Tag: pandemic
Photos: Philippine capital starts face-to-face classes for 2,000 children
Several public schools in the Philippine capital started the pilot run of face-to-face classes on Monday, December 6, 2021
Asia’s informal workers risk losing out in green economy push, officials...
The rate of informal employment across the region is on average 68% of the workforce
Filipinos urged to take bold steps to care for people living...
The Philippines is experiencing an increase in the number of HIV cases, from 22 cases per day in 2020 to 33 cases per day in 2021
Pastor in Nepal sentenced to two years in prison for violating...
Pastor Keshav Acharya was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the District Court in Dolpa for violating Nepal’s anti-conversion law
Asia’s Premier Prize soldiers on amid pandemic, presents awards online
“We continue to give the Magsaysay Award because greatness of spirit is timeless," said RMAF chairman Aurelio Montinola
Singapore, Malaysia ease COVID travel curbs
Before the pandemic, about 300,000 people used to commute across the border from Malaysia every day to the neighboring city-state
‘COVID priest’ in central Philippines offers hope to dying patients
The still unvaccinated priest admitted that he was afraid during the early days in his new assignment
Welcoming the end
We are not called to simply turn away from evil, but to be more active in proclaiming the goodness in everybody
Cases of gender-based violence up during pandemic, says new report
The report also shows that not enough countries have acted with sufficient seriousness to tackle the “gender-based violence pandemic”
It’s time to undo the covid disruption to girls’ rights in...
The pandemic has disrupted efforts to end child marriage and caused widespread damage to the financial prospects of girls
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