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Duterte Still Popular Despite Poor Handling Of Pandemic

Cleve Arguelles, PhD Candidate, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University

14-Apr-21 07:30

Duterte Still Popular Despite Poor Handling Of Pandemic

The Philippines continues to report a new wave of Covid 19 cases while vaccination rollout has been slow to take off. Cleve Arguelles, doctorate candidate at the Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University discusses the difficulties in fighting the pandemic, and the government’s response.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan


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Tags:  philippines,  duterte,  covid-19,  pandemic, 


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