MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo has admitted that having government agencies work cohesively regarding the COVID-19 pandemic response remains to be a big challenge with the current political climate.
Robredo said during a forum on public health that the country faces a deep divide which greatly affects the COVID-19 response due to departments and branches of government acting on their own — similar to her previous observation that it seems no one is manning government efforts.
“Dapat merong konduktor na hina-harmonize ‘yung ginagawa ng lahat para alam natin na iisa lang ‘yung horizon na tinitingnan natin. Hindi ‘yung ang ahensiyang ito may ginagawang sarili, a…
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