FOCAP Statement

FOCAP Statement

by | Jul 19, 2021 | Articles, FOCAP Statements

The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) is deeply disturbed about the way Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque responded to a question raised by Virma Rivera, a video journalist and producer for the BBC.  Ms. Rivera simply asked for a...
Fighting Harder in the Worst of Time

Fighting Harder in the Worst of Time

by | Feb 6, 2021 | Articles, Prospects 2021

Atop a hill overlooking the grey wasteland wreaked by Taal Volcano, I felt that the depressing lay of human catastrophe all around me may be an omen. It was early January, but there I was, struggling to breath in a foreboding N95 mask and setting up a live disaster...
The Baesa Crematorium

The Baesa Crematorium

by | Feb 6, 2021 | Articles, Prospects 2021

Workers wearing protective suits pull a body bag near a furnace before cremation at the Baesa Crematorium in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. May 5, 2020. Basilio Sepe/BenarNews COVID-19: Deaths, meltdowns, valor Ever since the coronavirus spread to the...
‘I wish we could live life as before’

‘I wish we could live life as before’

by | Feb 6, 2021 | Articles, Prospects 2021

Stranded individuals along a street in the capital Manila eat a packed food prepared by missionaries and private organizations. Veejay Villafranca/Der Spiegel COVID-19: Deaths, meltdowns, valor Ever since the coronavirus spread to the Philippines early last year,...
The Stranded Migrant Workers

The Stranded Migrant Workers

by | Feb 6, 2021 | Articles, Prospects 2021

Overseas Filipino workers await for flight updates while cooped up in a school in Pasay City that serves as temporary shelter for stranded migrant workers. Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg COVID-19: Deaths, meltdowns, valor Ever since the coronavirus spread to the...