In Manila, the capital of the Philippines, the restriction on going out as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus is 15 days, which is one year.

The infection has not subsided, and the growth rate of GDP = gross domestic product over the last year is the worst among the major Southeast Asian countries, and the challenges of the Duterte administration are piled up.

It will be one year in 15 days after President Duterte of the Philippines introduced measures to limit corporate activities in the capital Manila and prohibit children and the elderly from going out in principle as measures against the new coronavirus.



The number of new infections confirmed per day throughout the Philippines began to increase from the end of last month, and the three days until the 14th continued to exceed 4,500, despite restrictions on going out. The infection has not subsided.



Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) point out that the reason is that a large number of people live in one house and that the health authorities do not have enough cluster measures.



Furthermore, as the economy continued to be restricted in Manila, the center of the economy, the economy deteriorated significantly, and the growth rate of GDP = gross domestic product for the last year was minus 9.5%, since 1946 when statistics began to be collected. It was the largest drop and the worst of the major Southeast Asian countries.



The challenges of the Duterte administration are numerous, both in terms of measures against the new coronavirus and economic measures.

Employment environment deteriorates People who have lost their jobs ...

The employment environment has deteriorated significantly due to the prolonged economic downturn.

The average unemployment rate for the last year, announced by the Philippine government on the 8th of this month, was 10.3%, almost double the previous year, the worst since 2005 when statistics were taken using the current method.



According to the Philippine Department of Justice, some people who lost their jobs posted obscene videos of their children on the Internet in an attempt to get cash and were caught one after another, many of whom photographed their own children. It means that I was posting.



A shelter in Manila protects 12 people under the age of 18 who have been abused by their parents, three of whom have been sexually abused.



In the last year, 1.29 million cases of obscene videos and photos of children were reported by Internet providers and SNS operators in the Philippines, which is three times the number of the previous year.



Unis Dipaspil, 32, who works at the facility, said, "Parents' unemployment has been banned from going out and the damage is increasing. That's it. "

Concerned about widening educational disparity

Since the introduction of restrictions on going out, all schools in the Philippines have been closed, face-to-face classes have been canceled, and children under the age of 15 are prohibited from going out in principle.



Over the past year, children and students have been forced to study at home by working on printed homework distributed by the school and taking online lessons.



John Barwela (9), who lives in the capital Manila, is studying using teaching materials distributed on tablet devices that the city of Manila rents out to the poor for free.

However, due to the extremely poor communication conditions, it is difficult to download and obtain teaching materials, and it is difficult to ask teachers even if there are problems that they do not understand.



John said, "I want to meet my teacher and friends and study."



"Children want to go to school every day. This online lesson is too poor to study," said her mother, Cesardo.



According to the Ministry of Education of the Philippines, 14.4 million people, 60% of elementary school to high school students, could not even take such online classes, and local media have raised concerns about widening educational disparities.