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Bayanihan 2: Too small, hinders health and recovery
August 21, 2020
BY SONNY AFRICA
The beggarly Bayanihan 2 bill preferred by the economic managers and imposed on Congress is much too small for the magnitude of the crisis facing the country.
Promised SAP zapped
August 18, 2020
BIRD FEED
Those that are no longer targeted by government to receive aid aren’t just numbers but actual families being left to wriggle out of the crisis on their own.
PH has the money for Php1.6 trillion stimulus
August 12, 2020
BY SONNY AFRICA
A robust stimulus response is needed and very possible. If there is none, it’s only because the Duterte administration chooses not to have one.
Stimulus: Spend, spend, spend Php1.6 trillion
August 11, 2020
BY SONNY AFRICA
Maybe all it takes for something to become government policy is to say it thrice?
Duterte gov’t to blame for worst economic collapse in PH history
August 6, 2020
STATEMENT
The Duterte administration is to blame for the worst economic collapse in the country’s recorded history. Growth rate falling to -16.5% in the second quarter from 5.4% in the same period last year is an unprecedented 21.9 percentage point drop.
PH ‘stimulus’ smallest in region
July 29, 2020
NEWS
Philippine spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is among the smallest in the region. The narrow-minded obsession with ‘creditworthiness’ stops the government from taking the urgent steps needed to restore livelihoods and save the economy.
SAP exaggerated, millions left behind
July 28, 2020
BY XANDRA BISENIO
It has been over 130 days since the start of COVID-19 lockdowns, yet government help for families most affected by the crisis remains snail-paced, measly, and even much less than promised.
SONA 2020: “Boracay is doing well because of its scenery”
July 28, 2020
BIRD FEED
The president is at the commanding heights of policymaking in the country. If this last SONA showed anything, it’s the lack of leadership over pandemic response at the very top — Pres. Duterte doesn’t seem to appreciate the worst public health crisis and economic decline in the country’s history.
Beyond capacity and overwhelming incompetence
July 19, 2020
BY MARICAR PIEDAD
The Duterte administration must act now and prevent the health system from collapsing and the Filipino people from succumbing to both the pandemic and poverty.
