Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Discussion Forum QUESTIONS: Looking into the PHILIPPINE situation and context, as the coronavirus is mutating: 1. What can you say about the government’s initiative in addressing the COVID 19 Pandemic? How do you feel about it? It is evident that the Philippine government has yet to prove the effectiveness of their "initiative" to help the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the virus arrived in the Philippines, the government had refused to implement a travel ban until the first case of the virus had been reported back in January 2020. From the ABS-CBN shutdown, Manila Bay "rehabilitation" to the gruesome Anti-Terror Law, the government's "response" towards the pandemic seemed like misplaced priorities. I could not have been more frustrated and disappointed with the government's actions, as it seemed to be more dangerous than the actual virus itself. Instead of mass testing and providing support to Filipinos, they instead prior...

 Learning Task 1: #WalangForever                Change is inevitable because it is the law of nature. Similarly, society does not remain static. It changes, as the world continues to change, most especially with the advent of new discoveries in science and technology. It is not new to us how our ways of life before is no longer the ways of life of today’s generation. People should be open for changes. It is very important that we understand and accept the challenges these changes are imposing on us and recognize all the factors that brought these changes.                Since change is already happening at present, let us realize how social change occurs because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Tell the changes on some aspects of your life by completing the table below.   Before COVID-19 During COVID-19 ...