Reparations and sanctions can be extracted under international pacts.
Eleven dams on
Thai rice, fruit, vegetable and inland fisheries yields dropped by a third along Mekong distributaries. Cambodians' main source of protein dwindled.
Salination is ruining
It refuses to join the four neighbors'
Harm must be avoided by diversion dams, pollution, or input of alien fish species. Under Article 7 countries that cause damage must compensate those that share the watercourse.
Nations that buy food from the Mekong region are threatened too. Perennially short of rice,
Another venue is the
(Geopolitics Prof.
A. Santos suggested the
) Not only Mekong states but their allies and buyers too can join the case.
Less than half the 4,800-km long Mekong is in
When
They are lending
The Mekong springs from the Tibetan plateau, as do eight other mighty rivers to South and
Illegally they also assert sovereignty over the entire
Twenty-two Filipino fishers were thrown overboard and left floating at sea in the night. The passage of a Vietnamese launch saved them.
Beijing alibied that the waters, 800 miles fromChina , were its territory. Gratitude to MayorJoy Belmonte for distributing food and vitamin aid to persons with disability inQuezon City .
As well, to other officials who care for the physically and mentally handicapped during this pandemic. May their tribe increase.
The blind, deaf, mute, crippled, and mentally impaired were neglected during the lockdowns. Confined indoors, they were treated as worthless burdens.
It was as if they had no human needs to fulfill by themselves or with least assistance. Many had to forego medical checkup because barred along with aides from the roads.
Cruelty abounded. A policeman shot dead a battle-shocked soldier for "peskiness" at a checkpoint, as his family begged for mercy.
Barangay watchmen mauled a mildly autistic man in his 20s for repeated fish-vending at a street corner without a facemask. Eighteen patients and 82 of their medical caregivers suffered COVID-19 cluster contagion at the
Blind masseurs, pleading to be let back to livelihoods in malls and taught to avoid COVID-19 infection, have been ignored. Their welfare is protected by law.
Under the Rights of PWD Act of 2016 governments must ensure their equality, dignity of life, and respect. Appropriate policies and programs must be set to utilize their capacities.
In 1991, R.A.
7277 provided for their rehabilitation, self-development, self-reliance, and integration into mainstream society. A viral meme about the Anti-Terror Bill: Why don't we make an Anti-Corrupt Bill? And arrest them on mere suspicion.
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