GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The month of September is considered as the start of the Christmas season in our country, but there seems to be little reason for many of us to be cheerful as we used to be before the pandemic. Whatever remains of our holiday spirit is being...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay A ranking government official was quoted in media as defending the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to relax quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila despite alarming increases in the number of daily COVID-19 cases. He said it was...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Recently, I wrote about how a recent Pulse Asia survey revealed widespread dissatisfaction with the government and its handling of the pandemic. The survey, taken in June, showed nine out of 10 Filipinos dissatisfied with government. This is...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The unprecedented performance of our athletes at the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Games has given us a much-needed respite from the non-stop barrage of depressing news. We emerged from the Games with one historic gold courtesy of weightlifter...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay We are only halfway through 2021, but this year may yet be our annus horribilis , a horrible year of death and decay, of a spiralling descent into a prolonged period of uncertainty for millions of Filipinos. This week, Metro Manila and other...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay We are finding out quite belatedly that the first case of the Delta variant was recorded as early as April, but confirmed only last week by the Department of Health (DOH). Since April, the variant has spread to other parts of the country. The...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Messaging has never been this administration’s strongest point. This has been evident since day one of the government-enforced lockdown, when unclear and conflicting directives from senior officials only added to the fear, confusion, and...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Since last year, government has stubbornly refused all appeals to provide another round of cash aid or “ayuda” on the grounds that it did not have the money. Then we learn that government failed to utilize P18 billion in funds already...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay In many countries, the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant is forcing their respective governments to rethink and recalibrate their decision to allow people to gather and relax health measures such as the wearing of face masks in public....
Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay has sent his condolences to the bereaved family of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. “Noynoy and I may have had political differences during the last few years of his term, but that will not diminish the many years of friendship...
GOVERNANCE MATTER Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Government and health experts are claiming that they have managed to stop the COVID-19 Delta variant, a more infectious strain which originated in India, from spreading further. For now, they say the strain has been contained. However, its...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The Department of Health (DOH) has disclosed that some 1.8 million Filipinos out of the government’s downgraded target of 58 million have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, which means they have received the required two doses that...
