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How does one begin to understand the year 2020?
A deadly virus grips the country and turns life upside-down. Hospitals are bursting at the seams, doctors risking their lives every day. Checkpoints are put up as businesses close down. The government tightens its grip, but people fall through the cracks.
Amid the health crisis, a governance crisis quickly unfolds. Democratic space shrinks as the Duterte administration’s powers grow – first with the closure of a major news network then the signing of an anti-terror law.
Critics are branded as communists – from a progressive lawmaker to an outspoken movie star. The theater of the absurd takes a tragic turn when an activist’s 3-month-old baby dies in the wake of the wheels of “justice.”
Seven people share their stories of loss and survival that defined 2020: a mayor at the frontlines of the pandemic, a struggling business owner, mother of a killed quarantine violator, a lawmaker fighting disinformation, a red-tagged celebrity, a social worker saving lives, and a woman seeking justice for her dead grandchild.
Read their stories below.
– Rappler.com
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