MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should not be upset with a recent Bloomberg report showing the Philippines’ low ranking in terms of pandemic resiliency since it was his department that has been “dropping the ball” in the country’s pandemic response.
“I think ang dapat talagang ma-piss off ay hindi yung health secretary, pero yung ating mga mamamayan. Sisisihin pa ba natin yung Bloomberg?…Rather than getting mad, we should step up,” Hontiveros said in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.
(I think the one who should be pissed off is not the health secretary, but the Filipino people. Sho…
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