Category: Government

Duque Should Ban Two Korean Covid-19 Rapid Testing Kits Before Soul Searching

August 19, 2020 P. Farol 2 Comments

What Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should be doing is to double down on putting his nose to the grindstone and shun the cringe-inducing dramatics of being under-appreciated as well as needing to do some soul searching. Ditto for Covid-19 Testing “Czar” Secretary Vince Dizon. Perhaps, if they did, they could have prevented the country…

Government

COVID-19 economic collapse is the crisis the Philippines had to have!

August 7, 2020 benign0 7 Comments

Filipinos can no longer rely on their traditional gravy trains — OFWism, work outsourced from the First World, foreign investment, and foreign aid — to prop up their labour-added-value economy. Foreign workers are coming “home” by the droves, the First World is rapidly repatriating its offshore work, and governments all over the world are diverting…

Business, Economy, Government

Reliable COVID-19 Rapid Testing Kits Needed For Philippine Economic Recovery

June 24, 2020 P. Farol 4 Comments

The Philippine response to the COVID-19 pandemic has already been described as one of the slowest, longest, and least effective in the world by public health experts who based their observations on corrected COVID-19 data. Yesterday, we hit a new all time single day high of 1,150 confirmed COVID 19 cases. That’s 789 fresh cases…

Government

Philippine FDA Should Move Quicker to Recall Rapid Testing Kits Already Rejected by China

June 22, 2020 P. Farol 1 Comment

Amidst calls for the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque and some controversy surrounding the firing or resignation of IATF special consultant Dr. Tony Leachon, it looks like the country is being flooded with inferior Covid-19 Rapid Testing Kits. Lower House Health Committee Vice Chairman Cong. Michael T. Defensor is at a loss over the…

Government

Dapat Matyagan ng NBI Ang Troll Accounts Na Umaatake Sa Mayor ng Rodriguez Rizal

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 P. Farol 1 Comment

Matutulog na lang ako kagabi may nag-message sa aking Facebook page na naka-link dito sa author account ko sa Get Real Philippines. Mukhang may galit sa akin dahil sa naunang blog ko kung saan pinuna ko lang naman ang pagkakulang sa balanse ng report ni Maki Pulido. Ang sabi ng nag-message mula kay Chris P….

Government

ABS-CBN’s Shutdown, A Diabolical Interpretation of Law

May 6, 2020 P. Farol 11 Comments

People in this small corner of the internet can paint ABS-CBN all sorts of yellow and have the network of expert Duterte supporters make it go viral, but it will not diminish the truth that what the broadcast network succumbed to was a perverted, diabolical interpretation of law implemented by an army of expert brown-nosers….

Government

COVID-19 reveals how too much “dissent” weakened our ability to respond to pandemic

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 benign0 19 Comments

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought to the fore the importance of a government’s ability to keep track of and act on data collected related to its citizens’ movements. In the Philippines, decades of a liberal narrative — specifically the rabid one espoused by the “Yellowtard” bloc loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan — that demonised the…

Government

The Philippine Opposition shows callousness and stupidity during the COVID-19 pandemic

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 Ilda 23 Comments

There is nothing like a crisis to bring out the worst in people, particularly those who have a weak constitution and are lacking in conviction. Take the case of members of the Philippine Opposition. I’m not just talking about the foot soldiers like Jover Laurio. I’m talking about the top honchos too like Florin Hilbay…

Government, Politics