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We must also salute local government functionaries, including barangay officials, and their employees who are implementers in the grassroots of the national government’s anti-coronavirus measures despite their lack of resources.

For example, in the First District of Albay, the mayors, namely Mayor Krisel B. Lagman of Tabaco City, Mayor Armando Romano of Bacacay, Mayor Jaime Villanueva of Tiwi, Mayor Leny Ceriola-Santos of Malinao, Mayor Roli Volante of Malilipot and Mayor Joseling Aguas, Jr. of Sto. Domingo, have been meeting to map out inter-municipality/city polices on boundary lockdowns, market day schedules, quarantine protocols and allied measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

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Healthcare professionals and workers who are manning the frontlines in our battle against COVID-19 should be lauded and hailed instead of being harassed, discriminated against and demonized as virus carriers.

Without the invaluable dedication and courage of these anti-coronavirus warriors, many of whom have already died including 17 doctors, the spread of the deadly virus could have escalated beyond imaginable proportions in the Philippines.

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  1. The Report dated 30 March 2020 appears to be a perfunctory compliance by President Duterte with the weekly reportorial requirement imposed by the “Bayanihan Act”.

  2. It contains lengthy restatements of the (a) guidelines for implementation under the Memorandum dated 28 March 2020 issued by the Executive Secretary; and (b) grant of powers to the President under Sec. 4 of R.A. No. 11469.

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If the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee created under the “Bayanihan Act” (R.A. No. 11469) does not metamorphose into a partisan paper tiger, any wayward exercise by President Rodrigo Duterte of powers under the Act can be reviewed and revoked by the panel.

This may be wishful thinking because the membership of the oversight committee is controlled by the supermajority coalition in both Chambers allied with the President, although everyone has the innate capacity to rise above political loyalties and transcend constrictive boundaries.

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The Department of Health (DOH) in coordination with its regional offices and local government units (LGUs) must launch clinics and botika on wheels to give free essential medicines and medical services to the marginalized in barangays in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The needed medical supplies shall be provided by the DOH using its available 2020 funds consisting of (a) P19.090 billion “for the purchase and allocation of drugs, medicines and vaccines”; (b) P10.5 billion “for the social health protection program”; (c) P2.033 billion “for family health, nutrition and responsible parenting”; and (d) P600 million for Quick Response Fund (QRF).