asianobserve, question for you. Are there foreign correspondents of newspapers or TV channels scrutinising the Philippines on a whole variety of matters including Covid. Do Filipinos talk to these reporters about the state of their economy, environment, politics, academia, press freedom, healthcare, gender issues, literacy, sanitation. And what about historical controversies/sensitive issues like the period of Spanish colonisation, and the US occupation for several decades? For the life of me, except for that whole drama about Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda( with her collection of shoes) plus the tragedy in Tacloban a few years ago, I don't recall any sustained, in depth or analytical coverage of the Philippines in print or on TV. And the same for Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria( except for passing coverage of Boko Haram's terror), Malaysia, Poland et al.