■ Raise the salary and benefits of health workers; offer them more incentives for staying in the country. ■ Sustain the current government thrust in infrastructure development, but shift from “Build, Build, Build” to public-private partnership to encourage more private sector investments and help the government minimize expenditure. ■ Continue Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program; upgrade aging seaports, airports and railways to make the country a major logistic hub in Asia; modernize the Pasig River ferry system. ■ Create a national program for the unemployed where those who were displaced from their jobs will receive aid equivalent to three months of their salary to tide them over. ■ Continue the “Build Build Build” program but with a stronger focus on rural development and creation of “green” jobs aligned with efforts addressing climate change.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 08, 2022 05:27 UTC