In mid-March, when Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declared a “state of calamity” after a spike in Covid-19 cases, economic and social stability in the developing archipelago nation was looking precarious. As the president imposed one of Asia’s strictest lockdowns on Metro Manila, poli
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