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Dingdong Dantes & Lovi Poe on the Art & Craft of Telling Stories in The September2020 Volume 13 No. 01 June 2020 Vol. 13 No. 04 September 2020 Page 06 Page 18 Fifteen years of bringing Filipinos abroad closer to home Page 12 Dingdong Dantes & Page 02 September 2020 Lovi Poe on the art Horoscope Page 34 & craft of telling Cebu stories in the Age of canyoneering is back! Pandemic Page 10 Page 35 02 September 2020 September2020 03 04 September 2020 September2020 05 De Numero Covid-19 Updates Virus-hit Philippine Economy Opinions expressed herein are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of 220,820+ ONE PHILIPPINES Texas edition Total number of Filipinos infected by Plundes into Recession management and its editorial staff. the Covid-19 virus as of August 31, Reproduction or use without permission 2020 of the publisher is stricly prohibited. “I want no part in any move to he Philippines plunged into Community news may be sent to ONE recession after its biggest “The Philippines PHILIPPINES Texas edition at Suite 170 amend the Constitution.. The T 9898 Bissonnet Street, Houston TX. 77036. President and I and all the 3,446 quarterly contraction on recor is indeed This magazine is released once a month by other officials who are seated New cases of positive Covid-19 as of as the economy reels from AZ Media Entertainment Services. now, when we assumed our August 31, 2020 coronavirus lockdowns that headed into a offices, we took our oath to the have wrecked businesses and BHONG ZAUSA Constitution and we swore to thrown millions out of work. severe crash Publisher protect it.” - Vice President 157,562 Gross domestic product shrank LENI ROBREDO, on a pro- Total recoveries in the Philippines as 16.5 percent on-year in the landing with JAY R administration group’s eyeing of August 31, 2020 second quarter, the Philippine Marketing Director her to lead the calls for a Statistics Authority said, when the probability revolutionary government. the country endured one of the RAFAEL VIGILIA of the economy Marketing Officer “Based on our experience with ABS-CBN, the sins of the past can world’s longest stay-at-home 3,558 orders to slow the spread of come and haunt you. In other words, during the deliberations of its Official total number of Filipinos who returning to its MYRA BAGUIO franchise, this type of violation can be a basis for the revocation or have died of Covid-19 the virus that has devastated Marketing Manager nonextension of Meralco’s economies globally. former glory any franchise - Senator “Without doubt, the JEFFREY ATIENZA SHERWIN GATCHALIAN, HEADLINES pandemic and its adverse effect time soon now Photographer chair of the Senate energy on the economy are testing the committee, warning the COVID-19 INFECTION IN economy like never before,” declining by the MANNY ESPINOLA country’s biggest power utility PH REACH OVER 220K said acting Socioeconomic that Congress could exercise Graphics Artist Inquirer.NET Planning Secretary Karl Chua. day” its oversight function to Let us pray “But unlike past crises, the Tel: 713-725-1407, revoke Meralco’s franchise growing before the pandemic after it said it would appeal the P19-million fine that the Energy Philippines is now in a much 713-483-4783 EX-GOVT ADVISER: UP TO stronger position to address lunged it into recession. Regulatory Commission had imposed on the company for failing to “We reiterate that the What is a Recession? FAX: 281-933-8697, clearly explain to customers the spike in their monthly bills. 4,000 COVID-19 RELATED the crisis.” DEATHS UNREPORTED The Philippines stock market Philippines is indeed headed (Store) 281-933-1871 ABS-CBN into a severe crash landing n economics, a recession is government spending and “A constitutional crisis is possible if all tumbled again last August a business cycle contraction 4 top elected officials, God forbid, die in Let us pray harder with the probability of the I decreasing taxation. Put simply, Houston, Dallas, 31 after the government when there is a general a recession is the decline Fort Worth, one event such as the State of the Nation reimposed coronavirus economy returning to its Austin, San Antonio, Address due to a terrorist attack in the former glory any time soon decline in economic activity. of economic activity, which Killeen, Corpus Christi, DOCTORS WARN lockdown measures in and Batasang Pambansa, or any occasion DUTERTE: PH ‘NEARING now declining by the day,” said Recessions generally occur means that the public have Harlingen, McAllen, around Manila in response to when there is a widespread stopped buying products for Beaumont / where the President and all three officials END OF THE LINE’ IN fresh outbreaks, dashing hopes Nicholas Mapa, economist at Port Arthur, Louisiana in the line of constitutional succession are drop in spending (an a while which can cause the CORONAV IRUS BATTLE of a swifter economic recovery. ING bank. present..” - Senator PANFILO LACSON, Case numbers have grown adverse demand shock). This downfall of GDP after a period urging lawmakers to deliberate on Senate Rappler.com The restrictions are being TOLL-FREE NUMBER Maybe we should pray to exponentially since authorities may be triggered by various of economic expansion (a time Bill No. 982, which seeks to extend the reinstated after a group of events, such as a financial where products become popular (US) 206.219.0553 other, more responsive gods doctors and nurses warned relaxed a previous lockdown line of succession to the Presidency beyond in June and the Philippines crisis, an external trade shock, and the income profit of a (EU) +44 208.150.6851 the Vice President, Senate President, and that the healthcare system 5 HOSPITAL EYED FOR has overtaken Indonesia as an adverse supply shock, business becomes large). This House Speaker. “This is to avert a potential could collapse as a result of the bursting of an economic causes inflation (the rise of September in constitutional crisis and leadership vacuum, CLINICAL TRIALS OF surging COVID-19 cases. the country with the highest number of infections in bubble, or a large - product prices). In a recession, PHILIPPINE HISTORY the process to pass a ‘designated survivor’ measure guaranteeing the COVID 19 VACCINE “It’s a bitter but necessary continuity and stability of operations in government should be started FROM CHINA Southeast Asia. scale anthropogenic or natural the rate of inflation slows down, pill given the plight of our disaster (e.g. a pandemic). In stops or decreases. immediately..” PHILIppINE STAR (Sources: : https:// MAIDEN ISSUE OF medical frontliners,” said the United States, it is defined Mauna kayo, mag-o-obserba Francis Lim, president of the www.thejakartapost.com/ ‘LA INDEPENDENCIA’ news/2020/08/06/virus- as “a significant decline in PUBLISHED “Through his pronouncements, President Duterte has created muna ako dito sa lungga ko Management Association of a dangerous fiction that it is legitimate to hunt down and kill hit-philippine-economy- economic activity spread the Philippines. “We hope the across the market, lasting activist, critics of the government, and human rights defenders COA NOTES OVER- government will deep dive into plunges-into-recession--.html; because they are ‘Enemies of the State.’ - COMMISSION ON CROWDING IN PH JAILS https://www.reuters.com/ more than a few months, our COVID-19 strategy and normally visible in real gross HUMAN RIGHTS report. Hundreds of human rights advocates Manila Bulletin find more effective ways to article/health-coronavirus- called for an end to the killings and ‘red-tagging’ of activists Uh-oh, viral ticking time philippines/philippine- domestic product (GDP – the and government critics under the administration of President execute it.” monetary measure of the bomb The Philippine economy economy-fears-as-coronavirus- Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement released on National Heroes’ curbs-reintroduced market value of all the final Day 500 human rights advocates raised the alarm over the spate had been one of Asia’s fastest METRO MANILA goods and services produced of political killings over in a specific time period.), the past few months. MAYORS RECOMMENDING GCQ real income, employment, On September 3, 1898, La They said the killings of industrial production, and Independencia, the periodical peasant leader Randall FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS [3] organ of the Philippine Revolution Echanis, rights worker GMA NEWS wholesale-retail sales”. In the against Spain, came out with its first United Kingdom, it is defined issue. It was edited and founded by Zara Alvarez and Praise the Lord! General Antonio Luna, Supreme Bayan Muna regional as a negative economic growth Chief of the Army under Emilio coordinator Jory Porquia DUTERTE KISSES for two consecutive quarters. Aguinaldo. Publication of the paper have highlighted the Governments usually respond continued even during the Filipino- GROUND OF JOLO IN American War, although General “increasing use of SULU to recessions by adopting Luna was pulled out of its editorial extrajudicial killings expansionary macroeconomic staff because of his military duties activists, political INTERAKSYON Aso namin inaamoy din policies, such as increasing and was replaced by Rafael Palma dissenters and members of money supply or increasing as acting editor. the opposition.” muna ang lupa bago umihi 06 Top News Feature September 2020 September2020 COVER STORY 07 The poor, scandal-ridden Dingdong Dantes & Lovi Poe on condition of PhilHealth the art and craft of story-telling here is something By Red Mendoza / Manila Times + Wikipedia that she stayed at Legend Villas, rotten in the state’s where rooms are worth at least in the Age of Pandemic T P3,800 a night. biggest health insurance A Change.org petition was hile there is no doubt that as well, and then suddenly company, and the made by a group of overseas Wthe frontline healthcare this happened.
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