Marginalized populations, such as those without official identification documents or those who cannot pay to register, may be disproportionately affected by SIM registration requirements. This may result in their exclusion from necessary communication services and further marginalized groups that are already at risk.
Category: Other Stories
150K residents affected by flood waters in Bulacan
Boats have become the main form of transportation in many parts of Calumpit, as wheeled vehicles and even trucks could no longer enter many parts of the town. But boat rides are steep, amounting to P80 per head to reach the town center, and many residents opt to wade through the chest-deep waters.
C.S. Forest
The backpack isn’t heavy,
and the masses are waiting.
Expect warmest greetings:
“Oh, what a joyful welcome!”
My experience as a folding biker and bimodal commuter in Metro Manila
The fun of biking is undercut by the constant reminder that our roads are unsafe. Major thoroughfares may have bike lanes but this is wishful thinking in most secondary roads. Bike lanes are merely a slim extension of existing roads where potholes, manholes, and even open drainages are often located. It is used too as an emergency lane and frequently “patronized” by motorcycle riders.
‘O to the M to the G’ | More support needed as PPOP rises
Aside from breaking barriers in the themes they are covering, the growing PPOP movement in the music industry is also slowly changing the entertainment landscape.
‘Gadon’s appointment proves Marcos Jr. not sincere to address poverty’
“We do not see any compelling reason for Gadon to be appointed to this position. This is nothing but a political reward for his continuing defense of the Marcos family.”
Importing sugar not a sweet deal, won’t lower price, farmers say
“While we are importing sugar in record volume, prices of sugar went up by at least 80 percent under Marcos Jr.”
Media groups condemn inclusion of media outfits in military listing
The resolution of the Kalinga Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) dated April 28 urged all cities and municipalities in Kalinga to “require all entities presenting themselves as Non-Government Organizations (NGO)” to secure permission from the local government before conducting any activity.
SB19’s ‘Pagtatag’ and the PPOP movement
The end song Freedom comes alive with today’s commemoration of independence day. By telling A’Tin “you are my freedom,” SB19 prompts our consciousness to rely on the masses in the struggle for self-rule.
Children, advocates bike against toxic pesticides
Advocates urged the Philippine government to ban highly hazardous pesticides and support agroecological alternatives.
Radio broadcaster shot dead in Oriental Mindoro
A radio broadcaster was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding assailants in Capalan, Oriental Mindoro yesterday, May 31.