Unite As One!

   Philippines is facing really bad situations right now. One of these is the Covid 19 Pandemic. The Covid 19 pandemic really brought a lot of challenges to our country. Because of the pandemic, our country have taken strict measures by implementing the Enhanced Quarantine on March 2020. I can say that the lockdown did help in preventing the spread of the virus that the number of cases is decreasing. The number of cases here in Philippines is no longer growing at a very high number, however, it doesn’t mean that our country have won against the pandemic.

      As the World Health Organization (WHO) says, “Health is a fundamental human right”. In the current situation, people need assurance that they are safe and secure and that they have access to the resources they need to keep them that way. To this end, the messaging on health issues must be explicit, clear and most importantly, based on hard scientific facts and evidence. Steps must also be taken to make health more accessible through affordable healthcare and cheaper medicines. Information campaigns should be designed to educate the public on how to keep themselves healthy through proper diets and good lifestyle choices. While efforts have been made to incentivize the development of alternative energy sources, we are facing difficulties in ramping them up. One such incentive is the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) incentive for renewable energy producers, which is slightly losing traction with investors due to allowance cuts. Regardless of the ongoing debates on the cost and benefits of renewable energy, what is clear is that the Philippines needs to implement policies that would further incentivize the production of cleaner and cheaper renewable energy in the long run. To generate the funds needed for inclusive growth, let us support agriculture and industry by buying Philippine-made products. Buying local means we get to keep money circulating within our economy and give back to our local producers, motivating them and giving them the resources to scale up and reinvest in R&D and technology. 

          With all what we’ve been through, do we just have to give up now? We should be responsible citizens for us to make our country a nice and peaceful place to live to. We should all unite as one as we fight all the challenges in our country.  While fighting this pandemic, we must all look forward, continue fighting and we should never give up! 

    References:

https://www.pwc.com/ph/en/issues/covid-19-issues/towards-a-covid19-resilient-philippines.html

https://www.pwc.com/ph/en/business-unusual/dreaming-of-a-more-sustainable-and-resilient-philippines.html

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