Bulatlat witnessed the failure of the Philippine government in controlling the pandemic, the wanton disregard for people’s rights and how COVID-19 was used for corruption and other irregularities.
At the same time, this period also showed the Filipino people’s solidarity or damayan during times of crisis.
Bulatlat followed Palparan’s assignments from one region to another until he was finally held accountable over the enforced disappearance of UP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan on September 17, 2018.
Treating the current global food crisis as a ‘logistics’ issue glosses over the fact that it roots from decades of imperialist plunder, land grabbing, trade monopolies, and neoliberal policies espoused by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and other international financial institutions.
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"We are aware that we need to contribute to the resolution of this emergency and we can do it best by doing our jobs as journalists."
The workers need economic packages such as a month's worth of salary that should be subsidized by the government or their company, moratorium on electricity and water bill collections or one month subsidy for these utilities.
From 2016 to 2019 alone, the public health program’s total budget allocation has been reduced significantly, varying from 15-percent to 28-percent cut.
For one, the budget for Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the lead public hospital in the government’s effort to address the looming outbreak, has been slashed from P263 million in 2019 to P115 million in 2020.
“How will we strengthen our immune system when our primary problems here are the lack of food, clean water, and shelter?”, Jonathan Manesia, 38, answered when asked on how he prepares for the infectious corona virus disease (COVID-19).