Malacañang has urged financial and media company Bloomberg to look at a country's economic growth when measuring resilience as this was supposedly the best indicator of resilience amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from The Cabinet Secretariat...
The government must address issues in its national vaccination program such as brand preference, vaccine hesitancy, access to vaccines in far-flung areas, lack of manpower, and other logistical problems, senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said on Thursday, Dec. 2. Human rights...
The spokesperson of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 31, said the administration should not be critical of the Bloomberg COVID Resilience Ranking of the best and worst places to be amid the pandemic. (Vice Presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez/Facebook) The Philippines remained at...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque recalled President Duterte's tirade against wealthy countries during the latter's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) following the Philippines' dismal last place finish in Bloomberg’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Resilience...
Vice President Leni Robredo told the government to stop questioning the latest Bloomberg Resilience Ranking that ranked the Philippines 52nd out of 53 countries in the “worst places to be as the world finally reopens,” noting that its non-competitiveness caused such low ranking. (Vice President...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 1 said the Philippines' poor performance in Bloomberg’s latest COVID-19 Resilience Ranking was due to the government’s poor response to the pandemic, not because of the inequitable distribution of vaccines across the globe. “Was the Bloomberg report...
Malacañang said the Philippines was slowly recovering from the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy, noting that the government was working hard on balancing reviving the economy and preserving the public's health. Manila Bulletin/File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry...
