The Philippines welcomed the month of July with a new set of national and local leaders, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the everyday lives of Filipinos.
How is the new administration addressing the health and economic crisis? What are the key developments on the global front that also impact Filipinos?
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COA flags Duterte-era DILG for P577 million unspent COVID-19 funds
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) of the Duterte administration failed to fully utilize the P4.038 billion it received for COVID-19 response, the Commission on Audit (COA) said.
The COA’s annual report for the DILG in 2021 said the agency utilized only P3.46 billion, or 85.71% of the total pandemic-related expenditures.
Healthy schools and workplaces: What the post-COVID-19 state should look like
John Q. Wong, Carlo Yao
At some point, we will experience COVID-19 as an endemic disease in the Philippines. If we do the necessary public health work, we will be able to live with the virus as a society.
But once we achieve endemicity, can we finally sit still and call it a day? Not quite it seems.
