(UPDATED) Netizens' suggestions include transferring to border control authorities the intelligence funds of non-security agencies, and training immigration officers better
MANILA – A very bad case of déjà vu.
This is how Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Chairperson Danilo Ramos described in a statement the ongoing government response – a year into the world’s longest and strictest lockdown.
On March 17, Filipino progressives marched to the Commission on Human Rights to assail President Rodrigo Duterte’s inefficient pandemic response and to press for a P10,000 (US$205) monthly financial aid for the poor. Ramos said that the country seems to be back to square one, with the rising cases of COVID-19 and the implementation of a stricter lockdown.
“Duterte failed. Duque failed. They should be held accountable,” Ramos said.