Urban Farming in the Time of a Pandemic

Marlyn Tambagan is the president of SAMABOCS-HI (Samahan ng Mamamayan sa Barangay Old Capitol Site – Hydraulic Compound Inc.). SAMABOCS is an organization of the residents of Brgy. OCS in Quezon City. It is also under the ALSA-DILIMAN, an alliance of organizations in Brgy. UP Campus that prepares for the most anticipated Big One. Most of their community is not...

August 2021 Lockdown Situation Report #3 August 15, 2021 9:00 PM

Situation Overview • August 15, 2021 marked the fifth consecutive day that the country has recorded five -digit increase in COVID-19 cases. In Metro Manila, despite being under the strictest lockdown, the trends in reported cases, severe cases, deaths and positivity continued to rise. • In Quezon City, COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing which has created more risk of transmission....

CDRC condemns harassment of development workers in Mindanao

The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) condemns the harassment and human rights violations being experienced by the staff of Disaster Response Center (DIRECT), its partner organization based in Sarangani in Mindanao. On August 4, vehicles parked at DIRECT’s Koronadal Operations Center were intentionally burned by unidentified persons using Molotov – torches made up of bottles that contain gasoline....

August 2021 Lockdown Situation Report #1 August 06, 2021 9:00 PM

Situation Overview • On July 30, 2021, in a televised address, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that Metro Manila and certain localities in Visayas and Mindanao will be placed under more restricted lockdown in August due to sudden increase of COVID-19 cases and to curb down the more contagious Delta variant. • The more tightened “Enhanced Community Quarantine” (ECQ) protocols...