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Tag: PWDs

  • 012121 FAKE1 Renato Reyes PWD post.png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘FB post’ of Renato Reyes bad-mouthing PWDs FAKE

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 22, 2021 10:53 AM

    The Bayan secretary-general said he “never made such comments.”

    Bayan, PWDs, Renato Reyes

  • thumbnail_Ramp_for_wheelchair_users_in_Palanan.jpg
    Categories News PWD Files The Chit Estella Road Safety Page

    Accessibility, Sensitivity toward PWD commuters

    By Klaire Ting  |  Dec 30, 2019 1:09 PM

    The country’s roads and transport system are far from being PWD-friendly due in part to issues of accessibility, but efforts are being made to improve the situation.

    PWD, PWDs, road safety

  • tumana bridhe.jpg
    Categories Earth Files News PWD Files

    Evacuation centers, relief goods not PWD-inclusive

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and YVETTE MORALES  |  Sep 28, 2017 12:32 PM

    Some of the PWDs would rather stay with relatives or generous neighbors due to inaccessible shelters

    disaster, Disaster Preparedness, disaster risk reduction, PWD, PWDs

  • rescue boats.jpg
    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News PWD Files

    PWDs left behind in Marikina’s disaster preparedness efforts

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL and YVETTE B. MORALES  |  Sep 27, 2017 4:09 PM

    For a disaster resilience model, Marikina City falls behind the ideal in preparing people with disabilities (PWDs) for disasters.

    Disaster Preparedness, disaster risk reduction, Marikina, PWD, PWDs

  • Haron Arisa with kids.jpg
    Categories Editor's Pick News PWD Files

    PWDs in conflict areas in Mindanao lack access to humanitarian aid

    By TEXT AND PHOTOS BY TESS BACALLA  |  Mar 24, 2017 3:58 PM

    The forlorn look on Haron Arisa’s face, his stooped frame and the bony remnants of his once sturdy legs seem to echo the heavy burden that has been weighing him down for about four years now.

    PWDs, pwds in ARMM, pwds in conflict areas

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Deaf and bisexual and loud and proud

    Aug 31, 2016 11:37 PM

    By FEONA IMPERIAL SEVEN o’clock on a Monday morning, the train station is swarming with commuters. After hours of queueing, it is Bibo Lee Perey’s turn to board the train’s first coach, squeezing himself in amid a bunch of women, children and elderly people. A guard blows his whistle at Perey. The man is singled […]

    LGBTs, PWDs

  • Categories News

    Survey: Teachers take the lead in helping voters with disabilities

    Aug 31, 2016 10:24 PM

    By DANIEL ABUNALES THE disability sector still faces a host of challenges, but at least when it comes to voting, persons with disabilities (PWDs) are getting some help. In a recent survey, Alyansa ng may Kapanansanang Pinoy (AKAP-Pinoy) said the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in the May 9 polls were sensitive enough to the […]

    Akap-Pinoy, elections, PWDs

  • Categories News

    PWDs keen on local absentee voting

    Aug 30, 2016 1:55 PM

    By FEONA IMPERIAL ADVOCATES are pushing for absentee voting for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the next elections. Given the option to vote way ahead of polling day, PWDs no longer have to endure polling places and inaccessible physical environments on election day, Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga, executive director of the National Council on Disability Affairs told […]

    elections, local absentee voting, PWDs

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    PWDs pin hopes on online job matchmaker

    Aug 30, 2016 7:41 AM

    By ARIANNE CHRISTIAN TAPAO IT’S A platform like no other, and a first in the Philippines. The website daretohiremenow.com is a skills-based job platform that matches PWDs with an employer for free. And a month after its launch, around 200 persons with disabilities (PWDs) have already signed up. “Given the right conditions, they (PWDs) can […]

    Jobs, PWDs

  • Categories Top Stories

    Special schools emphasize disaster preparedness

    Jul 23, 2016 10:00 AM

    By TESSA BARRE, NICOLE AGATHA CRUZ and YVETTE MORALES INSTEAD of chaos that reigns when the alarm bell goes off, students from a school in Pasay City follow a different routine for their disaster drill. First, they form two lines. The person with the clearest vision takes the lead. Those behind him stretch their arms […]

    Disaster Preparedness, PWDs, special schools

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