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Tag: Health Secretary Francisco Duque

Duterte vs. the Senate

"What are our leaders up to?"   It seems to me strange that President Duterte started lambasting the Senate and accused it of posturing when senators,...

Glass house

"Gordon's probe has been tainted."   “He who comes into equity must come with clean hands.” – The Clean Hands Doctrine Senator Richard Gordon came with his...

The COA reports (Part 2)

"The people’s anger and frustration can go beyond repair."   Last Wednesday, we noted that Health Secretary Francisco Duque did not have to wait for President...

Slow vaccine rollout

"A poor nation like the Philippines has to live with COVID-19 in the meantime and continue to implement harsh lockdown rules pending the arrival...

The real crime

"Duque is simply looking for holes with which to trap Idol Mike and Marcoleta."   Apparently humiliated by the throngs of people who showed up for...

Inspection

Health Secretary Francisco Duque and Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez inspect a wet market in Barangay Baclaran on Friday amid the high number of Covid...

Vaccine wars

"The whiff of scandal could rise to high heavens."   President Duterte and his subalterns, Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez and Health Secretary Francisco Duque, are at...

The man who can do no wrong

"Why is the secretary so untouchable despite being, at the very least, spectacularly incompetent?" What would it take for the President to realize that he...

Too many chiefs

"History will not be kind to those incompetent officials."   For the nth time, Malacanang gave Health Secretary Francisco Duque a pass. Lucky guy. Maybe the...

‘Abolish 3% OFWs Philhealth premium’

Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday challenged Health secretary Francisco Duque to make good his word to support  a measure which seeks to permanently abolish...

Dead end for Duque

"Quit now. Please." Health Secretary Francisco Duque must go. If he won’t go, then his boss, President Rodrigo Duterte, should fire him. Every day, we are...

The Lopezes have had their day

"They have experienced the best in politics and power."     With the junking of House Bill 6732 which would have provided the Lopez-owned ABS-CB radio-television network...

Second wave fiction

"The DOH, under Duque’s stewardship and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases, under his chairmanship, never were able to bend the...

Specter of COVID-19 resurgence

"We all agree that we need to increase our capacity for testing."     It might seem funny for some that we’re having this debate whether or...
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