COVID-19
Dealing with COVID-19: Just reboot the economy?
March 30, 2020
POLICY NOTE
The coronavirus pandemic and the expansive efforts to address it are new and unprecedented. But they also exposed many old problems that have always been there.
Social distancing in Metro Manila homes
March 30, 2020
COVID-19 emergency socioeconomic relief
March 25, 2020
It is urgent to provide emergency social protection for poor and low-income families with particular focus on the most vulnerable. Existing government and private sector mechanisms are proposed to be used as much as possible for the most expedient response. Read more on our position paper for COVID-19 socioeconomic relief measures.
COVID-19 emergency powers: Too much, not enough
March 24, 2020
There is reason to be skeptical about more powers for the president. It’s nearly two months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country and what government has done with the powers it already has is not encouraging.
COVID-19 Php297 billion urgent socioeconomic relief for the most vulnerable Filipinos
March 23, 2020
POSITION PAPER
For now, the most urgent matter is to ensure that every Filipino is protected hence these proposed socioeconomic relief measures.
Luzon income inequality in the time of COVID-19
March 22, 2020
INFOGRAPHIC
Luzon income inequality in the time of COVID-19
Duterte administration’s bumbling, stumbling COVID-19 response
March 21, 2020
BY SONNY AFRICA
The poorest already have it worst – and we’re not even sure if the virus is really on its way to being contained.
Where’s our water?
March 21, 2020
By Jose Lorenzo Lim
The WHO stated that the best way to avoid COVID-19 is by simply handwashing frequently with soap and water for around 20 seconds. Soap dissolves the fat membranes of the SARS-CoV-2, which is the pathogen that causes COVID-19 and makes it inactive. Sounds easy right?
COVID-19 and the Philippine Healthcare System
March 20, 2020
BY JOSE LORENZO LIM
Earlier this year amid the growing threat of the COVID-19 virus, DOH Secretary Duque said that the Philippines does not have a weak healthcare system. But is the country’s health system really “not weak” and ready for this pandemic?