in providing relief to the public during ...
The Philippines is the world's third largest producer of pineapples, producing more than 2.4 million of tonnes in 2015. [49] The Philippines was in the top three banana producing countries in 2010, including India and China. [50] Davao and Mindanao contribute heavily to the total national banana crop. [50]
On March 12, Duterte announced a partial lockdown covering Metro Manila, [5] that began on March 15. At one point during Duterte's pronouncement about the Metro Manila "community quarantine," he said that "they are afraid to call it a lockdown, but it is a lockdown." [6] [7] This statement left many confused. [8]
As of 12 April, nearly 300 million people, or about 90 per cent of the population, are under some form of lockdown in the United States, [441] more than 50 million people are in lockdown in the Philippines, [442] about 59 million people are in lockdown in South Africa, [443] and 1.3 billion people are in lockdown in India. [444] [445]
Because of lowered air pollution during the Luzon lockdown, previously hazy skies can be seen clearly in Metro Manila. Some of the landscapes that are very visible in Metro Manila during the Luzon-wide lockdown include the Sierra Madre mountains, [188] Mount Arayat, Mount Makiling and Mount Samat, [189] which are rarely seen clearly due to smog ...