Was Davao City Mayor (and presumptive presidential candidate) Sara Duterte onto something novel when she declared, at the height of the 2019 senatorial elections, that honesty was not an issue in elections? In other countries, candidates typically see their aspirations dashed once they are caught in a lie. But in the Philippines, said Mayor Sara, all candidates trade in untruths anyway, so their opponents and the voters “should not be making an issue out of honesty.” The
Our finance secretary is, according to this newspaper’s headline yesterday, searching for some P75 billion to fund vaccinations for 15 million young Filipinos age 12 to 17, plus booster shots for everyone—the 70 million adults that will have been vaccinated this year, plus the young teens mentioned above. I’m not sure about the timing. When will these booster shots be given? Next year? Because we have scarcely made a dent on the adults, so shouldn’t the costs be borne by next year’s budget? But I will take his word for it, Reader, as long as I am allowed to remind him
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