Features
Bayanihan 2: Too small, hinders health and recovery
Agosto 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.
PH has the money for Php1.6 trillion stimulus
Agosto 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
Agosto 11, 2020
BY SONNY AFRICA
Maybe all it takes for something to become government policy is to say it thrice?
SAP exaggerated, millions left behind
Hulyo 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.
Beyond capacity and overwhelming incompetence
Hulyo 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.
The unbelievable indifference of the Duterte administration
Hulyo 16, 2020
FEATURES
The Duterte government insists that it is successfully responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reality is a little bit different – it hasn’t done enough, and is planning to do even less.
On the BBB fix: Why do you build me up?
Hulyo 11, 2020
FEATURES
The government is still hell-bent on pursuing a grand infrastructure program amid the pandemic and despite its actually bleak accomplishments so far. The government says it will revise its list of infrastructure projects to adapt to COVID-19. But does it really have the will to shift the focus of its infrastructure program, or even the capacity to fully implement this?
Extend Preparation through a 6-month Bridge Period, and Postpone School Opening to January 2021
Hulyo 7, 2020
POLICY NOTE
The EFD shares in the objective of ensuring the right and access to education of Filipino learners, and believes that learning should continue despite the pandemic. But we cannot support any rushed implementation without ensuring the maximum support to the three most important stakeholders – teachers, learners and parents.
Hatid Probinsya and Balik Probinsya, more harm than good?
Hunyo 29, 2020
In the absence of a mass testing program, Balik Probinsya and Hatid Probinsya are turning out to be additional sources of COVID-19 transmission in some provinces. It is a disaster slowly unfolding especially with the healthcare capacity in rural areas much lower than in the NCR.
