Below are pictures of Philippine leaders who have made program

initiatives in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Your task is to

assess the COVID-19 initiatives of these leaders using the Crisis
Management Chart. You will need to research on their respective
programs in order to assess their programs as objectively as you
can. Use the chart on the next page and write your assessment and
evaluation based on the criteria given.

Mayor Vico Sotto

YOUR OVER-ALL
COVID-19 IMPRESSION
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
INITIATIVES/PROGRAMS

 The city  During the  Sotto’s Our country is proud of

government has pandemic, the Pasig supposed pro- Mayor Vico Sotto's
been able to city government people stance achievements. He has
increase the bed was also lauded for in the face of set a high standard for
capacity of the its proactive the enhanced our country's future
Pasig City General vaccination efforts. community leaders. Despite the
Hospital's (PCGH) quarantine economic pessimism
Covid-19 referral  In February, the US due to the and political confusion
center from 64 to named Sotto as one COVID-19 caused by the COVID-
200 beds. of its 12 global outbreak will 19 health crisis, Mayor
 Sotto said the city “anti-corruption surely earn Sotto's leadership has
government has champions.” He was the ire and given our people hope.
spent a total of the only Filipino to disdain of
PHP88,245,600 for make it to the list. administration
the purchase of food supporters
packs that will be  He was the 
distributed to youngest city
260,000 families councilor in Pasig
residing in Pasig and then became the
 Providing a total of youngest mayor in
more than 1,000 Metro Manila
 sets of disinfecting
kits to all of the
Pasig's barangays
 Keeping Pasig
constituents
regularly informed
about necessary
precautions and
updates about the
situation through his
official social media
accounts
 Regularly inspected
the checkpoints to
make sure
procedures were
being followed and
the rights of citizens
were being
respected despite
the curfew
 Regularly meeting
the appropriate
teams from The
Medical City,
PCGH, Child's
Hope, and the City
Health Office, to
ensure proper
coordination and the
exchange of good
practices in the
pandemic response
 Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno
YOUR OVER-ALL
COVID-19 IMPRESSION
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
INITIATIVES/PROGRAMS

 The City of Manila is  The pandemic then
strengthening its
efforts against the
spread of COVID-19
by launching its Smart
City platform called
Go! Manila, as well as
Manila.StaySafe.PH
as the city transitions
to general community
quarantine.
 Mayor Isko built for
his Manila
constituents 16
quarantine facilities, a
Covid-19 field  He created a plan,
hospital, two swab
laboratories, a dialysis
area for Covid-
infected patients and
storage facilities for
vaccines. Food boxes
were also distributed
to Manila residents to
cushion the impact of
the pandemic.  He was discovered at
 The Manila Infectious
Disease Control
Center was
established in the Sta.
Ana Hospital, which
the Mayor says is the
 If
struck, catching most
local and foreign
governments off
guard—but Mayor
Isko had planned
ahead of time. He
knew the Philippines
would be affected
when he learned about
what happened in
Wuhan and what was
starting to happen in
other parts of the
world last year.
which is what they
call CODE COVID-
19. CODE stands for
contain and delay.
Then, they have to
mitigate the economic
effect on every family
or any person with
this type of virus.
a wake by a talent
scout, went on to star
in show business, and
then retired from the
spotlight to work as a
public servant in his
elected Even though Mayor Isko
president, Isko has only been the “father
Moreno said of the city” for a little
ending more than a year, the
contractualizati changes he has brought to
on would not the city have been
be one of his amazingly beneficial,
first priorities, difficult to deny even by
instead his harshest critics.
focusing on Manila is becoming
restoring jobs cleaner and safer, and it is
in the wake of slowly regaining its old
the COVID-19 glory. Mayor Isko has
crisis. only been in office for a
year, but the pandemic
has put him to the test—
and he has proven to be
tough and unyielding.
The decent mayor, on the
other hand, contends that
it's just good governance.
 first one to have been early twenties. He's
established in the served on the city
country. COVID-19 council, as vice
rooms were created mayor, and in a
and expanded, and number of appointed
quarantine facilities government positions,
were built to cater to as well as a failed
several types of Senate campaign.
patients, from
asymptomatic positive
patients, to those with
comorbidities or
pregnant women
 Manila is the first in
the country to
purchase Remdesivir,
the medication that,
according to its
creator, Gilead
Sciences Inc., “may
have potential activity
against COVID-19.”
Mayor Isko purchased
2,000 vials
 There is also free
public testing, for
both residents and
non-residents of
Manila. Beyond the
dire need for mass
testing, Mayor Isko
puts it in perspective.

 Vice-President Leni Robredo

YOUR OVER-ALL
COVID-19 IMPRESSION
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
INITIATIVES/PROGRAMS

 Free dormitory for  Vice President Leni  Robredo was VP Leni Robredo
frontline health care Robredo, who is given the least pandemic response
workers, which Leni running for president amount of suggestions in the areas
and her Angat Buhay in the 2022 elections, funds for of public health, jobs, and
partners opened in unveiled a COVID-19 education are very
Cubao, Quezon City comprehensive plan to response but it appreciated. These give a
on March 26, 2020, a “free” the country did stop her in broad framework for
week after the first from the pandemic, doing her part moving forward in the
lockdown which includes  Presidential face of the pandemic,
 In mid-March 2020, investments to the Spokesperson emphasizing the
the OVP began free long-neglected public Harry Roque importance of good
shuttle service for health system and expressed governance and anti-
health workers. major changes to the dismay that corruption measures.
Starting on Aug. 4, current COVID-19 Robredo is
2020, eight routes response. launching
passing several major  Among Robredo’s “incessant and
hospitals across Metro plans to improve the non-stop”
Manila were country’s healthcare tirades against
operationalized. On system is to double President
July 6, 2020, the OVP the government’s Rodrigo
also provided free spending on it from Duterte and his
shuttle service in P113 billion or just administration
Cebu City with an 0.6% of the country’s amid the
initial three routes. gross domestic Covid-19
 Bayanihan E-Eskwela product, as pandemic.
was launched by Leni recommended by the
on Oct. 5, 2020, Department of Health
providing in its Philippine
 instructional videos Health Facility
for teachers, parents Development Plan
and students to help 2020-2040.
them transition to
distance learning.
Leni said that with
videos uploaded to the
Bayanihan E-Eskwela
YouTube channel,
children need not stop
their schooling while
face-to-face classes
are still not allowed.
 On March 29, 2021, a
free mobile antigen
testing program called
"Swab Cab" was
introduced in areas
with rising Covid-19
cases to help local
government units
(LGUs) quell
transmission,
particularly in the
Covid-19 hotspots of
Metro Manila,
Bulacan, Rizal,
Laguna and Cavite.
 Leni's other projects
include hot meals for
health workers and
other frontliners; food
packs for the rural and
urban poor and public
transportation drivers;
P14 million worth of
University of the
Philippines
coronavirus test kits
distributed to testing
laboratories; P20.43
million worth of
gadgets for students
attending online
classes; no less than
42,000 Philippine-
made personal
protective equipment
sets; and assistance to
locally stranded
individuals.
 The office of Vice
President Leni
Robredo raised about
₱28.8 million
($564,551) to
purchase 64,367 sets
of PPE and donate it
to front line health
professionals across
the country. The first
batch consisted of
7,350 PPEs that were
donated to 490
professionals in eight
hospitals in Manila
and Quezon City with
COVID-19 cases
 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte

COVID-19
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES YOUR OVER-ALL
INITIATIVES/PROGRAMS
IMPRESSION

 Following the  Accordingly, 84  During the first In addition to the

confirmation of the percent of Filipinos months of the government's current
first localized were said to have a pandemic in the initiatives, long-term
transmission on "positive opinion" on country, several actions are required to
March 7, 2020, the the efforts of Duterte government prepare the country for
DOH raised its alert to and his government to officials were future outbreaks of
Code Red Sub-Level control the spread of reported to COVID-19 and other
1. President Rodrigo Covid-19 and provide have been pandemics. With the
Duterte later issued assistance to those tested for implementation of
Proclamation No. 922 who lost their COVID-19 different policies and
on March 9, formally livelihood due to the without protocols that regulate the
declaring a public pandemic. complying with transmission of COVID-
health emergency,  Under the law, the initial triage 19, President Duterte had
authorizing local Duterte, for a limited algorithm used made sure that Strict
government units to time, was given by the border control, early
employ their local special powers, Department of lockdown
disaster risk reduction including reallocation Health (DOH) implementation,
management funds of government funds which establishment of
 President Duterte to address the restricted quarantine facilities,
signed administrative prevailing health asymptomatic effective public
orders providing daily crisis. With the law in individuals communication, and
hazard pay and effect, the government from being monitoring efforts were
additional special risk was given the tested. Some the defining factors that
allowance to front line authority to expedite family and staff assisted these LGUs in
government officials and streamline the members were limiting the pandemic's
and employees accreditation of also reportedly impact. It would help any
including health testing kits to tested for country's preparedness
workers facilitate prompt COVID-19 for future health
 Following the sharp testing and immediate  Duterte moved emergencies if these
increase of confirmed isolation and slowly to policies were
COVID-19 cases, treatment of patients. implement standardized.
 President Duterte  The government was travel
called on Congress to also given the restrictions on
hold special sessions authority to provide people coming
on March 23 to enact compensation of to and from
the Bayanihan to Heal PHP100,000 to health China, likely
as One Act, which care workers who because of the
would "authorize the contracted severe Philippine
President to exercise Covid-19 infection leader’s worry
powers necessary to while in the line of about
carry out urgent duty while PHP1 alienating
measures to meet the million may be Beijing
current national provided to health  Duterte even
emergency related to care workers who die personally also
COVID-19 only for while fighting the ignored a strict
three months unless pandemic. “no touch”
extended by Congress  In September, he policy—
 President Duterte signed RA 11494 or meaning no one
imposed an enhanced the Bayanihan to was supposed
community quarantine Recover as One Act to touch the
(ECQ) throughout the (Bayanihan 2), which president—
entire island of Luzon extended Duterte’s introduced by
and its associated special powers for his security
islands. This was handling the team to protect
effectively a total pandemic and provide the seventy-
lockdown, which had a PHP165.5-billion four-year-old
restricted travel and fund to address the president, who
transportation, health crisis. has multiple
imposed strict home underlying
quarantine among all health
households, and conditions
closed all non-  President
essential private Rodrigo
establishments within Duterte appears
the island group to lack a sense
 President Duterte of urgency and
signed Administrative attention to the
Order No. 26, details in the
granting that front line country’s
government officials pandemic
and employees response
receive a daily hazard
pay of ₱500 ($9.87).
On April 6, President
Duterte signed
Administrative Order
No. 28, granting the
payment of a special
risk allowance to
public health workers
in addition to their
hazard pay. According
to the order, public
health workers
attending to COVID-
19 patients, PUMs,
and PUIs will receive
at most a quarter of
their basic pay
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