This, according to economist Jeffrey Sachs on why the Philippines can’t seem to get its COVID-19 response act together while other countries can… “If we were rational and well-governed, we would actually find a way through this without massive pain and suffering,” he noted. “The epidemic is itself controllable through rational policies.” Thing is, the […]
I don’t know what the Opposition is on about. They insist Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should resign because he has a condition that puts him at risk of cancer. So what if he is at risk of cancer? The late US president Franklin Roosevelt kept his partial paralysis a secret from the public and still […]
A media and social media storm now rages around Senator Koko Pimentel after he was found to have violated quarantine protocols after he accompanied his pregnant wife info the Makati Medical Center. Pimentel is in quarantine after an 11th March report that confirmed a Senate “resource speaker” was “positive for COVID-19”. This promoted several senators […]
Very few options are available to Filipinos caught in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that the economic effects of the response to the outbreak will be far more severe than its effects on public health. Photos being shared over social media show Metro Manila’s residents struggling with overburdened public transport infrastructure. […]
In these times of global crisis when strong measures need to be implemented and people need to co-operate and work together with their governments to mitigate further risks to the rest of humanity, people like Rappler “reporter” Natashya Gutierrez are a dangerous lot. Calling for people to demand conditions before complying with government measures to […]
Showbiz celebrity Bianca Gonzalez issued a much-needed call to co-operate with measures being implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus pathogen. This is very relevant in a time of mass panic much of which is being incited by misguided “thought leaders”. A kind and respectful request to friends to not call this "martial law", […]
Trust the media? They are making a lot of money off the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to their busywork “reporting” on the crisis. But then you gotta ask: If vastly more people die from hunger than from the coronavirus, why aren’t the media kicking up a proportionate frenzy over world hunger? Well, this is because stories […]
The Works Health Organisation (WHO) gave the Philippines a thumbs up with regard to its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak. WHO Philippines Representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe reportedly expressed satisfaction with the Philippine government response to the “evolving situation” in a recently-issued statement. “I believe that the Philippine government has been responding to an evolving […]
The venerable Bulgar reports that a major Manila university is urging its ethnic Chinese students to desist from attending classes. (Photo credit: @PinoyTapsilog) Such is the fear and loathing propagated by members and “thought leaders” of the Philippines’ Yellowtard-led Opposition. Since Day One, they had been exploiting the panic they themselves had caused over the […]
Recall how the Philippines’”thought” leaders shrieked “tragedy” literally just as Taal Volcano blew its top. And now we see the same shrill behaviour of the same lot having panic attacks over a virus less likely to kill than a ride in a jeepney over the length of Aurora Boulevard. Filipinos are being encouraged by these […]
