Imee bats for face-to-face classes, questions ‘sabong’ approval (Sabong Arena)
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Online Sabong Legal
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00000538
MANILA – Wondering aloud why “sabong” (cockfighting) is now allowed, Senator Imee Marcos on Friday pushed for the resumption of face-to-face classes, citing data from other countries that educators can work safely in schools.
“Talagang nadismaya ako na mas mahalaga pa pala ang sabong sa Pilipino kaysa sa edukasyon. Dalawang linggong nakalipas, binuksan na ang sabongan pero yung eskwelahan sarado pa rin, hindi naman yata tama,” Marcos lamented during the Senate committee hearing on updates on the opening of classes.
Last October, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases allowed the resumption of cockfighting activities in areas under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ).
The pro-administration senator pointed out that if there would be infection levels in schools, they merely reflect infection levels in their communities.
“I have been very vocal that the schools should have remained open and I was very noisily against their closure,” Marcos said.
She also claimed that “data from other countries verify the fact that educators can work safely in schools and that schools can actually be the safest place for children during a pandemic.”
“Tragic narration of suicides ascribed to DepEd, wrongly or rightly, merely confirms the problems that ensue with mental illness as well as depriving children of formative social and peer relationships that are so important,” Marcos noted.
She further said that distance learning has affected families, particularly on working mothers “who are incapable of teaching the children at home is too overwhelming to bear.”
“So I think it’s more important na bigyan naman natin ng kahalagahan ang ating edukasyon. Alam naman natin na hindi super-spreader ang mga eskwelahan,” Marcos stressed. (AI/MTVN)
