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8 Republic of the Philippines. Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1. March 28, 2020. 5-6. https://www.officialgazette.gov. ph/downloads/2020/03mar/20200328JOINT-MEMORANDUM-CIRCULARNO-1-S-2020.pdf 9 Department of Labor and Employment. Department Order no. 212. Series of 2020. April 8, 2020. https://www.dole.gov.ph/ php_assets/uploads/2020/04/DepartmentOrder-No.212-Series-of-2020.pdf 10 Pia Ranada. “Plight of stranded OFWs: Gov’t still processing 8,000 certificates”. Rappler. May 23, 2020. https://www. rappler.com/nation/plight-of-strandedofws-government-processing-certificatesbacklog 11 “6,000 OFWs stranded in hotels due to COVID-19 test delays”. CNN Philippines. October 21, 2020. https://cnnphilippines. com/news/2020/10/21/6-000-OFWsstranded-due-to-COVID-19-test-delays.h 12 Jaehwa Bernardo “Students struggling to get gadgets for online classes fall victim to abuse, sexual exploitation.” ABS-CBN News. August 8, 2020. https://news.abs-cbn. com/news/08/08/20/students-strugglingto-get-gadgets-for-online-classes-fallvictim-to-abuse-sexual-exploitation 13 Merlinda Hernando-Malipot. “Groups alarmed over child abuse, exploitation related to school opening.” Manila Bulletin. July 24, 2020. https://mb.com. ph/2020/07/24/groups-alarmed-overchild-abuse-exploitation-related-toschool-opening/ 14 Renzo Acosta. “Of victims and saviors: Sex work amid the pandemic.” Inquirer.net. January 23, 2021. https://newsinfo.inquirer. net/1387176/of-victims-and-saviors-sexwork-amid-the-pandemic 15 Tarra Quismundo. “Dangerous or empowering? Signups on sugar daddy dating site rise among young women in PH amid pandemic”, ABS-CBN News. October 30, 2020. https://news.abs-cbn.com/ life/10/30/20/signups-on-sugar-daddydating-site-rise-among-young-ph-womenamid-pandemic 16 Matilda Boseley. “‘Everyone and their mum is on it’: OnlyFans booms in popularity during the pandemic”. The Guardian. December 22, 2020. https:// www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/ dec/23/everyone-and-their-mum-is-on-itonlyfans-boomed-in-popularity-duringthe-pandemic 17 Meg Adonis. “Teachers, parents brace for double workload, unfamiliar tools” Inquirer.net. October 25, 2020. https:// newsinfo.inquirer.net/1343601/teachersparents-brace-for-double-workloadunfamiliar-tools

18 Bonz Magsambol. “FAST FACTS: DepEd’s distance learning”. Rappler. June 1, 2020. https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/ iq/things-to-know-department-educationdistance-learning 19 Christia Marie Ramos. “Nearly 1.3-M tipline reports flagging OSAEC content received by DOJ in 2020”. Inquirer.net. March 02, 2021. https://newsinfo.inquirer. net/1402199/nearly-1-3m-tipline-reportsflagging-osaec-content-received-by-dojin-2020..

20 UP Population Institute. Estimating the potential impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on critical sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) outcomes in the Philippines: Technical Report. 2020 21 David Santos. “Philippine population growth slows to 1.3%, but COVD-19 may turn things around”. CNN Philippines. December 30, 2020. https://cnnphilippines. com/news/2020/12/30/Philippinepopulation-growth-slows-down-.htm l 22 Lian Buan. “Baby River, who died in ‘cracks’ of the justice system, laid to rest under tight police watch.” Rappler. October 16. 2020. https://www.rappler.com/nation/ reina-mae-nasino-baby-river-dies-cracksjustice-system-buried-tight-watch-policeoctober-16-2020

23 Baby River 24 Ibid

25 Ibid

26 Lian Buan. “Daughter of slain activist Randy Echanis arrested in Cagayan – Anakpawis.” Rappler. December 2, 2020. https://www.rappler.com/nation/ anakpawis-says-echanis-daughteramanda-lacaba-arrested-in-cagayandecember-2020

The King’s Reign of Terror: Duterte’s Punitive Enforcement of Health Protocols

ni Lemuel Deinla

Metro Manila and other places seeing another surge in COVID-19 cases are under lockdown again. This has been the third time that the Duterte administration ordered pandemicstricken areas to be placed under ECQ. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the administration made a clear choice regarding its implementation of lockdowns and health protocols—the approach would be punitive, militaristic, and fascist in nature.

In a televised speech on July 21, 2020, Duterte explicitly instructed the police to punish quarantine violators. According to him, a crackdown against violators should be pursued and the offenders should be given a “lesson for all time.” But even before his July 2020 speech, Duterte directed the PNP to make arrests and, at one point, to even shoot unruly citizens dead. In his April 13 weekly report to the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee, Duterte proudly reported to Congress that, from the

Barangay captain Frederick Ambrocio of Santa Cruz, Laguna, forced curfew violators to lock themselves up in a dog cage. Photo from Philstar.com