Kailangan ng counseling! Gov’t seeks church leaders’ help as suicide cases rise

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Saturday (Aug. 22) has expressed concerns about the alarming rise of suicides in the country.

 

Guevarra said he was informed about this by COVID-19 National Task Force (NTF) Chief Implementor Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday (Aug. 21) about “the alarming increase in the number of suicides during these pandemic times.”

 

“He is seeking the help of our churches and spiritual leaders in providing counsel and guidance to their members and followers who are undergoing depression due to loss of employment or livelihood, anxiety of being afflicted with or dying from the dreaded disease, loneliness arising from isolation, and lack of hope for a return to their normal lives,” Guevarra said.

 

For his part, Guevarra said he contacted representatives of various religious organization to convey the appeal.

 

“I share Sec. Galvez’s concern and respectfully request our spiritual leaders to bring this much needed message of hope to our suffering countrymen in order to stave of more incidents of self-destruction,” the secretary urged.

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