Covid 31, Articles arguing for lifting the PH lockdown

Not a comprehensive list but here are some materials that I could find, limited to Filipino columnists.

Lift the Lockdown

End the lockdown, no more extension
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   April 22, 2020 | 7:05 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/end-the-lockdown-no-more-extension/

Inter-Agency to Terminate Functional businesses (IATF)
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.  June 10, 2020 | 5:50 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/inter-agency-to-terminate-functional-businesses-iatf/ 

Economic hardships worse than virus risks
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   July 15, 2020 | 7:31 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/economic-hardships-worse-than-virus-risks/

Gaslighting the Filipino
Jemy Gatdula August 13, 2020 | 6:13 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/gaslighting-the-filipino/ 

Time to resume in-classroom learning
Jemy Gatdula September 10, 2020 | 5:09 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/time-to-resume-in-classroom-learning/

Mandatory vaccination is unconstitutional
Jemy Gatdula  September 17, 2020 | 9:39 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/mandatory-vaccination-is-unconstitutional/ 

Flatten the fear and hysteria, not the economy
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.  September 23, 2020 | 5:30 pm 
https://www.bworldonline.com/flatten-the-fear-and-hysteria-not-the-economy/

Flattening the rule of law
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   October 7, 2020 | 6:02 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/flattening-the-rule-of-law/ 

Of lockdown, masks, and the banality of evil
Jemy Gatdula October 8, 2020 | 5:28 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/of-lockdown-masks-and-the-banality-of-evil/

The WHO on lockdowns: ‘It wasn’t me’
Jemy Gatdula October 15, 2020 | 6:46 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/the-who-on-lockdowns-it-wasnt-me/ 

Property rights and lockdown lefts
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   October 21, 2020 | 5:59 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/property-rights-and-lockdown-lefts/ 

Mandatory public mask policies don’t work
Jemy Gatdula October 22, 2020 | 3:52 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/mandatory-public-mask-policies-dont-work/

Mandatory public mask laws are unconstitutional
Jemy Gatdula October 29, 2020 | 6:29 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/mandatory-public-mask-laws-are-unconstitutional/ 

Trade, stock markets and indefinite lockdown
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.    November 4, 2020 | 5:18 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/trade-stock-markets-and-indefinite-lockdown/ 

GDP contraction, CDC PH, and medicine taxes
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   November 11, 2020 | 5:34 pm 
https://www.bworldonline.com/gdp-contraction-cdc-ph-and-medicine-taxes/  

Foreign investment damage under lockdowns
Jemy Gatdula  November 12, 2020 | 6:18 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/foreign-investment-damage-under-lockdowns/ 

‘Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten’
Jemy Gatdula December 3, 2020 | 6:05 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/even-in-a-pandemic-the-constitution-cannot-be-put-away-and-forgotten/

Putting ‘parens patriae’ in the dustbin
Jemy Gatdula December 10, 2020 | 6:06 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/putting-parens-patriae-in-the-dustbin/ 

First do no harm: Toward an exit strategy from the pandemic
Yen Makabenta   February 13, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/13/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/first-do-no-harm-toward-an-exit-strategy-from-the-pandemic/840263/

Mobility control, growth control, price control
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   February 15, 2021 | 6:45 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/mobility-control-growth-control-price-control/ 

How IATF has turned our pandemic plight into a catch-22 situation
Yen Makabenta   February 16, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/16/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/how-iatf-has-turned-our-pandemic-plight-into-a-catch-22-situation/841440/

Global economic impact of lockdowns
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.    March 1, 2021 | 7:06 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/global-economic-impact-of-lockdowns/ 

IATF Covid rules: A travesty of constitutional administration
Yen Makabenta   March 13, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/03/13/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/iatf-covid-rules-a-travesty-of-constitutional-administration/850615/ 

Lockdown déjà vu or back to normal
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.   March 15, 2021 | 6:59 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/lockdown-deja-vu-or-back-to-normal/ 

Behind Covid case surge, debatable policy decisions
Yen Makabenta  March 23, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/03/23/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/behind-covid-case-surge-debatable-policy-decisions/854405/ 

The Philippines’ deadliest killers. And it’s not COVID
Jemy Gatdula  March 25, 2021 | 5:27 pm
https://www.bworldonline.com/the-philippines-deadliest-killers-and-its-not-covid/ 

At the mercy of local governments and Covid-19; double masking insanity
Yen Makabenta   March 27, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/03/27/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/at-the-mercy-of-local-governments-and-covid-19-double-masking-insanity/855953/ 

Fight with Covid-19 not over; on the horizon is Covid-21
Yen Makabenta  March 30, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/03/30/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/fight-with-covid-19-not-over-on-the-horizon-is-covid-21/857212/ 

Juggling lockdown, quarantine and tough rules vitiated PH pandemic response
Yen Makabenta   April 1, 2021
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/04/01/opinion/columnists/topanalysis/juggling-lockdown-quarantine-and-tough-rules-vitiated-ph-pandemic-response/858288/

Time to reopen the economy (1)
Joe Zaldarriaga  April 18, 2021 02:30 AM 
https://tribune.net.ph/index.php/2021/04/18/time-to-reopen-the-economy-1/
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See also:
Covid 18, Lockdowns don't work, articles from scientists and medical professionals, August 10, 2020 
Covid 24, Lockdown damages in the Philippines, February 09, 2021
Covid 28, Drs. Villa and Landrito, Ms. Cuisia, on IVM and lockdown, April 01, 2021 
Covid 29, CDC PH on WHO, Salvana attack of IVM, April 09, 2021 
Covid 30, Dr. Romeo Quijano on IVM and vaccine mania, April 11, 2021.