#ForTheRecord: Inconsistent policies, misplaced priorities and the use of brutal force have defined the government's pandemic response. Where do we find ourselves a year after going through one of the world's strictest and longest lockdown? The Philippines has logged more than 621,000 cases of COVID-19 a year after its first reported case. But the battle against the coronavirus is far from over with the discovery of four new variants just as the country is loosening up its social restrictions to revive the economy.