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Fighting Covid-19 in the Philippines under the rule of the #LawIsLaw

What are the secrets of New Zealand in effectively controlling Covid-19? Apparently, among the secrets are having a leader who is more than a tough implementer done a tough talker; and having government managers who implement the rules rather than the exceptions.

The Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is currently eliminated in New Zealand. Since March, the land of the long white cloud (Aotearoa) has a total of 1,503 cases and 1,452 of these have recovered. 21 died and only 30 are currently being treated. The number of positive cases practically became zero on May 4 and an occasional one case every two or three days thereafter. As such, many are asking: What is New Zealand’s secret to flatten the curve and avoid a second wave of Covid-19?

How Speaker Cayetano is losing in his ABS-CBN franchise gamble

When Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano rode the tide of public opinion and authored as well as filed House Bill No. 6732 or the bill granting provisional franchise for ABS-CBN to operate, he wasn’t trying to make amends for his failure to do his job. He was trying to become a hero not only to the 11,000 workers of the television network but also to the people of the provinces whose only source of information is ABS-CBN. Unfortunately, his “heroic act”is already backfiring as members of the House of Representatives are already showing their real colors.

ABS-CBN shifts focus to digital, broadband | BusinessWorld

How Covid-19 puts the tourism industry in a coma

The tourism industry contributes significantly to the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) or the monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period. In 2018, the industry’s contribution to the GDP was noted at 12.2% or a gross value added amount of P2.2 trillion, and contributed around 5.4 million jobs.

Is Sweden’s “No Lockdown” Covid-19 strategy feasible in the Philippines?

While the countries in the world are closing their doors as part of a strategy to respond to Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Sweden maintains a middle ground between lockdown and pure laissez faire. Unfortunately, this “Swedish approach” is not possible in developing countries like the Philippines.

While the countries in the world are closing their doors as part of a strategy to respond to Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Sweden maintains a middle ground between lockdown and pure laissez faire. While keeping the economy is a reason, the principal objective really is to try to control the virus through “herd immunity”. Hence, businesses are still open, and younger children can still go to playgrounds or go to school.

Surfing on the ABS-CBN franchise renewal

After the ABS-CBN franchise renewal snafu, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano would not only like to prolong the TV network’s agony but also would like to emerge as a hero of the mess he himself made. Worse, the “heroic act” would be at the expense of the taxpayers’ money.

After the ABS-CBN franchise renewal snafu, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano tried to make a comeback by threatening Solicitor General Jose Calida and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in a lengthy Facebook post. Sticking to the script, he came out again on May 13 hitting on the NTC for lying under oath during the public hearing but burying the issue that the House of Representatives committed a sin of omission by not religiously doing its job — to legislate.