In a rare show of unity, senators from both the majority and the opposition unanimously approved last week a resolution urging President Duterte to immediately withdraw Executive Order No. 128, which has lowered the tariff on imported pork products. The senators’ fear is that the lower tariffs, combined with the increase in the minimum access volume or the ceiling for pork imports that can be charged the lowest tariff from the current 54,000 metric tons to
What works and what doesn’t work in the war against the virus are easily visible if only our government keenly observes what’s happening on the ground. I have discussed some of them last week, but there’s a lot more. First, the border checkpoints between local government units (LGUs) don’t work. They’re traffic choke points with little usefulness in stopping the spread of the virus. What works are barangay zone checkpoints manned by Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) members and tanod who personally know the new faces and returning old faces in their communities. They should order these new arrivals to
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