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Mariveles hospital staff face bullying, eviction due to coronavirus fears

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 09:42 AM

MANILA - A hospital in Mariveles, Bataan is now operating on skeleton staff after hospital personnel were subjected to bullying, bashing and discrimination following the death of resident who displayed COVID-19 symptoms, the hospital's chief said Monday. Read more »

Healthcare worker sinabuyan ng bleach

Jay Dayupay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 11:47 PM

Na-discriminate umano ang biktima dahil nagtatrabaho sa ospital kung saan may namatay na Patient Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19. Read more »

Ilang health workers nakararanas ng diskriminasyon dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 09:35 PM

Nakararanas na umano ng diskriminasyon ang ilang mga doktor, nurse, at iba pang healthcare workers kapag nalaman na sila ay nagtatrabaho sa ospital na may positibong kaso ng COVID-19. Read more »

DOH nanawagan ng suporta para sa health workers sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 09:33 PM

Hinikayat ng DOH ang publiko na magsuot ng pulang arm band ang mga Pinoy bilang pagsuporta at pagkilala sa ginagawa ng medical frontliners na tumutugon sa COVID-19. Read more »

US Supreme Court hinders comedian-businessman's race-bias suit against Comcast

Andrew Chung, Reuters
Posted at Mar 24 06:55 AM

(Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court’s ruling that had given the green light to comedian-turned-media entrepreneur Byron Allen’s $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against Comcast Corp that accused the cable television operator of discriminating against black-owned channels. Read more »

Mga Chinese-Filipino nalungkot sa paglipana ng mapanirang social media posts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 07:32 PM

Apektado ang mga miyembro ng Filipino-Chinese community at may dugong Tsino sa mga social media post na may bahid ng diskriminasyon sa gitna ng mga pangamba sa 2019 novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Palace tells Filipinos to be calm, don't discriminate as new coronavirus spreads

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 01 04:31 PM

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday called on the public to remain calm and avoid discriminating against anyone amid the rapid spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Read more »

Gov't launches national anti-discrimination program

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 05:56 PM

Duterte's order seeks to address discrimination of persons on the basis of age, disability, national or ethnic origin, language, religious affiliation or belief, political affiliation or belief, health status, physical features, and sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Read more »

Duterte welcomes LGBT group in Malacañang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 04:20 AM

In his message, the President expressed his support for the LGBT community. Read more »

Baby or a job? Stark choice for Taiwan's Filipino migrant workers

Nick Aspinwall, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 17 05:50 PM

TAIPEI - "You want a child or you want a job?"As ultimatums go, it was stark - but migrant workers say such life-changing dilemmas are on the rise in Taiwan as thousands of domestic laborers are drawn to the country by the promise of work, at times with only a veil of rights.   Read more »

Indonesia ministries ban pregnant, LGBT job seekers: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 22 04:08 PM

Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of some 260 million, has seen a jump in discrimination against gay and transgender people in recent years -- while sexism in the workplace is also prevalent. Read more »

Apple Card faces probe over discrimination complaint

Neil Vigdor, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 11 08:04 AM

New York state regulators will investigate the algorithm used by Apple Card to determine the creditworthiness of applicants. Read more »

Most Filipinos frown at trans women in female toilets: survey

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 10:34 PM

Majority of Filipinos rejected the idea of allowing transgender women in female toilets, but agreed there should be a law specifically protecting members of the LGBT community, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Wednesday showed. Read more »

Ex-US vice president wants foreign aid withheld from LGBTQ-discriminating countries

Joseph Ax, Reuters
Posted at Oct 11 11:07 AM

Joe Biden said on Thursday he would withhold foreign aid from countries that persecute lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as he joined eight other Democratic presidential candidates at a televised forum on LGBTQ issues. Read more »

US's Harvard wins race discrimination case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 06:51 AM

A US judge on Tuesday ruled that Harvard is right to consider race when admitting students, rejecting claims that the prestigious university discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Read more »

Sotto: No transgender, trans woman, trans man in dictionary

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 08:43 PM

MANILA - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill advocate Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Monday said her proposed measure has enough supporters in the upper chamber, but Senate President Vicente Sotto III believes otherwise. Read more »

Walmart accused of discriminating against women workers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 08:29 AM

US authorities believe global retail giant Walmart likely discriminated against some female employees in US stores, paying them less or denying them promotions, according to a media report on Tuesday. Read more »

Is wider anti-discrimination law, with exceptions, better than SOGIE bill?

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 09:34 AM

A new bill has emerged as a less contentious alternative to the proposal penalizing gender-based discrimination in predominantly Catholic Philippines. Read more »

Palace bats for general anti-discrimination bill

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 03:05 PM

A proposed law against discrimination should cover all forms of prejudice and not just bigotry, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Palace: Duterte to certify as urgent anti-discrimination bill, not SOGIE bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:07 AM

The Palace made clear President Rodrigo Duterte is only willing to certify as urgent a more comprehensive anti-discrimination bill instead of one that is focused on prohibiting gender-based discrimination. Read more »